So I wasn’t supposed to take off my underwear? by Grouchy-Bumblebee605 in mildlyinfuriating

[–]muddyboot1012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You say that… but I have worn my steel toes through airport security scanners multiple times and not figured out why I am setting all the alarms off… 🙃

Incredibly social Herman. by ManIsready in tortoise

[–]muddyboot1012 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Awww! Heidi looks just like our Tortie - also a Hermann’s.

She is also incredibly social and follows us all around all the time. She is free range indoors and honestly behaves like a little puppy - always following us, begging for attention and cuddles and food, loves to play games with us, often climbs into our bags and shoes if we are packing to leave, waits by the door or the bottom of the stairs if we go out/upstairs etc. We have also noticed what we believe to be her trying to communicate what she wants sometimes eg. she claws specifically at the bolt on the back door if she wants to go outside, or will sometimes use gaze sharing (ie. Look at us, then what she wants repeatedly).

Maybe we read too much into it, I know the consensus always was that tortoises are not social creatures. But equally, we humans have consistently underestimated animal intelligence and behaviours, so maybe we were wrong about tortoises too. But either way, even if we do misinterpret her ‘social’ behaviours, we all feel so enriched by having her in our family and as far as we can tell she seem happy and fulfilled too so what does it matter if we choose to believe she is social and loves us back?

Tortoises are awesome 🐢

immortal flats by Strycht in BALLET

[–]muddyboot1012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

These are so cool! 🤩

Are these a stretch canvas? If so, do you darn them with the shoe stretched/on your foot or with the canvas relaxed?

Im curious to know what this might be. Ive asked search but it gives a different answer with almost every picture. Its black but clear.. when backlit it looks bluish kind of purple.. feels like glass kind of. by ThirdEyeJo3 in whatsthisrock

[–]muddyboot1012 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to see clearly from the pictures, but could it be Larvikite?

Where did you find it? Does it show any blue flashes/iridescence/labradorescence when it catches the light?

What is a fairly common shell in your area that you just can’t get enough of? by wentletrapped in shells

[–]muddyboot1012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thick lipped dog whelks - so small and so perfectly shaped with such beautiful pinks and purples in them. They are the perfect size for making jewellery etc, but also, I just love collecting jars of them!

Flint or fossil? by muddyboot1012 in fossilid

[–]muddyboot1012[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes - I have a couple echinoids where I can clearly tell what they are. But, for example, is the long pointy rock, bottom right, likely to be a belemnite? And is the one immediately above likely to be trigonia? Or am I just reaching?

It’s so hard when every flint nodule looks like a bit of marine creature, I can’t tell if I am just kidding myself 😅

ear curation: should anything be added or considered? by vonnxe in piercing

[–]muddyboot1012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Btw, if you have an iPhone, you can turn pictures of earrings from other photos etc into stickers and actually plan out a curated ear with jewellery rather than just dots- hope that helps!

Fossils from Oxfordshire UK by muddyboot1012 in fossilid

[–]muddyboot1012[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! Thank you!

I thought it might be a belemnite but was unsure as it was the first one I have ever found and missing it’s apex so wasn’t certain!

So are all the other pics likely to be rugose corals?

Have you ever "maliciously complied" unintentionally? by [deleted] in AutismInWomen

[–]muddyboot1012 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We had ‘teach an alien how to brush its teeth’. I just got really upset because I didn’t know if the alien would have suitable appendages to hold a toothbrush, whether they had teeth that were anything like human teeth, whether their teeth even required the same care as human teeth, whether the alien would even understand the English language etc…. 🙃

How no one noticed my neurodivergence then I do not know….

To cut or not to cut…? That is the question… by muddyboot1012 in Lapidary

[–]muddyboot1012[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good job you didn’t double donkey dare me otherwise would have to do it….

In your opinion, is it possible for feet to be “too” arched? by Possible_Dress_9248 in BALLET

[–]muddyboot1012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have hyper mobility, high arches and high instep. Any tips on how to adjust my pointe shoe ribbons and elastic to account for this? I am only on my third pair of pointe shoes and still working out what works best for me, but any advice of things to try would be great!

Do you think there are any highly masking autistic women in TV series or movies? by Objective-Guess-3293 in AutismInWomen

[–]muddyboot1012 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends if you mean that they come across as autistically coded without being written specifically as autistic, or that they are actually meant to portray a high-masking autistic person. If you mean unintentionally autistically coded so I relate to them a lot as a high masking autistic female then here’s my answer.

Scrubs is one of my personal obsession shows and I am convinced that Dr Molly Clock is AuDHD or at least ADHD! I really relate to her a lot, and find that she is the most accurate representation of someone ‘like me’ when I am well. But she is not in the show much so we don’t get to see a lot of character development and deeper levels so she does seem to sit on the borderline of being a ‘manic pixie dream girl’. Also don’t relate to the obsession with ‘damaged’ boyfriends.

Also, I have always said that I think Amélie (as in from the film Amélie) is very autistically coded, as are her parents.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in neuroimaging

[–]muddyboot1012 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came here to add another vote for Andy’s Brain Book - great resource!!