Squibbles!

Resident art and oc guy; will try to actually post art (18+)

[werewolvesnearyou]

i've never liked anyone this much before

[cartoon-fanaticism]

GLaDOS voice: "Would you like to see some artwork I generated? I've heard from other test subjects that AI-generated artwork produces an uncanny valley response in human viewers because they can't perceive it as fully real. They've told me that it looks absolutely hideous to them, that they can't imagine anything more disgusting than AI art. But, well I've been practicing and wanted your honest opinion. Feel free to let me know how ugly you find this by ranking it on a scale from 'vomit-inducing' to 'eye-bleeding'." A robotic arm lowers from the ceiling holding a hand mirror up to Chell's face

[wassuppeas]

[micro-usb-deactivated20230625]

[spaghettioverdose-deactivated20]

As a trans woman I can confirm that they indeed found an ancient forest inside a 630ft deep sinkhole in China

[gayweeddaddy69]

cis people can reblog this but keep it on subject, please

[senshibignaturals]

Happy pride month everyone always remember that the sinkhole has an ecosystem large enough to house not only insects but likely several species of small birds or mammals

[depsidase]

[pocket-deer-belly]

i've had this experience a lot with tomodachi life, where people are surprised i'm playing it cause they think it's for the switch 2. they think i bought the console for it. no, i'm emulating it. and then people go "oh shit you can emulate the switch 2 already?" and i go no, i'm emulating it cause it's for the switch 1. great branding nintendo! you're running two consoles concurrently that are branded as the same thing and people aren't understanding which games are for which consoles lmao

[pocket-deer-belly]

like here's how the playstation installments are marketed.

not only are the consoles themselves visually distinct but the way their image is presented is also very different. i'd imagine there's generally less confusion for playstation fans which games are for which console.

here's the switch compared to the switch 2

like it's literally. identical how did they make this mistake twice in a row

[glitchy-haha]

The biggest problem I have with "support black indie creators" is that people only really ever bring up black indie creators when a non-black (dare a say often white) indie creator gets exposed or called out for racism, and I hate to break it to you guys, but that is actually not a good thing.

Anti-blackness in the indie scene is a serious issue and we should always call it out even if it seems like a "nothing-burger," but at the same time you should always uplift and support black indie creators regardless. Solely bringing them up when some popular indie creator gets called out for racism will only lead them to being forgotten when the controversy dims down and everyone moves on to something else.

Please support black creators all year round and not just occasionally.

[slimefan321]

deltarune pride flag from the new trailer go be gay or something

[pixelz-but-with-uh-zee]

[tzikeh]

Maryland to Become First US State to Ban Surveillance Pricing That Charges More After Mining Personal Data

Maryland will become the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in retail stores, after passing Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.

Jesus fucking christ that this exists in the first place

[boyslit]

I WAS FUCKING WONDERING WHAT THOSE DIGITAL PRICE TAGS WERE ABOUT SUDDENLY i had hoped they were so the workers didn't have to finagle those little papers into the slider part anymore 😭

[eclipticasolaris]

Hi, yes, that is the OFFICIAL excuse made to me by the guy replacing the paper tags with digital ones at my local Walmart, but the end goal is to remove the numbers off the shelf entirely, replacing them with QR codes that you have to scan with the app…. Which requires your login information….. and also stores your card information so even if you didn’t use your Walmart account at the physical checkout, if you used a card they recognize, they assign that purchase to your Walmart account purchase history.

I explained very clearly to the manager my issue with the meat section not having the price tags listed, and they claimed it was only going to be for the meat, since meat is by weight, and the price of each item is printed on the packs of each item.

Sure. That’s how they get their foot in the door. Fast forward not even two weeks, and here we are:

Bar codes. No prices, no item descriptions. No price stickers on the individual items. Heck, not even the name of the item that is SUPPOSED to be there.

No. The only way to see the price is to scan it on your phone app, which is also recording what you looked at recently, as a way of gauging what you might be looking for in the future.

So here’s what we’re gonna do gang:

Every time you go into a store that has implemented these price-less tags:

Take 1-3 items up to the cash register. Ask the cashier for the price, or hit the price check item on the self checkout, which will likely call over the attendant.

Express that you didn’t actually want it, you just couldn’t see on the shelf how much it was.

POLITELY, AND WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE PRICE CONFIRMATION, Give the items to the cashier or attendant to put back.

When they inevitably try to push the app, politely decline. If pressed for why not, say you don’t want to have to carry your phone in-hand the whole time you are shopping in order to see how much things cost. (Not having cell service or data to use the app is NOT a valid excuse, as stores already often have complimentary WiFi AND more stores will provide WiFi rather than give up on this push for surveillance pricing)

If it’s a shelf-stable item, the cashier will have to set it aside, taking up room in their limited operating space, and eventually pass it off to someone to put in a holding area to put back later. If it’s a fridge/freezer item, it might have to get tossed due to food product sale regulations.

In either case, you are making it a pain in the ass for them to have these digital bar codes. Tie up the checkouts. Give the employees more busywork that the company has to pay them to do. Hurt their bottom line having to toss the pint of ice cream you carried around in your cart for 20 minutes before giving it back to the cashier.

Yes, call your reps. Yes, push for more legislation like this in more places. But also take an extra minute out of your shopping trip to MAKE IT HURT for companies to pull this shit.

[catcomixzstudios]

Retail worker with some additional thoughts:

Bringing a handful of items to make us set aside will add more work, but in the normal course of my own day, we're having a bring up a cart-load or two every couple hours for sorting anyway. Generally, the front-line worker you speak with are probably the ones gathering and sorting this stuff. Assume that any complaints you give front-line workers won't go anywhere; not for laziness reasons, just that they're overworked and people who've been around long enough know their complaints/suggestions - even directly from customer's lips - might as well be tossed right in the toilet

What's REALLY going to hurt the company, is customers bringing whole cart-loads up and abandoning them in frustration. Bonus points if it's mixed goods; if we can easily sort out "cart full of cold items" or "cart that's just clothes," that can just get passed off to its relevant department. The goal here is to waste the whole company's time needing to pull people from other departments to assist in sorting through a deluge of shit. The only time I pretty much ever get support with sorting, for example, is days when we have blackouts and dozens and dozens of customers abandon their carts

CRITICALLY, you need to also kick your complaints up to management. If stores have some survey thing or whatever and enough people get mad there, it helps, but even field and department management are going to have to report for what's slowing down business. Politely, but firmly, ask to talk with management about your frustrations. You don't even have to be rude; in fact, if you can be kind, confused, even chatty and kind if you want. But you gotta keep 'em on the line as long as you can. Roadblock. Make it clear specifically why you're frustrated. If you have a membership of some kind, literally start the steps for canceling it right in front of them (and if you can actually go through with the full cancel, even better!) No retail worker is affected by the "I'll never shop here again routine" (any customer that's said that to me is someone I'd never miss), but if field management AND corporate has data to back up people leaving the ecosystems in droves, they tend to get scared quick

Coordinate. If you have family, friends, etc who have time to kill and want to fuck over corporations, stagger out your faux shopping trips and complaints. Keep up the momentum. Most corporations are relying on people to get bored and give in. Single big blasts on busy days are a huge help too, though hitting companies on less-busy days when they're likely to have less staff means even more leftover work

TL;DR - Bring up full cart-loads of mixed goods you need price checks on. Be polite as you ask for price checks on a bunch of shit. "Decide" after a couple items that this sucks ass, and kindly ask for a manager. Earnestly waste as much of their time as you can lamenting how simple shopping used to be. Cancel your membership right in their faces and leave the full cart behind. Get others you love to do the whole thing as well, whether all together and/or staggered out over time

[aropride]

guy who installs an adblocker and forgets about it and lives in a beautiful world where online ads have become much less frequent

[aropride]

lalala world so beautiful advertisements so extinct (opens website on mobile)AAAAAH!!!!!!! OH GOD MY EYES!!!!!!!!!!!

[wizardarchetypes]

I love when kids mention media you were enjoying before they were even born and you're like "i know that media" and they're like

>: O !!!!!!!!!!!!

[wizardarchetypes]

today a kid opened the door to the nature center over his toe and took off the entire toenail. blood everywhere. i brought out one of our snakes for him to interact with while his mom patched him up with our first-aid kit. his two sisters, no older than 10, asked its name. i said we don't name our wild animals in this center. they asked if they could give it an honorary name only they'll know and i said that's fine. one of them said, "okay, Toriel!" I said, "from Undertale?"

They went Bananas

[wizardarchetypes]

not media and i think i posted about this before but last autumn i was chaperoning a bunch of kids on a tour at a dairy farm and they had time to pet some of the baby goats (aka 'kids') so when we had to go i said "all kids who are human need to make their way to the pasture gate" and one of the girls said "what if I'm a therian?" clearly expecting to stump me but I said "okay, do you identify as a goat?" and she went " : O ! no!" and i said "then out of the pasture" and she skedaddled

[guccixcucci]

I love this boy and his bunny

[demilypyro]

[koaifysrambles]

[mattressblowoutsale]

a dude at the gym just reached in his bag, pulled out a bottle of Hershey’s chocolate syrup, smiled & shook his head like that’s just something that happens to people, put it back and then pulled out a bottle of water instead

[stranglerfigpudding]

i love how rain world has music that sounds like beep boing boing boing beep boing boing boing with some maracas over it and the game trains you to instinctively associate that song with the primal fear of being hunted by a giant bird and a giant lizard and a pack of monkeys all at once

[pashagohooooonk]

Monhun fans watching the last 5 seconds of the announcement

[sincerely-sofie]

[sincerely-sofie]

An older coworker overheard a conversation I was having with a guy in my department about Skyward Sword and kept trying to dunk on the youngins by saying games when he was growing up were way harder + more boring than what the youths have and kids these days don't know what it was like to be a gamer back in the Good Ol' Days— but I kept agreeing with him and saying modern games have tons of quality of life improvements that make them way more fun to play.

He'd briefly stare at me and then continue attempting to bash the younger generation for being spoiled in terms of games before I agreed repeatedly that the industry has really matured in a lot of ways and games are more accessible and enjoyable now.

After about 20 minutes straight of attempted insults that I kept accepting as pretty objective fact, he stopped talking to me. Jokes on you buddy, I came here to make friends and be friendly, not just get a paycheck and job training!!!! I'm going to become your bestie and you don't even know it yet!!!! You're doomed, hecker!!!!!

[sincerely-sofie]

Update!!!

Grumpy Older Coworker saw me staring blankly at the puddle my water bottle left after it exploded in my bag and said “Oof. That’s bad luck” and then manifested a mop to clean it up for me before I could even register what happened.

I mentioned having hypermobility issues and Grumpy Older Coworker sternly + kindly gave me a pep talk about how I need to advocate for my needs in the workplace, and if anyone gives me a hard time about it, to really lay it on thick that Bad Things will happen if I push myself too hard. He was very clear about not sparing anyone’s feelings if a task would be too difficult.

Grumpy Older Coworker made a snarky joke about me getting trained in rolling around some massive garbage containers, but unlike the prior snark about modern gaming in my previous post, it was out of concern for my wellbeing when I have health issues, and the snark was aimed at the person who trained me. He also offered to empty the garbage containers in my work areas if I ever need help with them.

COMPASSION WILL GET YOU EVERYWHERE!!! SAILOR MOON WANTS THE LEVELS OF FRIENDSHIP THAT I HAVE!!! BETTER WATCH YOUR BACK, TUMBLR USER READING THIS, BECAUSE I’M GONNA BEFRIEND YOU BEFORE YOU KNOW IT!!!