all we see is light

//Mixed bag of fandoms. Do not be alarmed if I like/reblog stuff from years ago. I am merely attempting to inject serotonin directly into my brain. MakeTheMoon on AO3.\\

[woman-respecter]

suburban women on september 15 1967 tuning in to star trek and seeing fuck-or-die mode spock getting in a sweaty man fight with captain kirk in amok time

[jawpeople]

being a kid and hearing adults say stuff like "woah 2011 was 4 years ago haha" didn't really convey the fucking horror of a youtube video crossing my recommended labelled "9 years ago" and it's from 2017. that's not true. 9 years ago is 2010 or something. don't lie.

[whyenn-reader]

''what if you regret it'' then you will expirience regret - a normal and unavoidable part of the human expirience.

[maxknightley]

from what I've seen, there are exactly Three Jobs hiring at any given time. they are:

senior logistics strategist at Hewlett Packard. $140,000 / year. requirements: three separate MBAs, fifteen years of business experience, no "ethnic" grandparents, unearned sense of confidence

"customer success ambassador" at Glurp. $70,000 / year, give or take, since 90% of your pay is based on commission. requirements: associate's degree, no experience, has never heard the phrase "pyramid scheme," no sense of shame

part-time server at Le Bon Mot. $15-$16/hr depending on level of experience. must work weekends, overnight shifts, holidays, while asleep. requirements: you will let customers spit on you.

[maxknightley]

I feel like I make some variant on this post once every two weeks, which should tell you how well the job hunt's going.

[headspace-hotel]

Where's "crime scene cleanup technician" (recommendation that Indeed actually gave me one time)

[so-make-the-moon]

There's also:

Executive assistant. $70,000/year. Requirements: Minimum undergraduate degree, MBA preferred, 10 years experience. Some weekends, evenings, holidays required (this means all of them). Must be okay lifting up to 50lbs, working independently or with 1,000 people, and knowledge of HubDick (a strange computer system that only they use) an asset. Zero upward mobility. Will let boss grope you a few times a week.

[rosie-tyler]

[biteybeast]

[wendydoodles]

[excitementshewrote]

[transgenderer]

Thinking about 30-50 feral hogs again. Can you imagine the majesty. Murmurating like starlings. Elaborate emergent shapes. The deafening snuffling. They pass through a corn field leaving only rubble behind. And the danger! Don't get too close! It's electric. we have only begun to conceive of the hog

[wordfather]

someone at work told me 'oh, just ask chat' when i raised a casual question and i asked what she meant and she said 'you know, chatgpt' like im an idiot. and i should get an award for the fact that i did not start snarling and biting and killing

[wordfather]

i know everyones justifiably mad right now but do you wanna get madder? i work at a school. a teacher said this to me.

[wordfather]

im glad this version of the post is making rounds now. the amount of casual ai use i see some teachers do these days is disgusting and they genuinly dont see the problem with making school assignments for children using chatgbt, and even encourage them to use it themselves. school is about teaching kids how to think and they're taking that away from them. this is a sickness and we should be calling it out more so people realize the damage they're doing

[wordfather]

i subbed a 7th grade class a few months ago and i gave them a written assignment and they had to use their textbook to find answers and weren't allowed to copy the text, they had to rewrite the answers in their own words. a simple thing i was taught as a kid. i banned the use of ipads and phones for the duration of the class.

50% of the kids couldn't find the many of the answers, even though they only had one chapter to read. the other 45% didnt know how to rewrite the answers in their own words. only 5% finished the assignment properly. they asked me repeatedly if they could ask chatgbt. almost all of their handwriting was on 1-4th grade levels. i struggled to read most of it.

this isnt their fault. the school system is failing them. the adults are failing them. 'we're evolving with the times' we are losing our ability to think for ourselves, and its all thanks to the system being set up. we should all be angry. why aren't we more angry

[babushkaat]

[hunter-rodrigez]

kitty perfect weight for picking up for cuddles! kitty very Soft and warm and will purr comfortably in your arms. Pick up kitty. no problems ever when picking up kitty because good weight and size for picking up after surgery.

[thefreakmeister]

kirk: spock will be acting captain in my absence. i trust him with my life and expect you all to do the same. *leaves bridge*

spock [hopping over the railing to follow kirk]: sulu's in charge

[alfea]

consider the first fictional old man you aren't attracted to that comes to mind. that man is now your father. how are things?

very good

pretty good

decent

not great

horrible

Voting ended onJul 29

[mythalism]

are you employed and if so, how?

i work a full time, traditional* job outside of the house (including hybrid)

i work a full time, traditional* job remotely

i work part time and am not currently a student

i work full time in a *non-traditional role, i.e self employed

i am an undergraduate student

i am a graduate/professional student

i am a high school student

i am unemployed but currently seeking employment

i am unemployed because i am unable to work

i am unemployed but not seeking employment

other/bald/nuance (*please avoid this option unless you REALLY need to be bald)

Voting ended onJul 26

*traditional is a flawed term that im using here for the sake of brevity, not because i agree with it or think its valid. think the things that your capitalist uncle would consider "a real job" (even if he may not respect it); anything in a physical office, but also healthcare workers, teachers, secretarial work, cleaning staff, childcare workers, professional athletics, etc. *non-traditional would be the opposite, aka things your capitalist uncle would not consider to be "a real job". this does not mean i think your job is not real or valid, it means it is outside of the bounds of what modern society deems traditional and you've faced unique struggles as a result. artists and creatives who live on commissions, any kind of influencer, sex workers etc. are examples of what should go here.

*other/bald/nuance options literally ruin surveys if too many people chose them. please try your best to force yourself into a category for the sake of clarity in the poll. if everyone goes bald we dont get any data!!!

[thexphial]

Old person question

Do you use an actual computer at home?

Yes, a desktop

Yes, a laptop

Yes, both desktop and laptop

No, but I have a tablet

No, I do everything on my phone

Other

Voting ended onJul 29

[vintageandroid]

i made a post like this before but I can't find it now. so. I'll just redo it.

What's the first "big news story" you remember from when you were a kid?

It's something I love to ask mixed-aged groups sometimes because I think it's really interesting to see the responses. I've gotten answers from the Olympics of [whatever year] to Watergate to more recent stuff from my niblings.

My first news thing I remember is the OJ Simpson trial. I vaguely remember watching the news with my grandparents before that, but that's the first story I remember, in part because my second grade teacher had us go play so she could watch the verdict 😂

[absolutelynotclassicusernam-blog]

I remember walking down the street and seeing a sign protesting George W. Bush’s war on Iraq, so I think that.

[apatheticfluorescence]

some hyper famous artists like Van Gogh transcend overratedness and become underrated because they're so normalized. Like I'll look at a van Gogh and I'm like wait this really is amazing you guys don't get it

[headspace-hotel]

Shakespeare is like this

[insufferablepirate]

Every time I see a Van Gogh that’s not one of his better known pieces it absolutely blows me away

Have you seen this shit my liege? smh unreal

[copperbadge]

THE ORANGES

[teashoesandhair]

Time for my biannual freakout about Two Crabs

[thisisstarfleet]

My local art museum (Cleveland) has a few lesser known van Goghs, including this one (The Large Plane Trees) which is one of my favorites. I couldn't actually attach the full-size wikipedia image since it's a staggering 51.7MB, but here's a link to it so you can view it at full size and see the brush strokes and the weave of the canvas.

[trek-tracks]

July 22, 2016 was ten years ago?? That can't be right...

Happy 10th anniversary, Star Trek Beyond