#Adventures in Conspiracy

[mitigatingacademics]

{10.07.2024 + 10.08.2024}

Fav coworker is at Disneyland.

She literally left on a plane after our last shift together.

To add insult to the left behind, the last night of my work week was spent with the coworker that allows for no personal productivity. 

...and he was on a roll, having just come off his rest days. 

Democrats control the weather and Helene was engineered to provide access to resources inside the mountains. 

Lasers from China are the reason for California wildfires. 

'Illegals' in California are 'voting' conservative because they've escaped the communism of Cuba. 

[He saw a FB reel from the Republican National Convention where someone made a big deal about 169 delegates being pledged to Trump from California. He took this to mean the most liberal state in the union is going conservative. A quick Google shows Kamala got 482 delegates from California, so...]

...and then, somehow, re: J6 -- it's entirely possible that the "mob" was 'peaceful,' it's a matter of interpretation', and Trump waiting hours to address the issue wasn't problematic, he shouldn't have addressed it at all, just let it play out. 

Me: So, just let them assassinate an entire joint session of Congress? 

Him: ... Where were the Capitol Police? 

The irony of wanting to wrap my hands around his neck...

Liz says there's no place for violence in our politics. 

Liz says there's no place for violence in our politics. 

Liz says there's no place for violence in our politics. 

Lord help me. 

He started in about how there was an 'election' in North Carolina that resulted in the people voting against mining in the mountains and how it's 'really convenient' that those people lost their homes a few months later. 

This, of everything, I found somewhat worth fact checking.

[I had not, at any point, indicated that there *would not* be fact checking. 😂]

I Googled 'North Carolina vote against mining.'

Coworker was *not* impressed by the first result: 

CBS: Hurricane Helene Conspiracy Theories About Lithium Mining, Weather Control Spread Widely 

Searching among those results for something 'unbiased:' 

PBS: Disinformation and Conspiracy Theories Cloud Helene Recovery Efforts in Hard-Hit Areas 

He came back with: "But who is donating to PBS?" ... VIEWERS LIKE YOU, SIR. 

Ultimately, maybe the 'election' he heard about was a 'poll.'

Alternatively, maybe all the evidence of that 'election' and its results have been scrubbed from the internet. They can do that, you know. 

He also said the $750 in immediate emergency funds to displaced individuals was insulting. When I explained that wasn't the extent of the aid being offered and asked what he would consider 'not insulting,' he said he didn't think the government should be giving any money at all. 

Churches should be helping the people, he said. Then he went off on a tangent about how FEMA has no right to attempt to gather, organize, and direct resources.  

Basically, whatever you do, it's going to be wrong. 

I tried to interject that the Republican Governor of North Carolina has said publicly, many times, when asked about Trump's claims that aid isn't forthcoming due to impacted areas being 'red,' that Biden was in touch from the beginning and said whatever was needed would be provided, they just needed to ask. 

Coworker: Why isn't he there?! 

Me: He's an 80 year old man. You want him to contribute physically? 

Coworker: He's the President! He should be there! 

Me: Are you familiar with the resources necessary to support a Presidential motorcade? 

Coworker: No. 

🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Not that he would have pulled a Trump and tossed paper towels at hurricane victims, but Biden has actually been praised for having the insight to stay away from the impacted area for the time being. 

You can't reason with folks like this, though.   

Thankfully, I finished Issue 4 the previous night. (I miss you, fav! 😢) 

I found the second half much more entertaining - my mind engages more effectively when I disagree with what I'm reading. 

I also decided, given that I chose to pay $250 for the subscription [and 250 points towards purchasing Bar Prep materials that I won't need for like, 7 years, if ever, and am not likely to purchase from Quimbee, anyway], to see what Quimbee had to say about the relevant cases. 

[Much] later, I got my Covid and Flu vaccines...and the now traditional iced coffee reward. This time a Caramel Apple Iced Latte.

About an hour ago I received an e-mail informing me that my manager has submitted her Letter of Recommendation. 🙌🙌

I'm so relieved that, if I wasn't completely mentally spent, I might actually cry. 🤣

For now, I'm gonna crash soon - for probably about 12 hours (that's what happened last time and why we get our vaccines on our rest days) and hopefully wake up refreshed, inoculated and prepared to submit law school applications before vacation so that I can actually enjoy the trip! 🙌

[bacchuschucklefuck]

okay unironically I love so much that porter is like this world SUCKS its BAD here and it HURTS you why do you care abt it!!! and literally every single bad kid is like ngl we just hate ur ass it does not matter what ur philosophy is

[5-turtleducks-in-a-trenchcoat]

Everytime I listen to the Ancient Rome Sidequest it destroys me emotionally. But who knows, maybe somewhere there's a world where nothing terrible happens and it's just Sasha and Grizzop having fun adventures in ancient Rome.

[moth-yea]

I've seen people talk before about how zipper man has no eyes because bucciaraiti hates seeing all the awful in the mafia/ world in general but nobody talk about how the zippers themselves are metaphors for him having to hold himself together through someone's death because he had no choice and now he pieces (zips) others back together because that's just what he learned ok bye

[choking-on-ice]

okay so yk how I said Jimmy would make a great semi-oblivious shoujo anime protag? well here's my proof! lookit him! he was built for it!

SO much "I can fix them, I can save them from themselves" energy just to be met with "I will crush mountains and boild seas to have him, we will rule this scorched earth together" shot right back at him from both sides

(also I know Kara's eyes are blue canonically, but Kryptonians seem to change eye colour alot based on their power usage so I headcanon that her eyes would be a bright glowy red bc of how often she uses her more destructive powers)

[the-1-foxy]

2nd Doctor adventures: Conspiracy of Raven yayy

[retrocgads]

USA 1993

[ffcrazy15]

Spoilers for episode 6 below!

I think my favorite things about episode 6 of MAWS is the fact that Jimmy didn't figure out that Clark was Superman. No no, Jimmy got a roommate freshman year of college who ripped door handles off and moved faster than the speed of sound and could fly, and correctly came to the logical conclusion that his roommate is an alien. And when, four years later, his alien roommate started flying around in a cape and saving people, was like "Oh neat Clark's got a side job."

[videogamepolls]

Requested by anon

[wrath-of-tengri]

Hear me out cake by me

[gigifluidcat]

Damn that's crazy,

I'm gonna order 500 more boxes now.

[juleshwin]

✨Idk what to title this✨

Ok so I re-listened to the green ring conspiracy again tonight, but I only had enough time for parts one & two. But seriously, why can't we have good stories on Odyssey like this anymore. At least give us twelve-episode albums again.

Anyways, some random quotes from the episodes and stuff cuz why not. Oh and they're probably out of order too

Wow Emily sounds exactly like I do when I'm moody at home. But what can I say? I'm just a girl.

+1 for memorable dialogue.

Wait Monty appeared on Odyssey before this? I really need to listen to older episodes...

Ooh Buck...but ew to Mr.Skint

"because you're my cat, aren't you m'lad, meoooww"

"I would love to stay and chat, but that would keep me from leaving" which one of you has that in your bio I know one of you does. Also, I ❤ this quote

I keep forgetting that Buck, is in fact, fourteen in these episodes, and wow. Mr. Skint is sending a fourteen year old to do some crazy things.

Ok why did Jay sound strangely sad when he went to ask his uncle if he went to jail?

I always forget that this is when Detective Pulhouse (is that how it's spelled cuz idk) first appears.

I'll be back soon for the rest, also an update on the roleplay is suggested. See you later ❤

Bonus: sketch I did while listening of Buck (yes I gave him freckles and acne I can draw him however I want)

My style changed for the 100th time but it's out of my control🤷‍♀️

[plate2]

Sometimes I'll just think of insane crossovers with characters I like despite fully knowing no one has read any of these combinations of books, nor would they ever interact. Like, I could go on and on about the similarities between the Bailey and Sorenson siblings (Land of Stories and Favlehaven) or I could go on about three different Jacks from different books (Half Upon A Time, Mighty Jack, Jack Blank). I could look at Nova Artino and Alex Knight (Renegades and The Cloak Society) and while they're for very different ages there's similarities. Alex from Alex Rider and Carson from Codename Zero would likely never interact but by God do I think about it. I could name so many: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, Seven Wonders, Revenge of Magic, Beyonders, The Lies of Locke Lamora, etc, etc, etc. I am going insane over so many different books that have little semblance of connection, saying they each have pieces of one another within. And these fanbases (if there are even a fanbase for each of these books) would rarely ever interact.

So I'm just left here, reading books in my pajamas, deranged

[ailingwriter]

I love the idea of Jimmy's conspiracy theories always being right but nobody believes him because it's DC, the stuff that's true there is like. So unbelievable.

Lois: So Smallville's an alien. What next, Martians walking among us?

Jimmy: Oh don't even get me started! Do you want me to show you the charts? I can show you the charts.

Lois: Alright then, if Martians are real, how come we haven't found them yet?

Jimmy: Oh that's easy! It's because they're - are you ready for this? Psychic. Shapeshifters.

Lois:

Clark:

Lois: Yeah you lost me.

[blenselche]

I finished my 200k finnfern fic! This thing made me go absolutely feral, I wrote it on my phone in a month lol.

Keep Yourself (redux) is my attempt at giving Fern an actual character beyond a Narcissus reference, he was very engaging as a concept and deserved better, so there's some "how do demons work, how does he deal with being one, where tf did he go in between Do No Harm and the Islands Arc" etc. I have a lot of Fern thoughts, and the fic is all of them vomited out into a more pleasant form.

“I saw Fern, when I was taken by the Lord of Eternity,” he utters against his palm before dropping it, “and he said something that’s stuck with me this whole time. I think about it constantly.” Finn glares towards his feet, narrowing his eyes and baring his teeth. “‘I can’t save everyone, and maybe not everyone needs saving. Do I really think everyone’s better off because of me.’ He was right and I got him killed because I couldn’t just accept that he didn’t need my ‘help’.” His eyes squeeze shut, knuckles turning white as he fists his hand at his side. “I’m tired, Prismo,” Finn whispers, voice crackling roughly over the tar in his lungs.

*I've put out a T rated version, so read that one if you're younger pls. I'm not your mom but let me at least try to be accommodating to your age so you're not blown over with smut. It's important that younger people are given a space in fandom but it's also important that you guys give adults our space, too. You can read the T version here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54722422/chapters/138687334

This is a songfic/series so here's the playlist in order (plus songs for future additions):

[choking-on-ice]

my "warm up sketch" got out of hand yet again, so now I have a sheet full of moe Lex Luthor and Jimmy Olsen that i'm definitely gonna have to ink and colour later

anyway, love these two, and I think it's a crime that there's nothing about them being enemies to lovers or even friends. (yes, i know, Lex is evil, but when has that ever stopped a ship before?)