Reblog Station +

I was intending this to be a place for me to put my thoughts down and be serious...it quickly became a reblogging page.

[happifying-things]

[gauntletspirit]

I love how every human there just gently ensures the doggo can keep playing. <3

[kaity--did]

Okay in my house we have a strange tradition. My mother builds this beautiful Christmas village.

It wraps all around our house through the rooms and under the trees and it’s wonderful.

Every year she hides the Christmas Vampire

This started when I was a very small got child and spread to all of my friends, including my best friend from elementary school who I just so happened to grow up and marry. Now that we have grown up and moved nearly 600 miles away we still always go home for a week at Christmas for multiple reasons, including the Christmas Vampire.

Needless to say we still partake and things have gotten heated.

Stay tuned for the epic conclusion and to see my husband and father in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s sooty costume when I find the Christmas Vampire First!

Happy Haunting!

[kaity--did]

Dad has no fricken clue how to trash talk and I don’t trust him in the slightest.

[kaity--did]

The saga continues. Mom hasnt finished the village yet and it’s starting to get to her….

[oldearthcartography]

Hahahaha, I mean I love this on multiple levels.  But what really threw it over the top was the mom’s anxiety over the world-building and city design being right.  I feel you vampire-hiding mom, I feel you.

[airyairyquitecontrary-deactivat]

can I just say that the Christmas Vampire is infinitely preferable to the Elf on the Shelf

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[drawingwithdinosaurs]

[monkeysaysficus]

I was not ready

[the-spook-zone]

@relatable-ram

[phraximus]

Me: *clicks video*  “The hell is all this abou-”

*whistling starts*

Me: 

[norithics]

I love this stupid fucking meme

[uzumaki-rebellion]

Will never not be funny!

[whitmerule]

Ever needed to hear about mad dad birds with enormous feet? Try THESE on for size:

What’s that you say? These are clearly the feet of a dinosaur, not a bird? WHY NOT BOTH?

This is Australia’s very own dinosaur, the second-largest bird in the world, the emu. Say hi!

They roam around Australia making ‘wonk-wonk’ noises under their breath and glaring at everything. And the dads take care of the babies! They sit on the eggs…

They look after the tiny stripey adorable things….

They look after the less tiny less adorable things…

And they even look after the great big menacing things that are almost as big as they are.

But here’s the catch. All emus look pretty much alike. Especially when you are a tiny stripey adorable thing. All you can see of your dad is is great big dinosaur feet (see picture #1). So there is one very unrealistic thing about all the adorable terrifying dinosaur family photos above:

I have never seen an emu family in the wild where all the babies are the same size.

Here is the reason!

Emu dad and his emu babies are roaming about wonking and glaring at everyone. Suddenly emu dad sees another emu dad! A threat!

Emu dads do some display threats with dancing and bouncing and fluffing and… look, it’s very serious business, okay?

If this does not work to see off one emu they might progress to actual fighting.

Oops, sorry, you wanted the dignified version. Here, have some ART:

MAGNIFICENT.

Either way, this encounter will end up with one or both adult emus zooming away as fast as he can run. This is very fast.

This is the other thing they do besides wonking and glaring, by the way. They run. Fear the running emu.

Anyway, this leaves all the tiny and medium-sized and semi-large stripey things milling around making confused tiny “cheep? wonk?” noises and basically just following whichever pair of large feet they can find.

HI DAD

And so mostly when you see a male emu with a gaggle of youngsters at heel, they are all different sizes. Who knows whose they are? Not him! But he’s going to look after them anyway.

Fear him.

[the-kiwi-is-not-a-pewee]

@taiyang-too-long

[unpretty]

i turned on the light in the dining room but Tubby had been sleeping in a chair and it woke her up and she was Not Pleased

[unpretty]

[unpretty]

yes

however we recently got her a new ceramic fountain that better suits her aesthetic

and her own fainting couch

but she still prefers a good lap whenever possible

[flawlessglamazon]

[burning-mind]

@unpretty what is Ms. Tubby’s full name if it is not Tubby?

[unpretty]

Tubbitha

[spangefucker-deactivated2014070]

my hair is VERY soft and could EASILY be played with and you know how many people are playing with my hair??? zero

[sartorialadventure]

[caffeinewitchcraft]

Relationships get so bananas when you start deciphering the other person’s love language.

Like I thought I was just acquaintances with this person because they never told me details about themselves and we just talked movies and writing . But then they made time to have coffee with me and they showed up out of breath because they ran. Like. RAN to be on time for coffee with me?

And I was like “i don’t mind waiting” cause I never want to run

But they said they wanted every minute they could get because I’m so busy usually

Which is when it clicked that I didn’t get how much they considered me a friend because I just straight away didn’t see MY signs of affection in them and went “cool! Casual buds it is.” But now that I’m seeing their signs of affection, I feel a little silly for dismissing them like that even though I felt like we could be best bros.

Anyway, some people show affection through time or intensity or commitment and not vocally. I really have to remember that!

[madammuffins]

Fyi- just in case you didn’t know.

TOUCH got a bro that likes to give high fives? Back slaps? Are they a hugger? Do they not blink an eye at cuddles?

QUALITY TIME this bro will (as op stated) sprint to spend every minute possible with you. Every second that you guys are together is a declaration of affection.

WORDS does your bro tell you how amazing and great and fantastic and wonderful you are all the time? Guess what…?

GIFTS do they buy you coffee? Snacks, energy drinks, spot you at the restaurant? Did that one key chain remind them of you? Ding ding!

ACTS are they always doing things for you? Ie: Nah bro, I got this, I can do that, need me to get anything for you, I can help with…?

PRO TIP - The way people show love is often how they receive love as well.

[queerautism]

Can I just say how much I love seeing this applied to friends / platonic relationships, when I’ve only seen it about romantic ones before?

[catchymemes]

The dog is supposed to run up in front of her and sit.

[sethlord]

11/10

[nutmeg-apollo]

he did amazing

[the-american-ninja-wolf-kate]

I’M TRYING TO PROVE A POINT TO MY MOTHER!! HELP!!

So very rarely do i post but this is making me crazy!

My Mom Loves all things fantasy and S-Fi and and thinks it is so totally awesome that I am a Dungeon Master.  

I have asked her multiple time if she wanted to play but she always comes up with some excuse to not play but will sit nearby fascinated by the game.

She finally admitted to me today that she thinks that at 57 she is “Too Old” to play even though she loves it.

PLEASE RE-BLOG THIS AS MANY TIME AS POSSIBLE TO HELP ME PROVE TO HER THAT SHE IS ALLOWED TO PLAY NO MATTER HER AGE!!! 

[sandersstudies]

I want a home mostly just to welcome people into it. There will be bowls of candy for guests, and the cookie jar is full. I’ll always say “I was just about to make a coffee/tea/cocoa, would you like one?” when somebody walks in. There’s lemonade and iced tea made fresh on hot days. Once it hits That Hour and they start saying they really should be going, I’ll remind them that the futon is always open, and I’m making cinnamon rolls tomorrow. There’s champagne and sparkling juice hidden on a high shelf just in case somebody announces their engagement or their pregnancy or their new job while they’re here. There is an extra chair in the living room, at the table, and on the deck, and it’s for you. I want to be able to say “if you’re ever in trouble, come to me.”

[bunjywunjy]

I was walking through the toy aisle at Target when I found this thing and had a VIOLENT AND IMMEDIATE FLASHBACK to when JP first came out and they had a bunch of REALLY COOL T Rex toys that I would have sold one of my scrawny small-child limbs for but my mother wouldn’t get me one because they were “too violent and also ate people” :(

[bunjywunjy]

hnn I WANT IT SO BAD

[bunjywunjy]

on closer inspection, it makes a lot of really obnoxious noises and is also Too Expensive. BUT FEAR NOT I found this slightly smaller dude wedged in the back!

IT HAS BITE ACTION, AND THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS

[bunjywunjy]

now we enter the testing phase

yup. looks good.

[bunjywunjy]

Extreme Chompin T-Rex says IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS

[digitaldiscipline]

Can we take a moment to appreciate that we can use this as a rosetta stone to say “EXTREME CHOMPIN’ “ in four languages?

[bunjywunjy]

OH SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT, let me check the garbage to see if it’s still there! hopefully I didn’t destroy it in my excitement

[bunjywunjy]

*roar sound effect*

[bunjywunjy]

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

[bunjywunjy]

update update: I re-sized her collar and found a bag of toy bones at the craft store. I haven’t put this much effort into a non-school thing since my last job search, help

(secret bonus: the other side of her tag)

[crochetninja]

There’s more!

[dragon--trash]

I love this sooo much!  I found Dino pots at Target and I walked by them (because I was looking for something else). And of course Target didn’t have the thing I was looking for. I debated for several minutes and then I thought....why not. I love dino things so much it makes me happy....why not....so I now have these lil guys! 

[kargadanbirkadin-deactivated201]

[teathattast]

[breathe-here]

[jehovahhthickness]

Whew child, the conservation of capitalism

[black-geek-supremacy]

Even tho minimum wage ought to be at $20 an hour tho

[jehovahhthickness]

At least!!!!!!!!!!

[sptucc]

Fucking flipping burgers come on seriously

[taint3edcakes]

Are you saying people who flip burgers don’t deserve $20/hr? Lol as if all they do is flip burgers and NOTHING else. Please. Supervisors at bank call centers eat and gossip the entire Fucking shift and make SALARY. While the phone bankers make $13-$15 an hour taking calls for 7 hours mostly non stop with two 15 minute breaks and one 30 minute lunch break. So you can sit tf down if you thought you could place value on peoples jobs like you’re qualified.

[jehovahhthickness]

People deserve a livable wage. Period.

[taint3edcakes]

PERIOD

[sptucc]

How do you justify flipping burgers making more than someone doing hard labors

[jehovahhthickness]

Who said anything about making more than somebody else?

Why the fuck are y’all looking down on people who do flip burgers????? So people who flip burgers don’t deserve to have a livable wage? As if food service ain’t hard labor ….

I wish y’all would make sense when y’all comment on these posts.

[revolutionarykoolaid]

[thewokewordsmith]

Not that I should have to justify their labor but people crack me up with this just flipping burgers shit. How do you think trucks get put away? Supplies get put away? Who do you think does the ordering of all the food that you eat? How do you think dishes get washed? Who do you think cleans the stores including the bathroom? Food has to be properly dated. The temperature of food has to be taken to ensure it doesn’t fall into the danger zone. Most people who handle food have to pass OSHA tests. They have to pass inspections by both the health department and other outside companies like Steritech. Food handlers work with dangerous equipment like fryers, slicers, meat grinders. Which are not always in the best shape because companies are to cheap to maintain them. Not to mention working with the public who have a low opinion of them because they “just flip burgers.” Yet these same people will throw a hissy fit if their fast food isn’t served fast enough because they really think all fast food works (and other food handlers) just flip burgers.    

[brydeswhale]

Not to mention grease burns are a daily thing for burger makers.

[siphersaysstuff]

Any. Single. Retail or food service job I have EVER had was harder physically and mentally/emotionally than every office job I ever had COMBINED. No office job has ever expected me to stay on my feet the entire time I was there. No office job has ever pulled that “if you have time to lean, you have time to clean” fuckshittery on me. No office job has had random twerps coming in to scream at me to break company rules or state and federal laws because they need their particular fix as a nigh-daily feature.

Take your “fnuh fnuh burger flippers” and lick my drippings, you elitist clumptrumpet.

[onceuponamidnightdrizzle]

okay but it doesn’t matter what kind of job they do, if it’s a full-time job, they need to make a liveable wage. if they don’t do enough work, hire fewer people and pay the people you do hire a liveable wage. and then you can justify firing them because they aren’t worth the money. ofc if someone isn’t doing their job, fire them. 

[squirrellygirlart]

“it doesn’t matter what kind of job they do, if it’s a full-time job, they need to make a liveable wage “

[siderealsandman]

People who look down on food service workers need to be added to some kind of database that bans them from every restaurant in the world. If it’s “just flipping burgers” then you should have no problem doing it yourself for yourself, all the time.

[dragon--trash]

I may not have a popular opinion on this issue...but as long as the cost of living continues to rise along with minimum wage raises...it won’t matter how much money one makes. If  X amount of money per hour @ 40 hours a week could afford to pay groceries, make rent, make the car payment, pay insurance on car and self, and pay for any needed medications and any other needed expense for the cost of living....then we would not be having this issue. However, when the cost of labor goes up...people and companies up their prices thus negating the increase in pay (often to the point of increasing poverty). 

The issue we are having here isn’t one of people not being paid enough....the issue we have is that people (people in corporations and power) make it so that they don’t  lose money paying their employees and they do this by raising the cost of their product to balance out the wages they pay out (and if you work in retail it is likely that your pay increase pays back into either your store or at another retail place). 

I have come to both enjoy and hate pay raises. I enjoy them because I feel like I’m being rewarded for doing well....I hate them because usually when I get one it seems that the price of something I need or often purchase (certain food items) increases. I’d rather see the price of products decrease than get pay raises because then at least more people would be able to afford the things they want/need. 

I don’t know what the solution is because I’m not a professor of economics or vastly knowledgeable about how or even why we trade useless paper for useful items...or even wealthy...(I work grocery retail in CA....so you can imagine with decent accuracy that I’m in the same boat as burger flippers sans those $tips$)…..but I don’t think inflation of both wages AND product is the solution....I don’t know what it is....but this issue, like many, doesn’t seem to have many people who are actually working on a viable solution to a problem that is really hurting a lot of people.

[artmagine]

Amazing takes on Jo Rioux’s drawthisinyourstyle challenge on Instagram by Dasha Goysan, Hieu Nguyen, Tereza Grollmusová, Shirouu, Rick Wang,  Aveline Stokart, Muzzammil Jamaludin, Tatyana Chernakova and Gabrielle Ragusi