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They/them | aroace | 20s Welcome to the hellblog. I don’t know what the fuck I do here and neither should you. Previously @/ilikevariousthings

[birbfinch]

I have decided to make the treacherous return to tumblr. likely because i have not slept but also because i would like to maybe post art here. or maybe ill chicken out and only show certain things to my friends on discord as per usual. anyway thats it

[hoot-alex]

[anglaised]

invincible self insert oc…super hero name cyclone, real name is gale, cyclone can control all air particles within 10 meters of them…. (under a read more bc its long sorry)

…..and can use their powers to “fly” move objects, breathe under water, suffocate people, crush things, stop bullets, and even cause hurricanes with enough exertion etc etc, as long as it’s within their range, cyclone doesnt want to be a hero tho as they have poor control of their powers on living things and have accidentally suffocated or crushed people before, they are a little air headed (lol) bc they can physically feel every particle of air around them to a uncomfortable degree of awareness and its extremely distracting, they are in college and they r extremely awkward and quiet (autistic asf) and they work at a amusement park with their best friend scooping icecream and heating up hot dogs

anyway a freak accident involving mutants happened about a year ago at said amusement park that they helped prevent a few dozen deaths and a top league hero (who is their love interest) saw them use their powers and not take credit for it and has been having like homoerotic arguments and physical fights every time they cross each others paths after bc they think cyclone could be doing more and cyclone dgaf but they want to physically provoke cyclone into using their powers more, cyclone is kinda bitchy and smart mouthed but only when in their hero suit bc they get more confidence to do so bc nobody knows who they are, i might change the design later or maybe not idk yet

[seymour-butz-stuff]

Time to feed unprofessional managers what they’ve been dishing out for far too long.

[beaniebaneenie]

Couple things here, for when you do this to people: 

1. if you get the “answer my call” text, NEVER ANSWER THE CALL. 

They are calling you because they want to have the conversation verbally, and be able to lie later about what they said or didn’t say. Force them to continue via text or email- force them to continue the conversation in writing or not at all. 

2. “Lack of 2 weeks notice is unprofessional!” or the other version, “Not providing notice is illegal!”

No it isn’t. Neither is true. 

And in the US, all states except Montana are “at will” employment (though you may hear an employer refer to it as “right to work” to make it sound better, it’s the same thing). Sure, at-will employment means they can fire you without cause, BUT! It also means that you are not legally required to give a reason for quitting, or to give notice of any kind. 

Is it polite to give notice when you can? Sure. Do bosses expect it? Absolutely. But that does not make you legally required to provide it. 

3. The only thing I would change in the worker’s interaction here was their response when initially asked to come in. 

Employee: “Hey Mark. Sorry I’m unable to cover the shift tonight because I’m studying for my exam tomorrow.” 

Don’t give a reason for your lack of availability. It may be tempting to. You may feel rude if you don’t. 

DON’T DO IT.

You do not owe your boss any information about what you do off the clock, and any reason you give will only ever be used against you. 

Boss: “Hey I need you to cover Jasper’s shift tonight.”

Employee: “Sorry, I’m not available.”

And leave it at that. 

Do not elaborate. 

Do not offer additional information. 

When you boss asks you to elaborate, because they will, be polite but firm. “With respect, that’s personal. I’m sorry, but I’m unavailable to cover this shift/work late/come in early/etc.”

Be a broken record- you’re unavailable. That’s the only information they need to know, and it’s the only information they have a LEGAL RIGHT to know. 

Please stop giving your bosses information they don’t need to know and don’t get to have, because they’re only going to try and use it to fuck you over later. 

[reasonandempathy]

My job is HR. The above is completely accurate.

[sirfetchd]

how it feels to be obsessed with your own ocs but you cant think of what to say about them

[asianartiste]

this is gonna be a series. please get hype it makes me feel like the guy of the hour.

amethyst

garnet

[uwuedgelord]

been working on drawing Anthy from Revolutionary Girl Utena. I was planning on finishing it sooner, but what better time to post RGU fanart than the beginning of Pride month?

[twisted8wasted]

idk i just like his face here

[sillystigmata]

Gorgeous.

[rebellum]

Kinda wild how the concept of emotional labour changed from

"people have to hide their emotions to perform specific types of labour where their apparent emotions influence another person's. Eg. Flight attendants have to be cheerful all the time, so that passengers feel welcome and safe. This suppression and masking of emotion can cause a sense of disconnect within the individual where they dont know what their true feelings are. This is part of the Marxist idea of alienation from labour and from the self."

To

"If you ask me to care about you or listen to your problems, youre being toxic."

[patrochilles-or-bust]

Baby's first kill

Philia took on a horde of monsters all by herself, at the tender age of 12! Her fathers couldn't be more proud!

(This is also baby's first attempt at foreshortening and perspective. It's me, I'm baby.) Reference: Yam the Cheetah

[monstermonger]

He's worried about stepping on flowers. He loves nature.

[elbiotipo]

More than "here in the Southern Hemisphere we have inverted seasons :)" thing, which is TECHNICALLY true, I would go a step further and encourage to think about that "much of the world does not exactly has a spring-summer-fall-winter season sequence as they show in cartoons"

[paperdragonsong]

I will scream about this to anyone who listens forever. AUSTRALIA DOES NOT HAVE "ENGLISH SEASONS BUT BACKWARDS" and the insistence that it does creates a massive layer of alienation from the natural world.

I never really realised how much difference it makes until I went to England and realised that here the change of seasons is an obvious, visible, physical change in the world. Like, everything REALLY IS orange and foggy in autumn! In spring there are flowers EVERYWHERE, so much more than any other season, and the trees really do have all blossom and no leaves. Even if it doesn't snow, in winter there's frost all the time and the trees are bare and the sky is visibly greyer all the time. You don't need to be told "this date is the first day of spring", you can SEE IT (although this is getting way messier and less precise due to climate change).

By contrast, most places in Australia the seasons we're taught feel like arbitrary categories - and is it any surprise considering they're colonial constructs? Orange-leaved autumn and blossom-covered spring is a cartoon stereotype with no relevance on a continent where ALL NATIVE TREES ARE EVERGREEN!! Snowy winters are a joke in the desert, and even sunny summers don't ring particularly true considering that much of the country is in the tropics, where summer means monsoons - not that I've ever seen the concept that WE HAVE A MONSOON SEASON taught at an Australian school.

Most Indigenous nations around Australia had six or more seasons, revolving around wet and dry times as much as hot and cold, and marked by the appearances of certain native animals and flowers. Schools need to start teaching the real seasons, and explaining that climate cycles are too complex to generalise globally, or else we will keep raising generations who view the natural world as hostile and unpredictable and climate predictions as generally irrelevent and frequently wrong - and I'm sure I don't need to spell out why that's a problem in the era of climate crisis.

[tiredtransgal]

i want to add that 40% of the world's population lives in the tropics, and the 4 season model just doesn't make much sense for a lot of places in there. usually it's just the wet season/monsoon season and the dry season. it's often hot year round.

the 4 season model as you and i know it is a european invention, though 4 season models aren't unique to europe! most notably china has the same type of season subdivision.

in general the way humans define seasons is largely subjective and varies across cultures. the one you were taught is not at all universal!

[here-by-chance]

im obsessed

[the-real-seebs]

oh, of course. because he died for our sins.

[dxppercxdxver]

the devil on my shoulder is telling me to Post a Take. i am gently ignoring them. let us all consider the humble indigo bunting instead

[chateauofmymind]

have you ever suddenly + involuntarily lost consciousness

yes (fainted)

yes (head trauma)

yes (substance-induced)

yes (lack of oxygen)

yes (blood loss)

yes (multiple)

no

Remaining time: 5 days 11 hours

[crapbirdphotography]

Almost good photo of a canadian goose

[birbfinch]

me when i take the ol' spectacles off.