#me not know taxes lol

[virizion-propaganda]

"Ignorance is bliss."

#virizion #pokemon #pokeganda #pokemon black and white #pokemon pokeganda #drawings #drawing #sketch #unpaid taxes #tax filing #me not know taxes lol

[phoenixyfriend]

Political ads: My opponent has jacked up taxes every year since he was elected!

Me: Which taxes? Income? Sales? Property? Business?

Political ads: I promise to hold the line on taxes!

Me: Which taxes? What government programs do those taxes contribute to? What gets cut if the lack of taxation causes a deficit?

Political ads: Think about the taxes!

Me: WHICH TAXES. WHICH TAXES ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. TELL ME WHO'S ACTUALLY GETTING AFFECTED BY THESE TAXES YOU'RE SO CONCERNED WITH.

Reminder to always ask what it is that people aren't saying in these ads.

A lot of them want you to think that it is your personal taxes as a working-class person that they're talking about. But if it's taxes on the rich that they're "holding the line on," then they're using your desire to survive with a greater portion of your own income as fuel to keep the upper classes from paying their fair share.

I keep getting the same three or four political ads (half aren't even for the district I live in) and I'm frustrated that they use these transparent tactics and that there are probably people that don't have the time or background to take that moment to go 'what are they hoping I hear in this? What are they actually going to do?'

#Phoenix Talks #personal #vent post #feel free to reblog #politics #taxes #the last time I got one particular ad I started shouting at the TV while my sister was downstairs grabbing some food #she didn't even blink about it so I guess it's not out of character for me lol #We're alone (except for the dog) and I was hoping to share my frustration by shouting while she's in the next room #so at least one person would Know my feelings on this topic

[naturecalls111]

Wish I never had to sleep I wish I could just stay awake all the time and do nothing but draw and had no responsibilities

#nc111 talks #I remember once telling a friend that my ideal partner is one who takes care of everything for me #i dont even have to love them they just help with everything i need to have to survive while i draw #and she was shocked #she said she didn't expect that from me and that it couldn't be healthy i felt that way #and i was like #well. yeah. thats why its an ideal. that would never work ever in an irl context. the inevitable power dynamic diff is why i dont pursue it #like. i know thats not how irl relationships work and i would never subject a partner to that #i would never want someone I love to actually just deal with shitty stuff themselves while i stay selfish lol #hence why its a fantasy where i dont have to focus on an unachievable romance #i have a fantasy of the perfect romance in my head but the other ideal seems more attainable. that's why say fuuucckk it #someone does my taxes while i draw #imagine.... WHY WOULDNT THAT BE IDEAL? #Anyway im just rambling because i have class tomorrow and im upset i cant just stay up all night and draw everything i want to #anyone want to take a guess why im so extremely charmed and in love with sanji... LMAO

[starbuck]

it’s not every week the government gives you a bunch of money AND you get promoted, so… shout out to this week! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

#:))))))))) #literally the way all of my problems went away so fast… #i am SO relieved - it’s unreal #still getting used to the feeling of it all honestly… #i haven’t even told my mom about getting promoted yet… y’all are literally the second to know #(not counting my boss who told me lol) #and the tax refund… holy SHIT!!!!!! #i’ve been actually eating real food this week because i know i can afford it again! #(which actually - come to think of it - might be another reason that i feel better lmaooooo) #i am so relieved i’m SO happy #thank god thank god

[so-much-for-subtlety]

My company has a thing where if you do something that other people appreciate they give you reward points* that you can then redeem for gift cards.

I never know what to use them for, but today I just redeemed some for some absurdly expensive pillows and bed linen that I would never justify spending real money on.

Goodbye Ikea pillows!!

#* btw I absolutely despise this because I'd rather just get a % raise instead of random gift cards #and I'm not 100% sure but I think the rewards also gets taxed as a fringe benefit #so when you get one of these rewards your paycheck that week is actually a little lower because they withhold some taxes #(but I might be wrong about the tax bit I asked HR and instead of answering they replied “why do you want to know that” lol) #also it makes me 🙄 at the things that do and don't get recognized

[jojosgaylittleadventure]

This is the fourth fic in my Josuyaus series that takes place while they're still in high school You can find my series here I also have a master post of all my Josuyasu writing here

Summary: After a study session gone wrong, Josuke finds himself needing somewhere he can feel safe and at home and that some where turns out to be Okuyasu. Tags: Post-Canon, Pre-Relationship, Friendship, Hurt/Comfort, the following tags are not from/between the ship (just an fyi), Non-Consensual Kissing, Non-Consensual Touching, Side Character/Main Character Attempted Sexual Assault, Attempted Sexual Assault, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Victim Blaming

#I LIIIIIVVVVVEEE!!!!!!!! #sorry for going missing for like 500 years and then coming at you with a heavy ass fic #this is one of the longest fics i've written so far and it took so long because i wanted to do it right #any of my regular readers please read the tags as this is a heavier fic that might cover topics that some people might find triggering #i know that's not my normal thing so i just wanted to give an extra warning so no one get's jump scared tho a lot of it is rather mild #in my opinion #anyways... #Jojo Part 4 #jjba Part 4 #Diamond is Unbreakable #Josuke Higashikata #Okuyasu Nijimura #Josuyasu #Sophia Writes #Part 4 #Josuke #Okuyasu #Tomoko #She's in there for a scene or two lol #Fic #i'm low-key nervous about posting this one because it feels like it really took a lot of me to write it >.> #it was emotionally taxing but i really wanted to write it

[unproduciblesmackdown]

Mordecai probably lives in an apartment or something, but my first thought when you brought up the Caves on that post was that he won’t tell us because he’s been living in the Caves the Whole Time. Even tho he’d hate the slime mold.

yeah a Whole Damn House would be a bit much, and probably not as useful for the nightly bootlegging related goings on: see, freckle needing to stand around waiting for a ride before he can go shoot people. whereas mordecai can show up to the maribel hotel on foot, or at least have started out somewhere he could get a cab or whatever....and this is probably the closest to any relevant Living Situation Glimpses

someplace with a bed, and one with an art deco headboard....a modern style, so it's neither Antique nor unfancy enough to have less identifiable stylings at all. like just by guessing surely he lives in some apartment that's unassuming enough to live unassumingly in, with whatever alias, so something large & fancy would be unhelpful....plus if he's gonna be fairly rigorous in his domestic upkeep, it wouldn't really help to have a huge place, even if for the same reasons it wouldn't be too small (or old or otherwise unpleasant; hard no to slime mold, slime, or mold....) and like re: the rotating aliases, maybe he moves places fairly regularly for good measure, been at this like, a decade....tl;dr probably has some apartment/s that's roomy but not huge, nice but not Fancy fancy, at the nexus of practicality, resources, and preferences

but it's important to think about "what if mordecai's been living in the caves the whole time" b/c that's funny lmao

#hey just now appreciating; closest we get to a t-shirt #thank you fashion shifts that said shirts originally worn as Underthings are now just for whenever: tees; tanks. i.e. ideals lol #and we do get tank top mordecai in all his ''officially debuting standing in the woods in underwear b/c he didn't parse Joking'' go off #this and that [morning routine] How are showers taken in the lackadaisy-verse? They are taken...in stride. #that one makes me laugh throughout. perfect quotidian suffering....right yeah lol ''the mundane tortures of existence'' #mordecai and freckle as parallel [''unsociable'' guy constantly w/head in hands; sometimes w/gun in hands] is also always powerful & funny #perfect that they do meet over brunch & immediately; continuously; independently decline to interact w/each other at all #the power of distinctive characters in that there's no possible group/combo's interactions that would not be a delight #Living In The Caves could be a party if it was like given a real setup with furnishings and shit. depending.... #i don't know anything about the environment of st. louis limestone caves #but yeah between potential Organisms & Dampness & the difficulty of having even your personal cave chamber be decidedly Clean.... #i don't think he'd choose to be secretly living in the caves this whole time. sure: who would; yet he's truly a Least Likely contender lol #like rocky probably doesnt only to keep up enough of Any ''i totally have an apartment or smthng too'' appearances. a More Likely figure lo #lackadaisy #but if you move apartments do you have to move your art deco bed....however it's possible a) such furnishings come with the room #and b) he doesn't actually move around that much and c) if he does he just gets a whole new art deco bed like to hell with it #the speakeasy hitman's styled bed headboard biannual tax; as they say #looking up the history of the household vacuum. indeed the twenties are the prime time for the true onset / availability of that

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

idk why this bugs me a bit but I really don’t like when you see art or writing that delves into the dynamic between characters in a less positive way - like an argument, or clashes between coping mechanisms, or a miscommunication that causes some problems and doesn’t get immediately resolved - and you get people saying stuff like “oh they’re so fucked up” or “this would not be healthy irl but here it’s cute” and I just. what do you think a healthy relationship looks like. it’s never going to be perfect. people disagree. not everything gets resolved perfectly. sometimes there will be parts of a person you will never completely understand no matter how close you are to them. what matters is communicating in the ways that you can (which isn’t always in the way help books or therapists tell you to btw! there are lots of ways to communicate effectively that are specific to who you are as people), making active efforts to show your care (which yes, sometimes isn’t easy. that’s why it’s an effort), and enjoying this person’s company (they should make you feel good to be around overall! clashing a little is okay but they should not make you miserable!)

anyways I guess it also irritates me because I see these kinds of comments a lot under studies having to do with characters struggling with trauma or mental illness and therefore not communicating in necessarily healthy or productive ways and maybe always having issues that do not get resolved perfectly and I really can’t stand it. we already live in a world where people have to pretend to be fine all the time. I’m quite flattered when people are comfortable enough with me to let that veneer go. they feel safe around me! what a compliment! I always feel like that’s so much more than I deserve. sure things can be uncomfortable at times and I do sometimes have to say “I can’t listen or help right now but please tell me later” and that’s ok! because we all want to make sure we’re safe for each other to come talk to. to be honest with. a little personal discomfort at times is worth it. always.

people are messy. you’ve got to let people be messy. friendships, relationships, etc, they take time and effort from everyone involved. learning to manage less than ideal situations actually is going to help you draw better boundaries against things that are actually “fucked up” or toxic than expecting perfection, or for a happily ever after where all the conflicts you started out with get resolved.

idk. it’s just. people you care about deserve to not have to be ideal around you. likewise you deserve to have to not be ideal around them. isn’t that. the whole point of someone knowing your soul? the ugliness? and the way it’s a package deal with the rest of you? I would like to learn you. I don’t just want your scraps. I want every part of the whole I asked for. I will learn to manage the sharper edges.

#ugh ok so there’s a lot of nuance I couldn’t cover here this is more of a mini rant but yeah. #some of you do not know what ‘fucked up’ actually looks like I think… #fucked up dynamics are fun to play with! but a functional relationship that happens to have some issues is not it! #especially when the issues have to do with past trauma or mental health issues. kind of gross man. #I guess it extra confused me too because like. I’ve never found it to be overly stressful or a big issue to accommodate people? #I don’t find it overly taxing. At least not anymore than socializing in general #in fact I like it better because now I have a goal to focus on in the interaction - make person feel comforted/better/supported/safe #most interactions I feel like I’m flailing lol #agh anyways. bye #storyrambles

[tradingjack]

more redraws bc it's fun and I'm not posting them for literally no reason

#may as well #vash the stampede #trimax #trigun maximum #panel redraw #drawing #comic #illustration #manga #my art #artists on tumblr #guy who is so traumatized <3 #im hoping I'll have more energy after i quit my current job. last day today :D i am starting a new one next week but im hoping it's uh. #significantly less taxing #i have plans and i wanna execute them damnit #preferably before i have to buckle down and work for the vashwood big bang lol. ive never been in a big bang before and i dont wanna #disappoint my writer. whoever it is #god i hope they wont be disappointed in me lmao #i know there's really good artists in that event and im not one of them 😭😭 but i will do my best

[rocksalt-and-pie]

31 isn't too old to have a theme party for your favorite fictional character

i didn't know what to do on my ~special day~ and so i basically asked myself "what would my good friend dean winchester do on his birthday?" and then i did just that. i listened to his music, i wore his clothes, had a bacon cheeseburger, went for a lil drive to check out a couple american classic cars, and finished the day playing pool with my friends and getting trashed at a bar. (not pictured: spent the equivalent of $5 on a pack of twizzlers at an import grocery store because i always wanted to try them and to me they're a typical american road trip snack lol)

#i didn't tell my friends it was a theme party because i felt silly but they didn't notice either because these are all things i enjoy anyway #i think this is part of why supernatural hit that spot in me (because i already listened to that music and liked cars before it) #and maybe that was why it felt like coming home in a way idk #this day was actually very much on brand for me even if it was a secret dean winchester theme party lol nobody batted an eye #He'S jUsT LiKe mE FoR rEaL #no but seriously i swear i was like this for years long before i even discovered the show #also can an american please let me know how much a pack of twizzlers is in the us? idk if $5 is a lot for y'all #in our currency it's insanely overpriced for candy but i get it because of the import tax and stuff #p #mp #supernatural #dean winchester #theme party #birthday #also obviously idk if i should mention this lol #these are my actual clothes and i wear them unironically and this is a part of my actual music collection #i didn't buy anything especially for this (except for the food i guess)

[mxrisacoulter]

thank you so much for tagging me @graveyard-for-stars. sorry my music taste has been so chaotic for the last six months lol. im tagging @strange-wafflez @amarimeta @ivashkovadrian @luminous-faerie and @iressails if you want ofc 😘

#personal #ok so i feel like i need to explain somethings #maisie peters and nbt have both released albums im the last month so thats why theyre so high #also its been very taxing for me to listen to b*stille following bbx you must understand #basically all my most listened to in the past four weeks are on a fucked up playlist i have based around #randomly running into this guy i was in love with after not seeing him for over a year #and having a breakdown so thats not very slay #hope i make up for it with the charli xcx banger tho 😔 #beyond that i wont be taking questions i am what i am and this is my truth #my top five artists of the last month have either released an album or ive seen them live in that time so that tracks actually lol #cut to me cramming lyrics to orla songs i didnt know in manc so i could support her at kew 😭

[grvntld]

i know it has been a while but i hv to let this out—my gosh im not ready for this pain jusq why naman kailangan mamatay yung grandpa sa story tapos bAkeht kaya talagang binasa ko pa every detail nung struggle sa ospital like?¿?¿?¿ why am i putting myself through this pain?¿?¿¿

#it's just all too familiar my gawd #im bawlin' my eyes out u gOise #my mind kept coming back to my days with gramps in the hospital and all the days leading to his death #ang sakeht pota #😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 #i dont talk abt this that much anymore but honestly his passing is still so fresh to me #sometimes there is a split second in my brain na nalilimutan kong he is dead na like sasabihin ko #hmmm i miss gramps perhaps i should sched a visit sa house niya tapos iniimagine ko na na maaabutan ko #siya sa office table niya with all his files and pc and typewriter bc he was a lawyer—a great lawyer #and then theres just a voice in my head na magsasabing hey ains i think u forgot abt the part na he is dead na #like?¿?¿?¿??¿?¿?¿???? BAKEHT GANITEZ #ang strange kasi im vvv familiar with grief naman like i grew up with it pero until now im just sooooo ugh w it at times ykwim #ang taxing kasi basta ewan #need ko lang ilabas talaga kasi ang sikip na ng dibdib ko hayup #ay tapos i cant keep my mind off sa time na i had a flight to el nido tapos i was in my room sa maternal side of my fam #i was begging big g to not take gramps while i was away bc i dont think i will be able to carry myself well #so yung werq trip ko na yun sa el nido i was just completely zoning out at times #nag-iinterview ako tapos sobrang lutang i dont even know paano ko naitawid talking to the french chef huhuhuhuhu #okie enough na kasi iiyak lang ako nang iiyak nanaman #mwAps #hello how hv u guys been #sobra busy kaloka #sa ig kasi talaga ako nagdadaldal na hahahahahhahahahaha #kaya wala ako here matagal #bat may pag explain lol cnu ka ba CHARENG AHAHAHHAHAHA #donut

[useful-boy]

Was very tempted to text my manager "I know I've only been doing this for a week but I want a raise now" because I was told by another customer that he watched a trucker clean his entire asshole in the hand washing sink during my shift

#which i would of course be responsible for cleaning #our security guard: we gotta clean it #me: i do not Want to #i know my last paycheck was almost 1k after taxes but i am Not getting paid enough for this i swear to God #unsanitary #todays customers: shit tier edition #literally lol

[roseband]

If it’s alright with you, could you share a photo of your planned outfits because they sound very cute!! :>

left with black tights was what i was planning, but right is probably what i'm wearing cause those pants have 7 pockets lol

also i LOVE posting outfit pics cause i have a thrift shopping problem!!!!!

#qkmlh #replies #hehe no the leather jacket and boots on the left came out the goodwill bins and were $2.60/lb #most expensive thing there is the leather jacket on the right.... which was $15 cause i got it on purple tag day at goodwill (plus tax tho. #so it was marked $30 but was half off!! #pink skirt is from urban.... but like u know when they're about to purge last season's stuff (which means it gets #'donated' to other countries if it doesn't sell.... and those countries are all having issues getting rid of our crap) #and put it half off clearance so it was $2.50 lol #pants are hand me downs from my mom and the corset top is from rainbow (same thing as urban) when they do clearance things bogo #so it was $5!!!! #i don't remember where the top on the left or the flower shoes came from tho #(i think they may have been from when i had a taobao shopping service affiliate lol... but i stopped doing that cause like #i feel really bad buying plastic unless it's about to be dumped)

[etherealdany]

In all honesty I just don’t get it….like I used to want to be an actor when I was a kid

And let’s say hypothetically I went into that and ended up being successful

I would use all of my money to try and reverse late capitalism, or at the very least, donate it to places like Gaza that desperately need it cause they’re going through a genocide

#I know for a fact I would #cause I used to be working class #now I’m middle class #and I will happily donate money #the whole “you’ll get conservative as you age” #just didn’t happen to me lol #if anything I’ve become more left wing #like I am so happy to pay more tax if it’s going towards a decent welfare state #but our country is fucked #the tories our taking our taxes and claiming their lunches and fixing Big Ben #uk #uk politics

[skyburger]

sometimes i am seized with the hyperspecific urge to think about my faves if they lived in england for like no reason. i dont mean historic england or some shit i mean what if they just went to some normal fucking secondary school in buttfuck nowhere sussex. what if they went for kebabs sometimes. what if they just hung out at a pub. what if they went up the high street and bought a shitty 50p chocolate bar. what if they talked about the shit weather all the time. does anyone else understand this. british oomfs im begging you please draw your faves like doing mundane but very stereotypically british shit that you do. i want to see my blorbo-in-laws at the chip shop. Please

#cheeky nandos is too much for me to take seriously but rest assured. im thinking about that too #i love a cheeky nandos </3 miss having a nandos near me #also. I MISS BEING ABLE TO BUY A 50P CHOCOLATE BAR DUDE #in the us it's at least $1.25 for something half the size. PLUS TAX #also also. Sorry to the irish and the scots and the welsh i was mostly thinking about england when i wrote this #cause thats where ive lived and visited the most LOL #but if anyone does actually want to draw their sillies in the uk first of all obviously it doesnt have to just be england #LIKE YOU DONT NEED MY PERMISSION DUH BUT I WANTED TO LIKE MAKE IT CLEAR #that when i say this? i absolutely want to learn where in scotland you think your fave would live. #like does your fave speak welsh? gaelic? i GOTTA know #anyway my other point here was if you draw this shit or find someone else who does. PLEASE TAGME I LOVE THAT SHIT #muffin mumbles