Thinking About When I Was Small, How My Mom Told Me That Pipe Cleaners Were Just A Tool Until People

thinking about when i was small, how my mom told me that pipe cleaners were just a tool until people started idly shaping things with them and it grew so popular that they were marketed as crafting materials. and that story about how the original frisbees were disposable pie plates that students flattened to throw. and how when i was a child i had a wooden mancala set with shiny, colorful stones, but on invention it was played with rocks and grooves dug into the dirt. and middle school, paper football and tic-tac-toe and mash and mad libs, games that just need pen and paper. and before that, games of pretend with pirates and princes and masked marauders. how at slumber parties after lights out, we used to whisper storytelling games, i say one sentence and you say the next. and shadow puppets. and the way all the kids in the neighborhood used to divide into teams and throw fallen pine cones at one another. and the floor is lava game, and the quiet game, and the games i play with my coworkers that are just words and retention. and "put a finger down" on the high school bus. and little girls clapping together, and how the first jump-rope was undoubtedly just a length of rope who knows how long ago, and how natural it is to play, how we seek play at every age and with any resources we have and with whatever time we can squeeze it into in a day. i'm not an anthropologist or a psychologist but i think after food and shelter and water and air what comes next is games and stories and laughter. i think that there is nothing -- not sex or fighting or forming unlikely bonds with animals -- there is nothing more human than to play.

ADHD RATS DISCORD

ADHD Rats is a discord server that accepts all lovely rats between the ages of 13 and 15 who have ADHD (or self diagnose ADHD). We aim to make it a fun, safe, welcoming and chill place where you can talk about your experiences with ADHD and about your life in general with people who can relate to it, as well as a place where you can make friends.

We have plenty of channels to talk about your interests, your hyperfixations, your struggles and anything and everything that might come to your mind. Hope you stop by and check our server out! :D

DISCLAIMER: We are very adamant about our age boundary, so if you are younger than 13, please respect that you can’t join yet and don’t lie about how old you are. If you are older than 15, you can either join ADHD Crew (the parent server to this one- the age limit is 16-19) or you can join ADHD Vibes (no age limit).

ADHD RATS INVITE LINK: https://discord.gg/vBPvmYh8G5

13-15 age limit, have to have or self diagnose adhd

ADHD CREW INVITE LINK: https://discord.gg/CHMqdg9

16-19 age limit, have to have or self diagnose adhd

ADHD VIBES INVITE LINK: https://discord.gg/zc8NcCY

all ages, have to have or self diagnose adhd

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soupgoescronch

3 years ago

Could we crash tumblr if we all posted the word “crash” on the 1st of april 2022, 12:35 EST?

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