AngryRaptor

I’ve had people (non-pornbots) try to strike conversation out of nowhere in my DMs recently, and now I’m wondering if they were doing that because they wanted to follow me and thought they needed to interact first. I feel compelled to say, just in case, that it’s totally okay to follow this blog (or my side blog, for that matter) even if we’ve never talked before.

Just post something. Anything. PLEASE. Even if it's a simple text post saying "I SWEAR I'M NOT A BOT 😅"

Agori leaders kind of think he’s a dick because he’s as stubborn as Tahu but twice as mean to other people trying to play politician with him. he once told a Glatorian to shut the fuck up in the middle of a resource allocation meeting

that being said, there’s something about Kopaka that the other Toa and Matoran really have faith in. he’s been Tahu’s right hand for a long time and now he steps up and never backs down when they need him to stand for them. he’s also a fucking ferocious warrior (and secretly cares really deeply for the people around him) and so he has the respect of just about every other Toa even before he’s leader.

Onua as his right hand because Onua softens Kopaka’s harshness but is just as steady as he is and is really reliable and good at making hard choices. Onua understands Kopaka well and is one of the few people who can keep up with his train of thought and anticipate what he needs.

I like to think an Ice Toa is a really unconventional choice for leader and people are always second-guessing him but he’s wild smart and has learned to listen to the people around him despite his pride

he rarely shows it but honestly it’s so much pressure on him to lead all these people. he feels like he’s not as charismatic or inspiring as Tahu and starts second-guessing his own decisions for the first time in his life because he’s bound to make mistakes no matter how hard he tries. sometimes he feels like it’s going to crush him. but he can’t let Tahu down. at one point, this probably causes him a legit mental break that he has to recover from

sometimes he wears the Hau in memoriam of his brother

he can be demanding but he’s honestly very hands-off with his siblings and lets them do just about whatever they want. they just learn to wait for orders in battles or tense situations and ask him questions when they’re not sure about something. they don’t really hide things from him because he gives them free reign. Gali feels like she needs a break and wants to go exploring for a week? he’s fine with that. bye. he trusts that she’ll make sure all of her responsibilities are taken care of while she’s gone. over time, they become more and more independent, but it’s because they trust so strongly in their unity that they know they’re never really alone in anything

in a battle - like a genuine, large-scale battle - nobody fucks with Kopaka’s orders. nobody challenges him. he’s savage and intelligent Onua is his strategist aid and so they always fucking win. Kopaka also kicks ass in most one-on-one fights he gets into as well. Gali always advised Tahu to stay out of one-on-ones, but at this point she’s angry and hurting and eventually she just tells Kopaka to go kick ass when anybody’s stupid enough to challenge him to a fight. since Agori are so used to the authority of duels, they respect this at least

all the others know that Tahu chose Kopaka to follow in his footsteps. from the moment Tahu takes his last breath, the others are looking at Kopaka to lead them.

he’s very responsible but also if he’s overwhelmed he WILL just get the hell out of there and disappear for days at a time. fuck anyone who tries to interrupt him when he’s like that. he misses Tahu and wishes he could talk to him again

the Av-Matoran absolutely adore Kopaka because he was the one who lead them in Karda Nui and Ko-Matoran think he’s the best ever. the Toa Mahri are completely loyal to him, the Toa Hagah love all the Toa Nuva, even Order members like Axonn and Helryx (is she still alive? bro I can’t remember. oh yeah she’s with Lewa but that Po-Matoran is going to try and kill her, right) think Kopaka is an adequate leader. he has a lot of strong allies

Kopaka finishes things Tahu started out of respect for the choices his brother made while he was here

people start rumors that Kopaka and Tahu really did hate each other even over all these years and that Kopaka’s just been waiting to lead. but Kopaka would have died for his brother to live. once he chose Tahu as his leader, he did not look back. this is one of the few rumors that gets to him.

he and Jaller start spending a lot of time together. Jaller sees Matoro in him and he sees Tahu in Jaller. when it comes time, Kopaka will let Jaller help him pick the Matoran who should inherit Tahu’s Toa stone

So my actual TEXTBOOK admitted that it was biased and teaching these disorders based on opinion and not up to date research. And, as described above, the section on ODD was basically just, “these are bad kids. We will not look into why or how or what comorbidities exist and we will also not be exploring the possibility of ODD really being a manifestation of trauma/undiagnosed adhd/autism/pathological demand avoidance/persistent drive for autonomy. We will however be mostly focusing on how annoying these kids are to their parents and teachers ✨️”

It’s fucking crazy. “Yeah we know lots of people with autism struggle to follow demands. They may either ignore/not register demands or have meltdowns when demands are placed. They may engage in physical aggression, verbal aggression, and property desctruction when directed to complete tasks or be exposed to uncomfortable sensory input. They may need to know the why behind demands and consequently argue with authority figures. They may be easily upset by sensory input or social interactions and have emotional outbursts when pushed beyond their limits. Some children with autism seek attention and may engage in maladaptive behaviors to elicit the attention of peers and caregivers if positive attention is not given freely/if they are ignored when behaving appropriately. All of these are symptoms of their underlying neurological differences and should be met with compassion and understanding. They are not bad children. Their brains process information differently and therefore they have executive functioning, sensory processing, and emotional regulation challenges that cause these behaviors.

When I got older, matured, and got out of the traumatic situation, I taught myself how to regulate (Yes, taught MYSELF. Surprisingly enough the strategy of “punish until the behavior stops” wasn’t very effective). It took very little time for teachers and authority figures to start insisting I get an autism diagnosis once I calmed down. Well, I did. Also ended up being diagnosed with PTSD, ADHD, OCD, anxiety, and depression at roughly the same time.

What a shock. The bad kid stops doing the things you don’t like and suddenly you’re paying close enough attention to recognize symptoms of an underlying problem. And yet nobody though to consider that these circumstances may have been linked to each other, they just starting patting themselves on the back for dealing with me and noticing the issues I had.

How different would my life have looked if the authority figures paid closer attention? If they made an effort and I got the accommodations I needed? How much better could I be doing, even now, if I’d had more time to heal, rather than have someone holding the wound open while wondering why it wouldn’t go away?

They were us.

Like literally genetically they were US, just like. A while ago.

Like

Would you trust a TV caveman with a baby? Probably not

As long as homo sapiens have existed, we have had the same emotional and mental capacity as you and I do today. You nailed it. They were US. Even Neaderthals existed alongside and had offspring with Homo Sapiens for many thousands of years.

There's much evidence that cavemen would have had complex spoken language, culture (learned information passed down), symbolic interpretation, and I think they most certainly would have been able to handle holding a baby. In fact I have my suspicisions that an ancient homo sapiens mother may be a more present, attentive, and knowledgable mom than I could be today.

Do not let media trick you into believing we are the pinnacle of humanity. Unilinial evolution theory (google it quick I beg) is BUNK, GARBAGE, and the root of so much evil.

At the beginning of the next class, my teacher showed us a cave painting of a horse. And then he showed all of our horses, which he had scanned and put into the presentation.

He then pointed out all the ways that our horses looked similar to the prehistoric horse. Same features, drawn from the same angle, etc.

And then he asked us, "Isn't it cool that you draw horses the same way as someone who lived 20,000 years ago?"

Yeah. That stuck with me for a while.

Scientists are now pretty sure the scribbles were made by kids ages 3-6, more or less on their own. The adult cave artists were probably doing what any modern parent might do when they want to keep small children out of their hair for awhile: they gave the kids some drawing tools of their own and a small section of wall to work on, out of the way but still close enough to keep an eye on them, and let them have at it.

The team compared the ancient art with the developmental stages exhibited by modern children: the furiously scribbled circles and push-pull lines typical of 3-year-olds just learning to control their bodies, for example, or the wobbly, right-angled figures of slightly older kids beginning to master fine motor skills.

Both are apparent in the cave, superimposed on each other as though two or more kids were drawing at once. That’s a clue the Las Monedas marks were likely made by “siblings or a mixed-age play group within the sphere of safety around adults, but also within their own space,” says co-author Felix Riede, an Aarhus archaeologist.

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They were us.

Like literally genetically they were US, just like. A while ago.

Like

Would you trust a TV caveman with a baby? Probably not

As long as homo sapiens have existed, we have had the same emotional and mental capacity as you and I do today. You nailed it. They were US. Even Neaderthals existed alongside and had offspring with Homo Sapiens for many thousands of years.

There's much evidence that cavemen would have had complex spoken language, culture (learned information passed down), symbolic interpretation, and I think they most certainly would have been able to handle holding a baby. In fact I have my suspicisions that an ancient homo sapiens mother may be a more present, attentive, and knowledgable mom than I could be today.

Do not let media trick you into believing we are the pinnacle of humanity. Unilinial evolution theory (google it quick I beg) is BUNK, GARBAGE, and the root of so much evil.

At the beginning of the next class, my teacher showed us a cave painting of a horse. And then he showed all of our horses, which he had scanned and put into the presentation.

He then pointed out all the ways that our horses looked similar to the prehistoric horse. Same features, drawn from the same angle, etc.

And then he asked us, "Isn't it cool that you draw horses the same way as someone who lived 20,000 years ago?"

Yeah. That stuck with me for a while.

Scientists are now pretty sure the scribbles were made by kids ages 3-6, more or less on their own. The adult cave artists were probably doing what any modern parent might do when they want to keep small children out of their hair for awhile: they gave the kids some drawing tools of their own and a small section of wall to work on, out of the way but still close enough to keep an eye on them, and let them have at it.

The team compared the ancient art with the developmental stages exhibited by modern children: the furiously scribbled circles and push-pull lines typical of 3-year-olds just learning to control their bodies, for example, or the wobbly, right-angled figures of slightly older kids beginning to master fine motor skills.

Both are apparent in the cave, superimposed on each other as though two or more kids were drawing at once. That’s a clue the Las Monedas marks were likely made by “siblings or a mixed-age play group within the sphere of safety around adults, but also within their own space,” says co-author Felix Riede, an Aarhus archaeologist.

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The "Grocery Shop like a Boss" post is making rounds again, and one of the bitchlings commented that they are moving out on their own for the first time so they were collecting ideas/recipes.

Which got me to wondering; do we have a "How to Preserve Your More Precious than Gold Grocery Haul" post floating around? And if not, should we start one?

We do not! And I agree--we should start one!!!

I'll start:

Tomatoes, carrots, and peppers can all be frozen without any preparation whatsoever. Just bag 'em and toss 'em in the freezer. So if you're worried you won't get to those vegetables before they go bad, freeze them for later recipes. They can then be used in a stirfry, curry, soup, chili, sauce, salsa, smoothie, whatever. And it's much easier, cheaper, and faster than canning.

WHO'S NEXT, BABIES? How are we preserving our grocery hauls?? This WILL become an official Bitches Get Riches World Heritage Post.

Cosmic Truths of Cheap Grocery Shopping: 12 Universal Rules to Save Money on Food, No Matter What You Buy or Where You Shop

Now is our time to act make sure to vote NO and make sure to just say NO to KOSA and just keep on resisting and refusing to give in to Kosa and don't give up hope just tell and say KOSA NO ASAP!!!