All I Do Here Is Lurk

Rook | 24 | white | asexual non-binary (they/them, he/him)

[polyhexian]

Jesus CHRIST now I see why everyone on the internet is talking about the bricks and minifigs Lego situation, that shit is fucking INSANE. 200k man. They are definitely losing more than 200k over this

[polyhexian]

Oh my godddd they sent out a message to all their franchisees and included a "don't tell anyone about this email" line in it as if. They weren't. I'm sorry. Did you think every person who owns one of these locations was going to agree with them? In what world is no one they send this email to not going to leak it

[anosci]

everything i learn about this just reinforces the impression of "hello yes we are evil"

[polyhexian]

THEY TOOK HER FUCKING BIRD!?!

[victusinveritas]

[victusinveritas]

But wait there's more.....

https://mybricklog.com/blog/bricks-minifigs-corporate-stole-old-mans-200000-lego-collection

[elisamaza]

the CEO of patreon posted this video about Reckless Ben’s account:

[elisamaza]

bruh

YouTuber Investigating Stolen Lego Star Wars Collection Flees To Mexico

Reckless Ben's investigation into the allegedly stolen $200,000 Lego Star Wars collection just took a weird turn

Reckless Ben, the content creator who recently exploded in popularity after a series of videos investigating a missing Lego Star Wars collection worth $200,000, has fled to Mexico following his arrest by the American Fork Police Department in Utah. The oddly contrived mystery surrounding the justification for Ben’s arrest has resulted in a “Mormon Mafia” conspiracy trending online, as those following the story believe that the owners of Lego aftermarket reseller Bricks & Minifigs, who are accused of stealing the collection, are being assisted by American Fork police due to their connections with the Mormon church.

[pseudomantis]

Scientific fraud is the most baffling thing ever to me like do they think they're just going to make a huge breakthrough and no one will notice that it's fake by trying to replicate their results

[pseudomantis]

Yeah actually I just discovered how to turn plastic into gold. Oh you want to know how I did it

Starts running away cutely

[jonnywaistcoat]

[inkskinned]

Every day I handle more money than I will ever make. Every day.

At the start of my employment, my boss showed me videos of people stealing, and we both had a chuckle about it. How silly they were! There was a camera overhead, and it’s not to watch the shoppers. See, we can’t actually stop shoplifters. They get away with it maybe nine out of ten times. But we, who are watched and tallied and witnessed? We are always caught.

At first it was hard to hold one hundred dollars bills. An amount I had never seen before. An amount that didn’t exist in my household. It’s normal now. Here is something that is not for me.

“What the hell, I’ll take another,” says the man, pondering our 200 dollar watches. What the hell. Total comes to 580 and not even a flinch in his face. I have been working for 11 hours today and made only 110 dollars. It will go to my rent. Today I work for free, it feels. When I get my check, I will have 35 dollars left for food and saving.

The six hundreds he hands me go into the cash register. For a moment, I imagine having money. Then I put it away, counting out his change.

I know for a fact we sell our products for double what they are worth. That I could be making commission. That they could hand me those 580 dollars and change my life and not even mark the difference in their checkbooks. He’s not the only sale they make today, but I am the reason they made it. He’s not the only one spending 600 dollars, but if I hadn’t spent two hours with him telling me about his life, he wouldn’t have spent any. I go home. I don’t own a watch.

I have watched and rewatched a video on how to make salmon four ways. My shopping list is always the same. Pasta. Rice. Tuna. If I can afford butter it was a good week. I dream of the world I will never walk in, where I can throw the best fish fillet in the cart with a shrug. I hold hundreds in my hand and look up at the camera. I put them under the cash drawer.

I go to work. I scrap together my savings. I eat my bowl of rice slowly. My manager takes a paid week off from work just for his birthday. He owns a yacht. 

I’m not worth the cost of a watch.

[inkskinned]

i wrote this while i was working at orlando’s walt disney world parks.

i was part of their college program. i moved to the state for it. they legally owned the building i was living in and still charged me rent. i ostensibly was being charged to work for them. it was a 2 bedroom apartment and they placed 6 adult women in it in forced triples.

as many as one in ten disney employees have experienced homelessness while working for the company. despite huge efforts to unionize, strike, or otherwise demand fair treatment; disney has refused to increase employee quality of life.

disney admits publicly that a good portion of their success is because the employees (“cast members”) are dedicated, passionate, and selfless. this is never reflected in pay. even “face” characters (ie those that are princesses etc) make barely above a minimum wage.

at the time that i worked there, i made $8.50 an hour. at one point i was asked to create a human shield around a bag because a bomb dog had alerted to it. for eight fucking dollars an hour.

i now work a very cushy office job. i have bought the salmon and cooked it all four ways.

i go to the store. i am nice to the person behind the counter. she looks up at the camera while she counts out my change. there is nothing fundamentally different about her and i.

we are both worth more than the watch, anyway.

[hydrattan]

I was feeling agitated and artblocked yesterday so I decided to give my brain a rest by watching TV and then the next thing I knew these were in front of me

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

Bro was THIS close to calling air bud a slur

[tastylemonbread]

[syrenki]

possible career paths for me:

1. matching pearls in pairs for earrings

2. msn butterfly

that's it probably

[sabertoothwalrus]

Visit Original Link

[bimmyjimmy]

jimmy fur collection has been rapidly gaining speed

[homoidiotic]

Nino: Trans Joy! Feral Magazine, Cape Town, 2024 by Steve Marais

“A raw, documentary-style interview and photo essay detailing the life of a black trans man in South Africa. The interview with Nino covers his entire journey: being kicked out of his home, experiencing homelessness, working on the docks, navigating the healthcare system for his transition, and becoming an accidental social media activist.” Ayanda Nino’s instagram

[rabbitkinglune777]

drew my fursona as two rap albums I like

[rabbitkinglune777]

albums are:

DAMN by Kendrick Lamar and IGOR by Tyler the creator! go listen to rap it's awesome

[userbailu]

PENTIMENT (2022) — developed by obsidian entertainment

[segamascott]

[userfpurteen]

GAHAHHAHAA I made a comic!!! will I ever do it again? i don't know this killed me it took all night and all day 🚬👴🏻 I need to lie down.

this is a love letter to sanji and all the chefs in my life who I know and cherish

[pitbolshevik]

the thing about the "your doctor needs to know your agab so that they can treat you" argument is that it almost always comes from someone who has never had to navigate Healthcare while being trans because let me tell you doctors who don't specialize in trans stuff are completely clueless about it 85% of the time

[zmpl]

it’s funny how we’re getting to the point in the AI lifespan where you can feel the desperation from tech companies to have you use their AI features. instagram has moved their AI effects to the top of the menu when you’re creating a post for your story, exactly where the draw/edit button used to be. gmail is creating one-click AI-generated replies right before you open up the text box. spotify put a beta AI playlist generator on the front page that looks just like a search bar so all of their users accidentally click on it when they go to search for a song.

tech companies are shaking in their boots trying to prove to shareholders that their investment in AI is worth it, to the point where they’re tricking their users into using the AI features even for a split second in order to fudge the numbers. like awww is your little environment-destroying toy not wielding the results you hoped for? so sad!

[dragongirlsweetie]

boss makes a spider i make a slime. that's why i . thas why, tthats why i uhhh. t. thawhy

[dragongirlsweetie]

t.gats why i can't think up an end to the rhyme

[evilwizard]

GET BACK TO WORK

[itsjesscapade]