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Good luck figuring out what the hell this blogs about. 

[leebrontide]

One sad side effect of big box stores is that you just don’t get lifelong hyper fixation guy access like you used to.

Like yeah I can go to Menards and buy a door.

But it used to be I could go to the door store, and speak to a man whose sole passion in life was doors and who would talk about the history of door insulation patterns over the last 50 years without stopping to breathe.

That man is gonna find me the BEST door option for me.

Seriously my neighborhood had one of these. They were across the street from the lighting shop owned by the guy who could tell you the exact date, off the top of his head, that your property got electrical wiring based on your address.

Now these guys rarely get to own a shop, make a good living, and sell the very finest doors for decades. They’re relegated to Reddit posts which are informative but ultimately do not replace door guy having a door shop.

I don’t want to talk to some miserable, underpaid 20 year old who was in plumbing last week and in doors this week and doesn’t know a hammer from a hanger.

I want my door guy back.

[dailymanners]

When entering any place of business, such as a store or restaurant, if a staff member greets you, then acknowledge them and greet them back.

Although for many jobs it's a required part of their job to greet you, especially retail workers, receptionists, and restaurant workers to name a few, that doesn't make it feel any less dehumanizing to say "Hello!" to another human being only for them to ignore you. Acknowledging staff members and greeting them back is important for acknowledging their humanity, they are, after all, a human being, and not an automated machine.

This is also important when going to check out at a store. If you approach the cash register, and the cashier greets you, you should acknowledge them and greet them back. Cashiers already have to deal with being dehumanized enough. The least you can do is help humanize them by acknowledging them when they greet you and speak to you.

[dailymanners]

#literally could not count the number of times its been#hello! hows it going?#customer: iced latte.#like wow! ok asshole! iced latte i guess!

When I worked in a convenience store that sold cigarettes my co-workers and I would cope with this behavior by making jokes that half our customers must come from somewhere where "Winston red" or "Marlboro red" is how you say hello in their language.

[moonmargaritas]

I used to work retail and it drove me nuts when people would walk up to me and instead of asking “excuse me, where are the socks?” They would just look at me and say “socks.” Socks to you too bitch! I’m not an Alexa!

[dailymanners]

In some places even "excuse me, do you have ___?" can be taken as rude. I remember when I worked in a souvenir shop and had a few French and Italian co-workers I know they always found it rude and offensive when a customer would come up and ask "excuse me, do you have ___?" without saying hi or hello first too. I'm personally fine with just "excuse me" but I can see how some people might prefer some more formal greeting first before jumping into business.

[bitesu-bitesu-bitesu]

also honorable mention when i say hello and the customer just stares at me and doesnt say anything. like sir are you scared? and i feel like it really is a case of them thinking im so much below them they dont even have to treat me as a human.

[champ-the-mudkip]

Is it the lead poisoning? Is it just boomers?

[dailymanners]

I doubt that. I definitely had a lot of teenagers and young adults do this to me when I was still in retail.

Idk if it's just Icelandic teenage boys or if this is something teenage boys do in other countries too, but I specifically had a lot of teenage boys who would ignore me by aloofly staring off into the distance like they were just too swag to acknowledge a retail worker.

And yet, they had no problems talking to me when they'd throw a full blown screaming tantrum at me for carding them for nicotine products, and/or not selling said nicotine products to them when they were underage and/or didn't have an I.D. on them.

[t00thpasteface]

once you start noticing how many of the Sexy Thicc Anime Babez hornyposted across the net with fat tits and fat asses overflowing out of their micro-bikinis still have 24" waists and rail-thin arms and pencil necks you never stop noticing it

[t00thpasteface]

if you're going to say a character is "thicc" and show off her assets, you damn well better make sure that, in the immortal words of sir mix-a-lot, the red beans and rice didn't miss her

[carolinaknowswhy]

gen z has to reckon with its radicalization problem. you are not a morally pure and superior generation of youth come to save the world, your men and boys are radicalized at an unprecedented level and you ignore it because it’s too hard to address but you have to. these boys are in your classes, they date your friends, you know them and you cannot continue to pretend this is an “old white guy” problem

[carolinaknowswhy]

girls are contributing, too. the coquette aesthetic, the “i don’t want to girlboss i want a man to pay my bills”, girlmath girljob girlmoney. it’s a joke, it’s clothes, it’s whatever, i get it but it is driving a mentality of traditional gender roles and you know you’re joking but your boyfriend doesn’t. your kid brother doesn’t. you have to stop this shit it is a contributing factor

[crafting-and-tea]

Jokes can normalize things that you find unacceptable or annoying very, very easily. If you and your friends consistently joke about girlmath and girlmoney when you spend money on something unwise or irresponsible, it'll eventually just become a thing you say while spending money on something unwise or irresponsible. It'll stop being a joke.

Eventually, it might something you say to JUSTIFY spending money on something unwise or irresponsible. You're just a girl, you can't be expected to do anything more than girlmath, people shouldn't bug you about what you spend money on. If that happens, you'll have accepted the absurd logic that was supposed to make the joke funny as regular logic. On some level, you'll have accepted the idea that you are intellectually inferior due to your gender.

Be very fucking careful with the ideas behind the things you joke about.

[charyou-tree]

[sameenbyhat]

[ID image from a comic of white man with greying hair in an X-man uniform talking to a young white woman in an X-man uniform. A younger white man in street clothes stands behind them.

Text: It always begins as a joke. Listen to me, both of you.

One sees a father or a mother of whom they do not approve --

And their brats won't shut up, and the parents are so exhausted that they just let their children scream, all sticky and crying and hitting and wild.

And you say to your friends "You should have to pass a test to breed." Do you understand? "You should have to get licensed to have kids."

It starts as a joke.

Then perhaps there is a tragedy. A post partum mother who should have gotten help, but her insurance did not cover the therapy.

A father who erred because he was raised believing that men are pathetic if they are caregivers.

The first tests are drafted.

And you think "Good." You think "Those children will be safe now."

The test comes out, and yes, there're some problems, but nothing that cannot be ironed out, yes?

But now, anyone with a mental illness, with a criminal record, is barred from becoming a parent, and you think "Well, this is sensible, yes?"

Because you've never known anyone like that, so who is to tell you they are not like they are portrayed in stories?

Sick, dangerous, criminal -- these words expand.

Suddenly it is anyone with diabetes, anyone with cancer -- because they could die and leave their children orphaned, so how dare they ever try to have children?

it is Deaf couples, disabled couples, interracial couples, gay couples -- because don't they know how hard they're making it for their children?

Then it is whoever they want.

You think you are working for the greater good. You can't even fathom the life of someone who isn't exactly like you.

Then one day -- it is you.

Some gene, some history, some past behavior -- and suddenly you, too, are sick, dangerous, criminal.

Because the truth is this --

Human hate can adapt to anything.

You think you are safe.

But if someone hates you, they will come up with a reason after the fact.

Only then do you realize what you put in power. Only then do you realize what you stripped away.

There is terrible power in a joke, in a story, in taking the truth and making it ugly.

Do you understand, children?

End ID]

[spiribia]

I like when the bus stops directly in front of you out of the line of waiting people and opens its doors. Chosen by the dragon

[icarusdiesatdawn]

I hate this post. Ever since I read it I can't help but think "chosen by the dragon" whenever the bus stops in front of me or "denied by the dragon" when it doesn't. Every. single. time. That's a minimum of ten times a week. Do you know how annoying that is

[sunnbnn]

I love this game

[pangur-and-grim]

so we're doing this again

[dohdohisland]

same energy

[rylandsgrace]

Mean Girls (2004) // Conclave (2024)

[tamatojam]

[playertwotails]

I love everything about this!!!!!! Poor Shadow has to rethink some interactions lol

Their selfie in the background cracked me up in the last panel

[butchfagminotaur]

i’m so fucking sick of people taking aspects of historical gay sexuality and saying “but what if i made it squeaky clean and sexless so i can have it” sometimes not everything is for you babes!!! sometimes you don’t get to have everything!!!

[butchfagminotaur]

“what’s the hanky for ppl who don’t wanna have sex or do kink or any of that” there isn’t one!!! it’s called not wearing a fucking hanky!!! because it’s not fucking for you!!!!!

[butchfagminotaur]

capitalism and individualism has rotted people’s brains to the point that it feels like a lot of people don’t understand that some things just aren’t fucking for them and they don’t need to twist and change it to force it to apply to them!!! sometimes things are not!!! for!!! you!!!

[butchfagminotaur]

where are the glory holes for people who just wanna give thumbs up through them???

[bigbigtruck]

[neenarchive]

maidens if you are going to flee dramatically from my castle in the middle of the night once i reveal my true nature to you please leave your candelabra on the little ledge by the portcullis we are running out of them

[neenarchive]

starting to think these maidens are stumbling in soaked through from the rain just to steal my beautiful gowns and homewear are any of you actually lost

[elektrashocktherapy]

At the checkout in Home Goods loading the belt with nothing but candelabras in all shapes & sizes while the cashier watches sympathetically and asks if it’s the maidens again

[depsidase]

[terramythos]

'People are panicking about AI tools the same way they did when the calculator was invented, stop worrying' cannot stress enough the calculator did not forcibly pervade every aspect of our lives, has such a low error rate it's a statistical anomaly when it does happen, isn't built on mass plagiarism, and does not obliterate the fucking environment when you use it. Be so fucking serious right now

[houseofmcallister]

Saw a tiktok of a guy saying he doesn’t feel comfortable talking to minors because he’s 19. And it’s just. I’m so fucking tired of this.

And like to be clear, I’m speaking as a victim of pedophilia when I say: We need to get over this collective fear of endangering children. Because holy shit, this stuff is getting out of hand.

The average person is not a threat to a child.

And also!!! It is actually really really good for kids to have friendships with adults that aren’t their family.

Having friendships with adults when you’re younger prepares you for adult life in a better way then only interacting with adults that are family members or teacher as well.

And also if there’s any sort of weird behavior happening with adults or teachers, it’s very helpful to have unrelated adults, you can go to, and also have a model for what normal adults are supposed to look like.

And also! You’re just making it way easier for pedophiles to prey on children when you completely avoid interacting with them as an adult. Because kids are naturally inquisitive and curious. They are going to want to interact with adults and they are going to want to ask questions. And if the only adult adults that are willing to interact and speak with them or adults who have ulterior motivations. Guess what’s gonna happen.

Also on a more general note. Having a model for what a normal healthy adult is supposed to look like makes it way easier for kids to be able to recognize and identify when adults in their personal life are being weird.

[mitsmebinch]

for reasons i shall not discuss, a tweet

[yandere-angela]

tbh i like that more and more games are introducing a "narrative mode" instead of an "easy difficulty", cause a big thing about the easy mode discourse was centered around "are people capable of playing hard games", which showed a lot of elitism and sometimes ableism, but with the introduction of "narrative mode", it completely shifts the paradigm away from "hard mode is for real gamers, easy mode is for noobs" and towards "this is just the game mode for you to experience the story", which not only smooths over that problem, but also enables devs to really rethink how they want to approach designing their game and telling a story to their audience, which i think adds in a lot of possibilities beyond just "is the game easy or hard"

[crumb-crumblet-s-crumbington]

people keep reposting my comics without credit or permission so heres a dump of my comics frome my twitter @/cuptoast

do not my reposts my art, if u see one of my comics uploaded to here, it was not with my permisiions!