Just Trying To Get Through

[lesbianirl]

if a girl is reading a really interesting book she shouldn't have to go to work. she's expanding her mind and bettering herself and her employers should understand that

[mjalti]

why is my life …… like that

[dankmemeuniversity]

[griffstream]

Cosmic alignment…

[screechingcollectivecollectorus]

Fuck all of the good luck posts out there. Reblog this to immaculate your vibes

[topeka-commission-for-the-arts]

[guerrillatech]

[marisatomay]

huge congratulations to drugs for continuing to win the war on drugs

[deanwinchesterapologist]

we have to start sexualizing being unbearably neurotic

[minfonica]

[pochacco]

i am stupid for free. no one pays me to be this stupid and i think that’s very brave

[glintglimmergleam]

absolutely maddening that the conversation about 2021 underemployment ("i have so many openings at my business!! why is no one applying?!?") is all about low wages.

yes of course you ought to offer a living wage. but unpredictable schedules, no sick leave or vacation, no health insurance, all of that matters too. a lot more than people realize.

raising salaries is necessary but not sufficient

[closet-keys]

also potential applicants notice the absolutely hostile and toxic behavior of admin/managers as evidenced by tons of people quitting because they can’t stand it anymore. for some reason a lot of bosses still don’t realize that we exist outside the workplace and talk to each other about how we’ve been treated

[teenagerposts]

*misses school one day*

*misses a fight*

*misses a breakup*

*misses 12 assignments*

*misses a dog riding a skateboard*

*misses the shooting of archduke Ferdinand*

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[chilewithcarnage]

[ten-and-donna]

the utter ecstasy of "is that lavENDER?" is what sells it for me

[m-eltdown]

my phone: *rings* me: absolutely not

[teal-deer]

Y'ever think about what absolute mad decadence we live in that "vanilla" means "plain"

[jordisstigander]

Anytime someone says 'it's just vanilla ice cream' I have to restrain myself from saying, "ah yes, the flavor produced by the seeds of a tropical orchid, a flower which blossoms for a single day before dying, the second most expense spice in the world. Just that."

Historically, the spices I have in my cabinet are an embarrassment of riches. I have there a large container of whole black peppercorns which I grate fresh over my food. Multiple containers of cinnamon because I forgot I already had some. Ginger, cardamom, red pepper flakes, whole cloves and ground, nutmeg and turmeric. Kings and emperors have not eaten food so well spiced.

I have vanilla ice cream in my freezer (cold! frozen! when the rich would pay fortunes to send for ice from mountains to chill fruit in the summers). I am going to put on my silk robe, fix myself a bowl, and feast.

[kristoffbjorgman]

are you ok

disney built the biggest and most expensive animatronic ever in their history and then built a mountain around it and it BROKE a couple of months after the ride opened and it’s impossible to fix it without dismantling the entire mountain structure and that’s honestly the most hilarious verified disney fact™ ever

the second most hilarious being that the chum animatronic on the finding nemo ride at epcot used to pop out of the barrel to scare guests but one time a cast member was walking past it during an opening/closing procedure and it popped out and smacked them clean in the face so now it’s turned off permanently

[prokopetz]

The really hilarious part is that the busted Yeti is even worse than this description makes it sound.

TL/DR version: the structural layout of the Expedition Everest attraction is so complicated that Disney had to use a technique called “previsualisaton” to construct it - essentially a four-dimensional blueprint that specifies not only how the structure should be put together, but the exact point in time that each step should occur. That precision in timing is actually kinda critical, because if certain parts of the structure are subject to stress too early (e.g., before the concrete is fully cured, before additional supports have been installed, etc.), they’ll be permanently weakened.

Well, long story short, when the ride went into action, Disney’s engineers quickly discovered that the numbers weren’t adding up: the internal stresses the ride was producing every time they turned the animatronic yeti on were literally tearing the whole mountain apart. It’s clear that something got screwed up during construction: either somebody performed a step with the wrong timing, or in the wrong order, or the previsualisaton was messed up to begin with. The trick is, they have no idea what the actual error was - and the ride can’t be repaired until they figure out what went wrong in the first place.

So now they just point a moving strobe light at the motionless yeti to create the illusion of motion, which is why it’s been nicknamed the “disco yeti”.

[jemthecrystalgem]

When companies have too much money and need to chill

[furbearingbrick]

here’s an example of what the yeti looked like when it actually worked.

[wizardshark]

yo uhhhh thats fucking terrifying

[altospaceangel]

THE YETI IS AMAZING and I so badly wish I could have seen it action. (Disco Yeti is my friend tho)

But this is a very important point.

The yeti is not broken.

The yeti works perfectly. But due to some calculation error

They can’t turn the yeti ON or else he’ll tear down the mountain.

So now their biggest and most impressive animatronic ever gets strobe lights flashed at it so your eye is tricked into thinking it moves.

Disco Yeti my beloved <3

[headspace-hotel]

Why can’t they put shit like this in movies, and give up on the hyper-realistic “live action” animation crap? That thing is scary.

[millennial-review-deactivated20]

[valtsv]

yeah i use this pro gamer technique called "hitting every single button frantically with my little raccoon hands until something happens" you probably wouldn't get it it's really advanced