A Blog Where I Complain

30/M I make complaints, mainly about my job, also reblog memes. Also, language Nazis DNI.

[deejwalker]

If you posted about white fascists and Jimmy Kimmel more than black people, Imma need you give lil bro like 50 fuckin dollars at least.

Shakir was expelled from his school for disarming the gun of a classmate intending to endanger him and the rest of shared students and faculty

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[dreynolds]

Ah yes, because making posts about a TV show getting cancelled or the dude who was shot and is all over the news somehow means you have extra money just lying around! Gosh, I didn't know that! Silly ME for thinking there's NO CORRELATION.

[deejwalker]

Jump off the nearest bridge.

[dreynolds]

I guess I don't the understand the point of framing asking for donations through the lense of white guilt lmao. "You talked about Jimmy Kimmel and not black people so gib munee" how does that even make sense?

[deejwalker]

If you posted about white fascists and Jimmy Kimmel more than black people, Imma need you give lil bro like 50 fuckin dollars at least.

Shakir was expelled from his school for disarming the gun of a classmate intending to endanger him and the rest of shared students and faculty

Donate to Help Sakir Everett Continue His Education, organized by Catra Davis

On what could have been a tragic and devastating day, 11 year-old Sakir Everett … Catra Davis needs your support for Help Sakir Everett Cont

[dreynolds]

Ah yes, because making posts about a TV show getting cancelled or the dude who was shot and is all over the news somehow means you have extra money just lying around! Gosh, I didn't know that! Silly ME for thinking there's NO CORRELATION.

[halondrus]

[dreynolds]

Crazy how I know BEFORE MY FOOD EVEN GETS HERE that I'm going to have fuck with customer service to get a refund because my fucking milkshake is melted. Maybe don't assign a dasher who has THREE FUCKING STOPS TO MAKE AN ORDER WITH FUCKING ICE CREAM ON IT.

[glaciacherry]

[dreynolds]

This sounds like actual dialogue from the early English dub ngl.

[nandomando]

[friendshapedhole]

Story is wild

Little girl was part of a county fair agro-educational program where they raise an animal for a few months and at the end it’s slaughtered. Supposed to teach them about the economics of farming and stuff.

But the little girl loved her goat so much she was crying on the day her goat was supposed to be taken away, so her mom sent the county fair people an email saying “I’ll pay for the goat and any expenses. We’ve had several deaths in the family in the past year, I don’t wanna take away one more thing my little girl loves.” Technically the goat had already been sold at auction, so the mom was on the hook for about $1000, only about $70 of which would have been profit for the county fair.

The county fair people were irate and got law enforcement involved, over this “breach of contract”. They literally got a fucking judge to sign a search warrant, authorizing them to go to this little girl’s house and search every room and every cabinet or box “large enough to contain a small goat”. The sheriff’s deputies seized the goat, and whoever they gave it to immediately slaughtered it, though they were supposed to wait until some kind of agreement had been worked out.

In the county fair’s initial email correspondence with the girl’s mother, they made it clear that they were pissed off because the story of the little girl who loved her goat was circulating on social media making them look bad, and they felt the girl needed to be taught a lesson about keeping your promises or whatever. So they refused the mother’s offer to pay for it, and insisted they get the goat. Even if it meant sending the fucking cops into her house lmao.

[birdblogwhichisforbirds-deactiv]

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-30/goat-slaughter-shasta-county-fair

[kunosoura]

the congressman who bought the goat didn’t have any objections to the family saving the goat from slaughter either! it’s fucking insane that the cops were so eager to play act their swat commando fantasies that they played stooge to the benefit of no one except some self important local organizers!

Alternate link, LAtimes locks their stuff behind paywalls sometimes

[theelectricfrog]

Don’t forget the part where the goat wasn’t where they had a warrant to search, so they drove 500 miles, leaving the area they have legal jurisdiction in, then searched a farm they didn’t have a warrant for ans seized the goat. The fair then had the goat slaughtered, even though a court had ordered them to keep it alive until ownership was resolved and despite the fact that both potential owners of the goat had decided to keep it alive.

They broke multiple laws in order to “teach” a little girl the “lesson” that “everybody has to follow the rules”.

I sure hope all of the complaints sent to Shasta District Fair CEO Melanie Silva, whose decisions these were and continues to defend her actions, are polite and don’t waste too much ink. I’m certain nobody would take advantage of the fact that the Sasha District Fair and Event Center’s contact page lists their phone and fax numbers, not to mention the email form below that.

[shi1498912]

Would be a shame if that information was to circulate far an wide, and ruin that despicable woman's easter holidays

[ralfmaximus]

I found the lawsuit filing. It is a work of art, brief and to the point. If you read nothing else, check out page 2, the section headed Nature of the Action. Magnificent.

[bisquid]

One of the things that bugs me in the notes is a bunch of people being like 'it's a livestock animal, it's her fault for getting attached' and.

My dudes, I cannot emphasize enough that the little girl's emotional attachment to the goat is in fact the least of the issues with this story. The main issue in this story is the fact that a bunch of cops broke multiple laws, including the unlawful entry to the property the goat was being held, the unlawful seizure and destruction of said goat, and the unlawful use of a criminal search warrant in a civil dispute case, just to start with.

The little girl owned the goat. At no point in the proceedings - and indeed at no point in the proceedings in the course of the normal auction-purchase-slaughter of a livestock animal in this program - did the fair own the goat. At no point in the proceedings did the person who successfully bid on the goat actually own it - he had made the winning bid to purchase rights to the meat. He hadn't even done that yet! The goat legally and incontrovertibly belonged to the little girl. The very worst that should have happened in this story is a brief property ownership dispute in a civil court.

The fair CEO decided to unlawfully force the auction of the goat, and, when the girl's mother began to dispute her actions, to make a false claim of theft, with precisely ZERO legal basis, calling the cops on an already emotionally fragile child, and then had the temerity to be angry with the child's mother because the story was making them look bad on social media.

Regardless of your opinion on the meat industry, livestock slaughter, or 4H, 'cops drive 500 miles, perform an illegal search, seizure and destruction of an American citizen's property, on the word of a biased 3rd party with zero legal rights to the property in question' should make you angry. Because it is a violation of civil rights, and also had no motive besides needless cruelty to an already grieving child.

[jazzybot4]

News to know: The next court update on this is sometime in October 2024. I'm watching this case because it covers a lot of different facets of how contracts work, minors rights, property rights in the face of law enforcement seizures and searches, and how does one county fair have so much brutality to wield against a then-nine-year-old. I would not be surprised if this gets bogged down again with more counter-suits. It's absolutely ghoulish that they're doing all this over less than 1000$ of goat and one little girls grief. I hope that the judge who sees this case knows just how dangerous it is to dismiss, since this is a matter of third-party property rights infringement using law enforcement agents as bludgeons. The Sheriffs *cannot* be allowed to maintain extrajudicial authority.

[listen-to-the-trees]

UPDATE:

GIRL WINS $300,000

After deputies took her pet goat to be butchered, girl wins $300,000 from Shasta County

Shasta County agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over a decision to use deputies to seize a girl's pet goat to be slaughtered. It's

[fishing-lesbian-princess]

“I’m gonna write extremely self-indulgent erotica” I tell myself before working on sociopolitical worldbuilding for two hours

[fishing-lesbian-princess]

I mean come on, I can’t get started without at least laying the basic foundation for the surrounding world that the characters exist in. It’d be pretty embarrassing if my extremely self-indulgent erotica had hollow worldbuilding

[fishing-lesbian-princess]

Okay, we’ve got the groundwork for the political positions of the princess and the noblewomen she’s going to be having sex with, can we get to the sex now?

Obviously not, now we have to name all the women, their noble houses, and their family lineage. And let’s not forget the name of the kingdom and its major territories and landmarks…

But there’s only 2 women in this scene

2 women without established family histories.

Is this still about sex?

Obviously it’s still about sex. But we haven’t even figured out the magic system yet

I’m beginning to understand why we never finish anything

[the-haiku-bot]

I’m beginning to

understand why we never

finish anything

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[dreynolds]

Bro figuring out the magic system is so fucking hard tho.

[charlesoberonn]

[innovadesexual]

my house is pretty awesome ihave an elephant in the room and a skeleton in my closet

[demilypyro]

you're a tgirl with parental trauma and you go into separate "modes," maybe at least consider the possibility of plurality/some kind of OSDD and check out some resources? it's at least plausible

Girls can't even go bean mode anymore without allegations......

[sonpat-rides-again]

[ihavenocluewhatiwanttobecalled]

Can someone who understands psychology explain why this makes someone "rude"?

[alex51324]

Phatic discourse, a subset of affiliative signaling.

When Co-workers do things like ask about weekend plans, chat about non-work topics, eat lunch in the same room, they are--subconsciously--reaffirming that they are part of a cooperative (or, minimally, non-antagonistic) social group.

The other primates cement social bonds by grooming each other; we do it by making small talk.

If they solicit your participation in these rituals, and you repeatedly refuse those bids, you are marking yourself out as, at best, an outsider to the group, and thus potentially antagonistic.

This is all happening on the monkey-brain level; they have no idea what they're doing or how they are interpreting your response, so there's no way to clear up the misunderstanding.

To the ape sleeping in your co-worker's DNA, either you are part of the grooming circle, or you are an outsider who, for all it knows, may be coming to steal all the bananas.

Even if you would prefer not to socialize with your co-workers, it's generally worth it to set aside 5 minutes a couple times a week for phatic communication. You don't have to answer your co-workers' affiliative signals every time, but it's less trouble in the long run if you respond to a few of them.

[punkrorschach]

if you are the type of person who really just wants to be left alone to do their work in quiet: it is actually easier to achieve this as part of the in-group. when you enter a new space, in this case, a job, make it your GOAL to make everyone Know Who You Are. introduce yourself to everyone you meet. literally everyone. "hi I'm Jack I'm New." this helps burst the awkward bubble. you are now one of the monkeys.

at some point, either in response to an invitation, or just in the natural course of conversation, you can add in that you are a "quiet type" who "needs their silence" or what have you. customize to your personal needs. i find it helpful to imagine a well dressed elderly woman describing the sort of peace she needs to manifest.

roughly once a week if you see a group of people chatting, engage with them. keep it pleasant. it can be superficial. word will travel that you are Nice and Quiet and Not The Chatty Type protecting you from group lunches etc. if you have an office with a door that you keep closed a lot, putting up any kind of decor will also send positive signals.

humans are monkeys! for better or worse!

[tlbodine]

Pro tip: try to make a note (write it down if you have to) about some inconsequential thing that your coworker mentions so you can ask about it later. Kids and pets are great for This. As are hobbies. One guy in my office zoom called in from his house and I saw he had an arcade game in his office so I asked him about it later and he lit up like a Christmas tree. Another coworker has a pet pig and I ask every couple months how the pig is doing. This is a great strategy for pivoting conversation away from you and will make them think you are the friendliest monkey in the pod.

[queeranarchism]

The grooming circle also serves a very practical purpose. Getting to know each other - even superficially but regularly - makes people more likely to feel comfortable asking for something they need, more likely to say yes, and more likely to trust each other with sensitive information. All of this makes people better fellow human beings to each other.

It means my coworker is more likely to feel safe enough to tell me "Can you take over my shift tomorrow?" and I'm more likely to say "yes" even when I don't want to, because I care about his well being and he also takes over shifts for me when he doesn't want to.

It means my coworker is more likely to ask me for help if they experience sexual harassment at work, or if they think they're being underpaid, or if they're actually very lonely and need someone, anyone, to go to their Mom's funeral with them.

And maybe this ritual of trust-building feels unnecessary to you. Maybe you would do all these things for random strangers, but your coworkers won't know that unless they get to know you a little, so they won't know that they can ask you for help.

[queeranarchism]

#take part in the grooming. become one of the ingroup. band together to demand more bananas from your zookeeper aka your boss#monkey together strong or something

YES. Unionize your monkey grooming circle.

[transcyberism]

also, if your fellow monkeys are anxious you might steal their bananas? give them bananas instead. i.e., bring food to work. baked goods work great. they can be store bought; you don't need to go to a lot of effort. bring a box of grocery store brownies or whatever to work every so often and people will LOVE you for literally zero effort. everyone loves the coworker who gives them free food.

[dreynolds]

You can disregard most of this skip straight to the "bring brownies or donuts" thing. It's the easiest way. I Doordashed Tim Hortans a few weeks in a row and now all my coworkers love me lol.

[dsudis]

So wait are livestock guardian dogs to their flocks like… Clark Kent among the residents of Smallville? He’s been here since he was a baby, we all know him, and he’s… generally one-of-us shaped, uh, approximately. And then when something goes wrong he suddenly leaps into action and does some terrifying impossible shit none of us could do. And then comes back home and settles in like nothing happened and he’s one of us again.

[relevant-catnik]

Hmm.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

[ruusverd]

Actual answer: the sheep know the dogs are not sheep, and they also know the dog is protecting them and take their cues from the dog about whether they need to run for the barn or can just ignore anything scary that approaches.

However, a friend once had an extremely premature orphan lamb born in December who had to live in the house for a couple of months with leg braces and all that, who due to spending her lambhood with dogs instead of sheep came out of the whole experience convinced she was a livestock guardian dog! She would patrol the perimeter of the fields every evening with the actual dog, stand watch in the barn door at night like the dog, and was more than willing to throw down if she saw something scary coming towards the flock the way the guard dog did. Tragically orphaned lamb did a convincing job at being a guard dog without actually having any of the biological advantages a dog has over a sheep.

Which I suppose made her Sheep Batman.

[lannegarrett]

I know adverbs are controversial, but "said softly" means something different than "whispered" and this is the hill I will die on.

[i-wear-the-cheese]

adverbs are only controversial because some people are bad writers. adverbs are a necessary part of english, vital in creating nuance and subtlety different meanings. i will not die on this hill for i have the weapons to take on all comers!

[dreynolds]

Yea whispering is like making an attempt to be quiet, whereas speaking softly is more about your tone, isn't it?

[princess-of-phyresis]

*my pet mite nips you*

Oh I'm sorry! *picks her up* She doesnt normally do that I promise! She didn't break skin did she? She has toxic 1, so it'd be kind of bad if she- oh she did? Honestly don't worry about it, it'll be fine. You'll be fine.

*proliferates*

*proliferates*

*proliferates*

*proliferates*

*pr

[dreynolds]

Melira, this party is really toxic, but we're not gonna let it effect us, let's get out of here.

[eldritchbauble]

Would you still be alive without modern medicine?

Yes

No

Maybe/unsure

Voting ended onSep 21, 2025

E.g. having a severe illness or injury that would have killed you without modern medicine, needing daily/routine medication to stay alive, etc.

[dreynolds]

"Let people enjoy things! Wait, no, not That Thing, you're a cringe loser if you like THAT Thing. Because the internet decided That Thing was bad. Me? No, I've never consumed That Thing before. But I know it's bad and cringe."

[lugubriou-s]

[mori-sempai]