Let's get Kraken

Fleece on the inside, flannel on the outside.

[nevver]

Darkness on the Edge of Town, Chris Malloy

[sciencefictionworld]

Although technology may change, cats will always sit by the window.

[thesnadger]

Since once in a blue moon I actually discover a decent rule for adulting, and since I know I have followers a few years younger than me who are just entering the workforce, I want to tell you about a very important phrase. 

“I won’t be available.”

Imagine you’re at work and your boss asks you to come in on Saturday. Saturday is usually your day off–coming in Saturdays is not an obligation to keep your job. Maybe you were going to watch a movie with a friend, or maybe you were just going to lie in bed and eat ice cream for eight hours, but either way you really, really don’t want to give up your day off.

If you consider yourself a millennial you’ve probably been raised to believe you need to justify not being constantly at work. And if you’re a gen-Z kid you’re likely getting the same toxic messages that we did. So in a situation like that, you might be inclined to do one of three things:

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Cave when they pressure you to come in anyway, since you’re not doing anything important.

Tell your boss you’d rather not give up your day off. Over-apologize and worry that you looked bad/unprofessional.

Lie and say you’ve got a doctor’s appointment or some other activity that feels like an adequate justification for not working.

The fact is, it doesn’t matter to your boss whether you’re having open heart surgery or watching anime in your underwear on Saturday. The only thing that affects them is the fact that you won’t be at work. So telling them why you won’t be at work only gives them reason to try and pressure you to come in anyway.

If you say “I won’t be available,” giving no further information, you’d be surprised how often that’s enough. Be polite and sympathetic in your tone, maybe even say “sorry, but I won’t be available.” But don’t make an excuse. If your boss is a professional individual, they’ll accept that as a ‘no’ and try to find someone else. 

But bosses aren’t always professional. Sometimes they’re whiny little tyrants. So, what if they pressure you further? The answer is–politely and sympathetically give them no further information.

“Are you sure you’re not available?” “Sorry, but yes.”

“Why won’t you be available?” “I have a prior commitment.” (Which you do, even if it’s only to yourself.)

“What’s your prior commitment?” “Sorry, but that’s kind of personal.”

“Can you reschedule it?” “I’m afraid not. Maybe someone else can come in?”

If you don’t give them anything to work with, they can’t pressure you into going beyond your obligations as an employee. And when they realize that, they’ll also realize they have to find someone else to come in and move on.

[yournewapartment]

IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ!!

[kagetsukai]

Just like with many other parts of life, learn to say ‘no’ to people. You are important. Don’t kill yourself for another person, esp. if they are your boss.

[mcavoy]

Best of: Black Panther 

[wackd-archive]

[capnmonkriffe]

M

[clarklois]

films i watched in 2018: Lady Bird (2017) dir. Greta Gerwig

[animationsource]

[sizvideos]

John Boyega talks about how he feels about BB-8 - Full video

[mooncustafer]

People who guested on Sesame Street or The Muppet Show often mentioned this phenomenon in interviews. 

[prokopetz]

I’m reminded of a possibly apocryphal story where a talk show was doing a Kermit the Frog guest spot, and the sound technicians couldn’t figure out why the audio pickup was so terrible - until they realised that they’d unthinkingly attached the wireless mic to the puppet rather than the voice actor.

[weirdlandtv]

Storyboard images for Tron (1982).

[rzzy]

Captain America Trilogy posters

[eggsaladstain]

on a scale of 1 to john oliver commissioning a competing picture book about mike pence’s rabbit with a storyline about same sex marriage and democracy and tolerance, releasing that book a day before the release of mike pence’s picture book, and then donating proceeds from the book to the trevor project and aids united, how (righteously) petty are you

[awaywardmind]

i could probably make a whole blog dedicated to out-of-context tales from the borderlands text

[pippenpaddlopsicopolisthethird]

The holy grail of searching through academic literature is coming across a string of publications that are like:

Here’s An Idea. Smith et al. 2016

Terrible Idea; a comment on Smith et al. 2016. Johnson 2016.

You’re Wrong Too; a response to Johnson 2016. Nelson 2016.

Guys Just Stop Fighting, None Of Us Know What’s Going On; a Review of the Current Literature. McBrien 2017.

[zinjanthropusboisei]

Not even an exaggeration.

[cleocazo]

hugh jackman empire set interview

[gifbro]

[4gifs]

Soup-serving robot fail. [video]

[mistertotality]

Simone Giertz, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Shitty Robots.” She intentionally engineers terrible robots just for fun.

[blenderweaselhasopinions]

everything this woman makes is goddamn fantastic

[welcometonerdland-deactivated20]

[holdtightposts]

Just wanted to add some of my favourite inventions of hers, like the alarm clock.

The scary ass food cutter.

The applaud machine.

She also collabrated with Adam Savage of Mythbusters to make the popcorn feeder.

[capnmonkriffe]

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[gfwooyo]

i hate how reward systems never work for me like i can’t just say “if i finish this assignment i can have a cookie” bc my brain is like “…..or u could just have one right now” and i can’t argue with that logic

[truestoriesaboutme]

Self-imposed deadlines don’t work either because I know the guy who set them and he’s full of shit

[yesterdaysprint]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, December 22, 1908

[thebohemiancircus-deactivated20]

Reblog to have a good natured bartender to give you $75.