#nerdfighters ask things

[decrease-worldsuck]

I want to decrease world suck as my career. What "traditional" career path should I follow to have the best effect? It doesn't matter if its helping individuals or the masses. I just want the suck levels to decrease.

You know, I don't believe there's one specific career path you have to follow to decrease worldsuck.

I'm sure obvious occupations like those of doctors or police officers or firefighters or social workers or therapists or teachers and the like would immediately come to mind in terms of helping people as part of the job description, but I think you could decrease worldsuck with any job as long as you do it well. 

Gas station attendants help decrease my worldsuck when they remind me to give them my Kroger card so that I can save 3 cents a gallon.

Retail workers help decrease my worldsuck when they go hunt for an item because the one I picked didn't have a price tag on it and when they don't find an item like the one I picked, they bring me the cheapest similar one they can find so they can scan it and let me have the one I wanted. 

Custodians decrease my worldsuck when they're willing to switch the cleaning products they use to sanitize my part of the desk because I'm allergic to their usual cleaning products. 

None of these people have to do any of those things. The gas station attendant shouldn't care or bother themselves with whether I save money on my gas or not. Retail workers don't have to give me a cheaply priced item when the one I wanted didn't have a price tag; they could have grabbed any random item and not care how much it cost. Custodians don't have to change their cleaning methods to fit my health needs. 

But in doing their jobs in such a way as to be considerate of other people, they help to decrease my worldsuck levels and perhaps the worldsuck levels of other people as well.

I hesitate to make a recommendation for a career path without knowing a little bit more about your interests and life goals, but I truly think that you can decrease worldsuck regardless of your career path as long as you make that your goal. 

DFTBA, 

-Y

[decrease-worldsuck]

this isnt like an angry question or anything, just genuinely wondering: why do you distinguish nerdfighter art from the accessories in your tags? (love your blog btw)

Honestly, I don't really have consistent rules for my own tagging system haha

But broadly speaking, I tag things as "art" if they're more visual art than anything else. Stuff like digital art, prints, nail art, doodles, drawings, paintings, that sort of thing will all have the "nerdfighter art" tag. 

If the art is something that I consider has a purpose other than visual appeal, I tag it as "accessories." Stuff like mugs, shoes, jewelry, wallets, lamps, charms, etc. Basically things that could be used for something else outside of being art.

Sometimes I tag things as both, sometimes as one or the other depending on which category I feel it better represents, but sometimes I don't really adhere to my own rules anyway.

DFTBA, 

-Y

[decrease-worldsuck]

what ever happened to that other mod?

She was busy with other things in life and (understandably) had other priorities, and eventually stopped posting altogether, so I removed her from the Mod capabilities after some time.

-Y

[decrease-worldsuck]

My birthday is the 27th too! Sucks, doesn't it? Happy birthday, merry Christmas and thanks for all your work on the blog.

Birthday buddies! 

It did when I was younger, because everyone was always away on holiday or spending time with family and I never understood why no one was around to celebrate my birthday when others were always around to celebrate theirs. 

I've gotten used to it though. I quite like having a festive birthday now. 

Thanks for the birthday wishes! Merry Christmas to you as well :)

DFTBA,

-Y

[decrease-worldsuck]

I wasn't sure if you knew, because you tagged it as "nerdfighter art"? But the elephant in the snake thing is from The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (one of my favorite books! ^^)

Whoops! Thank you for telling me. 

I have automatic tags set up for when I queue things and I usually go through and remove what doesn't apply, but I never knew where the elephant in the snake came from to begin with. 

Good to know!

DFTBA, 

-Y

[decrease-worldsuck]

Hey dude! Sorry for the hassle 'cause I know you use a queue, but there were some minor changes made to the p4a post and if you could copy/paste those changes or delete/re-reblog the post it'd be very helpful to us! We just want to make sure everyone has the correct info. Thanks a bunch! (and lovin' the new theme :D). -Jay

No problem! I'll delete it and re-reblog it. 

I appreciate the heads up! (And thank you :D)

-Y

[decrease-worldsuck]

i don't use missing e and photosets are wonky anyway! not with the symbols, but half of it doesn't have to do with it!

Huh, I see. 

Well either way, it's something to think about. If something went wrong for someone who has Missing E, they'd never know for sure if it was Tumblr that messed up or the extension. 

But it's interesting that you don't have the issue with the symbols and you also don't have Missing E. 

ARE TUMBLR AND MISSING E AT WAR?!

Wonky Photoset Battalion vs. Clone Symbol Army

-Y

[decrease-worldsuck]

Could you perhaps link me to hank's video in which he puts a bag on his head and declares that putting things on one's head is fun? Please and thank you, DFTBA!

If you're referring to the one I took screenshots of, it's this one. 

If that's not the one you meant, please let me know and I'll look again. 

DFTBA!

-Y