#My DM coworker

[dungeonegg]

Got possibly my favorite ever compliment from a coworker today: "you look like a wizard on a good day"

#not if related #Still giggling #It's been over an hour #My DM coworker #Snarky coworker #He immediately followed it up with “not in a bad way”

[ducktracy]

yet another reprise of the same post i’ve made dozens and dozens of times before but GEEZ! i am so incredibly lucky to be doing what i’m doing! to think i spend hours and hours and days and weeks and months and years and hopefully DECADES pouring over animation history, lauding the masters and studying their work so intently and absorbing it and feeling and identifying with it, and the fact that i get to walk the same turf they did. that i get to be a part of this business that they established. that i get to carry the torch and that, some day, no matter how small or insignificant, my own work and contributions will be regarded as “animation history” because i work in animation and all history is history. i just can’t believe that i’m privileged enough to indulge in some of the same practices that The Greats did, that i get to study their work and, if i’m so lucky, channel and make homages to it where possible.

this isn’t to say “i’m just like Tex Avery because i work in animation TOO!!!!”, but, rather, an expression of my sheer GRATITUDE and amazement that i get to do what i do at all. i’ve met so many nice people. blossomed so much as an artist and cartoonist. get inspired each day by the talent i am constantly surrounded by. and to think that i get to be a part of it!!!!! that i get to carry the torch! i know this sounds so conceited and pompous and i really don’t mean it that way at all because i don’t WANT to be known as someone who people are only interested in because i work in cartoons. i just wanna be known for me! what “me” is i guess is for you to decide! but, regardless, i’m just feeling extra thankful tonight that i’m able to indulge in my passions and SPREAD my passions and have said passions fostered. that i’m lucky enough to tread the same ground as some of the greatest creatives that gave me this ground to tread on. there will never be enough words to properly articulate just how deeply and passionately my gratitude extends.

#not naming names because i feel weird bragging about them behind their back but one person who works on our show i look up to very very #highly. I MEAN I DO FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. i am literally surrounded by some of the best in the business. but one person i particularly revere #said they were a ‘big fan of my work’ and when i was told that i legitimately went lightheaded for a few seconds #or again Ruth Clampett commenting that her dad would ‘love to see this cartoon live on’ on my art and making me bawl like an absolute baby #IT’S JUST SO CRAZY #i just. man #it’s really beyond words #and so many other kind words from bosses coworkers friends mutuals acquaintances total strangers #i don’t take any of your kindness or even just. awareness for granted #i know i’m not often vreat at responding but i do read every single tag every ask every DM! please know i never take it for granted #thank you for keeping me company and deciding i’m worth the company to keep #okay i think i have officially gone into word salad territory so it’s time to retreat #i’ve gotten much less candid for fear of maintaining some semblance of professionality but sometimes you just need to speak from the heart #(and i’ve gotten much less neurotic about that in recent months thankfully. Tumblr is my little safe haven) #so thank you for making it a safe haven at all

[reflections-of-mobius]

Had a really bad day at work.

Nearly cried five times, nearly had a panic attack twice. Suffice to say- not doing well. I’m at home and (after calming down), my father suggested that I go to the web and plaster my resume towards any jobs labeled ‘entry level writer’. So- I’m gonna bathe, try not to scream, and then spend a while throwing my resume places and hoping I can get a bite.

Until I can get this new kitchen down (or get a new job, or both) I’ll probably be low activity due to stress. Love you all lots, I’m…gonna go. ‘Til later.

#we’re trapped in reality/on our way to insanity/but you are not alone | mun #//to be deleted\\ #tw vent #vent post #vent #vent tw #//and it’s nothing to work I love all my coworkers it was just- long and painful #//do not like the new kitchen #//I’m available to DM on Disc of course #//and I plan to fulfill the thing I promised today but aside from that? ponies #//on mobile\\

[ducktollers]

who up feeling their spirit get crushed into dust by this ai shit 😂😂😂

#turns out my laptop isnt strong enough to run glaze so now i gotta wait at least a month for them to reply to my dm 😃 #not on them at all ik theyre swamped but im just like. why do we have to fucking do this #like ​putting poison on our lunch so coworkers stop stealing it. Why do the coworkers get away with stealing it in the first place #why is this how things have worked out. the amount of companies ive seen use ai generation for their ads (TABLET COMPANIES.)……… #im like. u used to have to pay an artist to do that. and instead of putting technicology to good use #where it can do things that are tedious/difficult/impossible for humans to do #we’ve decided to have the machines do the one job we thought a machine COULDNT steal. bc its abt human creativity and passion #why. bc it saves a bunch of rich fucks even more money and they dont give a fuck about the rest of us #this shit wouldnt even exist if human artists werent here first for it to copy its souless its nothing its cold and dead i fucking hate it #YEARS of work and experience and craft honing and nobody gives a fuck they just see a person they dont have to pay anymore #steals our lifes work without our permission without paying us without a care how is my spirit NOT supposed to feel crushed #i see an ai image and all i see is decades of hard work that was stolen like if u ripped the bones out of a living person #ik jts dramatic and i keep going on abt rhis but it just bothers me SO fucking much #every time i have to think abt it ​its like a thousand pound rock dropped into my stomach #x

[deus-ex-mona]

W A I T I N G FOR THE MEOTO MV LIKE

#THE LONGEST 23 AND A HALF HOURS OF MY L I F E HOW WILL I EVER COPE #SORRY COWORKERS O’ MINE I CANT OT TOMORROW I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO #AAAAAAAA I K N E W IT WAS COMING AND YET IT’S STILL EXCITING ALL THE SAME #WHAT AM I GONNA DO TILL THEN? REWATCH THE ALBUM ANIME A HUNDRED TIMES? #(a. actually wait. idm dropping my ‘personal use’ link for the album anime for a little while to celebrate the meoto mv…) #(only by dms though bc i dont particularly feel like getting copyright strike-d this week… offer is only valid till the mv drops thoughhhh) #watching them act like a couple in preparation to watch an mv about them being an *actual* couple huh… #t. time to reopen my meoto tl in my tabs in preparation for the corrections ig… #wait where is it anyway brb rbing it to find it #LXL MEOTO CRISIS 2K24

[cavefairy]

hey you. train enjoyer. come talk to me coward. i wanna make plans to hang out outside of work :3

#dont mind me guys one of my coworkers told me he has tumblr so im pinning this until he follows and dms me #hi beloved <3333 #i told you i wasnt fuckin w my blog so u could see how weird i was. here it is.

[iguessitsjustme]

Happy Friday!!

I found the perfect gift I need to get you….

Thanks again for yesterday….You’re the reason I haven’t gone off on that chick!!

#your amazing to let me vent 2

#if not for you might have told her off and lost my job by now

#THANK YOU ❣️

Ya know, I do need more socks lol

Glad I was able to help. I'm always a good person to vent to if you ever need it and I'm always here for you!

Hope you have a fantastic Friday (I'm home early today yay!)

#thanks for the ask #my dms are always open for anyone that needs someone to talk to #and they're especially open for people to bitch about their coworkers because i got one and misery loves company don't it

[craycraybluejay]

throwback to when I was in elementary- I think 4th grade- and at Halloween, I was in my standard princess getup and there was this really pretty fellow dressed as the phantom of the opera- my favorite musical. I went to say hi and shake his hand, and he brought it close and kissed the back of my hand with a wink.

It was then I realised the power of a loli/shota/kodo. I remember trying to flirt with more adults after that, but I'll always remember that first guy, even though I'm an adult now

I would've killed to have experienced that 😭 who r uu tell me more stories

although i think if that happened to me i would have been crazy over it n probably went overboard,, i was a surprisingly not a very forward kid bc i knew i was like a dog w a bone when it came to anything i wanted. flirting turned to "dating" and feeling each other up right quick, anger turned to bridge burning and actual burning and destruction,, etc. If someone made the dire mistake of imbuing me with any sort of want it would be their problem 😭😂. give me a slice and i will make it my sole mission to have the whole cake. I've learned well to control the impulses involved but I still have the ambition to eat the world.

(also i feel like people do that stuff for the sole purpose of flattering the subject. in a lot of cultures its pretty regular that if someones dressed like a princess you act like shes a princess,, i should've dressed like royalty more.) (but ofc people on the recieving end sometimes like u or i get excited about it lolz)

#anon response #bro imagine if i was as open as a kid as i am now i wouldve been a total nightmare #'YOUNG MAN GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY COWORKER THIS INSTANT' #'STOP TRYING TO KILL YOUR CLASSMATE' #🥰 people were mean to me anyway i should've had more fun if i was gonna be punished even for doing nothin wrong #oh well still had a way crazier childhood than anyone i know by far #delete later #if people start being weird ab this #honestly tho i'd prefer y'all shoot me a dm if you have something that may come off controversial #for me to respond to #that way i can be a little less 'is this PR friendly' and worry less ab annoying assholes claiming i said things i didnt say #ive had people send me things i genuinely cannot publicly respond to #and while i am intrigued and really hella appreciative that they choose to share and WANT TO respond #i cannot and yall should be aware that it takes a lot of work to balance being 'authentic' and staying mostly unharassed on this site #but i do love hearing everyones stories and feelings and unique stuff so please dont be afraid to talk :3 #just know i cannot always respond to some asks for my own peace but will always accept dms #and know that i do read them anyway so if u just want me to see it and not respond thats ok too #i just feel super bad when i have juicy asks in my inbox i cant post

[tisorridalamor]

Marcille and I are the same because we both struggle with not asking our coworkers who are middle aged fathers if they can bring their wives and kids to work so we can all Hang Out

#dm #fun talk tag #when my coworker brought his wife to our little holiday dinner party it was like a celebrity sighting

[six-of-ravens]

okay i REALLY need to start using IG again bc it's so nice to scroll through and see the nice lil things that have happened since 2016?? like all I remember is the suffering and Bad Vibes and all my fuckups but ig is like. this is when you read your favourite book for the first time! this is when you had gnocchi for the first time! this is when you went to the club with your friends!!

#anyway if you wanna follow me there lmk and I'll dm you #my ig used to be the same as my tumblr url but i changed it to my real name to make it easier to connect with my former coworker #without doxxing my tumblr lol

[wockys]

i've been spending a lot of time on linkedin lately (cringe) and it's kind of amazing how useless it is at letting you actively introduce two people to each other so they can have a private conversation. i don't think this is a feature on any social media platform i've used anyway but it's really irritating when the main reason for anyone to use linkedin is to see if they know someone who knows someone who works at a company they're applying at -__-

#basically you can either send one person the other person's profile or start a group chat and both kind of suck #sending a profile is too impersonal and still puts the onus on one of them to actually reach out #group chat is like professional 3rd wheeling... i Do Not need to be there #my ideal world: i hit a 'connect' button and it sets up a DM between them with a message from me saying hi A please give B a referral #meanwhile i'm getting emails like 'wow your impassioned plea to hire your laid off coworkers did numbers you could be a LinkedInfluencer' #anyway. lol

[selfcontainedunivcrse]

ive been thinking of a silly scp oc (Courtesy of my buddy making me get into it) . She's just some guy who works on the tech side of things. she's fresh out of regular science university and wanted a cozy govt job with experience in her field to look good on her resume while she works on getting her masters. This is not that

#misc. #Currently her name is LabTech Girl. On account of being a girl and a labtech #She wants to get promoted to a researcher. She wants to do research #Currently i think she's posted to complex memory wiping. Because she was needed as a prop for a fic concept 4 a tale i like. hehe #Regardless she's kind of silly. She's taking the horrors in stride . #She's fine with the ethics concerns but she is forming packbonds w/ her coworkers #If they demote us to monster fodder we are being demoted to monster fodder together. Of course I'll help you break every regulation ever. #The most important thing is respect of yr coworkers if you are trying to get promoted. She believes this #But. She's silly to me :] Also her fiancee leaves her over the fact that her day-job is literally erasing the memory of hostages So she's. #Well. She's a bit bummed about this #Idk If mair follows this acc but it's mairens fault so now she gets to hear all of my silly little ideas in dms >:3 but. I present the cour #*2 the court: #Girl :) #she's also perpetually some nobody but she's like. She's convinced. She's gonna get promoted .. She's doing SUCH a good job they don't even- #KNOW about w/e shes slipping under the rug for her coworkers cmonn

[zipquips]

vent in tags

#one of the pro-union people at my job talked to the boss and bought their propaganda #so now he's anti union in the pro union channel which caused an argument #and i participated to try to combat misinformation #and then a day later someone posted a question in a diff/non-union channel #and anti-union guy gave false info as the answer #so i corrected him #which caused an argument between us bc it devolved into hot topics of compensation etc #and the guy with the original question deleted his question #and someone else jumped into the argument to answer his question #and i just feel awful #like so many people don't like anti-union guy rn but i'm worried me arguing with him alone under someone's post was too much #and i did dm the guy wjth the question to apologize #and i did step back from the argument and stated that #and i am no longer engaging anti-union guy #but i just worry i damaged my relationship with other coworkers #and i want to talk to my boss about it for advice and ask how much i fucked up #but the union isn't established yet so i can't say too much #and this just feels like a fucking mess and i'm embarassed to even mention i did that to someone else like my mom #so idk who to go to #and i judt fucking hate everything #zip quips

[neasura]

Bit of an old piece but sometimes you gotta draw your dark fantasy DND party as animal crossing characters for your health.

#my art #dnd #animal crossing #lineless art #the campaign is based on the video game darkest dungeon and is just a good ol time #i was originally playing a nasty little man called ratface by his old brigand coworkers but um #hes dead now #and instead i play a changeling druid who for most of her life pretended to be said man's dog #ok so changeling isn't really accurate just the what where using for the character sheet #my dm won't tell me *what* willow is but #for now the party has just decided to refer to her as a tree #this is just one of her forms ill post her true for later on

[quiveringdeer]

alright yall, one neurospicy to another, I'd like some advice and/or opinions on how to give some more grace to another--unconfirmed but probably--neurospicy coworker.

cw:

this is me being real raw and vulnerable with my thoughts and trying not to make excuses but some of my thoughts and reactions are/seem(?) abelist and I'd like opinions on how to overcome these thought tendencies -so don't open if you don't have capacity for all this

Alright so this may just require more levels of personal growth on my part and finding better coping techniques that allow me to exist peacefully in the world without allowing the actions of others to disrupt that peace.

Okay so from my perspective and corroborated with observations from other coworkers--I know it's shitty to talk about people and I've also attempted to bring up certain things to this person but honestly feel like it's things that they probably don't have active control over which is why It's so fuckin hard to deal with cause I feel like I shouldn't get as annoyed as I do

They aren't the best at reading the tones of conversation and sometimes when they choose to speak on a topic it can come of random-to myself- and out of synch(?) with the rest of the convo

like having a kinda light hearted discussion and then they brought up the stuff that's going on with the AI and art fiasco that's a big conversation right now, and it was obviously something they were really passionate about and no one else at this going away dinner for a coworker who's leaving knew what this person was referencing except me. So I added to some of the context they provided and felt like it wasn't something that the others would really end up --I dunno being relevant to their lives? none of them are the type to buy digital art or things from random folks online, more like from a local artist or such--and maybe it's cause I have/assume that context and this person doesn't that they get really adamant on repeating how it's wrong what's going on and how people should be supporting true artists --a statement that everyone agreed with but it was an awkward atmosphere around the whole interaction.

Another recurring observation I've made (don't feel right using the word "trait" feels icky in this context?) Is that they can often latch onto a certain thought or action/task that they have difficulty deviating from if something else comes up/needs to be done instead or perhaps even someone is agreeing with them but they continue to restate their opinion in a way that I can perceive as, combative I guess. --The concept of this paragraph is one of the things I've tried bringing up to them a couple times now (they started back in september) by stating that I believe we're both misunderstanding eachother due to our assumptions of one another's tones and the way things are said. And that I think It's something that may continue to be a struggle for us but that I wanted to state it openly and try to hold one another to stopping the other and asking for clarity if we're feelin some type away about a conversation.

There are I feel a bunch of other minor things that can fray my patience but one last thing I'll mention that's come up frequently recently is tending to be very closed off and sharing offhanded remarks about having a tough time with their workload or something else but then not wanting to really have a talk to elaborate so that I or other coworkers can help remedy the situation/just be in the know-- Last week when it was just us in the office early I asked them how they were doing and how their project was going (cause their focus for their internship is a mostly independent project) and they confided that they've been really stressed tbh and then --I wanna say casually dropped but it wasn't really casual, they dropped that on top of them not having standard Microsoft office stuff on their personal computer to be able to work on some documents and create some flyers/PowerPoint presentations, they also have been working 6 days a week cause they have to work a second job to supplement their income, which NONE of us knew, so there hadn't even been the opportunity for our supervisor to then help figure out how to redistribute their workload. And I was shocked and so asked if they'd told the supervisor and they said no and went on to talk about how they're used to it, it's the way life's always been and they were obviously getting emotional about it--which I understand and tried to show support since I also have gone through times not having food available to me and such--but obviously it can be hard to open with people about trauma like that and so almost immediately they where like--yeah I don't want to talk about it anymore. And I suggested they should tell our supervisor because sometimes the way we help ourselves is by allowing other people to help us, but again they reiterated that they wanted to stop talking about it.

Because of them keeping a lot of their struggling with workload basically to themselves except for some offhanded comments about a mandatory course series they had to take specific to their project--unless one of us blatantly asks--Honestly I and other coworkers were assuming that their workload wasn't that much. Also, on certain occasions during office hours they would spend time working on these other time intensive courses for something completely unrelated to their job--granted It's to work towards a certification for something they learned about on the job and want to now pursue more of, but had been told by our supervisor that their position description duties needed to come first.

And It's like, they've mentioned around me before--earlier on in the internship, that they feel like no one ever gets them, and not feeling like they can connect with folks --and honestly for some reason I was definitely one of those cause there were things I would suggest and explain --like not going 15+ over the speed limit in our work vehicles because they'd have to pay that fine and then also lose driving privileges like for the rest of their career with our agency and they got very defensive(eventhough I acknowledge that I also can often speed in our work vehicles and definitely in my personal since I have a lead foot and am a confident driver here but also that is me knowing the risks and also being a lot better now about using cruisecontrol in our work vehicles) BUT either that same week or on the next, a different coworker of ours that this person openly admires and looks up to (I'll admit this person comes off waaaay sweeter/nicer than me often so I'll take that L) will say the same thing and they take their words in stride and simply agree then slow down. Though in a whole other week or so later they were driving by themselves to a field location and passed our supervisor's personal car on the road there going 70 in a 55 and were reprimanded for it, but no privileges or anything taken, just like Yo you can't keep doing this and need to take this more seriously and be aware that if it's observed again then actions would be taken.

But ugh this seemed like it would be shorter in my head. And honestly possibly just need to vent to ppl outside the situation. But yeah, I understand them remaining closed off cause they may still feel not understood. And it's not like any of these things keep us from inviting them to after work hangouts and group events, we're very aware of making sure not to exclude them from things just cause of the potentially "awkward" situations and such--I just hate that I get so easily frustrated and can snap at them about then unrelated things and also feeling like I need to try and help "remedy" the "awkward" situations

so yeah. just feeling like a shitty person tbh and don't need/want reassurance that I'm not or whatever. just would appreciate people weighing in if they have similar behaviors and how they would like to be addressed or not addressed about them by a coworker. I'm trying to work on curbing and shutting down my abelist conditioning/thought processes on how things "should be to be normal" if that makes sense.

#nat rants #its real long and also i most likely sounds like a shitty person #feel free to dm me or send thoughts in an anon ask that i promise not to post #i want legit feedback on this cause i cant grow without it #and while i have my own neurodivergent shit i deal with and am hyperaware and critical of #abelism is one of the isms i feel like i super struggle with #will also be going to google now to see if there are articles and stuff on this but wanted to get opinions #from real folks who relate to either myself or my coworker in these situations

[ladyfenring]

the horrors (getting @'ed on slack) never end

#some of my coworkers work very hard #and some of them are like drew barrymore in 50 first dates #and every day they wake up and have forgotten everything they learned the previous day #and unfortunately for them #i do not love them as much as adam sandler loved drew barrymore #and i am unwilling to make a videotape to explain how their entire job works #i think you should do your job about it #i'm on my break right now and i made the mistake of looking at my work computer #i can see the red DM notification #i know it is ivan asking me for help #ivan i need you to fly free #ivan i need you to figure this out on your own buddy #i don't know what he did for the week i was on vacation #died?