Small talk and conversations can be really hard for autistic people.

#ActuallyAutistic @actuallyautistic

image: Izzy@autieselfcare

"Der Klima-Politologe Reinhard Steurer hält eine Erwärmung bis zum Jahr 2100 um drei Grad für ein realistisches Szenario. „Das bedeutet Klimakatastrophe und ganz konkret für uns den Kollaps dieser Zivilisation in diesem Jahrhundert“, sagt der Vorarlberger, der Professor an der Universität für Bodenkultur in Wien ist."

https://vorarlberg.orf.at/stories/3239621/

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'Why, Sam,’ he said, 'to hear you somehow makes me as merry as if the story was already written. But you’ve left out one of the chief characters: Samwise the stouthearted. "I want to hear more about Sam, dad. Why didn’t they put in more of his talk, dad? That’s what I like, it makes me laugh. And Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam, would he, dad?” ‘

'Now, Mr. Frodo,’ said Sam, 'you shouldn’t make fun. I was serious.’

'So was I,’ said Frodo, 'and so I am.'

—JRR Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Stairs of Cirith Ungol

'Frodo and Sam' illustration by Anna Helena Szymborska:
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/LRZrGR

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Winterblüten

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There's nothing quite like the taste of stale russian despair 😂

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to the people who are #actuallyautistic :

Are you self-diagnosed or formally diagnosed?