#((responded within 24 hours))

[humblefryingpan]

My nan just told me to go shower because I "haven't showered all week" ?? That is not true at all??? I asked why she thought that and she said "just guessing" do I smell bad to you? What???

[obsidiannebula]

Got my first ever request for an interview from a Real Adult Job(TM) today. Startled me a little ngl, part of me was not actually prepared to get this far

[chisungie]

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[bekkathyst]

BEKKATHYST 2025 Giveaway!

~This giveaway is in no way affiliated with Tumblr.~

Please read thoroughly before entering!

Hello lovely Tumblr folk! It’s that time again- I have a giveaway for you all. 💜

We have an online store that could use your support!

You can also find us on Instagram and if you enjoy our shop you can also sign up for our email newsletter here to get updates about new inventory and sales!

About us: My business is a small, family-run establishment that I started here on Tumblr in 2013. I’ve been lucky enough to grow to the point where this supports me, my partner, and our daughter. In the US we also had a brick-and-mortar shop in which I employed my mom and a few of my siblings. However, we closed it to be able to move to Austria, my home country! 💜 I strive to put compassion and ethics above all else in my business, and I hope that shines through. We have a website but also run many fun sales directly here on Tumblr!

This giveaway will have two winners.

What the first winner receives:

All the pictured crystals, plus a $100 gift card that can be used for our online store or our Tumblr sales. Pictured crystals: chevron amethyst castle, purple labradorite moon, labradorite horned skull, four labradorite pebbles, amethyst druzy, flower agate model, four crystal bracelets, purple labradorite freeform, and a large amethyst crystal

What the second winner receives:

A $50 gift card that can be used for our online store or Tumblr sales!

Rules:

You must be 18 or older.

You can be from anywhere in the world! I am shipping from Austria.

Shipping is entirely free, I will cover it. But if you live in a country that charges import tax on gifts, you are responsible for it. If it gets sent back to me, you will need to pay shipping to have it sent again.

You must be following me, so you can get updates if anything about the giveaway changes.

Please check out our online shop!

Reblog this post to enter. Likes count as additional entries. No giveaway or spam blogs. If you reblog on a side blog, let me know in the tags what the name of your blog is that you’re following me with.

At the end, each entry will be assigned a number and the winner will be chosen by a random number generator.

The giveaway ends on February 24th, 2025.

The winners will be messaged and must respond with their full name and address within 24 hours, or a new winner will be chosen.

Please respect me and my rules, and have fun!

[straycatj]

Not Rocky, only sucky — A record of the unauthorized use of my photo in Oliver Clegg’s work

This article documents the events surrounding the unauthorized use of one of my photographs in a work named Rocky by Oliver Clegg, from the initial discovery through to the current situation.

Please consider this a formal report for those who have supported me.

September 7, 2021

I posted a photo of my cat Kofuku and Mr.J.

At the time, someone even made a pixel art version of it, and many people enjoyed it together.

January 2023

A kind follower sent me a mention to a post introducing a “work” by Oliver Clegg.

Clegg later claimed he had tagged my Instagram, but in fact he had created a brand-new tag called “straycatmrj.” This has also been documented.

By that point, someone had already annotated his work via Hypothesis, raising questions about his use of materials.

February 2025

The traced work resurfaced. I began an investigation.

That same month, I consulted a lawyer through an initiative supported by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs:

Bansou.Support – a legal support service for copyright infringement and similar issues on the internet.

I was informed that:

Because the image is viewable online from Japan, this constitutes copyright infringement under Japanese law.

In my case, this use clearly does not fall under fair use.

My rights are protected internationally under the Berne Convention, regardless of the creator residing in the United States.

April 2025

Once again, I saw another traced work posted.

The uploader promptly removed the post and even issued a follow-up to explain the situation. I deeply appreciate their response.

However, the traced image continued to be reblogged.

I decided to follow through on my prior consultation and contact the gallery representing Mr. Clegg.

April 30, 2025 (JST)

I contacted the gallery directly.

A lawyer had advised that “this kind of issue is often treated seriously as a matter of credibility by galleries, so it’s worth contacting them.”

However, I received no response—perhaps because I am merely a Japanese individual blogger.

May 3, 2025 (JST)

I sent a follow-up message, stating that unless I received a response by the close of business on May 6 (EDT), I would make the findings public.

May 7, 2025

With no reply, I published the facts and timeline on Tumblr.

Many people offered support. However, I also witnessed comments that ignored all legal context, and some individuals spread false assumptions and slander.

Such baseless speculation only reveals more about the mindset and behavior of those making it.

I would like to take this opportunity to again express my sincere gratitude to those who responded respectfully and supported me.

May 8, 2025

24 hours later, with more response than expected, I published a follow-up thank-you note in the form of a reblog.

May 9, 2025 (Night)

60 hours later, I discovered that the relevant Tumblr tags were no longer functioning.

I suspected a technical issue—or possibly a report by someone connected to the other party.

I contacted Tumblr Community Support, and they responded promptly, stating that the issue had been resolved and would be reflected within 24 hours.

Shortly thereafter, the tag search functionality returned to normal.

May 10, 2025

72 hours later: search results had shifted.

Tumblr Search When searching for the artist’s name, I noticed that the specific work featuring my cat no longer appears in search results.

Google Image Search The image now appears to be filtered under SafeSearch.

Once again, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to everyone who supported and stood with me.

Thanks again to everyone who helped clarify the origin of the image.

(This post may be useful to those researching digital appropriation or copyright boundaries in art.)

[andhumanslovedstories]

Something I've been thinking about in regards to the difficulty of writing about my job in the healthcare profession is that there's very different conversations happening at the same time. The first is that this is a job that gives us a lot of power over vulnerable people that is easy to abuse and easier to be passive about. The second is that people will never not bitch about their jobs.

What if a customer service job was high-stakes? That's nursing. It's not the only part of nursing, but cmon, anyone who has worked a public-facing job knows how some people can be. Hospitals are full of people having the worst days of their lives while also being tired, hungry, lonely, and bored.

Plus, it's not just the general population you're dealing with. Hospitals have a disproportionate amount of very difficult people. To draw some examples from my own direct experience: the dementia patient had become too violent to stay at home (unfortunately common), infected chronic wound guy who is so racist that his facility will not take him back, confused patient who screams unceasingly 24 hours a day until she passes out, sexually inappropriate guy who needs two caregivers at all time, another racist patient but this time they're also sexist, banned from multiple shelters for assaulting the staff, etc. Or what might be the most common: person who is too sick to go home alone but no one they know will agree to take care of them. Like, have any of you cut off horrible relatives or abusive partners? People who were in whatever way unacceptable to be around? Would you like to take care of them? And you KNOW they're also not doing any of the stuff that would help them heal so it seems like they will never leave.

I think the gap between healthcare as a Duty versus as a Job contributes to hostile conversations. When you're complaining about your Job ("that moment when you let a call light ring for a while in the hopes someone else answers this time because that patient is annoying as hell"), it's frustrating to get a response that solely looks at the situation through the lens of a Duty ("all patients deserve the same level of care and shouldn’t be ignored.") And it's also frustrating to have these legitimate criticisms ignored or disputed because people are like "it's not that serious, calm down, let nurses vent." And it’s also frustrating to feel so intensely monitored in your free time because of your job. And it’s also frustrating to see people in their free time display qualities that seem like they would have big, negative impacts on their job.

Thinking on this topic, I keep coming back to this one memory. There was a time when I responded to a Code Blue (cardiac arrest, guy’s heart has fully stopped) and was the fifteenth or so person to arrive. The room's full of critical care nurses, I'm not the direct care nurse, the rest of the floor is quiet. So basically, I'm useless to the emergency situation. I ran into a coworker who also responded to the code. I hadn't seen her in a minute, so we caught up. She showed me the new stickers on her water bottle. I don’t remember the exact sticker, but I believe it was a nacho-based pun. It was a pleasant chat.

Meanwhile during this entire conversation, within eyesight of where we are because we’re waiting around to see if we’re needed, people are trying to bring a patient back from the dead. What was happening in that room is life-or-death--to the patient. For me, it was an interlude during a forgettable shift. I only remember that code because the discrepancy between what I was experiencing and what the patient was experiencing was so stark. I don't even remember if the patient survived or not.

None of the patient’s family was there. If they had been, we would have removed ourselves further or not talked so casually. Probably. But if the spouse was there, it would be so insanely insensitive if we tried to include the patient's spouse in our chat about fun stickers. If me and that nurse had been casually in a different hallway chatting, it would be very abrupt for the patient's spouse to walk into our conversation and explain how the patient's death would be so hard on the kids. One of these examples is way more sympathetic and understandable than the other. And I want that spouse to feel comfortable coming up to me and discussing that! That’s part of my job! But also, you can get why that would be a distressing interruption to a moment of downtime.

In both cases, the people in the conversation couldn't be further apart in tone and investment. Neither of us are being bad people. We just should not be talking to each other. And the nature of the Internet and public posting is sometimes talking about my job feels like it's me, my coworker, the spouse, and the revived but severely affected patient in single group chat.

[mehwmidklpe]

Percy x reader with reader having the most kindest and purest soul that hasn't been touched by earth or gods madness and just loves everything and shows kindness to EVERYONE

(Basically child of philophrosyne)

that's cute

Oh that smile, that smile that could light up the entire planet within a second.

Those eyes that sparkle brighter then the entire galaxy if you look at them from up close.

That nose that scrunches in the cutest way possible, so cute even babies can't handle it.

Those cheeks that looks so soft you just wanna go full grandma-mode and pinch them.

"Percy!"

"Mhm?" Percy snapped out of his trance–actually, no he didn't, who am I kidding?

"You've been staring at Y/n for 25 minutes now." Grover points out.

Percy frowned. "25 minutes? That's it? Give me another 3 hours."

With that he rested his cheek against his palm again and went back to 'Peter-Parker-staring-at-Liz-in-Spider-Man-homecoming-mode'

Grover snapped his fingers infront of Percy's face, multiple time. "No, stop it, I can't see her like this." The boy whined.

"Well then go up to her. You'll see her from up close by doing it." The satyr responds.

Percy groaned. "I can't do that! I'll make a fool out of myself." "You do that every time and she still comes back to you." Grover reminds his friend.

"Of course she does. She likes everyone. Y/n is like–the nicest person to ever exist!" Percy acknowledges.

Grover sighed. "That might be true, but she's even nicer to you!.. for some reason.."

Percy rolled his eyes. "Don't act like you don't get flustered when she smiles at you, too"

The 24 year old blushed. "Everyone gets nervous around her! And by the way, I have a beautiful girlfriend, and you could have one too if you just go talk to her."

The son of Poseidon shook his head. "I can't do that. By the way, Connor is probably flirting with her again."

"Connor and Y/n have been platonic best friends for years! Even before she knew you. They never got together, they won't start dating right now only because you're in love with her. Now go talk to her."

With that, he pushed him forward, towards you.

Percy took a deep breath and almost tripped before finally approaching you.

When your eyes met his, your entire facelit up even more, he didn't even think that was possible.

"Percy!" Before the boy in question knew it, your hands were around his neck and you pulled him into a hug.

His heart started beating so fast and so loud he was scared you could feel it.

When you pulled back, you smiled at him. "I missed you, we haven't spoken in day."

Percy scratched the back of his neck. "Uhm, yeah, sorry, I just got.. busy.."

You shook your head with that same smile. "It's totally fine. You can make up for it by going to the strawberry field with me."

Percy blinked.

Percy gulped.

Percy opened his mouth.

Percy blinked again.

Percy froze.

"Percy?" You questioned. "Are you okay? Do you not wanna go with me? Oh I'm sorry I just–" "

No, no, I want to!" He quickly said. A bit too quick. A bit too loud.

You let out a small giggle. "Okay, that's great!" With that you took his hand and led him the way, only you walked into Connor on the way.

"Hey Con!"

Con.

"Y/n/n, Percy, such a pleasure seeing you two." Connor grinned. "Heading to the strawberry fields I see? How romantic, have fun!"

You smiled. As always. "Thanks Connor. Have fun pranking Lee!" "How did you know that??" He questioned in disbelief.

You just giggled and started walking again. When Percy went to follow, Connor stopped him.

Percy thought he was gonna prank him, too. For spending time with you.

Instead Connor gave him a flower and patted his back.

"Thank me later."

By the time Percy catched up with you, he qaw you with this little girl.

He remembered she had just arriver at Camp last week.

The girl was holding a flower crown. "This is for you, because you're my best friend." It sounded silly, but then again, she's bery young.

"Aw, it's beautiful, thank you so much, Lily." You said as you took the flower crown from her.

Then, the girl–who's name is probably Lily–'s eyes landed on Percy. She gasped and the wishpered into your ear.

"Is that the boy you keep talking about?" She asks you.

You bit your lip, trying to hide a smile. "Shh, he can hear you. But yes, he is." You wishpered back.

The girl's lips parted. "He's pretty." "He is, isn't he." You agreed.

"Now, I was planning to hang out with him, you can go back to cabin 4 and make some more crowns."

Lily squeeled. "Okay! Bye!" And just like that she run away.

"She seems nice." Percy states. "She's the sweetest." You nod before picking up a strawberry and taking a bite from it.

"Good?" "Amazing. You should try one." Before Percy could say anything else, you had already grabbed another strawberry and walked up to him.

Like a reflex he opened his mouth and let you feed it to him.

And he had to stop himself from blushingw cause if he did, he'd be twining with the straberry.

"Oh yeah, these are great." He nodded. You smiled. "Oh, you have some–" Instead of finishing, you wiped the juice off of his chin.

His ocean eyes followed your every move, and his breath cathed in his troath.

He must've gotten distracted, cause he hadn't noticed you peeking over his shoulder.

"Hey, what do you have behind your back?" You wondered. "Oh, uhm." Percy pulled out the flower Connor had given him.

You gasped. "Oh my gods. Is that for me?" You asked. Percy gulped. "Uh.. yeah.."

"That's my favorite!" You took it from him, held it close and carefully like it was your greatest treasure and smelled it, letting your eyes shut for a second.

The second was to short cause–

"Y/n!"

Annabeth. Freaking. Chase.

Of course she had to show up.

"Oh, I'll be there in a second, Anni!" You called out, tone sweet as always.

"It's beautiful, Perce. Thank you so much, I hope I'll see you later." And you pressed a kiss to his cheek before leaving.

Percy froze.

He forgot how to breath.

He might just pass out.

And maybe he did cause the next thing he knew he was laying in an infirmary bed.

The boy turned his head to the side to find Charles Beckendorf layung on the bed next to him.

"Percy."

"Beckendorf."

"Y/n?"

Nod.

"Silena?"

Nod.

That was all they needed to know.

Oh, and a way to thank Connor for helping out.

[icantbelieveitsnotbutler]

Some Thoughts on the "I smell blood" Scene

Manga spoilers.

This is kind of a continuation of my post about Ciel simultaneously trusting and mistrusting Sebastian, but dealing with how Ciel seems to completely trust Sebstian not to (physically) hurt him.

Ciel learned within 24 hours of knowing Sebastian that the demon wasn't interested in his body, only his soul.

When he wakes from nightmares, he doesn't want Sebastian to touch him, but he trusts him not to touch him enough to fall asleep with him in the room.

While his guard is always up to parry any of Sebastian's teasing, he is completely physically at ease around him, even when naked or laying down.

Within days of being triggered into psychosomatic blindness by the demon, he's comfortable enough to be naked in a tub in front of him and let him wash his hair.

Within a fortnight he's laying facedown on a bed with no concern for the butler's presence.

It doesn't cross his mind that Sebastian might try to touch him inappropriately, because he's never shown any attraction toward his body and never taken advantage of the many opportunities in which Ciel has been vulnerable in front of him.

Despite the fanservicey framing of some scenes, the characters in it are not having any sexual or romantic thoughts or feelings. In the Weston library scene, Ciel is shocked and sweats because he doesnt know why Sebastian has grabbed him, not because he thinks he's about to be sexually assaulted.

Again in the "I smell blood" scene, despite it being framed like Sebastian is about to SA him, Ciel's alarm is because he doesn't know why Sebastian is acting like that. He's learned from experience that Sebastian only grabs him rudely when there's some danger that he doesn't have time to communicate. Ciel's fear is directed at that unknown danger, not Sebastian himself.

The translation "what's gotten into you" is misleading. Ciel knows what's gotten into him: fear for his safety; what he doesn't know is what threat Sebastian has detected.

When he saw Sebastian suddenly freeze, Ciel asked him what was wrong. When Sebastian starts ripping off his clothes instead of responding, Ciel says "Oy! What on earth is it!?"

Ciel implicitly trusts Sebastian with his body; that trust has been validated by the years they've spent together. It's his soul he doesn't trust him with.

[nowoyas]

!!! thank you for the tag!! ship names are so hard fsdgdshfgh the spelling of my name for ship names is ENTIRELY vibes based

taggingggg @yinyuedijun @fuzztacular and @sincerelybubbles if you're up for it! ^u^

colour palette trend ‘cept its u & ur f/os ship name cuz I got bored n wanted 2 play a game <3 link

tags ! : @satorisoup , @scaryans , @seneon , @tirasamu , @lilbearie , @nyazais , @dazaisarchive , @hoshinakills , @caelivir , @akoke , @suugaru , @synqiri + u !

[glowettee]

🕶 she ghosted the groupchat & built an empire

hey lovelies!! ✨

so i've been thinking about this a lot lately... like how we're all constantly connected but somehow feeling more drained than ever?? and it hit me that sometimes the most revolutionary thing you can do is just... disappear for a bit??

i literally had to turn my phone off for three days last month because my creative energy was being sucked dry by all these group chats that were going nowhere. like, bestie, why am i reading 87 messages about someone's ex's cousin's new haircut when i could be building my dream life instead??

so here's my unfiltered thoughts on strategic isolation + how it literally changed everything for me...

✧ protecting your energy isn't selfish, it's essential ✧

let's be honest - we're all just walking energy fields. and every notification, every "hey girl, you free?" text, every random zoom call is either feeding your field or draining it. i started tracking my energy levels in this little pink journal (yes, elle woods style but make it productive) and noticed that certain people and activities were literally vampire-draining me.

some hard truths about protecting your time:

• not everyone deserves access to you

• "sorry, i can't" is a complete sentence

• your dreams require your full attention

• boundaries aren't mean, they're necessary

• your future self will thank you for saying no today

i started implementing what i call "ghost protocols" where i literally just... stop responding for periods of time. not forever! just long enough to recalibrate. it feels uncomfortable at first (i literally had anxiety sweats) but then something magical happens - you remember who you are without all the noise.

✧ digital detox rituals that actually work ✧

okay so everyone talks about digital detoxes but they make it sound so basic like "just turn off your phone lol" which... no. here's what actually works:

1. schedule your disappearance (sounds dramatic but it's just good planning) - i block off "ghost time" in my calendar just like i would a meeting

2. create a hyperfocus sanctuary - mine is this corner of my room with no wifi, just candles, my journal, and a vintage alarm clock. no devices allowed within 10 feet.

3. implement the 5/1/3 rule - for every 5 hours of deep work, allow 1 hour of connection, followed by 3 hours of integration time where you process what you've created

4. batch your responses - i only check messages twice daily now (12pm and 6pm) and i use templates for most replies which sounds cold but actually gives me more energy for meaningful conversations later

5. practice saying "that doesn't work for me" without explaining yourself - hardest thing i've ever done but most rewarding

✧ hyperfocus rituals that built my empire ✧

the truth that nobody tells you is that success isn't grinding 24/7... it's protecting your focus like it's the most precious resource on earth (because it literally is).

my non-negotiable focus rituals:

• morning pages but make them strategic - i write 3 pages about my vision every morning before touching my phone

• the 90/30 method - work in complete silence for 90 minutes, then take a luxurious 30 minute break (no exceptions)

• environment switching - i have different spaces for different types of work (creative work happens by the window, admin work at my desk, planning happens on the floor with a giant paper)

• sensory anchors - learned this from a few psychology articles online, stayed w/ it foreverrr -> specific scents, sounds, and tastes that tell my brain "it's empire building time" (for me it's this fancy bergamot candle + instrumental lo-fi + earl grey tea)

i know this all sounds intense but listen... while everyone was busy commenting on instagram posts and overthinking text messages, i built something real. something that matters. something that's mine.

sometimes the most rebellious thing you can do is disconnect in order to connect more deeply with your purpose. and yes, people might get annoyed when you don't respond right away. they might even talk about you in those same group chats you left. but honestly? that's just background noise when you're focused on building something meaningful.

your time is literally the only non-renewable resource you have. protect it fiercely.

xoxo, mindy 🤍

p.s. what's one conversation or obligation you could ghost this week to get closer to your dreams? i promise the world won't end... but your empire might just begin.

⋆ psst. i made a free workbook just for you. it’s soft, dark-academia, and full of real advice. get it here: deprogramming your trauma-coded ambition

[anyroads]

How to actually support small businesses on Etsy

With Christmas approaching and people starting to look for gifts, I thought it might be useful to let people know how to best support Etsy sellers, since we get a lot of sales this time of year! Etsy has a lot of policies that affect sellers which they don't really disclose to customers, and often there's a communication gap that can be damaging to sellers without customers intending them to. Hopefully this post helps more people avoid this kind of thing.

A while ago Etsy implemented the Star Seller program. When you go to an Etsy store, you can see badges at the top of the page, denoting if the seller has done well in three main categories:

Speedy replies

On time dispatch with tracking

Good reviews

If you clear the bar for all three as a seller, you're a Star Seller. This is an important badge for sellers, which I'll get to in a bit. Etsy evaluates your stats monthly, and bases them on three months' worth of data:

Each has specific determining factors, which also advantage large operations like dropshippers over small businesses, but we'll get to that too:

As you can see, the criteria is really demanding. You have to respond to 95% of first messages (ie. the first time someone contacts you) within 24 hours or you lose your Star Seller status. This can be really damaging to a small store.

You also have to dispatch 95% of orders on time, ie. within the set timeline you've chosen for an item listed, and you have to give tracking info. This, by the way, is frustrating and disingenuous; I ship my product in envelopes because they're small and thin, but the mail service in my country doesn't offer tracking for envelopes. I'm not going to spend up to 3x as much on shipping just to have a tracking number (shipping would cost half the price of my product if I did), but if I don't include tracking info I don't get a Star Seller badge even if I ship all my orders on time. I get around this by writing "unavailable" in the field where tracking info goes, but this still poses a transparency issue to customers and rightly so. I end up compensating by issuing a lot of replacements for delayed orders, which I can recoup costs of through my mail service which is a lot of extra work and time.

You also must have an average of 4.8 star reviews or higher. There are no adjustments made for small stores, and this is a big one where dropshippers have an advantage.

As you can see in my stats here, I had 11 reviews in 3 months. That means if just one person gives me a 4 or 3 star review, I lose my Star Seller status for 3 months unless I get a ton more reviews quickly. A dropshipper who makes hundreds of sales a week won't be affected by one middling review. And you'd be surprised how often people who leave 3 or 4 star reviews actually meant to leave better ones but clicked the wrong button without noticing, or just don't understand how the system works.

Because Etsy doesn't explain this to customers. So people will leave a damaging review in perfectly good faith. The number of times I've gotten an "excellent product, would buy again!" review with 3 stars is astounding. I always message customers to ask what I could do better and explain the system, and the response is almost always that there was nothing wrong, they just usually don't give anything higher than 3 out of 5 stars unless the product radically improved their lives or was transformative (and to their credit, most customers change their reviews after this exchange but again, it takes time and effort).

3 stars is average, and what customers rate is their experience receiving and using a product. What Etsy uses these ratings to gauge, however, is whether a customer was satisfied dispatch timelines, craftsmanship, and if a product met the expectations set in the listing.

As an added bonus, Etsy hoses money off sellers by offering to advertise for them. The way this works is that if a seller opts in, Etsy will advertise their store in relevant searches on search engines like Google, and in exchange they take a percentage from any sales made from clicks on these links. And then some. Because if a customer clicked an advertising link once, then Etsy will keep taking that cut from any further purchases from that IP address. So if you click a Google link to an Etsy store and then purchase from that store, and then bookmark that store and go back six months later to get another item, Etsy will keep taking their advertising cut with each purchase you make.

Depending on whether or not you opt in to advertising, Etsy can take up to 30% of your earnings in fees alone. That means if I sell, say, bookmarks for $10, I only get to keep $7. Hopefully that covers my operating costs, but if I charge more for an item that takes me a lot of time and work to make, I have to factor in that Etsy offers free shipping on orders over $35 whether or not sellers agree to give it. So if I sell a product that costs $35, not only do I only get to keep $24.50 of what I was paid after Etsy takes fees, I also have to cover the cost of shipping. And if I'm selling a product for that much, it's likely shipping will cost $5-10, so now my profit is down to $15-20 for an item I sold for $35.

Why is the Star Seller status so important? Because it's the main way the average Etsy store gets onto the algorithm and has visibility, and without visibility you don't have sales. Drop shippers can afford to purchase advertising space, so they'll always show up in searches. They can also afford to have a variety of products, high-end professional photos of their products, and because they have a lot of sales, the occasional bad review or delayed shipment won't cause a blip on their rating system. In comparison, the average Etsy store who makes, let's say, 50 sales a month (and that's a small store that's doing well), is going to feel the impact of a handful of 4 star reviews and one day of delayed orders/message replies due to a family emergency. If you contact Etsy customer service to explain your legitimate reason for having a delay, they're unable to intervene. They can't give you back your Star Seller status, which means you're dropped from the algorithm for the three months it takes for those delays to stop counting towards your averages, and you then have to work your way back up into the algorithm once that time passes, which is even harder to do. (And while you can put up an auto-reply, there's a time limit on how long it'll be up, which is usually 24-48 hours. Which may not work if you have a personal emergency that the average small business would understand and give you time off for in ways Etsy refuses to accommodate.)

So what can you do to support Etsy sellers?

- Give good reviews. If you have problems with a product, message the seller and give them the opportunity to fix the problem or send a replacement/refund. Unless you feel the need to leave a scathing 1 star review, don't leave one unless it's a 5 star. Etsy counts anything under 5 stars the same as it does one star. (This goes for Amazon, Uber, Deliveroo, etc. too. Review kindly.)

- Message sellers during the week. It's harder to get to messages during the weekend, and not everyone remembers to put on their auto-reply.

- Don't click advertising links. If someone promos their Etsy store on their own social media account, it's fine. So if you click a link from an instagram profile or a tumblr post, that's fine. But if you see a link on Google or in a dedicated advertising space, even if it's a sponsored spot on Etsy, don't click on it. Instead, search the shop name on Etsy and go to it through that search. This way the seller won't lose more fees to Etsy.

[jinwoosbabyboo]

So, you did a post of the boys being jealous, but I was wondering how would you rank each guy from most jealous to least jealous/possessive? Also, what kind of jealous are they.

P.S. Xavier's "It's nothing personal" still cracks me up. You're hilarious.

Most to Least Jealous

Who's the most to least jealous among the four of them? Here's what I think.

A/N: had to do a little switcher-roo w/ Zayne & Sylus because Zayne definitely gets more jealous than Sylus & it’s adorable

Xavier

Xavier without a doubt is taking first place here. This man was jealous when Jeremiah had his arm around MCs shoulder. He gets upset anytime MC compliments Lumiere. Xavier PLEASE Lumiere IS YOU.

Don't get me wrong I understand the notion of "He wants MC to love him for him not his Lumiere alter-ego" I get that. It's sweet that he's "Xavier .... Just Xavier" with MC.

Aside from him being jealous of himself though even in his myth he gets jealous when Jeremiah touches her or she speaks about Jeremiah he even blew in her eye because she "had a hooligan in her eye" referring to Jeremiah. He wants to be the only person in her eyes, mind, and heart.

Rafayel

Rafayel is jealous, but he's more clingy/needy than jealous (and I love that) He doesn't like being ignored by MC and gets antsy and dramatic when she takes too long to respond.

He wants all of MCs attention at all hours of the day. He wants to have her attention 24/7, but realistically he knows that can't happen so he just wants as much as possible.

Zayne

Zayne does indeed get jealous he’s not as jealous as Xav or as dramatic and pouty as Raf but he gets jealous. He isn’t as expressive with his jealousy but he still has a childlike jealousy vibe. He’s so smitten with MC he just wants all her affection he’s touch starved for heavens sake. He's secure within himself, but he finds the world itself boring and MCs vivacity makes his life interesting. So of course he gets jealous when something else is stealing his girls attention.

Also I imagine him being a little possessive when it comes to doing something for you because that’s how he shows his love. His actions are louder than his words.

Sylus

Sylus is extremely secure in himself he doesn't get jealous. At least that's probably what he tells himself. This man isn't "im gonna pout" jealous he's more of flash/zing of jealousy before setting himself straight like "Wait a minute ... she's mine ... I'm the whole loaf the rest of you are the breadcrumbs" and he's back to his confident self-assured sexy self.

If you want to see him get jealous change his pet name for you and when he asks "Am I the only one to call you that?" if you choose the "You should be" answer he's like "Who else is there? that doesn't matter you have me now" or something like that.

[jaxon-exe]

I’m bored so

Gotham Youtube Videos

Asking Gotham heroes to do a flip!!

Exactly what it says on the tin, this guy went around Gotham asking heroes to do a flip. All did except Batman, Robin (Damian) and red hood. The video ends with a ‘bonus flip’ from Harley Quinn.

✨🌞 Here Comes the Sun 🌞✨

An AMV of Signal, using various clips of him from across the internet, all set to ‘here comes the sun’ by the Beatles.

A Gothamite once said

A compilation of news clips of Gothamites saying the most unhinged shit as if it’s the most obvious thing in the world.

Examples:

“who still drinks tap water? I drank from a hose once as a kid and wouldn’t stop laughing for a week.”

*reporter* “sir where were you during last nights attack” *gothamite* “in my bunker like I am every Halloween”

*gothamite* “Then I heard gunshots and knew I was gonna be ok.” *reporter* “I’m sorry sir, gun shots?” *gothamite* “Yeah. I mean, they were coming from above so I knew it was red hood.” *reporter* “The crime lord??”

Etc

Thank you, they’re designer ✨💅

Originally a tiktok of someone (Stephanie) coming up to Tim Drake on the street and saying, “I like you eye-bags” and Tim responding with “thank you, they’re designer.”

Tim Drake earning his Designer eye-bags

A compilation of Tim from interviews/talk shows as well as on the red carpet. He always in the background of whatever is happening and is slowly falling asleep/fighting for his life to stay awake. Wii music plays over the whole vid

I saw Batman!! Not clickbait!!!!

It was clickbait

Bruce Wayne being a single mom for 4 minutes straight

A compilation of the Wayne kids doing something stupid (e.i. Saying something stupid in an interview or doing something stupid at a gala) and Bruce Wayne trying desperately to stop his kids/get control of the situation. It ends on a clip of Bruce rubbing his eyes with one hand, his other hand on his hip. In front of him stands his fully adult son, Dick Grayson, who is soaking wet after having jumped into a fountain. 

Batman saved my cat!! Not clickbait!!

It was clickbait.

Nightshift in Gotham

A vlog style video by a collage student working at a 24 hour dinner. They start the shift by making a coffee with an ungodly amount of caffeine in it and leaving it in the back alleyway. The only explanation given is that it’s “an offering incase we get robbed”. They do get robbed but Red Robin shows up in less than 30 seconds to handle it. An alarm goes off at 2am, putting the dinner in lockdown, full blast shields and all. The lockdown lifts just before their shift ends and they end the video by saying “so that about a standard night really. Don’t know y anyone would be interested in this but whatever.”

Robin and Red Robin being ✨siblings✨

Straight up a vid of them trying to kill each other. It got taken down within the day.

Batman bought me lunch!! Not Clickbait!!

It was clickbait.

Is Buce Wayne actually dumb?

A video essay about Bruce Wayne’s life and career and asking is Bruce Wayne really as dumb as the media makes him out to be. The conclusion is no, he is not. He’s a great businessman, was top of his class and was almost a Dr, only dropping out bc of personal matters and the only reason the media thinks he’s dumb is because he is a fun, loveable guy that doesn’t take thinks seriously.

Batman saved me from riddler!!! Not Clickbait!!

Surprisingly not clickbait but at this point nobody believes it’s true bc of the clickbait vids in the past

Why we love Red Hood

A vid make by a crime alley local, going around and asking about all the good things red hood has done. Alley kids talk about hood giving them food and keeping the shelters safe for them. Working girls talk about hood protecting them from harassment, from both random guys and cops. The old couple that owns the bodega talk about him in the same way they’d talk about their grandkids. A guy (who doesn’t show his face to the camera) says that hood’s the best boss he’s had, that the guy even gave him paid time off when his kid was sick. A woman (who also doesn’t show her face) says that hood saved her and her kids from her abusive ex-husband and then helped her get clean when she expressed that she wanted to. A worker at a local food bank says that in the aftermath of every big disaster they have, Red hood and his gang always shows up with truck loads of food, not only shelf stable food (tho that’s the majority of it) but also fresh fruit and veg. The video ends with rapid fire clips of them asking people if they thought red hood was a hero.

All of them say yes.

(Bonus from blüdhaven)

Why we love Nightwing.

A compilation of the guy’s ass.

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🚨 ACCOUNT WARNING 🚨

Just put a few things together last night (with my insane detective skills😏) that the account @/savage-ler is creating MULTIPLE (4 and counting) other profiles to help (I assume) boost their image as a ler. I think this is completely DISHONEST and frankly, a little terrifying.

I realized this yesterday when he reached out to chat to me (we’d casually chatted like, maybe once before) and after the usual “hello” greetings, went straight to talking about kink and told me he had a session recently with a girl, and told me to read the post of hers he reblogged. I scanned it, didn’t care much about it, got uncomfy with our conversation shortly thereafter (see pic) and stopped responding.

Fast forward to some 12 hours later. I get a simple “hello” from a random account I don’t follow. Look to see that this account had recently posted the EXACT SAME post as the account he asked me to read earlier (meanwhile the earlier account no longer existed). My brain went, “wait, did this guy MAKE an account to tell this “story” of a session? Did he just make a SECOND account to post the same thing?” Within 2 minutes of receiving that “hello,” I got a “hello dear” from savage-ler, which confirmed my suspicions. Notice the time stamps on both of these messages.

Did a bit more digging and found that the profiles are eerily similar (like the word “moreover”??? Super odd) and these new girls’ accounts being basically brand new with no content, so I confronted savage-ler with it and got the following response.

After that completely unproductive conversation, I blocked him and his recently created fake account. When…YET AGAIN this afternoon I found the SAME STORY on ANOTHER ACCOUNT (and realized this new account had the SAME profile pic as someone who messaged me MONTHS ago, who I barely conversed with because it was weird conversation, so I blocked them). Notice the side by side same post (3rd time I’ve seen it in 24 hours).

That makes 4 extra profiles and counting. There is something super fishy with this guy, so please stay safe out there everyone!!! And if you see this post come up, BLOCK. He’s trying extra hard to make himself seem trustworthy!!! Don’t trust these other accounts if they tell you how “great” of a person he is!!

[bestanimal]

Round 3 - Cephalopoda - Nautilida

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

Order: Nautilida

Common Name: “nautilus” (pl: “nautiluses” or “nautili”)

Families: 1 - Nautilidae

Anatomy: Smooth external shells with internal chambers, 50-90+ tentacles, toothed radula within parrotlike beak

Diet: crustacean molts, hermit crabs, carrion

Habitat/Range: Indo-Pacific ocean, at depths of several hundred metres

Evolved in: Order Nautilida in the Devonian, Family Nautilidae in the Triassic (230 million years ago)

Propaganda under the cut:

During the Middle Devonian, Nautilus species were more diverse, and their shells were more varied than those found in species of living Nautilus, ranging from curved (cyrtoconic), through loosely coiled (gyroconic), to tightly coiled forms, represented by the Rutoceratidae, Tetragonoceratidae, and Centroceratidae. Only a single genus, Cenoceras, with a shell similar to that of the modern nautilus, survived the Triassic extinction, at which time the entire Nautiloidea almost became extinct. They diversified again, but never reached the extent of diversity they had before the Triassic extinction. The nautilids were not as affected by the end Cretaceous mass extinction as the Ammonoids that became entirely extinct, possibly because their larger eggs were better suited to survive the conditions of that environment-changing event.

Nautiluses are the sole living cephalopods to have external shells. They can withdraw completely into their shell and close the opening with a leathery hood formed from two specially folded tentacles.

The nautilus has the extremely rare ability to withstand being brought to the surface from its deep natural habitat without suffering any apparent damage from the experience. Where fish or crustaceans brought up from such depths inevitably arrive dead, a nautilus will be unfazed despite the pressure change of as much as 80 standard atmospheres (1,200 psi).

Nautiluses have a seemingly simple brain, lacking the large complex brains of octopus, cuttlefish and squid, and had long been assumed to lack intelligence. But recent experiments have shown not only memory, but a changing response to the same event over time.

In a study in 2008, a group of Chambered Nautiluses (Nautilus pompilius) were given food as a bright blue light flashed until they began to associate the light with food, extending their tentacles every time the blue light was flashed. The blue light was again flashed without the food 3 minutes, 30 minutes, 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, and 24 hours later. The nautiluses continued to respond excitedly to the blue light for up to 30 minutes after the experiment. An hour later they showed no reaction to the blue light. However, between 6 and 12 hours after the training, they again responded to the blue light, but more tentatively. The researchers concluded that nautiluses had memory capabilities similar to the "short-term" and "long-term memories" of the more advanced cephalopods, despite having different brain structures.

Female nautiluses spawn once per year and regenerate their gonads, making nautiluses the only cephalopods to be able to breed more than once in their lifetime.

Nautiluses may live for more than 20 years, which is exceptionally lengthy for a cephalopod, many of whom live less than 3 even in captivity and under ideal living conditions. However, nautiluses typically do not reach sexual maturity until they are about 15 years old, limiting their reproductive lifespan to often less than five years.

The osmeña pearl is not actually a pearl, but a jewellery product derived from the iridescent inner layer of the nautilus shell. Nautilus shells are also sold whole, carved as souvenirs, or historically used to make items such as lamps and cups. However, these are not simply shells that wash ashore; the animals are killed for the shell. The low fecundity, late maturity, long gestation period, and long life-span of nautiluses make them vulnerable to overexploitation, and high demand for their ornamental shells is causing population declines. In 2016 all species in the family Nautilidae were added to CITES Appendix II, regulating international trade, though in some places they can still openly be found for sale in tourist areas. The best way to combat nautilus population decline is to stop the demand for these shells.