grossly incandescent

"There is an expression in the wasteland: 'Old World Blues.' It refers to those so obsessed with the past they can't see the present, much less the future, for what it is. They stare into the what-was, eyes like pilot lights, guttering and spent, as the realities of their world continue on around them."

[uovoc]

"exercise will give you more energy" gets said a lot as a common piece of health advice but I think it needs to be expanded into "exercising will make you tired while you do it, and you will continue to be tired immediately afterwards, sometimes even the next day too, but over months of consistent exercise, your muscles will get stronger and therefore get less tired out by everyday activities, making you feel like day-to-day life takes less physical energy than it used to"

[bonniebugsy]

[rhapsodyxvi]

man what the fuck ever

[christineroyceofficial]

ik kimball was not the president during fo2 just roll w me here

[cannibalchicken]

[eyes-like-pilot-lights]

do you have a favorite disco elysium playthrough? like any approaches to the story/choices/etc. that stuck with you?

Oh shit it's an anon! Hi there! I played through as Harry in recovery - fully sober, shaved the chops, lost the Expression. (I'd keep the chops if I did it again.) I ended up as both a Sorry Cop and a Communist Cop (though I couldn't find the Communist vision quest, lol). A lot of moments that stuck with me came from internalizing some of the recovery-related thoughts:

"You are 44 years old. The bloating might never leave your face, but beneath it -- you still have some years. You still have some hope." -Date of Birth Generator "Don’t expect any further rewards or handclaps. This is how normal people are all the time." - Waste Land of Reality That spoke to me as someone trying to work past his mental health issues. Learning perspective, living in the moment, learning to get out of my own head. Then there's engaging with the game's politics. Learning about the Union - its dark side and its positives. The conversation with the Deserter, his bitterness and resentment. It made me want to take leftism more seriously, but also to be rational, think critically, avoid fantasies of violent catharsis and focus on what I can do in front of me. And I think this recovery angle comes together when you take Lillienne on a walk. Harry proves to himself that he can engage healthily with a woman he's attracted to. And he accepts a boundary when he sees her setting one: "You'd need to put a year between you and your last drink for anything more." - Suggestion I like to think they find each other again down the line and become a couple. I know you can make Harry into a real mess, but I like Disco Elysium as a story of a man in recovery. It makes the game bittersweet and beautiful. I don't think stories NEED moral instruction, but I like when I come away from a story feeling like I've learned something about life and living.

Also when the Insulindian Phasmid revealed itself I fucking gasped, because that was the best reveal in the game.

[chthonicillness]

my teeth were perfectly designed to tear abd rend the soft white flesh of the gentle beast known as the mozzarella

[eleilinnrallin]

This is a reminder for those who handmake Christmas presents that now is not too early to start. It may in fact be a good time to start if you have a lot to make/your craft takes a long time. You should maybe start it now, whether that's brainstorming or actually doing the crafts!

[newtsoftheworldunite]

Translating this into tumblr's preferred public service announcement format for this kind of alert:

[kimberlychapman]

Or this preferred Tumblr announcement system:

[teaboot]

*Sprays u with a can of "Serious String"* [you are gently covered by a loose, aerisolized tangle of high-tensile polymer weave]

[teaboot]

Fuck my baka life

[ethanmaldridge]

"The America I loved still exists, if not in the White House or the Supreme Court or the Senate or the House of Representatives or the media. The America I love still exists at the front desks of our public libraries."

-Kurt Vonnegut, A Man Without a Country

[galileosballs]

Also, please do not listen to how people talk about cover letters on this site. Cover letters are important, and in many industries you can be damn sure they'll be read. And no, they're not 'fanfic about working in your office', or just re-stating the resume contents in a fancier guise. If you treat them like that, then of course they're not doing much for you. That makes you sound like a syncophantic windbag, and it's not doing anything else to help.

I was trained in the dark arts of the cover letter by my mother, who is a hiring manager. And her training has paid off: I've been consistently told my cover letters are excellent. Let me pass on the wisdom.

The job of a cover letter is to give a prospective employer strictly more information than is on the resume. This is where you take the resume contents and put them into context. You look at the job requirements (you are looking at the job requirements before applying, right?) and look at your resume and ask the question (in your head) "why would a person think this candidate would be good for this job?" and your cover letter is the answer to that question. If you don't answer that question, the hiring manager is going to have to do it themselves, and you have way more information to work with than they do.

This is especially important if you're moving from one industry to another, because then the relevant connections aren't obvious. It's also very important if you're overqualified, because then you can use the letter to say "I know it looks like this job would be too entry-level for me, but I'm interested to pursue it for reasons x, y, and z". You can also use this space to explain away something that might otherwise be disqualifying, like job-hopping or a long break in employment. The tone to strike here is always matter-of-fact and constrained to topic - don't go into detail about health stuff or personal tragedy, just tell them what they need to hear: that this period of your resume was affected by [bad thing] but that it's now in the past and you're looking forward to the next chapter. Remember, one of the things they're trying to learn is whether you'd be content in this role, or whether you'd be miserable and leave after 2 months, which would force them to do all the work of hiring again. You're trying to establish that you will fit right in and not cause problems. Knowing what drew you to this job in particular (and don't just say 'money', that's true for everyone) helps with that.

And the other mistake? Everyone writes cover letters that are too long. One page is fine. Two is the absolute maximum, and that's if you have a lot of specific things to say. It's a waste of your time and theirs to pad it out with fluff. Of my two most recent successful cover letters (i.e. jobs for which I was interviewed) one was 390 words and the other was 550. That's the length of this post. How long did it take me to write this post? About 15 minutes to write, 5 to proof and edit. That's how long you should be spending on a cover letter, maximum.

[pissvortex]

Family in Buffalo genuinely just asked me if I would rather go to “Adolf’s” or “Nine Eleven” for lunch and they were being completely sincere

[subaru-copilot]

looks inside procrastination -> it's anxiety -> looks inside anxiety -> it's fear -> looks inside fear -> it's shame

[teaboot]

Surely these circumstances will improve with additional shame

[loreleywrites]

im always saying this

[ggcrono]

[janmisali]

which one is backslash?

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[facingfearbuildingfuture-deacti]

ah

[facets-reblogging]

[glitchinginthegarden]

Someone call them a Delamain...

[hotcrossedfangs]

[shounenchild]

my favorite part of this whole thing tbh