#rattish posts

just drew this. some rare anxceit fluff xD inspired by fall out boys song the take over the breaks over, specifically the lines:

I was just checking information for a UK government welfare benefit, regarding housing, and I discovered they have this rule:

[Image ID: screenshot that reads: "If you're under 35 and you live in private housing

If you do not live with a partner, the most you can usually get is the rent for a single room in a shared house in your area, even if you do not live in shared housing. This is called the Local Housing Allowance shared accommodation rate (SAR)."

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What this means, is that, if you're single and under 35, and you live in a 1 bedroom property, you automatically get less than someone in a couple living in a 1 bedroom property. Which essentially means that if you're single and relying on this benefit that you will struggle more to find accommodation if you want to live on your own than someone in a couple on the same benefits would - or be forced to live in a house share (which really isn't suitable for certain groups - I can tell you that from experience). For literally zero reason other than the fact that you're single.

This, obviously, is extremely arophobic. Aside from that, I'm pretty sure this would also indirectly affect queer folks who haven't been able to date/get in relationships due to queerphobia, and probably the same/similar for other marginalised groups too. Plus, people should just be allowed to live on their own anyway, even if they're on benefits. The fact that single people on benefits will struggle more to find a place to live on their own in comparison to both single working people and couples on benefits, is discriminatory to disabled aros especially.

Just generally, there is absolutely no reason for this to be a rule, and it obviously should be changed somehow.

Personally, I'm not able to do anything about this. My one idea is that there is an official government site where people can host petitions which will get discussed by parliament if they get enough signatures (not linking so this post doesnt get nerfed). But I do not have the spoons or knowhow to make such a petition or to make it successful.

sonic is ace bc he makes a great stereotype-breaking ace character. the main ace stereotype i see is shy introverted girl but sonic is a sportsy outgoing male character

Sonic is trans bc the fandom decided that chestfur is an amab thing for mobian hedgehogs, and sonic doesn't have any plus he doesn't have armfur which amy also does not

If you're nonsex/nonro normative, you experience most or all of the following:

surprised that sex/romance exists

surprised that anyone actually engages in sex/romance

surprised that anyone actually takes sex/romance seriously

weirded out when others around you started caring about sex/romance, or outright didnt even notice because you didnt believe they were serious

surprised anyone would expect you to be interested in sex/romance

surprised anyone expected you to find sex/romance normal

expected your peers to find sex/romance as weird as you do

didnt expect there to be societal pressure to engage in sex/romance

instinctually not experience there being anything more normal about being allo than being aspec

not feel like/relate to why you're "supposed" to engage in sex/romance

not feel like there's anything broken about being aspec

not relate to how anyone could find being aspec abnormal

generally didnt expect to live in this world where sex/romance is a norm

Note 1: nonsex/nonro normativity is not a political viewpoint or belief of that allos should be treated worse, its simply an experience.