#like zero dollars

[united-federation-of-trek]

I hate when you say “it costs 0 dollars to be kind” and they respond like a smart-ass with “how much does it cost to be an asshole?”

The point is not that it’s cheaper or easier to be nice, the point is that there is no detriment to you if you are nice to someone and in a neutral situation where there is no cost to you either way but you have the chance to be kind or to be mean, you should choose to be kind instead. If your response to something determines whether the interaction is a net positive or a net negative, why would you choose to make it a net negative. Being an asshole costs you nothing (tangible, anyway) but it costs the person you’re an asshole to? It makes their day worse to interact with a dick?

You’re not funny or clever or edgy, you’re just an asshole!

#nobody is saying that you have to constantly inconvenience yourself #or be annoyingly positive or happy #but like #if somebody asks you for your seat on the train and you’re able to #you should #or like saying please and thank you and smiling at your barista #slow down for a second and let somebody merge into traffic in front of you on a busy highway where they’ll sit there for ages #if nobody slows down #you’re not funny for creatively insulting somebody #if you’re both aware and comfortable that it’s a joke whatever #but like you don’t need to condescend to other people or make them feel stupid #when somebody says they don’t know how to do something #offer to show them instead of scoffing and making fun of them #like zero dollars #this is about the person who just stared at me when I asked them to pass me something at work #and the other person who saw it happen and went out of their way to grab it for me #also the person who was just walking past but noticed my hands were super full so opened the door for me #not trek #be kind to people #it costs nothing to be kind

[psychicbergara]

how much do you wanna bet that after this response, the people bullying, harassing, and sending vitriolic threats to them are now like 'oh thank you for listening, love you guys so much' like give me a BREAK you people are miserable

#it costed zero dollars to act like a decent human being #sophie speaks

[rad-claid-plaid]

according to my women's study class reading, using "women" as a category to describe women is problematic because women might have different experiences with imperialism and socioeconomic class

Like. Yeah sure we don't have completely universal experiences as far as that goes, but that doesn't mean I don't have anything in common with women across the world. That we're not all oppressed under the patriarchy. That we don't have common ground in being women.

#like sorry every woman on earth has more in common with me than any m*n #like yes the USA is an imperialist power but thag doesnt mean that i dont share experiences with women?? #glad i paid zero dollars for this book #plaid.txt

[nintendont2502]

not to be the living embodiment of this meme but holy shit its actually so fucking easy to hack your 3ds do it do it now oh my god

if you follow this guide it takes half an hour, and then all you have to do is scan a qr code on this website using fbi (software automatically installed onto your hacked 3ds) and you can download *literally any eshop game/theme/dlc/dsiware for free* I am grabbing you by the shoulders I'm shaking you so hard it's so easy. It's so easy and you can get literally any content for free fuck Nintendo support game preservation pirate that shit be gay do crimes okay love you bye

#i got rhythm heaven and warioware - two games that cost uh. a fuck ton physically - for FREE #FREE #THATS LIKE. ZERO DOLLARS #me.txt #nintendo #hack your 3ds #please #3ds

[spindle-and-nima]

Little unlicensed contractors.....

It's the way he's proudly sitting by the now barricaded wall clearly waiting do it again

#like sir i did NOT hire you #zero dollars for you #bunblr #bunnies of tumblr #spindle #asks #spindle crimes

[dykeseinfeld]

do all the nine houses use the same currency. if not, how much has the ninth house had to devalue in order to maintain levels of trade necessary to get supplies. what are their interest rates like.

#it's implied their economies are somewhat separated despite being an empire bc of the idea of turning into a 5th house vassal state etc #but like. the ninth house has a GDP of like. zero. how does that work. #they have their old treasures and such like the vatican but they don't get tourism dollars and also have actual residents not just cardinal #like the way it's described the fifth house has a fully functioning self sustaining economy basically #meanwhile the fourth house produce....cannon fodder? that's it? are families compensated for joining the cohort is that their entire econom #the seventh house....has an old monarchy but what resources? what is average life for a normie citizen like? #tlt

[aisforinterval]

this is how cowboys have make love right

#aima's being a smartass look out #for a few dollars more #a few dollars more #clint eastwood #lee van cleef #yeah the lal western chapter got me on my western BS again #you can tell they went to this movie for reference #they just swapped the ages of the two #mortimer is mad dog if he were as cool as he thinks he is #i'll try for G/B/U next time #i remember not liking it as much as few dollars more #also i forgot what an ass eastwood's char is in this movie lol #he has ZERO chill

[swiss-army-fangirl]

i hope this email finds you no matter where you hide. you better pray to whatever deity you hold space for that this email finds you before i do.

#I HATE MY JOOOOOOOOOOOOB SO MUCH RN IT COSTS ZERO DOLLARS AND ZERO CENTS TO BE LIKE ‘seen will get back to you’ I AM #GOING TO RIP OUT UR THROAT WITH MY TEETH LIKE AN ANIMAL.

[badolmen]

I can fix him*

*bad writing, underutilized gameplay mechanics, characters with unfulfilled potential, funded by bootlickers

#ra speaks #personal #sorry I made dr phone calls and have like. ten minutes til I gotta get ready for first class of the semester. let me have this. #I think I should get every COD game ever for free. it’s MY tax dollars at work after all (actually anything produced w us military funding #should be free I think I can trap even my bootlicker tax hating dad into getting onboard w this one) #anyways. ghosts was…decent. but jfc if you give me a silent protag I expect SOME self awareness in the writing. #why are characters calling to him on comms when they know he won’t respond? why doesn’t he have an AAC device or something more futuristic? #I’m just saying if you explicitly limit a character you need to respect those limits in te writing. it’s not that hard. #like non of the characters even acknowledge that Logan never talks. esp weird when he first meets the ghosts #also. obv not a big fan of ‘all of South America has United into evil space terrorists’ but it was 2013 so ¯\ _(ツ)_/¯ #wish we got to see some SDC civis y’know? get a bear on the average attitudes abt the whole. invading the US thing. #(jfc do not get me started on The Wall like this is a 2016 trump voter’s power fantasy) #also Riley was such an interesting mechanic why couldn’t they have at least substituted him w drones or something on the other missions?? #you get him for like. two missions. and then he gets shot and you have to protect him (gosh I actually loved that section) #just. it was clear Logan was The Dog Guy with an aptitude for tech. honestly Hesh felt more like the MC than Logan. #and while Logan doesn’t have a ton of personality we can glean as a result of non speaking + ZERO communication at all ever #seriously he doesn’t even like. wave or give thumbs up to people wtf dude do ppl just assume he’s psychic or something??? #I do LOVE the few scenes we get with him acting outside of player control/where he actually has agency (Elias’ death. the final cutscene) #and like it’s not much but it’s enough that I WANT to see what happens next #but alas. a decade old game without a true sequel (I think??? haven’t actually looked into it.) #my brother is making fun of me for being a COD gamer now like boy. I have no defense pls be nice to me T-T

[always-andromeda]

Sorry but I am so tired of seeing tiktok videos of plus size women doing fit checks and their comments are flooded with the most disgusting words you could say to a person. 😀

#˚ʚ meda rants ɞ˚ #‘sorry but i have to make the joke’ #no you literally fucking don’t #it would cost you zero dollars not to #like you are in the comments of a woman who looks like the sweetest person alive #a person who has impeccable style #a person who radiates sunshine #and you’re gonna say ‘i have that same pool cover!!’ #some of y’all blatantly hate fat women specifically and i mean this sincerely #do some soul searching #discover why it is that fat women simply existing makes you compulsively think and say such vile things #for fucks sake #it is so easy to be good to people regardless of their size

[objection-u-a-bitch]

Two can play that game, babyboy. By telling women to be better about men you perpetuate the oppressive and outdated gender roles with women being the soft, understanding, patient (=defenseless and not allowed to express strong emotions) gender and men allowed to do fucking whatever except being normal human beings, as that's unmanly. And yeah, I don't care about man's political stance, race, orientation or whatever - I'm not leaving my pepper spray home if all the trans, black, and jewish men die out right this instant, and I won't if all the cis able bodied white men do. Equality!

lololol first of all don't call me 'babyboy' thats a sexual comment and you are a stranger to me

secondly it's like you don't read my post, you just wanna justify being a dick to men! i never said you should leave your pepper spray at home. i dont carry it personally, but i live in a safe area. taking precautions to ensure your safety in public is always justified, i would say, so long as that doesn't threaten the safety of said public by carrying genuine weapons around.

thirdly, treating trans men, black men, and jewish men poorly because they're men isn't equality. very likely by treating them poorly you are perpetuating transphobic, racist, or antisemitic behaviours that contribute to their oppression. makes you a piece of shit, to be honest.

lastly, if you think the only way to not be a dick to people for who they are is to fall back on traditional gender roles, thats on you, buddy. i managed for 20+ years and ive never in my life been described as soft, patient, or defenseless.

also, you're allowed to read a post you don't agree with and not come to me to argue about it. you know very well that by sending this to me you won't convince me that your misandry is justified. you just want to show your little radfem friends how good you've been about reaching your "dunking on men/trans people" quota for the week. which i think isn't a very mature response to a post that i think was very clear about what is expected behaviour in leftist spaces.

#also like. online you get paid zero dollars for being a piece of shit #so you might as well not be a piece of shit #antimasculism #anti masculinity #gender #feminism #activism #leftism #misandry

[tchaikovskaya]

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#i committed to working out again (as of like a week ago) which I do sincerely need to do #but even post recovery I like. see muscles move under my skin and I remember what they looked like when they were so developed #and I had zero body fat then lmao. like Back In The Day i would be so thin I could look at this #*those muscles when I was even getting up from a chair. #I could see the contour of their boundaries (?) and even my ligaments/tendons sometimes. thru my skin. bc I was so thin #and when I look at my legs and arms move forward sometimes that’s all I can #think about. ‘u used to be able to see that move under ur skin but u can’t now bc there’s too much fat in the way’ #I should be talking about this with a therapist I guess but I hate all of them and I don’t have a billion dollars and a whole decade to spen #*spend finding The Right One who is a good fit and is trained in this stuff specifically and can actually help me #idk what I’m even saying here anymore whatever I’m just…. ugh fuck.

[trans-xianxian]

I'VE BEEN IN POVERTY MY WHOLE LIFE AND YOU'RE TELLING ME MY GRANDPA JUST HAS A CASUAL 49 THOUSAND IN MY NAME. WHAT.

#I know thats not that much in the grand scheme but for someone who literally has zero dollars and zero cents right now #and has quite literally been below the poverty line my whole life #homeless for several years #thats like. an unfathomable amount of money to me #he was like 'only half is available now' THATS STILL SO MUCH MONEY #what the hell dude #ghost posts #text

[genericpuff]

A lil' disclaimer.

Just because it's come up a couple times in the past, I wanna make something perfectly clear - I would never encourage people jump on other comics the way I do LO. The reason why LO is so heavily criticized by so many of us is because it's a multimillion phenomenon that... doesn't act like it is. It's so massively advertised both on the app AND outside of it (to the point it's gotten real life ads in New York) that for many people, it's an entry point into webcomics and yet it's functionally one of the worst webcomics out there, lacking in every major facet from composition to writing to character consistency.

Webcomics are an amazing medium that are loved so much for being accessible. Literally anyone can draw or write a comic. There are no rules, no restrictions, no corporate control. It's a lot of work, and not every person who tries to do it will be good at it or make money off it or become a worldwide phenomenon, but all you need to make one is an internet connection and an idea. You don't have to do it digitally, you don't have to be published through a platform, anyone can make webcomics. It's frankly been astounding to me to see it become an actual industry over the past several years.

Unfortunately, that industry has been led by corporations that do not value their creators, and comics that do not represent the best of what the medium has to offer. I only rip into LO as hard as I do for the same reason people rip into Twilight or Harry Potter or Overwatch 2 - it's a piece of work that's being professionally made with the expectation that people will pay for it and thus is held to a different standard and context than what you would hold a first timer or a hobbyist to.

If my rants do make any of you budding artists out there worry, then I apologize. But rest assured, I do not apply the same scrutiny to creators like you or myself as I do to LO. You're someone who's making this for fun, for free, for learning. You're doing it on your own time for your own personal gain, and very likely little to no monetary gain. LO is a commercially made project with millions of dollars of investments backing it, merchandising deals, a TV deal, and print books, not to mention multiple assistants ensuring that RS hits her deadlines, more assistants than most Originals creators can even afford. LO is barely even in the same playground as other Originals comics on the platform that can only afford 1-2 assistants and have to hope they can even get 2 hours of ad time in the banner reels; let alone compared to the Canvas comics or hobbyist-driven comics being made by someone like you or myself, which it isn't even neighbors with and hasn't been for years now.

I hold LO to a higher standard because I hold the industry to a higher standard - one that should be observed, analyzed, and discussed because of the precedent LO and top-earning comics like it sets in the industry and in the medium. Whether RS likes it or not, that's the reality of being a top creator in an industry, especially one that's still as new and unstable in the west as webcomics/webtoons.

Heavy is the head that wears the crown.

#seriously i would be the biggest asshole on the planet if i relentlessly shit on comics being made by one person on a budget of zero dollars #like i'm literally one of those people #i've been doing this for a decade and have barely anything to show for it lmao #and even then there are people who don't like my work and that's fine #but i'm not a monolith #me being a dickhead over a corporate comic should never dissuade you from making your own #if you really think i'm a dick then go ahead and make your comic unapologetically #put all your spite into it and go further than i ever could <3 #antiloreolympus #lo critical #lore olympus critical #anti lore olympus

[o-i-w-u]

👁👁 any more facts of the totally professional doctors to share (please let me smooch them, i love them so much-)

in response to your smooch question:

(cw blood :3)

uhhhh as for facts, take a bunch of random shit idk LMAO

-both sun and moon were built to teach new hires stuff and make the hospital less scary towards kids.

-moon was also designed to calm down kids before going to bed

-sun is a big fan of animals, so he only ever really does expirments on people!

-they're both pretty bitey

-moon finds the "patients" and brings them to sun (most the time, sometimes he does his own stuff with them)

-sun does most of the medical work, moon mostly watches and makes comments

-moon likes jasmine tea (and jasmine ice cream! he cant get those often though)

-they dont really sterilize their tools,, ironic considering all the posters plastered every about how important it is to keep clean

-though sun occasionally has these sort of episodes where he goes around and tries to clean everything (caused by the virus not affecting that part of his code as much)

#i finished this like hours ago idk why i didn't post it lmfao #give me zero dollars to draw Y/N kissing sun/moon #giggles #art #ask #asks #not sams #dca fanart #fnaf dca #dca au #dca sun #d!sun #doctor!sun #doctor au #surgeon au #sun and moon fnaf #sun #tw minor blood #cw blood #tw blood

[sailermoon]

omg I thought I was gonna have to pay for my car repairs but since the auto shop has their repairs under warranty from last time i don’t have to pay for this 🥳

#she called talking about how they replaced a part and I was like GIRL U DIDNT INFORM ME I NEED TO KNOW THE BILL!!! #and she was like it’s zero dollars :)