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Mall is Life | INTRO : She’s Broke, He’s Broke, We’re All Broke!

Summary: Your dad thinks it’s best for you to pay off the credit card that you just maxed out. Meaning, it’s time for you to finally get your very first job…at the mall. As a true blue spoiled daughter from a very rich family, what could possibly happen? Form a labour union and overthrow the oppressive government with 7 other underpaid and overworked guys??? Or maybe just form a bond with them and have the best time of your life?

Pairing: bts x reader

Genre: mall!au, lowkey a sitcom, fluff, eventual angst, and a whole lot of pure crack

Word count: 5.3k+

Notes: As I’m doing final rewrites for this, I overheard my co-teacher call one of our students a “crack” and I honestly have never related hard to a student. Anyways, transferring this from gdocs to tumblr took sooooo long. I literally aged 10 years. I didn’t think writing in this style would be such a pain so I really do hope you enjoy this! Keep safe and hang on while the world still seems like it’s on its way to destruction.

Posted on: 8th of Jan, 2021

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Red

Red is all you see.

Your vision has been clouded by the colour red since the moment you stepped inside the mall.

Sale season is upon you and red tags are everywhere!

Buy one get one for a girlfriend sized “boyfriend t-shirt”, a free cookie if you get 7 drinks, 5% off on your next purchase from Kucci and… Gasp! 75% off for a light sabre handheld immersion blender???

Do you even cook or watch Star Trek or whatever it’s called? Heck no.

bUT IT’S MORE THAN HALF OFF and it looks cool so might as well get it.

Right?

You saunter off towards the sights of free or marked down signs to start making damages.

“Ehem.”

The sound of your best friend, Taehyung’s voice, freezes you in place and you feel like a kid caught in the act of stealing a candy.

Literally, you have both your hands in front of you with your mouth open and watering.

“Just what do you think you’re doing?” His hands are placed on his hips, like a slightly inconvenienced Karen.

“Oh, uh...I was just, you know!? About to admire the general splendour!”

He was like, ya right sweetie.

“Shut up. This isn’t a Jane Austen book.”

Well, one can dream.

And lowkey, you were kinda expecting him to not get the reference.

…or even understand what you just said.

Damn.

You really need to give Taehyung some credit.

He is after all, your best friend and that is an achievement in itself.

“Focus, y/n. FOCUS. We’re here on a mission, don’t get distracted.”

Ugh, right.

Reality hit you again like a ton of bricks.

“And as if you can afford anything! Unless, you’re in for some service water.”

You scoff hard.

Though he isn’t lying.

See, the thing is, your family is rich.

Like rich 𝑹𝑰𝑪𝑯.

Like “rent a whole stadium for your dad’s morning run” rich

You, alone, though?

ʰᵉ ʰᵉ ʰᵉ

“Sorry, you’re absolutely right. We’re here for one thing only and that is to find a job! We’re not leaving until we get one.”

And that’s what you did for the next two hours

Job hunting

You might be wondering, “If we're so rich then why are we looking for a job?”

Well kids, let me tell you a quick story.

Here’s what happened

A week ago, you had probably the most embarrassing yet most eye opening experience of your life.

You were shopping

(like duh do you have anything else to do?)

And your credit card got…

Wait for it…

…………….

🚫DECLINED🚫

◉.◉

Like, that can happen????

Next thing you know, you’re on the phone with your dad and he is MAD

You don’t even know why he is so pressed about it.

Okay, so you maxed out one of his seemingly endless supply of credit cards.

BIG DEAL.

It’s not like he lost a bunch of money.

Maybe to a normal person, yeah…

BUT to you guys?

Come on! He can earn that money back in like two days.

Besides, he always goes on saying that he'd willingly give everything for you, his one and only princess.

bUT NOoOOoo! He has to teach you to be rEsPoNsIbLe with money! You need to be a 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏.

"What? You think I'm a money making machine here?"

Well, tbh he kinda is.

"You think money grows on trees?"

Well, technically, money is paper so...ya it kinda does.

"I don't slave around just so you could plunge yourself in all of your whims!"

Uh, actually.

You kinda do though if we refer back to your whole willingly-give-everything-to-you shtick.

So that wasn't real, huh?

ＡＬＬＭＥＮＤＯＩＳＬＩＥ.

smh

Taehyung, on the other hand...

Well, his mother’s old but rich sugar daddy just recently passed away and unfortunately all his money and prized possessions were inherited by his one and only beloved son.

All they got was a couple of stupid jewelry, which did allow them to pay for a new (less glamorous) apartment, but still

Eh.

What a complete disappointment.

11+ years of being a sugar baby, all for nothing.

So now it’s back to the slums for the both of them.

Sad reacs for a fallen warrior.

I’m talking about Tae’s mother, not the sugar daddy...

THOUGh rip for him. Uh,,,,

He’ll be missed? I guess???

(1 like of this post = 1 respect for him)

DW about his mother though. She doesn’t seem quite fazed by it.

“This is why if you find a rich old bastard, make sure he doesn’t have any kids. That or have an affair with their kid. Oh well, on to the next one.” She told you and Tae during the funeral.

It’s been three months since.

She’s currently working at a hair salon and also,,,,

Taehyung thinks she’s seeing someone again cause she’s been using her designated “𝑠𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔” parfum.

WHICH you still don’t know if you should be impressed or be concerned about.

Nonetheless, you respect the hustle of this woman. ✊✊✊✊

Unfortunately, her efforts are still not enough to satisfy their expensive needs so that brings us to the present situation.

Actually, it couldn’t have been more perfect though!

You and your best friend coincidentally just happen to be in the same dilemma.

Kind of

Well, not really

Plus, it’s not really the most pleasant circumstance bUT STILL

The point is, you’re in this together and that’s enough for the both of you.

:’)

“Ugh, this totally blows.” Taehyung says as you both sit on one of the food court booths.

“Which one, us not getting any jobs yet or the fact that we’re hanging at the food court?”

“Get used to it, princess. Honestly, you'll find that the food here isn't as disgusting as you think they are." He says as he fishes for his phone in his man purse.

"Well, at this rate, I won't be able to get used to it since I sTILL haven't found a job. Why are the good stores so demanding? Like, an intensive classroom and in-store training only to have a possibility to get hired??? To think that I'm a loyal Louie Button customer!"

(A/n: This is actually a real procedure for Louis Vuitton, at least in my own experience. But I only applied and never went through with the training cause I figured that it just ain't for me.)

You continue ranting your little heart out about how you could sue these stores for unfair treatment.

Taehyung, though, has long tuned you out and has pointed his full attention to his phone.

This is turning out to be a lot more disastrous than what he anticipated.

So he needs to phone a friend in.

Orrrrr a couple.

He's getting desperate, okay??

The entire spring collection was practically screaming out to him when they entered Kucci.

He's a 𝓚𝓾𝓬𝓬𝓲 𝓫𝓸𝔂 through and through.

He hasn't missed a single Kucci season collection in years.

IN YEARS, PEOPLE!

He can feel his right eye twitch at this blasphemy.

"I'm telling you! These stores are absolutely ungrateful-hEY! Are you even listening??"

"No. I thought that was obvious the second I whipped my phone out."

( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)

Rude

He didn't even try to deny it.

"You know, I really don't need you to be mean to me right now."

"Sorry y/n but this…" He lifts his phone up, "is more important right now."

What could possibly be more important than your current problem??

If you don't leave today with any form of productivity, you just might have to sell the entirety of your closet.

And we all know that ain't happening.

"By 'that', you mean?"

His phone vibrates a couple of times, indicating that he just received a bunch of messages.

He instantly opens them, disregarding you once again.

I-

Seriously, thIS bOy!

"Hello???? I'm still here and we're still hideously unemployed!"

He looks up to you with a smile that seems a tad bit too eerie.

Okay, this is somewhat alarming ngl.

"I called in some reinforcements."

Reinforcements... Huh?

What's that supposed to mean?

You stare at him with scrunched brows and mouth slightly agape.

And as if on cue, a male voice rings from behind you.

"Tae! We're here!"

"Jimin! Seokjin hyung!"

Ohhhhhhh

*Looks at the camera*

Them.

♫︎DUN DUN DUN♫︎

For everyone's information, Taehyung grew up a hair away from the poverty line.

He was in his preteen years when their family found success through his mother's sugar daddy.

He didn't grow up rich whICH there's NOthing wrong WiTh THAT.

A person's financial status does not define them.

Taehyung's friends, however, already have a collective definition in your head.

One word

༼ つ ◕◡◕ ༽つ MESS™

♫︎DUN DUN DUN♫︎

A hot mess you are so not willing to become a part of.

Tae keeps them away from you because he knows that they are not the type of people you would associate yourself with.

Which is why you've never met any of them.

...Until today.

♫︎DUN DUN DUN♫︎

Guess being besties with a broke Taehyung means it only makes sense that you finally meet them.

♫︎dUN dUn- ok that's enough of that.

"We got the Code 17 message. I can't believe I'll ever get that from you. This is history, man! We need to celebrate!" Someone says accompanied by what sounds like someone wiping a window.

You look at Taehyung with a very displeased look.

May god and every higher being out there give you strength.

He doesn't even look the slightest bit bothered by what might be one of the boldest crossovers to ever happen.

Also, "Code 17"??? Wth?

"What's wrong? You never ask to meet at the food court… And who's this with--oh." A different, softer voice talks this time.

"You guys remember my bestie, right? Y/n? Well, I think it's time you guys finally meet."

From behind you, Seokjin and Jimin share a slightly wary yet excited look.

Jimin, being the natural people lover that he is, instantly thinks that he's about to have another best friend.

From what he's heard from Taehyung, you two are slightly alike, being a total softie.

So don't be surprised if a montage of things like the two of you going on picnics at the mall garden or watching the premiere of the next Disney movie plays in his head.

Seokjin, on the other hand, being the woman lover that he is, instantly thinks that he's about to score big time.

He's heard a lot about you from Tae but the only thing that stuck (and pretty much the only thing that matters) is that you are HELLA rich.

$ ℂ𝕙𝕒𝕔𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕓𝕒𝕓𝕪 $

So are we even surprised that what he imagines is him breezing through the luxury section of the mall, with his personal butlers in tow, and having everyone swoon at him?

“Y/n,” Taehyung gives you a pointed look as if telling you to be nice. “Meet Seokjin hyung and Jimin, two of my other best friends.”

Alright, you heard that these people work here at the mall.

So you’re gonna have to suck it up if it means being stuck with them for god knows how long.

You just hope they have some level of bearableness.

(Oh and some form of acceptable fashion taste too please, thank you very much!)

As much as you're not in the mood to smile, you still plaster on the sweetest one you can muster and turn around to face the two----

(o.O)

oh oh oh oh ho ho ho ho

Hello

hELLO indeed.

One of them has a white button up with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, black slim fit trousers, and a brown newsboy cap like a cherry on top.

He's also wearing a brown apron with a small name tag that says 𝓙𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓷.

The other guy's more casual with his baby pink t-shirt, french tucked into his black ripped skinny jeans.

Personally, you wouldn’t really call them amazing outfits…

bUT SWEET BABY JESUS ARE THEY DOING THINGS.

GREAT THINGS

(Tbh maybe it’s their handsome faces that do it for you)

"Hi, I'm Jimin! It's very nice to finally meet you."

He extends his hand and you take it in a heartbeat because my god that smile.

Wooooooooooo

Now, that's what greets you into heaven.

"Tae says a lot of good things about you and I think- oof."

Cute pink shirt guy (rudely) shoves him to the side.

Jimin almost topples to the ground and it makes you want to stand and check up on him.

The poor cutie.

For some reason, you feel like Taehyung and pink shirt guy get along well.

"AND I'M Seokjin!"

This time, Seokjin swiftly takes your hand without any warning which leaves you feeling flustered.

“Umm… Nice to meet you..?” You manage to politely croak out.

He gives your hand a kiss and then drops you a sultry wink.

Thank god you're sitting right now.

You'd be a lying fool to say that that didn't make your knees weak.

But ngl, that’s a face that definitely greets you into hell.

Like, no offense to his handsome face but you are sure there’s something completely devious going on underneath.

No one can change your mind on that.

"OKAY! Enough introductions, we’ll have plenty of time for that later... Where are the others??”

“Hoseok hyung said that he's with Jungkook and they're on their way to get Namjoon hyung." Jimin says as he fixes his hat that slightly slid off.

"Well, they better hurry!"

Taehyung DEFINITELY did not have any reasons to cut your introductions off.

He just did not like how you are practically drooling over Jimin and Seokjin.

He’s nOT JEALOUS OR ANYTHING

It’s just...

It’s not like you’ve never been close to any hot guys before.

Uh hello???

HE’S HOT

And you’re with him 24/7

Wait…

Do you even think he’s hot???

Okay now that’s a thought he never considered before.

Damn bro

Now Tae’s having an existential crisis…

anD hE’s dEfiniTEly NOT jEALous!!!

ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

"WE'RE HERE!"

All four of you direct your heads to the sound of a new voice and you start to think that Taehyung might actually be playing a joke on you.

Come on!

THREE 👏 MORE 👏 HOT 👏 GUYS 👏

???

This can't be real.

This is literal heaven!

Gasp!

Are.

You.

DEAD?!

Maybe you're right about Jimin being what greets you into heaven!

It all makes sense.

“Dude, we came as soon as we could. We even pulled Namjoon out of his rabbit hole.” The handsome one wearing a sports jersey says.

“This better be important. I didn’t even get to ask permission to take a break! I’m supposed to be stocking utensils right now.” The handsome one wearing an atrocious outfit of a bright blue shirt and a much brighter yellow pants chimes in.

The handsome one wearing loose fitting jeans, a plaid button up and a black t-shirt underneath just stayed at the sidelines not saying anything.

Out of all of them, you think he’s the most stylish one.

Your eyes meet while you are assessing his outfit but he instantly looks away.

A noticeable blush blooms on his cheeks and you almost swoon.

Awww he’s extra cute.

“Yeah, cause organising cutlery is more important than a friend in a literal crisis.” Taehyung says in a sarcastic tone.

“So what are we doing here?”

“What is this ‘crisis’ you are referring to?”

“Yo, who is she?”

Namjoon, Jin, and handsome jersey boy all talk at the same time.

Ugh you need a massage.

Being surrounded by these broke handsome men is making you lightheaded.

“This is Y/n. You know, my other best friend.”

“Oh, your money buddy.” Handsome jersey boy butts in.

Uh EXCUSE YOU, WHAT’S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

You scoff hard and loud.

Taehyung clears his throat and you thought he was going to make a comment defending you or something.

Oh honey, you are wrong.

Because for the nth time today, he just brushes you off.

“Yeah, yeah. Whatever. Anyways, Guys, meet Y/n. Y/n, this is Hoseok hyung, Namjoon hyung, and Jungkook.”

You didn't think it'd be possible but for the first time ever, you so badly want to rip someone's hair out.

And not just someone, it's Taehyung.

Normally, a sassy, moody, rude boy Taehyung doesn’t affect you at all.

But then again, his negative vibes were never really directed to you.

And given the current circumstance, you’re also not in the best mood as well.

So you aren't as inviting as you usually are when you shook hands with the three boys.

Somehow, even their overflowing handsomeness did not do anything for you now.

Your presence, however, did something to the three boys.

AND I MEAN A LOT.

Confused, attracted, intimidated, confused, in awe, slightly scared, nervous, confused, hungry…

What? Hoseok hasn’t had lunch and coincidentally, he started feeling his tummy rumble when he looked at you.

…..

Fun fact: Hoseok is DEFINITELY NOT A CANNIBAL NOR HE EVER PLANS ON BEING ONE.

If ever you were thinking...

“Okay, so here’s the sitch.” Tae starts to explain your situation and everyone listens to him intently.

Little did you all know, the final member of the friend group just arrived at the food court and is now walking towards where you all are.

It wasn’t difficult to spot your group with Namjoon’s obnoxiously brightly coloured towering self and the few girls hanging around.

Probably Jimin’s fanclub.

“And so, here we are!” Tae finishes, keeping everyone updated.

"Wow, so you two are looking for an actual job? Like, here? At the mall??" A very baffled Seokjin asks.

Tae rolls his eyes.

"Yes. Is that really hard to believe?"

"Actually, yes. It is."

Another male voice is heard coming from someplace.

“Yoongi hyung!”

Oh great! Another one.

Surely, this guy’s not that interesting.

I mean, what are the fricking odds that he’s also an immaculate being??

You turn around and your mouth drops to the floor.

No no no no no.

No way!

Another freaking gOOD LOOKING GUY HAS WALKED UP TO YOUR GROUP.

Okay, this is getting unbelievable now.

Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?

Like, where and how on earth did Taehyung manage to get and round up SIX insanely good looking guys??

What is this? Are you on The Bachelorette??

Wait no

It's like Oprah!

And instead of cars, she's giving away handsome men

You get a hot Asian man, you get a hot Asian man, you all get a hot Asian man!

OR MAYBE

Are you on MTV Punk'd?????

Statistically speaking, a hot guy can have two or maybe three equally hot best friends

BUT SIX???

ARE YOU KIDDING?

Is Taehyung like Thanos? Collecting the six infinity stones?

Thanos? lol.

If anything, he's more like Henry VIII with his six wives.

“So you guys didn’t even wait for me, huh?”

Yoongi, oh so casually, just takes a seat beside you

Without even giving you a single glance or whatnot.

“I didn’t know you'd be here at the mall today?”

“Yeah, what are you doing here?”

Yoongi raises an eyebrow. “It’s a free country, I can be here whenever I want to be.”

Well, can’t argue with that logic.

The mall is practically your second home at this point.

“... Also… uTunes is hiring and uh… I’m applying...”

You don’t understand why but everyone else looks either shocked or annoyed at Yoongi’s announcement...

Are you missing something here?

“Man, you need to give it up! That place can suck it.”

Yoongi gives Seokjin one of the scariest glare you’ve ever seen.

It could rival against your dad’s famous death glares that he gives to his incompetent subordinates.

Namjoon shakes his head disapprovingly, “You’re applying there again?? I can’t believe it.”

Yes, again.

This is going to be the seventh time he’s applying at uTunes Records, the most popular music shop there is.

So many people flock to it even though we’re already in the digital age.

But he doesn’t question it.

All he cares about is getting a job there because the employees get to play their own music in the store.

Do you know how much of a popularity boost that is?

A CRAP TON.

On top of that, one of the employees gets a chance to get signed by a record label every year.

And if you're not awarded by that chance, you can still meet agents and get signed through their many parties.

Because of that, so many people also apply for a job there.

But they unfortunately have such high standards which is why even after three years, he still hasn’t passed their vibe check.

"Listen, seven's a lucky number. I have great feelings about this one. Besides, I've built up a strong résumé. Winning one of uTunes' own rookie dj contests must mean something, right? They can't not take me!"

Wow.

You've only known Yoongi for a solid three minutes, but you can already tell that he's quite passionate about this.

"Hyung, all we're saying is that maybe you should consider doing something else? You could do so much more than run after that store." Jimin says and pats Yoongi's hand a couple of times.

"All of you perfectly know getting a job there could quite possibly set my music career!"

"Is that really it? Or is it because of a certain Daphne??" Seokjin teases him.

The rest just mutters an "ooh" or an "aah".

You seem to have been turned into an accessory.

You so cannot relate to anything they've talked about since Yoongi came.

It's like you're at one of your dad's social gatherings and all you can do is smile and nod.

"ANYWAY," Yoongi interjects in their teasing. "So Tae, you're also looking for a job?"

Jeez FINALLY.

Something you can talk about that involves you.

It felt like you were just back home watching some random show that doesn't require your input.

Taehyung gives an overly dramatic heavy sigh.

"Unfortunately, yes. Y/n and I both need one badly. But all the stores had been rejecting us left and right. Like, the audacity!" Taehyung rants all over again.

Jimin, listens to him intently as if he hasn't heard all of this before.

Seokjin seems to have been entertaining the surrounding ladies for a while now.

[by giving some ( ˘ ³˘)♥︎ and some (•̀ᴗ-)☞ ]

Across the table, Namjoon complains to Hoseok about getting in trouble with his boss.

Jungkook, well, he's just staring at the beautiful pizza this kid next to you guys is eating. (Someone's hungry too, okay?)

While Yoongi just openly stares at you.

Welp.

What the frick are you supposed to do now?

Is Taehyung or anyone going to properly introduce you two?

No???

Okay fine.

Seems like you're gonna have to get used to doing things on your own.

You smile at him and timidly hold your hand out.

"Uh hi. I'm Y/n. I don't know if Tae's ever mentioned me to you before but--"

"Oh, trust me. He's mentioned you plenty. He actually never shuts up about you."

ʰᵉʰ

You don't really know if he was stating that as a fact or if he's trying to be mean…

"Oh ha ha… That must be really annoying then."

"Yeah, it is actually."

Your small polite chuckle died down your throat.

Wow and you thought Taehyung can be rude.

hE'S STILL JUST STARING.

"Uh…" You finally lowered your hand that he obviously isn't going to shake.

That is definitely going in your top 10 most embarrassing moments ever.

God, can someone get you away from this guy?

What's his problem?

"SO, can any one of you help us? Like, any tips or something?" Tae concludes his really long and repetitive rant.

Everyone's eyes FINALLY focuses on Tae again.

Seokjin snorts loudly.

Eww.

He opens his mouth to say something but Tae immediately holds his hand up to stop him.

"Anyone except you hyung. I don't think you're classified."

Everyone laughs to that and again,

ARE YOU MISSING OUT ON SOMETHING HERE?

Seokjin raises one finger like he's trying to make a point. "If anyone is classified to give tips on how to get accepted, it's me!"

"Yeah, just not on how to last on one." Namjoon loudly whispers to Tae.

"HEY I HEARD THAT!"

Ohhh….

So,

Does he constantly get fired from a job?

Well, that's just sad.

Hopefully you don't end up like him.

😳

"Actually," Hoseok starts, "how do you end up landing on so many jobs? Like, don't they know your reputation?"

And that's your cue to finally insert yourself in the conversation.

"Uh, what reputation?"

"Sweetheart, you don't really want to know! It's not that big of a deal." Seokjin quickly steers you away from the topic but the other guys didn't allow it to happen.

"Oh, you know. Just that, he's known to be the "job eater" here. Cause he pretty much eats a job and moves on from it in a flash." Namjoon graciously fills you in.

So you were right.

That's kind of impressive though…

But a huge waste.

"Still! It makes me very much qualified to give the unemployed a tip!"

"Save it hyung, you might need it for your next job once you get fired from Uncle Aang's."

Seokjin gives everyone a sheepish smile.

What's that about?

It almost looks as if he…

"YOU GOT FIRED ALREADY?!"

"Oh you bet I did."

To be fair, how could he not stop himself from eating the free samples? Those pretzels are literal drugs.

"You just got that job four days ago. I can't believe it!"

"I can believe it." Yoongi says out loud.

Can't he say anything nice?

"Whatever! Point is, these stores still hire me no matter what."

"You know what, that is a good point." Taehyung mutters, slowly turning convinced by Seokjin.

Namjoon groans. "Are you for real Tae? If you want some job advice, maybe ask one from us who has only had one permanent job all throughout."

"Guys, let's give Seokjin hyung a chance!" Jimin, ever the sweet positive boy, suggests.

"Of course you would say that."

Not wanting to fade into nothingness, you insert yourself again in the conversation.

"I want to hear what he has to say."

Once those words left your mouth, you instantly regret it.

A.) Seokjin gives you another wink and gives you a flying kiss that has you weak in the knees again- I MEAN WHAT. I SAID NOTHING.

And B.) Yoongi is clearly not a fan of you sharing your opinions with the group.

Despite the obvious protests of Namjoon, Seokjin still gives his number one "professional" advice

And that is to have a perfectly 𝒉𝒊𝒈𝒉 𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 résumé.

"A high quality résumé? YOU? What the fuck are you talking about?" Yoongi says, slightly amused and slightly tired of the older guy's shenanigans.

"Don't believe me? Fine. But I'm telling you, it's all here on paper!" Seokjin takes out a folder from his backpack and waves it around.

Namjoon immediately snatches it from him

"5 pages long?? Are you for real?”

Seokjin hums and watches smugly with a cocky grin as the guys read through his résumé.

“Hang on, since when did you do balloon modelling?”

"I don't."

Hoseok gasps. "But bro, isn't that lying?"

"Yeah, duh! How else are these people gonna hire you? You have to sell them what they're looking for."

"What if they ask you to use these skills that you clearly don't have?"

"Then you're just gonna have to fake it till you make it, baby!"

Huh

No wonder he doesn't last long on a single job.

"And how's that working out for you?" Yoongi presses on.

"Well at least I get hired, Mr. 7th Time's the Charm!"

Yoongi is like ᶠⁱᵗᵉ ᵐᵉ ⁱ ʷᵒⁿ'ᵗ ʰᵉˢⁱᵗᵃᵗᵉ ᵇⁱᵗᶜʰ (ง'̀-'́)ง

"That's not really the point of having a job, but I guess, whatever floats your boat, dude!" Hoseok finally sides with Seokjin.

"So everyone is looking for a job then?" Taehyung realizes, "this is so cool if all of us get hired! We'll all face the real world together."

"All of us except Jungkook though."

Who?

Oh that extra cute shy boy.

You forgot he's here.

Boy really hasn't said a word at all.

"Did ya hear that? All of us are getting jobs!"

"You should get one too!"

"That would be so cool!"

"So what do you say? What are your plans Kook?"

"Guys, don't pressure the kid!"

The guys talk simultaneously, ultimately kind of pressuring Jungkook to say something before he even thinks about it.

The table falls silent and everyone eyes Jungkook.

The guys are like ( ･ิ ͜ʖ ･ิ) and ( ͠° ͟ʖ ͡°)

Jungkook is like (ʘ ͟ʖ ʘ)

Then the guys are like (≖ ͜ʖ≖)

So jungkook is like (¬‿¬ )

In the end, they are all like

(☞°ヮ°)☞ ☜(°ヮ°☜)

And through it all, you are just ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

What the heck is going on?

"Yeah, why not?" Jungkook simply concludes and the guys make various celebrating noises.

Gasp!

He can talk???

"Okay, everyone calm down! Let's wait until after everyone gets hired before we celebrate." Namjoon scolds everyone.

"Well that might take a while considering Y/n and I can't find one!"

Namjoon places a comforting hand on Tae's shoulder. "Oh relax, there's like ten thousand stores in the mall!"

"Actually, there are only 613 stores in the entire mall." Hoseok points out a matter of factly.

You all look at him dumbfoundedly.

Aaaand he just stares back at all of you.

Is this some kind of trivia that you need to know if you work around here?

Are you gonna have to memorise a lot of facts about the mall???

Oh, you don't like that.

Seokjin was the first one to react.

"Dude?? What the hell?!"

"I got bored once while I was on a break and counted."

Huh.

Makes sense.

Yeah, sure.

Why not?

Why wouldn't you just go and count the total number of stores out of boredom???

…

THAT WAS A SARCASTIC REMARK IF YOU DIDN'T GET IT.

"Even if there are 600 stores here, there are only like, 20 good stores that exist!" Tae remarks

You want to say you can't agree more but you stop yourself because you don't think you can handle another cold stare from Yoongi.

"Are you perhaps pertaining to the high end stores?" Namjoon muses.

"Yeah. What else?"

Jimin's eyes widen in shock. "Hold on. So you two have only been looking at that small section of the entire mall?"

"Yeah. Why?"

Yoongi chuckles condescendingly.

"Bros, you know that saying… 'Beggars can't be choosers'?" Hoseok tries to enlighten you two.

You and Tae look at each other.

What an epiphany.

A very disgusting yet important epiphany.

"Are you… Are you guys saying that… We need to find a job… Outside of that section??"

They all nod.

Ughhhhhhh

You and Tae make an annoyed sound.

"Welcome to the real world, peasants!" Seokjin warmly tells you.

Could things get any worse?

"Hey, at least we'll all be here together!"

Ha ha

Great . Awesome. Wow.

"Well, on that note, I really need to get back to work. Lady and gentlemen, may the odds be ever in your favour. Good luck!"

Namjoon stands and walks away.

One by one, the other working guys went back to work as well, leaving you unemployed slackers.

Hey they didn't even give any actual help!

Wasn't that the reason why Tae called for a… What did they call it?

Code something something.

Oh whatever!

Anyways,

So to summarize things

You might end up working at an awful low end store.

And you're unwillingly stuck with the wrong set of people.

One of them is a total flirt and an actual pain to society.

Another one might possibly hate you for unknown reasons.

This tall dude seems to be really uptight.

Then there's this guy that seems really weird.

The other one, well… He's cute and doesn't really have any negative points yet BUT you're sure something's wrong with him.

And the last one literally said one thing during the entire time!

Oh, you've got a really really long way before you can pay your dad.

Good luck to you, indeed.

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thatpaintedpony · 2 years

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2021 Year in Review

2021 . . . aah 2021. What to say about the Clusterfuck of a year part 2?

2021 came in with a shitty bang, as the Northern Beaches cluster slammed borders closed once more and I had to stay home instead of going to SA for Christmas. Another year of La Nina, so it was INCREDIBLY humid and sticky for January, and just generally very wet all around. I started playing Assassin’s Creed Origins to keep out of the heat (and would continue playing it for nearly 6 months lol).

On the pony front, it was very much business as usual, getting lessons, riding Sky. We were starting to work over poles a bit which was hilarious because she is a total clutz. We also got another voucher for a photoshoot with Lexi, so I decided I had better hop on Sky bareback before that, just to make sure she wouldn’t kill me. And she was . . . fine. Totally chill about it. Because she’s the best girl.

By this point I really was not riding Bob much at all, which suited him right down to the ground, he was just hanging in the paddock getting fat. I rode him a couple of times over the summer break, and he was a shithead and reminded me why I don’t ride him much anymore. But that’s okay, he’s retired so he gets that privilege.

We were supposed to have our photoshoot on 23rd Jan, but the world’s biggest storm rolled over about 30 minutes before and absolutely belted down rain, so we went to dinner instead. Isn’t La Nina fun? Luckily we managed to get it in two days later – actual sunshine this time! The ponies were both amazing, Lexi did a phenomenal job as usual. I was SO pleased with the results, they look incredible!

End of January saw me back in the office two days a week, which turned out to be a pretty great work/life balance that allowed me time to ride and enjoy my horses and freedom and still get to see people in the office.

At the start of Feb, we went to another HDC training day, and Sky was an absolute champ as usual. We were starting to really work on our canter work, canter transitions, counter canter and a little bit of lateral work. Having a full sized arena to play around in was awesome, and she always feels so good on the surface at SIEC. And she was just totally chill with being there now, no calling or carrying on at all.

February saw me finally able to make it to SA for a week, much delayed and with many covid tests, but things seemed to be going back to “normal” such as it was. I was back to work for the Escape room, it was raining still all the time, but lockdowns were pretty much done and we were going places and doing things again! We were starting to make plans for the big Aussie horsblr meet up at Equitana – the tickets were bought, the hotel booked . . .

End of Feb I got a tattoo of my lovely ponies!

At the start of March we went to another HDC competition with the world’s best munchkin. Once more we totally blew the canter transition in the 1A (THREE TIMES) so we got really slammed for that and got a 60% for that, and then 64% for the 1B because I rode a bit of an overly safe test, but she was cool, calm and collected so I was really happy with her!

The weather was still shit, there were more floods (of course) in March, because you know, with no Covid to cancel things, we needed something else to go wrong! These are the 2020s, after all. Sky was of course absolutely feral when I was finally able to ride again, because 2 weeks of no work along with all that green grass = nutty pony. So we once more went through a bit of a “stage” about the canter transitions. Ie. Being a complete nutcase about it! This was probably the most reoccurring theme of this year.

April we finally made it to CDI at SIEC which we had planned to do last year but which was cancelled. Got to watch some fancy ponies being fancy and do some shopping. I held off from buying too much, looking forward to the Equitana shopping but . . . well.

May arrived, and with it the start of wintery weather. Not long after the 1 year anniversary since I bought Sky, I headed off to Galston dressage for my first entirely solo outing with Sky. It’s probably getting boring to hear but she was an absolute legend. The grounds were cramped and chaotic and she was just completely chill about it. We cracked 75% in the CU prelim 1A (I think the judge was marking kindly but even so, first time I’d ever ridden a test over 70%!) and then we got 64% in the Official 1B. We got another EOC in that one because of another blown canter transition but it was totally my fault this time.

Aaand that was the last comp we went to :/

We went to another training day right before my birthday and Chris rode Sky and she was perfect and I got to hop on Lacey and do some walk to canter transitions and laterals and that was awesome. But then…

With June came Delta. All of a sudden we went from almost total freedom to complete lockdown. HDC Championships: Cancelled. Equitana: Cancelled. We managed to squeeze in one last lesson at an arena but then everything was slammed shut. For the next 6 months. We went into Sydney’s longest lockdown since the start of the pandemic.

And that was pretty much our winter. Rain, mud, and covid. We didn’t go anywhere. We didn’t do anything. We had lessons, we started working on our lateral movements, and that was it until September when I finally got my vaccine and we started to get freedom again! 24th Sky turned 7 years old. She was going super, though we were still (again?) Having trouble with our canter transitions.

At the end of October we finally got off property again for a lesson in an indoor arena at Evans Park. We worked heaps on our canter, especially counter canter and counter-bending in the canter and she was amazing, as usual, if a bit spicy! We had another lesson in a different indoor at the start of November where we started to really work on laterals, building in shoulder-in to our work to help get her back with me a bit better. We also started learning travers a little bit with mixed success, but her novice-level work was starting to get a little stronger.

Then we finally got out to another training day and we did a pony swap! Sky got ridden by 4 different people and she was so solid and well behaved. Everyone was impressed with her efforts and I got to ride everyone else’s ponies as well and feel how some genuinely advanced work feels!

We were supposed to be going to two competitions in November but BOTH were cancelled because of the truly shitty weather. The insanity of things being cancelled for weather once we finally got out of lockdown was insane.

Then halfway through November Sky tweaked her back quite badly and was off work for two weeks, and then it rained so she was off for another half a week. We’ve had a slow, careful return to work since then, just taking it a bit easy with her as she gets stronger again.

Then right before leaving for SA for Christmas, I had a bit fitter come out and try some new bits on her. We think we might have a winner with an eggbutt bomber bit but we’ll have to try it out a bit longer when I get back from holidays.

And that’s it for 2021! It’s been a bit of a boring second half of the year, again, but hopefully we’ll be back stronger and better than ever for 2022. Maybe. One day we’ll get to compete again I guess?

#horsblr #horses of tumblr #equestrian #equestrians of tumblr #dressage #dressage horse #warmblood #pinto #my horse #my posts #sky #bob

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darkgreiga · 3 years

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My Actual job Description

Well, I can say that my company’s probably on fire because my situation kinda ignited the conflict of interest between the two BoDs. Let’s just call the CEO as A and the right hand man as B when their names come up.

My job title: senior programmer (when referred to clients) and manager of IT division (internally and functionally) Started working: officially January 2020, started with a three-month probation Promotion: December 2020 (premature promotion, initially I was offered with another three-month probation starting from January 2021) Initial tasks by contract: 3D animation rigging and scripting

Actual job list under the cut, because it’s gonna be long.

My actual job list:

3D animation rigging (Jan 20 - March 20)

Python scripting to speed up humanoid rigging (Jan 20 - March 20, done voluntarily outside the contract)

3D modeling (Jan 20, outside contract and not by my own free will because I don’t want to model)

Add student names to certificate templates (February 20, outside contract and not by my own free will)

Mobile app developer using React Native (March 20 - May 20, outside initial contract but still fits my educational background, but had to handle 3 apps at once in a team of just me and a senior)

Make Python scripting tutorials (May 20 - June 20, outside ‘new’ contract, but paid by content instead of working hours and I don’t know the first thing about making tutorials)

Develop a simulation game that’s based on CodeIgniter (June 20 - November 20, 2 months deadline delay because the client kept asking for more features outside project contract and I had to work overtime to completely change the layout of the whole game in two days)

Build a donation website using Wordpress and Woocommerce (November 20 - Jan 21, overseas client and the one who appreciates me the most out of all clients and even compared to the 2 BoDs)

Update the office website’s domain and hosting (Dec 20 - Jan 21, not my area of expertise and I hadn’t a single clue about what to update and what to take out from the annual payment)

Provide the job description for a new employee under my wing and train that said employee (Dec 20)

Continue the development for the project #7 in this list (Dec 20 - March 21, my client often contacted me for work matters outside work hours and B, as the one I was responsible to, told me that it was normal because of my position as a manager)

Build various trial projects as attempts to snatch another client (March 21 - June 21, the areas were far from my own expertise, ranging from VR, AR, Codeigniter, React Native, FTP setup)

Suddenly got called to meet for a blockchain game project (June 21, the project was approved despite the company’s lack of experience in game development)

Another sudden call for another short notice project for both mobile app and website (June 21, project was approved despite the then potential blockchain game project)

Blockchain game project API (June 21 - sometime in 2023, while helping the game team to troubleshoot issues with Unity)

Android app (June 21 - December 21, initially ended in Aug but to have the contract extended until December, very demanding despite the 7-8 hours daily in contract)

Provide job description for hiring more developers in backend and game section and interview potential new recruits (Sept 21)

Check work contracts for potential new recruits (Sept 21)

Setup time for me to explain to both A and B about why projects #15 and #16 cannot run in parallel without issues (Sept 21, not yet done but I don’t even have to do this if they are smarter)

Supervise and take notes of a freelance employee’s working hours (Sept 21)

Handle technical stuff like hosting management, fixing printers, and checking office Wifi

Always on standby to be called outside of working hours and must be available to work immediately when needed

If you’re wondering why I complain when I’m supposed to be handsomely rewarded for all the overtime and out-of-contract jobs, well, because I don’t get rewarded outside my salary.

They never paid my overtime because I was mostly working from home at that time, they gave me odd jobs because ‘I was the only one who could do it’ when they could at least spend a few minutes to learn, and they have never given me or my team a bonus after finishing a project. The only ‘bonus’ would only be a praise and only a praise, because a pay rise is merely an empty promise.

I can freely use the office computer for my work, but everyone else is also free to tell me that they have urgent work to do and that they needed to use the computer. And yes, my work is halted without the computer and B has every right to complain if I don’t get my work done and they refused to buy another computer because of ‘the lack of funds’.

Both A and B are basically at war with each other because of the projects #15 and #16 and I regret that I work from home so that I couldn’t see the raging war.

Lastly, I can’t disclose the actual number of my salary, but I can at least compare it to my current living condition: 10 months worth of my salary goes to paying my annual rent. I have 2 months plus 1 month bonus and it’s barely enough for my own daily needs, let alone for me and my mom.

#random post #shitpost #venting #work issues #office war #actual job description #what contract?#what is a project bonus

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joyousnudibranch · 3 years

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Wish you the very best for 2021! I believe the whole world deserves a better year. This photo shows the first sunrise of the new year. I took it this morning at a small, old abandoned fishing port near my house. See how calm the sea is? I guess many people take it easy on January 1st unless their job require them to work. But here in this countryside, if you are a housewife and try to do most of the traditional customs, the morning of January 1st could be quite hectic, at least in the morning. Let me share how I welcomed the new year this time. 明けましておめでとうございます。昨年あんなにも苦しんだ全世界、今年はどうぞより良い年に。

この写真は、今年の初日の出。うちの家の近くの、古い小さな漁港跡（通称清水の港）にて撮影。もぉ過去に記憶にないほどのべた凪で、ゆるやかな癒された気分になれました。元旦の朝は、その日に仕事がある人々以外は、ゆっくりする人が多いのじゃないかとおもうけど。でも田舎では、伝統を守って行事をしようとするなら、家の主婦はけっこう身体が休まらないですよね、少なくとも午前中は。ワタシの年越しは、こんなカンジでした。

The very first thing I do on January 1st is visiting a small Shinto shrine in my neighborhood. Yes, it’s a Japanese tradition to visit a shrine on the 1st day of the new year to pray for the good luck. But not everyone does that at midnight ASA the date changed. Well, in our neighborhood, we do. So usually, I work like crazy on New Year’s eve, finish most of the work by 7 or 8 pm and doze off while watching the nationally famous song battle program or something else on TV. But I cannot go to bed because the shrine visit is waiting. 新年の元旦の最初に私がすることは、近所のちいさな神社への初詣。初詣に行く人々は多いでしょうが、必ずしも真夜中、日付が変わった瞬間じゃなくてもいいですよね。でもウチの近所ではそうなんで。

だから大晦日は、1日しゃかりきでやる正月準備が、だいたい夜7時か8時ごろに、干しするめを炙って割くのを最後に、終わり。そのあとは紅白か裏番組を見ながらウトウト、でも初詣があるので完全に寝に行くわけにいかない。

At the shrine, you hit the drum, ring the big bell, sit in front of the altar, throw money into the wooden box and pray. Then the caretaker will give you sake and a sweet. So in my neighborhood, the first taste that your palate feels in the new year is the taste of Sake. And the sake is supposed to have special blessing, being affected by the power of God of New Year. When leaving the shrine, what I see is the humble lights of the small community and dark Pacific Ocean with several lights of fishing boats. 神社に行くと、太鼓を叩き、鈴を鳴らし、祭壇の前に座ってお賽銭をあげ、お参りします。そのあと世話役の禰宜さんが、お神酒を注いで、お菓子を一つくれます。だからこの地区の住人で、日付が変わった途端に初詣をする人々にとっては、この一升瓶から注がれるお神酒が新年最初に口にする味なんですよ。たいてい土佐鶴（ただし今年は剣菱だった。私生まれて初めて剣菱が飲めたよ！）帰りに神社の鳥居をくぐると目に入るのは、小さな限界集落のささやかな灯と、その向こうに横たわる太平洋の暗さに、ぽつぽつと点在する船の灯です。

ASA I get home, I take a hot bath to warm up my frozen body. But this time, there was an unexpected happening! When I tried to add some hot water from the faucet, no water came out! It was too cold that the water pipe of the electric heater froze! @o@ 家に着くと、すぐさま熱いお風呂に入って、凍った身体を温めるんですが。今年は思わぬハプニングが！蛇口から熱いお湯を足そうとしたら、何も出てこない。寒さで、電気温水器の水道パイプが凍ったんだ！全く初めての体験です私にとっては。

After a night like that, it was hard to get up early before sunrise. But I got up anyway and I was glad to do that, after all. It was healing to see the calm ocean and wish good luck for the fresh start of the year. そんな夜の次の朝、日の出前に起きるのはツライ。（TT) でも結局起きて、やっぱりそうしてよかったと思いました。このめったにない凪の海を眺め、新しい年の明ける最初の日の出を見て幸を願うのは、心癒されるモンです。

Then the busiest part of January 1st started when I got home. そして家に帰ると、元旦の、私にとって一番忙しい時が来る、と。

I sharpened kitchen knives (which I should have done at the end of last year), 包丁を研ぎ（なぜ昨年末にやっとかなかった）、

Using a daikon radish from dad’s veggie garden, made daikon threads for sashimi (sliced raw fish) plate, ウチの畑からの大根で、刺身のつまを作り、（ちなみにこの「けん突き」、たぶん昭和なご家庭にはたいていあったか、今もあるんじゃないかな。名前が「ベンリナー」ｗｗ）

Cut iron-cast plant leaves to decorate the sashimi plate, 刺身用に葉ランを切り（今回は母がこの役を拒否したので、これに時間をとられてしゃーない）、

Made Zoni soup for the special family ritual for the New Year’s Day. (I’ll post about the details of the ritual in a separate post.) 元旦のお歳とりの儀式のために雑煮を作り、(この儀式についてはまた追って投稿予定）

Finished the sashimi plate, covered it with plastic wrap and left it in the fridge. 刺身を盛って、ラップして冷蔵庫に入れとく。そうです。私刺身の盛り方根本的にわかってないデス。そのうち1回ちゃんと練習しよう。^^;；　← と確か去年も思ったなぁ...。

And I woke up my parents and the ritual took place for about 15 minutes? (Details to come later.) After that, it’s finally the time to enjoy New Year’s feast, Osechi.

そして、床の間で、新年の儀式を15分くらい？そのあとでやっと、おせちの時間です！

Mom arranged this plate of deep-fried food all by herself. Perhaps because of her dementia, she often shows a little obsessive-compulsive tendency. She tries to arrange foods on a plate in straight lines or in a perfect pattern. It takes such a L O N G time and she gets so sad when she has to give it up. Often she comes up with some artistic piece of work, so I’m hoping to give a constructive outlet to that tendency of her. The rest of the tiered boxes were packed by me.

この揚げ物の皿だけは、母が盛りつけたもの。認知症のせいか、母はチョットOCDじみた傾向を見せる時があって、皿の上の食べ物を並べたりするときは、まっすぐとか完璧なパターンになってないと気がすまず、な～～～がいこと根詰めてやります。その出来がナカナカ独創的な時もあって、将来手芸とか何か建設的な方法で発揮させてあげたいんだけど。残りの重箱類は私が嫌々、どーにでもなれ式に詰めたもの。私ほんっっっとに重箱詰めが大っっっ嫌いです。何十年たっても。

Usually my family eats this osechi feast as brunch. And usually, I'm too exhausted to taste anything properly. I seem to lose the ability to taste when I’m tired, which has nothing to do with COVID-19. Today, after eating, I went straight back to my room and went to bed to take a nap. After the nap, I felt so refreshed and our dinner -- basically the same food as our brunch today -- tasted way better then. :) 普通ウチではこのおせちを食べるのはブランチ的な時間帯で、たいてい私は疲れ切っててモノの味ほとんどわかりません。コロナに関係なく、私は前から疲れると味がわからなくなるタチのようで、料理人には向いてないですワ。

今日は、食べた後、部屋に帰ってすぐ昼寝。起きたあとはリフレッシュされて、夜ごはんにおせちの続きを食べた時にはずっと美味しく感じました。 - - - - - So, that was how I welcomed the year 2021. And actually, the best part of the Jan. 1st for me is to come after my parents go to bed at night. Then I’ll have some drink in my room, alone, totally relaxed, and enjoying the leftover osechi, watching youtube or some movies on Amazon Prime. :) I think I deserve that. ま、こんなカンジの年越しでした。で、元旦の私にとってベストな時間は、両親が寝に行った後なので。その時間になったら、私は部屋で、一人で、完全にリラックスして、新年祝いの晩酌。おせちの残りを食べながら、Youtube やら Amazon Prime を見ながら、のんびりと。年末年始を頑張った自分に、そのくらいのねぎらいがあっていい。💕 ^^）

#New Year's Day #New Year's feast #Osechi #Zoni #Sashimi #first sunrise of the year #first shrine visit of the year #Happy New Year #iron-cast plant #daikon radish #元旦 #初日の出 #おせち #刺身 #けん突き #ベンリナー #雑煮

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chaoshomeschooler · 3 years

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1/26/2021

a personal note:

I did not get a n y studying done at all yesterday and I probably won’t get much done today. That’s bc my sleep schedule is insane right now - I was up til 4:30 cleaning my sewing room so I can finally start on commissions. For the record, it’s not my fault that it was a mess - my parents use it as a storage room so all their stuff was encroaching on mine.

I’ve been sleeping when I should be studying because I have to go to my more intense job after this. I think I’ll be able to watch a lecture before I have to leave tho. Since I’m gonna be so tired all day I think I’ll be able to get to sleep as soon as I get home from work - then my sleep schedule will be normal and I’ll be able to do school all day tomorrow.

It’s kind of nice that I have like 5 followers rn so I can keep using this blog for whatever crap like this until I can actually figure out what I’m doing. I do actually have a studying tips post in the works so that’s exciting. I’ve been considering making it a youtube video but I’m not so sure about showing my face.

stu-dna challenge day 26:

what’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make?

Letting go. I can’t give a specific instance but I remember there’s been several times in my life when I’ve had to let go of something or of a person or a dream. Especially when I was younger and I was even more confused about my future - I would get it stuck in my head and heart that I wanted to do One Specific Thing as my career for the rest of my life - one of those dreams was being a composer. My mom kept telling me that I wouldn’t make any money and that it wouldn’t work out. I honestly didn’t have any natural talent for it but for some reason I was convinced that I was going to make it and like be the next Hans Zimmer or something.

I actually got the opportunity to try my hand at composing around that time. I was taking some kind of online masterclass in composing (I was in like 6th or 7th or 8th grade and this was designed for adults) (also I’m pretty sure the class was a scam) but my library had a recording studio - so I went in there, having done relatively minimal research on how to use the DAW and having no one to help me. But damn it I locked myself in that room for several hours a week until I had finally managed to kind of make something. If I remember correctly it was like 16 bars? or 8? I just know it wasn’t any longer than 3 minutes. That whole process was one of the hardest things I’ve done - partially because I was tiny and had no skills and no idea what I was doing but also because I was so. freaking. depressed. I think my grandfather who I was super close with had died earlier that year and I was in a really deep depression until November.

But yeah so basically once that whole process was done I was so drained and I had less than no hope - like my hope was in the negative if that’s possible. But I still wanted to be a composer so so badly even though what I had just went through was like the worst thing ever. I remember when I was going through the process of realizing I h a d to give up my dream even though it was the last thing I wanted to let go of.

Looking back on it like, I’m obviously not going to be great at My Future Career TM in 8th grade so I could have just tabled the idea and focused on the present. I think it worked out in the long run tho. I’m happy with my current creative abilities in other mediums. And if I ever want to indulge 8th grade Pineapple I can always go take a basic composing class and try again.

spell studies challenge day 2:

2. Tue. Jan 26: What classes are you taking this semester?

Death and Dying

Technical writing

Trigonometry (I think I’ve been on trig for three years bc I always put math on the back burner. I can’t believe I actually have to finish it. I think I was supposed to be in calc by now)

Personal Finance

Them Bookz™ - idk what to call this but my mom assigns me a different self help/finance/networking book per month. so far I’ve read:

How to Win Friends and Influence People (9/10 - very good advice, pretty easy to understand and super interesting anecdotes. Would recommend to anyone no matter their age or career aspirations.)

Rich Dad Poor Dad (7.5/10 - pretty good but I read most of it all in one night so I don’t remember much of it and it was hard to summarize the main point/points - still has some good advice tho - just read it in a normal amount of time and during waking hours so you can actually understand. Also spoilers: he didn’t actually have two dads who refused to merge their finances despite being partners - the poor dad is his real dad and the rich dad is his friend’s dad)

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (3/10 - there’s a bit of good advice in the first three habits but don’t waste your time - just look up a summary online. I hate the author. Full post on this book here.)

I know this isn’t a course but all my college apps and scholarship essays take up as much time and effort as 2 or 3 courses so I would like to give myself credit for that

wow another apology:

This was excessively long. I have to figure out a new format

#study challenge #spring quarantine fall challenge #SpringQuarantineStudyChallenge #stu-dna challenge #high school #college applications #homeschooler #homeschooling #home school studyblr #homeschool studyblr #home school #homeschool #studyblr

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Oof 2020 recap.

I stepped down from my job in... End of Jan? Early Feb? with the intention of 1. getting away from a crazy employee I was not being paid enough to deal with and was not allowed to fire, 2. Finally had enough savings that I wasn’t a constant ball of insecurity, and I could take 9 months off with no income before I’d start worrying, and 9 months felt like a good time frame to try and be self employed and sell crafts/plushies at conventions.

Because why wouldn’t there be a bunch of conventions to sell things at in 2020???

Not working 50 hour weeks was also supposed to give me time to plan August wedding, and make wedding dress.

March, start sending out wedding invites. Two weeks later, Cuomo shuts down the entire state. *~*Timing~*~

Send out “woops hold that thought” cards.

The fiance had to transition to teaching his classes over zoom, and making youtube videos, which ends up being a 12-hour, 7-day a week time commitment. On the plus there, that was a huge crash course in video editing he finally had a reason to learn. And serendipitously, me had his brother had gotten him a bunch of camera and recording equipment to bully him into doing movie reviews on youtube, so he actually had the stuff he needed to teach online effectively. He takes over half of my craft room immediately after I reorganized and spread things out to make sewing more efficient and organized. Sewing stuff gets re-squished back into the corner. :<

April, i sew so many masks. so so many. i do not like sew mask. ;~;

Etsy sticks more fees on their site! I make a website! Web design has changed a fuckton since ye olden dayes of neopet pet pages! I have no idea what I’m doing; can’t even add a glitter trail following the cursor around! Where is the option for autoplay music in the background! Lame!

Mid June, and no end in sight for, ...y’know, so we cancel August wedding and push our deposit back to 2021. Fiance was really bummed about not getting the specific date so like a week later the venue says we can still show up with a small group and get “official married” outside on the day. I’m not gung-ho for this at all, but James is, so we decide to do that; start scrambling. I make my dress but like. From what was supposed to be the first drape fabric, because fabric store’s still closed. I like it, but idk!

I didn’t think I actually cared super much about wedding details, like I didn’t have a “dream wedding” as a kid or have a moodboard or anything... All I was really hoping for was having family there since I only get to see all the cousins maybe once every 7-10 years, and making my own dress. Since big family gather was obviously not allowed, not even being able to make my dress in the way I saw it in my head was just kinda... disgruntling? I guess? Sad emotions I can’t really put to words, and not strong enough to overrule fiance having strong happy emotions about getting to keep our original wedding date.

New York gathering limit is raised to 25, so my family (6) and his (2) plus us and officiant (3) all get together and yay, officially married on August 1st! Until we get paperwork from NY state, and ha ha funny story, officiant signed the paperwork for August 2. Officiant apologizes, sends in a correction letter, so now we’re officially married on the 2nd, but have a footnote in state records that says *(actually it was Aug. 1).

So like, I’m happy we got married, that’s a happy part of the day, but 1. family wasn’t there, 2. didn’t get to make the dress I was hoping to, 3. we didn’t even get the fucking date we did all this for??? It’s a complicated mix of emotions and I’m finding myself just kinda ignoring the fact we actually got married instead of trying to grapple and force the positive feelings to outweigh the negative. SHRUG EMOJI HAHA. DEALING WITH OUR FEELINGS? SOUNDS SUS.

September, my former job reopens, asks if I want to come back, because the person I trained as my replacement ended up quitting because she didn’t want to come back. Neither do I.

October, they hire a new manager, and I end up going in to train her a few days, and cover for her a few more days, and now I’m on call to help out, because I am a big wimpy pushover and did actually really like my job, and like the new lady taking over and don’t want things to be hard for her.

November, I got glasses! I have discovered that the world should NOT be blurry when it is 10 feet away from you.

I know I struggle without a defined definite schedule and my brain latches on to any possible distraction, so this year has been heck. Mental health-wise, I’m doing much better now that I’m not in daily contact with chaos employee! But productivity and focus-wise? ZIP ZILCH ZERO. It has been a STRUGGLE. I don’t have a distraction free zone because of James doing work-from-home teaching, and I don’t have a defined schedule of social events and work shifts to keep me on task. I kinda feel like my brain has turned into a bunch of smokey fog that’s just kinda swirling around inside my head, and every once in a while I emerge and realize a week has passed and I have not checked my email or talked to another non-husband human being in that time.

Oh, and small schadenfreude update on chaos employee- she didn’t have a job until the state reopened, wasn’t eligible for unemployment during the shutdown apparently, her husband finally got the divorce he’s been pushing for for the past decade, and she had to sell her 5k$ sewing machine to be able to make the monthly payments on it. And when she came in to the store once it reopened, new manager had already been warned that she was banned from the premises.

But before she was chased out, she rambled on about how she thought the government was tracking her phone so she got a new one and didn’t back up any of her contacts, and she was hoping new manager would give her my number again because we’re “””best friends.””””””” Manager declined to assist.

CHAOS LADY DOESN’T HAVE MY NUMBER OR ADDRESS ANY MORE. :D

#moosemun #life update idk putting down feelings more than expecting people to read #also #i got a new phone bc mine was going on 6 years old and this new one can do social media apps!#which is why i am posting on tumblr again after a month or so of my old phone giving up on the tumblr app #i can also do twitter and discord again!#as soon as i remember what super secure passwords I have. fuck.#time to reset everything

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caconymhypocrisy · 3 years

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Jan. 1, 2021 - Journal Entry

I masturbated a lot today. I don’t think it’s really a healthy thing anymore. I don’t know. I liked it. But it was for like, hours. And hours. I should probably start totaling the number soon – like start time and end time. It was great, and I want to do it again.

But earlier today I was so sad. I wept at the show “Euphoria”. It pulled all these crazy emotions out of me, and afterwards… I don’t know. I just felt so fucking sad.

I remembered the nights before tonight… the nights since the breakup.

I did a pretty similar thing.

I would jerk off for hours. Like 6 hours of just clicking through videos with one hand and edging myself with the other. It sounds pretty despicable to write it out like this. And if anyone is reading this, just know that I’m going through a hard time.

Although it seems to be getting less hard all the time now. Not my emotions. I mean my dick. After doing it for so long, I think I might start to be wearing it down.

It could be that, or the alcohol, or the coke, or the emotions. But it seems more difficult now than it used to be to keep “it” up for a long time. Yet I still try. I scan the videos, I use my plugs and oils, some stupid ring, all because I want to feel that feeling, that “oh, fuck. Yeah, that’s hot” feeling.

That feeling when you get right to the edge. Right up to the line. And it feels so good and you’re about to nut… but you don’t want to nut. Because when you do, it’s over.

Then you have to go back and face reality.

Then you have to remember why you started watching porn in the first place. Why you tried so tirelessly to get yourself hard again. Why you were looking for some form of temporary happiness that would take you away from this unstable emotional turmoil that you created for yourself. From the loneliness that you so desired and now find that it’s nothing but a pile of bricks that suffocates you. This fucking hell that finds you no matter what you do.

That was a dark line of thought. We all are a product of our actions. And I want to make more actions that improve my life.

I don’t know how to do that now, though. Drinking feels good. Masturbating feels good. Porn is really, really nice to watch (there is so much of it. It’s hard to stop). But all these things fade.

But I suppose, too, life fades. We all will die. And at least I’m enjoying some things, right?

I mean, it is fleeting. The drugs, the alcohol, the few moments of ecstasy before coming. But so is life. So why am I fighting it?

People with these issues, these “addictions”, want to improve their lives. Improve. What does that mean? Stop doing your drugs and obsessions, and start being a better person.

I don’t know. For what? What’s the point of doing all that? Jesus, I sound so entitled. People are starving in the world and I… fuck. What’s the point?

Do something that makes you better. Or help someone else be better. But these words to me now seem so arbitrary. What is better? What is progress? It might be a good thing to have a healthy diet, but why? So you can live longer? Support your kids and your family?

I don’t have those. I don’t want those. I just broke up with my girlfriend. And now I feel so alone. And getting a job, going back to school, or finding someone else to love… it all just seems so… exhausting.

I’m tired.

Fuck the world. Fuck this pandemic. I feel like there aren’t even friends I can talk to. Not really. I mean, I have friends. But they don’t really listen. Not really. Not when emotions are involved. And I broke up with my girlfriend, the one who is supposed to be the person to talk to about these things.

I just feel so alone.

And I believe in my mantra: no one will ever really understand you.

So, progress. I don’t know what the fuck it is. I don’t know why I’m writing all this down. But I can say that I’m enjoying the process of typing.

In self-help books they tell you to set goals, to become the person you want to be, and imagine the memory you want to leave behind.

Honestly, I don’t give a fuck what I leave behind. I’ll be dead. And the person I want to be? Well, I guess healthy enough to jack off another night. It might be nice to have someone to sleep with. Not like “sleep” with like sex, but just to cuddle. But I’ve also enjoyed these nights sleeping by myself. But what if I don’t want that anymore? What if I want some of both? Is there someone out there who can do both? What if I get bored of my next partner? What then? I have to go through this whole entire painful process again?

I got off topic. Setting goals. OK, let me think.

I should exercise more. That’s for sure. I went on a short run today and two days ago with Bosko. I didn’t run far, just a few blocks, and I was embarrassed with how that turned out.

Whatever. I should probably stop vaping soon too because I coughed a lot afterwards. Maybe I should start swimming again.

I want to.

Ugh. I used to be so active. I used to swim at least a few times a week. Depression (I think I’m depressed; why else would I be typing this much at 5:41 in the morning) just makes you feel so heavy. So worthless. Like… what’s the fucking point of doing anything?

My bike is still at her house. And the skates that she bought me… they’re in her car. God, I want those skates. I thought about using them. Then I think about her. Then I think about if I made a mistake leaving her. But then again, no, maybe I just want the skates.

I don’t fucking know.

OK, one more time: setting goals.

Exercise more. That’s something.

Drink less. That one is going to take some time. I think I’m developing an addiction.

Ok – moving out… this one… fuck.

I should move out. I need to. I can’t stay here. Fuck my brothers. And fuck I can’t start talking about my mom. I love her, and she supports me, but my god she really wants me to go through with this PT shit.

And I guess I’m for that. I don’t know. I’m not passionate about it. I don’t crave learning how to be a PT. Helping people is cool, I guess.

God, I feel like such a bitch complaining about all this shit. COUNT YOUR FUCKING BLESSINGS, DICKNUTS. I’m in a good home. And yeah, I’m going through some emotions and that. That’s normal. That’s being a human. Get over it.

You don’t want to work? No one does. Get fucking over it you dumb piece of shit.

OK stop that. You should be nice to yourself. Now I’m sounding like I’m talking to myself, not just writing to a page.

Whatever, everyone has to work. That’s life. Man up. (That’s a stupid phrase, I know. Patriarchy and all)

I am enjoying typing all of this.

It would be more interesting to write about stuff. Maybe I could make a novel or a short story. But what would I write about? My emotions don’t generate creativity. I don’t have any crazy life experience, some traumatizing backstory that can lay down the foundation of some revolutionary work of art. I’m just a boring kid from the suburbs.

Yet, I like writing. Maybe I’m not passionate about it, but I like it. But also… I think I suck at it. Always in the writer’s groups they say “oh yeah, that’s cool. I like this part. Good job” whatever. But those are all my friends; of course, they aren’t going to say what they honestly think. Emotions and egos are at stake.

Maybe I should just share a post like this anonymously on some blog. I don’t know, is Tumblr (or whatever) still a thing? At least strangers would/should be honest.

You dumb shit. Stop asking yourself questions you don’t know the answers to. This is your fucking journal you’re writing in. There’s no one here to answer.

Except me.

Ok so goals. Maybe go back to school. Got to do something. I’ll keep writing thoughts. Fuck the dentist. Exercise. What’s the fucking point. God damn it. What a waste of life.

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Students intending to study in China for less than six months want an invite or letter of acceptance from a school there and will be given an F visa. With adjacent opium-growing areas in Burma and Laos, and a significant Southeast Asian distribution point in Hong Kong, China has an enormous drug downside. Heroin use has become pretty widespread within the south, particularly in depressed rural areas, and ecstasy is used in golf equipment and discos. The value, and the quantity of trouble you’ll have, varies greatly relying on the place you are and your nationality. In explicit, many locations need to see a receipt from your lodging, proving that you’re staying within the city in which you’re making use of. The electrical energy provide runs on 220 volts, with the most common type of plug a dual flat prong, except in Hong Kong, where they favour the UK-style square triple prong. Adaptors are broadly obtainable from neighbourhood hardware shops. At this time the UC Davis and Healthy Davis Together’s saliva test are RT-PCR, but are not FDA approved. Because of this, they gained't work for journey and entry requirements. Program description with an reason why travel is essential to college business. Multiple vacationers on identical or comparable itineraries are requested to consolidate submissions into one e-mail.

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Biden Starts New Cold War

LOS ANGELES (OnlineColumnist.com), Feb. 5, 2021.--Telling the world that the U.S. will not be “rolling over” to 68-year-old Russian President Vladimir Putin, 78-year-old President Joe Biden has returned to the dark Cold War days of the Obama administration, when 35 Russian diplomats were evicted Dec. 31, 2016 from Washington, D.C. Biden’s new get-tough talk with Putin will backfire because he has no European Union [EU] backing because they buy 40% of their natural gas and 30% of their petroleum from Russia. Biden’s 58-year-old Secretary of State Tony Blinken, only 10 days on the job, has alienated Russia, spewing the same kind of Cold War rhetoric seen in the Obama administration. Former President Donald Trump, 74, did everything to mend fences with Moscow, only to watch Democrats and the U.S. press sabotage his efforts. Trump was investigated by the FBI and Special Counsel Robert Mueller for Russian collusion.

U.S.-Russian relations deteriorated during the 2016 president campaign when WkikLeaks released allegedly Russian hacked emails embarrassing former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hillary, in turn, paid for her fake opposition research against Trump AKA “Steele Dossier” accusing Trump of Russian collusion. Former President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden joined in the fun, using the Department of Justice, FBI, CIA and National Security Agency [NSA] to sabotage Trump’s 2016 campaign with Hillary’s fake dossier. All falsely accused Trump of covert business ties in Russia, yet proceeded to use Hillary’s rubbish to investigate Trump’s 2016 and most of his presidency. Trump had no chance to improve relations with Russia because Democrats and the media sabotaged him at every turn. Any attempt to get alone was hyped as proof of Trump’s illicit relationship with Russia.

Biden and Blinken have stepped into the global controversy over 44-year-old anti-corruption activist Alexi Navalny, who was sentenced Feb. 3 by a Moscow court to two-years-eight-months in prison. Navalny survived alleged FSB Novichok poisoning in Aug. 2020, airlifted to Germany for emergency treatment, recovered and returned to Russia and then arrested immediately Jan. 18. Touted as a pro-democracy hero in the U.S. and EU, Navanly has called for the overthrow of the Putin government. “I made clear to President Putin, in a manner very different from my predecessor, that the days of the United State rolling over in the face of Russia’s aggressive actions—interfering with out election, cyber attacks, poisoning of its citizens—are over,” Biden said. Biden isn’t helping U.S. national security or world security for taking such an aggressive stance against Putin and the Kremlin.

When Biden served as Vice President, Putin invaded and seized Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula March 1, 2014. A CIA-backed coup ousted Russian-backed Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych Feb. 22 in Kiev while Putin hosted the Sochi Winter Games. Once Putin was relieved of his Olympic hosting duties, he promptly invaded Crimea, with Obama and Biden doing nothing. What does Joe think has changed since then? When Biden says the U.S. won’t be “rolling over,” he’s not referring to anything Trump did, he must refer to what he and Obama did in 2014. But like 2014, what was Obama supposed to do, start a shooting war with Russia? Biden’s acting like a tough new geriatric rooster, when he knows that a shooting war with Russia would potentially start WW III. “We will not hesitate to raise the cost on Russia and defend our vital interests and our people,” Biden said.

Cheered on by the press, what’s Biden hoping to accomplish, publicly rebuking Putin for everything but the kitchen sink. When he and Obama were at the helm, they did nothing when Putin invaded and annexed Crimea. “America is back. Diplomacy is back,” Biden told the State Department staff today. Threatening Russia doesn’t sound like diplomacy, it sounds like the exact office. America is back to what, driving U.S.-Russian relations to 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis Cold War lows? How could anyone at the State Department be reassured by Biden threatening Putin? “Your are the center of all that I intend to do. You are the head of it. We’re going to rebuild our alliances,” Biden said, talking crazy. No one in the EU—certainly not France and Germany—back Biden threatening Putin. EU does too much business with Russia to rock the boat, let alone move toward confrontation.

Biden and Blinken have gone mad, playing politics with U.S. national security. Publicly condemning Putin and telling him to release dissident Alexi Navalny from prison goes beyond the pale, hurting U.S. national security. State Department career bureaucrats and diplomats know that making threats against foreign governments doesn’t make their worker easier. “I promise I will have your back,” Biden told State Department staff. “And I expect you to have the back of the American people,” sending the most confusing message imaginable. Biden and Blinken have just turned back the clock on U.S.-Russian relations to the icy relations at the end of the Obama presidency. How does that help State Department personnel working in Russia? With the world so tightly linked especially with U.S. adversaries, Biden should do everything possible to improve U.S.-Russian relations, not destroy them.

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Jan 22 - Jan 24, 2021 bad

Jan 22 - In the dream I was remembering a movie plot that Clayton had once told me about and then living it out in the dream. I was leaving Target with Kristin Stewart and had to make a quick get away, I don’t remember why. We had taken separate cars. There were a bunch of children on bikes in the parking lot and I made sure to take caution when backing out of the spot. Checking my rear view mirror, the next group of children were quite far behind, so I started moving forward quickly. That’s when I felt the car hit and run over invisible children. Invisible, except for the flood of blood that came pouring out from under my car and filling the parking lot. It was a supernatural presence and I needed to keep going. I had to check something in a barrel I left in the woods nearby. Luckily the first one I caught a glimpse of just had boxes in it, but I had a very bad feeling about the other barrel and managed to wake up before checking the second barrel. When I went to tell Clayton that his movie infiltrated my dream, I realized I had dreamt up that movie plot as well.

Jan 23 - Star Wars filming with Billie eilish. School projects where my two partners left me out of everything for whatever reason so I went scouring the library floor for broken tea pot pieces. Some kid from my high school was bragging that he had maybe an interview with someone named Nick, and I was like Halzack? That’s my brother’s best friend! and was all of a sudden super smug, as though I had an upper hand over him as he appeared kind of scared? I went back to my ‘apartment’, a kind of building with a bunch of offshoots with beds but not really any doors. I was on my bed which was placed right in front of a door that had no door knob on and someone was trying to open it to get in but the bed was in the way. I was pressing against the door as well. Then Lewis tried to shove a banana through the door hole where the knob should be and I was so annoyed, like what the hell are you doing you’re so annoying someone else is trying to get at me. So then I ran off to a different bed area that was mostly all windows and an indoor awning that when opened, blocked the view from the window (even though I could still see out?) I could see out of the window that normal ppl dressed as luke and leia and were helping Jeff goldblum come after me. I moved to a different room that had this kind of outdoor courtyard fountain area next to a lake (honestly, very pretty) and they were getting close but I woke up.

Jan 24 - I had my own apartment in a building next to what was Clayton’s apartment. I was trying to see what Clayton and Andres were up to, so I went to his neighbor’s apartment, who I seem to kind of be friends with but not very much bc she kicked me out. I saw that they were hanging out without me but also with some other really creepy looking guy. They were all going to sleep now anyway so I was going to go home, but I asked Clayton to walk me back to mine bc it was terrifying outside. He was only in his boxers but then put on only pants and was somehow supppper fat, but whatever. I took his arm and we went outside. As we were walking, some guy in a light hoodie and a cartoon clown bear mask popped out of a bush behind us and started running at us, asking if we had phones, but I was like no sorry, and he ran passed us. I knew Clayton was going to head home after reaching my front door, but I knew there was someone waiting inside my dark apartment and I was terrified. but woke up

Jan 24/later - In a spa/bar/restaurant/supermarket. I was being pushed uphill in a wheelchair bc I was lazy, but once we made it into the store, I was embarrassed for Liam to see me like that. I was going down the various aisles when I heard a crash in the aisle next to mine. idk what happened but someone had dropped something, some with sauce and idk. But I headed to the bar where people were talking about the problem and apparently the bar owner was trying to stop these people but had missed his dose of insulin and died or something? Basically it ended with me and 1 other girl being held captive by this crazy girl who trapped us, put nails up thru the floor boards so we couldn’t get anywhere fast as we didn’t have shoes, couldn’t eat bc she tricked us saying she made a pot roast but when I looked at it it was a severed head of someone who was in the bar earlier that she was snacking on. And I was only there because I had done my job of writing down peoples’ addresses like I was supposed to? I had done nothing but I think the girl I was being held with did. The girl holding us made her start eating leaves off a house plant

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Why T-Shirts Selling the Capitol Riot Are Nonetheless Obtainable On-line The day after the violent assault on the Capitol, Shopify declared that it had eliminated e-commerce websites affiliated with President Trump, together with his official marketing campaign retailer. The websites had violated a coverage that prohibited the help of teams or folks “that threaten or condone violence to additional a trigger.” The transfer was initially lauded however it quickly turned clear that the know-how firm, which powers a couple of million on-line outlets, was nonetheless fueling loads of different websites with merchandise selling the president and items emblazoned with phrases like “MAGA Civil Warfare.” Attire with related phrases and nods to QAnon conspiracy theories additionally remained out there on e-commerce websites like Amazon, Etsy and Zazzle. Whilst the businesses scrambled to take away such merchandise, new items commemorating and glorifying the Jan. 6 assault have been proliferating. As of Friday, “Battle for Capitol Hill Veteran” shirts with drawings of the Capitol constructing could possibly be bought on Amazon for $20, Etsy was promoting a “Biden Likes Minors” shirt that mimicked the look of “Black Lives Issues” indicators and Zazzle had a “Civil Warfare 2020” shirt on its web site. Etsy and Zazzle have since eliminated the merchandise; the “Capitol Hill Veteran” shirt was nonetheless out there on Amazon on Monday. Simply because the violence put new scrutiny on how social media corporations have been monitoring speech on their platforms, it additionally highlighted how e-commerce corporations have enabled nearly anybody with a bank card and an e mail deal with to promote items on-line. These corporations have largely been constructed with scale and ease of entry in thoughts, with scant oversight of what distributors have been really promoting. However questions in regards to the companies have emerged as many rioters donned what amounted to a kind of uniform that could possibly be bought on-line. This included shirts with sure phrases or illustrations printed on them, and flags that not solely supported President Trump, however promoted a civil battle, conspiracy theories and debunked election claims. One shirt infamously worn by one of many rioters that mentioned “Camp Auschwitz” was later discovered on Etsy, prompting an apology from the corporate, which is thought for handcrafted items. “There’s a lot deal with Twitter, Fb, and YouTube, however, in our view, the platforms are a lot, a lot wider than social media,” mentioned Danny Rodgers, chief know-how officer and co-founder of the International Disinformation Index, a nonprofit centered on the unfold of falsehoods on-line. “There’s a broad variety of platforms that help and allow these harmful teams to exist, to fund increase, get their message out. It’s not simply kicking folks off social media, it’s kicking folks off merchandising platforms.” Whereas Shopify, which declined to remark for this text, isn’t a family identify, its know-how helps an enormous variety of distributors from Allbirds to The New York Occasions. These corporations use Shopify’s instruments to construct smooth on-line shops, the place they will simply add pictures of their wares and promote to clients. Shopify, which is valued at greater than $100 billion, earns cash via subscriptions to its software program and different service provider companies, and has mentioned it has the second-biggest share of the U.S. e-commerce market after Amazon. After its removing of TrumpStore.com and store.donaldjtrump.com, the corporate was nonetheless powering different websites promoting Trump-related merchandise, together with shirts and banners that featured weapons and navy tools. Following complaints, Shopify seems to have eliminated some sellers and merchandise, together with a “MAGA Civil Warfare” shirt with the date Jan. 6, 2021. Shopify has additionally run into issues with hundreds of on-line shops promoting gadgets that falsely claimed to deal with Covid-19, in addition to others promoting Accomplice flag merchandise. “It’s nice that Shopify lastly pulled the plug on Trump’s retail retailer, however what we urgently want is to see a method from it and different common e-commerce platforms about how they may cease making the most of hate as a complete,” mentioned Shannon Coulter, president of the Seize Your Pockets Alliance, a nonprofit that stemmed from a social media boycott of corporations with ties to President Trump. Amazon and Etsy have additionally rushed to take away merchandise selling hate and violence from their websites this month, together with wares tied to QAnon, the web conspiracy principle that has change into more and more influential with a phase of President Trump’s supporters. On Jan. 11, Amazon mentioned that it will take away merchandise selling QAnon and that third-party distributors who tried to promote the wares may face bans, in accordance with NBC. However on Monday, a whole bunch of merchandise from dozens of distributors have been nonetheless promoting QAnon-related merchandise. Some product critiques expressed help for the baseless conspiracy principle in an off-the-cuff tone. “I received these to help #Qanon … i like them,” one girl commented on a pair of “Q” earrings. “Want they have been a little bit larger!” Different shirts on the market on Amazon promoted misinformation associated to election fraud, spreading false claims that the election was “stolen” or rigged and saying, “Audit the vote.” Amazon didn’t reply to a request for remark. Whereas a few of the sellers seem like people or teams dedicated to right-wing paraphernalia, others are peddling a broader array of misinformation, together with Covid-19 conspiracy theories. Nonetheless others have included the fabric with a greater variety of web memes and jokes, apparently in search of no matter would possibly show to be a success. The seller behind the “Battle for Capitol Hill Veteran” shirts on Amazon, as an illustration, is named Capitol Hill and appeared to start promoting merchandise on Jan. 1, initially selling false Covid-19 conspiracy theories just like the so-called “plandemic.” A examine by the International Disinformation Index and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a suppose tank that examines extremism, recognized 13 hate teams providing merchandise on Amazon in October. Smaller e-commerce platforms like Zazzle, which permit folks to customise attire, additionally performed a job in permitting hate teams to earn money via promoting merchandise, the report discovered. “Platforms facilitating on-site retail appear to be tormented by both poor enforcement of their insurance policies, or an entire lack of an satisfactory framework for governing their use by hate teams,” the teams wrote in the report. “Platform coverage individuals are nonetheless attempting to wrap their heads across the idea of threat of hurt,” Mr. Rodgers of the International Disinformation Index mentioned. “When QAnon emerged initially, it was dismissed as a bunch of kooks on-line, however what we’ve seen more and more over time is the obvious and apparent hurt that outcomes from this organized on-line conspiracy exercise. The tribalism, the us versus them, and the adversarial narrative is fed by promoting everybody a crew jersey.” Zazzle started greater than a decade in the past as a part of a wave of a start-ups that gave shoppers new, seemingly infinite choices for customizing items to their tastes. Now, the corporate is struggling to stability its authentic mission with the darker forces at play on-line. “As an open market, we’re confronted with the chance to permit folks to precise their creativity and sentiments, coupled with the problem of expression that offends and is deliberately obfuscated,” Zazzle mentioned in an announcement. Whereas Zazzle makes use of automated filters and algorithms to attempt to block offensive designs and tags, it mentioned it acknowledged “that know-how isn’t foolproof,” and did manually take away sure merchandise. The “Civil Warfare 2020” shirt was taken down after questions from The Occasions, and Zazzle mentioned that it had been figuring out and taking down QAnon-related items since mid-2018. The problem of figuring out and eradicating such merchandise — and whether or not that’s achieved by folks or machines — mirrors the problems confronted by platforms like Fb and YouTube. Josh Silverman, Etsy’s chief government, mentioned in a Jan. 12 weblog submit that the corporate and its human moderators relied on automated instruments and reviews from customers to seek out merchandise that violated its insurance policies. The corporate has greater than 3.7 million distributors promoting greater than 80 million gadgets. On Friday, after receiving questions from The Occasions, Etsy eliminated the “Biden Likes Minors” shirt, which appeared to nod to QAnon and the #Pizzagate conspiracy. Etsy and Zazzle additionally acknowledged that they have been attempting to shortly make selections involving sure phrases and symbols, notably these harnessed by fringe teams. “Whereas an merchandise could also be allowed at this time, we reserve the proper to find out based mostly on evolving context that it’s a violation at a later date, for instance whether it is deemed to trigger or encourage actual world hurt,” a consultant for Etsy, mentioned in an announcement. Brooke Erin Duffy, an affiliate professor of communication at Cornell College, mentioned that it was laborious to think about established manufacturers carrying these merchandise in shops. However, she mentioned, accountability was tough to demand on-line. “We don’t have the flexibility to speak again to platform homeowners,” she mentioned. “We don’t all the time know who’s accountable for creating the merch, so it allows everybody to evade accountability for the circulation of those dangerous merchandise and messages.” Contact Sapna Maheshwari at [email protected] and Taylor Lorenz at [email protected]. Supply hyperlink #Capitol #Online #promoting #riot #TShirts

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