Just Stuff

Welcome! This is a mashup of whatever brainworm fandom thing I'm on and social justice issues. They blend, and I will not be sorting them. This is how I stay sane.

[doppelgangerism]

………… love u siken

[doppelgangerism]

[auressea]

"Using the correct terms changes things, doesn't it?"

~Richard Siken

Words have power. And Words have MEANING. when we take short cuts in communications, we miss IMPORTANT context.

[frog-on-top-of-a-log]

I love imagining that every eridian welcome committee comic takes place in the same universe and that grace just never said anything about it.

He doesn’t call them out on it cause that might mean that they will actually research phrases more and second guess themselves a lot. And that would mean the cards would stop. Which would be a shame.

But like this he gets a fun little puzzle every week or so where he tries to guess what the committee is trying to say this time. He can rate the cards on funniness and clarity!

I’d like to think that he explains what a lot of them sound like towards the end of his life after having received thousands of cards filled with innuendos and catcalling. The committee doesn’t emotionally recover for the rest of their lives.

[homunculus-argument]

God will see you at the lowest point of your life, and say "what the fuck I thought I killed that thing." But you skitter too fast and you are too creepy.

[bugdotpng]

i was so charmed by this post i made a motivational poster

[runawaymarbles]

The midjourney stuff just reminds of when we were trying to find a new platform to host the ao3 donation form, and companies kept trying to tell me about all their "ai" features that would track donor engagement, and figure out the optimal pattern to email individual donors asking for follow up donations, and all the ways they suggest we manipulate people into staying on our websites. It was a great way to filter out who either wasn't listening to us when we described our ethics and donor base, or just didn't believe us.

Now granted ao3 is a unique case based on a) the amount of page views we get in any given time period and b) the fact that most donors absolutely do Not want to be identified as such anywhere, (the default "list of recent donors" module got nuked Immediately) but it surprised me some that the concept of "donors who value their privacy and would be furious at even the whiff of AI" is unique. Some of us really are just existing in different worlds.

[zz9pzza]

Op's tags

#I just started dropping '2.5 Billion page views a month'#into conversations as early as possible bc they would Not believe me otherwise#it was right up there with having to say 'csam attacks' to get them to take my compartmentalization of information concerns seriously#turns out those are the magic words#otw#op

[runawaymarbles]

The last part was kind of insane, honestly. When we started changing platforms for the donor database, I kept telling them that yes I was aware we already had an account for the volunteer database, and no that could not be connected to the donor database. And they said yes fine sure and then connected them anyway. And I called them back and said, excuse me, I'm confused, I can see both databases. And they said, well, yeah, but it's only you, someone has to be able to see both databases to give other users access. The other users can't see both. And I said, no, we have been asking for a completely separate database. I should not be able to see both. And they said, you are one organization, one organization can't have two databases. And I said, last year someone used our volunteer email list to commit approximately one thousand felonies. Please feel free to imagine how much worse it could have been had they had a way to use volunteers' email addresses to get their legal names. We do not want this to be something anyone can do no matter how much we trust them. Let me describe those felonies to you in more detail. And they emailed me two hours later and said, you can have two separate databases.

[kyraneko]

This post feels like watching an iceberg go by in clear water. The amount of stuff going on beneath the surface of AO3 just astonishes.

[jeffsatyr]

(ID in alt)

[elodieunderglass]

Approximately one THOUSAND felonies

[alien-slushie]

Jason, rolling his eyes: You're such a wimp, getting a date is not that hard.

Dick: Oh yeah?

Jason: Yeah.

Dick: Okay. Go ask that- *points to a random guy* guy out, if he turns you down for any reason thats not "I'm in a relationship currently", "I'm Aromantic", or "I'm not interested in men", then that will be proof its not "easy", and that you're wrong.

Jason: Fine. *walks up to the man in question* Will you agree to go on a date with me so I can laugh in my brother's face?

Danny: *blinks slowly as he sips on a "green apple" slushie, he looks Jason up and down with consideration* I have to go to my sister's wedding in four weeks and she keeps trying to hook me up with the groom's best friend's sister, who I've met and have no interest in, if you go with me to that, I will tell your brother whatever you want me to.

Jason: You are perfect. Deal!

[thatrandomsarahchick]

The groom's best friend is Duke Thomas, the sister is Steph.

[meridien313]

[jewishbarbies]

we need to bring back public hatred for paparazzi. I’m so tired of actors defending themselves against assholes with cameras and being smeared as egotistical divas. they’re glorified stalkers who get paid to harass people. end of. the things these freaks get away with would send normal people to prison but we’re supposed to think it’s okay just bc they’re paparazzi. they SHOULD get shut down for being openly misogynistic. they SHOULD get told off and reported for following someone to their private residence to doxx them. they SHOULD face charges for just about running people over in their pursuit of the next hot celeb. this is not normal. and, actually, these people DO deserve to get punched sometimes.

[thefigureinthecorner]

all the other weird fucked up cats are safe and happy and healthy btw

[voyagers-stone]

btw if youre young and scared of doing adult things without your parents ive learned that like 90% of the time you can just tell the doctors office or the dmv "haha sorry ive never done this without help before... can you show me how to do this?" the employee will not care. if that means anything to you

[liopleurodean]

literally walked up to a desk in the courthouse, said "is this where I register a car or is it the next one?" and she said it was the next one. and the lady at the next desk helped me. it feels embarrassing but I promise you can just ask

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

One of the most important lessons I learned in customer service is that no matter how much help you need, as long as you're nice about it, you won't even crack the top five of worst customers they've had to deal with that day. I will walk an old lady through every step on that pin pad with a smile as long as she's polite, because two calls ago I had to deal with someone screaming about politics for 45 fucking minutes because I wasn't allowed to hang up on him.

Everyone has their first time doing something, everyone makes mistakes, everyone has dumb moments, and as long as you're choosing kindness I'll just laugh it off and help out. Because no matter how dumb you think you are, there was already someone who was just as dumb but was determined to ruin my day over it.

[lady-averie]

So while doing some pirate research for the play I’m writing I stumbled upon one of the most amazing things I’ve ever read. In the 5th century A.D. there was a Scandinavian princess called Alwilda who’s father tried to set her up to marry Alf, the Prince of Denmark. Alwilda wasn’t cool with this so she and some female companions dressed as men, stole a ship, and sailed away. Eventually they met a company of pirates who were in need of a new captain and they were so captivated by her that they elected her as their new leader. Her crew became so infamous that Prince Alf was sent out to stop them. When their ships met he took Alwilda prisoner and she was so impressed by Alf’s skill that she agreed to marry him after all and eventually became the Queen of Denmark.

[deadcatwithaflamethrower]

I stopped caring whether this was factually accurate about halfway through because it’s completely AWESOME.

[oldshrewsburyian]

Medievalist here for triumphant fact-checking: this story is, if not true, at least true according to the history of the Danes (Gesta Danorum) written in the 12th century by Saxo Grammaticus. You can read his account of Alwilda’s story in the original Latin here, or in English translation here. Highlights include:

She exchanged woman’s for man’s attire, and, no longer the most modest of maidens, began the life of a warlike rover. Enrolling in her service many maidens who were of the same mind, she happened to come to a spot where a band of rovers were lamenting the death of their captain, who had been lost in war; they made her their rover captain.

I love the implication that there were lots of Danish maidens just WAITING for the opportunity of a life of piracy…

[lady-averie]

Reblogging my old post for this A+ addition to it

[quasi-normalcy]

I don't understand how Jared Leto keeps getting cast in movies? Like it would be one thing if he was a major box office draw, but he just seems to be a creepy rapist who has been in bomb after bomb after bomb.

[saathiray]

I think about this so much. He's box office poison AND a sexual menace AND annoying to work with. HOW IS HE GETTING WORK?

[vaspider]

I genuinely wonder if he or his agent have dirt on somebody, you know?

[rosstmcd]

This is like the diametric opposite of Keanu Reeves.

(Some of you all may be too young to remember, but before the Matrix Keanu Reeves was not a big time star. And people would occasionally ask on various internet forums, "Why does Keanu Reeves keep getting work? He's a so-so actor. By Hollywood standards he's only average looking. His name isn't big enough to draw people. Why is he getting cast in so many movies?" And the answer would always be: producers loved him. If he was in your movie he would show up every day, on time, sober, with his lines memorized, ready to work. He never caused drama with the cast or crew. He was genuinely a pleasure to work with. And so he kept getting parts.)

(And of course after the Matrix he was a big name who could sell tickets, and his acting kept getting better, and he's one of those people who grow into their looks and he's a lot more handsome now than he was in his 20s. But by all accounts he's still a pleasure to work with.)

[vaspider]

Yep! Being a professional will get you cast/hired in ways that talent won't if you suck to work with. This is known. Obviously that's not universal, but.

[apolladay]

pick a minor blessing for your life

there will always be toilet paper in any public restroom you use

you will never say "you too" when someone tells you to enjoy your movie/flight

all restaurants will be able to accommodate your dietary restrictions

no socks will lose elastic while you're wearing them

any pain/ailment you get will be diagnosable

your favorite author/creator will never leave a series/work unfinished

you will find $20, one time (in a pocket, on the ground, etc)

all packages arrive undamaged

you will never step in water while wearing socks

people will always pronounce your name correctly

you will never get a Charley horse

you will always finish leftovers before they go bad

Remaining time: 3 days 15 hours

[chujellys]

there's a family of local sandhill cranes that adopted an abandoned goose last summer and they're STILL together today even after migration.... i love them + they're local celebrities + nature is beautiful

[chujellys]

yesterday’s update… 📸 everyone is paparazzi when ur this famous…

[smeared1992]

you used to be able to get a job just by circling a listing in a newspaper in red pen

[ratica]

[assignedmale]

[fhonix]

Oh boy it sure would be a shame if the article in question was shared anyway!

[fhonix]

[fhonix]

[grapheeca]

I'll reblog later with the original PDF, since this shit needs to be printed fucking everywhere.

Plus, FUCK JKR

[notahorseindisguise]

one of my least favourite things about this website. "op have you considered that [the thing op was saying]"

[notahorseindisguise]

giggling at this because this is ALSO awful and is ALSO the exact opposite example of what i was saying in my post i love this

[mochilee-deactivated20191015]

my laptops fucked 

[spamaohno]

i hope they used a condom

[mochilee-deactivated20191015]

im going to punch every one of you that reblogs this

[shutupste]

the question is  who was the laptop and who was the lapbottom

[bisexualelena]

 #can laptopping please PLEASE be a new sex move#where you just sit on a person’s lap until they get uncomfortably warm

[byjove]

I do think you lose your right to medical privacy when you decide to become a politician and it is mad fucked up that these people hold our lives in their hands and are allowed to disappear for months on end with no explanation. You need a doctor’s note to miss school for a cold but we have no clue if Mitch McConnell is dead or alive and Tom Kean was allowed to fuck off for 4 months without telling the public why. I don’t give a fuck about your privacy, you’re not protecting my privacy, if you’re leeching tax dollars and partying it up in a rich person rehab resort somewhere while your constituents vote against our access to healthcare, we should be allowed to know. Fuck you. I say this as a disabled person, I’m always having to explain the nature of my disability and the details of my health but we’re not allowed to know what the fuck is going on with these people.

[byjove]

I love how GOP politicians are like “WOW! Give the guy some privacy and some time to recover!” when reporters ask when/if Mitch McConnell will be able to do his fucking job while THEY try to probe into our medical records and continue to attempt to erode disability rights. No bitch. Fuck his privacy and recovery. When have you ever cared about the privacy and recovery of the general public?

[2ctheocean]

The man spent his entire life advocating against paid sick leave. Fuck em.

[byjove]

Exactly. I believe in medical privacy, paid sick leave and better healthcare. They don’t and they’re actively trying to steer the country in the opposite direction. So they should reap what they sow.