moreromanthandane

Yo.

[memeclassheroes]

[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/

[nitewrighter]

I know everyone gets mad at the, whole “How does no one know Clark Kent is Superman” thing but these are people who do not appreciate the comedy gold of people assuming Superman doesn’t have a secret identity, and freely talking shit about Superman while Clark Kent is in the room.

Lois: *looking at a picture of Superman in flight* Why do you think he does that?

Clark: Does what?

Lois: The little cheerleader fist-pump pose when he’s flying, y’know with the knee tucked up like that. Like… we know he can whoosh around while standing perfectly upright, why the pose?

Clark: Er… streamlining, maybe?

Lois: Naaahh… I bet he thinks it looks cool.

Clark: *a little hurt* I mean I think it looks kind of cool.

[transgenderer]

if david lynch was a crab hed be called david pinch and hed be able to edit his movies by hand with his sharp claws. so think about that a little

[fanghusband-remade]

ahaha it's raining heavily oh no... looks like you might have to come into my gothic castle for the night... how unfortunate ahaha

[pixiescout]

Some studies that I made more fun for myself by putting Link in hehe

[pixel-panda]

character design challenge - mushroom fighter

[fanghusband-remade]

ahaha it's raining heavily oh no... looks like you might have to come into my gothic castle for the night... how unfortunate ahaha

[detailedart]

A visual explanation of why stars fall on Earth. Details of The Augsburg Book of Miracles, an illuminated manuscript made in Augsburg in Germany in the 16th century, anonymous author-ess.

[gulducock]

im not sorry but every single star trek theme song sucks compared to the original star trek theme tng ds9 and voy are like ooohhh *planet* whhhh ahhh *star* *comet* space *ambience* *horn* and its lame and its boring and it sucks and the tos theme is like WOOUAUUHH AAAAAAUAAUAAUAAAUAAUAAUAAHAAHAHHHUUHUHHUHHH HHOOOUUHHH WA AAOOOWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHUUUAUUUUAUUUUUUUUUAUUUUUUAUUUUAUUUHHHHHHH *flying around you like a wild fucked up bird*

[protectspock]

it was made by someone that didn’t respect science fiction and that’s why it slaps.

[spocksjuul]

being a student at starfleet academy during search for spock must’ve been so wild. like imagine you’re just chilling in school and someone tells you that a bunch of teachers just banded together and stole the school bus

[plaguedoctormemes]

Also i dont know if you guys have ever seen medieval beekeeper garb, but:

Its the best!!!

[plaguedoctormemes]

Nope!

Woodcut from 1545! 😊 respect our basket faced cousins 😡

[glitchhologram-deactivated20230]

The Beekeepers, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1568

[bogleech]

Now that plague doctors are cultural icons I want these to be next and I hope we arbitrarily decide that the two are somehow rivals.

[scarlettaagni]

why would they be rivals, they're dating and bop their masks together to kiss

[ghost-cassette]

The birds and the bees

[jammespotter]

mood: a wealthy 18th century woman who needs to lie down for hours after anything remotely distressing happens

[spocksjuul]

being a student at starfleet academy during search for spock must’ve been so wild. like imagine you’re just chilling in school and someone tells you that a bunch of teachers just banded together and stole the school bus

[pascalcampion]

Wasting time.

Aka. I just wanted to draw kitty cat.

#pascalcampion

[spocks-eyeshadow]

TOS Chekov and AOS Chekov have completely different energies

One is a sweet sweet baby boy

And the other is a feral bastard man

Sweet boy who I love and cherish

Degenerate who stole my lunch money

I love them both with my entire soul

[spocksjuul]

imagine thinking spock isn’t goth...... one has to laugh

[lacefuneral]

some more goth spock for u