#affect money

[inkskinned]

the thing is there's like, a point of oversaturation for everything, and it's why so many things get dropped after a few minutes. and we act like millennials or gen z kids "have short attention spans" but... that's not quite it. it's more like - we did like it. you just ruined it.

capitalism sees product A having moderate success, and then everything has to come out with their "own version" of product A (which is often exactly the same). and they dump extreme amounts of money and environmental waste into each horrible simulacrum they trot out each season.

now it's not just tiktokkers making videos; it's that instagram and even fucking tumblr both think you want live feeds and video-first programming. and it helps them, because videos are easier to sneak native ads into. the books coming out all have to have 78 buzzwords in them for SEO, or otherwise they don't get published. they are making a live-action remake of moana. i haven't googled it, but there's probably another marvel or starwars something coming out, no matter when you're reading this post.

and we are like "hi, this clone of project A completely misses the point of the original. it is soulless and colorless and miserable." and the company nods and says "yes totally. here is a different clone, but special." and we look at clone 2 and we say "nope, this one is still flat and bad, y'all" and they're like "no, totally, we hear you," and then they make another clone but this time it's, like, a joyless prequel. and by the time they've successfully rolled out "clone 89", the market is incredibly oversaturated, and the consumer is blamed because the company isn't turning a profit.

and like - take even something digital like the tumblr "live streaming" function i just mentioned. that has to take up server space and some amount of carbon footprint; just so this brokenass blue hellsite can roll out a feature that literally none of its userbase actually wants. the thing that's the kicker here: even something that doesn't have a physical production plant still impacts the environment.

and it all just feels like it's rolling out of control because like, you watch companies pour hundreds of thousands of dollars into a remake of a remake of something nobody wants anymore and you're like, not able to afford eggs anymore. and you tell the company that really what you want is a good story about survival and they say "okay so you mean a YA white protagonist has some kind of 'spicy' love triangle" and you're like - hey man i think you're misunderstanding the point of storytelling but they've already printed 76 versions of "city of blood and magic" and "queen of diamond rule" and spent literally millions of dollars on the movie "Candy Crush Killer: Coming to Eat You".

it's like being stuck in a room with a clown that keeps telling the same joke over and over but it's worse every time. and that would be fine but he keeps fucking charging you 6.99. and you keep being like "no, i know it made me laugh the first time, but that's because it was different and new" and the clown is just aggressively sitting there saying "well! plenty of people like my jokes! the reason you're bored of this is because maybe there's something wrong with you!"

#this was much longer i had to cut it down for legibility #but i do want to say i am aware this post doesnt touch on human rights violations as a result of fast fashion #that is because it deserves its own post with a completely different tone #i am an environmental educator #so that's what i know the most about. it wouldn't be appropriate of me to mention off-hand the real and legitimate suffering #that people are going through #without doing my research and providing real ways to help #this is a vent post about a thing i'm watching happen; not a call to action. it would be INCREDIBLY demeaning #to all those affected by the fast fashion industry to pretend that a post like this could speak to their suffering #unfortunately one of the horrible things about latestage capitalism as an activist is that SO many things are linked to this #and i WANT to talk about all of them but it would be a book in its own right. in fact there ARE books about each level of this #and i encourage you to seek them out and read them!!! i am not an expert on that i am just a person on tumblr doing my favorite activity #(complaining) #and it's like - this is the individual versus the industry problem again right because im blaming myself #for being an expert on environmental disaster (which is fucking important) but not knowing EVERYTHING about fast fashion #i'm blaming myself for not covering the many layers of this incredibly complicated problem im pointing out #rather than being like. yeah so actually the fault here lies with the billion dollar industries actually. #my failure to be able to condense an incredibly immense problem that is BOOK-LENGTH into a single text post that i post for free #is not in ANY fucking way the same amount of harm as. you know. the ACTUAL COMPANIES doing this ACTUAL THING for ACTUAL MONEY. #anyway im gonna go donate money while i'm thinking about it. maybe you can too. we can both just agree - well i fuckin tried didn't i #which is more than their CEOs can say

[things-stronger-than-fear]

literally in another universe snowbairdplinth could've been THE revolution. they wouldn't even really need any allies, lbr.

like, between coryo's cunning, sej's conscience, and lucy gray's charisma? the snow name, the plinth fortune, the baird d12 but neither district nor capitol pedigree?

coryo could've actually been like, panem's first 20-year-old president, who outlaws the hunger games and who the districts still listen to because he has sej and lucy gray on side. and yeah maybe coryo still kills a bunch of people but like whatever, no one really bats an eye -- who's gonna mourn gaul, anyways? no one in the districts, that's for sure. even if gaul didn't suck ass they'd be busy with cool covey music and awesome new legislation.

in a better universe i am 100% certain snowbairdplinth could've managed a fairly bloodless revolution, six decades early.

#they're all idiots in canon but if they listened to each other? #if coryo opened up to the idea that control could be achieved through means other than brutality? #if sej started thinking through his rebellious plots for more than five minutes and used his money to affect large-scale change? #if lucy gray willingly inserted herself into politics for the good of the nation? #ugh we could've had it allllllLLLLL #the hunger games #the ballad of songbirds and snakes #tbosas #coriolanus snow #lucy gray baird #sejanus plinth #snowbaird #snowjanus #snowbairdplinth #snowjanusbaird #<- idk what the proper ship name is T-T #at this point i'm gonna start tagging all my bullshit aus with #fuck coriolanus' canon asshattery

[ikeameatballspoisonedme]

Someone on Weibo posted about Jullian Champenois sexually harassing multiple Chinese women using his status as Kim's voice actor. This is beyond disappointing.

EDIT: here is the translated version

#My love for Kim will not be affected but I would not give him any money #Not like I could anyway #Disco Elysium

[divorcedtom]

Who has ever looked after you in this fucking family?

#toms the only one that understands that greg seeks money power AND physical affection #tomgreg #tom wambsgans #greg hirsch #my gifs #succession #1k #2k

[bythepen98]

More Tomarry doodles 😌✨️💚❤️

Au where Harry is constantly struggling bc of Tom's good looks and gestures of affection. He totally has a crush but really REALLY doesn't know how to deal with it.

He's seen either frowning or looking constipated whenever he's by Tom's side and people naturally mistake it as distate/hatred (which technically wouldn't have been wrong back in his old timeline).

In reality, Harry is so down bad for his past nemesis that he's always close to hyperventilating at the proximity between them. With Tom manoeuvring situations behind the scenes so that they can constantly be near each other/are partners in every class they're in, Harry has no chance to relax his heart at all and thus, suffers. It just so happens that his face, misleadingly, reflects that pain. Lmao.

-end (tbc?)

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Probably my last doodle (of them?) for awhile bc I really need to finish my other wips and I have an upcoming bday project to work on hhhh. Like I'll still make time for them but right now? it's a challenge. /n

#doodles #fanart #tomarry #tomarry fanart #harry potter #harry james potter #tom riddle #harrypotterfanart #tom riddle fanart #hp fanart #peep abaraxas in the back looking shook af 😭 #rbf Harry #he's just as gone for Tom okay #but the feeling is so intense that he ends up lashing out and becomes a brat insteadhfurkr #'throwing' away Tom's gifts and gestures of affection to his face #but secretly and gently hiding it away in his box of treasures when he's alone 🥺 #no fr all those little trinkets from Tom? puts it all next to his invisibility cloak and photo album of his parents #yes the irony is hilarious i know. Harry knows but he dont care bc ITS A DIFFERENT REALITY LET HIM LIVE #tom buys all these gifts with abraxas' money btw

[spidey-bie]

I find it hard to believe that Hobie buys anything for you. He says it's because he doesn't want to be a cog in the capitalistic machine he's broke. If he can make it himself he will. But if you want something from a big chain store he'll just steal it. He always supports small businesses and mom and pop shops when he can.

#i always laugh when someone says he buys his s/o things #with what money #he gives me more physical affection or acts of service type anyways #i mean we saw how he hugged pavitar when he saw him #hobie brown #hobie brown x black!reader #hobie x reader #hobie x black!reader #hobie brown x reader #jay and the spiders #hobie imagine #cory writes

[levi-lev]

"I unconsciously stepped back. My back hit something. I turned my head. Looked up. It was Sung Hyunjae. He was looking down at me. Our eyes met. He looked surprised. He seemed a little flustered, unusually enough for him. He gripped my shoulders and spun me around.

Sung Hyunjae wrapped his arms around me. My field of view, and my face, were completely covered."

(Chapter 210 - @sfstranslations )

#When you accidentaly trigger your boyfriend so you hug the shit out of him to prevent the subsequent panic attack #HE KEEPS HUGGING HIM #The way Sung hyunjae tries to gently push Han Yoojin toward recovery somehow #offering education and money #and therapy #and affection #SO MUCH AFFECTION #my god #that whole arc was so #it hurts so good #han yoojin #sung hyunjae #fanart #mine #the s classes that i raised #tsctir #sctir #HJYJ #jinjae #MySClassHunters #내가키운S급들

[problemnyatic]

This is your regular reminder not to conflate top/bottom with dom/sub because the queer community does not need another goddamn gender binary, especially not from inside the fucking house

maybe reskinning cishetero gender roles with a coat of rainbow paint is not actually a good thing and inhereting the exact same stereotypes is bad and you shouldn't do it even as a joke! thanks

#problemnyatic discourse #problemnyatic rants #problemnyatic thoughts #call it nitpicky but this shit has personally affected me and I have seen the shit idiot brain fungus it gives people #bottoms are all useless incapable pillow princesses who cant do anything lol!!! theyre just good for sex and whining #And tops make all the decision and also money and have all the life skills and are always arousing to the silly feminine bottoms #wow this is just ancient fucking man and woman sexism but you made it gay! die.

[a-dumb-sarcastic-bisexual]

Nimona trio house headcanons

So I said in a post that I cant find because I've made like 30 headcanon posts that the trio’s house is a perfect combination of them

But I feel like I’ve been purposefully vague about where they would live because I didn’t really have an idea before now but now I do 

Imagine literally any Disney cottage and you have it 

It’s a small three bedroom two bath single floor unassuming little thing 

There’s enough room for all of them and an office but if they hadn't been through Hell and back together it would feel stupid cramped  

They live in a heavily forested area that has a decent amount of houses around it with enough space between them to give the comfort of privacy 

When they bought the cottage they were really looking for qualities that they would all enjoy 

The cottage being surrounded by trees was actually really beneficial for Nimona 

It actually kept her from leaving for a very long time because she spent a solid 6 months mapping out the forest and discovering new things almost every day 

It was far enough from the city that Ambrosius felt like he could breathe 

This was the first time when paparazzi weren’t within arms reach and when he realized that he cried tears of joy 

And the house was enough of a fixer upper to give Bal something to do for at least 2 years 

The house was very old by their standards so he spent months figuring out how he was going to renovate it before they even signed the papers 

Their neighbors are also saints who know no one as high profile as those three move all the way out there for fun

They came over to offer housewarming gifts like food and other things but they mostly keep to themselves unless they need something or are explicitly invited

This was a breath of fresh air because for some reason the people in the city were unusually nosy 

You’d think it would be the opposite but no their apartment neighbors wouldn’t leave them the hell alone 

You’d also think that they would hate the trek to and from work and that it would be harder to lose paparazzi but again no

The three of them love long car rides and the heavily forested area makes it easy for them to lose them in the trees 

Their new neighbors also noticed that they did things like keeping the outside of their house as unassuming as possible 

Like Ambrosius planted flowers outside and they have some knickknacks that are too big for the living room 

But the house is painted a similar color to the rest of the area 

They also park their vehicles behind the house and make sure their names aren’t visible on the outside of the house 

And the curtains are drawn most of the time 

So the neighbors do little things like park their cars behind their houses so this habit doesn’t seem weird or text the boys when they see an unfamiliar vehicle driving down the street 

Or let them know to stay in the city for a little longer cause someone has driven back and forth down the road at least 10 times 

Every time they do this Ambrosius and Nimona bake them something or Bal offers to help them around their house 

Literally anything to show how undeniably grateful they are for all their help

And most of the time the neighbors turn down the help and share the food the trio made with them 

Because they’ve done more than enough already

#nimona 2023 #nimona movie #nimona headcanon #nimona #ballister boldheart #ambrosius goldenloin #ballister x ambrosius #goldenheart #my anger issues were jumping out trying to find that post #if yall find it I'll give you a big hug #because I'm going out and literally cant find it to save my life #I also got a new job!! #I love being a cog in the machine that is capitalism #but also I kind of need money to survive so #there is that #I dont know how that's affect my posting schedule #but lets hope it doesn't do anything

[sukimas]

getting invited to fancy restaurants by much wealthier coworkers is always funny because i know more about what's on the menu than they do. no, you should not be paying $85 for new york wagyu filet mignon.

#(conspiratorially) they don't even know kobe prefecture exists #reading a lot can give you the affectations of a fancy little lady but none of the money to go with it. a shame

[bearhugsandshrugs]

Oooh I feel like Tav would be the one to fall in love first but Gortash would fall harder. Imagine him just watching Tav training or something and she turns to smile at him and he smiles back, then at that moment he starts freaking out internally and decides he needs to start courting Tav.

Knowing him he will probably be over the top with the courting and Tav would be like “..tf is this shit”

I mean that man knows how to seduce, but COURT? Probably has to read a book first lol

One day Tav comes back to her room and there’s a gigantic bouquet of flowers sitting on her desk; like every expensive and exotic flower in existence? It’s there. They don’t match up and it looks horrendous, because Gortash ordered the most debauched shit, glaring at the flower shop owner quietly trying to advise him–

Tav is like “an effort was made” but when he asks her how she liked her room’s new decor she does a lousy job at lying and Gortash hides his expression, then rages in private.

He heard that he should probably take her out? On a date? So he has an entire city section shut off, the people living there shouting at them as he takes Tav to the small park that’s nestled in that area. She’s like … man, but then she sees that he’s actually nervous and she melts a little. But when they get there, do you think they’re alone?

You would be wrong because there’s an entire group of staff waiting to tend them. Who needs a secluded, private picnic if you can drag a five star chef out of his restaurant to force him to cook around the corner so you can dine with the woman you’re into? Right, not Gortash, that’s for sure

After like a month of this, with not a single move between them having happened (Tav is too nervous and Gortash increasingly has the feeling he fucks up and just wants everything to be PERFECT) Tav decides to ask him for a business meeting late in the evening, some made up excuse and some conspiring staff will do (honestly they need this to stop too), and when he arrives it’s actually perfect because she wears a cute dress and there are candles. Oh, first he frowns, this was supposed to be his role, but then he gets it, FINALLY, and he kisses her–

#enver gortash #gortash x tav #sigh i’m into the yearning so bad #i’m convinced he’d overcompensate so badly #actually ridiculous man #too much power money and affection is a recipe for disaster

[skunkes]

#i went and got Examined and Cleaned at dentist and of course paid with my own money #which i save for these exact reasons! health stuff #and i feel much better after going... like in general #i needed a cleaning its been a while since my last one #anyway i get home and both my parents are acting like it was all a waste of time and money #which makes sense bc like. this is only my second time ever going to a dentist. ykwim #i never went to doctors growing up because Waste Of Money We Dont Have #so obvs they think that way #but it Affects Me. ykwim. like oh i really am going to have insane obsessive massive self doubt over every decision i make until i die...ok #like maybe i shouldtve gone maybe it wldve gone away by itself i dont knowwwww #joining the war on All The Men In My Family Dying Bc They Dont Seek Medical Care on the side of the Men #talkys

[aroacehanzawa]

whats ur beef?

My favourite manga lost the plot so now i cope by being a hater 👍

#long answer is i have beef with the direction that the bsd manga has taken #it only superficially resembles the beloved mystery and character-driven detective agency story with atsushi as the main character #i'm dissatisfied with major developments like killing off fyodor and reviving him and pulling this #PSYCH his ability wasn't what you thought it was. with zero foreshadowing or buildup #because the manga has become full of marvel-movie type plot twists that serve little to no coherent narrative purpose except shock factor #it cheapens the story and it cheapens the development of characters and it cheapens the reader's experience #because we can't speculate and we can't draw connections and parallels and engage with the story on a deeper level #what connections there exist (for example between manga and anime) are shoehorned in after the popularity of the anime and #specific characters (e.g. fyodor who was shoehorned into untold origins in the anime) and mostly the characters who bring in money #i.e. fyodor and dazai and chuuya and their relationships especially soukoku. all this at the expense of characters like atsushi or #the majority of the female cast. who have been MIA for god knows how long and who were barely given frame each in the anime's finale #bsd treatment of its female characters has been subpar shounen level at best and now they're completely sidelined #as with most of the original cast and the original themes of the story. in fact i struggle to identify a coherent overarching theme #for the current arc. other than military action scifi movie go brrrr #compared to early arcs where each chapter had a meaningful message to say about the importance of living and what it means to stay alive and #keep going and why we are fighting to keep important people in our lives and to keep ourselves alive #and what it means to belong somewhere and what it means to be good or bad and how your place of belonging affects that #as a long term reader i just feel betrayed and disappointed. by how a story with complex and vibrant characters has become another #generic cashgrab shounen. and i mourn for the lost potential it had and everything the series has build up #only to have plot points abandoned at a whim. #so that's why i'm a hater now 👍 #i know a lot of my bsd mutuals are still big fans of bsd so i try not to be obnoxious about it and mainly keep it comedic #like i don't actually hate the manga. because it's so important to me. and i respect the creators of the manga and anime #but it's frustrating to watch a train wreck in real time. and it's my blog i can hate what i want 😔 #sorry if there are typos i wrote all this on mobile and can't edit the tags. i didn't wanna put any of this in the main post

[sylvies-chen]

the wesper deleted scene reminded me of how I will never not laugh at the fact that wylan van eck was born into a wealthy family who neglected him and mocked him severely until he was forced to live on the streets as a pauper and then the first person wylan truly falls in love with just so happens to be a sharpshooting money-loving gambler who’s part of an extremely exclusive criminal enterprise with a leader dedicated to making as much coin as possible like WHAT KIND OF WEALTH AND PROSPERITY LUCKY CHARM DOES THIS GUY HAVE LMAOO

#he doesn’t chase money y’all the money chases him #and now he’s rich in money AND in love and affection #this is a jan van eck hate page btw #wylan van eck #wesper #jesper fahey #kaz brekker #six of crows #shadow & bone #sab season 2 #shadow & bone season 2

[nezumeanie]

♡⃣ v a l k y r i e ’ s simple affection is shown by…𖥔 ˑ ִ ֗ ִ ۫ ˑ 𖥻 ִ ۫ ּ

….basking in your presence. mika is content anywhere as long as you’re the person beside him. running errands with you goes beyond being a favorite pastime of his, it’s a genuine honor of his to be allowed to spend the most mundane hours of life with you. holding your grocery bags while talking about the colors in the advertisements you’ve seen in store windows, making up names and stories for puppies seen tied to cafe tables outside, predicting the weather, discussing how intelligent humans are for inventing things for even the smallest of inconveniences—in the silence between topics mika thanks that god over and over again that someone could love a half broken product like him. he feels truly blessed by you, especially if you find the right time to rub his head or scratch under his chin. in the small times you spend together, he blushes so much around you that you begin to believe he really is just a cherry cheeked kind of boy

….pinching your cheek and clicking his teeth. only you can hear the care in shu’s nagging, the softness in his correction. only he can see the hair on your head that’s out of place, the tag sticking out of your shirt. brushing a hair out of your face while your hands are full, fastening your necklace for you after you’ve fumbled with the latch for a minutes or so, retying your shoes for you mumbling about how childish you truly are—shu can’t admit it but he really does enjoy just taking care of you. you’re a precious artifact to him, something that needs delicate hands and a proper home. taking note of the colors you wear often, the times of year you sneeze the most, the kind of drinks that you cringe at, whether or not you enjoy the guitar and if he should find ways to incorporate into his work..even in his own little world, there remains a spot for you. somehow you’re approval has also become vital to his projects, knowing you believe in his genius gives his a sense of pride like he’s never felt when he’s done this alone. after so many years of safe and cold porcelain skin, shu never realized how strong his craving was to feel something so warm and inviting until now

#hello……..not me having issues writing itsuki again 🥴 hi #but i said before itsuki’s affection is all corrective….well thts all i can find it in me to say rn #kagehira is both catlike & golden retriever-like in a way i can’t put into the right words #like ‘eager to please’ but ‘throughly enjoys parallel play’ hahah #idk i think he’s sweet is all #i think he’s a little stingy w money though i think he would turn bright red and ask to split the check hahhaha #but itsuki would pay even if he didn’t have the money bc he’s delusional (doesn’t know how money works) (or doesn’t care abt how money works #very very removed from reality….ah okay no more talking abt itsuki 😵‍💫 #idk i don’t have anything else to say #things written #ensemble stars #enstars fanfic #valkyrie enstars #enstars fluff #mika kagehira #mika kagehira x reader #shu itsuki x reader #valkyrie x reader #shu itsuki #valkyrie ensemble stars #enstars #itsuki shu #kagehira mika #enstars headcanons #mika kagehira fluff #shu itsuki fluff #mika kagehira headcanon

[drdemonprince]

your post about only communicating the minimum needed reminded me of the gricean maxims (concept in linguistics describing how people communicate)! your advice was very similar to the maxim of quantity :)

From the UPenn School of Arts & Sciences site:

Grice's Maxims

The maxim of quantity, where one tries to be as informative as one possibly can, and gives as much information as is needed, and no more.

The maxim of quality, where one tries to be truthful, and does not give information that is false or that is not supported by evidence.

The maxim of relation, where one tries to be relevant, and says things that are pertinent to the discussion.

The maxim of manner, when one tries to be as clear, as brief, and as orderly as one can in what one says, and where one avoids obscurity and ambiguity.

#yeah suffice to say many autistics would be rated by others as not adhering to these #quantity is subjective #and relation is something that we tend to think of in a different way than non autistics #speaking very broadly #we think people want to understand all the working parts surrounding a thing #whereas many non autistic people want to know just what will affect them personally #or what will make sense from their position and viewpoint #i want to see the whole forest and all the trees in it and it does help me make better decisions than most non autistics #but when i try to tell THEM about that entire system to help improve their decision making it's a lot to take in and it's not intuitive #for them to follow and they feel that a good enough decision is good enough most of the time #they dont want a perfect one because its just not efficient to live that way #which fair #but it is frustrating when im trying to help someone save a ton of money skipping an unnecessary purchase or make their life at work easier #etc #but they just dont wanna hear it #but in time one must learn boundaries and not trying to save other people or rule their lives after all