Not that Jaded

It seemed like a good idea at the time.

[notthatjaded]

@petorahs

[notthatjaded]

ugggh

There was a storm earlier and I came home to a dark house with no eta from the power company for restoration. At least I have some battery lights.

[ofbeinghonests]

if you have one, tag with the "6 degrees of separation" you have with a celebrity

[notthatjaded]

#i mean i was in a#netflix#movie

You were what?

[catchymemes]

[dduane]

Article. Article every time. Not gonna waste time arguing. 🙂

[pyroteknich]

This video could have been an email.

[succubusboyfriend]

me at any given time: can we just buckle down and focus on the task at hand please???

my brain:

my brain: ……….ranibow sprimkle……………

[succubusboyfriend]

ranibow sprimkle……..

[cr0wswithknives]

kepchup.

[cosmicyeehaw]

SPINCH

[oli-nerd]

B A N C H

[scoobertdoobertlove]

chichen nuggest

[yondus-wife]

b R o G L e

[borzboy]

strawbebbies..

[sprayed-cheese]

this post almost moved me to tears

[were-owl-deactivated20241025]

Tag yourself, I’m spinch or rainbow sprimkle

[justnick612-deactivated20210723]

I’m kepchup lmao

[fysticalmorest]

Brogle and rainbow sprimkle

[atlinmerrick]

This is so charming I feel punched in the solar plexus and I’m here for this sort of gentle, sweet violence.

[kristiemewisstan]

some additions from my own collection

[weepingwillo-deactivated2022071]

[worldheritagepostorganization]

World Heritage Post

[dreamofbecoming]

[mallomia]

i have been blessed by ranibow spimkle, may the world heritage posts bless thee aswell

[decoysender]

No Smorking. Parma Jawn

[trippleacute]

@hellsite-hall-of-fame

[ciel-of-vault-111]

Why tf is this mature content

[pyroteknich]

This is like me having to decipher a student’s paper. One of my fellow teachers handed it to me and said, “Can you read any of this kid’s spelling?” It took me a good minute and a half to figure it out (SPED teacher) and I finally said, “They are spelling phonetically. But the way they hear it as they are saying the words. They just have a really big Texas accent, and a lisp.” And we just looked at each other and sighed. Because they also had REALLY terrible handwriting.

[notthatjaded]

Why was this marked with the mature content label?

Do the tumblr Powers That Be think misspelled words on labels are 'mature content'?

[notthatjaded]

@petorahs thought you'd enjoy seeing your boy having fun :)

[exhausted-undead]

labyrinth! please zoom in on this or i'll get turned into a goblin

oh also!! happy 40th anniversary to this film because Holy Shit

[exhausted-undead]

hey! just updating this to say its available as a print here! I'd be really appreciative of support <3

[notthatjaded]

Sweet Delusion ch 23 in progress excerpt

I started with a different scene with different characters but I was getting hung up on how I really wanted to do that aspect so I told myself, "you know you just want to write Sunday and Ratio reuniting so write that and worry about the rest later". Still hoping "the rest" will happen in the next few days and there will be an update soon. <3

"So, Doctor," Sunday says as opens the door, "I was told you have some pressing matter to discuss?" "Indeed," Veritas says, rising from his seat at the table. He rakes his gaze over Sunday as he approaches as if looking for any mark that might have been left from his confrontation with the Dreammaster. "You are the only one in all of Penacony that can resolve my concerns." On the table beside him, Sunday notices, must be the gift Cynthia had mentioned. The box had been wrapped with a pale green unpatterned paper with nothing that so much as hints as to what it might contain. As if he hadn't been inspecting it so closely, Sunday gives him a polite smile and continues playing along with the charade. "The only one? I wonder what that says about your opinion on the competence of my subordinates…" "Heh," Veritas lets out a quiet snort and closes the distance between them with a few steps. "You have a singular skillset, Mr. Sunday, it has nothing to do with their competence." His gaze is warm when their eyes meet, "I do not desire anyone else." Sunday's smile grows and he reaches out to press his hand to Veritas' chest just below his shoulder. "I would be happy to resolve all of your concerns, then, Veritas. Please, tell me how I can be of assistance."

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

Wattpad: pay me monthly 🤩 and we will remove ads for you. also free offline stories I guess as long as you keep paying me. but we have censorship so keep your kinks to yourself. what we don’t have is tagging systems, so good luck trying to find what you want or avoiding what you don’t want to read lol

meanwhile AO3: so everything is free in our house. read whatever you want offline. also no ads. no capitalism. no censorship. be as wild as you want with your fics. also we have tagging systems so you can search or avoid any specific tags, pairings, relationships or characters. whatever you want.

I’m sorry but if you’re still complaining, you don’t realize how good you have it with AO3, one of the last platforms on the internet that is free of capitalism and censorship. just artists and writers creating and sharing their works with the community for free and for fun. just authentic love between artists, their works, characters, stories and audiences.

[horsefigureoftheday]

Sucks how many people were taught that "horses put their ears back when they're mad" but then never taught the difference between "angry backwards ears," "mildly annoyed backwards ears," "pain backwards ears," "concentrated backwards ears," "sleepy backwards ears" and "just happens to be listening to something behind it."

"Horses put their ears back when they're mad" idk man i think it depends

[horsefigureoftheday]

These are all completely different expressions in completely different scenarios, and only two of them are decidedly negative.

[horsefigureoftheday]

Actually, I wanna talk about the third horse, the one putting its ears back in pain. Over the last 15 years veterinarians and animal scientists have worked out pain scales for most domestic animals by taking photos of the during routine procedures.

We know vaccines painful, and by comparing horses at rest with horses getting vaccinated, we've been able to determine how they express pain visually. By looking at horses with disorders like colic, broken bones, wounds, and so on, we can determine their facial expressions during more severe pain.

At zookeeper school we were drilled through the pain faces of the most common lab animals and livestock. Nowadays I believe this has become a routine lesson in all animal related fields, but the general public still doesn't know that this is a thing that exists.

Here are all the pain face/grimace scales I've been able to find. Please study them if you interact with any of these animals on a regular basis:

[fantasy-anatomy-analyst]

Also a useful resource if you want to change the way you draw or describe expressions on non-human characters

[notthatjaded]

My horse (see my pfp) when he's feeling chill, has what we've dubbed "airplane ears" which is basically out to the side. But so many people get told that "ears back mean the horse is made" that some people perceive anything that isn't "perked forward in interest" to be a bad sign and have asked me worriedly if he's annoyed about something. And I'm just like, "look at this horse. He's about to fall asleep because we're just standing around. Literally nothing is bothering him."

Does this look like a horse that gives a shit?

And sometimes an ear going back means listening to whatever's going on behind them. In this case probably I was talking to him.

And then there's this pout when he gets told it's not time for treats:

[notthatjaded]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Childe learns more about his 'real' death from Aether and ends up seeking out Zhongli to confide in.

"The way I left last night. I was kind of…rude, I guess. So I'm sorry." "Mmm…" Zhongli regards him and his remote expression with a careful eye. "You did nothing wrong, Childe. In fact, I confess that I was concerned I had…overstepped, I suppose." "What?" Childe's eyes widen and he looks back at Zhongli with a swift turn of his head, "why did you think that?" Zhongli's smile is gentle, if rueful, "well, you left so suddenly after I-" "That's what I was apologizing for!" In the midst of his outburst, Childe seems to rethink the way he'd started to gesture with the teacup in his hand and instead sets it back down on the tray but Zhongli finds himself far more interested in the way Childe's ears had begun turning pink than how his couch had been in imminent danger of getting soaked with tea.

[notthatjaded]

The problem with writing lots of stuff about Childe the character is that every time I write about a "child" or "childhood" or "children" my fingers want to stick an extra "e" in there.

[vigaishere]

REBLOG if you have amazing talented artist friends!

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[notthatjaded]

I don't know why but I really hate the argument of "[game] doesn't respect the players' time because [they don't do thing I want them to do]." Like come on.

[ms-demeanor]

I am a glorified office administrator who understands server hardware why am I the only person in this company who gets what social engineering is?

[ms-demeanor]

Total stranger on the phone who we’ve never spoken to before: I have power of attorney over the CEO of this corporation and we are a customer of yours. Please change the administrator password on the server to XXXXX

My boss, putting on white grease paint and a red wig: Oh, of course! Let’s do it quickly so that you’ll want to keep working with us since you’re going to be making business decisions!

Me: I would sell you to satan for one corn chip and I’m allergic to corn but before you do this maybe you should call someone who is actually on our contact list for our customer and see if they’ve ever heard of this stranger.

My boss, looking through a selection of shoes that honk when you walk: Oh, but she said that it was very important that none of the employees know what was happening because they’re making staffing changes.

Me: As your lawyer I recommend that you just call a single one of our contacts and see if they’ve ever heard of her name.

My boss, shoving all of our technicians into a VW beetle: You’re not my lawyer.

Me: HOW THE FUCK WOULD YOU KNOW? I COULD BE! YOU SHOULD MAYBE CHECK ON THAT.

[yoursjupiter]

TIL everyone’s employee ID at my company is the last five of their SSN.

Boss: On the bright side, it’s only the last five

Me: YOU CAN COMMIT FRAUD WITH FOUR

[zevveli]

Security firms that are hired to check the security of banks will often use the following tactic: They will walk up to the teller in a suit with their ID badge and a clipboard and go:

“Hello I am [name] from [security firm] we’ve been hired to verify the security of the facility I need to see your computers.”

“Erm…I’ll have to verify that with my managers.”

“Congratulations, you have just passed the security verification.” [Scribbles on clipboard] “But in all seriousness I do need to verify your security so I need to see your computers.”

“Oh okay.” AND LETS THEM IN.

[palindromordnilap-deactivated20]

“Social engineering” is a way too fancy word for what it is. I know a guy (not personally) who broke several people out of prison by essentially writing “Greetings, please release this person, signed, whoever the judge is” on a piece of paper and faxing it there. Because no one would have a fax machine in their own house I guess.

[closet-keys]

not to derail, but holy shit that praxis

[cal-is-a-cuddlefish]

I’ve had clerks just give out a whole ass SSN when I asked.

[airandangels]

An inspection in 2014 found the password for the Louvre’s surveillance camera system was “louvre.”

[digitaldiscipline]

My proudest moment in the shitfire that was my last job was when we got a full-on assault from scammers*, and my users were so well trained that it was completely bolloxed within an hour.

*it was a pen test that out infosec team paid a lot of money for, and was very unhappy that I blew it up. It was executed so obviously and badly that I was sending company-wide emails saying, “These calls from 000-000-0000 are not being recorded for quality or training purposes. You can tell these people to go fuck themselves. Have fun!”

[kittydesade]

Somewhere I still have a T-shirt that says “social engineering; because there is no patch for human stupidity”

[notthatjaded]

I will never forget listening to a pen tester talking about how in one engagement his whole original plan was to talk the main IT security guy for a bank in to installing some software that's supposed to fix some problem with their mail server.

The guy was willing to do it but for whatever reason was failing at it so eventually pentester guy decides fuck it we ball and suggests he could come in person to the bank and provide an assist since security guy is having so much trouble.

Security guy agrees, pentester guy shows up a day or two later and security guy introduces him to the staff as the guy that's going to fix their mail problems and to let him do whatever he needs to.

And then, it gets better, apparently somebody in the office was having a birthday and everybody goes off to the break room for cake.

Leaving pen test guy alone with the bank vault door open.

So he did what any responsible pentester would do, he went into the vault, took a selfie with a stack of cash, and included the picture as a visual aid in his report.

[havanillas]

those new wavechurin emotes sure are something

[miothle]

dan heng il bp icon !!!!!! 🐉🫶