#but they charged like $120

[inkskinned]

i hate how commodity and capitalism has ruined so much storytelling . i hate how sequels and prequels and whatever else all ring like merch sales; i hate that i as an author have to include any social media following i have as a marketable trait; i hate that everything feels like a xerox of a copy of a dream of a memory.

i hate that my nostalgia has been turned into profit. i hate that companies fear consumer backlash so no real commentary may be made; i hate that companies care more about quantity over quality. i hate that so many artists and creators are being overworked to the point of complete collapse rather than being allowed to tell the story their way. i hate that every point of representation has to be fought for. i hate it i want us all to go back to living in a cave .

when you sit with friends over a bonfire and the night is getting long and people start telling this slow, almost hypnotic story - in this quiet voice, like they don't expect you to listen while they say the most fucked up shit you've ever heard - that is storytelling. who cares if the punchline is car hand hook door. storytelling has always been about community, about us all sitting in the dark, choosing to fill the silence while the last embers are dying. we forgot that storytelling is spellwork. hallucinating together, our breaths held, waiting for the ending we already knew was coming.

#this is specifically due to my rage and undying hatred of megacorporation #disney. #and specifically bc i think there COULD have been a really good series of new #dinosaur island t rex movies #if they had just fucking gone the distance #stopped with the fucking bad CGI #and made the whole thing about late-stage capitalism #do you wanna know what would ACTUALLY sell and work on the big screen more than a trex screaming in front of a volcano #(u absolute jerkweeds)? #so they've rebuilt the island and the park. but the narrative is 100% #that nobody wants to fucking work there and it feels AT BEST cult-like and insular. nobody is paid well for this #at EVERY possible place they are cutting corners. the dinosaurs might have higher walls #but the handlers are paid 5.34 an hour due to island laws. the corporation has RFID tags in their costumes which they are forced to wear #the employees are not allowed to drink water in 120 degree heat bc it would be upsetting to guests #u know real things i experienced working for disney #(but it was 8.90) #anyway it turns out the park CEO knew the risks and just didnt care bc bottom line BAYBEE. #it would be so much more sobering and fucking GOOD if it was like. scientists being like ''i am an environmental scientist'' #''after the epa was slashed this is literally the only job i could find. i literally HAD to take it or i couldn't feed my family.'' #''i hate what i do. i am disgusted by it. i literally CANNOT STOP because the company also charges us 400 dollars a week to live here'' #the dinosaurs escape EARLY in my movie. like minute 45. and then... 1 week later #the park reopens. #half the staff are missing. they're just fucking gone. it doesn't matter tho the company tells everyone to work 2x as hard #that those people weren't loyal enough or they are tragic heroes bc they died doing what they love #and the movie isn't like ''wow dinosaurs scary!!!'' it's... #that in a global fucking pandemic disney kept sacrificing employees. #but it'll be disguised bc the pandemic will be dinosaurs. #this my beloved is what we call an ALLEGORY but unfortunately certain companies have never heard of them #allegories require critical thinking and that doesn't test well with audiences

[posallys]

i will NEVER not be pissed that most colleges cost about 40k A YEAR on average and that if YOUR PARENTS make over 120k AS A GROSS INCOME you're practically immediately disqualified for need-based aid???? like do you really believe anybody can afford to throw an entire third of their annual income to their kid's schooling, when they probably have several thousands of dollars in loan debt themselves??? in THIS economy??? eggs are fucking $7 a dozen where i am right now but GOD FUCKING FORBID i get any financial aid because "well your upper class" NEWS FLASH 120K IS THE NEW MIDDLE CLASS AND JUST BECAUSE MY PARENTS MAKE OKAY MONEY NOW DOESN'T MEAN FUCK ALL WHEN I CAN REMEMBER ALL THE NIGHTS THEY DIDN'T EAT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAD ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED ME AND MY SISTERS I need to hold everyone involved at gunpoint because i really don't think a single fucking one of them understands "oh but you have money :/" there's literally a reason i work FULL FUCKING TIME while double majoring and it's because my parents can't even send me money for fucking groceries, let alone fork out FORTY FUCKING THOUSAND DOLLARS GOD DAMN YEAR for a degree that'll be FUCKING WORTHLESS in three years anyway i worked my ASS off and graduated with a 4.7 to get scholarships because i knew that's the only way i'd realistically be able to afford school. and then the fucking fafsa goes "oh but you have money in your savings! you can pay for your own school" bitch i have 4k and it's for my fucking rent!!!! my parents have like $600 in savings do YOU SEE THE ISSUE that's what being forced into credit card debt for 20 years fucking does it puts you in an unescapable hole so even when you're making good money YOU DON'T GET SHIT!!!!!! NOT TO MENTION THE ABYSMAL CREDIT SCORES MY PARENTS HAVE SO GOOD FUCKING LUCK TRYING TO GET LOANS FOR ME!!! COSIGNER? I'VE NEVER HEARD OF HER IM GOING TO KILL PEOPLE!!!!!!

#sponsored by me working on transfer applications and the fafsa telling me to go fuck myself ✨✨ #i need to strangle ever single fucking person in charge of uni pricing #give me ONE fucking reason your school costs 40k a year when you have thousands of undergrads #'non-profit' my FUCKING ASS lets do the math. #i currently go to a small school so 4500 undergrads (rounded down) #tuition ALONE is 43k. not to mention housing and food #but i'll be generous #so 4500 x 43000 = 193.500.000....which is ONE HUNDRED AND NINTY THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS?????? #there's 315 full time faculty and 240 part time #i've talked to professors and the MOST tenured ones here make about 130k a year #so JUST FOR A MOMENT LETS ASSUME EACH FACULTY MAKES 130K.... (240+315)(130000) = 72.150.000 #OKAY SO 193M - 73M = 120 MILLION LEFT OVER AND I KNOW GOD DAMN WELL THAT NOT ALL OF THAT GETS PUT BACK INTO THE SCHOOL #THE DECREPIT FALLING APART DORMS AND CLASSROOMS??? THERE ARE FUCKING RATS IN THE ONE BUILDING LIKE HUH????? #NOT TO MENTION THAT YOU ONLY PROVIDE HOUSING FOR 2 YEARS AND ARE LOCATED IN THE SECOND MOST EXPENSIVE CITY FOR RENTERS IN THE US........... #'we're non-profit :)' MOTHERFUCKERS WHERE IS THAT 120 MILLION DOLLARS FUCKING GOING THEN. EAT MY DICK

[cerbreus]

i need you guys to look at my pretty pretty rocks 👀💕❤❤💕

#went to an annual rock show today!!!!! #so many rocks!!!!! #thankfully i set myself a cash budget or my god we would have been there. a lot longer. #such beautiful stuff though!!!!! i've started collecting slabs #because i like to display them on my wall like a collage #i'm enamored with all these shapes and colors and patterns..... #some of the sellers told me what the rocks were but i have a really REALLy horrible memory so I'll have to look them up again later #but I got so many for me and also some (not pictured) for my partner as well..... #i've been keeping my eye out for some specific things since before we even started dating and finally got my hands on some x))) #and also some that just have like #patterns and colors I think he'll like!!!! it's so much fun...... #ahhHHHHHHHH I LOVE MINERALS AND STONES SO MUCH #they also had a lot of petrified dinosaur poop slabs which were actually. so beautiful. #anyway #heheheheh #literally all of this if i was trying to buy from the rock stores here or online they'd have charged me probably $20-$50 each..... jfc #especially some of the special ones i got like #finding them below $80-$120 for a small stupid tumbled version is REAL hard #my stuff #over half the sellers were just selling tumbled stones though :( saddened by just how many lake superior agates i saw that were tumbled #they look SO cool naturally... why.. tumble them...

[thegoodgege]

jjk mod where higuruma is this guy

#his ct is getting a guilty verdict with 3 plot twists #his binding vow is that his cursed energy output is lowered to like 70% until he puts his shades on and then it skyrockets to like 120% #he has to charge it up by pissing off his opponent with his weirdness #sukuna is finished bro #jjk #jujutsu kaisen #higuruma hiromi #sukuna ryomen #one dollar lawyer #cheon jihun #kdrama #how niche is this post lol

[aleksanderscult]

In a universe in which Alina doesn't exist yet and Darkling takes another lover, how do you think Zoya would react?

I believe she would react, more or less, in the same way. Especially if the Darkling held a strong interest in her.

Zoya wanted to be the center of his attention, the apple of his eye. So any woman that had him would suffer from her scorn and hate.

#I just can't with Zoya 😭 #like. lady? Do you really think that a 120 year old will pay attention to you when he's in charge of an army #responsible to lead the Grisha to battles and having so many troubles in his mind? #ma'am the world is at war and it doesn't revolve around you #anon asks #the darkling #zoya nazyalensky #shadow and bone #grishaverse #grishaverse trilogy #aleksander morozova

[cognitohazard]

I HATE OWNING A CAR

#tell me how midas will charge me $60 for an oil change (reasonable) but try to charge me $120 for the labor of changing the headlights #which is EASY on my car it takes like 15 minutes man i'll just go buy the parts myself

[dollsome-does-tumblr]

my laptop charger has stopped working -- working less and less over the past month until, as of right now, it seems to have given up completely -- and it freaking sucks :'(

all i want to do is have zone-out-on-my-laptop time!!! but i can't!!!! because it's gonna die in 30 seconds!!!!

#i was just really in the zone with one of my romangerri seasonal ficlets :'( #WHY CAN'T MY LAPTOP CHARGER JUST CHARGE MY LAPTOP #DOESN'T SEEM TOO MUCH TO ASK #dollsome's deep thoughts #it will only work randomly if it's in a very specific position #and damned if i can figure out what that position is! #maybe i should write by hand like an old timey person #but i type 120 wpm and that's hard to walk away from

[emi1y]

self titled album original release cd please...

#THE PERSON WHO SOLD IT ON DISCOGS TWO YEARS AGO FOR $15 DESCRIBED AS ''UNWANTED GIFT'' 😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫😫 #now the only copies available for sale are over $100 and im like. not THAT down bad. i still have a sense of basic financial responsibility #but godd. GODDDDDD.............. #i wonder if they have data for how long the listing has been up. maybe if its been up for ages i can talk him down bc all of the #previous sales have never been over $40 so like. where does this guy get off charging $120 for it. hello. #emily.docx

[deadthehype]

#twitter #pete alonso #mets #new york mets #mlb #the only time I threw up in a car was in a taxi #was charged like $120 for a $15 trip lol #I was broke at the time too so luckily I had just enough to cover the mess and trip #shitty feeling don't recommend

[serkonans]

I not getting paid until monday. maybe tuesday

#i forgor that there was a holiday tomorrow so payroll won't be working. #i had an overdue charge on my student loans bc the autopay feature didn't apply to both of them even tho it's set up to pay proportionally #and i put lyft on my credit card bc it's cash back but i had multiple dr appointments so now my credit bill is $170. and the loans were $60 #i have $70 left in checking (i have some in savings) until mon or tues and i need to buy groceries which has never once cost me that little #they run like $120-180 usually. i dont WANT to transfer savings i did that like a week ago to pay down my credit card to $0 #so that i could set it to autopay everything. going to destroy things going to froth and maim #oisín.txt #oisín.n #*$70 after the other expenses and i have money left in savings like i said. this is not dire i'm just tired

[satorhime]

which artist used ai? :o

e/kkurea admitted to using ai in their art for comms and have spoken about it a few times.

#✰ミ݁ ׅ ࣪ sweetbox ! ! #please give ur money to traditional artists and not people who charge $120 for half body that a machine helped them create #they claim they only use it for minor things #but the style they’ve had as of recent looks very ai like

[oldblackpeacoat]

MIKEY WAY SIGNED BASS PICK FOR SALE ON EBABY

#it is probably fake but i like to look at it... 👀 #danny speaks #i was looking for a mikey way milky way t-shirt they're charging like 120 plus 40 shipping for one. girl i hate you. get a life.

[six-of-ravens]

why did I come here, the internet has gone down like 4 times >:(

#my internet at home is bad but not THIS bad #i was looking at getting fibre bc telus still had ads up for their boxing day sale #but apparently those ads are a lie bc when i went through the checkout process it tried to charge me full price #i do not have 120/month for internet #grrrrrr we need like. federal regulations for internet prices this is nuts

[hungry-hobbits]

i think i've been waiting like a week for this electrician to get back to me with an estimate on repairs like i know you won't know the exact damage til you get here but you can give me a general cost idea based off what i described cant you???

#im going to have to make an arduous call to social services to see if they know anyone who can help #personal #and if they have a loan or something i feel like i'll need the estimate before i can get it but i cant get an estimate until the fucking el #electrician gets back to me and if he says well i have to come to the house to give you an estimate thats a 120$ show up fee #i'll actually maul him #shouldnt cost 120$ for you to just fucking show up i'm sorry but thats pure evil #and whats worse its across like 3 or 4 other electricians ive called that they all charge 120$ just to show up

[arytha]

puts in my good headphones. goes to listen to songs i havent listened to with these yet

#fuck i forget how good these are #<- (the earbuds are like $120 they should be) #mara's shit #i just rarely use them bc i dont like using earbuds more than a few hrs a day #and bringing them to work isnt gonna happen. i have shitty bluetooth earbuds for that #also i cant charge my phone whennusing the expensive ones

[piplupod]

i know the answer is greed and potentially also rising costs but why does anyone need to pay anything over $300 for a place to live. especially when its a studio apartment like... it doesn't make sense idk

#infuriating bc im rly trying to look at if its realistic for me to be alive dnfjdkl #and like. if i get on disability thats 1400 a month (2k is below the poverty line in canada and yet... 1400 is enough for disabled ppl 🤪) #but then most supportive living places want to charge me 70% of my wages (so disability+any money i make outside of that) #like. what am i supposed to use to survive then lol #how tf do u expect me to pay for groceries and transportation and other necessities. i can probably manage that but. #then theres no money left over for fun things. thats fucking miserable #thats 980 for rent. then 420 left over for Anything Other Than Rent #idk if the supportive living places even provide internet or if u have to pay that #so fuck me i guess lmao #i think i can manage like $50 a week for groceries if im careful #which does leave me $220 for anything else. but idk #if i had to pay for internet that'd be roughly $100 from what I've seen for the cheapest plans available... rough #so 120 left for whatever else. also the groceries isnt counting like.. anything other than food oops #so i guess i will just never be able to have any savings djfjdkl #like maybe if i keep my limit of spending to $50 a month for any clothing or ice creams or whatever else #art supplies or plushies or whatever else. doughnuts etc. then maybe i can squirrel away 70 a month #the 50 would also have to go towards bus tickets probably bc govmt doesnt always give u a bus pass for disability #i think u have to pay for it each month? i cant remember #god that sucks #like legit if it's going to be like that then I'd kind of rather kill myself dbdjdl that sounds miserable to me #esp since i have no irl friends and i dont think im going to be able to make any bc im so twitchy and jumpy and bad at socialising fhjdkl #idk. i dont think I'll even be approved for disability to be entirely honest. don't think im disabled enough for the govmt to approve me #so rest in peace me i guess maybe literally fjfjdkl #idk how anyone is alive anymore this is just a fucked up world and i think im tired of dealing w everything #suicide tw #pippen needs 2nd breakfast