#the capital building

[elftwink]

to preface this post i am anti-advertising i think we should explode the entire industry but it's sooo funny when you people make posts like "and they don't even work!!" like. sorry to be the bearer of bad news but yes they do. that's why we have to put up with so many despite everyone hating them and thinking its annoying. because they actually work really well and make a shit load of money

#it actually would be way better if they didnt work and made no money bc businesses would abandon them #this isnt like stocks where everythings abstract and is essentially gambling (i dont understand stocks) #like ppl in the ad industry create things. that make a tangible and quantifiable impact on the business #which is then used in further ad planning. it is NOT all smoke and mirrors #like its fake in that the industry is not providing a necessary service the way like. grocery stores are #but its not the level of fake where everything is abstract like theres deliverables #moreover there is an extensive body of academic work specifically on how to make ads more effective #ALSO i think some of u views ads like. as if they have a win condition. which is you buy product #but in current advertising this is pretty rare and comparatively ineffective #which is why you see MANY ads which dont seem to be selling anything in particular. or which have nothing all to do with the product #the 'win' condition for THAT kind of ad is something more like 'viewers remember our name' #like. ex i would say ads for temu have not been effective on me bc i havent bought anything from them #but temu probably thinks they were SUPER effective on me because i talked abt them like 5 different times at work #and i do in fact know exactly what the company does and what they sell #and they were able to capitalize on the reputations of existing companies (wish shein etc) to build their own brand #good idea generator

[shinobicyrus]

One thing my brain keeps going back to about Pacific Rim (besides the rad giant robots) is the whole existence of kaiju organ harvesters and their implications.

Like, you have Hannibal Chau, a bizarre and interesting character, but we’re presented with a black market operation that seems mostly interested in the “alternative medicine” uses of kaiju parts.

But my brain demands to know: what does the corporate kaiju harvesting industry look like? Sure kaiju blood is toxic, but there are plenty of toxic materials that have useful applications. Are there chemical companies studying kaiju organs? Big-Pharma jumping on the kaiju bone-powder bandwagon? Are bio-tech firms studying kaiju hide to make tougher materials? Agribusinesses clamoring to acquire kaiju crap for fertilizer?

I’m picturing something like the age of whaling, when humans hunted giant animals and carved them up to feed insatiable industries. Whale-oil lighting lanterns for entire cities, whale-bone being used in everything from knick-knacks, tools, umbrellas, and corsets. Ambergris alone was used in perfumes, medicines, cooking. It was even added to wine as an aphrodisiac.

We glimpsed how kaiju affected pop-culture. Now picture a kaiju smashing a city, but the stock market going up for construction companies (rebuilding the cities), vulture real estate (buying the destroyed land cheap), and all the other corporations that profit from the systematic dismantling of a kaiju corpse and making money off of its parts. Sure, a city was roughed up and who knows how many thousands are dead, but it’s a better windfall when a kaiju makes landfall. It’s always less profitable when jaegers kill them too quickly; sea-based extractions are so much more expensive.

Imagine entire industries, entire economies that don’t just make money from the devastation of kaiju attacks, but grow dependent on them. And then the laws, the squabbles over those valuable, resource-rich kaiju corpses. If a kaiju attacks one country but keeps rampaging and is killed in the country next door, who has claim over the body? The party who was damaged more by it or the country where the corpse physically is? Bidding wars over “cleanup” contracts that cut corners and are only interested in collecting those sweet, sweet, kaiju parts as fast as possible, even if their official mandate is supposed to be the safe removal and cleanup of a toxic substance.

Once jaegers started getting efficient at killing kaiju, the people with all the money became less interested in solving the problem of kaiju attacks and switched to merely managing the industries that kaiju-killing feeds.

What? You want to put more resources into R&D to try and close the Breach? Whatever for? The kaiju comes out, jaegers kill it, and the “host country” gets the proceeds from the kaiju’s body. It’s a win-win for everyone. Why waste time, money, and effort solving a problem that isn’t a problem anymore?

Everything is under control.

#Sorry Long Post #Nerd Rant #Pacific Rim #Kaiju #Hannibal Chau #Kaiju Harvesters #Worldbuilding #Capitalism #an entire kaiju-industrial complex #DARPA tech and military budgets build the jaegers #don't try to tell me that there isn't a entire cabal of corporations profiting off of kaijus beyond just simple toys and marketing #(though that also leads me to wonder WHO exactly has the patent on kaiju? #are they public domain or does the PPDC and the UN have an IP on the kaiju they identify and name??? #there's nothing wrong with me I'm normal I swear

[veryluckyclovers]

the birds that would greet you before school in 2005 are still there singing for you

#my art #doodle #drawing #art #dog #nature #earth #global warming #fuck advertisements! fuck the government! fuck capitalism! fuck billionaires #I’m tired of the fact that I can’t even walk in my town without a speaker blasting off with ads for no reason #at gas stations.. #homeless people can’t even sleep outside buildings bc they’ll blast advertisements #NO MORE I WANT TO SIT OUTSIDE AND STUDY A FLOWER

[jerreeeeeee]

no villain speech has ever stuck with me like robert moses’ short manifesto from his conversation with kingston. people think they make choices. they think they’re gonna steer left, or steer right. but they didn’t build the roads. the big choices already got made for them, a long time ago.

because he’s RIGHT. not about his takeaway, obviously, which is just “and that’s how it should be.” but the statement itself is true. they DIDN’T build the roads. people are told over and over that because they “make choices” the outcomes of those choices are their responsibility, and that it’s freedom, even. they think they’re gonna choose to steer left, and then they crash. they choose which auto insurance they have. they choose what new car to buy. and that’s freedom. but they didn’t choose to be required to drive a dangerous vehicle an hour away to work their life away at a job they don’t care about just to keep themselves alive. they can only live their lives in a narrow framework, a structure sustained by a threat of imprisonment and violence. they didn’t build the system. they didn’t build the country, or even the concept of a country. they didn’t build the laws, they didn’t build the city, and they sure as hell didn’t build the roads.

#idk something about that line the cadence its said maybe but the first time i heard it it hit me like a truck i had to pause the show #just that one sentence. but they didn’t build the roads #yknow its a perfect succint encapsulation of robert moses as a villain complete with perfect theming and also the evils of capitalism irl #tuc is so good its insane. it may not be my favorite d20 season but it may be the best on a narrative level #the unsleeping city #d20

[hiddenromania]

Neo-Romanian house, designed by the first woman architect in Romania, Victoria Andreescu-Haret (1894-1962), Bucharest

Source: Reddit

#romania #bucharest #building #builders #architects #architecture aesthetic #architecture #aestetic #romanian #woman #city/town #capital #history #eastern europe #europe #house #home #homesweethome #architectural #cityscape

[bigboysteveharrington]

Eddie: We all know you and Nancy are going to get back together. Why don’t you just ask her already?

Steve: Nah, I’m interested in someone else now.

Eddie: Oh really? Who? Do I know them?

Steve: [gets that smug confident look he gets when he’s about the make a blatant move before he remembers what Robin said about what happens if she risks telling the wrong girl about her and visibly mentally buffers for a second as he realizes flirting with a guy is more complicated than his usual be as obvious and direct and possible approach he goes for with girls all the time]

Steve: Don’t worry about it

Robin: [goes on a whole facial journey in Steve’s line of sight but standing behind Eddie as she realizes exactly what Steve freezing and then suddenly pretending he’s ever heard of subtlety means and that there’s only one guy that might have opened his eyes in that direction during this whole mess and she goes wide eyed but she’s grinning all smugly and then mouths oh my god at him]

Steve: Shut up

Eddie (visibly concerned and confused): I didn’t say anything.

Steve: Not you. Her.

Eddie: [turns and looks confused at Robin]

Robin: [shoots Eddie the least convincing innocent smile ever]

Eddie: Okay, then…

Robin (the moment Eddie turns to catch up with Nancy and leave them to whatever silent communication he’s missing between them): Oh, we are so talking about this later.

Steve: I know. If we make it out of this, I’m going to need some more advice.

#I may make a fic building on this layer when I finish the ones I have going #*later #Steve Harrington #Eddie Munson #Steddie #Robin Buckley #Platonic with a capital P #Stranger Things #ST #ST4 #Mine

[niymue]

imagine how much cool shit we would have for our games if everyone’s tou was open like if simblr was actually a truly collaborative and creation focused community.

#like we’re all just ppl playing with digital clay #we should encourage building and changing on eachothers work #i feel like tagging the original creator is all you’d need to do in this scenario like. as long as credit is given go wild #capitalism. the death of innovation #i know that’s dramatic but like is this not a perfect example of that on a small scale. yes #marx is crying screaming and throwing up rn #and imagine the togetherness??? if we all shared??? idk #idk idk #standing on the shoulders of giants etc #simblr #text

[featheredpheonix]

#sir another gay bottom has hit the capital building

[thornescratch]

They are just a very hands-on kind of team.

#As in 'if we do not put on hands on each other we will die' #Building team morale one loving grope at a time #TJ Oshie #Nic Dowd #Tom Wilson #Washington Capitals #Pregame hiijinks #Hockey spanks

[decolonize-the-left]

Had a tik tok in my Facebook memories that said something about how with anti-maskers it ultimately comes down to them perceiving doing things for others as weakness since they grew up in a hyper-individulistic society. It's them exerting autonomy and refusing to stop under peer pressure, largely just for the sake of fighting something since that's a strength. A value. "I don't let others tell me what to do because I can't be controlled"

Made me think that everyone else bought into the same type of individualistic rhetoric through pop psychology: having "good" boundaries means never needing others and always putting yourself before everyone else regardless of circumstance and especially if they make you feel any feeling you don't want to feel. ...Like guilty for not caring enough to keep wearing a mask in 2023. That's a strength. A value. "I don't let others tell me what to do because I love myself"

The conclusion here being: being needed/needing others is a threat to your autonomy which is a Value to protect.

And when you really think about it applies to more than masking; supporting BIPOC, watching the news, showing up to protests, etc.

"I'm already depressed, I can't handle it. I'm watching out for my own mental health by not participating"

"it's all woke which makes me feel like a bad person cuz Im a bigot so I only watch what validates my bias"

And personally I get a little suspicious when two sides defined by their opposite social values come to the same social conclusion.

You should too. This rhetoric is holding us back. Individualism is holding us back. People need people. It's not toxic or abusive or manipulative to admit that, no matter how much society has tried to make you believe otherwise.

Oppressed people needing allies and your friends who need help moving aren't violating your boundaries or "bad for your mental health" just because You don't want to show up AND not feel bad about it.

Can the generation that grew up screaming "I don't know how to teach you that you should care about other people" at boomers please stand up and take a heaping tablespoon of your own medicine.

And then show gen z how to swallow it because growing up in the social climate we millennials curated online hasn't exactly inspired feelings of confidence in others or the future.

Both of which we still care about right? We still care about other people and the future? Not just ourselves?

Just want to confirm that we haven't gone Full Boomer as a collective yet cuz at this rate I wouldn't be surprised if someone responded saying that being expected to care about their friends is akin communist dictatorship

And could this be a Red Scare Psyop meant to discourage you from finding community, collectivism, and mutual aid in a time where your hyper-individulistic behavior and beliefs are being exploited for record breaking profits in the name of capitalism?

#remembering that thing I shared awhile ago where OP was talking about their friends calling it Traumadumping when OP talked- #about having a shitty few days. like?????? #sometimes friends are unhappy or even depressed and they shouldnt have to hide that from friends sry not sry #most times they way you feel when they're talking are just NORMAL feelings of empathy and sympathy and sad and mad for them #Yeah the ppl around you will have an affect on you-the answer for dealing with this is building your emotional IQ NOT isolation #they need you as much as you need them actually #liberals #self care #society #lgbt #mutual aid #capitalism #biden #covid #masking #healthcare #social justice #socializing #boundries #pop psychology #sometimes you will be uncomfortable and that's OKAY #THATS GOOD

[reality-detective]

In case you didn't know this 👆 was going on?

Kelly Brady At The Crapital Building 👆

Seems off they would do this at the Crapital?

False Flag?🚩

You Decide 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think for yourselves #think about it #think for yourself #do your homework #news #capital building #you decide #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything

[antisisyphus]

i keep thinking back to a quote by some architect who was arguing that the most sustainable architecture is the architecture that doesnt get torn down bc we will be (hopefully) constantly finding newer, cheaper, more efficient, ways of being "sustainable" so trying to make the most sustainable building is a moot point. in 5 years it will be outdated & if all it has going for it is "was once a very sustainable building but isnt anymore" well. that isnt much. the point was that the architect was saying that classical/romantic architecture (often considered very beautiful & worth saving which i could get into but that a whole other thing) is sustainable bc of its beauty. bc of the value we put on it. bc we dont want to erase or tear down things we find beautiful or important. i dont really have an end thought but im just musing on the importance of beauty & how aesthetic value can extend itself into material value & also how beauty (infinite) is hoarded by the rich as if it is a finite source. inch resting

#i feel like this could be a thesis but i dont know enough about anuthing to make it more than a post #the whole othr thing i could get into is how classical/romantic architecre is often held up as the most beautiful style #which is very eurocentric. #but also delegitimizes other reasons for wanting to keep a building around #ie historical importance #im just thinking about the endless capitalistic cycle of creating mass produced soulless buildings #from the catalogue homes from the 50s to the white box condos of now #where they get made & sold as New and Modern and Cutting Edge #and then in a few years (when they arent new or modern or cutting edge no one likes them so they get redone/torn down #and often those renos are ALSO souless and just fit more New and Modern and Cutting Edge appliances/architecture #this creates a lack of conse4rvation of “ugly/cheap/poor” buildings which is. again a whole other thing #also what im saying isnt new. and can be applied to many other aspects of capitalism/comsumerism #anyways

[nico-di-genova]

Jenny and Jaime going on a date to make the Blue Beetle Build-a-Bear. That’s it, that’s the post.

They name it Khaji.

#in universe I like to think build a bear is capitalizing off of superhero’s by churning out the whole justice league collection #Bruce hates his #Clark thinks his is kind of cute #and Dick has like three different versions of his own #anyway #they keep it on the bug ship buckled into its own seat #Jaime likes to hold it after a fight because he can pick at the fur and it gives him something to focus on #blue beetle #jaime reyes #jenny kord

[larsnicklas]

i would give my life for the sandin-bear pairing they are perfect to ME

#rasmus sandin #ethan bear #capitals #washington capitals #nhl #hockey #meg.caps #meg.gif #meg.all #THEY ARE PERFECT THEY'RE THE D PAIR OF MY DREAMS!!!!! #vibrating intensely. spencer carbery do NOT separate them!!!! please give them a chance to build chemistry they will be SO PERFECT!!!!! #this is 100% true as evidenced by the fact that they did not start out as a pairing this game but once put together were not taken apart