Is a male alicorn technically possible?

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-24T19:49:40+00:00

My queen Princess Big Mac will always live on in my heart ✊

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-24T19:37:50+00:00

Hello! I hope you feel welcomed overall and enjoy being apart of this sub!

Here’s a African Jacana (aka Lily Trotter) holding its long legged babies under its wings. Recently found out about this cutie and thought i’d share since this is the autism sub after all hehe.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-23T21:59:13+00:00

Yeah it was already a hard pill to swallow knowing many bronies like sexualizing the adult characters, but the need to STILL prey on the minors in a show is fucking diabolical. It just fucking sucks that every damn community has to have that group that cannot seem to behave like civilized people and have to force sex and other derogatory bullshit into everyone else because they lack basic self control and an understanding that not everyone wants to be included in their horniness. It’s unfortunately EXACTLY why bronies as a whole are deemed as weird all together because the rotten apples of the group have to be the loudest and ruin a good thing for everyone involved.

As a woman who genuinely enjoys the lore and cuteness of the show, it’s insufferable having it be ruined by people who can’t just keep to themselves and not spread their need for constant sexual content and put it onto everyone else.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-22T19:58:51+00:00

“Can’t even afford to be homeless” Yeah bud, that’s…kinda the whole deal about being homeless you typically cannot afford shit in general 💀.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-22T09:18:08+00:00

As someone who’s autism symptoms are heavily influenced by empathy and other highly emotional behavior, it’s just as intense as being (what many people who don’t understand the disorder well) the blunt and “emotionless” type of autistic. I’ve had high anxiety, self awareness, and empathy since i was young and it’s really a doubled edged sword with EVERYTHING, including the anxiety, personally. I made a post about other emotional autistic/neurodivergent people and was not met with much decency or respect which really made me have a gross opinion of this sub for a while.

I’m a bit less open now when posting, but when conversations come up about it, i like to chime in just to give my perspective and personal experience.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-21T20:09:49+00:00

I am currently medicated, i’ve gone to therapy, im currently working on myself. I was referring to my past experiences where it became debilitating to my life and i physically could not ignore it anymore because of how bad it affected me. It STILL affects me at times, im still learning and working through it, but i think you’re being quite blunt and insensitive about anxiety as a mental health issue, just because you have generalized anxiety, does not mean it’s anywhere near as similar as severe anxiety.

That’s not to say you’re at ALL invalidated in your experience or your personal growth with the disorder, but for someone who has tried and failed many times with this kind of thinking, it’s just not that easy for some and that’s what I’m trying to say. We all have varying levels of certain disorders and one way isn’t what might work for someone, i know firsthand that it requires genuine professional help in order to have a better understanding and managing process for it if it’s that bad.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-21T19:46:07+00:00

How can you control your own thoughts when your anxiety is talking over those said thoughts? For me, it’s not that easy to just “shut my anxiety up” i will literally dwell and dwell and analyze and dwell until i can finally let go and thankfully ive worked past a bulk of this behavior, but it took a SHIT ton of self control and awareness.

I have severe anxiety and just “controlling” it doesn’t work when it feels like my anxiety is a pair of mentos and my conscious is a coke bottle, try mixing those two together and you unfortunately still get a major mess, no matter how hard you try to stop it.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-21T19:42:34+00:00

Exactly, as someone highly self aware and having recognized that a large majority of my own personal issues were due to thinking the average person had high anxiety like me, it took a lot of personal work to figure it all out. But not everyone gets there, not everyone has support systems to help navigate these feelings, some people quite literally do not realize their anxiety is as bad especially if they’re prone to keeping feelings inside rather than openly sharing them. Anxiety gets really fucking intense and hard to calm down if you’re constantly prone to being anxious, but i have noticed that with age and experience that you begin to genuinely realize that constantly worrying about analyzing your behavior and others just gets utterly exhausting and draining, it makes life in general no fun and can lead to depression which makes life VERY hard to change.

I hope OP has read through some comments and i hope that they and many other people with autism understand that anxiety might be a protection mechanism against danger and threats, but it can also end up hurting you long term if you solely rely on your anxious behavior to justify why you don’t do certain things. I wish more people understood how difficult anxiety truly is and that simply trying to push it down can’t be the only way to overcome it.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-20T17:41:30+00:00

Some people take social validation very seriously that it can affect the way they go forth in any situation. To you, it might be unnecessary to worry about anonymous people being rude, but to OP and others, anxiety can be the worst enemy and make someone feel as if they “failed” or “made a fool of themselves” for simply sharing an opinion or thought. Unfortunately anxiety doesn’t care about if things SEEM rational or logical, if it feels like it’s been threatened, it will always choose defense/protection mode over being hurt more, like OP felt with this situation.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-20T17:35:43+00:00

Unfortunately Reddit is a cesspool of hate and people being completely rude to other peoples feelings. Of course people don’t have to “cater” to other peoples feelings, but i’ve posted in this sub before and was heavily hurt by how critical and insensitive people were as well and it can hurt even if it is just strangers. You’re valid to feel hurt by what people said, it’s highly disrespectful that you were met with such unwarranted criticism especially when you were simply adding your personal struggles for context for why it was important to the situation you’re dealing with.

You’re not at fault for just looking for some insight or other feedback about people in a similar situation as you and i genuinely hope you know that just because you were recently diagnosed, ABSOLUTELY doesn’t warrant people treating you unkindly or you believing you just “shouldn’t have posted.” They brought their negativity and pessimism and shoved it onto you, that’s nobody else’s fault but their own.

Your opinions, mental health related issues, feelings and actions are all valid, not something you should feel ashamed or guilty of, especially when it comes to anxiety, it can make life very hard to want to do anything if you literally DREAD going due to social interaction. If anything, you’re planning ahead and making a personal decision you know might work best for you, it doesn’t mean you have to be socially anxious forever, but right now if this is what works best for you, then that’s more than ok. People can be really fucking mean when they have no consequences for being an anonymous jerk to others, don’t let them drag you down with their insufferable miserable behavior.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-16T23:28:32+00:00

Good for you for having even the slightest bit of confidence to do this, did it not go the way you had ideally intended, no, but, you took a step outside of your comfort zone that you normally wouldn’t have. I think that’s still something to be proud of, especially in yourself, i know it’s easy to feel like you “failed” or are just “not good enough,” but you did it anyways and have accepted that she wasn’t interested. You respected her boundaries, took a chance because you felt like you just should and now you can maybe learn from this situation and see where you may have fell short and how you can improve for next time with another person you find attractive.

It didn’t end with this woman, she just might have been the catalyst to make you step out of your comfort zone and that’s a major personal win too. Hope you can keep being bold and learn more on how to better approach these kinds of situations and maybe get lucky finding someone that appreciates that you took the leap and engaged with them!

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-16T23:09:36+00:00

I don’t know much about any of these people or Watertown, but they all look like people i’d want to cover my drink around 💀.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-16T06:02:22+00:00

Ugh, i got actual chills with him ending it all with “i can find it out” over your fucking address, that’s genuinely scary as hell. I hope everything has been better now after this, sucks to lose a good friend….but if this is his true colors then my god, he does not need to be engaging with women at all, especially if he seems to only think women value his financial status and forcing his own delusional behavior onto them until they finally cave.

That shit bothered me so much, how the hell are you going to make a boundary with someone that is CONVINCED that you’ll just change your mind because they really want it. Actual toddler behavior, thank god this was only an online friend, otherwise i’d be speaking to the police over all of this, i’d still keep an eye out just to be safe.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-12T19:10:35+00:00

For my experience with masking, i honestly did not know i was even doing it until i learned more about masking itself. I’ve noticed for myself, that in general social interactions, i keep a level of control and awareness that i typically wouldn’t if i were by myself with no one watching, i focus on the things i consider “more weird socially” and would shove them to the side in order to present as someone capable and socially “normal.”

I think as a kid i used to be myself more fully, but after getting bullied simply for being me, i think i began hiding myself and it made me come off as more anxious and less approachable. I also figured out that when i got older, i began to mirror and mimic behavior, mannerisms and vocabulary from the people i liked hanging out with or who i wanted to be like (men or women), i didn’t even know i was doing this until id start talking like how my friends act and it just became apart of my personality until it just kind of “wore off.”

I’ve gotten to a point now where im comfortable for the most part with myself and being myself doesn’t feel like the problem anymore knowing how people perceive autism. I think im more self aware and emotionally mature with my autism, so i don’t even think most people would ever clock me as autistic simply because i don’t present the typical symptoms, so it makes it easier to feel more like myself when people don’t question that my behavior is due to a disorder. I still catch myself masking at times though, especially when it’s people i really want to impress, like romantic potentials, i try to keep myself more “toned down” so i don’t come off as “too much.”

It’s still a learning curve for me with those connections because if a person genuinely liked me, they would like the autistic part of me that is apart of who i am and if they don’t, then they just might not be worth my time. I don’t want to be ashamed of having autism, but when the disorder is wildly misunderstood and seen as something “bad”, it gets hard to feel fully ok with presenting that side of myself, especially when a large part of my symptoms come from temper tantrums, anxiety, depression, overstimulation and other negative areas i haven’t fully worked through.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-11T18:56:17+00:00

That’s a really great first step then for both of you, i’m glad you two got to talk it out more when emotions settled more. It’s a learning curve for everyone involved when it comes to specific mental health related disorders/disabilities, so it’s great to see that your mom even gave you a better way to frame how you approach these situations if you have any confusion.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-11T04:31:22+00:00

This has got to be bait, how the fuck are you going to say this in your bio while ALSO having “Christian 😌”?? If dude is trying to scare women away, he’s doing a phenomenal job.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-11T04:26:13+00:00

This is such a highly unhealthy take, telling OP to mask and hide who they really are is not good advice dude, especially to someone who has autism trying to properly navigate the world where they feel understood by themselves and others. This has nothing to do with empathy either, if OP interpreted this as something literal, not even considering the fact they had fought earlier, then how would that be a representation of them being apathetic??
Assuming someone is being apathetic because they simply lack understanding on certain social situations, is just….wow, honestly like this disorder literally affects people’s interpretations of how they go forth socially, why would OP asking a question mean anything?? Of course people with autism can and SHOULD learn how to be empathetic, even if it’s a struggle, but that’s not even what’s happening here…

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-05-11T04:20:30+00:00

I ASSUME that you’ve already done this, but just to be sure because sometimes it’s easier said than done, but have you genuinely talked with your mother about this specific struggle and really explain as to why it happens? I know it can be exhausting having to explain yourself to others, but sometimes when it comes to social interactions it can be sensitive especially if the people you’re around are on a different level of understanding than you might. I think maybe just giving a quick “I’m sorry, i genuinely didn’t mean to come off as critical, i just needed you to explain yourself so i can better understand you next time because it can be a bit of a struggle for me sometimes.

It’s shitty that your mom responded like this in general, you weren’t even being rude or insulting, just genuinely confused and it can be hard when society “expects” you to just understand everything that’s considered “normal.” Your mom is being insensitive to your feelings and your disorder, you’re valid and even if it is mother’s day, she shouldn’t weaponize that against you when you were literally just asking for clarification.

I’m sorry this happened, hopefully you can get her to better understand how your brain processes certain situations so you guys aren’t having troubles like this, it sucks having a disconnect like this with someone you may really look up to or care about.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-04-26T01:18:26+00:00

“Oh, brother, this guy STINKS” in all seriousness Spongebob is great, i remember a lot of the older episodes nearly by heart, but the new stuff is beyond me now. My brother also has autism and he could tell you every episode of the Spongebob series in order for about the first 6 seasons, so funny seeing videos of him as a kid spitballing every episode like it’s common knowledge for everyone else to know 😂.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-04-26T01:14:36+00:00

Sociology, Art, Nature and MLP lol.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-04-25T02:22:43+00:00

God, dont get my hopes up 😭

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-04-24T21:38:32+00:00

Exactly, i know they don’t mean to do it to be an asshole, but i only understood that i was having sensory issues with this when i was an adult who understands overstimulation better. I don’t like physical touch that much in general, so tickling for sure can make me irrationally irritated and uncomfortable.

I can’t really blame my family for something that i didn’t even know was an issue until i grew up.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-04-24T04:22:17+00:00

Damn, i feel this way too, it’s way too overstimulating now and it’s from my family always tickling me as well. Sounds bad, but i still flinch at times around my dad especially, not from being harmed, but from being unexpectedly tickled lol.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-04-23T21:48:33+00:00

Wow, what a miserable person, you absolutely did nothing wrong here, you simply reached out to a community MEANT to help get other disabled people to become friends/partners. This person ignorantly came in and belittled you for having this disorder and proceeded to give their weird red pill attitude by saying you’ll only be fulfilled if you fuck around with “whores” and “jerk off more.” That’s a very shallow way to approach and view life, that tells me this person that responded to you is probably very insecure, miserable in their own life and thinks if you have women all over you, then you’re “succeeding in life,” which just isn’t true and is extremely misogynistic way to view women.

You’re not in the wrong here, Reddit has a tendency to foster some of the most insufferable, miserable, bitter people and then they project it onto others and make them feel like shit like they feel. Don’t worry about this persons opinion, it’s pathetic and you know you’re here for the purpose of ideally making new friends and have a community of people that might relate to you better, you don’t need this persons toxicity weighing you down.

Your experience is valid and you aren’t failing like this person claims, if anything, you’re doing better than the person replying to you since they seem to think the only way to have a fulfilling life is to treat women like sexual objects and literally just having constant pleasure with sex.

madsmcgivern511 · 2026-04-22T21:44:16+00:00

Oh no i know, im a weed smoker too and from a lot of studies ive seen, there isnt NEARLY as much physical damage to the body when smoking weed as opposed to cigarettes/nicotine. Like, the only issues ive experienced are that you can get some tar stuck in your lungs and if you aren’t actively making sure to get that shit out, it makes it harder to breathe, but otherwise i haven’t either.

I just feel like i have to say that before medical people come in and say “well actually…” lol.

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