just me

Jake | queer | botanist | ask me anything

[ampervadasz]

big squirrel

[catsbeaversandducks]

“Neck lengths of birds + aggression: a study.”

By @inomnomcom

[startrekvsfaceapp]

[sugarkat]

Objectively

the best

of the

Star Trek

movies.

[katharkness]

The best bit of the “nuclear wessels” scene, is that Nichelle Nichols and Walter Koenig literally went out and asked passerby. Not extras; genuine strangers on the street.

[serialephemera]

I want to emphasize: in 1986, during the Cold War, they had a man with a Russian accent thick enough to walk on wander the streets asking random people about nuclear technology. I’m amazed that people were (vaguely) helpful.

[everythingfox]

Puppy smile

(via)

[yuumei-art]

Worlds Within: Snail Terrarium

  More from my glass animal series~ Quarantine wouldn’t be so bad if I could live in a lil mushroom house XD

[sosuperawesome]

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[mahoganymamii]

[d4rk-vigil4nt]

Never been truer.

[metalheadsagainstfascism]

-fae

[ampervadasz]

Unmute !

[guerrillatech]

[pennie-dreadful]

She had third degree burns on her genitals, needed a skin graft to repair the damage and was permanently disfigured, and left disabled for two years. Part of her original $20,000 claim was for her daughter's lost income while she cared for her. Also, there were 700 previous complaints of people being burned by McDonald's coffee, which they quietly paid off. They offered Liebeck $800.

[deathtalksaboutlife]

Stella Liebeck was 79 years old at the time of the incident, and the settlement helped her pay for a live-in nurse as she was partially disabled for two full years after being so badly burned she went into shock. She passed away in 2004 with little to no quality of life per her own daughter. She originally sought $20,000 dollars to cover her eight day hospital stay (including skin graphs) and compensation for her daughter's lost wages after she spent three weeks providing round-the-clock care.

Incidently, liquids served at 190 degrees is capable of causing third degree burns--which cause severe, permanent damage all the way to the muscle layer--within 3 seconds of contact with human skin. If you have a strong stomach, you can even find photographic evidence of her wounds with a quick google search. This didn't stop almost every major news outlet perpetuating MacDonald's coordinated smear campaign against her. MacDonalds' justification for this was basically, well, all fast food is hot and we have better things to worry about. Literally. This deliberately manufactured overly litigious gold digger stereotype is still remembered today via the Stella Awards, which mocks all the "frivolous" lawsuits against your favorite brands. Named after a little old lady who was permanently disfigured and handicapped from a ridiculously dangerous product.

Classy.

Never, ever take a corporation's side over a private citizen when lawsuits are involved.

[thebiscuiteternal]

She eventually died under the care of a live-in nurse from infection complications due to the fact that the damage had to be treated repeatedly over multiple years. While being mocked *worldwide* and constantly hassled by the media. The last few years of this woman's life were a miserable hell because McDonald's was too cheap to pay her medical costs when she asked.

[randomslasher]

Not just that--the last few years of her life were miserable because McDonald’s was too cheap to throw away old coffee. 

[lookskindadeadinside]

Everyone should watch the documentary Hot Coffee. Starts out with a pretty thorough explanation of the McDonald's vs. Liebeck incident & case, then dives into how the idea of the ~perpetual victim who wants to sue everyone and get free money with frivolous lawsuits~ is a myth and that tort reform has made it harder for people with actual harm done to them to get compensation for it.

[tonightweredrinkingfromthebong]

“have you not figured out that youve already been captured” “uuuuuUUUUUUUWAAAHHHH”

[brent-geckbat]

@daxratchet

[transjemder]

man: “have you not figured out that youve already been captured?”

frog:

frog:

[darkbookworm13-deactivated20240]

I swear to gods that frog meowed.

[chaotic-bean-of-smolness]

Frog go meow

[robot-bunny-deactivated20210223]

some helpful stuff 4 ppl in texas rn !!

[micdotcom]

Watch: It’s your right to share your salary, not doing so could be holding you back.

[annakie]

At my last company, one day someone in accounting approached me at lunch and quietly told me I need to ask for a raise because I was way underpaid.

They gave me a number to shoot for.  It was about twice than what I had been making at the time.

So I went online, did some research, found some figures backing up my claim, put it all together and went to my boss.

I got what I asked for.

If it hadn’t been for that person in accounting telling me I was way underpaid, I’d have never known.  I went from barely scraping by to being able to have a savings account and getting all my debts paid thanks to them.

You should at least check sites like salary.com to start the process of seeing what you should be making.

[brianadeshe]

Because this is crucially important

[gayforbagels]

Except for the fact that 90% of the time you are under contract not to talk about your salary otherwise the company can sue you. Every job I’ve had I’ve had to sign that I won’t discuss my pay with other employees otherwise my employment is terminated and the company will take legal action. 

[kintatsujo]

It’s actually illegal for companies to forbid wage discussion, they’re just counting on you not knowing your rights.

[tuf-luv]

Important

[ryantherabbot]

Fuck.

[radiantsolstice-blog]

If you scrolled right past this - GO THE FUCK BACK UP - this is a huge PSA

jfc I’ll be having some words with some folks

[schizm-deactivated]

all these games are so fucking boring like wooow another hyperrealistic 4k shooter? wooow thats like so groundbreaking omg. wow theres zombies and shooting and killing? woooow thats so revolutionary <3

[schizm-deactivated]

brooo that gun reloading animation is SO polished lol youre going to CHANGE THE FACE OF GAMING

[wizard0rb]

brb gonna go win the award for Most Cinematic Use of Gray and Tan. So glad I colorpicked off my dentist’s Wall

[mxnrique]

The fact that Debra Jo Rupp never won an Emmy for this role is a travesty

[swimmingferret]

Cleaning symbiosis is a mutually beneficial association between individuals of two species, where one (the cleaner) removes and eats parasites and other materials from the surface of the other (the client). (x)

[wildlifemajor]

Mutuals do this

[crookedmedia]

People don’t like Ted Cruz very much