#personal misadventures

[phanerozoicfossilgardener]

As a writer I need everyone to know that whenever I write "exchanged glances" my intent is this

[ID: A screencap from The Penguins of Madagascar television series. It shows Skipper and Private in a cinderblock room with the head of a stuffed fish visible in the decor. Skipper is carrying a corked test tube of pink glowing liquid. Skipper glances at Private with a single raised eye brow. Private meets his eyes with a blanker expression of possibly raised eyebrows. End ID]

[talesfromthephanerozoic]

Every day I want to post the Dark Souls Godhunter fic but every day chapter 1 still isn't done

[phanerozoicfossilgardener]

Hey if you've finished that OSHA class. What's the deets on PK's OSHA violations? 👀👀 (Also kinda curious about the pharloom ones too, if you don't mind me asking-)

Oh yeah! I have finished the class, I'm chipping away at the mini-essay (with sources!). The broad strokes are:

Walking-working surfaces. PK's workers are entitled (not the precise legal term) to clear walkways. There are weird vases everywhere, and those vines are trip hazards. What the heck, PK? If those were clear, I bet the other hazards would be less of a problem. Bugs without wings should not have to pogo buzzsaws in order to do their jobs!

Moving machinery. We have buzzsaws everywhere, no machine guards in sight! The cutting surfaces should be guarded to protect from ! There should be protective walkways above the moving parts so that people don't fall in!! Where are the emergency off buttons! (I know it's a dream but STILL)

Pharloom I don't even want to GET into, that place is a fucking nightmare, there hasn't been an audit in CENTURIES. Just the Citadel makes me sick. Cogwork Core is full of unguarded parts? No one in the Underworks has PPE??? Not even the people who are working directly with explosives and molten metal?????

Oh but that reminds me that the Deep Docks workers DO have PPE! They've got helmets! There's a harness in the diving bell! It makes me so happy! But they still should have more engineering guards, e.g. railings!

[phanerozoicfossilgardener]

The best part of taking an OSHA class (Occupational Safety and Health Administration, in charge of workers' safety standards in the United States) is watching a Hollow Knight playthrough and knowing exactly what standards the White Palace is breaking

[phanerozoicfossilgardener]

Network Effect spoilers:

"Ratthi came to my cabin. I didn't have to let him in, so I did. (I know, I was still getting used to the idea of not minding the fact that a human wanted to talk to me.)" – Martha Wells, Network Effect

This part made me feel so seen I had to put the book down.

[phanerozoicfossilgardener]

Hello, it says in bio you're a ☆geologist☆, how did you decide to become one and what do you do? Sorry if this is rude or been asked before, I just like rocks.

No problem! I also like rocks! Thank you for asking, I think it's a fun story.

So as a child, I was the dinosaur kid, constantly reading dinosaur books. I also got into the Walking With series so deeply, Walking with Monsters was my favorite. So when I went to college, I went for a geoscience degree specifically to go into paleontology. Funnily enough, I was the only person heading to the geology department at my first-year orientation.

And then I found out that the rocks are just as cool as the bones they contain. This is apparently a frequent phenomenon in the geologic world since Jurassic Park, known in my specific department as the 'paleontology to geology pipeline.'

Nowadays I'm part of the work force to save up for future grad school, and I am legally allowed to call myself a geologist because I passed the state exam to be a geologist-in-training! And when I go hiking I stop and stare at rocks with my hand lens

But that said. I also called myself a geologist on tumblr upon my graduation, just because it was the most efficient way to present my studies.

[phanerozoicfossilgardener]

Horent

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Image 1: A speech bubble reading "well-written, structured, original joke" in brackets. The colorless silhouette of a man sits with hands resting on the table, unmoved.

Image 2: The speech bubble now says "Horent," a typo of Hornet. The man wheezes with laughter, slamming their fist on the table with tears in their eyes.

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Appreciation to patientno7, original creator of Wheeze Man.

[phanerozoicfossilgardener]

Adding the word 'evil' to your activities makes everything more fun. Going on a little evil walk before I go get my evil groceries and take out my evil trash