Waylaid by Jackasssery 2: Reindeer Boogaloo

32 years old. Genderfluid/non-binary. Any (respectful) pronouns. Geek.

[dogpuppy]

[mono-red-menace]

[unidentifiablelifeform]

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access

Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the l

[catasters]

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

"so chatgpt told me" first of all no it didn't it generated a response

second - ew you get advice from this thing instead of people actually experienced and educated in the topic preferring a bunch of mangled and possibly outdated/fake articles gambling whether they're right this time and not a complete bs

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

When i argue with u and u tell me that "chatgpt told me I'm right" I ain't listening to anything else you have to say i want evidence not a shitty half baked response made by algorithm to validate your ego

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

People who say "bring back bullying" have never been bullied and it shows

[the-bar-sinister]

People who say "bring back bullying" are bullies.

[doomhamster]

Yup. What really makes me sad is while most of them always were, and want that power trip back? There ARE people who were bullied as kids and still managed to internalize the bullies' logic, and now think they're owed a chance to bully someone in their turn.

[a-silly-poll-side-blog-yay]

Spoiler alert they aren't owed a chance to bully someone just because they were i know you know but just saying it anyway

And if you plan it 🫵 remind yourself how much harm it did to you, look in the mirror and tell yourself: I am better than this, I won't spread harm because I got to experience it firsthand and know this pain

I wanted to bully my bully back to get some sort of revenge and satisfaction but in the end i didn't feel anything at all, it's not worth it

[boozybadgeresq]

I have a very nice neighbor. He’s a conservative, not MAGA but conservative, dude. Older retired contractor, pretty laid back. Very friendly, always willing to help folks. Just a good guy all around.

When I broke my hip he mowed difficult parts of our yard just because he knew it was hard for my spouse, who is tiny and could not easily maneuver the lawnmower up some of the steeper slopes. We didn’t have to ask, he just knew the situation and took it upon himself to help.

Today when I was outside mowing he slid through the bushes between our property and apologized for not cutting his grass lately. His explanation was there are flowers coming up and he doesn’t want to cut them because the bees need them to survive. He said since the environment is getting worse it’s important to protect them, and he’d try to make sure to cut around the edges as much as he could.

Of course he then said he believes the environment is getting worse because both parties of the government have conspired to poison the atmosphere with chem trails and pulled out his phone to show me the pictures he took of some particularly egregious ones.

But still, he cares about the bees.

[sixohsixoheightfourtwo]

The Art of the Deal

By wearing this watch you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor

The Fence has published an exposé on Stuart Semple (of Anish Kapoor 'feud' notoriety) which they have been working on for six months.

investigation reveals Semple / his studio / his partner Emily Mann (who's described as acting as his 'enforcer' in his business) :

mishandled £400k grant of public money intended for a public gallery, allowing the money to flow freely between the public project, his own personal studio and personal projects such as Culture Hustle (his online business selling paint etc)

underpaid or failed to pay many of his assistants to the tune of several thousand pounds each.

former assistants have taken him to court and he simply hasn't bothered to show up and he's threatened to sue former assistants who asked for their back pay

repeatedly funds ambitious projects that never see release eg Abode, an 'Adobe-rivalling' suite of creative software (he claims he still intends to release this)

encouraged a cult-like atmosphere at his studio in Bournemouth

was frequently in debt and having to negotiate with bailiffs etc for his debts while at the same time crowdfunding various projects

ran fake social media accounts boosting Semple and his work

The portrait that emerges is one of decades-long scam artistry tbh and someone who's juvenile, manipulative, narcissistic.

The Fence btw is a decent fairly small-circulation quarterly magazine from the UK which specialises in satire, investigative journalism, culture, and fiction. You can read the piece in its entirety if you register (which is free).

a few links:

The Fence's newsletter from April discusses this article & how Semple has tried to muddy the SEO waters

Semple threatened to sue The Fence for publishing this story - many of you are American so here's the relevant UK law on defamation.

& the subreddit r/culturehustle is worth a look to get an idea of just how badly run his paint business is

[prismatic-bell]

Holy fuck.

I had a feeling something was up with him, but like, I assumed it was going to be something slightly sketchy, not...this.

[beowulf22121]

I got some of his paints when he first announced the mirrored paint.

The first thig that put up a solid red flag was the shipping material. It's cool that he has custom boxes for his studio, it looked really neat. Then I opened it and sae things like "Not for bean boy" printed all over the inside of the box.

Between Mirror, hyper pigments, and black 2.0, none of them were as extremely out there as the videos on his site made them seem. The colors are vibrant, the black is dark, and the mirror is shiny. But the level the videos showed them at are not levels I can recreate.

So like, he exaggerated as an advertising scheme. Alright, shame on him.

But reading that... Yeah. I don't expect him to sell anymore stuff.

[vaspider]

Fucking told y'all.

But also, holy shit.

[shegs]

I FOUMDH IT

[princess-anri]

Regular Couple

[pawhold-deactivated20180415]

this ended homophobia

[nikoni]

happy pride month

[this-already-exists-doesnt-it]

I do believe OP meant well, but...

..."regular" couple shows unconscious(?) heteronormative bias.

Also, not every masc/femme couple is hetero. Either or both could be trans, genderfluid, nonbinary, agender, intersex... also, one or both could be bi/pan which still makes it a queer couple.

Happy Pride!

🤍🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🩶🖤

[k-wame]

[creature-wizard]

[Description: A divorce lawyer answering the question "do you believe in soulmates?"

He answers: I believe that whoever created the concept of soulmates should be taken into the town square and beaten to death. Or you should tell me who they are so I can send them a check for a couple of hundred thousand dollars, because they have done more to facilitate the demise of happy marriages than I could ever aspire to doing.

The concept of a soulmate to me is absolutely bizarre. To suggest that out of eight billion other people in the world, that there's just this one person, and they happen by the way to live within like the same town as you, where they went to the same university as you - what were the odds of that? And that's the only person you could ever have a happy, fulfilling relationship with. That's insane, folks. It's insane. And by the way, it's toxic. Because here's the thing: when you get married, society essentially tells you, this person, they're supposed to be your best friend, best lover, best roommate, best travel companion, best co-parent - that's a hell of a resume, guy. Like, it'd be shocking to find someone who fits all three of those things.

So what happens when you have this concept of a soulmate? And my partner, you know, they're the best co-parent, they're the best roommate, the best travel companion, but you know, they're not the best lover I ever had. Well, they mustn't be your soulmate then. That means that there's somebody out there in the eight billion people, that they would be the perfect one. And that's what the horizon that just forever recedes and keeps people constantly craving the next thing that might check all of the boxes. It's dangerous.

Look, we break in relationship, we heal in relationship. You're marrying a human being. They're just as flawed as you. They have great moments, they have awful moments, they have heroic moments, they have villainous moments. This idea that somebody out there is going to be this perfect angelic presence in your life, it is a fiction, and it is the siren song that's gonna send you right into the rocks of my office. /End Description]

[ahhvernin]

I need this man to write a poem or short story anthology about the woes of marriage as the divorce lawyer looking in. I think it would be FASCINATING. "it is the siren song that's gonna send you right into the rocks of my office" SIR. PLEASE. WRITE ME SOME MORE VERSES.

[nicothespy]

oh tumblr staff definitely noticed the transphobe allegations and put the entire lgbtq+ in it LMAO

[thenatsdorf]

Black cats are lucky. (via leahweissmuller)

[immaplatypus]

MAN [IN THICK ACCENT]: Black cat bring good luck.  Not bad luck.  I have black cat - See, him face - And I am not dead today: Good luck!

[official-mugi]

“See him face”

I sure fucking do see him face

[just-things-i-enjoy]

Him face

[luccorvus]

Reblog him face for good luck in 2021

[catsbeaversandducks]

Reblog him face for good luck in 2021 (2)

[datlokibumtho]

Reblog him face for good luck in 2021 (3)

[datlokibumtho]

Reblogging him face again for good luck in 2025.

[iamtotallycool]

Reblogging him face for good luck in 2026

[facts-i-just-made-up]

George Lucas confirmed that before Disney bought the Star Wars franchise, he intended to add more references to the prequels in the original film, such as these dialogue callbacks from Anakin Skywalker to Darth Vader:

[problemnyatic]

"I would kill for you. I would die for you" would you take a break for me? Would you sit down and rest? For a day, a week, a year? Would you let others take care of your needs for me? Would you let yourself be held for me? By me?

[beeezah]

OP i hope its okay to reblog with your additions bc they are good

[problemnyatic]

not only is it okay, I think i'd like that very much, thank you.

[creatingblackcharacters]

Remember when Lil Nas X beautifully explored his sexuality, seduced and killed the devil to the banger of all time, and instead of cheering on this openly gay and proud Black artist for his artistry and fighting back against respectability politics, suddenly said respectability politics was all the Queerest Place on the Internet cared about? Hm. Wonder what happened there.

Anyway I miss him and hope he's doing better with his mental health 🙏🏾

[theartofmadeline]

happy pride to the gay people in my computer <3

[finalrespite]

starting a collection

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