Hoid: I'm gonna tell you a story Kaladin

Kaladin: I'm busy right now

Hoid: It's called "Shrek"

Kaladin: Not interested.

Hoid: and every single villain in this story is a lighteyes

Kaladin:

Kaladin: ...keep going

Extremely excellent, very very very autistic quote from Brennan Lee Mulligan:

"Curiosity is love for the world, and when you love something, you want to get to know it more. So when you share facts about crows or pterodactyls or whatever, what you are expressing is gratitude for the ability to exist in and come to understand the beauty of the world around you."

"When you tell someone that you don't like all the crow facts, you're...

"You're actually saying that you hate me. I am my crow facts."

a lot of my autism masking is just making myself more palatable for other people and my therapist said "does spock make himself 'more palatable' for others?" and had me promise to keep unmasking like:

There’s a difference between a female character who exists in a story and has a romantic relationship with a male character versus a female character who exists in a story to have a romantic relationship with a male character

"fruit has sugar" warning post reminds me of my coworker who told me to make sure I don't get "addicted to fruit". yeah i'm also addicted to a nice walk on the beach

I have seen like 10 of these posts with the same title.

I had issues with the body positivity movement. I eventually ended up in the neutrality camp because of those issues. I didn't think we needed to convince everyone our bodies are beautiful. We just need them to respect us no matter how we look.

But these posts feel like they don't actually know what the body positivity ethos actually is.

It certainly isn't "If you are fat, you must stay that way forever."

I'm also really worried about the stigmatization of Ozempic. This is such a promising class of drugs that could extend the lives of many people. And, yes, there is concern about how to deal with abuse and eating disorders.

But I've seen Jameela Jamil trashing Ozempic and saying your guts will explode and you'll get all kinds of side effects. And then I looked up the actual studies and there were like 2 cases of serious side effects that they could not conclusively link to the drug because there were comorbidities. But she made it sound like horrible side effects were almost inevitable and probably scared a lot of people out of taking the medicine, even if they might genuinely benefit.

I feel like one group is making a moral judgment about Ozempic because it is "cheating" and another is fear mongering and saying "your guts will explode" because celebrities are treating it like a fad diet.

Meanwhile everyone at risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes is just trying to afford it.

I feel like we've lost the plot completely.

I can't be the first to make this connection

don't infantilise yourself. you are not a child who needs an adult to make your decisions for you. you are a splendid and magnificent autocrat and you are consulting your trusted advisors. you are exercising great wisdom by inviting an expert to give their opinion before making your ruling. often the path of wisdom is to say "good morning, I'm trying to [perform task] and I have a question about [aspect], can you tell me who I should speak to for advice?" before you do it. sometimes the path of wisdom is to hire a plumber. there are times when you cannot do things for yourself but that doesn't mean you are not an adult. you don't need a grown-up. you need a specialist.

This joke has probably been made a gajillion times