#Around... over 50 years of time 😃

[ricksoo]

Heya it's Mush, great question on the art btw so to answer it in my like pokemon world thingy when a mew is kind of tired of their immortality due to being alive like eons/finding the world is lacking in the same wonder and has become dull/they don't feel like they're able to contribute anything anymore they can essentially go to sleep and rebirth themselves, their dna genetic material gets majorly scrambled body broken down and remade into an entirely new mew, new soul aura everything becoming a new creature or multiple younger mew if their dna reforms into smaller fragments.

The originals were around a very VERY long time and eventually over time they started to get tired as any immortal being would and so gradually they chose to rebirth themselves to go to sleep and new life was born from their death, and unfortunately Vismays significance as the protector guardian and older sibling role of the originals gradually became lost in the process as only he recalls those times the rebirth mews and newly created mews not having that knowledge and eventually he wasn't really needed anymore as the mew colony grew, his kiblings that were left not needing his care and protection anymore as adults and the new mews not wanting his care or protection. And then eventually all his kiblings were gone

So while not a tragic like all killed in one fell swoop event it was a much slower fate of redundancy of his purpose and the exhaustion of immortality.

Interesting...

[androcola]

how often does mike go nonverbal? and was micky hella confused the first time it happened around him?

mike used to go nonverbal quite frequently in his younger years (60s, early 70s) but as the years go on (80s 90s) it doesn't happen As Often, but still mostly frequent. enough to cause social struggles. I think mike could be considered higher support needs with his autism. he was Entirely non speaking until the age of 8

micky was the first one to experience one of mikes nonverbal episodes, and because of the language back then, he'd call him Mute. I think mike will go on to use the same term for himself. Micky was extremely confused over it, asking mike if maybe he's down with a sore throat, as that was something mike dealt with quite often, but mike woukd just kinda shake his head.

this lasted nearly two weeks. mike went the whole time not saying a word, outside of maybe some noises of distress, which he'd make often cuz he was always in distress over something. Micky didn't understand it at all, but from what he could gather, mike didn't seem to understand it much himself.

Mikes nonverbal episodes are a little funny sometimes cuz he'll go so long without speaking but then suddenly some random morning be like "can I tweak the thermostat its chilly in here 😥" and that's exactly how it went. and when mike spoke again micky was like "WAAOWW MIKE YOURE BACK!! 😃😃😃😃" he always celebrates when Mike speaks again, much to mikes embarrassment.

when mike finally comes out of it, he tries to explain it to Micky, mostly that he really doesn't know why it happens and that he can't help it at all, and micky being very open minded is very accepting of it and doesn't give mike a hard time.

I think in general mike experiences mutism so often that he could be considered Partially mute. he also has selective mutism! and it's easy to trigger so all in all it's like 50/50 that he'll speak at any given time of day. there are a number of triggers for mikes mutism, from sensory overload, oncoming of a meltdown or panic attack, general anxiety and stress that's built up thru the weeks, or every now and then, nothing at all.

[ticklish-touch]

Alright. I have a confession to make. I've been wanting to talk about this for a while, but it is another big reason that my Backrooms story is being delayed and why I'm less active.

(TW for w*e*e*d mention/subst*nce use, as well as N*S*F*W themes).

Last year, I started taking cannabis edibles for the first time in my life. They're legal in my state, and I was just... So at the end of my rope with trying to find something, anything, that would help my anxiety and help my brain shut off or wander off at night to take my thoughts away from the mental & emotional trauma I've been through in the last year. I took advice from a couple friends who take edibles, I still catalogue my reactions to it like a fucking scientist to try and be careful not to let myself go too wild.

CBD and THC hybrid gummies have been a lifesaver for me. I feel so much more relaxed after work. I can fall asleep so much faster. I feel so pleasantly lucid, and I can imagine so much more to my music.

I've also found that Sativa, especially when not combined with my CBD gummies, sends my imagination into overdrive like I wouldn't believe. And at first, I LOVED it!! I thought "oh holy shit I can use this energy to write more, faster!"

Until I realized that along with my ideas, it also amplified my ADHD. My thoughts and ideas bounce around off of each other SO MUCH that I need to scramble to get them written on Google Docs. I become beyond existential when lost in thw sauce. And not in a bad way! I have actually been able to work through a LOT of emotional and mental baggage that I've been carrying, simply by dumping my philosophical ramblings and self-pep-talks/ self-criticisms on Docs. And that's why, in spite of me not focusing as much on this big project, I feel like it's been important for me to get these thoughts out. They could be potential ideas for books, comics, short stories etc.

BUT needless to say, it is a reason that I can't stay focused on one chapter after another. I have four chapters left, and I keep bouncing back and forth between them. Because, spoiler, my last couple chapters are going to be as trippy as a drug trip. I'm gonna incorporate elements similar to Doctor Strange, Quantumania and Spiderverse.

But overall, I'm going to listen to my Muse, and strike while the iron's totally blitzed. 👍 I feel like, if I try to force myself to work on a chapter or drawing, I'll lose passion for it. It's not fizzling out, it's just on the backburner, collecting flavor and thoroughly cooking.

(N*S*F*W*): A slightly more... Embarrassing reason, is that, because I'm over-imaginative and horny on main, my libido also gets massively enhanced by edibles 50% of the time. So I end up dumping some of the naughtiest concepts I've ever had about my OCs or canon characters, or absolutely paralyzing myself with lee/switch moods by listening to songs, playing spooky games, watching videos with Ler vibes, that all activate my fear kink & tickle kink. And it's... A very good outlet. I may never share some of these writings, but it's helped me get over that last bit of shame I've carried with me ever since the first Tumblr purge and since the "ew kinky people r gross, tickling shouldn't be s3xual" uprising of SFW tickle blogs.

BUT ALL IN ALL, I do take CBD for legitimate anxiety reasons. My anxiety meds have not done shit since this January, when everything at work started going to hell. CBD relaxes my body and actually helps me fall asleep like nothing else ever has.

Meanwhile being on sativa and caffeine can keep me up til 6 in the morning. Like right now as I'm writing this. 😃 But again, it gets the huge dam of thoughts to break and flow freely.

So yeah. Weed has been better therapy for me than actual therapy. For thirty fucking years of my life, I have been desperate to find some kind of coping mechanism, or outlet, or medicine, to help my disorders. And these edibles, along with my antidepressant and creative mind, have worked together pretty damn nicely. And I can now say along with MANY of my friends and peers, fuck anyone who says that medical marijuana should not be legal. Hell, imo recreational weed should also be legal just about everywhere in certain doses, but I'm not gonna get into politics.

I understand if you don't personally approve of the use of recreational drugs. But please, if you're going to judge me, or anyone who uses weed to help calm their mental issues, kindly keep it to yourself. I don't want another situation where an abusive fuckhead tried to mock a friend of mine for smoking pot. Or a dude on a server I'm modding getting childishly preachy about how everyone who uses it will end up fucked in the head and that proper diet and exercise is the cure-all for mental issues.

I'm a grown adult, I know my limits. Sometimes I slip a little and take them 4 nights in a row. Other times I take them maybe twice a week. But I know myself well enough to know that when I set a boundary for myself, I'm fucking stubborn about not breaking it. IF I feel myself slipping, I will reach out for legit help. I also know I can't blow too much money on eddies each month. But I need yall to understand that I've needed this.

TL;DR: I've been taking cannabis edibles and it's helping redirect my mind into places that I didn't realize I needed to explore, and it's been very helpful to me physically and emotionally, so I'd rather go with the flow and not force myself to work on my projects.

So, either way, if you've read this, thank you so much for sticking around. ❤

[fleurcareil]

New Brunswick: South Shore

My first break along the highway into New Brunswick was at Grand Falls, where there's benches next to the not-that-grand-but-still-impressive waterfalls. When I was here in 2010, I was stunned to realize that there's an hour time difference between NB & QC but I had now planned my driving schedule accordingly (I did check with the tourist info just to make sure I got it right!😃).

Next stop was for gas in Hartland which boasts to have the longest covered bridge in the world, but instead I found the shortest one besides the gas station 😅, courtesy of the chips factory next door. Getting tired from the driving already, I decided not to search for the long one, as I would undoubtedly see more on my trip (seen two since then).

I had been recommended to take the old highway from Fredericton to Saint John along the river, which was definitely worth it; not only did it have great views but I also suddenly saw something big along the road, thinking "funny, those people put up a statue of a moose on their driveway" (it's quite common to see sculptures of deer, roosters or scarecrows at driveway entrances, presumably to make it easier to find), so I continued at full speed ahead... A few second later, thinking "what if it's not actually a statue??" I slowed down and it turned out to be a real moose after all!! It didn't move, apart from twitching its ears when I got closer and then finally it made a few steps when I had stopped to take a picture. Amazing!!

After getting to the cabin at New River Beach provincial park, I went for a walk along the beach, which has apparently the best sand in the south, and then I sat down with a well-deserved beer & dinner looking out on the Bay of Fundy. It was cold that evening so happy to sit inside a cabin for a change!

Next day there was a thick fog that didn't disappear until 10am, so I made my way to St Andrews warmly dressed but luckily within an hour the sun came through. I spent quite some time at the Kingsbrae Gardens as they were really pretty so will create a separate post with a collage of pictures from there. Walked around the historic downtown (I always love murals!) and had pizza on a bench overlooking the harbour.

I was waiting for the low tide to kick in to drive over to Ministers Island, which can only be accessed by driving over a sandbar. I initially thought it was a bit of a marketing stunt until a car in front of me got stuck in the soft wet sand, so I then made sure to follow someone who seemed to be a local!

The entire island used to be property of Sir William Van Horne, whom I had never heard of, but who was an influential man; not only did he design & construct the railway across Canada (6 years ahead of schedule), he also was key in convincing government to designate national parks (starting with Banff to attract rich tourists for the train, so as usual it was for the money but the environment and us all benefited from it as well 😃) and was an avid painter, Japanese bowl collector, violinist and inventor amongst others. A so-called Renaissance man except that he apparently did not appreciate his daughter, favouring the younger son and grandson instead... So much for being a truly great guy! 😜

Besides the 50-room house, the island contains also a pretty bathhouse with a tidal pool in front of it (with the warm sand heating the incoming tide), a windmill well and a carbide gas generator (for lighting in the house) as well as a 3-storey barn for prize-winning horses and cattle... impressive!

Having made it back to the mainland, I had a great evening with Bob, Diane and their daughter Laura at a delicious Thai restaurant in Saint John... I had met Bob in 2019 when starting a new project for work and wesrayed connected through his son-in-law Duncan who worked for the vendor for several years, we clicked somehow 🤩.

The following day it rained instead of fog 😒 so after having done my laundry I headed to Saint John for sightseeing there. Bob had recommended to visit the Reversing Falls, which are not actual falls so not much to take a photo of, but a location where you can see the water flow upstream against the current when it becomes high tide... the direction of the water seemed wrong though compared to the tidetable, and we later discovered that evening that the bottleneck of the river creates a 2.5 to 4hr delay in the tides between the Reversing Falls and the open harbour less than a kilometer away... It took us some brainstorming over a bottle of wine but we figured out why without Google! 😉

I walked around the City Market, historic streets and Market Square for a bit until the rain started in earnest and then had haddock cakes & a beer at Britt's, a local favorite restaurant.

In the afternoon, I met Duncan and Laura at their home along the Kennebecasis River and had a great time on their boat, seeing tens of jumping sea bass and sturgeon in what is basically their backyard. Being able to work mostly from home in such a place is a luxury beyond words and I'm grateful to have experienced it. Bob & Diane came over for dinner which consisted of great conversations over seared scallops and a traditional lobster boil, my first one! 💖

Having been pampered at their place, I set off in the morning for the last stretch of untamed wilderness along New Brunswick's south shore; the Fundy Trail. Before that however, I met this friendly gentleman who lives at Duck Pond Beach who explained about the history of Split Rock (and who purchased his property at the beach for $10,000 40 years ago!) and had lunch at the St Martins sea caves, passing enroute through a covered bridge 😍

By the time I got to the Fundy trail the rain had changed into a thunderstorm (which always scares me) so I ended up waiting it out for an hour at the interpretative centre & learned about a historic sawmill village. The Fundy trail has tons of impressive nature, including vistas over the shoreline, waterfalls and famous Long Beach which extends for half a kilometer at low tide...better not venture too far out when the tide comes back up! The last stop within the trailway was at the Eye of the Needle Gorge which can be seen from an observation platform high over the valley. 

Very last stop of the day was at Cape Enrage, which I had expected to be as wild as the Capes in Newfoundland but this was rather tame and uninteresting as it's managed foremost as a zipline adventure park... the beach nearby was pretty though! After the mostly rainy day, I was happy to sit in the settting sun on the deck of my camping cabin overlooking a little pond 🤗.

This morning I'll briefly visit the Hopewell Rocks, where I've kayaked several years ago at high tide and then walked on the ocean floor at low tide a few hours later. It's very impressive to visualize the tide difference but it's even higher on the other, deeper side of the bay so won't dwell too long here because I can't wait to explore Nova Scotia next!

This is already the end of my second week travelling... distance driven this week: 1729 km

Wildlife: 1 moose (along the road), 2 turkey (Fundy Trail), 1 rabbit (Hopewell Rocks)

SUPs: none

Hikes: 3 small ones but all with stairs or steep uphill 😒 (along the Fundy Trail)

[gurugirl]

A man who looks 45-50 years old actively hit on me and flirted with me, a 21 year old, even when I asked him to stop. Straight up would not take no for an answer and basically thought I was just playing hard to get. But that’s not the crazy thing to me because some people just suck and I know that. The crazy part is he did it in front of his wife right after his son did, whom I also shot down (he looked my age and was far more respectful and stopped immediately), all in a grocery store. As soon as his son went to a different aisle he began and his wife did nothing.🤯 In fact she seemed used to his behavior and continued shopping😃 like excuse me what. I am not going to repeat the things he said, but just know that no man at his age should be saying or thinking that for anyone of my age especially in the situation that just happened. I sped out of the aisle and he followed me, and of course I bumped into his son in my pursuit. I will say the son was extremely respectful the entire time and was disgusted by his father when I turned around and told him to hit on his actual wife and that im not afraid to perform a impromptu lobotomy to fix his sick head. The son asked what was wrong and I told him a gist before I left, let’s just say the son had some choicely words for his father as I was leaving. Meanwhile the wife was grocery shopping as if nothing happened. Two sweet girls who had heard what went down walked me to my car along with the angry looking cashier. Can’t a girl just go get herself food without men thinking they are owed something from them🤨

OH NO! I hope you're feeling a bit better after all that. Ugh... a lot of men young and old are gross like that. Even though things have come a long way over the years, we are still just not there yet.

You did the right thing by having some people with you to walk you to your car even if that man did act like it was all a joke and his wife didn't care (she's probably been conditioned to just look the other way and that makes me feel bad for her).

I hope your next grocery shopping adventure is more peaceful.

[molsons112000]

So this adult entertainment start name john holmes, died of h I.V.. So his bisexuality put him in the grave.... And it has put many adult entertainers in the grave, they're bisexuality, has caused them to get grave illnesses and die.

The growing list of p*** stars who have died too Young!!!! And you don't think they need to clean up the adult entertainment industry!!!!

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org

Sexually transmitted infections in the pornography industry

Sexually transmitted infections in the pornography industry deals with the occupational safety and health hazard of contracting sexually transmitted ...

The US Sun

December 11, 2023 · https://www.the-sun.com

the growing list of porn stars who died too young, like Sophie ...

Deadly infections, overdoses and suicides – the growing list of porn stars who died too young, like Sophie Anderson. Nearly a dozen adult ...

And also he received it, but also, how many other people did he give it to???? 🤔 Because back then until You started getting very sick did they ever go to the doctor and get tested... So they were all spreading it once they got it and think about the adult entertainment in all these countries around the world, and how much disease they're spreading between each other!!! This is only American adult entertainment industry. Go in the europe in russia and all over the world and get the list of people from these countries around the world you'll be shocked add unbelievable numbers that have Got in sick and died. Our living with unbelievable, different sexually transmitted diseases!!!!!

some reason, you think this is a joke!!!!!!

And because you don't reform, other people don't reform, and you allow this to continue all over the world!!!! And so playboy and other adult entertainment are setting examples that are unhealthy, and that is causing unbelievable spread of disease and death, and babies born with sexually transmitted diseases!!!!

So you got an estimated 1.5 million per year 2 million per year, with sexually transmitted diseases!!!!!! Some reason you think this is a f****** joke. A innocent child. It's stricken with a disease from your sexually immoral action, and you think this is a joke 😃

According to NCBI Bookshelf, researchers estimate that about one million pregnancies worldwide are complicated by congenital syphilis each year. In 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 1.1 million pregnant women were infected with syphilis, which led to over 390,000 adverse birth outcomes. The CDC reported that in 2022, more than 3,700 babies were born with syphilis, which is more than ten times the number reported in 2012. The CDC says that these increases reflect the overall increase in syphilis among women of reproductive age. 

The WHO launched a global health initiative in 2007 to eliminate mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of syphilis. The goal is to reduce rates to less than 50 cases per 100,000 live births in 80% of countries by 2030. Some of the programmatic targets include: 

At least one antenatal visit for 95% of pregnant women 

Syphilis testing for 95% of pregnant women who attend an antenatal visit 

Adequate syphilis treatment for 95% of pregnant women who are syphilis-seropositive 

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

May 21, 2024 — 1.1 million pregnant women were estimated to be infected with syphilis in 2022, resulting in over 390 000 adverse birth outcomes. STIs have a ...

World Health Organization (WHO)

World Health Organization (WHO)

May 21, 2024 · https://www.who.int

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

More than 1 million curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are acquired every day worldwide in people 15–49 years old, the majority ..

And so this idea you can do what you want whenever you want, however you want, does it work!!!! So every day, 1 million people are picking up a sexually transmitted disease 1 million everyday. That means how many days in a year, 365. That means 365 million people a year 10 years. What is that one more zero?And how many billions of people is that with sexually transmitted diseases! Three billion six hundred and fifty million.... So that's a lot of sexually transmitted diseases, think about how many people are in the world, only eight billion. So, in ten years half the world has received a sexually transmitted disease. And if the population stayed stable for twenty years, that means the whole world would have received a sexually transmitted disease!!!!

So doing it your way doesn't f****** work!!!! Now think about doing it god's way!!!!!

World Health Organization (WHO)

May 21, 2024 · https://www.who.int

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)

More than 1 million curable sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are acquired every day worldwide in people 15–49 years old, the majority ..

So people above fifteen, and below fifty are getting these diseases... So that means people in this range have the highest rate of sexually transmitted diseases. So every year, three hundred and sixty five million people in this age group fifteen, the forty nine years old is acquiring a sexually transmitted disease! So this age group, as I told you, the millennials are sicker than generation x and gen z is even sicker than the millennials, and it shows right here, and this is just sexually transmitted diseases.You are some sick f****** people!!! So doing it the way of the millennials in gen z is destroying the f****** world!!!! You are destroying the f****** world. You people are pieces of f****** s*** I'm not in this group.You people are f****** filthy, dirty f****** pieces of s***!!!

Using a combination of data from Blue Cross Blue Shield, the CDC, and prior health studies, the report predicts millennials will achieve the new triple threat of being sicker, broker, and dying younger than the previous generation, Gen X.Nov 6, 2019

https://www.vice.com

Millennials Will Get Sick and Die Faster Than the Previous ... - VICE

According to some studies, Generation Z (Gen Z) may be experiencing more mental health issues than millennials, including lower rates of thriving and higher rates of depression and anxiety: 







Thriving

A 2023 Gallup and Walton Family Foundation report found that only 47% of Gen Z Americans consider themselves to be thriving, which is lower than millennials of the same age and the lowest rate among all generations in the U.S.. 





Mental health

According to Pacific Oaks College, Gen Z is more likely to experience depression and anxiety than other generations. McKinsey surveys and interviews also indicate that Gen Z has lower levels of emotional and social well-being than older generations. 





Isolation

According to the Ballard Brief, Gen Z is the loneliest generation, with higher rates of isolation than millennials and Generation X. Adolescents who use social media more are more likely to feel lonely, and social isolation can lead to health issues like decreased sleep efficiency and increased risk of depression. 



Other factors that may contribute to Gen Z's mental health issues include: 



Education

Some say that universities have become "hotbeds" for mental health problems, with three out of five students living with a mental health disorder. 



Technological revolution

Some academics, like Jonathan Haidt and Jean Twenge, say that kids are struggling to manage the pressure of a technological revolution. 



Gen Z is more likely to call in sick to work than Gen Xers 20 years ...

Feb 26, 2024 — One of them is an increasingly stressful education environment. The RF says universities have become “hotbeds” for mental health problems. Past rese...



Fortune

So your group fifteen, the forty nine, it's f****** up the world unbelievably weird with your actions!!!!!!

[youreaclownnow]

O, P, and X for the Fandom questions! 😃

Oversharing for the askbox meme prompts tonight!! Without further ado, here is a huge block of text

(*^▽^)/★*☆♪

O: for a ship song I am choosing edge by reol bc it is just so domasia to me. Ofc I had to choose one for my truest OTP of all time here. https://youtu.be/FpwYVKN4w2U?si=vkRnHqOu_gIXBMUO

This was the first song that I came across after starting to ship it that made me really go "holy fucking shit... my otp"

Also I just really like reol

P: au time! I have done this in the form of the crackerbarrel posting but as far as non mostly a shitpost aus go I've been seriously considering a cracked out idea that is, combining the lore for fire force and g gundam and making some fucked up combo world where 90% of the events of each stay the same.

I really think it could work. The idea came to me like a vision when super stoned one day it was like I got a visual overlay of the events of both shows but overlayed above the other appearing in my head and it clicked into place.

X: 3 otps from 3 different fandoms

Gundam

THE otp of ALL TIME: domasia

I've been going fucking insane over them for the past 7 months. Hundreds of drawings, an even larger amount of screenshots, I've watched ep 45 over 100 times at this point and ep39 around 50 times and the full shinjuku arc (12-17) at least 20 times, not to mention the fucking gunpla and other assorted merch I've acquired. Legit I've been sent into an autistic frenzy over this ship like I've never known before. I think about them so much it could qualify as a full time job. The unforseen consequences of finding a pairing that checks literally every box on your list.

Special mentions

Charmuro (I like it best when they are divorced and or at least can't stand eachother. Kissmesitude or bust TBH its really just funny to me.)

Charma (not really heavy into the actual shipping itself anymore, but I was last year. Now it's more of a cultural curiosity for me, it has a rich history that I can't really compare to any other ship I've seen. I find it really interesting and still do love seeing fanworks and such. The cultural impact goes crazy)

As far as actual char ships that I like to think about romantically I gotta say I like char/q- *I am pulled off the stage by my PR team*

Yu yu hakusho

Not in any particular order here

Kurahi (I love hiei and kurama is gay as hell. They have height gap also which I adore immensely. Cute ship and a fun dynamic. Their designs also play really nicely off the other, so whenever I see them next to eachother I get supremely hype)

Sakyo x toguro (I don't think they fuck but I think they have massive unresolved tension that I want to see explored. I think they WANT to fuck, I just don't think either of them would confess it prior to their deaths. Also I do enjoy when elder toguro joins them and acts like a creep. I don't directly ship him with either but I do think he's a freak enough to try some bullshit with both of them anyhow, and I do want to watch such an event)

Yusuke x literally anyone in the show (I don't need to say more about this he's just so extremely shippable it's super funny to me. I've yet to think up a truly awful pairing that includes him)

And for the grand finale!

HOMESTUCK ITS APRIL BITCHES WTF ELSE WOULD I CHOOSE *screams and dies and flops on the ground like a fish out of water*

DAVEREZI (Red hot power couple ngl sickbeatsmaxxed and candypilled)

Stridercest (redacted)

Vrisrezi (now THAT is what I call toxic yuri🥰)

[buzz-london]

😨 Are you afraid of starting up? While most articles talk about "how to startup", hardly anyone really talks about "what it takes" to make up your mind to startup. Let's talk about that, shall we?

👨‍💼 Over the years, I've met many employees in corporate jobs asking me how I got the will power to quit my job. Let me break down the risks of starting up in a rational way. 📉 What's the risk of failure of a startup? You might have heard that 90% of startups fail. Well, here's a statistic that might surprise you - only 20% of all new businesses fail in the first year, 30% in the second year, 50% by year 5, and 65% fail by year 10! See graph below from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, for proof. 💰 Note the distinction between "startups" and "all new businesses". If you are starting an IT services business, a design studio or a marketing agency, chances are that it won't fail - it will most likely keep generating revenues and stay profitable if you get the basics right. A lifestyle business like this scales linearly - you most probably get paid on an hourly basis, and you need to hire more people to get more revenues (and profits) - costs increase linearly at about the same rate as revenues. 🚀 How are startups different, and much riskier? They solve a problem by creating a unique, innovative solution. Secondly, they are scalable - the costs of business don't increase linearly with revenue, so as they get bigger, they get more profitable. These aspects of "innovation" and "growth" make startups different. So if you are creating something innovative, you will have to to a lot more things in a "new" way. Hence the risk is much higher. The failure rate of such startups is around 90%. 💡 So, what do you want to do if you quit your job? If it is a traditional or lifestyle business, the risks are much lower than you think! There's a 50% chance that it will stay alive in 5 years' time. That's pretty much similar odds of you staying in the same corporate job in 5 years, I would think! 😃 ❓ Thought exercise: Does your idea of starting something after quitting your job, fall into the "lifestyle business", or "startup" category?

by Ganesh BalakrishnanGanesh Balakrishnan - Co-Founder at Flatheads Shoes | 

[coolnightmarerunaway]

June 7, 2023

January 1 to February 22 =52 days? Okay, 50. He was being a baby and got Daryl to get me to go over to talk to him.

April 24 - 37+7=44

Day #44

Last two days mind wonders on him. I'm not sure why. So now I look up how long it takes to no longer care. 30-60-90 days

This is a different situation seeing how we are in the same social circle. He sent three people to talk to me. He has tried to talk three times. He once invaded my space to pet a guy's dog.

I have run into him for about 9 days in a row. He tried to speak with me on the first day.

He apparently told others he made a mistake but hasn't said anything of the kind to me.

One guy he sent to me started inquiring. I told him Ray and I have been having conflict for a long time. In my opinion, it needs to end.

Before Ray tried to kill me with my head injury, he was trying to start arguments. He would send female bashing videos. I asked why he continuously sent derogatory material. He didn't get the argument he was looking for.

He and I have been in so many spats, I would literally have to look at our conversation to know what he was doing and when.

I came across something that said to "get over" relationship you have to allow a week for every month 🤨 I'm not sure how to calculate this, as we have had numerous separations due to him trying to argue with me on a monthly basis. I'm not even sure when we started hanging around. I think it was 2021 sometime in the summer 🤔 came across something else that said 11 weeks. Ray pulled his stunt on April 24th. A few days later, after somebody made contact with me on his behalf, I sent a message to show my appreciation 😃 Obviously I didn't get a response.

So June (?) 2021 to April 2023. 22 months = 22 weeks? Seems excessive. If I subtract January 1st to February 22nd (20.5 months) we didn't speak for the month of June (19.5 months) Argument in the month of July, another argument in August, and I'm not quite sure where it went from there 😆

Even after 52 days of separation, we ended up right back at square one. In fact I can't remember if it was the end of February or sometime in March he weaseld his way into my house. That was this year.. by April 11 2023 I addressed his degrading material. April 24th with my head injury, he saw an opportunity to inflict chaos, and he took it. He couldn't get an argument out of me, so he went to different route.

I guess I'm looking at something like 20 months. We are on week 7 of 20🤨🤔 No freaking way.

Every time he and I start communicating, it gets harder and harder to speak with him. We keep going back 🤨

The man definitely has narcissistic qualities. He is reminiscent of my ex-boyfriend. He never does anything wrong. Even if you catch the man red-handed, it wasn't him. He is toxic as fuck and he tells people lies about me.

I was just searching the conversation, it seems in October 2022 I told him I missed a party because I wasn't an ignorant cunt. He attends parties of people he criticizes. He seemingly likes to look down on the people he hangs out with.

I don't understand how he and I continue to mingle again. It's absolutely not logical. There should be a kill switch for feelings in such situations.

We started communicating primarily because of covid and covid restrictions. He was completely against the vaccines. Oddly enough when the vaccine passports came out this man was still getting into bars and restaurants. I asked him how he was doing that without a covid passport. I never did get an answer. He also happened to mention that his brother was lying about his vaccinated status. Several bikers were lying about their vaccine status. Because "not getting vaccinated was cooler" than telling everybody you got vaccinated. Imagine claiming to be anti-authority, while getting down on your knees 😆

A while back he was sending me QAnon videos. That used to tick me off. I kept telling him Qanon is not reliable. Only recently did I discover he really believes these QAnon theories. I knew he was running with the nanobots, only one person ever said they spotted nanobots in the vaccine. I pointed out on multiple occasions if it were true other people would have found them by now. Much like the blood clots. Tons of people have reported massive blood clots in the Dead. While having a disease where "no symptom is a symptom" is a massive joke. This man believed covid was not real. If it is real or not, I don't have a dog in that fight. Although I do consider it strange

June of last year while I was dealing with family situation, brother had a heart attack and such. This man thought it was highly appropriate to engage in sexual conversation with two whores that walked across the parking lot and jumped in his rig like they were his best friend.

First year I met him, he complained I didn't take pictures of people. This man constantly wanted to pose for pictures. Less than a year later he is complaining he might be in one of my picture but yet he poses for pictures all over the place, all the time.

He once dragged me to his favorite hangout location. He hopped out of the rig interrupting conversation between two people, stuck his head in the truck like an ignorant fuck disrupting the conversation between the other people. This left me to converse with the other fellow. Ray for 2 or 3 times he continuously brought up the situation incorrectly. I corrected him every single time. Gaslighting fucker.

I addressed the fact that he was attempting to gaslight me in October 2022.

So very many disputes with this man.

June 7, 2023

[skepticalarrie]

this is so embarrassing but what's the difference between a management and a label😃. like how were modest and syco different from each other?

It's not embarrassing anon, don't worry! This was one of the first things I googled when I became a larrie, I guarantee you lol I'm not a specialist and I don't work with this, this is simply what I learned over the years (and with goolge lol), it can be quite complex though so I just tried to make it very very simple without adding too many layers, okay? If anyone feels the need to correct me or add something I missed, please be comfortable to just go ahead and add to my original post.

Record labels basically “own” the artists, so if you’re an artist who got offered a contract with a big record label, like Sony, they will basically make the most out of you in order for you to be more successful and profitable. If you’re a new artist, they’ll see the potential in you and they will develop you as an artist. They will set up plans and goals for you, like how many albums/singles are you going to release, in what particular time frame, what kind of music they want you to record, and stuff like that. And then they will basically loan you a shitload of money and make everything happen. From the conception and recording of the songs to promotion, campaigns, distribution, licensing, everything. And you will, of course, pay them back plus a percentage of your record sales. Roughly, around half of all the money you make goes for the record label. Most labels are considered controlling because they put their artists in a very vulnerable position with their contracts, they have too much “power” to make them make it or break it, and since their job is to make you succeed they definitely make it in a way where is most convenient to them. New artists are the ones who suffer the most, they don’t really have much bargain power or anything to lose when they first sign with big labels, Syco is one of the most well-known abusive and controlling labels in the industry because a lot of their artists came from talent shows like the xfactor. If you’re interested you can check here the kind of stuff Simon used to put on his contracts. Syco was a label that belonged to Sony, Simon Cowell had a 50/50 partnership with them. Last year Simon walked away from Syco, now everything that belonged to Syco is now 100% Sony’s.

1D = signed to Syco in the UK and Columbia Records (also owned by Sony) in the US.

Louis = signed to Syco for his entire solo career up until last year, now he is an independent artist with a partnership with BMG (it’s unclear the extent of this partnership though). He was signed Arista in the US but I imagine he also parted ways with them?!

Harry = Columbia Records

Management Companies are responsible for the more practical part of the business, they will represent the artist, set up more specific and day to day goals, they will coordinate the marketing and strategies and also negotiate with producers and label executives. They’re the ones who will follow you everywhere taking care of the logistics, planning and booking of everything. Managers are also responsible for a great part of a marketing plan, promotion and branding, they can *highly advise* you on what you should be doing in order to help you to achieve the goals set by the label. Management operates under the contracts of the record label, so they can control you and your image, a lot of managements are extremely abusive with their clients. What happened with One Direction was that since (again) they came from the xfactor, they basically had no independence to decide anything, Modest would decide everything for them.

1D = Modest management. Basically all artists from Syco were also signed with Modest. One Direction is officially on a hiatus, therefore there is no management at the moment.

Louis = Three Six Zero (Matt Vines)

Harry = Full Stop Management (Jeff Azoff)

[alatusxiaoo]

@sohyuki ty for the tag!! this is so weird too, literally was thinking abt the video games i used to play just this morning 👁👁 well im in my teen years, so i definitely do still play these memorable games :”))

genshin impact — duh 😭😭🤙 tbh i actually started playing around april of this year,, i got to like ar 50+ in 2 months so uh,, i suppose that kind of says a lot abt my habits…

dragon quest xi — heh, served as my OG addiction before genshin 😔☝️ i was literally drawn to this shit around the summer when pandemic started,, which was a really long period of time,, spent a ton of hours on the switch and i kept getting scolded lmao 💀 i actually havent played in over a year and im around the final act before the last battle too,, im def planning to play it again soon when i find more time and a proper break :))

mario kart wii — ugh, my actual childhood right here 😤💞 i used to get like,, 11th place as a child LMAOOSKFJSJ but when i got older i began to understand the trick and gradually moved up to first 😗🤙 younger me would have been proud :””>

super smash bros wii — yes the greatest vent of one’s anger <3 literally did wonders fr my sky high frustration levels on rough days :D very therapeutic 10/10 would recommend, just try not to throw the remote at the television if you lose while you’re at it 😃✌️

sims agents wii — basically, ive completed the entire run-through + story of this game about 3-4 times,, just super duper fun to play even tho ive literally alr memorized all the criminals and still kinda wondering if they’d release a part 2 to satiate my curiosity for that damning illegal cliffhanger 😔🤙 and i love it sm 😭😭💞 fr one of the best and memorable games ive played my entire life :((

Need for Speed Underground, Midnight Club 2, Mercenaries: World in Flames, Black, Quake II.

Honorable Mentions: Mech Warrior, Doom !&II. 

[fahrni]

I have a mental disorder

I have Bipolar II Disorder.

So what is it? Well it’s a mental disorder that causes my brain to bounce between highs and lows.

”However, in bipolar II disorder, the “up” moods never reach full-blown mania. The less-intense elevated moods in bipolar II disorder are called hypomanic episodes, or hypomania.” - WebMD www.webmd.com/bipolar-d…

I can’t pinpoint when it started for me. I suspect it began after I had sudden death in 1985 at the ripe old age of 17. That was a very stressful time for me and I was treated for depression for a while after I left the hospital.

For years and years I would become depressed and not want to be around people and question why I was alive. I couldn’t bring myself to self terminate, due to my Christian upbringing that said it was a mortal sin, a sin that sent you straight to hell, but I sure wanted to have a crash and die or wish that someone would come along and kill me. I would isolate. I could not stand being around other people. Everything was negative.

Then, I’d get happy. So amazingly happy. I could do anything and do it really well — at least that’s what my brain told me. 😃

Those moments were great. I still enjoy them to this day but I know what’s happening. By knowing what’s happening I can curb my enthusiasm a little bit. Not be so loud and in your face about things. That’s helpful for my wife especially. She’s lived long enough with me bouncing off the walls. 😄

For the longest time I would try to figure out why I felt so good at times. Was it my diet? Was it the amount of sleep I got? Was it a combination of the two? It was extremely frustrating because I could never figure it out.

Thankfully at the age of 50 my doctor figured it out and sent me to see a psychiatrist who confirmed her diagnosis; Bipolar II Disorder.

At that time I was put on meds for my depression. We tried one that didn’t work but the second choice worked like a charm. I get down once in a while, but everyone does, the difference is I don’t believe I’m useless and I don’t want to be dead. I just get a little blue.

It’s nice not falling into that deep dark abyss any longer.

Some folks may think I’m sharing too much. I don’t. I’m not embarrassed by it. It’s a health condition like many others. I can’t help it but it’s treatable. In fact having folks know I have this condition can help them understand what may be going on with me at times. If I’m bouncing off the walls, taking at 5000MPH, and generally way over the top, I’m probably in a hypomanic episode. I love them, but they can be annoying for others.

Anywho, there it is. I’m not crazy or insane and I’m not a danger to others. My brain just does some strange stuff on occasion.

I have Bipolar II Disorder.

[embruderystore]

IT'S @justacard INDIE WEEK 🥳🥳 And sadly that means it's weird selfie time 🙈😃 First of all, what is Indie Week? Well, instead of celebrating big corporatation Black Friday events, it's an entire week devoted entirely to supporting and celebrating your favourite Independent Businesses! 🙌 You can get involved by visiting @justacard's profile and you'll find all the info in their grid! And if you're not a business, you can help by following the #justacard hastag and liking, commenting and sharing posts from all the amazing indie businesses posting! #justacard have set up a whole week of challenges, and today marks Day 1: 10 facts about me 🙈😅... 1- I hate talking about myself 😂 2- Absolute coffee fiend. Especially iced ☕ 3- I love horror (if you hadn't figured that out already 😂 All time favourite: HALLOWEEN 🎃, closely followed by The Conjuring for possession fun 👻 4- As much as I love Halloween and spooky season, I LOVE Christmas - I hope to spend it in the States at some point in my life... (got to have dreams... 💭)🎄 5- I'm 37 (😳), a mum, and plan on getting my first tattoo soon 😁 6- I have two cats and a dog, and I used to have around 50 chickens 🐓🐔👀 7- I am a hot mess most of the time 🤯😅 8- My first job was as a newsreader on a local radio station at 16 years old. My first big story: 9/11 🙁 9- I love anything paranormal and weird, but will always call myself a skeptical believer; I want to believe, but I need to see it for myself 😅 10- Creating things goes beyond enjoyment and is great therapy for me 🤗 So... 10 facts, some weird, some not so weird (but that's all I'm sharing 😉). Don't forget to join in with indie week, whether you are a business or not, and try to support your favourite indie businesses over the festive season. We appreciate it more than you know! 💚 🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄 #justacardweek #justacardcampaign #justacardindieweek #MHHSBD #HTLMP #makersformakers #wemakecollective #supportsmalluk #smallbizowner (at Herne Bay, Kent) https://www.instagram.com/p/CWlSRC0sMqG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[fahrni]

Saturday Morning Coffee

Good morning y’all. This week has been a bad one. The Supreme Court has finally gotten around to doing what we were all waiting for. It’s running the new GOP’s playbook. Making guns easier to carry and the big one, overturning Roe v. Wade. A settled law for 50 years.

That’s all I’m going to say on the matter for now.

On a personal note, I’m finally rid of COVID. 🥳

Congratulations to our Co-founder and Co-CEO @irms! 🎉 She is no. 34 on @FastCompany and @lesbiantech's #Queer50 list! https://t.co/b91bIpcYvp #FCQueer50 pic.twitter.com/uShLqW3kmF

— Bitwise Technology Consulting (@BWTechConsult) June 17, 2022

I had to lead with this story because Irms is a personal hero and all around wonderful person.

Gus Mueller: “On this day twenty years ago I registered the flyingmeat.com domain. I had no idea what I was doing back then, only that I loved coding, I loved sharing what I worked on, and indie companies were undisputedly cool.”

Gus is one of the good ones and an inspiration. If you’re a Mac user you may be familiar with his amazing software. If you’re not and need a photo editor that won’t break the bank you should check out Acorn.

Alex Ewerlöf: “For my 20 years programming anniversary, I tried to list the top principles that have been accumulated over the years as my guiding principles through my career:”

This is a really great list every developer should read.

Becoming a leader is not often what everyone thinks it is.

Michael Moore: “I said none of that. I remained silent, and to this day the shame I still feel for standing there and doing nothing is so intense that I’ve sat here now for over a day trying to write this weekly letter to you and realizing I would have to admit my inaction, my culpability, and say very publicly that of all the regrets I have in my life, this one, this few seconds of turning my head the other way, hurts me the most.”

Michael Moore has been a bit of a rebel all his life, in a good way. I love this story, it’s really two-in-one, but it a look into an event that helped shape the Michael Moore of today.

Saman Bemel-Benrud: “Last week was the one year anniversary of the Mapbox Worker’s Union going public, the event that lead to my departure. So, now seems like an appropriate time to share my story. It may offer some insight into how the tech industry operates. Mapbox’s story is likely similar to other companies with promise and ambition that that haven’t quite broken through.”

I don’t know much about Mapbox but it’s a company I’d considered pursuing a job with when we decided to move east. They’re in Washington D.C.

The product is super compelling and they have SDK’s to support multiple platforms.

On the original iPhone keyboard, I wanted the delete key in the top-right corner. It wouldn’t fit, so I moved it to the third row where there was room. Also, the third row of keys isn’t staggered relative to the second row. We just accept these things now. https://t.co/mEzgRvNo7D pic.twitter.com/DjqbbaLwAx

— Ken Kocienda (@kocienda) June 19, 2022

LAist: “Entertainment streaming giant Netflix laid off an additional 300 of their 11,000 worldwide staff on Thursday, following the layoffs of 150 employees, dozens of contractors, and other part-time staff in May.”

A reckoning is coming. All those lovely, inexpensive, stream services we’ve subscribed to over the last few years are finally gonna start raising prices and laying off staff to try to compete.

It was good while it lasted. 😃

Nick Martin - joe.coffee: “We started joe on the premise that by making it as convenient and rewarding for coffee-lovers to order ahead at independent shops as it is at Starbucks, people wouldn’t settle for corporate. When choosing local is hyper-convenient, small business thrives.”

There are a few applications I’d love to create. I’ve talked about a few of them but never mentioned my desire to create a service with mobile apps to allow folks to order coffee. The fine folks at joe.coffee did just that.

I don’t know exactly how their partnerships with coffee shops work but it’s a great idea. I’d still love to do this as I believe I have a different bent on the idea.

Remote work means you have to learn how to reward people for the outputs of their work instead of the mere appearance of working. Many organizations don’t know how to make the switch so they resort to claiming people who work from home are lazier as if commuting’s an achievement https://t.co/DP5jLDerQa

— Dare Obasanjo (@Carnage4Life) June 21, 2022

Bloomberg: “Members of the rock band Pink Floyd are seeking at least $500 million in a deal for their music catalog, according to people familiar with the talks, which would be one of the largest sales in music history.”

This is wild. When I see something like this it makes me wonder what caused the bad to decide to do this? Debt? Tired of messing with it? What? I’m probably naive to the something completely obvious.

Wonder who’s in the running for it?

CNN: “Michael J. Fox will be honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for his contributions to film and his efforts to help cure Parkinson’s disease.”

How can you not love Michael J. Fox? I loved him in the Back to the Future Trilogy but there is a little film of his I love to watch from time to time. Doc Hollywood is a super cheesy early 90’s film with a great cast. It’s one of those cringy, makes you uncomfortable, films that turns out just the way you’d hoped it would. Think I’ll have to watch it tonight.