Dancing between activity and inactivity

SO, HI. Just going to say that I'm pretty into: Robits, Sci-fi (Mass Effect and whathaveyou), fantasy, dragons, Harry Potter, Supernatural, video games and that whole gammut. Feel free to ask what else I might be into. Maybe we can be friends).

[stupid-twink-girl]

god gives me depressive episodes when i’m too close to the truth

[peniswakt-deactivated20210717]

this may be an Unpopular Opinion (even on tumblr) but like the 8-hour workday is just Too Gotdamn Long

like even sitting in an office for eight hours a day isn’t particularly pleasant (or healthy, as we are beginning to see) but when we’re talking about doing *actual work* for that same amount time it gets pretty fucking brutal

doing literally *anything* (even leisure activities) for eight hours straight tends to be less than enjoyable but when we’re talking about things like construction, landscaping, factory work, and hell, even foodservice and retail, eight hours is a fucking ETERNITY

i might just be a lazy weak-willed bitch but honestly i think i’m not entirely wrong

[tyrannosaurus-rex]

this was being worked towards by leftist labor unions way back in the day after the time of FDRs new deal. people in the 40s and 50s were already starting to realize that we no longer actually needed an 8 hour work day or even a 5 day work week.

even with the comparatively primitive factory tech of the time we were already creating a huge amount of excess production back then and companies were making massive amounts of profit. So it already stood to reason that companies should either let their employees work less and thus each employee could work a shorter shift without lowering the yearly compensation of each employee, or in cases where businesses provide an active service they would shorten the shift but hire more people to cover the necessary operating time. but of course that would mean less money for people at the top so companies fought back hard and we ended up with nixon’s bullshit and so on and now its considered the norm for us to spend the vast majority of our lives doing work that really just amounts to waste. 

[dreamer-of-centipedes]

The IWW realised this and were fighting for it all the way back in the 1930s. This is a take with a lot of historical and theoretical grounding, OP, so you’re standing in good stead.

[aztechnology]

I’d also like to add it’s also been studied and scientifically proven that after 6 hours, we have an extremely noticeable drop in productivity. Sweden saw nothing but benefits from a 6-hour work day, including worker productivity, happiness, and half the amount of sick-leave used when applied to nurses.

https://onlinemasters.ohio.edu/the-six-hour-workday/

[laughterkey]

Just gonna add that the IWW is still kicking and basically anyone who is not an employer can join.

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

GitHub - zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI: Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11

Force Remove Copilot, Recall and More in Windows 11 - zoicware/RemoveWindowsAI

[intotheelliwoods]

Not going to lie, I am incredibly hesitant to keep using magma for drawing now that they have added essentially unblockable ads, that took away drawing space with their addition

[intotheelliwoods]

Theres. Ads Now. That seem to flash about and shuffle themselves every minute I think, and cannot be blocked by an adblocker

[keferon]

Oh. OH YES. THIS fucking thing. Making my already small drawing space even fucking smaller. Changing bright colors every two minutes. How do I kill it. Does anyone know how to kill it?? My ad blockers doesn't work either but I want it dead so bad

[keferon]

Good news I found out that Brave Browser can block that annoying add! At least it worked for me (tried android and ios)

[seafooms]

assorted dinos

[random-cockroach]

Audio might be loud! Sudden mecha au Jazz because heard ZXKAI - NO BATIDAO this morning

[keferon]

YOU MADLAD………HAVE I TOLD YOU I AM IN ABSOLUTELY AVE FOR YOUR SKILL IN CHOREOGRAPHING ACTION SCENES??? HAVE I? DOESNT MATTER I A M. IN AVE. JUST HOW DYNAMIC AND ALIVE THIS IS IS INSANE IM ON MY KNEES KISSING THE GROUND YOU WALKED ON

[maureen2musings]

Winter morning in Hallingdal, Norway

lushhvisuals

[crunchbuttsteak]

[imnotrevealingmyname]

You can only reblog this on the 3st of January

[official-lucifers-child]

the 3st huh?

[transgirlsgetswords-deactivated]

the 3st.

[lild3m0nsworld]

[sweetlikeacherry]

to anyone reading this: be proud of yourself for continuing on— even when you thought you couldn’t hold on any longer. I see you, I love you, and I am routing for you every step of the way.

[kashe86]

Whenever I feel down, or start to feel the despair creeping in, I remember the words of my Klingon Therapist:

[animentality]

[ao3cassandraic]

It matters that we refuse.

It matters that we resist.

It matters that we be loud about our refusal and resistance.

[maswartz]

The only reason the AI bubble hasn't popped is because every tech bro is inflating it

[fangirltothefullest]

The oroboros will eat itself if we keep refusing to interact with it

[tuherrus]

girl with the- wait

[tilbageidanmark]

Santa Dance

[cosmiccorvids]

@isuggestlandback

[afusionoffandoms]

For people afraid this is AI (and those in the comments saying this is a Viking santa??? (as a Norwegian I'm judging the fuck out of you) ):

PowWow Santa is real and he's from Maskwacis, Alberta, Canada.

[homunculus-argument]

An anime that starts out with a pretty lighthearted fun and cheery premise and a large cast that is 70% female, but halfway through the first season, the women proceed to "accidentally" kill the Funny Pervert -character and spend the rest of the series covering up each others' tracks about it.

[storm-of-feathers]

we don't credit rebecca sugar enough for making the episode with the first gay wedding in a kids show extremely plot relevant so it could not be skipped or cut.

[emeraldspiral]

#rebecca sugar has gone on record saying that they knew from the beginning they wanted ruby and sapphire and they put every inch of planning#in to make sure that the studio could not take them out. sugar has said they’d compromised on hundreds of things they’d wanted for steven#so that they had the bargaining power specifically to keep ruby and sapphire’s relationship#and a number of ‘filler’ episodes were created just to establish counter-arguments that might come up when they pitched the wedding episode#the one that comes to mind is the episode about steven and connie getting lost in rose’s room steven’s central conflict about liking their#fave book series’ romantic ending was later weaponised when producer’s were like ‘oh but steven’s a boy he won’t be too interested in them#getting married’ sugar was able to be like ‘no. in this episode it’s established he loves romance and specifically weddings. and in these#episodes it’s shown how much steven cares about ruby and sapphire and their relationship and happiness. you cannot convince me this is not#good and necessary plot development#and they wrapped it up in the season finale and the big climactic point of the diamonds finally coming to attack earth to make the#episode integral to the series no skipping it without confusion. and had ruby wear a wedding dress because international censors took#advantage of her design to give her a masculine va#and sugar made certain that everybody knew This was a queer love story that an entire town supported and admired and that any child watchin#it at home would know they are not alone and that that support is waiting for them out there somewhere#sugar sacrificed the wider story they wanted to tell for that and it was a horrible decision to be given but they made the right choice

[radfemart]

I appreciate the sentiment but I don't get all those "we made it to the longest night of the year! the light will start returning soon! it's all uphill from here & we're halfway there!" posts because like. Oct-Dec is the easier half of Winter. Jan-Apr is way harder. there's no big holidays or decorations, everyone is kind of over the whole Cozy Hygge Sweaters & Cocoa vibe so they're just tired & restless instead, and the whole thing is so drawn out & uneventful that it feels like it lasts 10x longer

[radfemart]

the cold season Oct-Dec:

the cold season Jan-Apr:

[dragon-in-a-fez]

I can't remember where I first heard it, but here's a joke that's lived rent free in my head for years:

two friends, a Jew and a Christian, are talking about holiday customs.

the Jew says "on Rosh Hashanah, it's traditional to blow the shofar 30 times"

the Christian looks at him awkwardly and says "wow. all we give our chauffeur on Christmas is a bottle of wine."

[dragon-in-a-fez]

shana tova everyone

[dragon-in-a-fez]

really enjoying the fact that people have said "this too is Torah", "y'all need Jesus", and "by Allah you people are dogs" in the notes. I hit the Abrahamic tumblr trifecta

[faithdeans]

time to see if my old mpreg player works ahhh!!!

[faithdeans]

IT WORKS!!!!

[faithdeans]

MP3 PALYER

[faithdeans]

[vampiremuney]

[faithdeans]