Parasite and Girl
This is so cool! I just talked to my bf about learning pronouncation by using sounds in your own language and then I go on tumblr and see this
this is the audio version of this picture
this person can cast technomancy spells without moving a muscle
dexterity: 80
strength: 10
intellect: 100
charisma: 0
he can’t unsheath his eyes because direct eye contact would kill a person
jhsakjdfs I love this post so much that I had to draw this guy
Anonymous asked:
genuine question. what else are you supposed to do with people who WILL kill themselves the second they’re given free reign?
trans-axolotl answered:
So this is always the question that comes up when I discuss the fact that psych wards are a form of incarceration. It can be really difficult to imagine alternatives for how to care for suicidal people when we’ve only ever seen psych wards, but I think that it is super important for us to do!
I think it’s important to acknowledge that getting rid of psych wards would require a fundamental reshaping of the psychiatric system. So much of mental healthcare is connected to a fucked up, carceral system, where ableism is rampant. Mandatory reporting of self-harm laws, bullshit restrictions on medication, crisis hotlines that call the police–the psychiatric system is connected in a lot of big and small ways that all enable psych incarceration and mistreatment to happen. so it’s not enough to just get rid of psych wards, we also have to change the wider landscape of mental healthcare.
secondly, I think we also need to look at factors that drive people into crisis in the first place. no matter what we change about society, there are always going to be people who are mentally ill and neurodivergent, and people are always going to be experiencing mental distress. so while getting rid of capitalism and fighting against oppression to create a better society won’t change the fact that there are people in crisis, i think it might help to reduce the numbers of people. if our mental healthcare system wasn’t so fucked, that maybe some people would be able to get help before things get to a crisis point for them. If medication was more accessible, if therapy wasn’t super expensive, if there is more acceptance and education and resources and communities were better informed about how to support mentally ill people, then maybe not as many people would end up in some types of crisis. We can’t talk about getting rid of psych wards without also talking about fighting against racism, colonialism, capitalism, transphobia–the things that are contributing to a lot of people’s experiences of crisis.
But to really answer your question: in terms of actual physical replacements for psych wards, i think peer respite houses are really promising. peer respite houses are something that already exist in dozens of states, and they are spaces that offer 24/7 short term crisis stabilization in a home like environment. they have a very specific code of ethics and principles that define peer respite that makes it different from a hospital. To classify as peer respite, it has to be staffed by a people who have lived experience with mental health, which means that all professionals and staff there are also going to be people who are mentally ill and neurodivergent. Peer respite can offer a place for someone to be in direct contact with support 24/7 without locking people up. They’re focused on reducing power imbalance between staff and patients, and don’t practice abusive treatments like strip-searching, solitary confinement, and forced medicalization. they allow you to bring in your own belongings, leave when you want to, and have vistors. they aren’t a perfect solution, but I think they are a hell of a lot better than psych wards and offer a way for people to be under suicide watch without being incarcerated. Here’s a great link to read more about the mission and structure of peer respite. Here’s a link to a mostly current directory of peer respite in the USA.
I also think that we just need to accept the fact that psych wards do not work, that many people attempt suicide instantly after leaving psych wards, and that there is no justification for abusing people in the name of treatment. suicidal people deserve autonomy and respect, and we deserve to be able to have input about what’s happening to us.
there’s also a lot of things that I think can be used as alternatives to psych incarceration for suicidal people before we get to the point where crisis stablization is needing, like mad mapping/pod networks and Wellness Recovery Action Planning or a similiar type of recovery plan. I also think that thinking about how to support people who are suicidal requires a fundamental restructuring of how we think about suicide (I might make a post about this later). and that there’s a lot of ways we can support suicidal people that don’t require formal institutions. you can get a group of people together to do informal suicide watch for a friend, you can work to understand your own suicidal ideation in alternative frameworks (suicidal ideation as communication, resistance, tons of other ways), you can create skill sharing networks where you all work on therapy skills together and try to build up your own distress tolerance skills, you can visit people in the psych ward and sneak them in candy and a stuffed animal, you can pass out zines about harm reduction for self-harm in your friend group.
this got a little long but to sum it up: there are alternatives to psych wards, even when people are actively suicidal. peer respite is one option, and any alternative to psych incarceration also has to come along with societal changes, fighting oppression, and mindset shifts.
Ahh, it’s back
i have disproportionately strong feelings about this.
every time i say “nah i’m not gonna watch it again.” BUT I STILL DO EVERY TIME.
YEAUGH
i could understand being a car guy 30 or 40 years ago, but all cars are so fucking ugly now. i'll take anything that has wheels bro you're fucking insane if you're salivating over the clean lines on the mitsubishi wind tunnel penetrator or the robust size of the ford cunt 2-60
So like… is she tokyo cyberpunk or seattle cyberpunk?
Tokyo Cyberpunk: Emphasizes human relationship to technology, identity, psychological transhumanism, and the human-as-resource. In Tokyo Cyberpunk - Capitalism wants to own you.
Seattle Cyberpunk: Emphasizes class analysis through technology disparity, physical transhumanism, and the disposability of humans. In Seattle Cyberpunk - Capitalism wants you gone.
Aesthetically speaking…
Tokyo Cyberpunk showcases nightlife where clean streets are illuminated by neon signs tempting you into consumerism as a therapy for your alienation. It’s percieved cleanliness acts as a symbol where corporations justify their rulership through the illusion of social progress. The robot is friendly, companionable. Societal problems and capitalist contradiction are silenced and swept away without the common person knowing.
Seattle Cyberpunk showcases a nightlife of homelessness and decay with corporate monoliths on the horizon. The streetlights no longer work, but the darkness is kept partially at bay by the neon tubes of bars where people watch wishes of their youth vanish at the bottom of the bottle. The lucky ones working for the corporations do so with the fear they will be kicked to the street. The robot is an expression of force intended to keep the common person afraid. Corporations do not try to justify their rulership, social problems and contradiction are solved with force.
Mentally combining the "bees are unionized and will leave if they don't like their working conditions" post with the various "humans stow away on alien spaceships and do the jobs that are too dangerous for more fragile species" posts
Interstellar guidelines state that while approaching humans carelessly or aggressively can result in serious injury, and while you absolutely should not try to trap a swarm of humans on your ship, if you build a human-friendly habitat with enough food within grazing distance and safe places to sleep, you just might entice a colony to move in
Trapping a swarm of humans on your ship:
- unauthorized tunnels keep popping up in restricted zones
- theft of various items they consider cozy, delicious, cute, or extremely hazardous
- equipment sabotaged in supposedly impossible ways, and/or supposedly explosion-proofed material exploding
- received communications vary from heartfelt pleas for freedom to vengeful declarations of war to treatises on the sacred rights of spaceship-occupants to disturbingly specific threats to incomprehensible slam poetry
Encouraging a volunteer human colony to thrive:
- leaving items they like + building materials in areas they can access, then coming back later to find those areas transformed into fully organized warehouses/gardens/workshops
- items left lying around spontaneously being made cuter, cozier, tastier, and/or more hazardous
- new workarounds, temp fixes, or repurposes being tried out on any equipment that's on the fritz (and some that's not)
- disturbingly creative and fervent allies against outside forces
- sound of happy poetry coming from the vents
this post combines two of my favorite things and I am ASCENDING
this post combines two
of my favorite things and
I am ASCENDING
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
Warning that humans are a symbiotic species, strongly prone to all three types of symbiosis: mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism. To encourage a mutualistic symbiosis, follow recommended guidelines for available space, accessible materials, and living conditions.
Humans will not restrict their symbiotic relationships to the dominant sentient species on a starship. It is highly recommended that, if you have discovered a nesting colony of humans on your ship or starbase, you provide them with the recommended resources. Otherwise, they may wind up in a symbiotic relationship with various predator species. Or your AI bots. Or carnivorous fungi.
Don't ask. Just make sure they've got the kind of supplies that will let them be comfortable.
HUMANS ARE SPACE BEES
Removing my garlic bread from the oven with tongs like a blacksmith forging a legendary sword
This is so important to me..
[Video Caption: Split screen on the right a video of a man walking a large dog with the text "Why is he barking at me like that", the barking is instead closer to an opera singer holding notes. On the left is sheet music, while the music composed plays in the background. /End Id]
How…?
i’m on a lot of cough syrup and my brain is being marinated in a soup of dextromethorphan and seeing this is making me lose it
