#cassandrean task

[bibibitchery]

tantalian task: a task that should have a specific reward that you desperately need, but you will never obtain the reward because it keeps being snatched from you mere moments before you receive it

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[swiftlyfallingforthemoon]

Im getting a tattoo of Cassandra of Troy today and my Greek mythology tattoo kinda turned into a Taylor Swift related one thanks to TTPD. I swear I planned this before the album came out…

[drakewyne]

boy who commits to icarian tasks ( wherein he knows his overconfidence will doom him in some instance and he will become a pyrrhic victor yet despite it strives to be truly excellent, legendary, and the embodiment of what matters to him and his father the most; he achieved but at what cost ) meets girl who commits to cassandrean tasks ( wherein she understands the narrative and even communicates with it, however, is never believed and subsequently watches herself join the fated in their own doom due to her complicity; is there something in her that makes her unbelievable ) and they commit to dionysian tasks ( plot of the hangover )

[instantinternetcrush]

still trying to save everyone else before saving myself.

what was that they said, a long time before any of this meant anything?

something about oxygen masks and cassandrean tasks.

[lumine-no-hikari]

THIS. Fucking...!!!

Being "gifted" ain't all it's cracked up to be. And what they also don't talk about is how absolutely fucking isolating it is.

I scored ridiculously high on all the standardized tests (like, nationwide 96th percentile). Maintaining near-perfect marks in school was effortless for me. I never had to study. I took the SAT in 6th grade, and I didn't have to study for that, either. I have a brain that just knows what to do with factual information. And maybe this sounds like some kinda superpower, but... it's really, really not.

Meanwhile, all my peers were struggling with algebra. And like. There's nothing overly special about taking the SAT so soon. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with struggling with algebra!! But there IS something wrong with being the only one in your middle/high school who doesn't, and everyone is mad at you because you don't struggle like they do, and so they decide the thing to do is bully you, even though you'd happily help them if only you knew how to speak like a Normal Person™, but no wait, you fucken can't because in addition to being autistic, you grew up in an abusive house where you'll get smacked around if you speak out of turn, and so you've learned to be afraid of speaking at all, and everyone mistakes that for you thinking you're too good for them or some shit. 🙄

All it's ever done is isolate me and make it less likely that I'll be able to relate to other people. I process information differently than Normal People™, and what this translates to is near constant miscommunications, and me trying to talk about some concept or pattern that they just. can't. fucking. see. And then they look at me like I've suddenly sprouted like half a dozen heads, and they back away slowly because they think I'm either bullshitting them or I'm off my fucken rocker. And who knows... maybe I am off my fucken rocker by now; I've got 34 years of living in a world that thinks that people like me ain't worth shit.

So like. Whoop-dee-fricken-doo, I'm good at playing fetch on the standardized tests, I'm lightning-fast at identifying patterns and putting them to good use, and I can quickly and efficiently put together factual information in logical ways that allow me to learn and to synthesize new information faster than ordinary, but like...

Being able to do any of that has no practical applications if you're not a white neurotypical man. Because like... even if you get the right answer, right? Even if you're ahead of the "curve", you still have to overcome the hurdle that is being taken seriously in a world that doesn't value you because you weren't born with the correct body/neurotype for people to imagine that your mind is worth anyfuckenthing. I see patterns and warn people about them and I'm right 9.9 times out of 10, but then they turn around and tell me that even broken fucken clocks are right twice a day, and... the whole thing is a very Cassandrean Task.

And also... there's lots and lots and LOTS of stuff that I can't do. Because like... socially I'm blind, and the world I live in is VERY unforgiving when it comes to that. Also, even in ordinary contexts, I speak using Big Words™, because what I'm going for is precision and clarity (because when I don't, I get horrendously misunderstood), only to have the other person perceive arrogance and pretentiousness (and being AFAB absolutely does not help with that), and... just... ugh...

"Giftedness" is a fucking scam, and I'd give just about anything to have a different neurotype and also to not be traumatized. Maybe then I could fit in with other people.

people misunderstand what ‘gifted kid’ actually means but it’s ok it’s fine it’s cool it’s good

[thesuperawesomeaarpong]

Trying to change game design terminology is a:

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

I'm talking about aesthetics of play and skinner boxes. Meanwhile everyone else is still arguing over the definition of things like rogue-like, metroidvania and RPG.

[agumonger]

this is so much fun!!!

promethean task: when you know you must do something for the greater good or for someone in need, even though you will be unjustly punished for it

orphean task: when you have a task that tests the *one thing* you are most weak towards, and it is a matter of life or death

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[i-am-pinkie]

Brilliant!

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[laziestgirlintown]

* Medean task: Leads you to overdo your response, and though you were entirely in your right in the first place, shit turns to worse shit

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[iliketopgun]

OMG I have Cassandrean tasks everyday at school

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[darth-maya]

I secretly live for the Cassandrean task

"Oh wait, the way you wanted to do it isn't going to work? And the only way it will work is what I said we should do from the start? That's sooooo crazy, it's almost as if I do this EVERY FUCKING DAY"

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[j-uwu-ne]

OH MY GOD YES I HAVE TO PERFORM ICARIAN AND CASSANDREAN TASKS DAILY

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[whatwillyouhaveafter500years]

On cassandrean tasks, I once was leading a group and told them how to do something, then they did it in the way I specifically said was a bad idea. Then when they got to the part of it which I knew would happen and warned them about, I said "So. What have we learned here?"

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[espadieros]

I used to undertake Cassandrean tasks every day. I am gratified to now have a really cool sounding name for a number of jobs I have done.

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[spraytansonyeondan]

being a woman in stem is a cassandrean task

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated

[smoky-impressions]

cassandrean task describes much of my life, oof

the fact that we only have “herculean task” and “sisyphean task” feels so limiting. so here’s a few more tasks for your repertoire

icarian task: when you have a task you know you’re going to fail at anyways, so why not have some fun with it before it all comes crashing down

cassandrean task: when you have to deal with people you KNOW won’t listen to you, despite having accurate information, and having to watch them fumble about when you told them the solution from the start (most often witnessed in customer service)

feel free to chime in i ran out of ideas much faster than i anticipated