You Can't Buy Whimsy (but they're selling it anyway) 🌼🌿🍄🦋✨🌞

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  @Shelbizleee · 2 months ago · pinned

  A note for those attempting to police my language around “hyperfixations” or “special interests”: Please consider that doing so requires you to make assumptions about my neurodivergence and my relationship to these terms.<br><br>For years, I’ve had people on the internet insist that I must be on the autism spectrum based on the way I speak, behave, or engage with my interests. Now, ironically, I have comments suggesting I’m not allowed to use certain language unless I publicly disclose or somehow demonstrate exactly where I fall on the spectrum.<br><br>I don’t think this kind of language policing is helpful to autistic people, people with ADHD, or the broader neurodivergent community. No one should have to disclose a diagnosis or prove their neurodivergence to have their language deemed acceptable.<br><br>Please don’t assume my status on the autism spectrum, my friends’ status, or anyone else’s. You do not know someone’s neurodivergence based on what they have or haven’t publicly disclosed. Speculating about someone’s diagnosis is weird, and requiring disclosure before you decide they’re “allowed” to use certain language is not the inclusivity you think it is.

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• ME

  @mediocrebankai · 3 months ago

  I was so stressed about being good at painting I avoided painting for years, my husband told me &quot;You know, they try to capitalize on our passions, encourage you to turn it into something that can make money when it was originally something to soothe your soul. You can just paint, and take joy that you are alive, painting in that moment.&quot;

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• SK

  @Skolirodeloi · 3 months ago

  Petition to name the cardinal baby “Cardi Three”

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• EM

  @emilyrosecampbell · 3 months ago

  Whimsy is just cottage core part 2.

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• AU

  @austenweathersby7027 · 3 months ago

  My sibling had a pair of Christmas jammies with dogs on them that were all torn up, so they cut each tiny dog out and hot glued it to yarn to make a Christmas doggie garland! So whimsical

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• TA

  @tashhollyart · 3 months ago

  A bonus to befriending the birds is that when you feed the magpies, sometimes a stray kitten will come and eat the scraps you throw to the birds, you catch said stray kitten and she becomes your best little friend courtesy of the cat distribution system

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• LA

  @lavandeeal · 3 months ago

  This summer, I&apos;m hosting tea parties with friends and familiy, with teapots and teacups and dresses we already own. Thrifted a couple of servingware that I&apos;ll reuse. You should try too, it&apos;s so fun!

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• ES

  @estherriley6879 · 3 months ago

  Can I suggest a name for the baby cardinal? Cardi bb

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• EA

  @Easton555 · 3 months ago (edited)

  @<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XwQ1ppu84M0&amp;t=1200">20:00</a> if you’re someone wanting to do this, please make sure what you’re seeding is native! Don’t spread any invasive plants because they cause much harm to the environment.

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• KA

  @KatDJZ · 3 months ago

  I just love the idea of having a close neighborhood and getting together, but my neighbors are...not great.

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• SA

  @sarahshipp3473 · 3 months ago

  I organized an &quot;awkward prom&quot; where we got dressed up and ate at a mid range restaurant (like teens do before prom). Also, hosting dinners around a specific ingredient/process like pickling or custom spice blends. Any type of found object art is the height of whimsy.

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• PU

  @PurplePirate2010 · 3 months ago

  I love playing cafe jazz music &nbsp;or anything instrumental while I’m reading or doing chores. Just makes it seem more magical, like I’m in my own movie lol

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