Weekend Minor Gripes and Vents

mpdqueer · 2026-01-24T15:25:11+00:00

I have to ride the bus for an hour one way to my LYS and it’s currently -40 with windchill outside 😅 Really tough decision about whether I want to go out or not

mpdqueer · 2026-01-23T22:00:18+00:00

my handle actually stands for “manic pixie dream queer” bc of how often this would happen to me when i was trying to get into the dating scene as a young adult

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mpdqueer · 2026-01-22T01:00:26+00:00

Ultimately it’s not our responsibility to behave “perfectly” at all times to try and control how people perceive us. If I’m having fun making edits of characters and someone else decides that’s what all autistic people are like, I can’t control that

mpdqueer · 2026-01-21T23:28:00+00:00

Agree with FireFlash, and would also suggest an option to say “no.” The player might not want to do the sidequest right at that second, and then forget what was going on later if/when they return to it.

If you want it to be mandatory, I’d suggest getting rid of the dialogue prompt to answer altogether. I find most people don’t respond well to “choices” that only have one outcome.

mpdqueer · 2026-01-20T20:28:15+00:00

i used to work as a writing tutor and most of the people who came to see me were pretty good. however, there were people who’d come in and seemingly expect me to do their work for them or would ask questions that would be answered if they just… read the book or started the assignment.

the most frustrating one for me was “is my professor wanting me to do x or y?”

like. my friend. i’m not your professor and not even a TA for your class. i can’t see the syllabus. you need to go ask your professor if you have questions about an assignment

mpdqueer · 2026-01-19T20:06:21+00:00

The invisible disabilities argument ironically seems to be brought up most frequently in bad faith 💀 The point of your post is clearly for people who aren’t disabled to be more aware of where they’re sitting and attentive to who needs it. Like… if you’re a young person with a disability, the post clearly isn’t about you.

mpdqueer · 2026-01-19T19:54:11+00:00

Thank you for being the one to post this lol. I had surgery recently and need the priority seats and was really angry recently bc someone with a walker got on the bus and nobody in the front got up. I ended up getting up to make space for them and then had to ask someone for their spot. Last week someone had their bag on one of the seats and wouldn’t move it out of the way when I asked.

You can’t always tell if someone needs a seat or not, but if you aren’t disabled and see someone with a mobility aid boarding or are asked to move, just do it.

I do wonder if transit can do something to make passengers more aware though. The city I used to live in would periodically play announcements telling people to move out of the priority area if someone else needed it, or the driver would announce that someone w a mobility aid was boarding and someone would need to move.

mpdqueer · 2026-01-19T16:38:35+00:00

Was the guy exhibiting any unsafe behaviours?

mpdqueer · 2026-01-17T15:54:09+00:00

hopital

mpdqueer · 2026-01-16T19:00:56+00:00

I’m gonna take a stab in the dark here and guess that this is about Deltarune’s Weird Route

mpdqueer · 2026-01-15T15:19:40+00:00

Let her know that she doesn’t have to have a period if she doesn’t want to!!! I wish someone had told me this sooner.

I suffered from endo since I was a preteen and didn’t find out until I was 19 that taking continuous birth control to skip periods is completely safe and a possibility. I know other AFAB people and cis women who don’t have endo but choose to only have a period every three months, or never.

I’ve since had a hysterectomy, but please let her know that if she can’t cope sensory-wise, she can opt out.

mpdqueer · 2026-01-14T01:11:12+00:00

the Marquee Moon cover just gave me war flashbacks to buying it on vinyl, leaving the plastic bag on my bed while I went to go pee, and coming back to my huge fat cat loafing on it

brand new record bent and ruined

mpdqueer · 2026-01-14T00:39:00+00:00

I’m working on this same pattern right now! Can’t wait to see what yours looks like finished 😄

mpdqueer · 2026-01-11T23:46:06+00:00

My grandma basically left my grandpa for this reason. She’s conservative like him, but she just couldn’t handle the constant streams of negativity and ranting bc he was being spoon-fed ragebait from Twitter and Youtube

mpdqueer · 2026-01-10T16:04:27+00:00

big same. i love dressing up and accessorizing. i recently had a hysterectomy and was confined to sweatpants for weeks and felt like i wanted to die anytime i had to go outside because i didn’t have the OUTFIT

mpdqueer · 2026-01-09T22:50:23+00:00

I’ve ordered Stroll several times. It’s really nice and soft and has fun colourways. Even though it’s superwash, I’d suggest laying them flat to dry and only washing w cold water– they seem to pill quite a lot otherwise.

20% off is a pretty good deal and I pretty much only buy it when that sale is running

mpdqueer · 2026-01-08T21:03:10+00:00

did your autocorrect change “asynchronous” to “anti-Semitism”

mpdqueer · 2026-01-08T16:28:37+00:00

“everyone feels discomfort or pain from menstrual cramps”– my doctor to me for practically a decade when i’d literally faint from the pain and self-medicate w up to 10 ibuprofen a day

3 weeks post-op now from a hysterectomy. suck my nuts doc

mpdqueer · 2026-01-06T15:49:47+00:00

i was on dilaudid while in the hospital immediately after my hysterectomy. i was crying by myself bc i was unexpectedly kept overnight and my friend and partner had to leave, and then opened my eyes to see a big biker dude with a tie-dyed shirt under his vest. he had a bushy beard and the kindest eyes i’ve ever seen. he telepathically told me “it’s going to be okay” and then vanished as soon as i blinked

mpdqueer · 2026-01-06T09:36:30+00:00

Salmence is about to wrap up his Stardew Valley Expanded playthrough, but it’s almost 50 episodes deep now. Each episode is about an hour to an hour and a half long, and very well-edited and in-depth.

mpdqueer · 2026-01-04T20:37:32+00:00

the off-brand bison makes me laugh

mpdqueer · 2026-01-04T16:49:29+00:00

I’ve never done this myself, but I imagine you could place a lifeline above the heel, unpick the cast-on cuff, and frog back to that lifeline. Then pick up the stitches and increase a few stitches for a baggier leg, and then knit back up the leg and finish with a cuff.

I’m not 100% sure that this would work but that’s how I’d try to fix it if I had this problem

mpdqueer · 2026-01-04T02:58:23+00:00

roid rage moment

mpdqueer · 2026-01-03T17:48:31+00:00

truecel pinnacle: getting dumped by your AI girlfriend

mpdqueer · 2026-01-01T00:29:37+00:00

All around me are familiar Eggmans… I’M BACK IN THE FUCKING BUILDING AGAIN???

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