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the weird thing about being a leftist is the government calling you a radical extremist and your family believing that youre a radical extremist and the whole times your main political beliefs are shit like "we live in a world where we could very easily end world hunger, homelessness, most disease, poverty, ect. and the people in power are choosing not to, and thats evil and should change" and that bigotry is bad
Jacob Anderson describing The Vampire Lestat
Advertising all my fanfiction with this gifset now.
We report: a little bit of the sun remains in the clouds as night falls. Something in the air has shifted in the afternoon, and the wind is not as warm anymore. Our expert has been tracking the advance of a cold front over the ocean; perhaps it is heading our way.
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custom formline comm for cindycanard on bsky!! ty for commissioning me!
I don't need the chatgpt random algorithm to write emails for me because I already have a custom and 100% flawless algorithm called "writing the exact same three emails with the names changed"
#1: "hi [landlord], hope you're doing well! [apartment thing] is [broken/a problem]. we need it [fixed/replaced/handled] by [date]. let us know when you'll send someone over so we can be here to let them in. thanks so much, [op]"
#2: "hi [professor], hope you're doing well! unfortunately, I'm [sick/stuck at work/dead] and won't be able to submit [assignment] by [due date]. could I please have an extension? if not, is there anything else I could do to make up this credit? thanks so much, [op]"
#3: "hi [customer service person], hope you're doing well! unfortunately, [product] [didn't arrive/is broken/wrong color/gave me a rash/poisoned my crops] and I'd like to receive a [refund/replacement]. here is the documentation of the order and photos of [broken thing/wrong thing/my rash/dead crops]. thanks so much, [op]"
"but op I work in an office I have to write way more emails than you" well that's your fault for working in an office i got nothing to do with that
Writing an email is so easy and I will tell you how it's done. This is the advice is for everyone with an email job, but you can apply it to normal human interaction.
The FIRST SENTENCE is the thing you want the recipient to do. Do not make them guess.
I want to let you know about ... (This email is to inform someone of something not to ask them to do anything)
Could you please do ... (This is a request. You want them to do something).
I'm looking into x and wondering if you can help me (this is also a request but for information instead of an action).
People do not want to read an email and even if they do read it, most people are skimming and not interested. Tell them what you want first, then provide context or other information (when you need a thing is often key). If the email is informational, you can even add "you don't need to do anything, this is just to keep you informed!" People will appreciate not having to figure out what you want from them.
If you can't articulate what you want the recipient to do with the message, you are not ready to email them. I read too many emails where I have no idea what the person wants from me.
Put the most important thing first and everyone will be impressed! AI cannot do this for you because it can't tell what's important! Only you know that, which is why you must write your own emails.
to everyone who wants help with emails: go through the notes of this post. there are ideas I've never thought of and plenty of scripts for all kinds of situations/jobs
Olruggio's on the verge of passing out from exhaustion but when Agott shyly ask him if he can review her spell he's like "Yes Gimme!". He may be dying from overwork but there's always time to help the daughter™
"That was the intent, but the decision we made was an abandonment of the core counterculture, f*ck the establishment spirit of Kickstarter, and it left our community vulnerable."
Last week, we released a set of updates to our rules around mature content. It was our first time publishing a set of detailed, specific gui
"This isn’t the easiest route. It means that at any point, whether that’s before launch, while a campaign is live, or after it ends, while a creator is still collecting pledges made via Pledge Over Time or Late Pledges, Stripe can still suspend a campaign that Kickstarter has approved. That's the reality of operating within a payment system we don't fully control."
we must continue yelling at stripe. if you do not want to call them, you can also send them a letter at 354 Oyster Point Boulevard, South San Francisco, California, 94080.
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we got a full redbox and now we're playing go fish with the redbox movies
I would never pay money for a redbox. if you ask politely and are very very persistent (i.e. annoying) they will let you take it away
here's my dad and i taking it away
a redbox makes a wonderful addition to your patio
for those wondering why they're free to take now, it's because the company that made those "chicken soup for the soul" books bought them a few years ago and then completely collapsed so bad they couldn't afford to dispose of or even take the blu rays and dvds out of their kiosks all over.
so any of them is free game because they're all located on other business' property and they usually don't want to have to pay to get rid of them either. so asking the store manager usually gets you the ok to pull it out and keep it.
there was a period of time right after their bankruptcy where you could put in any debit or credit card and it would spit out movies without charging you. you could even put in like an expired or deactivated card, or a visa gift card with a $0 balance, didnt matter, they'd just start spitting discs out. a lotta people raided redboxes for movies for a couple months, with some people doing what me and my brother and my dad did here, taking the whole box and signs and marquees as well. because managers sure as hell don't want a big abandoned piece of trash on their sidewalk disappointing customers. BUT they're also often too cheap to pay someone to remove it. so they just sit there.
luckily there are no shortage of freaks like us who will just take them away on our own volition. we did it all "by the book", too: we set up cones and caution tape, disconnected electricity properly, used an angle grinder to grind down the bolts in the concrete so nobody would trip on them, then cleaned everything up afterward and sealed off the electrical panel so the store would know everything is safe and tidy. though they were hesitant when we were first contacting them, they were honestly very relieved and grateful when we finally took it away, especially once they saw that we "knew what we were doing" (we don't) and look like we've "done this before" (we haven't).
the fun part: the reason why this redbox, in particular, was completely full and unraided is because the computer hardware inside had failed some months before the bankruptcy, and a failing company sure as hell wasn't gonna send a tech out to our podunk dipshit city to fix it, so it was impossible to rent movies or take any discs out. plus, for who knows how long, people were returning old redbox discs to this machine and not taking any out, leading to a much higher variety of movies than your average redbox.
there is a thriving community of redbox hackers and modders out there, as well, creating open-source software for repurposing the machines and not letting their very interesting and robust disc-management hardware go to waste. this one belongs to my brother (who was very annoying persistent and did all the legwork of contacting managers and securing permission) who is a programmer by trade and will be hacking it into a family-access movie library, with whatever discs we want. i mean the machine is completely weatherproof and has a built-in AC unit, it would be such a waste to not try to turn it into something cool.
if we get another one, i'm gonna try to mod it into some sort of art or zine vending machine. the disc boxes are just the right size for small print art or stickers. would make a great "little free library" too.
remember: the rules are made up. act like you belong there and you can get away with anything. this applies to your own life
You know those jumbles of letters? Those are called "words". They represent "meaning". Now the tricky thing about words is you need to read all of them to understand what a person is saying - sometimes entire sentences or, God forbid, paragraphs!
But I believe in you! I believe if you try hard enough and take it slow, you can manage to read all the words in a post *before* replying to it!
#can't believe op wants God to forbid the use of paragraphs smh
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(To the tune of Rasputin): BLEH BLEH DRACULA, KING OF TRANSYLVANIA, HE IS A BAT AND ALSO A MAN
There lived a certain man In Transylvania long ago He was thin and strong and his eyes like molten stone! Most people looked at him With terror and with fear They would cross your heart just in case the count appeared! He could bite a fellow like a cheetah Full of ecstasy and fire But he also was an attractive feature His consorts would desire! Bleh bleh Dracula, king of Transylvania He is a bat and also a man Bleh bleh Dracula, count of faux-mundania You'd better keep that cross held tight in your hand He went off to sea with some dozen earthy lots But back in his homeland, Harker found out his foul plot! They went to head him off where the ship would later land And the count's great plan was foiled by that party's hand! Poor old Drac, for now the count is dead Though he'd been quite a real pain One day soon, his notoriety would spread And they'd have to do it all again! Bleh bleh Dracula, king of Transylvania He is a bat and also a man Bleh bleh Dracula, count of faux-mundania You'd better keep that cross held tight in your hand!
this fetish stuff is getting out of hand what the fuck is word play
#word play is when u have cybersex in microsoft word#it’s not real kink unless clippy is there (@jewishsuperfam)
hey if it’s your first time being food insecure because of snap benefit cuts, hi! this ain’t my first rodeo and i’ve got tips.
1. dried beans and rice are infinitely cheaper than the canned/microwave stuff. just wash, soak (in the case of beans!), cook, and you’re done!
2. on that note, beans and rice, when eaten together, make a complete protein that is easily digestible by your body. if it comes down to it, you can live off that alone for a good long while.
3. when shopping, prioritize ingredients over premade meals. a frozen pizza is just one pizza, but flour, tomato sauce, and cheese can make many pizzas.
4. dry pantry goods will get infested if you’re not careful. adding a dried bay leaf to dried beans, rice, flour, etc. works wonders for keeping out weevils and other nasty stuff. adding a few drops of peppermint oil to a spray bottle filled with water will keep mice away if you spray it on your baseboards, too.
5. canned veggies is veggies. canned fruit is fruit. you ain’t too good for it, so get those micronutrients if you can.
6. potatoes are super nutritionally dense and a good source of fiber. use them to stretch meals. just don’t store them next to onions because they’ll sprout way faster.
7. coupon clip like a crazy person, and get ready to use the math skills you swore to leave behind in high school. saving pennies starts with getting the most for your dollar. if all cabbages are $1.00, get the biggest cabbage you can find. if tomato sauce is cheaper by the ounce in a quart jar compared to a pint jar, get the quart if you can. be smart with how you spend.
8. lentils are a great way to stretch any kind of ground meat. they’re really cheap and if you’re like me and can’t cut meat out of your diet completely for health reasons, they help it last a lot longer.
9. portion control is so key. if a meal is meant to make four servings, make it last four servings. it’s better to be a little hungry four days in a row than stuffed for two and starving for two. weigh it out if you have to.
10. never say no to free food. whether it’s potlucks, community events, religious gatherings, or student food pantries, a free meal is one less you have to cook for yourself. pro tip: hit up wednesday night suppers at churches, shabbat dinners at synagogues, and sikh gurdwaras pretty much any time for a free (if not really cheap) meal. you might have to endure some proselytizing, but as long as you’re respectful and mind your business, you’re golden.
Hope you don’t mind me adding some extra tips of my own op!
11. Bullion cubes tend to be real cheap and making things into a soup is a great way to make small portions feel bigger. A serving of beans and rice doesn’t feel like much but when you add a bullion cube and some hot water now suddenly that’s soup and you’ve got a big bowl full + extra flavor
12. If you’re diabetic or insulin resistant and suddenly faced with eating lots of carbs because they’re what’s cheap and available pre cook your food then chill it!! Starches in most everything from potatoes to rice to bread will change form when cooked and then cooled. They start converting to resistant starch and our body basically processes them like fiber instead of like carbs, so you can lower the glycemic index of your rice by quite a bit if you cook it then freeze it overnight before thawing and eating. Is it perfect? No but it helps!
13. Frozen fruit and vegetables can also be a great and less expensive way to get your fruit and veg. Canned is often cheaper but do the price-per-ounce math and check! Grocery stores near me still occasionally do 10 for 10 sales on bags of frozen veg! And if you can get some on sales like that they become a great way to bulk out other foods. Mac n cheese? Add some frozen veg. Hamburger helper? Frozen veg. Top ramen? Frozen veg.
14. Reiterating the never turn down free food if it’s something you can eat. Hit up food pantries, check if Facebook has a buy nothing group for your area, people will give away food for absolutely free! Groups like this are also super useful even if you don’t find food, look for things like toiletries on offer, if you can get your body wash for free that’s a couple bucks you can devote to food.
If you've got a contact who's active military, see if they'll shop for you at the PX/BX. Sure, the food's exceptionally generic, but it's cheap.
Dollar Tree, Dollar General, and similar stores are excellent sources of seasonings, herbs, spices, simple canned vegetables and fruits, some frozen foods, and occasionally meats and dairy (at a few of the larger stores).
Also if you live in rural farming areas, see if they'll allow you to glean in the fields after the harvest (especially right now with it being sweet potato season). Often there are still a decent amount of good vegetables left behind on account of smaller size and "imperfections".
Useful for most people at one time or another
For a lot of people rn it's the one time
people tend to emphasise selfishness as a core trait of han sooyoung's characterization, myself included. but ☝️ we must do so in concert with omniscient reader's viewpoint's own definition of selfishness, which depicts self sacrifice as the greatest selfish act you can commit. both characters and narrative acknowledge kim dokja's sacrifice as him an extremely violent selfishness, ignoring the others wishes entirely to do what he thinks is best no matter the cost. self sacrifice comes from thinking you alone can solve everything, that you alone know best. han sooyoung also falls into this pitfall, attempting to or succeeding in sacrificing herself many times (trying to make an outer god pact for yoo sangah's soul, telling kim dokja to leave her behind in kaizenix, of course writing twsa for 13 years). this is a weakness all of the orv characters have as they all learn their horrible horrible habits from kim dokja.
perhaps where han sooyoungs selfishness feels different is that she is also willing to sacrifice other people to the extent of starting a fucking apocalypse. this is a choice the rest of kimcom struggle to make (although notably kim dokja sacrifices a fair few at the beginning of his journey). this is where her self-inflicted villainess role comes in. what always sticks out to me is that she alone calls out 49% and the false epilogue - shes willing to sacrifice 49% and the happiness they have with them for what she wants (her reader back), which no one else has been able to do. i think ultimately the biggest difference between kim dokja and han sooyoungs selfishness is that kim dokja sees himself as uniquely worthy of suffering and sacrifice, and so takes that path to get what he wants, whereas han sooyoung (although definitely with her own self worth issues) (that would need to be a whole other post) is happy to enflict suffering on whoever she needs to for her goals.
on my "don't walk to metlife" post I kept seeing people say that drivers would "bergentruck" pedestrians on the turnpike and it turns out that that's a reference to an Undertale meme where a character purposefully runs over people, but the portion of the jersey turnpike that goes to metlife is bergen county, and I had just instantly accepted that there was a term specifically referring to jersey drivers from there. I didn't even question it. Neither would you, if you had ever driven there.
posters: if you try to walk on the jersey turnpike they will bergentruck you without hesitation.
me, unfamiliar with undertale memes, but familiar with driving through north jersey: fuckin yeah they will.
practicing self care less out of self love and more for the sheer logical reasoning of it’d be kinda stupid of me to expect myself to be able to function without proper maintenance
“oh i don’t deserve rest and relaxation, i haven’t done enough, i haven’t earned it” and my car’s breaks don’t deserve break fluid because they aren’t breaking well enough to earn it. that’s what you sound like!!!!!
If you do not schedule time for maintenance, your equipment will schedule it for you
