Speech pathologist. Founder: Friends of CERBC. Developing+improving rehab health/education services for disabled in eastern DR Congo. Mom. Dementia caregiver.
@QAGreenways
Trunk or Treats in plenty of very walkable cities give kids with a variety of special needs a chance to participate in something they’re usually left out of. Stop it. Let people enjoy things.
@RantingOwl
They talk about mothers gaining superhuman strength to lift cars off of their children - I would have lifted that entire man right out of his shoes and left him crumpled in the driveway.
@adoseofmars
The number of people using that app to diagnose themselves/others with all manner of neurological and psychological issues is seriously alarming. I have a masters degree and 10 yrs of clinical experience and these folks are more confident in their diagnostics than I am 🤦🏻♀️
@DaphneMPenn
After I gave birth to my 1st the nurses had me get up to pee and clean up. My right leg collapsed from under me and I passed out. Nurse said “oh hunny come on, your mom did this, your gramma did this, you can do it!” like I was being a wimp. Turns out my pelvis was dislocated.
@BriannaWu
The first moment he showed all of us how fragile his ego was… the Thailand rescue. The MINUTE he didn’t get to play the superhero, he tried to ruin someone’s life with horrible and completely fabricated accusations. And using Asperger’s as an excuse is really gross. 🤮
I’m an atheist because we live in a world where they can scramble jets and aircraft carriers in 24 hours to rescue a few billionaires in a submarine, but “nothing can be done” for a 7 year old with treatable cancer because she was born in the wrong place.
#TitanicRescue
@AfricanArchives
Unfortunately the Mbuti are still being exploited today. The more “westernized” villages surrounding their territory have them perform for their amusement and bribe them with cigarettes and alcohol, very similar to what Americans did with indigenous folks in the 1800s. 1/2
@TheDgtalEmpress
I’m 1/2 Lebanese but also painfully white and when the dabke was attempted at my wedding the result was basically drunken Irish Step Dancing to Arabic music. Wish I had a video 🤣
If I ever need to talk to police, I’m requesting this woman. I don’t care if I have to fly her in from California. Olivia Benson isn’t real, but Det. Carauso sure is.
#AmericanNightmare
more proof that men should NEVER be in charge of investigating crimes against women 🤬 jfc
@DevinCow
Radio apparently mentioned arm lacerations. So I’m just throwing out there as folks start commenting, Ted Cruz isn’t going to see your comments here… but your friends who may have struggled with suicidal thoughts themselves or with their kids might. Stay out of the gutter.
@ask_aubry
Hahaha when you’re so afraid of your non-hetero tendencies that you’ll convince yourself Henry Cavill of all people is a woman rather than just accepting he gives you the tinglies 🤣
@TarvariousWWMT
As is so often the case with working class white men, his anger isn’t unjustified, it’s just wildly misdirected. It was the Dems who were pushing for direct cash stimulus, and Mitch McConnell very intentionally sat on 2, maybe 3, bipartisan bills. Not a conspiracy just greed
@HorseshoeCrab17
@notcapnamerica
I’m “unattractive” but kids are not scared of me. I’m a pediatric therapist. It’s all in how you talk to them and how you listen to them.
@Imani_Barbarin
Ahhhhhhhhhh!!!! I work at a school for the deaf in Congo and I wanted SO badly to show them this kiddo but the content of LOU is just too much for already traumatized kids. I hope this means he’ll be in 2847737261 more roles that I can show these kids next time! 🥰
@AutomatedMoron
@weeksjdub
@QAGreenways
Yes. Obviously safety is a huge concern, but there are plenty of very safe and very walkable communities. Trunk or Treats happen in those places too for many reasons. This is a very silly oversimplified take that dumps more unnecessary shame on parents
@bad_histories
@Megawatts55
And of course at least one of those pictures is not “how they found them”, but rather how they appeared after the Belgians starved, tortured, and forced Congolese people in to slavery and slaughtered hundreds of thousands of them.
@GeorgeTakei
People being upset about anyone playing an instrument they didn’t even know existed until they saw the clip is a perfect summary of how toxic and profoundly, comically ridiculous social media has become
@Rob_ThaBuilder
@BadMedicalTakes
Yes, congratulations, you can “always tell” a prehistoric ancestor of humans apart from the people you stand in line next to at the coffee shop. You’re a real wizard bruh.
@Kelsie_McVeety
@mrnastynodrama
I worked with a family of 7 like this. DCF was involved/mandated they come to me for literacy services or risk removal. The first time I was alone with the 14 y/o, she begged me to help her make a flyer for dog walking - so she could “get her own apartment”. My heart shattered.
@Moms4Liberty
Hahaha this pivot to being inclusive of gay parents is very sudden and intriguing - what could have possibly occurred here? It’s very subtle - can’t quite put my finger on it
@AutomatedMoron
@weeksjdub
@QAGreenways
So you’re conflating making trick or treating accessible for special needs children with “degradation” and “sour grapes”? Yikes dude.
@claudiamconwayy
It’s awful enough thinking about all the family arguments this will start as we head in to the holidays - I can’t even imagine what it would be like from the level you’re stuck at. I’m so sorry. Hope you’re able to find some way to take care of yourself ❤️
@garnetwaters
@ohJuliatweets
Name another job where you can be 89, miss months of work, and still get a 6 figure salary with free healthcare. I mean, it doesn’t matter what party she’s in or you’re in - it’s absurd on its face.
@AfricanArchives
Once they realized they didn’t need to “perform” they enjoyed sending their kids up to touch my skin and hair & got a good laugh at how funny looking I am. I asked a local doctor if there were any protections for them - as an endangered culture, unsurprisingly the answer - no
@notcapnamerica
“Somebody help them” … did this person climb Everest without knowing you don’t get helped? There are so many bodies up there that they’re used as trail markers. I don’t understand how you can get that far without knowing this … 😬
@AlanaMassey
The fact that she seems to genuinely believe that notebook supports her philosophy is really alarming. This writing sample is considered low average for a FOUR year old. Her 6 year old has letter formation skills about equal to a 3.5 year old. This is neglect.
@theanthonydavis
@RepSwalwell
These are the guys who end up shooting up a grocery store and all his neighbors say he was “such a nice guy” because he’s white and has a job
@Imani_Barbarin
This is what happens when sheltered upper middle class white women turn “True Crime ‘n Wine” in to their entire personalities. They’re disappointed. It’s so gross.
@celinefem
@_celia_bedelia_
Women have their breasts removed or reduced for ALL sorts of reasons, such as back pain and cancer risk. Do you refer to that as “mutilation”, or only if it’s for a reason you don’t like?
@RepEdwards
@POTUS
Your PPP “loan” was 18x more money than what I owe in graduate school student loans, but unlike you I have a real job and worked through the pandemic. Funny how that works, isn’t it. Clowns and hypocrites - every single one of you.
@AnnieGranny8246
@PeterHotez
Very very few Haitians are overweight. Life there is very hard, most jobs are manual labor. As much as we don’t like to admit it, the biggest factor in recovery vs death was premorbid health.
@santiagomayer_
Omg WTF even is that?? I wore those masks for 10 hour shifts for 2 years and I’ve never seen anything like that. My snotty booger filled child wore masks all day at school for a year and I’ve never seen anything like that! 🤢🤢🤢
@GregMolidor
We need to stop pretending it’s just “grandparents”. It’s also anyone with ALS, Cystic Fribrosis, Downs Syndrome, asthma, chronic respiratory conditions, fragile immune systems, babies, parents of young children...
@ask_aubry
Funny thing, hitting 40 - my divorced women friends are THRIVING and planning platonic housemate/coparenting situations with other single women. My divorced male friends are going on dates with 24 year olds and asking me why they don’t call them back 🤣
@hoovlet
@_celia_bedelia_
You’d really rather refer to 10 year old girls as “reproductively mature” than to simply refer to any human with endometriosis as …a person? Can you honestly step outside yourself for a second and realize how flipping WEIRD that is?
@oldenoughtosay
I had reached out to a number of ENT surgeons to see if I could find someone willing to go to Congo with me to perform pedi ENT surgery. One of them emailed me back to scold me that Americans were “not allowed” in the Congo and I needed to “do my research first”.
Meanwhile: 🤷🏻♀️
@yan_pagh
@geminicami
@_celia_bedelia_
So you’re projecting your own issues on to a kid you don’t know, and making it seem like the Dr did this without parental consent, even though consent was clearly provided by the *legal custodial parent* - which was Celia’s point in the first place.
@RantingOwl
ALSO!! This is why we need to focus our teaching of girls to listen to their intuition about ANYONE around them - not to just broadly fear “strangers”
@AutomatedMoron
@weeksjdub
@QAGreenways
Lol dude WHAT are you ranting about? Trunk or Treats started off at schools and hospitals. More and more parents find them convenient. Unless you’re proposing every house in every neighborhood have a ramp and be well lit enough to navigate with a walker, you’re just being silly
@January6thCmte
It’s amazing to me how under oath, every single one of them admits they knew he lost the entire time. But the people they admittedly conned and riled up are still refusing to hear it. The human minds capacity for denial is endless.
@SenMcCollister
@NewGopforUSA
@CongressmanJVD
My father was a lifelong republican who volunteered in Desert Storm and Op Iraqi Freedom w/Air Force reserve fleet. He died in October at 68. One of the last things he did before he got sick was register as a Dem. Because of Trump.
@apokerplayer
@mmpadellan
Nah man, this is the same guy who just tried to remove John Lewis’ name from a street and replace it with Trump. You wanna gaslight black people with “acctualllllly that might not be racist”, this isn’t the one.
@MichaelNol93133
@jtrebach
We don’t have an option for “DIY cosmetic surgery” in the electronic medial record (yet?) so I’d need to go with self harm, which yes, would trigger a report.
@LogicIllustrat
@HazelAppleyard_
The fiance having a tantrum and ending the relationship over a ruined dress instead of having a moment of clarity and realizing “yikes this girl is REALLY hurting, a wedding is not a priority right now” tells you everything you need to know about her 🤷🏻♀️
@coldestwinters
“Medical TikTok” in general is tacky, unprofessional, and contributes to lack of rapport and trust between patients and clinicians. Knowing the most vulnerable moments of your life could end up being clickbait SUCKS. I hope this leads to major change.
@AutomatedMoron
@weeksjdub
@QAGreenways
Dude I work in an upper middle class suburb where the average home costs north of half a mil. This isn’t a “standard of living” issue. It’s another option for some parents, for a variety of reasons. It’s very much a community event.
@stooplites
@Kelsie_McVeety
@mrnastynodrama
It got so much worse but I’m trying to avoid any potentially identifiable details. They stopped coming to the clinic because I answered her questions about her period and I had to report it. I cried more over those kids than any breakup I’ve had
@yan_pagh
@geminicami
@_celia_bedelia_
This all sounds like something that belongs in a conversation with a therapist - and none of it is related to what Celia was talking about. If you just needed to vent about your coparenting issues, there are more appropriate venues. Good luck!
@Nelba_MG
@HoarseWisperer
The fact that you had to write this. The fact that you have that box. The fact that you don’t have your baby with you. All devastating signs of our broken culture. Sending you so much love mama ❤️
@MattTunseth
@atrupar
@BrianKarem
The last time he did, he demanded a White House response on Will Smith slapping Chris Rock. It’s a joke. He’s a joke. He’s trying to get himself trending for invites to right wing media.
@ask_aubry
Where is this mythology coming from that women didn’t work until feminism? Both of my great grandmothers worked in the early 1900s. Both of my grandmothers worked in the 40s and 50s. Women made up 22% of the US workforce in 1920 and it grew every year from 1900 on.
@freemarketrules
@MikeSington
Hahahahahahaha. Yes, the famously retired and unsuccessful Dixie Chicks, who made 60 millions bucks selling out arenas this summer.
@fmanjoo
@SteelToeTruth
Back in May I watched 6 residents at my work roll out in body bags. One of whom I’d had my hand in his mouth 4 days prior and had him cough for me so I could check his strength. I couldn’t get tested. And had to reuse my mask. They get ADMITTED as a “precaution” 🙄
@dmargenal
@ChudsOfTikTok
Yes. Has happened to my sister twice in San Francisco. They do have to let you finish out your lease, but if the lease is up or rent was month to month you’re screwed
@_celia_bedelia_
Laughing because the kids who went to the culty church in my town and were homeschooled turned out to be about 50% like their parents and the other 50% are either radical left or queer, so good luck lady.
@AfricanArchives
We did vision/hearing screens, the chief of the neighboring village had bribed them to dance for us, expecting us to pay him for the “entertainment”. When we explained that was not acceptable and we would not pay him, he was extremely angry. The level of injustice is staggering
@repkevinhern
Taking a cue from George Santos and inserting yourself in to historical disasters that you had absolutely nothing to do with? Man this place is weird 🤦🏻♀️
@ArlanWasHere
The only thing our culture loves more than sexualizing children is watching the nearly inevitable consequences a few years later. Absolutely horrific.
@TheLexGabrielle
@bigbrownhottie
I was thinking the same thing - nothing makes a gramma or an auntie feel more loved and purposeful than a full house 🥹
@AwsmMary
@TizzyEnt
You can’t separate this from Trump. It’s part of the identity they’ve all created. It sounds like you know it’s wrong - there is NOTHING conservative OR Christian about the MAGA movement.
@russianbarbii
@tapptastical
Breweries: “here are some table games and a playground so you can bring your kids and have a nice family friendly evening!”
Angry twitter people: “ENTITLED PARENTS DRAGGING THEIR KIDS OUT IN PUBLICARRGGHHHHHH!!!!”
@aprylmarie
@Gerashchenko_en
@knytych3
More than 25,000 people, including plenty of other babies, most of whom already lived in poverty and fear/trauma from war, died terrifying and horrific deaths in this quake. The “god is good” take always bewilders me. If he exists, he’s a baby killing monster
@keybrackson
@danidonovan
It WAS an “unknown chemical” until it was known, afterwards, which is how these things usually go… and you’re using quotes around words it’s clear as day she never said. This is an all around bizarre take