birdofmay

[birdofmay]

I'm honestly so confused whenever someone in the reblogs of my poll says that it's skewed because it's in English and therefore directed at the English speaking world...

I can't speak Chinese or Russian, and I don't know how to reach those who do. You'll need to forward it to them manually. Plus, a poll in Chinese or Russian would've excluded those who learn English as their first foreign language in school and French, Spanish, German, or Italian as their second foreign language. Or those who learn their ancestor's native language as a first or second foreign language because it's actively revived.

Yeah, Chinese is spoken by MANY people, but almost everyone understands English at least to a degree still.

And why would you think that an English post automatically is directed at "the English speaking world"? I could've posted it in my country's sign language or our family's North Frisian dialect, THAT would've been directed at a very specific target audience, yes. But English?! That's directed at literally everyone who understands it or has a dictionary nearby.

[birdofmay]

With all due respect, living in Puerto Rico I need a tax specialist, a historian, and a drink to answer that question.

It's about what your heart tells you, and only that.

Finger hovering over the "yes" button makes you feel unwell because you're thinking of other factors in your history and culture? Vote "no".

Finger hovering over "no" makes you feel unwell because "We'll technically, and I kinda vibe with them too"? Vote "yes".

Still can't decide because there simply are too many factors involved? - wait 6 days.

There are Puerto Ricans who went "EWW" and "For this poll I'm Puerto Rican and not US American", so really.... Do what feels right for you, there's no right or wrong answer in a "no nuances" poll! ☝️

#anon ask #not autism

[birdofmay]

I just love it when Canadians go "It's [time] Eastern/Central/Mountain/Pacific time here... but I'm NOT from the U.S., I'm Canadian, ha!" 😂

So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

[birdofmay]

Tumblr just assigned you a different blog for some reason? When I clicked on it it showed your blog, but when I followed and went to my following list, it showed @maculategiraffe. I love this functional website.

Hah interesting 😂

#undescribed #ask #not autism

[birdofmay]

9:36 AM eastern time when it was 50:50...

So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

[birdofmay]

We need support from Russia and China with this one! Send this to people in Russia and China!

So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

[birdofmay]

*sighs* this was so beautiful when the percentages were 20% : 80%...

Good morning to EDT and CDT, and to the early birds in the mountains

So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

[birdofmay]

So we all know that Tumblr is US-centric. But to what degree? (and can we skew the results of this poll by posting it at a time where they should be asleep?)

Reblog to increase sample size!

#tumblr polls #polls

[birdofmay]

while you were studying girls i was kissing the blade

#not autism

[birdofmay]

online communities are so strange because people slip away so easily. you can be on here for years, folding people you've never met into the fabric of your daily life, and then they disappear, leaving only ghost posts scattered across tumblr behind. or their blog stays dormant, for weeks, months, years, until you're only still following them because you remember that they love sunflowers or they were kind to you when they didn't have to be or the last thing they posted was sad and raw and you still worry about them sometimes.

and sometimes they come back when you least expect it, years later, even, and there's this sudden rush of relief like there you are, there you are, even though you barely knew each other.

there's a strange kind of love to it. i don't know you and i want to hold your hand across miles and time zones and oceans. i can still see the imprint of you in this community you left. you don't think anyone will notice or care when you're gone, but we notice and we care and we wish you well.

i hope you're all okay out there. i hope the sun is shining on your face and you are breathing deeply. i miss you.

#and very often we have the classic: #they come back and say ''btw I'm [different gender] now!'' #and you're like ''ah that explains it'' #😄

[birdofmay]

Any recommendations for other folk metal bands? :D I've been enjoying Bloodywood a lot but haven't delved too far into the subgenre.

Some of the following bands are also at home in other genres (I'll put Viking and Pagan Metal in a Folk Metal playlist if the song is about something "normal" Folk Metal bands would write about or if there are folk instruments, for example), but:

Cruachan

Eluveitie

Ensiferum

Falconer (also power metal)

Falkenbach

Finntroll

Grai

Heidevolk

Korpiklaani

Skálmöld

Svartsot

I also have a "Folk and Viking" playlist on Spotify (which also contains pirate metal, etc., it's more based on vibes):

#anon ask #not autism #music tag

[birdofmay]

Sometimes I watch my dad rambling about metal and think "Yep, this is where my autism came from, no doubt about it."

[birdofmay]

if I forgot your favorite subgenre or misclassified a band feel free to argue in the replies 👍

#folk metal #(no I do shower I swear)

[birdofmay]

babygirl there are fandoms on my dashboard that i havent even heard of

[birdofmay]

Spotify shared playlist

Alright, I want to try something.

I'll share a collaboration link of a Spotify playlist below. Please add songs with acoustic guitars specifically - language and genre doesn't matter!

Since I don't know if inserting the link here will make you a collaborator or simply lead you to the playlist as a visitor, I'll also insert a Google Docs link that contains the same Spotify link - this will then hopefully be the correct link and make you a collaborator :D Let me know if it works!

[birdofmay]

4:35 Blaze it sorry traffic was crazy

#not autism

[birdofmay]

When I talk about visible autism on my blog, I’m usually not talking about those who are clocked as quirky and weird. Although that’s completely valid, I’m not talking about them. I’m talking about those of us who are VISIBLY autistic. Those of us who are clocked as those autistics. Who are clocked immediately as having something wrong with them. Those of us who are named as slurs. Who are yelled at. Who are attacked. Who are glared at, pointed at, stared at, pitied. Those of us who are automatically assumed to be with caregivers. Those of us you see talked about in medical journals and on the news as “inspiration” when we graduate or get invited to prom.

This is us. This is who we’re marked as. This is who we are seen as. We are seen as less than, as animals, as objects, as “inspirations”. When we accomplish something it’s usually not seen as our accomplishments but as the accomplishments of our caregivers and support staff.

I get so mad when someone comes onto my blog, MY blog. Me. A visibly autistic, nonverbal person, and doesn’t even look at my tags or pinned post and says “Omg me too, I’m seen as quirky and awkward, I’m visibly autistic 🥰” and like…go you but I’m not talking about you. I’m not talking about “low masking”. Im talking about LOW masking. No masking or very very low masking. Those of us who are immediately seen as autistic.

And it’s frustrating. It’s frustrating when people come into my blog and say this because, you DON’T get it. You just don’t. You don’t get what my life is like, what my experiences are. What it’s like to be LOW masking or no masking. You don’t get that. And yet you try and squeeze yourself in. And that hurts. It hurts to have people who won’t ever understand this squeeze themselves in. Stop doing this.