fr1d4ys

ao3: fr1d4ys -- trying to exist peacefully but failing -- they/them

[roemantics]

happy holidays everyone!

[balaclava-trismegistus]

it is a legitimate travesty that autistic people aren't given the resources to live life as brilliant artists and instead have to play autistic death hell capitalism and get yelled at by dickheads

[air-so-sweet]

hot adhd tip: if you are being productive and shit and you want to continue being productive DO NOT SIT DOWN. "oh im gonna take a five minute break and get back to it-" no you wont king. you will automatically lose all motivation the second you sit down.

[cryoverkiltmilk]

Truth in satire.

[justcatposts]

Every year a bobcat mama gives birth to a litter of kittens on my roof. I set up a camera this time around. 

(Source)

[takineko]

[supreme-leader-stoat]

Youth fascination with technology

[snommelp]

So, I’ve been pulled over a few times in my life. Not many, but a few. And I’ve also been in a couple of cars that got pulled over. And let me tell you, if you were actually doing something wrong, the officer doesn’t make any small talk, just straight into “I clocked you doing 70 in a 55.” The only time I’ve ever gotten the “do you know why I pulled you over?” was the time when I wasn’t doing anything wrong, and I got let go even though he insisted to the end that I was doing 87 in a 70 (white privilege at work).

“Do you know why I pulled you over?” is a trap. It means there’s a good chance the officer doesn’t actually have a good reason to ticket you, and is trying to get you to waive your 5th Amendment rights and incriminate yourself. If you make a guess, that’s a confession of guilt.

But there’s another trap, that I’ve heard of but haven’t yet experienced. It’s “do you know how fast you were going?” With that one, they’re hoping you’ll say no, because then they can name whatever speed they want – you just said you didn’t know how fast you were going, if you deny the speed they name then you’re lying to them.

[themightytej]

Oh, I’ve had that one. Go with “yes.” Don’t give them a number, just say “Yes.” Then they still have to offer a number and you can deny it without contradicting yourself. They could just ask you, at that point, but that’s suspiciously similar to saying they don’t know, and they tend to avoid doing that.

[fattyatomicmutant-deactivated20]

Reblog to save a life

[suspiciouslysharklike-deactivat]

if you scroll past this just because it doesn’t affect you personally, i see you.

[dovewithscales]

Also, you can always go to court and contest a ticket, and a lot of times you’ll win. Or if the cop thinks you’ll win they won’t even show up and you’ll win by default.

They like to target out of state plates because anyone who would be majorly inconvenienced by a court date two months away is a lot more likely to just pay it.

[th3d0n]

The $100-200 it usually costs to hire a ticket attorney is well worth it.

[vengesim]

Did a quick little Jinx sketch

[obvslybatgrl]

tapping the sign that says THE CREATORS CONFIRMED JINX IS AN ADULT AND REFER TO HER AS SUCH. IF SHE WERE A TEENAGER THEY’D REFER TO HER AS “TEEN JINX” NOT “ADULT JINX”. source

sick and tired of the entire body of caitjinx shippers being referred to as “proshippers” when it’s factually incorrect. yes there are some caitjinx shippers that align with “proshippers” but guess what? there are caitvi shippers that also align with them! no entire group of people is going to hold the same beliefs as you and contesting “morality” when it comes to fandom is a miserable way to go about it.

tapping the sign that says fandom has always been “dirty”. tapping the sign that says AO3 was CREATED by “proshippers”. tapping the sign that says curate your own experience and stop bugging people that don’t care about you.

[somedudenamedanthony]

Ah yes, the Jinx personalities:

Wonky lil bby

Serious Time

Can you tell I had asshole older brothers?

I actually have crippling depression but I'm unfortunately small and younger then most - if not all - people around me at any given time, so I'm treaded like I'm just a pouty kid when I'm actually suffering

Gay (for Caitlyn)

[arcanegifs]

"Hi."

[creep-u]

girl i am not looking at your tits i prommy i just hate eye contact

[shakespearevillain]

Since I just saw a post on this and since I work in food service now:

Guys, being a regular and ordering the same thing every time you come in is absolutely fine.

Literally no one is going to be side-eyeing you. The fact of the matter is we have other stuff going on.

That’s not a put-down or anything. I try to make sure all the customers who interact with me feel like they’re our most important customer. However, we are busy and often people just sort of slip by unnoticed. 

When I do think about regulars that come into the store, it’s not usually: “Oh my God, I can’t believe they come to Panera every day. Yikes, so cringe.” It’s usually: “I wonder how John is doing. I hope his coffee was alright. I had to get it in a bit of a rush today because of all the to-go orders.”

And I really want to scream this from the rooftops because I had a guy just a couple of weeks ago say how embarrassed he felt for always ordering the same thing. That he felt ashamed of being so predictable. Meanwhile, I’m just glad he didn’t order something we don’t have (looking at you Panera wraps) and that he’s not yelling at me. 

You know what’s cringe? Getting snippy with Panera employees because we don’t have the thing you wanted. You know what’s cringe? Complaining about the prices to me when I can’t afford to eat at this restaurant without the associate’s discount. You know what’s cringe? Yelling at Panera employees because you’ve had a bad day and they made the mistake of working in retail. 

That’s cringe. Eating the same sandwich every day? Not a problem. If you get noticed for it at all, it will be: “Oh, thank God, I know what to do with this one and have a low probability of getting yelled at.” Most of the time though, it’ll be the barista trying to remember everything you ordered, double checking the receipt to make sure they got it right, and then handing you the order before moving on to the next one. Because, let’s face it, you’re the twenty-sixth person to order a bagel with plain cream cheese this shift and the orders start blurring together after about the fifth one.

[kedreeva]

I’m a “regular” at exactly 1 restaurant, a local Mexican hole in the wall. I order the same thing every time. I used to order different things, but the owner helped me modify a dish once and it’s all I’ve ordered since.

Several times when I order ahead on the phone, the person who answered will repeat my order and I’ll hear the owner in the background calling to be given the phone so she can come say hello, or she’ll rush to the counter to ring me up so she can chat because she recognized my order. She is usually in the back cooking, but she always comes and at least waves when we dine in. I was not around for a while during COVID and when I did finally order again she told me she was relieved I was still alive. She catered my wedding. I’ve never seen it talked to her outside of that restaurant.

I’m not a creature of change. I order the same thing at Taco Bell every time (bean burrito, no onions, extra cheese, extra red sauce, I’ve untextured this burrito), and the one closest to my house has a lady that once handed me my bag and said “I thought it was going to be you!” like she was excited to have predicted my coming. I think that’s neat!

When I worked at a bakery, there were a few people who came in regularly that we recognized. Some of them got the same thing, some of them didn’t but were recognizable. It was actually easier when they got the same thing because we could see them coming and start getting ready. It’s actually a little comforting to be able to have something predictable happen. It’s nice to be able to work quickly because you both know what they want.

Humans genuinely love to recognize patterns. If you’re doing a good or neutral thing repeatedly, like going to the same food place and politely ordering the same food/drink, and someone notices, all it is going to do is ping their pattern recognition brain. For a lot of people -not everyone, but a lot of them - that’s also a little ping of serotonin.

So go be predictable.

[ruffboi-mags]

I get lunch at the same place most weekdays, and always order the same thing. The folks who work there know my name and order at this point, and every time I come in they smile really wide and say hi and verify I’m not getting anything new, and I’m allowed to sit in the cushioned area they don’t let other lunchtime folks sit in anymore due to an issue with someone breaking one of the low tables and not saying anything, because, quote “we know you won’t wreck anything”.

Being a regular is fun, having a regular is fun, go forth and be predictable!

[bakugeorge]

any australians in the crowd tonight, the national library’s fabulous online resource trove is losing funding next year and if nothing happens to change that it will likely cease to exist. trove is not only a valuable resource for historians like me, it is a national cultural archive that is of great importance to australian society today. it is also completely accessible and free of charge to anyone with the internet; how fucking rare is that! we can’t lose it. i can’t even imagine the consequences.

if you’re as emotional about this as i am, or even if you’re not but love pestering people in power for any reason whatsoever, please contact your local mp and ask them to save trove and commit to funding this invaluable resource beyond july 2023. you can find your local member here. please also contact susan templeman mp, the special envoy for the arts, and tony burke mp, the arts minister.

non-australians, i would really appreciate a reblog. funding needs to be secured for trove and it needs to happen now.

[eriochromatic]

All the Arcane Tarot Cards, together~

honestly I can’t believe I was able to draw all of this haha but!! glad I pulled thru

[nayuunii]

Jinx

[zmwrites]

how would you format dialogue from an ai implanted in someone’s brain? esp when the non-ai character is also conversing with other people who aren’t in their head?

[em-dashes]

i would change the font! though i know that can also be a struggle to find a font that doesn't look super clunky with the rest of the book

i also really like the suggestion in the notes to use guillemets (« ») AKA french quotations in place of regular quotations

[valueinn]

gay people should be allowed to have free tattoos and piercings forever and ever send post

[largishcat]

:)