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Now, if you have any kind of disability, you know it's fucking annoying go have people make you explain something over and over again, or have people go "oh, you have X? You mean, like the [awful stereotype] thing?"

So, I have realized recently that being Vague As Shit is great for making people leave you the hell alone.

I have autism and anxiety, and with that comes the symptom of selective mutism. If you don't know what that is, Firefox is free. But I had an episode where I couldn't speak today in one of my classes, and knew I would have to explain it to my partner and probably my professor.

This usually goes with me writing that I can't speak, them asking why, me saying selective mutism, and them asking me what that is. Then I have to painstakingly write out an explanation. And, obviously, I'm tired of this. So I tried something new. When he asked, I simply told him I couldn't speak, and when he asked if I physically couldn't or just didn't want to, I just opened my mouth and unleashed the terrifying, awful, broken stuttering that comes out when I try to speak while mute.

His response was "OKAY OKAY OKAY YOU CAN STOP NOW" and he did not question me for the rest of class, and even explained to the professor what was wrong when she tried to make me popcorn read.

This also works on doctors. When I tell doctors I have PCOS, POTS, or hEDS, they usually hear "oh the crazy women self diagnosis disabilities" and treat me accordingly. So, instead I drop unhinged symptoms until they leave me alone.

"Yes, my last menstrual cycle started on December 12th, 2025 and ended January 28th, 2026." "I have experienced several events where I have passed out randomly, yes." "My hip has subluxated six times in the past week."

behind the scenes vs the scene

D my love, hiiii!!!!! 💖💖 I guess you're referring to this post? Truth be told, no, I wasn't talking about Heated Rivalry, I was referring to the show 9-1-1 (which @partofthefandom has been delightfully torturing me with. Say hi to everyone Div, my vicious, beloved tyrant 😘💖)

Speaking of HR though, I finally watched it last month! I binged the whole thing in one day, if you can believe that lol, and darling I don't know why I didn't listen to you when you first recommended the books to me. I should have known. You always know better 💖💖 IT WAS AWESOME. I think my hair's still on fire from that experience, I'm not gonna lie to you, boo.

It's not really an addictive show, everyone's super casual about it

hello anon! happy to explain!

so the original post comes from the ever hilarious @cuppydogshane who made the astute observation that when shane goes to ilya's tampa hotel room, well, he's kinda giving pleakley. however (!), keen observers of the calendar will notice that 11th march is not a thursday. @lesbianlandry reblogged the post on thursday 19th march, coining the phrase "pleaked up on a thursday" in the process, and tumblr did what tumblr does best and ran with it, yes and-ing all the way.

so, on thursdays you'll often find various riffs on "pleak", "pleakley", "pleaked up" etc from the fandom as a result and why not, who doesn't love a shitpost!

i've included some of my favourites below because i love fandom joy and just to give an example of what i mean. screenshots from @smokingrozanov, @ilyasmole, @themoonandmyman @keasusreevsus and @kaijuerotica (post links 1, 2, 3, 4, 5) there's also the #pleaked up thursday tag that most folks seem to be using to share the pleaked up fun if you want to have a browse.

this is also why you might find @fuckrozanov's thursday shoracle or the thursday @assignedilyaoftheday in his hawaiian shirt as a nod to the joke.

and speaking of ilya, there's debate on whether he was pleaked up or serving jamba in episode 5, but i'll leave that up for individual interpretation because i go between the two. screenshots form @oknotgood and @liliesrozes (post links 1 & 2)

TLDR; shane wore a hawaiian shirt reminiscent of pleakley from lilo and stitch in episode 5 and now there's weekly shit posting about it.