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there is an IMAGE in my HEAD and i cannot DRAW IT. hatred and rage.
there is a CONVERSATION in my HEAD and I cannot WRITE IT. rage and hatred
there is a VIDEO in my HEAD And i cannot ANIMATE IT. hage and ratred
There is a GAME in my HEAD and I cannot CODE IT. Ratred and hage.
there is a SONG in my HEAD and I cannot COMPOSE IT. haged and rate.
there is a MOVIE in my HEAD and i cannot FILM IT. raged and hate
there is a CRAFT in my HEAD and i cannot BUILD IT. snage and snatred
there is a CRAFT in
my HEAD and i cannot BUILD
IT. snage and snatred
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
A lot of criticism of delivery apps focuses on the fact that they offer convenience and variety, which I find much less compelling than criticizing the fact that the apps often send their contractors on fetch quests from Hell.
There are real labor problems here. Base pay is often insulting. Customer tips carry too much of the burden. Workers need better protections, more transparent algorithms, protection from arbitrary deactivation, and actual recourse when the app or a customer screws them over. Car-dependent delivery is also an environmental and infrastructural problem, though in a denser city I’d still be doing this work; I’d just be doing it by bike.
But when people talk about delivery work, I rarely see them talk to actual delivery workers. I see a lot of abstract arguments about convenience, consumer decadence, “hustle culture,” and internalized neoliberalism. Meanwhile, when I’m out working and waiting in restaurants for orders, the other Dashers I meet are usually people who only speak Spanish, people who read as neurodivergent, visibly physically disabled people, or some combination of the above.
I have not met this mythical Disco Elysium poor ultraliberal hustlegrinder-wannabe people seem to be arguing with. Maybe that archetype exists somewhere. If it exists among any kind of gig worker, it would probably be rideshare drivers. But most of what I see looks less like “rise and grind” and more like “this is one of the few forms of work available to people who need flexibility, low barriers to entry, limited managerial surveillance, or a way to work around language barriers, disability, burnout, chronic illnesses and injuries with symptoms that come and go unpredictably, caregiving, résumé gaps, or discrimination.”
That does not make the current system good. It means the current system is filling a real gap that a lot of supposedly better systems do not even acknowledge.
As a disabled person who is burnout-prone and demand-sensitive, contracting as a delivery driver has given me an unprecedented level of financial flexibility. I can work when I have capacity. I can stop when I’m deteriorating. I can build my day around my actual body instead of being trapped under a manager who thinks “reliable” means “able to perform the same way every day no matter what.” That matters. It does not cancel out the exploitation, but it is also not fake just because it is politically inconvenient.
And delivery itself is not some inherently decadent evil. Sometimes people live alone. Sometimes they are sick. Sometimes they are disabled, exhausted, overwhelmed, grieving, overloaded, or recovering from something else - perhaps the stress and fatigue induced by their own job. Sometimes they need medicine, groceries, or a meal that will actually unplug their sinuses instead of whatever generic community-care slop someone thinks they should be grateful for. Humans are allowed to need specificity. “Food” is not the same as “the food I can actually eat right now.”
A serious labor critique would ask how to make delivery work safer, better-paid, less tip-dependent, less car-dependent, less algorithmically punitive, and less precarious. It would ask what kinds of flexible, accessible work should exist for people who cannot thrive in conventional employment. It would ask how cities could support bike delivery, worker cooperatives, public infrastructure, and real protections without simply replacing one bad system with a moral sermon about how nobody should ever want takeout.
But a lot of the discourse does not do that. It treats convenience itself as suspicious. It treats wanting flexible work as false consciousness. It treats the needs of disabled people, immigrants, and other people who can't fit into traditional employment structures as details to be swept aside in favor of a cleaner political image.
I guess the opinions of delivery workers only count when they are politically convenient.
I feel as though what drives most rude / inconsiderate behavior I experience IRL on a day to day basis comes from a place of having this unearned and unnecessary sense of urgency in situations that aren't actually urgent. I think if more people became aware of this completely unnecessary sense of urgency in situations that actually aren't urgent, it might make co-existing and sharing public spaces with other people a lot easier and more tolerable.
That text post that's been making the rounds that goes something like "Omg you made it to the same red light as everyone else but faster and more dangerously and recklessly, should we call nascar? Do you want a medal?" summarizes exactly what I'm trying to talk about.
It's like when I have to change buses at one of the bigger and busier bus stops, and the people who get off the same bus as me shove and elbow past me to get off before me, and then shove and elbow past anyone even slightly in their way on the way to the bus they're switching to, only to end up on the same bus as all the people they shoved and elbowed, with several minutes to spare before it leaves and plenty of open seats left.
I think this unnecessary urgency a lot of people feel in their day to day lives drives a lot of bad behavior. I'm not saying I'm innocent of this (is anyone?), I've felt it too in plenty of situations that didn't call for it, and regrettably was less kind than I should have been as a result. But I try to be aware of it, and always try to ask myself it it's really as urgent as my lizard brain is trying to tell me it is, and even if it was urgent, does that still justify unkind behavior?
Is shoving or elbowing another person aside going to make the difference between whether or not you make it to the bus before it pulls away? (hint: at least where I live, most of the time that's a no because the drivers usually won't leave if they see people from another bus heading towards their bus). Is shoving and elbowing people aside in a crowded grocery store going to make any real difference in how quickly you get your shopping done?
Does a few extra seconds of time actually justify cruel and unkind behavior towards people you perceive as slightly inconveniencing you?
Continuing my bird tarot deck, some of these are from asks so they might seem familiar haha.
Honestly though I’m kind of trying to make sure that the birds truly line up with the cards I put them on. I might change Strength… but for now here’s the Goose defending their babies.
Don't know if this is a thing other autistic people experience, but I really just like the activity of going somewhere. By which I do not mean "going to a specific place to do a specific thing," but rather, "the act of using transportation to go between places." Like, I don't want to actually "go somewhere" on the bus. I just like being on the bus and watching the world go by.
Like today I spent most of the day just riding a commuter train around. I got to the terminal and then just switched platforms and went back the other way. It was nice. I got to look out the window and watch people get on and off. I got to watch the train's progress on the little overhead screens. This seems like enough of an activity to me.
we all know adult humans dont get enough enrichment but the other day i was walkin home past an empty playground and impulsively ran over to spin myself on this zipline merry-go-round contraption for a few minutes and it really did feel like it unlocked some neglected part of my brain. like damn we really should all go outside and play more. fuck. they werent kidding with this play time thing. have you guys heard about play time. it could be huge.
🥛c ~ ))___)_ ~yawn~
🥛c ,ō))_🗓)_ Alright, what day is it?
🗓c ○`)__)__\__ JUNE 2ND?!
CC °)____\ HAPPY PRIDE MONTH!!!!!!
cc ň")___\ I'm terribly sorry I'm late by a day..
cc .")___\ it kind of just slipped my mind......
cc ^")___\ But, anyway! I hope that you all have a good time this month!
cc • )___\ Always remember that you can express yourself however feels most comfortable, and you can love anyone you want, or nobody at all!
cc - )___\ legally, of course.. don't be a creep or make other's feel uncomfortable/unsafe..
cc •)___\ The only reason I clarify is because I don't want what I am saying being used as
ccó )___\ "but you said I can love anyone I want!"
cc ō )___\ If you are both consenting to it, it isn't with someone who is still a child while you yourself aren't one (if you're both about a year or 2 apart, like if you're in school, it should be okay for the most part), and you are listening to each other, then it's fine.
cc •)___\ Whether you are questioning, still in the closet, or have already come out, I hope you all stay safe.
cc >.)___\ With the way the world is right now, the last thing I want is for any of you to be in trouble..
cc • )___\ I strongly suggest that, if anyone knows some helpful resources for LGBTQ+ members, that you try to share them so more people can try to get help with whatever it is they need.
cc ò )___\ I know it's scary, but stay strong, stay together, form communities and friendships. No one should feel alone, especially not now. Look out for one another.
cc ò)___\ And I'm sorry this is a bit somber, but like I had said, I want people to be safe. Sometimes you just need to be a little more serious to make sure nothing bad happens..
🥛c •))___)_ I love all of you.
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cc ' ))___)_ That's supposed to be the Gender-queer flag, by the way. I don't know how well it translates with Tumblr's slightly limited color options.
met someone the other day who had a mouse problem and thought they'd fix it by getting cats. normal thought process so far right. but they got two Maine coons. and I was like. you got the Lazy Affection Machines? the cats that have hunting.exe uninstalled at the factory to make room for Lårge.dll? nature's answer to the weighted blanket??
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pride month!!!
Is that a miette?
Pride for you! Pride for a thousand years!!
you COME OUT to miette? you come out to her as queer? oh! oh! pride for mother! pride for mother for One Thousand Years!!!!