Gecko Cavern

Since it’s massively underdiagnosed, I figured this would be a great occasion to share some of my favorite infographics about this condition. (And for any of you who have been wondering why my personal posts here are basically all about medical mishaps and weird injuries: it’s because of hEDS and comorbidities.)

To any of my fellow zebras out there, we will make it through this!

✏️Made a sticker for this comic!✏️

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employee (completely blank expression): “No.”

partner (autistic) (socialscript.exe encountered an unhandled exception) : “…Uh. Um. Sorry?”

employee: “We don’t have that.”

partner (wondering if perhaps he put too much of the authentic accent on the word and that’s what’s throwing the guy): “You don’t have…(pronouncing it whiter) carnitas?”

employee (face still unreadable): “No.”

partner (looking at the near-full hotel pan of perfectly normal carnitas in its usual place on the other side of the glass) (noticing this employee looks unfamiliar) (maybe he’s a new guy that just started five minutes ago with no training?) : “The…pork?” (pointing at it)

employee: “We don’t have pork.”

partner (beginning to wonder if he’s the one that’s losing it) (desperately looks to the menu on the wall behind the employee) (the menu lists carnitas as a protein option) (the word “carnitas” is not crossed out or taped over or otherwise adulterated) (carnitas have been on the standard menu since at least 2016) : “Okay. Um. Are you…sure?”

other employee working the toppings part of the line (familiar) (have seen her before) (she has cool earrings): *gives the new guy a strange look, nudges him aside, and scoops the carnitas onto partner’s bowl before continuing with the other toppings*

- the employee keeps very strictly kosher/halal/vegan and refuses to handle pork (understandable, I respect that, but if you’re gonna work at a place that serves pork I do kinda feel like when someone orders it you’ve just gotta tap in a coworker to do it for you)

- someone did something gross to the carnitas and the employee is trying to warn people not to order it (??? throw it out then? also, three weeks in a row???)

partner (well aware of what he’s getting into with this guy now): “Hi. Could I please have a bowl with white rice, black beans, and pork?”

employee: “We don’t have pork.”

partner (demonstrating a level of patience only a public school teacher could have): *points at the pan of carnitas* “Could I please just have some of that?”

employee (after several slow, confused blinks): *points at the same pan* “That’s steak.”

partner (looking at the hotel pan they’re both pointing at) (it is filled with shredded meat of a pale beige color) (at the other end of the row of pans is another pan containing dark brown, lightly charred meat chopped into small pieces): “Okay.” *deciding he’s willing to play in this fantasy space if it gets the job done, he points at the first pan again* Then could I please have the steak?”

employee: *starts to reach for the pan at the other end containing the actual steak*

partner: "Oh—no, sorry, this one please?" *points at the first pan containing the carnitas*

employee: *blinks, then just walks away and starts helping the next customer in line, leaving partner's bowl unfinished*

other employee with cool earrings: *rolls her eyes at new employee, takes partner’s bowl, and fills it with carnitas herself*

new theories:

- the employee is a bridge troll who will only dole out his delectable carnitas to those who prove themselves worthy by correctly answering his riddles three

The four hours of sleep and two packs of crackers that consist of all I've eaten of today:

Hello I spent the past few years very slowly loosing my mind while making a very silly comic about getting isekai'd as a Digimon. It is free to read and only 59 pages.

Hello I spent the past few years very slowly loosing my mind while making a very silly comic about getting isekai'd as a Digimon. It is free to read and only 59 pages.

Digimon adventure 02: Direct sequel to Adventure. Stays true to most of its core themes and qualities that made the original so good. The plot is a little looser and the character design is not quite as good but it's still compelling and fun to watch. Has my favourite redemption arc from all times.

Digimon Tamers: Objectively still good but less charming to me personally. A lot of the more compelling arcs and emotions are relegated to side characters which makes the leads pretty dull by comparison. It still had heart though and a very memorable soundtrack to match it.

Digimon Frontiers: Bad. Any appeal the characters might have had is ruined by the terrible premise of kids turning into Digimon instead of having Digimon partners. The relationship between each child and their Digimon partner was a strong part of all shows prior to this and the story clearly suffers from the lack of it. This is where the female characters start becoming less competent and often can't win fights on their own - something that did not happen in the previous series. Unremarkable and boring.

Digimon Savers: This is where the stories start becoming a lot more simplistic. The characters aren't as deep as they had been and the premise is a little strange but the execution isn't awful. The story has some genuinely fun beats and characters and I'd tentatively describe it as the funniest iteration of the franchise. Unfortunately, this is also where the female characters become even more bland; marking the start of the trend of every female lead wearing pink and having a cutesy Digimon.

Digimon Xross Wars: Bad. A sudden spike of the already growing trend of dumber and shallower storylines. Everything is more colorful and seems to want to appeal to a younger audience. All elements take a massive downgrade from this and is just bad overall. The female lead doesn't even get to be part of the fight anymore. It's bad.