krystalmelodie:

Mentally I’m still in Fontaine ⚖️

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fatpussycafe:

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cxsolis:

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*me, owning a strange boutique housegoods/book store selling a variety of mystic, occult objects but no one realizes I live there, this is literally my living room*

How much for this stick I can shake at God?

10 bucks

can i get these three backscratchers with a bundle discount

15% discount for 3 or more

How bout this book? I think it’s look cool with a cosplay I’m planning

40 bucks but never attempt to read or open it

How much is the doll?

Oh that? Just take it. Take it far far away and do not allow it to return

How about this?

$29.99. Just be careful not to leave the candles burning at night, the gremlin comes alive and likes to wander around and go through your stuff

Hey this chair looks cool, how much?

the chair chooses its owner. sit down and see if it likes you

How bout this

Excuse me that’s my great-uncle, he is family

What about this?

that’s not a sale item, that’s my dang lunch

How much is this neat tea set?

OH GODS YOU’VE SET THEM LOOSE

What about this super creepy cool chair?

that’s Lionel. they’re sleeping and I suggest you do NOT wake them

How much for this dandy fellow?

YOU WOKE IT UP WHY DID YOU WAKE IT UP???

(via biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist)

grungekitty-77:

fierceawakening:

pheonix199:

kenderfriend:

tinabelcherseverythingisokface:

reelaroundthedavekan:

ralfmaximus:

ithinkthatthismustbetheplace:

That’s because it’s not skilled labor, anyone can do those things. In order to make good money, you have to be able to do something that not everyone can do.

ARTISTS aren’t skilled labor? Really.

Make me some art RIGHT NOW. Paint me a portrait in oil-based acrylic. 

What? You don’t know that acrylics are water based, not oil based? Gee, that’s something only a skilled painter might know.    

Or instead compose me a song. Design packaging for this new product we’re launching in 10 days. Make me a webpage with eye-popping graphics you didn’t steal from another site.

Artists do all that. In fact, every manufactured thing you touch passed through the hands of a skilled artist at some point.

FAST FOOD! If fast food is ‘unskilled’ then why does Wendys, McDonalds (et al) expend time on training employees? Surely if any asshole off the street could do the work they can just slip right in there and start slinging happy meals on day one, right? 

Do you know the correct EH/OSHA-approved way to wash your hands? Do it wrong and you are literally violating the law. 

Quick: what do the symptoms of Hepatitis-A look like?  

Or let’s talk janitorial services. Do YOU think you can clean an entire floor of an office building in the allotted time? Where does the trash go? The recycling? How do you get ahold of the waste removal company when the dumpsters are inexplicably full at 4am? Whom do you call? What’s the account number? Is this even your job to worry about? If the dumpsters are full where do you put a night’s worth of collected trash?

What do you do with hazardous waste you might encounter, if you’re cleaning (say) an industrial workspace? Dispose of it incorrectly and that’s a crime.

What’s the procedure for when you encounter a trespasser in a secure building where supposedly nobody but you is working? Can you identify a fake or expired employee badge? Are you supposed to? Your training probably covered that. 

How much would we have to pay you, dear @ithinkthatthismustbetheplace, to deal with a seriously clogged toilet? Shit-smeared walls, standing waste water, the entire place trashed as if it was 3am after a frat party? You have less than an hour to return that restroom to pristine condition. And no, building services is not going to help you.  

You don’t think that requires skill? 

Or adequate compensation?

All labor is skilled labor

^^^

The idea of “skilled” or “unskilled” labor is inherently classist, and misses the fucking point anyway. All labor has dignity, whether you THINK it’s “skilled” or not, and all people deserve to live comfortably, whether they’re able to work or not.

When you peel back the layers of this bullshit argument it becomes obvious that it’s just another way to keep us huddled masses infighting instead of building guillotines.

I’ll always reblog this 👍

Nobody has managed to convince me that professional cleaning service people do not have super speed, and yet that is allegedly unskilled labor.

Unskilled labor is a capitalist lie.

Unskilled labor is a capitalist lie.

Even if you’re right. Even if it is unskilled. For argument’s sake let’s say you’re right and you aren’t paying for any expertise, experience, or knowledge.

You still have to pay for the time and effort. You don’t get things for free. No one is going to clean your toilet as a favor!

If someone does a full eight hours of work, even easy work a monkey could do, they deserve a full day’s worth of pay. They should be able to survive comfortably on that paycheck. It should break even for their entire hierarchy of needs for the day at least. Food, water, shelter, clothing, community, art, the entire pyramid.

“But it was so easy! They didn’t work hard!!” Don’t care, they still did it for you. Pay for what you got.

If it’s not worth paying someone fairly for the time they spend doing it for you, then it’s not worth asking someone to do it for you. How is that hard!? Stop asking for hand outs!!!!

(via bibliophile-rhino-nerd)

bebx:

reblog if you’ve read fanfictions that are more professional, better written than some actual novels. I’m trying to see something

pocketss:

a sluge 😔

(via shanastoryteller)

cristinacclearwater:

Robin Time Travel AU!!

A fic where Dick or Damian or Jason or all three time-traveled and stop Ethiopia from happening… Only they didn’t anticipate the consequences.

With no Ethiopia happening, Jason never dies and neither does Bruce go off the rails… Thus never giving Tim a reason to join the Batfam…

Dick never saw nor tried to find out exactly how bad Bruce got after Jason… And was waiting for Tim to find him again… Even going to Harley’s where they met… Keeping the entire schedule for the week very simple for Tiny Tim to easily follow… Only Tim never shows up…

Jason does not know the circumstances of Tim joining and is wondering when Bruce is bringing Timbo home…

While Damian convinced Talia that it is better for him to join his father in Gotham… By ‘investigating’ and 'arriving’ at the 'conclusion’ that his father is Batman… Thus he comes to Gotham early… Like months before Tim… Like he coincided with the week Jason would have died…

Again, he does not know the circumstances of Tim joining… Just knowing that this time when he has Robin, it will be on Tim’s terms… He is looking forward to a good relationship with him because Dick said Tim always wanted a little brother and now Damian has the chance to be that little brother… No, he is not jealous of YJ or how close they are with Tim, or that bloody speedster… What are you saying!?!!!

Tim never comes.

Now, Tim on the other hand decided to explore Paris and gets caught in shenanigans… Meets Lady Shiva… Gets mentored by Lady Shiva… Unknowingly insults Snake… Gets challenged by Snake… Defeats Snake… Refuses Lady Shiva’s offer… And comes back to Gotham… Only this trip was a year or 9-10 months long…

In Gotham, he takes up the cape… Works smaller crimes, nothing with rogues (like Spider-Man) and becomes beloved… Of course, Tim is still that little stalker at heart and keeps updating the Bat’s info… he doesn’t want to be burdensome to them, Thus, Tim makes sure Bats and him don’t cross paths… After all, Batman might feel obligated to take him in as he did Batgirl, Spoiler, and Black Bat… They didn’t have training. He does…

Meanwhile, Batfam is wondering where they went wrong and missed Tim… And slowly Dick starts remembering the context as to why Tim sought him out… Not to be Robin but to make him take Robin back up… And when Dick refused to… Then Tim took up the job of keeping Batman in line… Because Gotham needs Batman and Batman needs a Robin…

Dick tells Jason and Damian… They don’t believe… Because of course, my info is not wrong… He was replacing me/was an interloper… It takes them that entire year to accept that Tim is not coming… Then scrambling to find him… Then they started hearing rumors… Of this little vigilante who helps with small crimes… And try to intercept him, maybe introduce themselves, to no avail… It was as if Gotham herself was against it, they always missed him…

Meanwhile, Tim’s life continues pretty much same as in earlier comics… Batfam, out of the city, Metallo attacks Gotham… Tim calls Superboy… Thus, the first meeting of TimKon, same as comics. Only, instead of Tim, he travels as Alvin Draper, a child who was helped into his seat by his parents and will be picked up by his cousin Shanks at the airport… Actors he hires to help him… And “will you please watch him, we are so scared he will be traveling alone”… The story works for both going and then returning and Cousin Shanks helps Alvin back onto the plane when needed…

School trip for Bart and I do not believe much will change with Bart as he will know Tim’s rep from the future, rather than the past, so Bart still believes Tim’s awesome… And makes friends…

They still start Young Just Us… And still go on every mission they did in YJ98… Tim still develops a rapport with Batman… Only he is not his Robin or known as his prodigy… Compared to when Batman taught him everything and knew him well, lying to Batman was quite easy for Tim… Because Tim grew up in Gotham society and was his mother’s son through and through…

Tim’s parents are not bad in this either… Like can Janet put the fear of god in businessmen? YES… But when it came to family and especially Tim, she was soft… I see Tim’s relationship with his parents same as Kudo Shinichi’s from Detective Conan… Like they have wanderlust and Tim does not… But just because they are not in the same country or continent, does not mean they do not keep in contact… They know exactly what shenanigans Tim gets up to and know better than to stop him because otherwise, he will just hide them… They know all his friends, his interests, etc… Especially his mom, and hiding about Robin probably hurt their relationship a lot…

{I 100% believe the only reason Tim didn’t tell Jack he was a vigilante was because he was Robin and thus was responsible for the entire Batfam identities… And that is why Jack believed Tim did not choose but rather was coerced into being Robin because otherwise they would already know…}

So, in this fic, Tim keeps his parents in the loop from the beginning and Janet makes sure a part of DI is dedicated to helping Tim, so he’s never without help in Gotham… Also, they know life is dangerous so they get separate mobile/communicators for “just emergencies”, like a “Need help! Will die if not given” button… So Tim knew the moment his parents were taken by Obama Man and rescued them with Young Just Us…

Because NO BATMAN RULES thus Tim was able to tell his parents and team his identity much earlier than in canon… He still makes contingencies for fellow heroes, especially Justice League, including the entire Batfam, including Alfred… Because Janet Drake’s son is taught better by her mamma… And Tim does not know Wayne beyond being a fanboy and does not have an emotional connection to them…

Just a fic where Batfam lives happily and Tim is successful but they never have more than a coworker relationship… Like Tim is closer to Wally or Donna or Roy or Bisaro or Jon than Dick, Jason, and Damian because they have a familial connection to his team, while Batfam only has the connection of Gotham… Like Oracle has the most influence over Tim’s actions in his vigilant life because she sometimes directs him to crime if no one else is available…

Tim is still friends with Stephanie but here Tim’s self-respect and confidence are not broken again and again and again… So Stephanie does not get away with treating him like shit on or off the field and that’s dangerous on the field, so they mutually decided to not team up unless with a mediator in between that could lead both…

Off-field they are good friends, friends who know their secret life so they can share any grievance, WITHOUT endangering any identities, etc… But they do not date… Tim dates Ariana, yes. And felt Stephanie might be a rebound and knew she deserved better than that. If Stephanie confesses, Tim makes it clear he is not in a position to date yet (don’t know if the timeline is right, if not feel free to correct)…

{OK, one thing I make clear, No hate for the character of Stephanie Brown but I just hate how she treats Tim in Canon and everyone acts like it’s OK because it’s not. It’s fucked up and a toxic relationship. Especially how Bruce used their relationship later and Stephanie agrees)…

Tim also seeks mental help for the school shooting and other civilian events, while Jack is looking for a trusted therapist for his son, Janet absolutely approves… When they have one, Tim gets a contract of confidentiality from John Constantine to sign for the therapist and drags his team, kicking and screaming with him…

With the team being introduced to the Drakes early, they spent a lot of time in Gotham, and adults (Janet) understand what is happening with Ross, Tana, etc. And helps Kon before telling him to stay with Tim, “because that boy absolutely cannot take care of himself, never mind he has done so for years, you stay with him, do you want to go to Gotham Academy or do you like your current one”… While Jack is ready to smack some sense into Flashes, with his golf stick… And becomes quite good friends with Max…

Just competent adults who understand they can’t stop their wild child but can and will give him every tool to survive.

cure-icy-writes:

Very little record exists of the girl known as the Sky-Faller; for decades, the best image of her was the mural seen below, titled, “Chosen Savior.” The Arcean halo behind her head was created using crushed amber of varying quality, while the cross itself is textured with gold leaf. Also of note is the burst of light coming from the origin ball in her hand– six pointed radial symmetry, rather than the four or three pointed that was common at the time for objects of divinity.

Many digital versions exist, but more recently discovered is a small, hasty watercolor painting. Based on carbon dating, this is the original, and may have been sketched from life. The girl in the watercolor version appears much younger, with a traditional head covering as well as a mysterious yellow hair ornament. The markings on her sleeve indicate that she may have torn off the Galaxy Team insignia for some reason, and the proportions imply that she may have been younger than previously assumed. She looks battered and weary, uncertain, not even pausing long enough for the artist to clean up their sketch. On the back is written, in hasty scrawl, “Akari- good luck and live well.” Based on context, the artist expected never to see her again.

Personal addendum: Former Champion Dawn, whose disappearance made headlines when she vanished for several months without explanation, has declined to comment. Her family has asked that reporters stay away for the sake of her mental health as she recovers, and for the most part, they have respected this wish. I know I should, as well, but the hairstyle, the yellow barrette… is she okay? Is this why she left us? It isn’t my place. I know damn well it isn’t my place. But if she was abducted for some divine quest, after all she went through with Team Galactic already….gods. I can’t imagine how she must feel. History has erased her suffering, her personhood, from their narrative, leaving behind only a faceless woman sent from above, who didn’t even exist outside the role of their personal hero. She’s only fifteen, damnit.

It isn’t my place. And I won’t publish my speculations; a little misdirection about the hair ornament being of ceremonial significance should do wonders to draw attention away from Dawn, as well as sparking controversy over the legitimacy of the watercolor version. It pains me, as a historian, but I will not allow a child’s life to be overrun with questions after such a traumatic ordeal. I have connections in the area; I’ll put together a care package of some sort, soft blankets and a casserole or two, and not mention a word of my suspicions.

river-bottom-nightmare:

Cassie: So, have you decided what you’re dressing up as for Halloween yet?

Tim: [on his laptop] Of course. We had a whole day seminar about it last month.

The Titans:

Kon: Jesus. You Bats do everything at 150 percent.

Bart: A whole day? Why on earth would it take that long?

Tim: [looks up] Dressing up in Gotham is… tricky.

Cassie: …yeah. We’re gonna need a bit more than that.

Tim: [sits back]

Tim: 2014. Dick dresses up as Bruce Wayne. He completely disappears into the role because playing Bruce is “funny”. He accidentally gets roped into a mid-level meeting at W.E. where he agrees to throw out the 2015 budget.

Cassie: Seriously?

Tim: 2017. Jason decides to piss off Bruce by dressing up as Superman. Since most Gotham citizens haven’t really seen Superman, the headlines on November 1st are all about how Superman went on a killing spree and shot three gangleaders.

Kon: [frowning] I don’t remember that.

Tim: We killed the story before it reached any further.

Kon: oh. Uh, good.

Tim: 2018. Damian dresses up as Ra’s al Ghul. He gets kidnapped from school by the League of Assassins who thinks he’s finally embraced his heritage. Before we manage to find him, he convinces them that he is -in fact -a de-aged Ra’s. This works, somehow, because he argues that none of them has ever seen Ra’s as a child.

Bart: Really?

Tim: There are definitely parts of Ra’s organisation that would not have done well on ‘Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?’.

Tim: 2012. Bruce dresses up as a figure skater. Mr Freeze attacks the gala he’s at and we spend two weeks burying stories about Bruce Wayne -crime fighter on ice.

Gar: What?!

Tim: 2017. While the papers are taking photos of a blood-soaked Superman, Dick beats up Scarecrow while dressed as the scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. Spoiler arrives to provide backup and accidentally punches the wrong scarecrow.

Bart: I-

Tim: 2016! Cass dresses up as Hillary Clinton. Her disguise is so good that the papers try to run a story about Hillary drop-kicking a Donald Trump supporter after Cass stopped a robbery where the guy wore a MAGA-hat.

Cassie: [snorts] Why didn’t you let them run that one?

Tim: 2019! I dress up as Spoiler and find out that Spoiler has been hooking up with some guy on patrol and no I will NOT talk about the way in which I found out thank you.

Gar: Hold it, you can’t just not tell-

Tim: 2013! Dick dresses up as Red Hood. Meanwhile, Jason dresses up as Nightwing. It was not coordinated. Both of their reputations take a massive hit for opposing reasons.

Tim: Also 2013! Damian dresses up as a cat and almost gets adopted by Catwoman.

Tim: 2019! Steph dresses as Batman and spends the night doing TikTok dances in public places. Bruce tried to deport her but you can’t kill a legend and you can’t deport a myth.

Tim: 2020! Bruce plans a seminar so we can all discuss and approve all costumes. Everyone is in favor. Duke is unanimously appointed as our judge since he has never caused any incidents. Bruce is unanimously disqualified from speaking at all because he has caused at least five international incidents. And seven national ones, not counting the time with the nun.

The Titans:

Kon: Did- did he dress up as nun, or…?

Tim: I don’t want to say.

river-bottom-nightmare:

[Kitchen at Wayne Manor]

Dick: [picking through a candy bowl] Steph sure does date a lot doesn’t she?

Cass: [with prejudice] glass houses

Dick: I didn’t mean it was something bad!

Tim: She doesn’t date a lot, she breaks up a lot.

Dick: Isn’t that the same thing?

Cass: [unwrapping a chocolate bar] No

Tim: She has standards

Jason: [sorting m&ms] She dated YOU

Tim: She also broke up with me

Jason: …did you just insult yourself to defend your ex?

Tim: [stares Jason down while slowly eating a piece of fudge]

Dick: [coughs awkwardly] so anyway. Isn’t her dating so much a sign that her standards are TOO high?

Tim: [looks at Cass] Reasons Steph has dumped guys

Cass: [raises a finger] doesn’t like cats

Damian: [from the other room] WHAT?!

Tim: [also starts counting on his fingers] refused to learn how to do laundry

Cass: Had his mother clean for him

Tim: Told her to calm down

Cass: Wanted to become a stock broker

Tim: asked if she was on her period

Cass: mocked people for wearing crocs

Tim: said he’d never read a book with a “female protagonist”

Cass: Said she was too emotional

Tim: was way too into sports

Cass: Said women with short hair was unattractive

Tim: kept using ‘literally’ when he meant 'figuratively’

Cass: told her she was putting on weight

Tim: didn’t like Cass

Cass: didn’t like Tim

Tim: mansplaining

Cass: kept talking about the wine list

Tim: kept talking about his car

Cass: [running out of fingers] thought “me too” had gone to far

Tim: [also with all his fingers outstretched] told her she “wasn’t like other girls”

Dick and Jason:

Dick: I feel like some of those were more valid than others

Jason: [to Tim] so which one of those was the reason she broke up with you?

Tim: I didn’t like Tim.

humanjeff:

bogleech:

big-ass-magnet:

babyanimalgifs:

This cute platypus 

(via)

I fully understand why westerners thought the platypus was a hoax at first. I’m looking at a real live one moving around and it STILL looks fake.

The one thing that could have made them sound any more made up would have been if you said the boys have secret viper fangs that can absolutely fuck you up with venom, and they do, on their goddamn feet.

cursed platypus facts:
* five (5) X chromosomes
* only the left ovary works
* produces milk but has no nipples. the mother just kind of sweats milk out their chest. nature is beautiful
* was nearly called the “duckmole”
* swims with its weird fish eyes and ears closed, hunting entirely by electroreception
* born with teeth, but then they fall out

Nature truely went “eyes closed, head first” with this one huh

(via earthisspaceaustralia)

wakandamama:

heroesneedalancer:

zero0000:

caudlewag:

Remember that time Pink Kryptonite randomly turned Superman into a woman and he was just all ‘It’s cool brah’ and continued punching baddies?

I cant believe superman has a magical girl sequence

Superman, in his normal deep voice: “I can work with this.”

[continues curbstomping]

I like that they kept Superman Buff even as he was Sailor Superman

(via bibliophile-rhino-nerd)

fozmeadows:

karayray1:

finehs:

Into The Woods aka one of the best B plots in B99

He said “ quote sociopaths unquote”

Rosa and Holt being deadpan badass bros who nonetheless have FEELINGS is my literal favourite thing.

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shorteststory:

Today’s mood is OMINOUS POSITIVITY

thewarriorandthebard:

Xena Warrior Princess alphabet | S - Soulmates

(via the-battling-bard)

incorrect-xena-quotes:

Xena: Has everyone seen Gabrielle today?

Xena: She’s not missing, I just think everyone should see her. She’s beautiful. I love her so much.