#a “decent’ wage

[gojinka]

CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT BUCK I LOVE LUCKY BUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pronouns personality fun facts etc I love buck…

Kingyoto uses he/him pronouns, but is a girl.

^ to Salmonids, pronouns are indicative of statues and act more like honorifics. Due to Inklish not having terms in their language that properly suit this idea, the translation leaves “he/him” to most blue collar class working common folk, and “she/her” to running salmonids and Salmonids who are probably destined to Run later in life…

Kingyoto is probably the only salmonid in Hazard Relief, Inkopolis isn’t a super diverse area, being primarily inklings, and he didn’t speak much if at all ANY Inklish. He could understand the language (to an extent), but has trouble mimicking the vocal notes used in the language.

Started working in Hazard Relief when he was 13, it was near a not-fully developed AC TOKYO, and it wasn’t under the name “Hazard Relief,” he would sift and pull Salmonid remains from up the river, where Salmonids die or get killed in the Homerun. Eventually Senshin Corp. got formed, and provided a more “elegant” approach to these jobs.

When more jobs in this position opened up— Kingyoto decided to move to Inkopolis solely because he’s a die hard Squid Sisters fan.

Kingyoto lives pretty far from the Grizzco office where he works, this is because most houses near Inkopolis don’t follow the housing standard in Salmonid communities (needing a certain humidity content, needing a certain type of bed, etc etc.)

Fido taught Kingyoto most of the Inklish he knows, Kingyoto’s job was initially heavy lifting since Inklings couldn’t go in the water, but he somehow managed to climb the ranks slightly.

Kingyoto is certified to manage a few heavy machines. Likes to make sure they’re in tip top condition.

Kingyoto has a shitty truck that he’s been driving before he was even legally allowed to. It has about 4 different radios inside of it because he keeps forgetting to get rid of the ones that break.

Likes to attend after work get togethers, but doesn’t drink. He’s subjected to way too many Drunk Comments (tm) at a time, tends to be very patient despite it.

He likes honey flavored foods and drinks, which seems to be a popular beverage in Salmonid cities (and tastes very different from Honey teas), it is NOT so popular in Inkopolis. He manages with honey - vanilla teas though.

[itsallpoliticsstupid]

Charlie that’s called a dictatorship.

If you want to go live in one move to North Korea.

I’m sure they’d accept you with open arms.

[bioethicists]

irt poverty/homelessness + alcohol use (esp with @butchfeygela‘s tags on my post)- people really underestimate the function that substance use/alcohol use can have for someone who is unhoused. being unhoused is boring, cold, painful, + lonely. substances can allow the 8 hours panhandling to get the $45 you need for a motel to fly by. alcohol reduces your perception of the cold + can knock you out whben you can’t sleep. substances can help you cope with the physical deterioration from malnutrition, constant stress, + sleeping outside. substances can provide social connection with others who you would otherwise not enjoy or help you cope with being alone.

not only that but- many unhoused people are stuck in a seemingly inescapable position. the pathway to financial stability or even housing is difficult or even impossible. in the wake of that hopelessness, the downsides of substance use start to seem insignificant. arrest? you’re getting arrested anyway for sleeping outside, peeing outside, standing in the wrong place, etc. physical danger? you’re already beat the fuck up, anyway, right? loss of relationships? you’ve lost most people already. inability to keep a job? nobody will hire you + you can’t stay employed, anyway, because you have no car + no shower.

perhaps for you or me, the cons of heroin use or binge drinking nightly greatly outweigh the pros. that isn’t the case for everyone. if we are really serious about ending overdose/addiction, we need to start looking at giving people lives worth recovering into instead of shaming them for their own hopelessness.

[grubloved]

its so silly but i just keep thinking abt being in norway and seeing for the first time kinda ever that like governments can do things to make peoples life better. for no other reason but just to improve things. like im sure norway has lots of problems i didnt see on a trip but i cannot stress how insane it was that the government had done things because it would be nice. to take care of people. ?????

[pianokantzart]

Same anon again and I just wanted to say that YES I WOULD ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT LIKE THAT!!! Let the second movie be a bros bonding movie (and I would also like to see other characters and relationships to be more fleshed out) and the third movie be a LM movie.

That would be really great.

I know, right?! There's just... so much material in the Mario universe. There's such an insane amount of characters and lore to touch upon that the idea of jumping right into "Luigi's Mansion" as the immediate sequel feels like the wrong move. Especially if they do so without properly introducing boos first? Just having King Boo as a blip in the background? The whole reason King Boo targeted Mario in the first place was because he'd had a long history of messing with his subjects at that point.

We definitely need at least 1-2 more movies to properly explore the universe before we begin adapting Luigi's Mansion.

[evilblot]

This morning I was going to my first day of work at the new place and I've been pleasantly jumpscared by the bus not only displaying the various stops on an easily readable screen, but also announcing them on the speaker. Unreal.

[plant-ago]

I want to live in a world where the legacy of Robert Reich, US Labor Secretary under the Clinton administration influential liberal thinker, is overshadowed by that of his son, Sam Reich Dropout, who went into comedy and created the only good streaming platform

[obsessivedilettante]

I think I may be close to getting a job! They said I was basically their finalist and it hinges on references (who will give glowing reviews, especially my last boss, who is still gutted that she has to let me go *shakes fist at stupid economy*).

It’s at a nonprofit, which is my jam, but in an industry that I haven’t really worked in before, so there will be a learning curve.

But I miss having more structure to my day and I am ready to not sigh when I see my slowly dwindling bank account.

[kuh-boose]

@wearewatcher

yall do realize you could've just leaned into patreon more, right? Jenny Nicholson has moved pretty much all her content to patreon and far as I can tell she's been successful. You could've kept the youtube and used patreon for the "advertiser unfriendly" stuff, even more risque and longer versions of the same videos. Plus bonus content, bts, etc etc. Hell, you could've made the watcher site and used it as a patreon-esc thing to avoid patreon fees if you needed to. Moving *everything* to a paywall is just a slap in the face...and stupid.

And to expect people to pay that much so you can have a 30 person team in a huge office building in LA (which is wholly unnecessary for the content you make) to only put out one video a week?....come on. There are youtube channels with vastly smaller teams, heck youtube channels run mostly by ONE person that put out good content once a week. I'm not saying crank out content just cause, but with 30 staff (literally why), and now you expect people to throw money at you? Htf can you justify that? How can you justify claiming you need to make more money when a channel with your numbers should be doing fantasic if managed properly? How the hell can you justify throwing a bill at your fans and then saying you wanna make "content" that is effectively paying for your CEO and his buddies' expensive tastes?

Let alone that the videos you have been making haven't been any better for all the bells and whistles you're so concerned about putting on them. They don't feel fun, they feel overproduced and bloated. If you're so strapped for cash maybe dial that shit back.

[steelycunt]

sitting in a job interview having to nod along sympathetically as my would-be boss explains that she intends to pay me minimum wage as though it’s compulsory

[themoonunderstoodmydadjokes]

Do I hate the idea of having to work overtime to have an actually decent paycheck??? Yes. Am I also stoked to get paid this week because I have 10.5 hours of overtime?? Absofuckinglutely.

[loverboybrightsideghost]

it's always good to have a break. i don't know how non-music college compares, but music school is A Lot Of Work, constantly practicing, rehearsing, playing. lots of homework. there's also the mental and emotional aspect; being an artist you need to separate your art from your sense of self and self worth, and it's pretty difficult sometimes. not to mention, it is a competitive field, so there's always wondering about how you measure up to others, auditioning, if you'll even get the job or into the festival or whatever.

the past two semesters have been rough for me, even though i had a great summer in between, it was a lot of change (not just bc of first/second year of school) in a short amount of time and a lot of that change was bc i wanted it and it was on my shoulders to work to practice to prove i can do it. and i did! i can! i still have a long way to go, but i can do it. i often think or worry i don't deserve to be here, but it's reassuring to know that 1) lots of other people, even people i look up, feel that way too and 2) i AM here, so enough people who know what they're doing think i can do it, and who am i to argue?

however, to my original point, it is good to have a break. i love music, and i would not be doing this if i didn't. but i think i really burned myself out this semester, and as soon as i was on break, i stopped practicing at all for like a week and a half, and then after that i practiced only a bit at the end of the day just to play my instrument.

what i've been doing instead is sleeping in a lot, watching a lot of tv and reading lots of comics, and also just Reading and listening to music. i've also been drawing a lot.

it's good to take a break. i am a musician, and always will be, but i am also a person who likes to sleep and eat and who is obsessed with superman and likes hanging out with my friends.

[robotpussy]

feeling like a failure this morning

[gamblegun]

I'm always conflicted about creating a PayPal or whatever for this blog, because 1) My situation isn't dire like a lot of boosting posts are, 2) trans and intersex people are pretty much 100% of this blog's following, and we all don't seem doing that well, 3) I feel like if people give me money they are more likely to expect something from me and feel justified in lashing out if I ever make a mistake while navigating these conversations

[izzy-b-hands]

I will be forever grateful i can be on this new med. it's one a lot of folks also need and can struggle to have access to! It's important i be on it, especially if i start doing any vid collabs

(some of which, really, all of which, i unfortunately actually need to cancel that were in the preplanning stages, bc the election results have me wanting to wait and see how the general atmosphere of the country is before i agree to meet up with anyone. I feel bad for cancelling, but also i just can't know for sure how safe things are/might be going forward and I'd rather avoid the potential of. ya know. various not great things that could happen at a meet up, tho i would certainly hope they wouldn't. i don't feel like actually addressing them rn, u guys know what i mean)

That said, if the truvada initial side effects could fuck off asap would be so lovely. three weeks at worst, then they should be gone/much better or so i am told. really hope that's true bc losing my mornings to being dizzy and nauseous is Not Working for me lmao. im on week two, and now understand why my new doc said to call if i needed any 'cheerleading' and support to get thru the side effects, bc apparently she's done that for several ppl to make sure they actually make it thru the three weeks and keep on it (lovely of her!!)

[the-voice-of-night-vale]

u know what i've been thinking about. how the economy expects you to be, right now, at a job you've been at and consistently getting raises in for like, ten years. it's almost like the implication is "well yeah, you'll be able to live off this job in three, five, ten years if you stick with it and grow in the company" which is all fine and dandy, but i kind of need to live right now