U.S. Postal Service

The official Tumblr account of the United States Postal Service, your grandmother's favourite government agency. For customer service, contact us at our online form on the website, don't use the ask button, Terry needs a friend to chat with. (They/Them)

[phlebasthebroenician]

Yahoooooooooo!!!!

[usps-official]

Sorry.

[identitty-dickruption]

whatever whatever the “dopamine addiction” industry is lying to you the point of life is to have as broad a range of pleasures as you can. the problem with dependency is not that it’s evil to be dependent on something, it’s that it can be unhealthy to rely completely on a singular source of happiness/pleasure/escape. this does not make the desire to escape inherently evil or some kind of inherent weakness. you are not addicted to dopamine you have a habit of relying on one thing for all your needs and that is a habit you can change slowly over time without complete ‘abstinence’ so to speak. and comparing any of this to a substance addiction is unhelpful + unhealthy + will get your local addict (me) to kick you in the shins very hard

[sadhoc]

imagine the most meanspirited, unlikeable, rude, bitter, self centered, negative person you can think of. not a rapist, not a murderer, not an abuser. just a charmless, tactless, dyed in the wool asshole you wouldn't want to spend two seconds with. now assume they get sick, not with the flu, but with a long term, serious illness that limits their ability to provide for themself. a society in which that person is left to die alone because nobody likes them on a personal level is a failed society.

[sadhoc]

and the thing is, no matter how likeable or charming or cute you are, peoples' patience runs out. the friends who drop everything to rush you to the ER the first time you shit blood tell you to stop being so tmi the fourteenth time. people might give you a couch to crash on the first week after your shitty ex kicks you out, but by week eight, you better have another place to stay. people run out of time, patience, money, compassion, energy. there needs to be an impersonal option, a real safety net that isn't going to dump you when you become inconvenient

[usps-official]

Ultimately, yes. Unfortunately for a lot of people's moral compasses, many, especially those who are not in the hospitality/caregiver field, cannot really fathom that unlikeable people (generally looked down upon, like child predators, rapists, abusers, etc) are still human and yes, deserve to be treated well and have basic access to things that a human needs to live: food, shelter clothing, etc. Yes, it seems horrible, but it is an undeniable truth that even the "worst" of society still deserve rights as much as everyone else.

[bimbonic]

oh m-...ahhh...my pockages

[usps-official]

We are berry sowey for the inconvenience 😔

[usps-official]

Thank you for getting my pokemon cards to me safely. I love you.

We love you too. Hope you enjoy them!

[joan-frommars]

shipping two characters not in a romantic way and not in a platonic way but in a secret third way

[cakeissweeterthanpickles]

[penandinkprincess]

i like perusing fragrantica (perfume information website) as a pastime, but the number of people??? who wear perfume??? to bed?? wild

also have seen MULTIPLE variations of "good hiking perfume"/"good going to the gym perfume"?????

WHAT are other people's discretionary funds for fragrance looking like??? that you would have a "hiking" perfume?????

[penandinkprincess]

jesus christ you can afford SEASONAL hiking perfume????

[penandinkprincess]

calvin, i think you gotta update your branding for this perfume, my friend

apparently your market is hikers

[penandinkprincess]

WHAT IS THE CHOKEHOLD THIS PERFUME HAS ON OUTDOORSY FRAGRANCE ENTHUSIASTS

[penandinkprincess]

@irritatedlifeguard a CRUCIAL addition

[penandinkprincess]

i am about to wreak HAVOC on the fragrantica message boards, gang

[usps-official]

as a perfume enthusiast i just want to add something. fragheads are insane people. collecting and buying and sampling perfumes as a hobby in itself is complete insanity. first of all, the longer you're in the hobby, the more sick and twisted you become. seasonal rotations of perfumes are normal. not even the worst of them have perfumes for the grocery. they have one for work, one for dates and everyday wear. we are insane.

however, you know who's more insane? animals. animals are fucking insane over specific perfumes. not only obsession by ck but other fragrances. ask your local fraghead with a cat or pet dog. they WILL tell you.

[davidfosterwallaceandgromit]

Mulder. Please tell me what part of the american legal code covers this.

[davidfosterwallaceandgromit]

Every day I learn some more

[biglawbear]

Oh my god

[tetohina-deactivated20240718]

[inthefallofasparrow]

[eilooxara]

Hamsterdam

[hearteyedraccoon]

[littleguysdaily]

[depsidase]

[radicalgraff]

"Sex work is real work, unlike being a landlord"

Spotted in a public bathroom in California

[y2kgr4ph1cs]

requested by @millenniumbugs

[donjuaninhell]

It's really something just how impressively stupid all these self styled "entrepreneurs" are.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Was this also written with chatgpt? Or did this fellow truly mean to say that *not* knowing the mail system is an advantage?

[evilkitten3]

"i had to use chatgpt" ok wow. like i'm not exactly great at operating the postal service either but a) you can look it up and b) WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAIL THE ENVELOPE. HOW FUCKED UP IS YOUR MAILBOX

[usps-official]

Twitter User "bavedikian", USPS prides itself on tolerance, but what the fuck?

[evilkitten3]

it's ok usps you don't have to tolerant a guy who had to use chatgpt to figure out where to get stamps. he is beneath you

[usps-official]

single handedly made an enemy out of a whole government service in one tweet. amazing. we Are still enraged

[evilkitten3]

as you should be! drown him in the mail pit

[usps-official]

He has been sentenced to the Mail Pit.

Forever

[donjuaninhell]

It's really something just how impressively stupid all these self styled "entrepreneurs" are.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Was this also written with chatgpt? Or did this fellow truly mean to say that *not* knowing the mail system is an advantage?

[evilkitten3]

"i had to use chatgpt" ok wow. like i'm not exactly great at operating the postal service either but a) you can look it up and b) WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAIL THE ENVELOPE. HOW FUCKED UP IS YOUR MAILBOX

[usps-official]

Twitter User "bavedikian", USPS prides itself on tolerance, but what the fuck?

[evilkitten3]

it's ok usps you don't have to tolerant a guy who had to use chatgpt to figure out where to get stamps. he is beneath you

[usps-official]

single handedly made an enemy out of a whole government service in one tweet. amazing. we Are still enraged

[arrghigiveup]

TiL (click to go to the thread, which probably has more interesting tidbits I missed).

Bonus:

[drst]

These are my people.

[petermorwood]

Betting I’ve reblogged this before. Betting I’ll reblog it when it turns up again.

In addition to the print terminology stuff: the visual shorthand icons and ad graphics for something about writing are still often pen-nibs, fountain pens and typewriters…

…while graphics of a monitor, keyboard and mouse remain visual shorthand for computing…

…even though most writers now use monitor /  keyboard / mouse or even laptop / touchpad.

In addition, headers for “this blog / website is about writing” are often in one of the many imitation typewriter fonts complete with smudges, or just Courier.

The start and end call icons on most / all smartphones is still the handset of a classic desk telephone, and sometimes the open-app icon is a complete phone.

The term “hang up” for “end the call” refers to something even older - one of these…

And of course the Save icon is indeed a 3½ inch floppy disc.

Why it wasn’t a 5¼ floppy is a mystery. The icon version is just as distinctive.

(ETA: by the time Graphic User Interfaces (icons) were common, 5¼ discs were superseded by 3½ inch ones. However there’s been no graphic update since then, even though various operating-system updates could have changed “Save” to a CD / DVD or flash drive. Nowadays a Save icon should probably be a cartoon cloud.

Graphics and terminology are funny things.

[donjuaninhell]

It's really something just how impressively stupid all these self styled "entrepreneurs" are.

[beautifulterriblequeen]

Was this also written with chatgpt? Or did this fellow truly mean to say that *not* knowing the mail system is an advantage?

[evilkitten3]

"i had to use chatgpt" ok wow. like i'm not exactly great at operating the postal service either but a) you can look it up and b) WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAIL THE ENVELOPE. HOW FUCKED UP IS YOUR MAILBOX

[usps-official]

Twitter User "bavedikian", USPS prides itself on tolerance, but what the fuck?

[toss-a-coin-to-your-stan-account]

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