metaphorically john

“I never knew nighttime was this long. Just awhile ago, at night, Brother and I would talk about things such as alchemy and the future… When we get tired from from chatting, we’d fall asleep and have happy dreams… Nighttime was very short. Now, since nighttime is very long, I think about nothing but unnecessary things.“ 

SALES POST!! (UPDATED on 7/27/17 with prices and the ones who have been adopted)

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Moving apartments in a few weeks, ran out of space for pacas, still have alpackages coming in… so here are some pacas that are looking for a new home!

My photos include front and back. The back angle shows whether they have tags (most have tags)

All my pacas are authentic. I purchased them from people in this group, buyee, or in Japan 

I’m very willing to do trades! If you have any regionals, gorgeous, kuri kuri, festivals, cotton candies, or 8cm, i’m very willing to trade multiple of mine for one of yours

Some details:

New Ginger Museum alpacasso (I bought them in Japan and they are super new. The blush is still visible) - NWT only the large new ginger museum maid is left ($65)

Fuwamoko ribbon kids full set - NWT (prefer to sell as set)

12cm - various series (also selling 2 full Beri Beri sets) [$10-$20]

16cm - various series (also has a alpacasso phone holder) [$15-$25]

50cm (xmas paca and vacation paca) [$25]

EDIT:

2 16cm new gingers adopted

fuwamoko ribbon kids (mint green) adopted

fuwamoko ribbon kids (white, pink, and beige) adopted

everybody good?

cool.

just breathe.

Broski, why would you fake this? Why would you fake something that significantly causes you hardships? Why? I mean honestly, think about it. You don’t get sympathy for this, you get treated oddly by almost anyone you tell and that’s about it.

Let’s say you somehow magically are subconsciously faking it or something, you get little to no benefit from it. So why would you keep faking this, knowing you aren’t benefiting? You wouldn’t.

Why do people fake things? To receive something beneficial out of it.

For example, faking a broken leg. When we were 9 or 10, we broke our leg and got crutches. At first, we weren’t faking. But then we saw all the benefits and didn’t want the injury to go away. When it did, we faked still needing our crutches, and accidentally walked without them one day in the middle of class.

If you were faking this, you’d slip up, or you’d actively act out switches with the intention of deceiving someone. You aren’t doing that, are you? No. You aren’t faking. Maybe you don’t have what you think you have, but you have something, and it’s real.

I know it’s hard to believe that you have this, I know part of you probably wants to believe that you are faking it, no one wants to have such bad traumatic experiences that they “break” to cope with it. But if you didn’t come into this thinking “I’m going to purposefully pretend to have this,” then chances are you aren’t faking.

You’re not faking if you hardly switch

You’re not faking if you have 3 alters or 100s

You aren’t faking if your trauma wasn’t “bad enough,”

You aren’t faking if you drink or do drugs

You aren’t faking if you have fictives

You aren’t faking if you are co-conscious a lot

You aren’t faking.

THIS is how you handle something properly - Corporate, DID style… A niche, but hear me out:

My initial response:

“Hell. Fucking. No.”

Justifying my point to someone who said I was being too sensitive:

“Actually, I get angry when people make fun of people who have survived severe trauma. You call that offended. I call it common decency.”

My response as a consumer, to their international CEO in regards to their Advertisement:

[TEXT: 

Mr Gainor, 

It has come to my attention that in an advertisement for your banana split, you have chosen to make mental illness the punchline. This is in reference to the “Split personality? Order two!” sign. I would like to inform you that this is extremely offensive. 

It’s called Dissociative Identity Disorder - and it is caused by chronic and severe trauma during early childhood. 

I have been a customer at Dairy Queen for over a decade, and you have lost a lifetime of business from this former customer. 

I would also like to inform you that DID occurs at a rate of 1% in the general population. You have just alienated and made a tasteless joke in reference to 1 out of every 100 customers. 

And finally, I wanted to let you know that you have made survivors of the most horrific trauma and abuse a punchline. 

Please reconsider this ad and remove it before you cause more damage to your company.

Sincerely, Eleanor Hutchinson (a real life person with DID)]

And today, to my shock and amazement:

[TEXT: 

Dear Ms. Hutchinson, Thank you for reaching out to John Gainor regarding the point of sale poster for the banana split seen in Texas. I am so sorry we have upset you and offended you. Please accept my apologies on behalf of John and the corporation. Everyone on Texas Marketing and Operations teams is working to have this removed and destroyed immediately. Kind regards, Carolyn Carolyn Kidder Senior Fan Relations Manager American Dairy Queen Corporation ”: ]

My final response:

[TEXT:

Ms. Kidder, Your apology is warmly accepted. Thank you for listening and responding so gracefully. DQ has been a brand I have been loyal to since childhood, and have had the fondest memories. I’m reminded of fund raisers in the community; and the sponsorship of my high school’s hockey team, along with the Peer Mentors program. You have certainly won back my current and future business. I think I’m going to have to go get a blizzard 😊 Thank you for listening to the DID community’s feedback. It helps restore your faith a bit, you know? Take care,Eleanor Hutchinson ]  

The amazing art of Shadow of the Colossus by Troy Mishler, Dan Doherty, Elijah McNeal, Mak Malovic, Michael Kahn-Rose and Sameth Sim

somebody: whoa there buddy whats that all about?