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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
nastywizard
jackmanhugh

open a new window somewhere in the world. 

korean-disaster

i love this because it’s such a simple concept but it answers things i didn’t even know how to ask

hedgehog-moss

Looking out of people’s windows is such a peaceful way of travelling… I got a snowfall in Argentina, a nice sea view in Ukraine, a clothes line in the fog in Bangalore. Antonella from Tavernaro, I like your wooden bird.

i forgot about this website! i love you Sansûkh comic but i need to pin this one for a bit dont lose window website
arctic-hands

Anonymous asked:

Things I have explained to my parents when they start getting mad over small things as customers.

- the cashier scanning your groceries is not being careless or bad at her job, this store times the cashiers so she is clearly trying to stay on time and not get in trouble. This blew their minds that someone would be timed at a "no skill" job (their words not mine)

- the drive thru employee is not trying to be rude or annoying by greeting you too soon: they are required to greet you within a few seconds of your car setting off the sensor.

- the employees at this retail store are not trying to be pushy: they are required to greet you within a few seconds of you entering the store

- the cashier is required to ask you every single question they ask. And they hate it more than you do.

- the cashier is not dumb or "doesn't know how to X" because they had to call a manager for it. Every place I've worked for the past 5 years has been rolling back what employees are authorized to do, and they HAVE to call a manager. They know exactly how to do the thing, they are not allowed to and the computer likely will require a managers code to unlock that function. This confused them.

- the cashier knows the line is long, you don't need to tell them that. If they could call up another cashier they would have already.

- and a more work/life balance related one: my dad scheduled a family thing and assumed i could get the time off. What shocked him was that 1. It wasn't paid time off, and 2. It was denied, so I couldn't come til after work and thus was late. He has worked a job with generous PTO and accrued vacation days that schedules 6 months ahead for the past nearly 30 years. He absolutely was horrified to find out that I have to ask permission for unpaid time off and still couldn't be approved.

- funny followup to my dad's shock: I had been at my most recent job nearly a year and he was asking why they haven't promoted me yet. I was thrown off because why would they. He apparently assumed that since i 1. Showed up on time/early to every shift. 2. Had received positive verbal feedback wrt my performance from managers. And 3. Hadn't quit. That they would automatically start to move me up the ladder. It hurt my heart to shatter his wholesome view of how workplaces work now.

I feel like much of this is common knowledge for all of us, and yet my parents and many customers who haven't worked in the service industry in the past 10-20 years have no idea how this stuff works now.

On the positive side, my parents have slowly been becoming more patient with service workers, and complain to managers or anecdotally much less often. Baby steps!

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ssagesaurus
not-supernatural

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im crying why did they use real glass

jesterlaughingstock

This with the time they used a real knife instead of a prop and jensen ended up accidentally stabbing jared in the thigh.... starring in supernatural is an extreme sport

atalana

the time they trapped their leads in a room with 65000 live bees

and then didn't use the take and eventually decided on cgi bees

inhumansandwiches

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fluffmugger
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“I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it...
jonpertwee

I feel like this would be a slippery slope towards making it illegal for people to choose to not vote.

hamfistedbunvendor

that’s already how it is in australia

jonpertwee

That’s just so fucked up. :(
Do certain medical conditions exempt you?

sapphicdalliances

?????? why is it be fucked up to have compulsory voting? that’s the way it is in most democratic countries? it’s a part of being a citizen, like paying taxes and obeying speed limits? the fine for not voting is only like $50 and because of the compulsory voting law, our country bends over backwards to make it accessible: it’s always on a weekend, lasts most of the day, and is set up at schools and community centers so there’s one within easy reach of almost everybody. you can also mail your ballot or vote early if you’ll be out of the country on the day. like, IT’S EASY TO VOTE, and the penalty isn’t even that ridiculous. i don’t understand why the usa doesn’t have this, except obviously it would make it harder to literally stop minorities from voting.

salparadisewasright

I think we Americans tend to forget that a lot of other countries don’t actively work to make it harder to vote.

thisdiscontentedwinter

Adding to this here, in Australia you don’t have to vote. Or, more precisely, there’s no way they can tell if you ruined your ballot. You have to turn up, get your name marked off, but you can put a line through the ballot if you don’t think any of the candidates are worth voting for. Or do this: 

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Or this: 


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Or this: 

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You have get your name crossed off (if you don’t want to wear the fine), but you don’t have to make your vote counted if you’re opposed to it. 

And it is so, so easy to vote. Stuck at work or on holidays? That’s fine. Do a postal vote.  Stuck in hospital? That’s fine. They’ll go to you. Stuck in an old people’s home and can’t get around? Again, they’ll go to you. It’s amazing to me that it’s so hard for so many Americans to actually vote. If you make it compulsory, than at least the government is obligated to provide you with the means to vote. 

And look, I get it. Sometimes I don’t want to vote either. But I suck it up, I walk three minutes down the street, and I hope that this year they’re selling lamingtons again. Oh, and I buy a democracy sausage, which, even if all the candidates suck, makes the effort of turning up pretty worthwhile. 

julad

ALSO, you can see even on the fucked up ballots that you NUMBER CANDIDATES IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE. There’s no need to calculate whether I would be throwing away my vote on the candidate that I most agree with if they’re not from a major party. I can say, I want that independent person to get in, but if not them, give me Big Party A, and if not them, that minor party person is still better that Big Party B, and I’m not giving any preference to the Lunatic Fringe Party.

Our system certainly has some issues still, but I can show up to somewhere nearby, line up for a few minutes (if at all), vote exactly in line with my values (on paper, leaving a paper trail that can be recounted), and then buy a sausage and some home made cupcakes on my way out.

A country’s voting system matters a hell of a lot and every citizen deserves one that makes it easy to vote and results in a government that is representational and accountable.

And by the way, one time I had a bad asthma flare-up on Election Day and didn’t make it to my polling station. I got my fine in the mail, I filled out the form explaining why I couldn’t vote, no more fine. I would rather have, you know, expressed my preference for who should run my country, but they were cool with the fact that I couldn’t do it that day.

batmanisagatewaydrug

“oh no, what if people actually have to participate in picking the government officials who will impact their lives” jesus christ

christophoronomicon

For the last time, for everyone who still doesn’t understand: not voting is not a tool of resistance, it’s a tool of surrender.

fluffmugger

One of my favourite facts about our voting system is you can literally pepper that thing with erect penises and if it’s still filled out correctly your vote is counted.


the only disqualifier is incorrect numbering

love that if you doodle just slightly outside the bubble in ours it doesn't count
giratina-plushie
actionsurges

pills are like bugs to me.

actionsurges

  • small
  • hard to swallow
  • scurry out of my hands and across my floor
  • move fast
  • scary
actionsurges

I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS I KNOW ABOUT PILLBUGS

riotouseaterofflesh

#environmental storytelling

giratina-plushie

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pills dont usually have legs; though not in that im arguing that they dont scurry across the floor because they absolutely do when dropped and usually wind up under the fridge as well but the texture issue here is different the lack of legs is much more bearable i think having hard brittle little buggy legs crawling around on your tongue would be more distressing than a veggie protein capsule sticking to your tongue a little when it gets wet this is coming from an idiot with *mutters* various oral fixations and the ability to take a dozen pills at once though so
naryrising
arcnoise

some time ago i introduced the phrase "food pact" to my friends as a shorthand for "i'll go make and eat food if you also make and eat food" and ever since then ive just started incorporating more pacts into my life. stay hydrated pact. stretch break pact. stop doomscrolling and go to bed pact. we need to bring this back in vogue more people should be making pacts imo

arcnoise

the best part of this is when you ask "who wants to do a shower pact" and you get a half dozen friends all rolling up saying "the pact is sealed". faustian behavior

ekourege
ekourege

The way The White Lady talks to The Knight is awful and yet so interesting. She knows the Hollow Knight is not hollow, and failed in their task to hold The Radiance. And yet, she still talks to The Knight like a thing without care or feelings, asks The Knight to replace their sibling in their task. Considers the vessels her spawn, but not her children. She is drowning in her grief and hurts, hidden and scarcely living what anyone would call a life, and yet she still chooses to perpetuate the same hurts that started this whole ordeal. Spurn those she could protect or provide a kind word to. Giving The Knight the kingsoul half is the kindest thing she does, but it is still done with utter detachment.

She does not even know Dryya is long dead, and she does not ask after her. Her willful ignorance is absolutely blinding. It’s terrible. She laments her place in the entire scheme and yet she does near nothing for her spawn when they are in front of her. 

hollow knight