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Julia, 35, bi. Your general nerd blog, covering anything from sports to fantasy, sci-fi and global politics. Also contains Guinea pigs.

[sophsun1]

Happy Pride 🌈 | The Golden Girls (1985-1992)

[dramatic-dolphin]

since there is such an "english speakers who don't even try to pronounce a foreign mame correctly" epidemic, native english speakers often try to overcorrect and end up thinking they have a moral imperative to pronounce every foreign name correctly at all times. so i'm gonna hold your hand and look into your eyss as i say this: you can't. you can't pronounce every sound in a language you don't speak. and that's fine. it happens to the rest of us too. we won't be mad so long as you try your best.

[apricops]

“I did some research to pronounce this name correctly” = 👍 great! even if the pronunciation was still off (and learning to pronounce a foreign language correctly takes a lot of practice) people generally appreciate it when someone goes the extra mile for accuracy, and honestly, languages are cool

“I’m probably not saying that correctly”/“sorry for my pronunciation” = 👍 understandable! foreign languages often have sounds that aren’t used in English and learning to correctly pronounce unfamiliar phonemes is genuinely difficult even with help

“lol I’m not even gonna TRY to pronounce that 😂” = 👎 THIS is the problem, if treats languages other than English like they are inherently ‘weird’ or ‘overly complicated’ just because you aren’t familiar with them

“One thousand apologies for my butchering of this beautiful effervescent tongue, I will now flagellate myself as punishment for my crimes” = 👎 chill

[i-am-a-fish]

don't be mean to yourself that's you

[i-am-a-fish]

you live there

[eclipseisminetocommand]

catch me throwing a fucking party when my boy comes back

[the-music-writer]

You seriously not going to talk about the three times a horse funeral was mentioned on this flyer

[erraticsunflower]

The horse died due to the return of Jim, obviously 😔

What else did you expect to happen when Jim returns?

[demigod-jack-hearth]

And it all happened on a T u e s d a y

[earhartsease]

jim is the horse - you cannot kill him in a way that matters

[demonfairyprincess]

ugh Regard! is a great performance technically but I don't like it because to me it feels pretentious and a little condescending and I think that's because I can understand the lyrics and the lyrics are very cheesy and kind of cringey

[greelin]

saying something you know will make people laugh. And they do laugh.

[wishingformemoria]

just because someone can articulate their point better doesn’t make them right, it makes them articulated. 

[wishingformemoria]

and you aren’t stupid for having trouble articulating yourself.

[andre-30008]

[notoriousmasc]

[existennialmemes]

Not to sound like a decrepit, rambling corpse about it, but back in my day Word used to be a pre installed program that came with your computer, if you were running Windows.

No subscription. Just program.

On your computer. You got to use it forever and ever and never had to worry about it going away.

Because it was physically on your computer. As a program. That you actually owned. Not because you got it separately, but because it was a standard inclusion with your computer.

I'm sorry but I'll just never get over it. I remember when companies cared about their products being usable out of the box. I remember when our things belonged to us.

Old man shaking fist at cloud, wherein the cloud is the background of the Windows 98 logo.

[jourke-rourke]

Leverage (2008) // S02xE01 // "The Beantown Bailout Job"

i like this exchange because depending on how you reverse that statement, you end up with three possible interpretations, each funnier than the last and all equally true:

solving poor people's problems

creating rich people's problems

solving problem rich people

[gcx23]

The difference in their reaction made me laugh. Mel is so happy she can ring the bell and Trinity just throws it in the trash lol.

[gcx23]

This is the first time Robby is really listening when someone broaches the subject.

Jack Abbot, only you can be wise and cheesy in the same sentence and I'm here for it ❤️

[orlissa]

One thing I want to add about the Hungarian elections: the word in Hungarian for tripping/failing a subject/falling from power is bukás. A more informal/slang-ish form of that word is bukta.

Bukta is also a kind a pastry--a yeasty dough filled with some kind of jam.

The color of fidesz, orbán's party, is orange.

So in the last week of so people have been making/selling/giving away orange buktas

[stephsarchives]

We made some orange buktas too😂

[eesttm]

- "Who's Greg?!" - "Not everyone knows."

[faxcollector]

robby is obviously being very difficult to like this season but I love the implications of his style of leadership that we see with mohan calling him a dick to his face and javadi dragging him for being old and rude about her tiktoks. also earlier in the season with santos being like yeah little orphan annie was an orphan you dumbass. btw do you have any good gossip about your replacement. like this man is 50+ years old in charge of one of the nation's best emergency departments meanwhile he has women in their 20s dragging his ass left and right and doesn't even bother to defend himself. I have never spoken to any boss the way the pittlings talk to robby sometimes and it really makes me laugh trying to imagine about how he managed to establish such a workplace culture

[olives-and-sunshine]

As someone who has had this type of relationship with their boss, it is a form of respect.

He can often come off as cold, imposing, tough, and this impenetrable fortress. He has a lot of power and is not to be messed with. But if you have enough balls, especially as a younger woman, to talk back, seriously or even playfully (snarky/sassy) that takes balls. When you're in that position of power, people suck up to/tiptoe around you. But when someone, especially someone technically at a disadvantage is willing to set boundries like that, you can trust them. You can trust them, especially in a crisis, to go "actually, that's not a good idea". And the fact that they do that earns his respect, and he won't push back. I think this is why he is particularly harsh to Langdon and even Mohan till she talks back. Because they want his approval and are kinda suckups. They change themselves to what they think he wants instead of running with their skills (like Mel or even Trinity). Especially in a job where hesitation is straight up dangerous (making Javadi step up in surgery, pretty regularly pushing Dennis, etc.)

Abbott does the same this with Joy! You can tell that when right off the bat she is comfortable with talking back and being sarcastic that he respects that! Cause she doesn't give a shit!

To me, this quality is the sign of a really good leader. Easily taking input from the people who show that they will give it bluntly.

[sparklyguineapig]

My favourite way of showing I'm comfortable with people is to wind them up (ask my best friend) and call them out on stuff to their faces. I have a similar relationship with my current boss who's 18 months younger than me, and the best boss I've ever had also encouraged us to not mince our words around him.

That is good leadership. I know I'd be a bad doctor, let alone an emergency medicine specialist, but I think I'd like working for Robby.

[tinygalaxykid]

This episode proves that Robby does not need to be made to stay. He doesn't need a psych hold. He doesn't need someone to wreck his bike.

He just needs people to really talk to him. It took so little for him to tell Duke everything. He wasn't really hiding anything-- he just needed someone to ask. He needs someone to tell him that he's important. That he is needed. A reminder that he matters outside of the ED. He needs friends and community. He needs a reminder of his faith and heritage.

There are so many things people in pain need to heal and none of them are punitive force. I love the scene in the ambulance bay. Robby's motorcycle, a friend, the presence of the magen david in Duke's tattoo; it's such a small smattering of things but it's shrine to who Robby is outside of the ED. It begs us to believe that a life, even that small, even that hard, still matters.

[samirasystole]

i’m gonna be direct and say that a lot of y’all are unable to accept that you can be a healthcare professional and be disabled or have (mental) health issues. there are lines, there are limits, of course there are. but disability isn't and shouldn't make you question whether a doctor or healthcare worker is 'allowed to be there'

the show and the fandom are making al hashimi's 10 second absence seizures into a huge thing and are questioning whether she is able to work there. which, in my disabled opinion, is ableist. she has had this disorder since she was 5, she's worked with médicins sans frontières, she has worked through warzones, she has had children. all while having this disorder. not to mention she has a physician and asks for help when she feels it is necessary.

i'm disabled, i work in healthcare. i am perfectly fine. i am sick of the idea that disabled people have no place in medicine and that we somehow add a crazy amount of risk to patients. i am sick of the rhetoric that al hashimi is endangering patients for spacing out for 10 seconds. can being disabled at work give risks? yes. but if your colleagues know, and you know what could happen, you're safe.

the idea that healthcare professionals need to be healthy or perfect is not realistic nor is it disability friendly. we are able to practice medicine safely, even if there is a chance of something happening. if she spaces out in a trauma room there will always be other people there if the matter at hand really can't wait 10 seconds. i am a heart patient who can't do cpr for longer than 30 seconds. i need to sit down after i sprint up stairs to help someone. there are limits in my care, but these limits don't limit my quality of care. especially not since medicine is a teamsport and you're never alone in it.

healthcare workers are not and will never be the picture of health, and it's harmful to expect that. we're people, not gods. and we have struggles. practicing medicine is harder for us disabled folks, there are limits to our capability. but in people like al hashimi, people like me, people like caleb jefferson, people like jack abbot? we deserve to be there. and so does robby once he crosses the threshold of working safely again.

if doing our jobs safely means getting a little support here and there, then we deserve to get that fucking support and our accessibility needs met. abbot's capability isn't questioned even though he most likely has barriers at work. neither is caleb, when there are also several things he isn't able to do. but the show decides to make a point of her seizures and makes us doubt her ability, and i urge you not to adopt that same attitude.

disabled people are allowed to take up space in medicine. and lastly: if we only hired physically and mentally well people we wouldn’t have a medical system in the first place. signed, a disabled soon-to-be-nurse.

[samirasystole]

i’m gonna be direct and say that a lot of y’all are unable to accept that you can be a healthcare professional and be disabled or have (mental) health issues. there are lines, there are limits, of course there are. but disability isn't and shouldn't make you question whether a doctor or healthcare worker is 'allowed to be there'

the show and the fandom are making al hashimi's 10 second absence seizures into a huge thing and are questioning whether she is able to work there. which, in my disabled opinion, is ableist. she has had this disorder since she was 5, she's worked with médicins sans frontières, she has worked through warzones, she has had children. all while having this disorder. not to mention she has a physician and asks for help when she feels it is necessary.

i'm disabled, i work in healthcare. i am perfectly fine. i am sick of the idea that disabled people have no place in medicine and that we somehow add a crazy amount of risk to patients. i am sick of the rhetoric that al hashimi is endangering patients for spacing out for 10 seconds. can being disabled at work give risks? yes. but if your colleagues know, and you know what could happen, you're safe.

the idea that healthcare professionals need to be healthy or perfect is not realistic nor is it disability friendly. we are able to practice medicine safely, even if there is a chance of something happening. if she spaces out in a trauma room there will always be other people there if the matter at hand really can't wait 10 seconds. i am a heart patient who can't do cpr for longer than 30 seconds. i need to sit down after i sprint up stairs to help someone. there are limits in my care, but these limits don't limit my quality of care. especially not since medicine is a teamsport and you're never alone in it.

healthcare workers are not and will never be the picture of health, and it's harmful to expect that. we're people, not gods. and we have struggles. practicing medicine is harder for us disabled folks, there are limits to our capability. but in people like al hashimi, people like me, people like caleb jefferson, people like jack abbot? we deserve to be there. and so does robby once he crosses the threshold of working safely again.

if doing our jobs safely means getting a little support here and there, then we deserve to get that fucking support and our accessibility needs met. abbot's capability isn't questioned even though he most likely has barriers at work. neither is caleb, when there are also several things he isn't able to do. but the show decides to make a point of her seizures and makes us doubt her ability, and i urge you not to adopt that same attitude.

disabled people are allowed to take up space in medicine. and lastly: if we only hired physically and mentally well people we wouldn’t have a medical system in the first place. signed, a disabled soon-to-be-nurse.