So something that's on my mind a lot is they're starting to test out "virtual chicanes" in the World Rally Championship which replace traditional tight turns created with obstacles such as hay bales with a section of the course where you're simply required to slow down
This is obviously good for the cars (and in some cases, even good for the roads they race on) but it is causing a stir because something about the arbitrary feeling bothers a lot of racers, however chicanes are never meaningless, they're carefully positioned, still I can empathize in some ways
The even more contentious part though is how to accurately track to see if each driver is doing the virtual chicane accurately and without cheating, intentionally or unintentionally, and no one seems to have yet agreed on something that makes everyone happy
Something I am fascinated with and rewatch often is the 15 minute move "A Recipe For Seduction" created by KFC in partnership with the Lifetime Channel. Although it is not my favorite piece of media per se or anything like that, I find it utterly fascinating as someone who studies fim
What's interesting about "A Recipe For Seduction" is that is technically perfect, which sounds like "well sure, they spent money on it" but, no I mean down to the smallest details, this is a film where everything has been thought about and crafted to tell a specific story
There's a perfectly shaped plot, every bit of dialogue is worthwhile, nothing is wasted, it's a wildly competent piece of media. I've watched thousands of short films and it's literally the best one I've ever seen and that's just so strange that I am obsessed with studying it
A pop culture example is you know how in Lebowski Walter is like “AND A GOOD DAY TO YOU SIR!” to Arthur Digby Sellers? Yeah, that’s an iron lung he was in.
If people could just chill and let us be ourselves and extend a little empathy or even just stop projecting weird, illogical, arbitrary standards on us, that would be good actually.
This. Society doesn’t like it when they can’t shove everyone into the same cookie cutter size box. Those of us who don’t fit the definition of “normal” are somehow problematic—which I don’t understand at all. All it takes is a tiny bit of effort to adapt to our needs. But they can’t be arsed. 💔
My ex’s mom had post polio bullshit and it is a lifelong, debilitating thing to have. My autism is a cakewalk compared to her post polio stuff. Vaccines are a good thing, I don’t understand why so many folks do not understand this.
My mom had polio as a child and nearly died. She still has health issues related to it 60 years later that have affected her quality of life and she got off very lucky.
It is just wild that some people would rather their children potentially get deadly diseases than have a different neurology. I've literally seen a book titled "I Wish My Kids Had Cancer" and the author has two autistic children. As someone who's father died to cancer, I am appalled. It's so gross.
I can only imagine how many men, women, and children that would've been stuck in an iron lung if it weren't for the discovery of a polio vaccine. If polio ever comes back we are well and truly fucked as a society.
As a disabled person I regret to inform you that the majority of people are eugenicists and believe it's merciful to kill children, especially disabled children.
The vaccine preventable illnesses I have had have been shitty enough that I REALLY want to make sure I never have any of the worse ones. If I'm offered a vaccine, for anything, I say yes.
I don’t know how to explain to people who are obsessed with “vaccine injuries” that nearly nothing they’ve described will ever compare to watching a child size coffin go into the ground, and actually, their willingness to risk killing their own kids to avoid autism makes me not want their friendship
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If people could just chill and let us be ourselves and extend a little empathy or even just stop projecting weird, illogical, arbitrary standards on us, that would be good actually.
Hanging around with other parents we pretty much ALL agreed we wanted our kids alive healthy and happy, and none cared about neurotypical.
...more than one of us has an autistic child and at least one parent is autistic themself.
Actually, can we invent a vaccine that causes autism? It sounds better than what we have going on now.
Having not dead kids is the ultimate aim.
Unless you’re a eugenicist who would rather the “weakling” die than turn into a “useless eater.”
Also, acting like there is a “normal” brain in existence.