"Like Colors, But If Colors Hated Me."

"Like colors, but if colors hated me."

color theory final

Related to poor medical phrasing, way way back in elementary school, a dental assistant was trying to convince me to brush my teeth twice a day. Specifically, she said I should brush my teeth "first thing in the morning", and I was confused, because first thing in the morning I wouldn't have eaten anything, and I had brushed my teeth the night before, so what was there to clean off? I started to question it with, "But I brushed my teeth the night before, so—" and was cut-off with something that didn't address the fundamental issue. Took me years to figure out that what was meant was that I should brush my teeth after eating in the morning, and not just before bed.

When I was younger and researching the autism diagnosis criteria and symptoms, I thought “oh I couldn’t POSSIBLY be autistic.” Because when I read “takes everything literally” I thought it literally meant EVERYTHING and I was like “I don’t take EVERYTHING literally, just most things!” And I just realized the other day that it didn’t actually mean EVERYTHING and that was an overstatement.

Do Not Touch The Mysterious Orb

Please remain a safe distance from the mysterious orb until park rangers can triangulate your location and arrive to render aid.

While not necessary, uncomprehending and ceaseless screaming will both add to the ambiance and help us find your location faster.

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DIG.

I am once again thinking about digging holes

It's so fucked up that digging a bunch of holes works so well at reversing desertification

I hate that so much discourse into fighting climate change is talking about bioenginerring a special kind of seaweed that removes microplastics or whatever other venture-capital-viable startup idea when we have known for forever about shit like digging crescent shaped holes to catch rainwater and turning barren land hospitable

"Five thousand for justice."

One for sorrow Two for joy Three for a girl Four for a boy Five for silver Six for gold Seven for a secret never to be told

Eight for a wish Nine for a kiss Ten for a chance you must not miss Eleven for a wasp Twelve for a bee Thirteen for a coffee Fourteen for tea

Fifteen for a pencil Sixteen for a pen Seventeen to hear these options once again

Eighteen for pepper Nineteen for salt Twenty for an accident in which you were not at fault

Twenty one for Jerry Twenty two for Tom Twenty three - where are all these magpies coming from?

Twenty five no seriously Thirty this is weird Forty eight from where have all these magpies suddenly appeared?

Sixty two stop counting Seventy just run Ninety nine the revolution of the magpies has begun

Two hundred no more sorrow Five hundred no more fears One thousand for how long the empire of the magpies will last in years

(John Finnemore)