Fiontan

I'm V or Vincent. Gamer. Anime geek. Art hobbyist. My art will primarily contain OC's from tabletop RPGs, forum roleplay, and whatever MMO I am currently playing. Server: Balmung

[kittydealer]

u/HamedAliKhan

[hymnism]

[ccrnix]

[misscromwellsmonocle]

The Lazy Italian Girl (1757) by Jean Baptiste Greuze

[beelzebuf0]

[noccolibroccoli]

So I had a hysterectomy today (hooray!) and I brought along my stuffed orca, Shamu, as a comfort object. And everyone i interacted with during my pre-op was like "Oh! Who's this?" so I was telling them all about him, how he's been with me since I was 9 and gone on every single vacation and road trip, and they were telling me about their own stuffed buddies (one lady said she still has hers after 40 years!) and all of this while I was signing consent forms and providing a list of the things I'd brought with me, you know, small talk.

So then a nurse comes over and goes "Okay, I've got some stickers I'll put on your things so we know they're yours" and I'm like "OK cool" so she puts a sticker on my coat and stickers on my bags of clothes and then she turns to Shamu and I'm like "oh I guess he gets a sticker too"

But no. She pulls out a hospital bracelet that's an exact copy of mine and slaps it on his tail, like so:

And i was delighted by this, so I took a picture to send to my friends, who were equally delighted, and were cracking me up with their reactions (like so:)

Anyway, they take me back and put me under, and when I awake groggily a few hours later it takes me a minute to get my bearings, so I don't notice Shamu at first. But then I realize he's tucked up next to me in the gurney, so I grab him, and my hand touches gauze.

And I'm like "huh?" so I look at him and I realize

They gave my fucking orca a hysterectomy

[jungwildeandfree]

so this guy right he makes ancient egyptian themed furry costumes. he makes all kinds but mostly he specializes in Horus heads. it's his passion really. he loves to make the beautiful falcon head of the Sun God. anyway so he's at a con one day and he sees this whole bunch of people in middle kingdom dress with these indistinguishable animal heads. he's like. oh man these folks could really use a new source, i can hardly tell what animal those are! so he goes over and he says "hey guys! i see you are into ancient egyptian mythological themed furry costumes--if any of you are interested in being the radiant Son of Ra, I am the BEST in the business!"

and the group of people look at each other, then at him. awkward. finally one of them says: "uh. no thanks. we're all Set."

[s-cullayy]

[thatlittleegyptologist]

This has been sent to me four times today, so I'm condemning OP to be judged by the 42 and fall into Nuun.

[datundit]

I think every laugh will make OP’s heart a bit lighter.

@thatlittleegyptologist

Judge OP’s heart

I laughed, I lighten his heart.

His heart shall be heavier for this.

Voting ended onMar 1

[sunbentshadows]

[talesfromtreatment]

Please please please. Please. PLEASE.

If your pet has a surgery, and is sent home with a "cone of shame"... LEAVE THE FUCKING CONE ON.

We did not put that cone on to torment your pet. We put that cone on so that your pet's insides stay inside. Yes, I know they're running into things and look very very sad. I am not being heartless when I say "I don't care. The cone stays on." I'm trying to keep your pet safe.

We've had 5 different clients take the cone off "for just a minute" in the last 2 weeks. One incision we were able to restaple. One we knocked out to resuture, which the owner had to pay for. Two we are currently managing as open wounds because the owners took the cone off a second time.... and one had to go to emergency to have her guts put back into her body after they were dragging on the bottom of the crate ("but it seemed uncomfortable to sleep in...")

In the VERY VERY RARE occasion that you need to temporarily take the cone off for the pet to eat or drink properly you must be actively staring at your pet the whole time the cone is off. Not just in the same room. Not on your phone. Not cooking. Not "turned around for a moment". Actively staring like you're a little kid who just found the most fascinating bug to ever cross your path.

Until your vet says otherwise, your pet is a Mandalorian, a Child of The Watch. The cone STAYS ON.

[fiontan]

Donate to Help Vincent Pay Off Unexpected Electric Bill, organized by Vincent Turchetta

Hello! I'm Vincent. So I've been in a rough living situation with … Vincent Turchetta needs your support for Help Vincent Pay Off Unexpe

Cause I love constantly being in financial distress. I just got money in and immediately need more and lose what I did have.

[fiontan]

So I got some BIG HELP though I'm still looking to cover some of the spending lol. If anyone can share or donate I'd love iiiiitttt. We at least managed to get the power back on.

[lavenderlemniscate]

feels like im always recovering. when do i get to live

[lavenderlemniscate]

"it's okay to rest for as long as you need from burnout" how long is it actually going to take though. there's stuff i wanna do.

[ecto-hazard]

[theforgowolf]

the duality of gamer

[fiontan]

I will try to kill time here on good old Tumblr again. Let's see if I remember to stay. Not gonna lie. Life's been rough babes.

[victusinveritas]

[fiontan]

Donate to Help Vincent Pay Off Unexpected Electric Bill, organized by Vincent Turchetta

Hello! I'm Vincent. So I've been in a rough living situation with … Vincent Turchetta needs your support for Help Vincent Pay Off Unexpe

Cause I love constantly being in financial distress. I just got money in and immediately need more and lose what I did have.

[fiontan]

Donate to Support Vincent and His Cats in Their Move, organized by Vincent Turchetta

Hello, my name is Vincent Turchetta. I'm (almost) 38 and disabled. Recent… Vincent Turchetta needs your support for Support Vincent and His

Hey y'all. I know it's been a while since I've been on. Work was killing me, and now I have other shit happening. If you all could share and maybe donate some, it'd be appreciated.

[tlirsgender]

With the power of adhd you can do two halves of different chores and then sit down again instead of finishing either 👍

[tlirsgender]

This may be mistaken for half-assing it but you would be wrong. I am whole-assing but I've distributed my ass across multiple tasks and didn't finish anything. But. Multiple chores are more done than they were before. Take it or leave it

[lalage]

"there is no trimmed medal for suffering"

[liberalsarecool]

Regulate Wall St and Hedge Funds out of the rental housing market.

[cadyrocks]

Personnel is policy, and this wouldn't have happened if it weren't for the Biden administration taking the strongest anti-monopoly stance of any president in my lifetime. (Granted, the bar is low, but this is genuinely good stuff.)

[zetto52sd]

So a couple of extra things:

1. Biden’s allowance of aggressive pursuit of anti-trust practices is exactly why this is happening. Not only are they doing what previous administrations couldn’t or didn’t do, but they’re seemingly casting a wider net on what is deemed “anti-competitive”. In this case, it’s information sharing between landlords. This leads into point #2.

2. In 2022 ProPublica published a story about RealPage, a company that operates a software used to set market prices for rentals. How it works is that landlords that use the software offer up the information they have about their local rental market, and then that information is shared with whomever else has the software and they adjust their prices accordingly.

The issue is that not everybody has access to the software, creating an unfair advantage. Unfortunately, when one property owner raises their prices, others are likely to follow suit, meaning that even if they don’t have access to the software, the prices still go up as a reaction to “market pricing”.

Department of Justice Opens Investigation Into Real Estate Tech Company Accused of Collusion with Landlords

The DOJ will examine whether RealPage helped landlords coordinate rent increases. Questions also swirl around a 2017 merger deal with its la

According to this politico article underneath, “While the RealPage probes could yield a traditional price-fixing lawsuit, they are also emblematic of the Justice Department’s increased focus on information-sharing agreements across the economy. Last year the antitrust division withdrew guidance giving safe harbors to certain information sharing in health care. And the sharing of anonymized data in the chicken industry is the focus of a separate DOJ antitrust case.”

DOJ escalates price-fixing probe on housing market

The investigation adds to the legal difficulties facing the housing sector and highlights an issue Biden hopes to push on the campaign trail

This is a thing that will continue to happen under the Biden/Garland DOJ.

[crankydevon]

If you or your friends can't afford housing, please reblog and then please vote for Biden. Nobody else in this election cycle (2024 presidential) will help you afford an apartment/house.