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Got to witness the best little bit of drama while grabbing coffee from the McDonalds drivethru this morning.

This is one of those McDonalds that splits the drivethru into two lanes, left and right. The idea being that you order then alternate merge into the same lane to pay and pick up food.

I get there and they're pretty busy, but its moving fairly quickly. I pull pull up behind this older convertible sports car of some make, canopy top frayed around the edges. Can't see the driver, but the he's placed himself kind of in the middle before the lanes force you to split up, obviously trying to jump in whatever lane moves first so he can go through faster. I think a lot of people do this and most of the time it doesn't matter so I just kind of pull up behind him but way more on his left so its obvious I'm gonna be going left.

I wait for just a minute and then *two* other cars pull up, but these two go to the right of me *and* pull up on the right side of the Convertible in front of me. They're now set so they'll go into the right lane, because there are two of them, they'll force Convertible to go into the left, no matter which one moves first.

Convertible guy *loses* it. All his windows down and you can hear him swearing up a storm and just being furious that the guy now on his right "cut in line" is "rude and selfish" "can't follow rules" etc.

This goes on, and as the line moves forward, the right side does move first. This places the guy on the right (who I am going to refer to as Cafeteria guy, which will make sense later) ahead of Convertible, who continues to shout insults and outrage at Cafeteria. Somehow both of them actually manage to place orders before Convertible goes back to yelling at Cafeteria guy, who is now in front of him.

Cafeteria guy also has had his windows down, but has just been smiling and replying to Convertible in a quiet, calm, amused voice I couldn't hear.

There's a certain kind of way people who are actually not bothered or worried approach conflict. Like, someone who is looking to start a fight, or people who are just arrogant will get the "shit-eating grin" of knowing they're in the right, but Cafeteria guy's smile is not like that. His is like a Bob Ross smile, the "I've got nowhere specific to be and this is all gonna be just fine" smile.

I can't fully make out a lot of what Convertible guy is yelling, but I do suddenly catch something he says about Cafeteria guy not knowing English and now know that Convertible guy is probably one of *those* people. Which I think Cafeteria guy realizes at the same time. His smile doesn't change but when Convertible guy next says something about Cafeteria guy "probably cutting in line at the airport too," Cafeteria guy says loud enough for me to hear "nah I'm not a Trump supporter." Which really, has nothing to do with what's been talked about so far, but this hits an obvious nerve and Convertible guy kicks it up a notch and now starts yelling that if he ever sees Cafeteria guy again he'll kick Cafeteria guy's fat ass.

At this point the line moves forward again so I've now ordered and am in line just behind Convertible guy. Cafeteria guy has pulled forward and we're all waiting for the line to move. Cafeteria guy finishes putting his wallet or whatever away and pulls up gently but closely behind the person in front of him, opens the door to his car and steps out.

This dude *is not* huge. Neither fat nor super muscular, just a heavyset kinda white older guy wearing a sports jersey and a ballcap. I would have guessed him at maybe 50 or so. That beatific smile hasn't left his face the whole time. His genuine, pleasant, downright friendly attitude has not changed. And he just says "Well, you called me fat. I work in a cafeteria so considering that I think I look pretty good."

No threat or anything but the implication of him being willing to get out of his car in the drive through are clear, and then he does the only vauguely intentionally threatening thing I see him do this whole time and pulls up the short sleeve on his jersey to "look at his fat arm," which is covered in tattoos (I was not close enough to see what they were.)

"I work around guys who speak Spanish all day so I kinda have to know that and English."

Cafeteria guy, still smiling and cheerful says "I'm not bad for a 75 year old Cafeteria guy."

At this point Convertible guy has turned slightly to follow the drive thru, so I can finally see that he is an older white dude, bald, with a mustache, but also like, reedy skinny.

And there's barely half a breath, and Convertible guy just *melts* away from the conflict. *Instantly* he's saying "yeah you're not fat, I'm sorry.

"I haven't eaten yet and need some coffee."

"Its just been a rough morning"

And some other things I didn't catch.

Cafeteria guy remains the *picture* of grace. He barely even acknowledges the problem itself and says "yeah its pretty hot and that bothers everyone. Its tough these days." And just, gets back in his car while wishing Convertible guy a nice day.

Convertible guy gets out a "thank you, have a good day." and, even though he's about to have to talk to the McDonalds clerk to pay in a moment, rolls up all his windows, and visibly hunkers down in his seat.

Cafeteria guy is now my hero. I've never seen a bully crumple that fast, with so little force or effort, but damb was it satisfying to see.

#no idea what to tag this #happened to me #happened today #bully #Cafeteria Guy #Convertable Guy #mcdonalds #drivethru

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cosmicanger

graphix artiste

ilovemesomevincentprice

One of my all time favorite gif sets.

Vincent Price as Dr. Frankenstein -

Danny Kaye Show (1965)

gorillastraylight

Fuck JK Rowling Fuck Harry Potter THE ONLY MARAUDERS I WANNA HEAR ABOUT WEIGH 75 TONS OR MORE!!! 💯💯💯

william-snekspeare

This is so real

pixellangel

HOLD ON I HAVE A GIF FOR THIS

pixellangel

yes ive been waiting for my moment

vintagewildlife

"I can't believe humans would hunt the thylacine to extinction, humans are fundamentally evil" Hey, did you know that extinction was long thought to be impossible, and within 50 years of humans realizing that extinction via overhunting was a possibility it practically stopped happening? Did you know that humans are so desperate to prevent more losses that they're funneling millions of collective hours and billions of euros into helping other species? Hours and euros that could be spent on humans, being spent on species on whom humanity's own survival does not depend? Did you know that due to an accidental introduction of rats, the Lord Howe Island stick insect population was brought down to 24 individuals and now there are tens of thousands of them?

This bug. This bug that, to most humans, is utterly useless, relatively gross, and completely foreign. Humans saved it because humans do not want to cause another extinction ever again if they can avoid it.

animentality

awakefor48hours

"You should create for yourself" and "it's okay to feel discouraged when creating your own original projects if no one interacts with them" are two sentences that should be able to co-exist with each other

awakefor48hours

On the one hand, you should kill that capitalist in your head that tells you to make art only for the enjoyment of other people. On the other hand, it's totally fine to be disappointed that you spent hours or even days on something that only got 4 notes. You can feel both ways.

tucsonhorse

Humans are expressive, social creatures. Art allows us to express ourselves and is best done for the joy of it, and one of the most natural ways for humans to enjoy things is to share them with others.

screampotato

Suddenly struck with a need to explain to you how boat pronouns work (I work in the marine industry).

When you're talking about the design of the boat, you say "it".

When the boat is still being built, your say "it".

When the boat is nearing completion, you can say "it" or "she".

When the boat is floating in the water you probably say "she", unless there is still a lot of work to be done (e.g. no engine yet) then you say "it".

When the boat is officially launched and operating, you say "she". If you continue to say "it" at this point you are not incorrect but suspiciously untraditional. You are not playing the game.

If you are referring to a boat you don't really know anything about you may say "it" ("there's a big boat, it's coming this way"). But if you know its name, it's probably "she" ("there's the Waverley, she's on her way to Greenock").

If you are talking about boats in general, you say "it" ("when a boat is hit by a wave it heels over")

If you speak about a boat in complimentary terms, it's "she" ("she's a grand boat"). If you are being disparaging it may be it, but not necessarily ("it's as ugly as sin", "she's a grotty old tub").

If she has a boy's name, she's still she. "Boy James", "King Edward", "Sir David Attenborough"? The pronoun is she.

If it's a dumb barge (no engine), you say it. But if it's a rowing boat (no engine), you say she.

I hope this has cleared things up so that you may not be in danger of misgendering floating objects.

glitched-out-mess

theramblingvoid

Hit "view post" and lost it

enki2

catchymemes

aeliad

HI LET’S SHARE NICOLE’S WORDS ON THE SUBJECT!

It has been literal years but every time I see Martin’s tweets posted somewhere and his word is shared as truth while her post is not shared it sort of reiterates the fact that we trust men to speak about feminism more than we believe women who experience it.

Interesting, innit? https://medium.com/@nickyknacks/working-while-female-59a5de3ad266

wiseacrewhimsy

Reading her account of how their boss treated her blows me away. Men are so emboldened that they will literally admit to illegal discrimination casually and face no consequences.

the-geek-cornucopia

In all the years of seeing this post I’ve never seen a link to her side. Didn’t even know she’d written one.

pluts04

Adding screenshots of her post. His whole post is there without needing a link. Hers should be, too.

Also, she posted this is 2017! It’s fucking 2020 and I’ve seen his side of this for years, but it took 3 years for her side to make its way to my dash…

thou-creature-of-the-deep

I’ve reblogged his story at least twice; it’s time for Nicole’s.

samsaragalasinzaraxazeal

Reblogged him, bout time I got to reblog her.

lythic-dreams-deactivated202509

I’ve never seen either side of this story, so sure, I’ll reblog this.

thememedaddy

the-final-sif

So! This is a perfect case study in situations where you should be wary of misinformation.

Take a moment and ask yourself, a project like this requires a lot of time, money and dedication of resources, why would scientists dedicate that time to something that could just be done by a tree?

The answer is they wouldn't. So that means this claim requires further investigation!

This project is called LIQUID 3, and it's not meant for cities with wide open spaces, it's meant for cities like Belgrade in Serbia. These cities are densely populated and heavily polluted, to the point where pollution actually chokes out current trees and makes creating green spaces difficult.

Liquid 3 was a PhD scientists answer to these problems. The microalgae tank is intended for spaces where you either:

Don't have enough space to plant full trees, or

Don't have enough time to plant trees and wait for them to grow up.

The tank is extremely efficient when you consider the amount of space needed compared to the amount of CO2 turned into oxygen. The tank can operate throughout the winter. And most importantly, it can be quickly set up in areas that desperately need relief from air pollution NOW not in 10 years when trees are done growing. Children currently suffocating on polluted air can't wait for trees to grow, they need to be taken care of now, and Liquid 3 is one of the ways to take care of them. Depending on the species of microalgea used, a number have shown a pretty amazing capacity to pull heavy metals out of the air which is something trees can get choked up by.

The tanks aren't just tanks either! Liquid 3 have solar panels placed on top, they have lighting and mobile phone charging, and they work as public benches. The designers of it want to encourage green spaces where there's room, but where there isn't room or time, Liquid 3 can step in. Realistically, this isn't a replacement for trees. It's replacing boring metal city benches with new, cooler benches that also clean the air (and have at least some heating during the winter).

Not only that, but the microalgea that grows is native to Serbia and all that microalgea has a ton of great uses! It makes for great fertilizer, compost, wastewater treatment, cleaner biofuels and even for helping create new tanks for further air purification. They only require a quick algae divide once a month, and the produced algae can be carted off to where ever it's needed. This makes them effective solutions for areas that can't sustain complex installations.

So yeah, there's actually quite a lot of places that would like these. Lots of people currently breathing in terrible quality air would much rather have their boring city benches replaced with really fucking cool algae tanks that clean the air and can be used to help create + sustain future green spaces in cities. I dunno about you, but I'd take that over a dumb metal bench any day. Put these at every bus stop and I'd be delighted.

straawberries

can ppl pls reblog this version

obsidian-flame

Serbian here living in Belgrade! This is all true and I've actually seen some of these around the city a few times. They're amazing at what they do and really cool to watch up close because you can see pretty swirling inside them. It's not only functional but aesthetically pretty nice as well!