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[ID: a rectangular flag with 7 straight vertical stripes, the outer stripes being thicker than the others and the middle stripe being much thicker. from outer to inner stripes, the colours are purple, light orange, light green, and off-white. across the middle of the flag is a straight horizontal off-white stripe with a black chain running across it, and in the middle of the flag is an off-white square with a rounded black outline. in the square is an icon of a tablet with a purple case, the letters 'AAC' on its screen, and a brown hand pointing to the letters. End ID]

AAC Device Objectbond / AACDeviceobjectbond: a term describing a deep bond/connection to AAC devices/one's AAC device in a way that is important/intrinsic to one's identity, without necessarily involving identifying as or being attracted to it.

Objectbond (link) coined by @swordsxenan, and I used this objectbond flag template (link). Symbol from Freepik (link)

Self-indulgent haha!! AAC beloved

Nigerian Pride 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇬

☆⁠ MAIN CHARACTER ATYPICAL EUPHORIA — a flag for those who get atypical euphoria from being seen by others or oneself as the main character!

☆⁠ COMIC RELIEF ATYPICAL EUPHORIA — a flag for those who get atypical euphoria from being seen by others or oneself as the comic relief!

☆⁠ atypical euphoria flag! main character flag! comic relief flag! If done before, consider this an alternative flag!

☆⁠ coined by your friend :)c

[ID: Three flags made of nine horizontal stripes, the middle of which is twice as thick as the rest. In order, the stripes are reddish-black, red-orange, gold-beige, light gold-beige, orange, light gold-beige, gold-beige, red-orange, and reddish-black. The second flag has a reddish-black plus sign in the middle, and the third flag has a reddish-black Rammstein logo, which is a plus sign with an "R" making the left point. /End ID.]

rammgender

rammgender (rahm-gender) - a gender and gender umbrella connected to the band Rammstein and their music!

MOGAI ABCs!

[PT: MOGAI ABCs!]

[ID: a transparent lineup of 9 teddy bears each holding a stuffed letter, spelling out "MOGAI ABCs" /end ID]

this is a dual coining and experiences event! anyone can participate in both or either :] you also can skip prompts, do them out of order, whatever! tag your posts with #MOGAI ABCs

this event will take place throughout june, each day (except the last few) representing a different letter of the english alphabet!

june 1st is A, june 2nd is B, and so on and so forth. for the remaining few days after june 26th (Z), the prompts are: numbers, visuals, sounds, and free day!

the coining prompts are simple and loose -- coin something that starts with the day's letter, combine two terms that start with the same letter, make a gift for someone whose name starts with the letter, the possibilities are endless!

the same looseness applies to the experience prompts too! for example, you can go more in depth with your own labels that start with that letter, or make an entirely different, personalized list!

that being said, here are some prompts i came up with :)

Alterhumanity - are you alterhuman? how does this affect your life and identity?

Body - what's your relationship to your body? how does it affect how you identify?

Culture - how does your culture influence your identity, if at all?

Disconnect - are you disconnected with any particular aspect of your identity?

Expression - how do you express your identity? what's your ideal expression/presentation?

Family, Friends - what's your relationship with the concepts of friendship and family? are you out to your family and friends, if you have them?

Gender - what's your experience with gender? how do you understand it?

Hoard - are you a hoarder? how does this affect your MOGAI identity? if you collect terms, how do you organize them?

Intersex - are you intersex or questioning? how has it affected your identity?

Joy - how do you find joy in your identity? what does it look and feel like to you?

Knowledge - is there something you wish was more widely known? share a fun fact about MOGAI or your identity!

Love - do you experience love? in what ways? what's your relationship to love as a concept?

Modality - what's your relationship to gender modality -- trans, cis, iso, amodal, etc?

Neurodivergence - are you neurodivergent? how does your neurodivergence or mental health affect your identity?

Orientation - talk about your orientation/attraction! what is it? does it feel or work a certain way?

Plurality - are you plural? what ways does plurality affect your identity?

Queerness - do you consider yourself queer? what does queerness mean to you?

Relationships - how do you approach relationships, romantic or otherwise? what does an ideal relationship look like to you?

Structure - how do you conceptualize your identity as a whole? how is it structured or divided, if at all?

Terminology - what terminology do you use to describe yourself, and/or what others refer to you as? is it typical of your gender? does it vary by what setting you're in?

Unity - what are your feelings toward the MOGAI community? do you consider yourself part of it?

View - how do your views (on the world, on society, etc.) affect your identity, especially your MOGAI identity?

When? - are there any important dates when it comes to your identity? when did you discover the MOGAI and/or queer communities, or that you were MOGAI/queer?

Xenogender - are you xenogender? what are your thoughts on the label?

Y (Why)? - why are you part of this community?

Zero - are you on any sort of a-spectrum? are there aspects of identity you lack?

Numbers - do you quantify your identity at all? are there any numbers that are special to you in this way?

Visuals - are there any parts of you that can be described with visuals -- such as pictures, art, colors, or symbols?

Sounds - how about audio? is there any music you associate with your identity?

Free Day!

thank you to @phloxamor for making the graphics!!

I would never pay money for a redbox. if you ask politely and are very very persistent (i.e. annoying) they will let you take it away

here's my dad and i taking it away

luckily there are no shortage of freaks like us who will just take them away on our own volition. we did it all "by the book", too: we set up cones and caution tape, disconnected electricity properly, used an angle grinder to grind down the bolts in the concrete so nobody would trip on them, then cleaned everything up afterward and sealed off the electrical panel so the store would know everything is safe and tidy. though they were hesitant when we were first contacting them, they were honestly very relieved and grateful when we finally took it away, especially once they saw that we "knew what we were doing" (we don't) and look like we've "done this before" (we haven't).

the fun part: the reason why this redbox, in particular, was completely full and unraided is because the computer hardware inside had failed some months before the bankruptcy, and a failing company sure as hell wasn't gonna send a tech out to our podunk dipshit city to fix it, so it was impossible to rent movies or take any discs out. plus, for who knows how long, people were returning old redbox discs to this machine and not taking any out, leading to a much higher variety of movies than your average redbox.

there is a thriving community of redbox hackers and modders out there, as well, creating open-source software for repurposing the machines and not letting their very interesting and robust disc-management hardware go to waste. this one belongs to my brother (who was very annoying persistent and did all the legwork of contacting managers and securing permission) who is a programmer by trade and will be hacking it into a family-access movie library, with whatever discs we want. i mean the machine is completely weatherproof and has a built-in AC unit, it would be such a waste to not try to turn it into something cool.

if we get another one, i'm gonna try to mod it into some sort of art or zine vending machine. the disc boxes are just the right size for small print art or stickers. would make a great "little free library" too.