#so thats less money for people

[spottedbread]

We're living in a fucking dystopia.

#basic needs are paywalled and those prices keep goimg up #the only way to get those needs is to get a job #which can be very difficult #and then AI is threatening other peoples jobs #so thats less money for people #and then people are being forced to have kids they dont want due to the anti-abortion laws #which means less money for people to live on since human children are EXPENSIVE to take care of. #and employers are also often biased against minorities #people have been homeless and dying #and more people will be #this is a fucking dystopia #im ashamed to live in this world

[icewindandboringhorror]

sometimes looking at like Self Help Strategies lists for the symptoms I'm having is always just like:

thing that I already do

thing I have tried 10 times

thing I already do

thing that I don't have the money to do

thing I already do

thing I've been doing since I was 10yrs old to no avail

thing that is impossible given my situation

thing that doesn't apply to me

thing that I already do

thing I have already tried

hrmm, oh wait, maybe finally- OH, yeah.. okay. thing that I already do but it was just phrased slightly differently

thing I have already done

#I think maybe productivity tips help less if the reason you're unproductive is partially like.. physcial health and other extenral things #out of your control. rather than just like having trouble paying attention or spending too much time on tiktok or whatever #all the strategic to do lists in the world are not going to somehow prevent me from waking up with a debilitating migraine or whatever #or having external stressors or lacking resources and connections or other Productivity Essentials etc. #especially many tips involve stuff like 'cut off from social media' since thats the modern day time waster for so many poeple #and it's like.. lol.. i can hardly even maintain a blog even thuogh i actively WANT TO DO SO. 'shut off your smart phone!' already #done babey i fucking hate smart phones i shall never use an app unless i am forced to. 'delete tiktok' yep. already covered. tiktok and #all of those thinsg are my enemies. 'save money by cancelling some of your services' cool. already ahead of you. #who the fuck is out here paying for like 10 different subscription services. pirated videos uploaded to google drive and youtube to mp3 #my beloved. etc. etc. and so on. 'socialize less' .........LOL.. if only you knew.. mr.writer of the article. i can barely muster #talking to friends more than once a month and even less if I'm actively sick (often occurence) etc. etc. ... hewoo #I think maybe instead of generic productivity tips I need more like.. how to refocus and be productive anyway even if you have a headache #or are nauseous or etc. Not that those are always things to ignore. and of course you should let your body rest and etc. But plenty of peop #e have mild physical symptoms and just work through them. Ithink something about the way my body/mind is SOO hyper attuned to all #sensory information just makes it like... constantly 'GRR well I cant focus on WRITING right now because my lef #t ear feels weird and my socks are too itchy and my back has a strange pressure and I'm vaguely warm and my eye feels some ssort of #way it doesnt normally feel and I'm hyperaware of my breathing and also nauseous for no reason' and like half of those things I #think '''normal''' people wouldnt even notice or at least would be able to just live through. but for me it's like.. nealry impossible to i #gnore and soooo distracting always. like 'wahh.. nooo we can't draw or get anything done.. my legs feel slightly heavy or something!!' #like............. ok......... who cares. thats not even a PAIN sensation it's just something weird. but it's just like.. NO. constant #mental alerts about the 'heaviness' of your legs be upon ye. Though Imean like.. yes.. 70% of the time I am in genuine pain #or having some sort of actual ailment with trackable physical symptoms. but sometimes it's just like... we could totally be working right #now and ignoring this silly thing but my brain is fixated on it for no reason uncontrollably. etc. etc. I guess it's the same way that like #most people can go to a grocery store without the whole experience being so overwhelming and so much stuff going on at once #that they have to rest afterwards but like.. in my own HOME doing NOTHING i feel like I should be able to not get overwhelmed lol. ANYWAY #Rolling my bastard little rock up a dumbass hill and so on and so forth

[s0fter-sin]

Thinking you shouldn't have to pay for Watcher content is you being entitled, actually.

did i ever say i shouldn’t have to pay for it? no, i said it’s disappointing that i would now have to after years of it being free. it would be easier to take if they were completely changing and upgrading their shows or established that the stream wouldn’t just have their current shows and maybe discontinued ones, that it would be different from their youtube channel and worth the sudden charge, but it’s hard not to feel like they’re throwing their audience under the bus

#from what weve seen the shows will still have the same number of episodes so we arent even getting more of the same content #just nebulous ‘better’ content which could mean anything and also nothing when the shows have gradually started to feel overproduced #it is my and anyone elses right to be disappointed by this #and its a personal choice #if you think its worth the money or if youre in a place where you can afford another service then thats wonderful and i hope you enjoy it #but that doesnt make it any less tone deaf to say we as a company need more money when people cant afford to eat #plenty of creators have successfully crowdfunded their own shows without putting all of it behind a paywall #critical role immediately comes to mind #they have literal thousands of hours of content for free and when it came time to ask for money people showed up for them #the answer didnt have to be put everything on a streaming service when there were plenty of other options #its also just a bad business decision but i dont have the expertise to talk about that #tldr people are allowed to feel however they want about this #also acting like its somehow more ‘authentic’ to get money from your audience #instead of advertisers and sponsors who can actually afford it is sus as hell im just saying #mailbox #coming out of my cage and ive been doing just fine.txt #watcher #shane madej #ryan bergara #steven lim

[bitchfitch]

a lot of the comments on that stained glass post are really funny because they assume the horse was like, a serious attempt and not me going "ok I've never used these tools before, I'm going in with no plan and just fucking up half sqft of glass while i learn how the cutter and pliers work" and then assembling the resulting shards into something vaguely resembling a horse to get the rest of the process down in my pre research fuck around and find out phase of learning a new skill.

Also the soldering looks like shit because the articles i found in the 20 minutes i was buying the stuff to start all said "flux makes the soldering better" in really vague terms without actually like, explaining that it lowers the flow point of the solder and makes the copper foil more receptive to it. so i assumed it wasn't necessary and was just used for vague betterness reasons and didn't buy any until a few days later when I started properly researching how to do things and found out it's actual job and that it's absolutely vital to the process.

So the solder isn't actually fully bound to the tape on the horse and is just like, melted overtop it following the lines of the tape. there's a distinct oval shape where the sides of the bead are up and off the tape instead of the domed shape it's actually supposed to be.

I also hadn't bought a grinder at that point bc I'm cheap and wanted to find one lightly used on ebay and also i wanted to wait for my pay check so I'd have a Little extra wiggle room with the whole shebang before i dropped 70 bucks on a tool i might not enjoy using too much.

which is to say, the whale is the first actual attempt and not the horse.

#tbh the just fuck around and find out phaze is something more people should do #learn enough to bumble fuck your way through a project and then go 'this is shit how do i do it better' #and researching each element in more depth instead of sticking with the overviews. it gives you more context for everything the #teacher is saying #like now knowing how important flux is. #anyways dont buy stained glass flux just get the lead free stuff from the hardware store. its the same chemicals for less money #ish #the hardware store varieties arnt diluted as much because they're meant to work for plumbing and such. so they're a lot stronger #but also a lot more likely to fuck you up if you dont work in a ventilated area and let the flux sit on your skin for any length of time #im lucky i dont have any like scaring from the time i got chemical burns down the entire length of my forarm because i #rested my arm on the fluxed window while i was soldering it #like theres a noticable texture difference and ive had a massive and Bad eczema patch there ever since but no scars #my arms are hairy enough you cant see it too much though so thats nice. #bfsg

[craycraybluejay]

ok guys serious question and i want answers

my standard dose is 40mg oxy

if i take 2 perc5s, is there a chance itll actually get me high? i have no tolerance (recent use) but 40 is the sweet spot. is 10 enough? will it give a better rush if i snort it even tho the high is shorter or should i just booty bump. or bite the bullet and try to iv

#i dont actually really plan to iv but maybe sometime w better stuff thats not laced with fucking acetaminophen #i care less ab the phobia the more i care less ab everything else #will it feel good? yeah. so why should i give a fuck if it gives me a panic attack before it hits #anyway #will 10mg actually get me high enough to waste #and should i snort or boof #drugblr #questions #advice wanted #tw drug use #im not a dope addict dw i just love to partake when i get hella lucky #i promised someone i wasnt using anything but smokes but honestly who give a shit #not like theyre gonna drug test me lmfao #also i wont od so dw about it just tell me if its high enough dose and what gives the best rush other than iv #i mean i do have a lot of sterile syringes but i think its like hella dangerous to iv acetaminophen at that dose #sigh #if i had the money for a dope addiction id only have one problem and solution to worry ab #how peaceful #i wouldnt even be arsed to care ab dysphoria or abusive people or anything. id be gone. like i was dead but enjoying it #anyway thats off topic point is i want to know from someone who knows the chemistry or partakes personally

[guinevereslancelot]

is there an actual specific reason there's like 10x more ads everywhere in the past few years than there used to be? besides greed, its not like brands were ever not greedy so what actually changed to create the hellscape of ads we're in now?

#it just gets worse and worse #and i cant find a specific reason #i did a search and just got a bunch of useless results explaining ads generate revenue and confirming there's way more than there used to be #seems like a huge uptick around 2019 that has been getting progressively worse #i know it generates revenue i know brands are greedy but brands have literally always been greedy so what caused the change? #i literally dont get it #is it that people are poorer so spending less so brands are more desperate for sales? bc ads wouldn't fix that problem? #so it would be a waste of money and they're greedy so why waste money #it would probably be cheaper and better for sales for all brands to pay their employees a little more #so i doubt thats the reason but i cant think of another one? #anyway if anyone knows the reason im genuinely curious #this has been a shitpost

[andromedasummer]

worst part of having your bank account linked to your families accounts is having your financial decisions questioned routinely

#some of it is valid and my dad has defo helped me curved reckless spending #but its when my dads like ''hey these are weird payments and a lot of money'' about donations that i get really fucked off #dad HATES when my mum donates any money and like. sure. thats your shared money you should talk to each other about it #but this is MY money. from MY job. #if i want to spend like $70 usd or canadian (like $50 nzd) or whatever to like. help people and their families #not die in the middle of a fucking GENOCIDE. thats my business! #people who earn less than me or my father are managing to put aside money for this and it makes me so angry #to have him nitpick or make me feel guilty whenever i spend money like you saw me put aside some into savings! #im taking care of myself and my future!!! so why not give some away???? i dont need it all??? #i dont understand him

[anotherpapercut]

hey what do you do about the intense feelings of dread and anxiety when you think about getting a college degree and also when you think about the alternative (not getting a degree)

#literally wish so bad i had parents i could live with. i feel like it would make this all feel more doable if i wasn't like #also worrying about making enough money #um anyway i was offered a promotion at one of my jobs but it would mean coming in an extra day and working more hours #and this is my first time taking classes in a while and its just been difficult to keep up w everything already #but the job seems really cool. and pays more #and like i could do less than full time school but its already gonna take me at least 3 years going full time #and im fuckin 24 im already older than half the people in my classes im afraid to be 30 and still unable to pursue the field i wanna pursue #not that thats old or anything i just. im ready to move on with my life. i want to move away so fucking bad #and i dont see many ways to do that without at least a bachelors

[ronithesnail]

Hey random but its okay to replace things in your life or home with new one that you like better. Its not a waste of money to get rid of old thing you dont like and replace them with new things you do like. Thats just a natural progression of things. You were never going to keep those old things for the rest of your life probably. And keeping your space cluttered with things you dont like but dont want to get rid of is worse than spending a little more to continue cultivating world you actually like spending time in.

#obv be responsible with your money #but like if youre space isnt working for you and you wanna replace things thats fineeee #ik this might be obvious to a lot of people but ive been living on my own and in control of my space for less than a year so #i need the reminder

[kn11ves]

Being in a law class full of republicans is turning me into raskolnikov These are some of the dumbest people with no moral compass or self awareness. They will literally contradict themselves within 5 minutes. Theyll be like why should we care about your life if u rob meeee and then be like ohhhghgh we’re not rehabilitating people properly so they recommit, but also we need more cops and swift punishment, but also we need to more resources for victims and give them help, but also we need to put more money into police agencies and funddd them noooo dont defund the police naurrrrr but also OH MY GOD

#Theyre litearlly eating themselves alive they have no clue what they want and they dont know how stupid they sound #when they speak theyre just yapping about more punishment like if we just hit them more itll workkk we swearrr #IT DOESNT FUCKING WORK THEY DONT KNOW WHAT THEY WANT THEY DONT REALISE THINGS LIKE THAT DONT FUCKING WORK THEY JUST WANT REVENGE #Theyll litearlly bitch about deterrence not even fucking working and how people just wait and #commit more crimes but theyre the ones pushing for people to take the fucking plea deals??? #Make up your fucking mind #do you want people to prove their innocence or do you just want to keep shoving people in jail for money? #You realise that if you just shove a bunch of people to take the plea deal because the #''justice system is overwhelmed with cases and it saves them time andmoney'' but #then youre rewarding whoever committed the offence with a steady sentencing and a a definite date to get out. But you want to punish them?? #Fucking pick one??? In your mind theyre just stinky criminals who are going to recommit because the punishments arent harsh enough #but you also want them to take the plea deal so there are less cases for a jury even though a plea deal just gets them in jail #without letting victims speak or letting the offender learn something like plea deals will most likely get them out faster #so like do you WANT them to get out faster and recommit since thats what theyre gonna do in yoru mind #WHAT DO YOU WANT??? WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO DO?? And you just want to put innocent people in jail #for them to go and have their record be tainted forever and then the only way they can even get money is to recommit a crime #because no one will hire them because you think that embarrassment should be a part of the punishment but you dont want to #FUCKING FUND THE PLACES THAT WILL HELP THEM BECAUSE YOU WANT MORE FUCKING COPS!!!!!!!! #YOU DONTKNOW WHAT YOU WANT YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ABOUT AT ALL!!!!!! #Im going to become the joker #ALL PROSECUTORS ARE THE SAME ALL COPS ARE THE SAME I FUCKING HATE YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[arinmoss]

ANOTHER PERSON BOUGHT A PRINT FROM WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#i believe thats 6 people in total who've gotten prints fomr me aaaaaaaaaaaa #btw feel free to send me a pic of ur prints after you got them cause like the facct someone owns my art irl is crazy to me #ofc only if youre comfortable doing so! #anyways like $50 more till i can actually transfer the money out from inptrnt lol #they havea thing where u need to make like $100 before u can transfer the money out #welllll u can techinically email them or call them if u have less but idk i dont want to do that lol #maybe i will if i really have to but -__-

[princekirijo]

OK this is the last post I make on the topic because I don't like being too personal on Tumblr (not anymore at least) and tbh I might delete this after a while but it is so upsetting to see people shit on people who are addicted to gacha games. It doesn't matter what it is an addiction is an addiction. I've heard of people going into debt over these things like do you understand how sad and terrible that is. And like maybe idk we shouldn't laugh at them for spending 1k+ on some anime waifu maybe we should idk treat them like a human being and help them.

#turning off reblogs on this because i dont want this spreading #i say personal because ive been affected #not the extent that i've put myself in debt or anything wild don't worry #and to me its less how much i spent and more how fucking fast i was to spend it #but thats as much detail as i'll give #because a) i dont want to discuss it with you guys i love y'all but i have to set my boundries #and b) because as i said i would literally get made fun of for it #and people justify it like 'oh the characters are well written!' yeah because they want you to care about them so you spend money #its literally what the whole system is based on #in gensh!n at least i cant speak for other gacha games #the fundemental system is still fucked up #and look i wouldn't judge anyone for playing these games because that would be hypocritical #so like if you play them whatever #but just do really really think about what you're doing #for your own sake #i know its hard too i wont lie i miss gens!n because i used to play with my gf #she was so understanding though when i came away from it love that woman so much #not sure i would have stopped if it wasn't for her #im probably making it sound worse than it was but then again its probably like oh it wasn't that bad but if you think about it kinda was #just not as severe i suppose #and like final thing but the fact that i literally dont feel i can talk to anyone about this #im much better than i was because ultimately just coming away from the game and the fandom helped #but like because of the stigma around it on and offline i wouldn't feel safe talking about it unless its a professional therapist #and that's so fucked up #sounds like im looking for sympathy im sorry im really not (maybe a little subconsciously) but i want people to know that yeah its fucked #and you're not cool or better because you bully people for it especially if you play them yourself #sorry this post is all over the place ill def be deleting this in a few hours LMAO i just need to get it off my chest #and in fairness to y'all ye're good listeners #ask to tag

[two-calicos-in-a-trenchcoat]

Hdjsnshzjsjka

My grammy just called me and was like

"Are you SURE there isn't anything you want for Christmas besides a PRINTER???"

Shes so done with me and my mom lol

#my mom asked for a nail gun #and a new vacuum sealer although thats *technically* for my dad but he would rather just not celebrate Christmas #i went ahead and asked for a rock tumbler #she ALSO got me a decorative knife at the craft fair tho #which is why i hadnt asked for the rock tumbler until now #cuz that knife was 60 dollars #its very pretty tho 🥺 #its opalescent glass with a.....i think wood handle but they also had ones with deer antler handles #and i cant remember which one i picked #WE'RE PRACTICAL PEOPLE GRAMMY #WE ASK FOR PRACTICAL THINGS #like idk man if i want like a book or movies or games or some shit and have the money for it i just buy it #like im not gonna wait for a specific day for it #i impulse buy things i just WANT #im less likely to impulse buy things i actually need #i need a printer (mostly a scanner but getting an all in one printer makes a lot more sense than just buying a scanner) #so i can digitize my art #cuz im far more comfortable doing physical art and then touching it up on my computer than i am doing straight digital art #also i wanna get into fan binding and stuff #cuz if i have to go to another location to print or scan things im just not gonna do it #its too many extra steps #also i miss having a printer #a rock tumbler would also be appreciated tho #ive wanted one since i was a little kid #so has my mom #AND I HAVE SO MANY ROCKS I WOULD LIKE TO POLISH #also i wanna see what happens if you tumble driveway gravel #one of my baby cousins gifted me some while i was drunk at a family bonfire and i almost cried #i need to test its mohs hardness tho #it probably wont get shiny

[timeisacephalopod]

The fact that cigarette companies exist is fucking dystopian and a sign of the failure of capitalism as an ideology- cigarettes are a product that undeniably caused a bunch of different cancers, we've all seen the tobacco death stats on the back of cig cartons smokers have, and yet. And yet, for some reason instead of saying "zero businesses should be selling cancer causing products to their customers, certainly not when those cancer causing products are so dangerous even the smoke of the product causes cancers in the people around smokers. Businesses have zero right to cause a massive health crisis in the population like this when their only function is to make money- you cannot give people cancer for profit."

Like you'd assume giving people cancer for money would be some kind of fucked dystopian novel that'd get ripped on for being way too over the top and unrealistic but no, we literally live in such a morally bankrupt capitalist brain rotted society that we think selling cancer is fine, we won't do anything about a set of companies that exist solely to get customers addicted to their highly dangerous product for profit. Instead we'll act like it's smokers who need to take responsibility for the industry that's exploiting them. Fucking disgusting if you ask me, that we're more okay with companies giving people cancer than we are with governments giving people welfare.

#winters ramblings #my parents have been smokers for as far back as i remember #id really like to livht some ceos on fire for putting all these people at risk OF CANCER and like 72 billion kinds #so they can make MONEY. what kind of morally vacuous black hole of a person thinks thats acceptable?? #and they LOBBIED to hide any effects of smoking second hand effects included. fucking HORRIFYING #the fact that businesses do this a LOT- like bp shell and exxon all covering up climate change to make more money?? #capitalism is a failure because people will kill each other or even THE ONLY VIABLE PLANET TO LIVE ON IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM #just to make money. like you can tell me about how horrible other economic systems are all fucking day #and frankly id be inclined to ahree with you on plenty. but capitalism is not a viable choice either #when THIS is the result. selling health crises to the population and killing the planet. name me another economic system thats done THAT #ill fucking wait because capitalism is it. embarrassing that people will defend this system #even more embarrassing that we hand wring over fst people being an epidemic to the point of systemic oppression #because THEY need to take responsibility for the health crisis they allegedly cause despite reporting going to the drs FAR less #than thin people so idk how theyre astrain on health care especially in the us where people literally die before going to emerg but ok #THEY need to be responsible for THEIR health crisis despite losing weight long term being NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE #but tobacco companies can sell cancer to the point if being a WAY MORE SOLVABLE HEALTH CRISIS #but we cant do anything because being disgustingly cruel and punative to individuals is fine but oh dear LORD #how could we EVER treat businesses with more impunity than individuals because they cause INFINITY MORE DAMAGE?? #we couldn't POSSIBLY treat a structure of institutional power like it actually HAS power thatd break the illusion its all CONSUMERS faults

[martyrbat]

i genuinely dont think people realize the impact of being poor and how it effects your entire life - even if you do become financially stable in the future

#as im sitting here once again weighing choices of 'haha get to eat anything or keep electricity' im once again getting so angry at everyone #in real life and the system thats designed to keep poor people poor until we just fucking die. our lives only mattering when we're a #statistic and gone. #amd realizing how many people will just. never understand. which is great! no one should be poor or go hungry or homeless. #but its these privileged people undervaluing the significance of being poor and what it means #the panic on where your next meal will be? the instinct to hoard any food or eat when not hungry because it could be ur last opportunity #to have a meal in god knows how long? spending as little money as possible and feeling guilty if ANYTHING goes outside of bills #or even goes to grocery thats more expensive or tastes better? #the lesson not to open doors or look out windows when someone knocks because debt collectors? never to answer the phone? #the health that gets neglected and causes bigger issues? the way your immune system is never given a chance to recover entirely? #not being able to afford a loaf of bread much less college. not able to have the same education or work opportunities and always 'behind' #literally every single thing in your life is effected by being poor. #part of why i get so angry when that's an ignored factor with jason because no. #that panic and instict and experience never leave you because its how you literally how you survive(d). #anyways. #can anyone tell im bitter and have a migraine. i want to get in a fist fight someone come fight me. #crypt callings

[todayisafridaynight]

i know you haven't played the judgments (u should if u get the chance! they're unironically my favorite rgg games like. ever. yagami numero uno in my heart) but im shocked that no one's brought up the Consistently Good, Actually Alive dads/father figures in those games. im not gonna bring up one of them for spoiler reasons but i would trust ryuzo genda with my fucking life (and my legal needs)

EVERYONE SAYS THE JUDGEMENT GAMES ARE GREAT AND I BELIEVE THEM I BELIEVE THEM SO BAD !!!! the game looks fun and i've heard Excellent things about the combat system

if there are good dads in judgement though, i can only guess they're not mentioned- on my blog at least- because i focus more on the yakuza games, so there isn't a reason to bring them up

#snap chats #i just need extra money but i have to pay for so much shit these coming weeks boooooo #no one ever sings about good deeds- or people are less likely to anyway #its easier and more enticing to call out bad behavior so ig thats why no one really mentions the good dads in judgement to me #in any case i can believe there are good dads in judgement :]]