Intuition

breelandwalker:

rainydaydecaf:

Something that helps

If you blurt out something that you thought would be funny but it comes across as insensitive, just quickly say, “I’m sorry, that was rude, what I meant was…”

If you say something in anger or frustration, take a breath and say, “I’m sorry, that was hurtful, let me rephrase…”

If you say something heartfelt, but it comes across as insincere or ironic, say “That sounds like I’m just saying it, but I’m being truly honest…”

If you accidentally tell the waiter “enjoy your meal” just laugh and say a quick “so sorry, my brain isn’t working today!” and you will most likely get a commiserating chuckle in return.

Most of the time, the other person will accept your apology with no harm done. Sometimes they even insist they understood what you meant the first time and clarification was not needed. At times, maybe they have a right to be upset, but it never hurts to apologize again so they know that you’re taking their feelings into account.

Repeat after me. It’s okay to be bad at conversation. Knowing how to apologize makes it easier.

(Also if you flub and something comes out in a way you didn’t intend, it is okay to laugh at yourself and say, “WOW, that came out wrong, let me try that again….” Or if you need a moment to buffer, just say so. Most people are very patient and appreciate the clarification.)

karatekamania:

me when someone complains about something that’s been genuinely bothering me too but i just brushed it off because i was worried that i was just bitchy/callous/sensitive but now I feel Vindicated

(via valtsv)

beaubambabey:

“average person commits 5 murders a year" factoid actualy just statistical error. average person is involved with 0 murders per year. Baldur’s Gate, a city built on top of a temple to Bhaal, God of Murder, with a rate of over 10,000 murders each year, is an outlier adn should not have been counted”

solreefs:

heartbreaking: local thing has to leave the house even though it is so tired and sleepy and full of joint pain

(via joyfullyangrysappho)

gayarsonist:

gayarsonist:

live laugh love? nah. languish lament lay down

feeling this

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parasitoidism:

parasitoidism:

parasitoidism:

I will never again know the succulent flavor of a seatbelt

Did anyone else do this

Rave reviews

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nightmare-deactivated20210928:

hate it here (realm of consciousness) going back to sleep

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veighta:

Normalize disabled voices

Echolalia, monotone voices, stuttered speech, slurred speech, labored breathing between words and sentences, mechanical AAC voices,  AAC or sign users who consider those to be their voices, selectively mute voices, disorganized speech, speech with vocal tics, speech considered to be of “inappropriate volume”, speech with vocal stims, all disabled voices and the ways they present

Normalize disabled voices

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yourmajestyyy:

jainz:

frozun:

i think a lot of people forget that you can actually still come across as confident and have social anxiety

I TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS TO PEOPLE ALL THE TIME

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