Forever Fool

[fzzzp]

a baby at work the other day gave me the meanest look i've ever seen as it got lifted out of a cesarean. 1 second old and already hating. you can't teach that.

[argumate]

I appreciate the way hitting the word "cesarean" forces me to go back and reevaluate the earlier phrase "at work"

[secondhandsunbeam]

i've been reading a novel on my breaks at work instead of scrolling and it's reminding me how easy it is to read a book if you don't try to do it in one giant sitting

[webby2007]

Okay I keep thinking about this and I need to yap so I'm sorry if you don't follow me for ER, but I keep thinking about how people already don't like Kerry Weaver before she even starts working, because she worked with Doug Ross before, and he didn't like her, so when people ask about her he says she sucked (and then when she does start working people are predisposed to assume she's being mean when she's trying to be friendly), but the thing is Peter Benton had also worked with her before and appears to like her, and that says so much more about her than Doug hating her. Benton does not like a lot of people meanwhile if Doug hates someone the reason can range from they murdered his firstborn to they simply told him "no" one time. But no you got the combo of Benton being black and having a very typical surgeon attitude so no one listens to him. And then it doesn't help that Kerry is disabled and blunt and just like guys c'mon :[ be nice :[ stop being bigots.

[secondhandsunbeam]

”You leave and I’ll find you”

What Pope thinks he said:

what J heard:

[leighlew3]

ALL. OF. THIS.

[sreegs]

hey it's me black mold. thanks for running your window air conditioner all summer. whatever you do, do not regularly clean the removable filter. that's not necessary

you should also never ever unplug the air conditioner and stick a flashlight in the vent that blows air to see if we're in there. it's very bad, that place should not be checked

and whatever you do, if you've already made the mistake of unplugging it, don't remove it from the window for cleaning if possible. and whether it's possible to remove the unit or not, don't carefully disassemble the front panel, document where the screws go and plastic bits go, and open up the vent more to be able to get into it easily

as black mold, i'm an expert on this. you should heed my warnings: now, if you've somehow made the mistake of doing all of the above, you should not use warm water and dish soap to CLEAN the inside of the vent thoroughly. DON'T ever use a bottle brush to get into the hard to reach places. and certainly don't rinse and dry the cleaned area before carefully putting it back together

there's nothing wrong with us, black mold. we don't cause or exacerbate breathing conditions like asthma or other illnesses. it's cool, we're cool

furthermore, if you're capable of removing the window unit, DONT take a hose with the same soapy water and wash the portion of the window unit that sits outside the window and is therefore weatherproofed.

whatever you do, don't allow the air conditioner to dry before plugging it back in and turning it on again

and if you have a central air conditioner, you will definitely never ever consult a manual or sources online to perform a similar cleaning procedure on the cooling unit outside.

lastly, if you're physically unable to do the things we (the black mold) warned you not to do above, you should never ever ask someone to help you or hire a service to do it.

[garbage-empress]

Also even if you do not have the time, space or ability to do some of the the things in the OP, definitely do not clean the coils (the awful sharp flat stacks of metal) with foaming coil cleaner. That removes the beneficial black mold (us) holding the unit together. It will be completely unsatisfying to watch the foam clean out the Super Beneficial Black Mold, Mildew, Hair, Lint & Dust Combo™ (that is not only a health hazard but making the unit less efficient at cooling necessary for air conditioner function) and leave the metal shiny.

It is a lot of elbow grease and definitely not just spraying a can and waiting. Especially do not use the ones that are self rinsing via the natural condensation of water around the coils where all you have to do is let the foam settle a couple hours before turning the unit back on. These foaming cleaners are also terrible to use on the removable air intake vent covers. You definitely do not just have to spray the opposite side of all the trapped shit on the plastic mesh and let the foam push it off. Also that stuff on the cover is great for you and your air conditioner.

Trust us. We, the mold, know much more about air conditioners than the people who make aerosol cans you can pick up for like $8 at home depot. Definitely do not do this a couple times a season.

[dreamerdrop-deactivated20260528]

Imagine that there is a gothic horror novel about a little boy and his slightly older brother, who is his best friend and frequently his bully, and who is sick and dying from consumption luekemia. The house they live in is big and fancy and echoes with every step. The parents are uncomfortable with illness and death, and the boy learns early on that he must swallow his own grief to ease the burden on others.

The family is loving in the way that the wire mother is loving, providing all that is wanted and needed except warmth and love.

The brother dies and the parents disappear suddenly afterwards, absent even when they are there, with far away looks and words that aren’t quite them, carried by the sharp stench of alchohol in each breath. The boy is left alone with himself in the house where every footstep echoes.

There is quiet, covert abuse lurking beneath the surface. Love that is unpleasant and unwanted given and taken without consent. Love that is craved but constantly held out of reach, dangled with the often false promise that if one simply falls in line and does what is expected, they will finally experience the warmth that isn’t there.

The house is filled with ghosts, living and dead.

The boy spends his first couple decades in a bleak and pitiful story about grief and ghosts and being haunted even by the living—

… And then very abruptly gets dumped into a 90’s medical drama soap opera about people who exist on a mundane plane of reality where ghosts aren’t real and everyone else is worried about making rent that month.

This is my understanding of John Carter ER.

[lastoneout]

I love you folk music I love you drinking songs I love you sea shanties I love you work songs I love you lullabies that have helped send countless generations of children off to sleep I love you music the poor and non-white and oppressed used to fill their difficult lives with joy I love you protest songs and coded music that helped people escape to freedom and connect with each other and keep their cultures and languages alive I fucking love you "this machine kills fascists" I love you banjos and bagpipes and all those other instruments people love to hate I love you modern artists keeping these songs alive and writing new ones I love you people writing new folk songs for fictional worlds because even people who don't exist deserve to connect through song I love you queer artists finding themselves in ancient songs I love so so so much

[aurpiment]

Don’t forget

[b-oredzoi]

for anyone confused—

“Worf (Michael Dorn) was my first love. That voice, Richter 6.5-that forehead-those dark, worried eyes-those ethical problems! The glimpses of Klingon dynastic struggles were like Shakespeare's plays about the kings of England, full of quarrels and treachery and kinfolk at each other's throats-just like a family Christmas. I love that stuff. Worf, caught between two worlds, was a powerful figure, tragic. Being in love with him I thought was safe, until I saw the episode in which Capt. Picard (Patrick Stewart) lives a whole life in 25 minutes, and then the one where he revisits his home and brother in France. Such a strong, sensitive, intelligent man, so short, so bald, so beautiful-well, so I'm a bigamist.” — Ursula K. Le Guin, writing for TV Guide, 1994

[secondhandsunbeam]

Andrew Cody bird imagery was a great choice. Augury 5ever. Not dead pigeon, falcon eating prey, dead bird painting… it’s delicious

[tragicallyunaesthetic]

something about the beifong family animal being a boar with wings and toph and her daughter becoming chief of police that swing through the buildings using metal wires….when pigs can fly indeed

[blazeofbones]

Happy Pride Month

[jellyfishforest135]

Poor Zeb just perpetually third-wheeling until Sabine joined the crew

[seren-starlight]

Unoriginal sin. Derivative sin

[secondhandsunbeam]

i'm trying to talk myself into the fact that i turned down a full year full time contract. it's done, it happened, move on. the reasons for turning it down have not changed. let it go. let it be.

[thebreakfastgenie]

I love the PTMC emergency attendings you've got passively suicidal, actively suicidal, uncontrolled seizures, and John Shen.

[secondhandsunbeam]

12 days to go and my friends are gone and my work is unfulfilling and my food is running out and my mental health is tanking