the little crustacean that could

she/her. will occasionally disappear off tumblr only to come back and spam mass effect. Special thanks to madmenwiththingsdrawnonthem for the excellent app background image!

[meangirlnurse]

[teethburied]

The Happiness of the Katakuris 'カタクリ家の幸福' (2001) dir. Takashi Miike

[crable]

I have a job interview tomorrow. It would be a pay cut, and I would be effectively walking away from a position that I created (bc I still have yet to GET the position bc I’ve been covering for the girl who quit and whose role has not been filled for SIX WEEKS) but like…

I’ve been jerked around by this company for seven years. At this point idk if I want to put my faith in one more boss to see if things get better. Like I kind of think they would but I also have lost all respect and hope…

Idk I guess we’ll see how the interview even goes.

[banchie]

i've been phasing the phrase 'google it' out of my vocabulary and going back to 'look it up'. fuck you youve lost your generic trademark privileges

[kushblazer666]

i know that aspartame doesnt actually give you cancer. but if it doesnt. then why does it taste like that

[kushblazer666]

diet coke lovers be like “haha this is my crack! gotta have that silver can! i like to let them ‘marinate’ in the fridge” and then you take a sip of diet coke and it tastes like a normal mediocre soda that was contaminated with 0.35% of some horrible industrial solvent on the production line

[crable]

there’s one dude at work who starts every call with “ok I’ve got a weird one for ya” and then proceeds to ask me questions about how he should do his job (pricing) on things I have nothing to do with and it never takes less than 15 minutes to get him off the phone

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2015

[demiiwhiffin]

also june 2016

[demiiwhiffin]

turns out … also june 2017

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2018 ! time is moving fast and i cannot keep up

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2019 !!! wow love that for all of us

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2020. time never stops

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2021. i am so old

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2022 … :-S

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2023 babey !!!

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2024 :-)

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2025. ten whole years

[demiiwhiffin]

june 2026 uh oh spaghetti o

[mothcub]

Smell that thing.

[crable]

ok I would never advocate for a Princess Bride remake buuuuuuut I think if someone were to try it, the only way it would work would be that weird ass 70s/80s animation style

I’m talking Lord of the Rings, BFG, that kind of thing

[crable]

I saw a squirrel fall out of a tree today so that’s the kind of weird day I’ve had

[thememedaddy]

[kbdvvdgdbrbvb-deactivated202203]

scribbly blinky boi from last night 💙

[chirasul]

we got a full redbox and now we're playing go fish with the redbox movies

[chirasul]

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

[fishmech]

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.

[chirasul]

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

[catchymemes]

[spindalike]

[EGGS: STIMBOARD]

IDC that this post is kinda long compared to most stimboards I see, I LOVE EGGS!

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[thulium]

[monsieurenjlolras]

you've heard of "quiet quitting," now I'd like to introduce you to the next level, The French Work Ethic:

Do exactly what you're paid for and nothing more

Absolutely refuse to be available to contact when you're off the clock

Never prioritize work over your own health, wellbeing, or family because that would be insane, it's just a job.

Have a little glass of wine

Take as long as you feel like for lunch

Deeply understand that work doesn't matter

Make sure your boss your boss knows they're always your second priority ❤️

[lerayon]

🗣️ Hey, young Americans:

Old Millennial American speaking here. I need you to adopt this mentality as early as possible and hold to it. The older you get, the harder it is to begin this practice and claw back the extremely unhealthy effects of a workaholic lifestyle. I am speaking from 20 years of experience.

This does not mean having a shitty attitude at work, or not doing your job, or relying on co-workers to carry your water.

This means you do what it says above. It also means not making work and productively your entire personality; not tying your productivity to your value; and not becoming so emotionally enmeshed in your work and workplace so that you are living and dying by what happens there.

Good luck out there. American workplace culture is mostly designed to work you to death. Moving against that tide can be challenging, so having a healthy mindset is important to living a life not consumed by your paid labor.