The Beauty of Now

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

[forfuckssakejim]

Yeah quiet quitting is great and all but have you tried chaotic working?

Like. I remember back in my grocery store cashier days I did so much crazy shit.

When WIC (Women, infants, and children voucher program to help low income mothers/families with children) people were in my line I would pretty much know who they were. Before the cards they had to tell us upfront they were WIC and show us their vouchers for what they were allowed to get (it was awful some times. Like. 2 gallons of milk. $4 worth of vegetables etc etc). They’d always have items hanging back, waiting to see what the total was and if they would have to take it off the belt.

I began to place the fruits/vegetables a certain way on the register scale so that like 1/2lbs of grapes read as like .28lbs or something. Then act shocked when I said that they still had X amount of lbs left. They got all their fruit and vegetables.

I think it started to kinda? Catch on to the women? Because I would have the same moms in my line month after month. And even after they switched to the cards (they worked like food stamp cards?) I’d still do the same thing. They were able to get more produce for whatever shitty max amount Indiana gave them.

Anyways. Be chaotic. It’s more fun that way.

[bshmatthews]

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3

[saevity]

i didnt think a sitcom about vampires would ever be the number one thing i think abt, and yet

[catchymemes]

[musingsofaraven]

Unless you speak whatever the language in this is (maybe Russian? It sounds at least related to Russian), you won’t understand exactly what they’re saying

You will however, understand exactly what they’re saying from the context of the video

And you will get to hear this person’s wonderful laughter

Sound definitely needs to be on

[stuffaboutminneapolis]

Happy for KAT 🥹

[belladonnaprice-deactivated2025]

[whetstonefires]

huge demerit for leaving out the word 'more' so the grammar of that final sentence falls apart like something from a middle school essay

[herpsandbirds]

[lavenderpanic]

i think one of the most important messages of the pitt is that everyone deserves help. we see this in a very literal way, especially with the patients this season. over and over, these doctors fight with everything they have to save patients who "put themselves" in that situation. patients who pool meds as a family and take random pills, who make themselves sick at hot dog eating competitions, who overdose on turmeric because an influencer told them to, who refuse medical care during pregnancy to have a "wild birth," who drink themselves to death, who jump off ladders with the hope of dying. on a selfish level, it would be easy for someone to look at those people without empathy. to work to save people like roxie, the "innocent" patients who did everything the right way. but, no, everyone deserves help. everyone deserves empathy. everyone deserves to be saved.

[sapphireh3arts]

today is the ten year anniversary of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. a full decade ago, i lost a friend and a coworker. i was lucky. i had friends that lost several people. today, please remember and fight for all those that have died to live the life they should have been free to. i'll always remember you, Cory.

[prokopetz]

"It doesn't help your credibility to exaggerate, most employers wouldn't literally work you to death" like, I used to work in distribution. If booking a truck driver for back to back shifts until they fall asleep at the wheel, crash, and die counts as being worked to death, I have personally met employers who've worked employees to death and gotten away with a slap on the wrist. It may not be universal, but it's a hell of a lot more common than a lot of us would prefer to think.

[backofthebookshelf]

The FAA had to explicitly make rules about how long pilots have to have off between shifts, and how far away from their home you can pin their home airport, because it doesn't mean shit that someone has 10 hours between shifts if they have a 2 hour commute each way. They had to make these rules because multiple passenger airplanes crashed because the pilots were exhausted from tight scheduling. Employers won't just work you to death, they'll take a hundred random customers with you.

[lordgolden]

Happy belated Workers’ Memorial Day, celebrated April 28th

[arsnof]

Every rule and regulation written in blood

[sparklespiff]

Fuck it I'm done with reading JJ slander.

You are JJ and you have two best friends. They room together all the time and that's fine-- they need it more than you do. You're a black guy from an immigrant family in a very white sport and you survive what is probably the second-most evil locker room in the entire league by being very very friendly. You can handle rooming with your teammates.

One of your best friends comes out and it's awkward as hell in the room but you do your best to help. Scott Hunter is getting married and he's doing just fine so maybe if you can find your friend a guy he'll be less stressed all the time. It doesn't work.

He starts a charity with Ilya Rozanov of all fucking people but whatever, you support it, you go coach at his camp and YOU USE YOUR CUP DAY FOR IT because he's your best friend and you are supporting him.

He has a crush on Ilya Rozanov and your heart is breaking for him so you try even harder to find him a guy. It doesn't work.

A video comes out and your two best friends have had this secret the entire time and they didn't tell you. You comforted Shane after the plane thing and asked him to tell you the truth and he didn't. He trusted Hayden and he didn't trust you.

You are JJ and you thought you had two best friends but it turns out they had each other and you were just some dude.

You go to your friend's house and you say some shit and he says some shit and he throws your less-than-perfect reaction in your face and you ask if Hayden took it well and he has nothing to say because Hayden has been talking serious shit about Rozanov the entire time, but sure, you're the guy Shane can't talk to.

And it turns out your friend has been hurting under this secret the entire time you've known him and you could have helped because you are a goddamn master of surviving a hostile situation through social grace and you thought there was trust between you but there wasn't.

You'll build that trust back in time, probably, but it hurts, and you're angry, and you have to put it away because you have a playoff to win. So you make a joke to make him feel better and you put your feelings away. And then it's game seven, and he trips, and for a second you wonder, and you ask him about it, and he says no, and you believe him.

But the rest of the room doesn't, and it seems the rest of the fucking city doesn't, so you apologize for even asking, because that sucks.

And you build back your friendship and he abandons you to that evil-ass locker room and you get why he does it but it still fucking sucks and you show up at his wedding because you're friends even if maybe your friendship never meant as much to him as it did to you and he's already replacing you, probably, with his non-evil team who is going to beat you every single time with like, the power of love and friendship and the two best players in the entire league because your team is evil and also stupid.

You are JJ and your next season is going to fucking suck.

[partywithponies]

I love vague labels that make people go "but that's confusing" or "but that could mean anything" Good. Keep guessing lol

[partywithponies]

"Queer doesn't actually tell me anything" who says I wanted to tell you anything. Who even are you.

[livethrushit]

[kaoinim-deactivated20220927]

[wolfwoodbignaturals]

ps5 brain monday

[what-even-is-thiss]

Oh so THIS is the ps5 post. I can see why you all imprinted on it now that’s hilarious

[parkchanwoohoo]

This kid is so fucking good holy shit. I love how into it the audience is, too

[kosmogrl]

get in loser we’re gonna try again despite it all

[wheelie-sick]

sometimes people experiencing psychosis and/or mania will come up to you on the street and talk in confusing or upsetting ways. your job is to either have a regular human-to-human conversation with that person or politely leave. your job is not to call 911. do not call 911. you might kill that person if you call 911.

[wheelie-sick]

I don't even have the energy to screenshot and respond to your tags- what the actual fuck is wrong with you? "the cops are scared and rightfully so" "mental health calls are the scariest for cops" OH so this isn't about the safety of psychotic & manic people this is about piggy feelings?

and no, actually, this is not USA specific and no, actually, people from other countries should not ignore this post. police violence and sanism weren't invented in the US and they are certainly not unique to here. if you (or anyone) thinks that this bullshit doesn't happen elsewhere then you are not listening.

[headspace-hotel]

cops r Some Guy with a Gun

do we want Some Guy with a Gun in this situation? answer is usually "NO"

[uncivilliberties]

This is legitimately useful reframing. A while ago I started replacing the word "cop" in my vocabulary with "a man with a gun." It really puts things into perspective.

This homeless person is making me uncomfortable. Should I call [a man with a gun]?

My neighbor is having a loud party. Should I get [a man with a gun] involved?

There are some teenagers skateboarding. Do you think [a man with a gun] would get rid of them for me?

It makes it very clear what you're saying. I can call a man with a gun to threaten or hurt someone mildly inconveniencing me. You're not calling the cops, you're calling A MAN WITH A GUN into a situation that does not warrant a firearm handled by a volatile lunatic who will not be held accountable for his actions.

[headspace-hotel]

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[manipulated-pieces]

Why is it easier and more comfortable to sit in a position that actively damages my joints than it is to just sit with okay posture. Why does my body crave its own destruction