#idc about maths.

[bloomfish]

also I was watching a random british comedy panel show and germaine greer was on it. iconic

#its would i lie to you which is the best one btw #and she slayed #i never got into 8 of 10 cats or whatever bc one of the hosts is unbearable to me and also in general #idc about maths. #and then QI is good sometimes but sometimes boring #WILTY is the best one by far #lee mack and david mitchell are such a good combo

[thekingofspin]

you know how everyone says listening to classical music makes you smarter.

no it dosent.

but listening to every murry gold song does.

the doctor who sound track makes everything seem like a mission. like the fate of the world depends on weather I can find the derivative of the gradient or whatever I'm supposed to be doing right now.

I didn't understand a thing I was doing until I started listening to I am the doctor and the shepherd's boy on repeat.

now I am a genius.

#dr who #12th doctor #doctor who #peter capaldi #the doctor #11th doctor #10th doctor #doctor who 60th anniversary #murray gold #i am the doctor #the shepard's boy #eleventh doctor #music #maths #i have no idea what im doing #i have 4 tests this week on all different subjects and i dont understand any of them #i wanna fly away in a blue box and never have to come back #idc about the increased risk of death #let me fly away

[heronchildlove]

What if... a modern AU where James is Lucie's much older brother, like, he is in college and she is still in pre-school or kindergarten, and one day both his parents are busy so James needs to take lil Lucie to school...

Only to be met with Matthew, the most handsome and most adorable TA ever, greeting kids and parents for this class and making James completely flustered when he says "Oh, so you must be the awesome older brother Luce is always talking about, it's so great to finally meet you, Jamie!" to the point he completely forgets anything else in the world while he listens to Matthew talk about Lucie and what a hoot she is in class just because he doesn't want to stop listening to his voice and then James is very, very late for class that day.

And he starts taking Lucie to school on his way to college muuuch more often after that.

#Here all classes even for kids need to have a teacher and an assistant that is usually an intern on the last years of college #dunno if other places too but idc the idea was too cute to pass up #James connecting the dots of all the things Lucie has said about 'Math' before and always asking about her day cause he wants to Know More #They can never talk much because you know there are other kids and parents arriving and Matthew needs to work so it never feels enough #Will he ever work up the courage to ask Matthew out tho? Who is to say #aahhhh I'm in love with this idea #heronchild #james herondale #matthew fairchild #tlh #the last hours #tsc #the shadowhunter chronicles #headcanon #college au

[da-proti-toku-grem]

Thought some of you would appreciate this video that I found :]

Also I can't believe the only things I've heard Jan say in Spanish are: "Estos dos son mis amigos de España" and "La Casa De Papel" (and "Hola a todos" but that's not in the video). You can't just give me that and expect me not to want need more >:(

Anyway, 10/10 video, no notes, perfect (just like the man)

#this man has the most calming voice ever #i would let him talk to me about maths all day long idc #where do i have to sign for him to make an audio book or a podcast or something? #joker out #jan peteh #maca speaks #(not my vid)

[evilwriter37]

You know that things can make you uncomfortable without you having to deem them as illegal, right?

#idc that you ship Vigcup if you’re calling other shippers wrong and disgusting for the way they do it #because it’s ‘illegal shit’ #learn how to do math and stfu #oh and don’t give a shit about other people and how or why they ship something ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ #Why do I go in the main tag?

[zappedbyzabka]

Billy in the S5 bloopers

#Blurry but idc look #It’s not a want anymore. it’s a need: Chewing on him chewing on him cheeing on him #mommy? sorry. mommy? sorry. mommy? #johnny lawrence #william zabka #Him in the last gif looking like he’s having a hard time with math or something (lines in this case) #He’s so adorable #and I just KNOW Daniel thinks Johnny’s naivity about technolgy and all the confused faces he makes are cute too #and hot. He’s definitely had Johnny sit in his lap in the computer chair #while he tried to teach him just the very basics of at least not clicking on every ad you see #but purposely making it sound complicated just to hear and see all that sweet confusion. the way Johnny’s eyebrows furrow #lips parted ​if he’s not chewing on them #getting them all red and extra kissable. #all ‘I don’t understand’ and ‘Can you explain it to me again?’ #until Daniel’s dick is rock hard. Johnny isn’t stupid. #All those young guys he has to ask for help too lol (excluding Miguel of.)

[thephooka]

Spent a bus ride yesterday reading a 1997 book by Gary Martin called The Art of Comic Book Inking that someone recced in the Cartoonist Co-Op server. I'm not the target audience for it (it's geared towards traditional inkers working in the print comics industry and is more for b&w comics imo) but it's an...interesting look into how the industry was back then. And by interesting, I mean bleak as fuck!

More below:

So I got curious and tried to find what the page rates for being an inker are like now, and had a look at this list of rates from Comic Book Resource, which are all self-reported by industry professionals.*

You'll notice 'inker' isn't even its own category here. The closest one is 'line artist' which is both pencils and inks, which for the sake of argument let's say is twice the amount of work as inking by itself. (It's not, pencils are harder, don't at me.) I took the average of rates from 2020-2022 for line artists and got $227/page, for both pencils and inks.

The very lowest rate of $100/pg in 1997 for JUST inking would be $190 today. If line artists do twice the work (again, an underestimate) by doing pencils too, that ought to translate to $380/page at the lowest end today. It doesn't somehow! Huh. Have a look through that rate list and you'll see rates even lower than $100/page in today's money (mostly from the usual suspects.)

Here's some more fun math:

Forget the $28k number above--he's including covers in this number, which pay differently. Say you do 22pgs/month at $100/page--that's $26,400 (1997)/$50,282 (today). Subtract a third for taxes** and your take-home amount would be $33,522 in today's money, which works out to a wage of $16/hr.***

At the high end of Martin's numbers, let's say 44 pages a month at $150/page for a total of $79,200, or $52,800 after taxes, and an hourly rate of $25/hr. Adjusted for inflation, that's $150,845 gross/$100,563 net/$48 hourly.

Average these numbers together, and the rates in today's money would be $67,042 net/$32 hourly.

Assuming line artists do twice the work, these numbers ought to be doubled, at $120k/yr or $64/hr.

But by the actual numbers we have, if a line artist works that same amount at the average rate of $227/page, that works out to $59,928 before taxes, $40,132 after, and an hourly wage of $19.

The kicker: the living wage in my metro area (same one Gary Martin lived in when he published this book, incidentally) is $21/hr, assuming no kids. Lol.

This is also assuming you can pencil AND ink at least 22 pages a month every month sustainably without destroying yourself, which is an EXTREMELY generous assumption. Also, no one gets health insurance working in comics, so take that into account with this shoulder-destroying pace.

I'm sure I'm mostly preaching to the choir here, and none of this information is really a surprise to me--oh comics is also a bad industry that doesn't page a living wage? shocker!--but it's interesting**** to actually be able to run the numbers on it to see how much, exactly, rates have stagnated. A lot, as it turns out!

Anyway, here's a little look into how comics pays, in case you're unfamiliar. It pays bad.

*this isn't even including companies like Webtoons and Tapas, who are fairly notorious at this point for underpaying and overworking creators. This is largely print publishing.

**the self-employment tax rate in the US is something like 15.1% and has been since at least 1990 but advice is usually to pay a third in quarterly taxes--easier to overpay and get it back at tax time than underpay and owe.

***based on 40hrs/wk, and I'm showing this number bc I think more people understand hourly wages than rates. I wouldn't include the amount for taxes in this bc if you're working an hourly wage you're probably not self-employed.

****LOUD SCREAMING

#artists and math DON'T mix he's right #I did my best tho #also afaik the bit about royalties is still true #possibly even more true #comics #comic industry #inking #inker #line artist #page rates #industry rates #living wage #late stage capitalism #also if for some reason you're going to whine at me about free markets please eat your own pants instead idc

[cryiling]

it's so obvious that everyone calling girl dinner misogynistic doesn't actually know what the trend is about. y'all saw two influencers on instagram reels using the audio for their salads and decided that defined the entire trend, like?? idek what you guys think girl dinner means, but the actual trend is literally just saying that sometimes girls don't want to cook, and so we eat a random assortment of snacks and leftovers. the original girl dinner video was an ice cream bar. another video is with an entire bag of popcorn, and also leftover mac and cheese. there's another one at outback steakhouse, ordering five platters. girl dinner is not 2 almonds or a plain salad or whatever else you've decided is misogynistic.

I'm not saying you need to use tik tok or be fully immersed in every trend. but don't make callout posts for things you don't actually understand. it just makes you look dense.

#tik tok #girl dinner #listen I hate tik tok as much as the next person #but it's sooo obvious that you guys just want to make fun of whatever you hear about tik tok #wait til u guys hear about girl math #if you also call that misogynistic ... #just admit you don't get it and move on idc 🤷🏻‍♀️

[prommytheus]

theres nothing wrong with enjoying girly mainstream things but this culture around the word girl lately is not good at all

#like idc go listen to taylor swift and wear sparkles and watch the barbie movie #hell its even chill to hate math or work or how expensive coffee is. but why are we getting so weird about it

[dmclemblems]

literally the stupidest general Three Houses take: omg how dare a military school called the Officers Academy send people to battle 😱

#people rly reachin tryin to find excuses to bash Rhea and the Church #like yeah don't sign up for a MILITARY academy if you don't want to learn MILITARY tactics or learn to fight #looking at dorothea for getting that one stupid line about having to fight at a military academy #looking at the people in the fandom who just want to use it as an excuse to hate Rhea even tho it's irrelevant to her #like ah yes Dimitri went to college to learn how to kill to get revenge right #🙄 it's a military school y'all they're there to learn to how to fight it is literally the entire PURPOSE of the school #they aren't there to go to math class or science class. they're at that school to learn how to fight #but herp derp how dare Rhea have these uwu poor children who signed up to get into this school #do anything even remotely military-like in a military school #like fr if you can't even just accept that it's a military academy then you missed the most BASIC fact of the game #and are not going to understand a hint of nuance if ya can't even understand the most basic fact of the game #it's literally FE no less like what did you expect a school game simulation 🙄 #idc if you like or dislike a character or group but like... have legit arguments and facts to back yourself up my dudes 🙄 #DCE Comments

[widevibratobitch]

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#im so tired of this lalalalalalalalaa #something is Wrong lol #i really need this therapy on wednesday but guess WHAT im not going. im going to a funeral instead 🤡 #and ill be singing in that stupid fucking church because have to but i dont fucking wanna i hate doing it and i hate churches #all i feel rn is the overwhelming urge to selfdestruct and like obv im not gonna kms now #but im so fucking angry that im not even *allowed* to do that anymore. like it was such a comfort all this time to know that i can just Quit #and now i cant because guess what someone has to take care of my mother 🫠 and im so fucking tired of being someone people depend on #to handle THEIR feelings and THEIR emotions and just take it all with humility and acceptance and kindness and never snap and bite back #like i dont WANNA hear about your dead husband i dont wanna hear about your stupid fucking boyfriend #i dont wanna hear about the new guy/girl who's hitting on you because you're so hot and perfect #i dont wanna be responsible for how people feel. i should just shut up and take it and be humble and never ask or expect anything back #but when is it MY turn to call at 1 am crying about how im tired and want to kms #or to start expecting shit of people and allow myself to get properly angry at them for not meeting those expectations #or to braggingly 'complain' about something the other person clearly lacks without any consideration for their feelings #or to just openly cry and say deeply personal shit without any filter not caring if that other person is clearly uncomfortable af #because *i* need it right now and i need someone to listen and let them worry about how to even respond to that stuff #im just so tired of people expecting shit of me im tired of being made responsible even tho i clearly cannot handle that responsibility #i wanna be mean i wanna snap and get angry and openly say that i dont give a shit and am tired and cant listen to this rn #but i cant because i have to be a motherfucking mother theresa and never dare to demand something for myself #and idk where that comes from. idk if it's coming from the fanatic catholicism of my childhood or my mother or just from myself and idc #i just feel so horrible and guilty and wrong for wanting anything for myself #and it once again feels like im making myself the victim and the tortured martyr here when i should just shut up and take it #i just wanna lie down and die and not care about who'll get angry or judge or blame me for it im tired and i dont know what to do #i want someone to take care of ME and reassure ME and make ME feel like i matter and that they really will help me if i ever need it #and that they'd be kinda sad if i were gone not because i had a role to fulfill that i failed at by killing myself but because i am a person #<- math calculations flying around my head as i come to the terrible realisation #of just why exactly im so deeply obsessed with my voice teacher (aside from her being literally the most beautiful woman alive lol) 🤡 #like babygirl stop being so utterly overwhelmingly kind to me my knees are weak i would do anything for you queen and I MEAN IT

[prestonmonterey]

ughhhh someone kill me i think i might like stay on the third floor today i actually cant deal with her today

#marble musings #vent #shes the only person in my 'friend' group who has the same free block as me #and shes actually a nightmare to be around #im always worried shes gonna take my stuff #(she likes taking my wolf from my hands and my cat ears off my head #and laughs it off as a joke even after i tell her not to??) #and i cant even escape her bc the new friend group that im kind of maybe a part of #she just shows up sometimes #and its awful bc ive seen her make some of my friends uncomfortable and is entirely unapologetic about it #and shes really loud and makes everything about herself and makes conversations impossible #and its annoying bc she kept complaining about not being able to talk to me during free block bc i have headphones on #to listen to music and/or do work #and i was like #'ok you can talk to me if you want idc' #and now she talks to me nonstop during free block regardless of if i tell her i need to get work done #and her existence just kinda stresses me out #but ive never found the right time to tell her to stop #and i cant sit inside where all the tables are bc we usually sit there #and i cant sit outside bc its prolly wet and also she'll find me #and idk if im even allowed to sit upstairs but i kinda have to bc i really dont want to deal with her today #i need like a proper excuse for why im wearing headphones #she doesnt care that i listen to podcasts #and i don have anything to edit #ummmm #i don actually have any hw other than like studying for my math test #fuck ok i guess ill do that #idk what class shes in #umm #if shes also in honors ill cry

[kaeyapilled]

. (tw heterosexuality)

#i am having the worst sexuality crisis of my life. i was so sure i was a lesbian but there is this One Guy.. #he makes me feel things. i think. but i cant categorize them #relationships w men sound.. unappealing.. if i think about it generally #like a random man? sounds weird. or maybe not. i dont know. i havent even had a first kiss lmao i dont really know stuff #but him............oh...........hes so funny and cool and nice to everyone. his hands are pretty (weird thing to notice but ok) #he explains math to me and i cant focus because he's too close. thats so MORTIFYING I THOUGHT I WAS A DYKE #but at the same time 12 year old me was having heart palpitations around my first girl crush and shit #and he hasnt made me feel anything that strong so far. so. idk. but also i was 12. so idk #well okay generally speaking women make me feel much more doing way less #there was this occasion where this girl who i always had a mild thing for but never did anything about it just came up to me #at school #and just. haha lol i had a dream about you last night ;) #i am not joking when i say i felt weak in the knees. she was smiling in a like playful way so i was gonna make a joke but i could not #because i was going to pass out from being too gay #this guy (or any other guy for that matter) doesn't seem to have the power to make me feel like that #..........am i bisexual with a female lean or whatever people say. or am i experiencinf the worst case of comphet of my life #this is awful. not because i don't wanna like men (its just sexuality idc) but because i don't want to prove my mom right #😭what if it WAS a phase #but who knows. mentioning the girl who dreamt about me kind of replaced the thoughts i was having of him for a bit there #i miss her she was nice. well sort of. but i was never involved in the drama so who cares fr. she graduated last year #anyways sorry for breaking character. tumblr user kaeyapilled is lore dropping

[ilikecheeseandchocolatee]

Finally doing a practice paper for the PAT tomorrow (physics entrance exam for Oxford) and forget everything I said earlier about being able to do past paper questions I know imma end up flunking this specifically because of how sleepy it makes me

It’s my first time doing it under timed conditions in relative silence and must say not my strong point

Either that or it’s because I never do practice papers for exam preparation because I can’t be bothered. Past me I see why you have never been bothered I’m half asleep.

#studyblr #PAT #university of oxford #oxford #Oxford entrance exam #physics admissions test #i love physics but I also need some entertainment in my life #it’s mainly the math questions that are putting me to sleep #like yes I do like math but there is a LIMIT #Idc about your stupid inequality Oxford work it out yourself #I’m not getting into Oxford lmao

[goldensunset]

i’m literally gonna fail this lab.

#peach rambles #i don’t know what i’m writing i don’t know where to get the numbers i need #if my LAB PARTNER WHO UNDERSTANDS EXCEL HAD BEEN THERE #maybe i’d be able to figure it out earlier #but i don’t even have access to those files anymore i just have screenshots of data that i don’t understand #this makes no sense to me #and i have no access to real resources or help this course packet doesn’t offer any tutorials #this is so frustrating bc it’s not even the actual physics or math i’m struggling with here…that stuff’s easy #it’s literally technological/practical knowledge that i just. lack #and that shouldn’t be my fault bc this should be taught in the lab idc if it’s a college class #they reteach all sorts of things in college #and they never taught this in hs #i think just no one teaches this ever but everyone expects everyone to know it #it shouldn’t be my fault that my lab partner didn’t show up and that the TA couldn’t help me or didn’t care about doing so #it shouldn’t be my fault that i didn’t perform this experiment very well when i had to do it *all alone* #it shouldn’t be my fault that this wasn’t explained properly #if it was a physics concept i was failing to grasp then it might be my fault bc that meant i shouldn’t be in this independent lab class #w/o being in the concurrent lecture class #but i’m being tripped up on something beyond my power to fix #i can’t stand this #there are ten thousand numbers and foreshortened words abd acronyms staring me in the face and i can’t make sense of them

[sk2lton]

we have a guest speaker in math class to talk to us about coping w stress as if this class isn’t the reason i felt like shitting myself this morning😭😭

#chant 𖦹 d’oiseau #‘what r things that stress u?’ THIS FUCKING CLASS THIS CLASS BRUH LET ME OUT OF HERE #I WANNA CRY CZ I GOTTA DO A STUPID FUCKING ONE ON ONE TALK WITH MY MATH TEACHER AFTER THIS SHIT AND SHE’S GONNA TEST ME ON SHIT #on the fuxking spot too. it’s like girl is it not enough that i finished ur fucking stupid assignment that made no sense #there’s literally videos there of me doing each fucking question too and i explain it while doing it #teachers who are like ‘i don’t wanna stress u guys’ then continue to fucking stress u the fuck out should burn i hare them #i js wanna watch the brazil vs switerland match #football is unfortunately my current hf if that’s not obvious and within the past week i’ve memorized most leagues and the teams within them #most players in these leagues. at least the notable ones. and it’s encouraged me to get back into football because growing up i really had — #— a talent for it but then my mental health came in and ruined everything #i was too anxious to do shit anymore so that’s such an L tbh but this isn’t meant to be depressing vent or anything i js wanna say i love fb #ive watched the wc and fb like since the day i popped out of the womb and i rmb the first wc i could rmb #i cheered for argentina so hard but got so upset when they were knocked out by brazil. now i’m cheering for brazil (argentina on the side) #so i feel like a trader to my younger self😭 little me would surely NOT appreciate me cheering for brazil #sk vs ghana was crazy cz i didn’t expect sk to comeback like that in the second half but it’s sad they didn’t tie. good game nonetheless #i’m so mad at team canada ngl cz we had good players but our defense was invisible😭 it doesn’t matter how good our midfielders or strikers r #as long as our def is shitty our team is shitty😭 that’s like building a house on poor foundation #it won’t last long and it’ll cause problems😭 davies goal was such a W and we have so many players from great clubs but i feel like— #— wasted them. i could go on and on and on and on about football #different teams. leagues. who fucked up by doing what😭 speaking of which… mexico’s fuckinf coach set them up idc #i rlly wanted to see lainez play. he’s a fucking game changer but mexico’s coach was like ‘how do i set us up…’ 😭 #mexico was robbed by their own coach.. canada was robbed in the canada vs belgium match jts crazy 😭😭😭