There are some who call me..."Tweek"

This is where I rant.

[chip1329]

Super! 2 panic attacks today. One when I get to work, and one during a very important meeting. And I'm preemptively scheduling a 3rd one this evening cause I'm fairly certain one will be triggered during an unexpected meeting.

[microcroft]

things i never expected to learn through a tedtalk but now am glad to know:

the founder of Sirius XM radio is a sapphic trans woman and is currently trying to preserve her wife’s consciousness in a digital file so her wife can be immortal in the body of a robot.

[microcroft]

heres the tedtalk if you dont believe because everyone deserves to know this reality of the amazing world in which we live 

[enyafan]

Holy shit you neglected to mention that when her daughter got a terminal disease with no cure or treatment possible she literally went to the library got some medical textbooks and taught herself enough biochemistry to actually begin developing a drug that halted the disease good god why have we never heard of this absolute genius

[kaylapocalypse-deactivated20201]

YOU KNOW WHY  YOU K N O W   W  H Y

[sovietshopaholic]

Real life tony stark is a gay trans woman

[cuetheviolins]

Her name is Martine Rothblatt. She also founded United Therapeutics, which is a company that works to find cures for “””small””” diseases that don’t necessarily affect a lot of people. 

oh, yes–and she’s Jewish.

Here is a picture of Martine and her wife, Bina Aspen:

[chip1329]

Correction: She fucking INVENTED Satellite radio after hearing someone just casually mention something along the lines of "I wonder...Could a high data satellite transmission be received from a moving object not directly pointed at the satellite?"

Added bonus info: The Sirrus satellite system is actually capable of transmitting video signals. Unfortunately her progress keeps getting blocked by various government agencies for various reasons (you know why).

[fandomsandfeminism]

No one on Earth deserves to have a billion dollars.

The fact that a single person even could have a billion dollars is only possible through exploitation and human suffering.

[dunc4n-deactivated20180419]

Or though working hard and not playing the victim at every given opertunity

[fandomsandfeminism]

There are people who live in poverty who will work harder than any ceo tech billionare ever could.

And no amount of work makes you billions and billions of dollars more deserving than another person.

[daydreaming-of-puppiess]

I would agree that no one deserves that much money, but I feel like it isn’t always because of exploitation. Sometimes it is just through dumb luck.

[firstdegreeliberty]

The only people who say “no amount of work is deserving of a billion dollars” are people that don’t have any important skills to contribute to life, have never done anything important, and will never do anything important in their lives.

[saltrat88]

^

[tomsdad63-blog]

Those that claim “No one deserves to have a billion dollars” have nothing to offer society…no skills or ability capable of earning that kind of money. Yet would not turn down winning a billion dollars and would do nothing to help others if they won that kind of money. Envious lying hypocritical assholes!!

[fandomsandfeminism]

Im a public school teacher. I have a very specialized skill set that took years of education and experience to develop, and my work has a meaningful impact on the world.

That does not mean I will ever earn a billion dollars. Nor would i want to. The value of a persons labor, or life, to themselves amd society is not set by the market.

And again, the only way to make a billion dollars in our global economy is through the exploitation of others. Whether it be sweat shops or migrant workers, child labor or underpaid minimum wage right here inthe us, the exploitation of human labor and the enviroment is the only way to accumulate a billion dollars in the global economy. It is so far from mean global wealth of the planet as to be absurd.

[jagyularr]

Do nothing to help others?  Dude, if I won a billion dollars you bet your ass the first thing I would do is go pay off every GoFundMe I could find, donate gigantic wads of it to good causes, pay off every debt my friends and family have, buy buildings to use for free or affordable housing, start a fund to pay for medical care for those who are uninsured, and I’m sure there are dozens of other things that could be done. And all of that wouldn’t put even a noticeable dent in that billion.  It is an incomprehensible amount of money. It is Too Much Money.

[chip1329]

This is a good opportunity to bring math into this discussion. 

As humans, our brains literally aren’t evolved enough to wrap our heads around numbers this big.  So it’s difficult for us to understand one billion of anything.  So let’s just break it down.  If you just have 1 billion dollars, here’s how difficult it would be just to spend it.  Note: we’re not talking about investing it (which is what rich people do to make even more ridiculous amounts of money); we’re just going to blow it on…stuff.

To spend $1,000,000,000 (That’s one thousand, million) in one year, you would need to spend $2,739,726 a day.  That’s $114,155 an hour or $1,902 a minute.  So, every single minute of every single day for one whole year, you would have to spend nearly 2 thousand dollars.  Now you could argue that it is ‘possible’ to do that if you get crazy enough, so let’s look at it from a different angle.

We’ll turn the numbers WAY down and just try looking at these millionaires and their hourly wages.  It’s no secret and is a known fact that many of these rich folks make at least 2 million a year.  With an average work week of 40 hours…no…let’s say they actually do work hard and clock 50 hours a week to be more than fair.  With an average work week of 50 hours, they are making $769 per hour.  Do any of you believe there is a job out there that’s worth being paid $769 per hour of work??  Nobody works that hard.

[marielgum-deactivated20180902]

when your life is in pieces but you’re trying your best to stay positive

[metalbatteryzone]

Being in a mid-2000s High School Health class and they show you this on DVD

[furlockhound-inactive-moved-dea]

Didn’t that turn out to be a load of bullshit that no-one can replicate the results of to this day?

[theswedishelf]

Yep! His results were faked, and the entire film was basically anti-McDonald’s scaremongering, “poor people are stupid” and “fat people don’t get any sex”. It’s also thanks to this asshat that McDonald’s can’t advertise fuckin’ Happy Meals anymore and had to get rid of all their characters and their super size option, particularly because he claimed without evidence that they have a kid-fattening agenda, don’t list their nutritional info anywhere and have a mission statement from their CEO to make people sick and unhealthy from eating there for every single meal. On top of this, he actually tried to claim in a bonus experiment that McDonald’s fries aren’t actually fries because they don’t rot when left in an airtight container for a long time but all the burgers do–which is thanks to the oil and salt they’re loaded with, not some big conspiracy where the fries, which are processed and supplied by McCain in Canada, aren’t actually goddamn chopped potatoes–and equated the containers to a human stomach. Yes, cause the human stomach is an airtight container that food sits in for months, right? Spurlock, did veganism turn your brain completely off or something? Hell, the fucker even tried to claim credit for McDonald’s having salads, falsely stating at one point they didn’t have any before he “exposed” their EVIL PLANS.

Yeah, that’s another thing to remember, he’s apparently a vegan. He didn’t let anyone know he’s one, of course, he only mentioned his girlfriend is one, because it would’ve made his vomiting after a single McDonald’s meal, something literally no one else on the planet has done, seem less ZOMG SCARY.

Want a good film of this nature? Try Tom Naughton’s Fat Head instead, a film where a guy actively proves Spurlock wrong by actually losing weight while eating nothing but fast food for a month. He accomplishes this by NOT fucking gorging himself on the unhealthiest food choices, eating more meals than he claims or cutting out his usual physical activity. While he’s at it, he also exposes exactly why Spurlock is a total fraud. In the process, he gets actual doctors and nutrition experts to help him explain why everything you know about healthy eating is probably wrong or half-true, inform us about good and bad cholesterol, expose the real reasons behind the so-called “obesity epidemic” and point out why fat =/= unhealthy by default. Yeah, Naughton encourages viewers to try the paleo diet in the end, but at least it comes off more as a suggestion and doesn’t demonize anyone in the process.

[chip1329]

They should show both of these films back to back in schools to teach critical thinking.

[just-shower-thoughts]

I hate that SEPTember OCTOber NOVember and DECember aren’t the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th months.

[advanced-procrastination]

Whoever fucked this up should be stabbed

[themaddogofshimano-deactivated2]

If I recall, they did used to be the corresponding months.  It was just when Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Augustus came into power, the months July(Julius) and August(Augustus) were added, thus throwing off the numbering of the calender.

[gentlemanbones]

Good news, though: whoever fucked it up did in fact get stabbed.

[chip1329]

My Dad decided to try and debate against #TakeAKnee which was very surprising. He fought in Vietnam, which arguably we pulled out of due to the very heavy protesting so he above all should understand the benefits of protests. I wanted to respond but was just too embarrassed. He's a conservative Federalist which has me consistently face-palming. He was relatively easily pinned in the argument which he's not use to because... reasons. I think it was good for him because of (the same) reasons. So now I've got a Dad who's against very legitimate protests, and a Mom who's a staunch Trump supporter. I may have to adjust Facebook settings so Mom and Dad (and other select Trump supporting family members) don't see my posts which bothers me to no end.

[nuevayor]

x

[unofficially-nasa]

I love how he just awkwardly says hi

[dumb-science-jokes]

I would probably die. He, along with Michio Kaku and Carl Sagan were my childhood icons

[chip1329]

I need to write it down

And there it is.  I have found the bottom of the bucket full of damage done by the ex.  After much meditation, tears and just plain ‘time’ I’ve found what core damage was done.  Unfortunately, it’s worse than I thought.  I can’t feel love.  The fear of having my soul cracked again has caused me not be able to open my heart.  Sure, i can do the sex thing and very much enjoy it.  I can feel the pleasure of the physical act.  I can feel the extra connection while having sexual relations with a friend.  I can still feel the warmth of cuddles.  And...I can detect when someone is starting to fall for me.  It’s happened twice recently.  Oddly, neither are Rocky friends.  It’s fairly obvious both of these very awesome ladies are very interested in me.  One of them is VERY my type and we are VERY much a mental match.  And when I close my eyes and embrace it.....nothing.  I know what I’ve been attracted to since always.  I KNOW the signs, I KNOW after 37 years and 6 serious relationships what I have always found attractive.  But there’s nothing...it’s gone.  And I don’t know if it’s coming back.  On the other hand, maybe it’s just too soon and I’m still healing.

[chip1329]

I must remain focused. I've burnt through my happiness memories. You can only remember being happy so many times before they lose their power. I surrounded myself with visual aids all over my apartment and they aren't helping anymore. I have people who care about me. I am not alone. I am not a burden. I am stronger than the sadness. I must believe that it will get better.

[chip1329]

The abusive and manipulative asshole finally got called out on being a dick. Watching him squirm was a textbook definition if schadenfreude. Now I get to watch another idiot bury himself in his own lies.

[chip1329]

Damn it! I'm supposed to be asleep. Instead, I'm staring at my ceiling crying because I'm still so angry, and I'm mad because I'm angry and angry because I'm mad. 7 (serious) relationships and one of the shortest has apparently done the most damage. I'm almost to a point where I don't even know where the anger is directed because it's going to so many different places. FUCK!!

[chip1329]

8 hours of crying and anxiety attacks. 2 hours of meditating. Giving in and making a phonecall...and i still feel like shit. Giving up may be easier, but then I was never the one to take the easy way of doing things. There is an end to this. It will just take time. I don't know what the final result will be and that terrifies me. I'm so scared, angry, sad, and lonely. I just want to be held. But the universe has decided that's not supposed to be part of my healing process. To quote The Dark Crystal "Alright....alone then."

[chip1329]

I’m occasionally reminded how emotionally unstable I am right now. It’s starting to become scary. I had to physically restrain a manic patient and one of the nurses had to tell me that his hands were turning purple from me squeezing his, wrists so hard.

[chip1329]

I really hope I can get past the anger phase of this breakup. It's pretty fucking intense and has been getting pretty dark :'(

[chip1329]

Been not okay for several weeks. Still very much not okay. Got a weekend wide open and...*grumble grumble*....Mmmmkay.... spontaneous 'just because' party time because if I spend another weekend home alone, my isolation will collapse in on itself and I'll forget how to socialize (it's already starting to happen)

[markiplier]

Psst...

You’re awesome.

Pass it on.

[chip1329]

Following orders