#emergency lessons

[batsyheere]

"So, handling your archnemesis," Danny starts. The room falls quiet, heads slowly turning to look at the man as he writes the words on the chalkboard. When finished, the characters somehow both messy and neat at once, Danny places the chalk back down and claps his hands.

"I typically call them fruitloops. Often they're in a better position than you are- older, richer, more powerful. They may have some sort of status that protects them when facing the public."

Tim wondered where Dick was right now, and if he was laughing. His brain was lagging like a computer as he tried to process what Danny was saying, and how seriously a few of his fellow teen vigilantes were taking this.

"Some of their more common tactics are-" the chalk was picked back up, and Danny writes as he speaks.

"Manipulation, isolation, conditioning, and empathy."

MICE.

Tim stares at the board, and quietly slips put his phone.

-What have I done to deserve this.

Enjoy your lessons Tim-

His head thumps against the desk. Conner leans over, gives him a pat on the shoulder but returns to taking notes as Danny goes on to explain the conditioning tactic.

[cyphyree]

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[anyataylorjoys]

LAST NIGHT IN SOHO (2021) dir. Edgar Wright

[runefactorynonsense]

Melotober - Day 3 - Potion

The ingredients matter, or it won't heal at all. But the magic and intent of the crafter can make them better. (aka I wish you could take lessons from villagers in later games in place of the dang skill bread)

[vaguely-concerned]

kremy 'assigned elderly citizen by the witchlight carnival' lecroux

[foxsnails]

Forever trying to balance the fact that people often do not pick up that I'm being hyperbolic to be silly and also the fact that I hate explaining that I'm joking when I say smth because then it's less funny !!

[whoslaurapalmer]

i know kit has like actual folders with her in penultimate peril but i think when she was younger she used whatever book she was reading at the time as a filing system/a folder/a purse. she'd bring it with her everywhere so she could read it, and she'd never forget it anywhere, so of course she'd put important things she needed in it. money and notes and recent assignments and letters from her siblings and reminders she's written to herself and a pen clipped on the cover

beatrice meanwhile is a Big Purse person but it also has No Necessities and isn't even necessarily always Big, it is just Jammed with things. multiple books, pairs of stockings, scripts, a bottle opener, the pocket dictionary, six pens because she keeps stealing them from people, a pocket knife, pretzels she forgot about that went stale that she WILL try and eat later regardless, maybe even a pair of shoes. emergency heels

bertrand has the Seemingly Bottomless Inside Jacket Pockets where he does carry The Necessities. always some sort of snack. that is not stale. definitely some candy too, though

[omarfor-orchestra]

Well

[supes9]

Johnny bubblegum flaunter Gage

[healingheartdogs]

I know it's been a few years since I've run my own dog training business instead of working for someone else for exploitation wages and that previously I was working in the rural south where prices are a bit different in general, but out of curiosity I decided to look at some dog training services in my area in upstate NY today and got hit with sticker shock ngl.

Most places don't post their prices so I could only compare a few (which... I sort of get since they want to avoid competition doing what I'm doing right now lol but as someone who has run a dog training business and had business marketing included in my education it's something I see as an... *interesting* choice, because most clients want to know price up front without having to contact you and wait for a response because they probably already have a budget in mind and just want to be able to quickly see if you fit into it or not, which means not having prices posted will make some potential clients immediately look elsewhere and if you don't even have some sort of price range for services posted somewhere then most of your calls and emails will just be people asking for pricing and a majority of those calls and emails will not lead to services purchased so it ends up wasting a lot of unpaid time on office work BUT THATS AN UNRELATED TOPIC, I DIGRESS) but WOWZA the ones that did have prices posted really made me realize I do NOT live in a low cost of living place anymore.

One of the popular places here that I looked at charges $150+ for ONE training session with one of their APPRENTICE trainers. It's double that price to train with one of their more experienced dog trainers for just one session.

I looked back at some of the trainers I was competing with back in FL and NC to compare as well as the dog training school I went to just to check and see if prices were getting that high in other rural areas, and nope. Most places $300 would still get you at least three - maybe up to six - private lessons spread out over three (or six, or whatever) weeks, which is the pricing range I'm used to seeing dog trainers in the rural south suffer with because of places like Petsmart setting the pricing bar so low.

I'm pretty sure I have more formal dog training education and certification than most of the employees at this place too since even their main "behaviorist" (not a protected title in the USA so anyone can call themselves that) has no certifications listed at all that I can find, so... I guess now that I live here if I ever start training again I'm going to have to rethink my pricing lol even if I don't charge those kinds of prices I clearly still need to bump them up in this area from what I used to charge in order to be competitive with these other training businesses.

[schizononagesimus]

Hey guys, would've never dreamed that this would be my face reveal (or name, for the matter), but due to my family cutting me off of rent support for the month of August, I'll have no money for rent, and therefore won't be able to write porn for you all</33

Basically, I graduated from my master's degree in June and had no savings due to relying solely on student loans, and my one family member who could help me with rent is expecting me to get a job in less than a month, which is not only incredibly difficult but due to onboarding and payroll I wouldn't have rent money for August even if I started a job literally today. I'm still waiting on a funding decision for one PhD which is due to come in August, and I'm applying to jobs everyday. Your help would be greatly appreciated, and even if you can't help, sharing would be awesome!! Thank you<33

GOAL: 0 / $1,750

[youngpettyqueen]

fun little headcanon I have is that after like the second abduction Julian asked Kira to train him on how to fight

[etakeh]

Switched internet companies recently, to a fiber service instead. Got rid of Comcast, yay me.

I knew that the connection was in my bedroom closet, but I had everything put away in tidy so I wasn't too worried.

The person came in, rattled around in there for 20 minutes, and took off.

I just now, two days later, opened my closet to get my jammies. And realize that maybe I should have been a little more careful with where I put things before I let a stranger into my closet.

I mean, it's not illegal. and it's actually filled with first aid supplies, but they wouldn't know that.

And if they looked too carefully, they'd probably seen the gas mask in the crate underneath it.

But seriously where am I supposed to put my emergency stuff, besides right there in the closet where I can grab it if I need it.

I keep telling myself, I'm sure they've seen way worse. But still.

[biganimal92]

"i keep having panic attacks out of nowhere" "i feel like i'm dissociating and nothing feels real and i can't figure out why" "having a psyche collapse for absolutely no reason" bitch it's because you keep taking edibles before bed

[notetaeker]

my girl rlly asked me to write her a recommendation letter the day before its due i asked her for her personal statement so I could write it in a more personal way and homegirl sent me a statement that said 'i have no passion for anything but college is my opportunity to be passionate' 😭😭💀

[landofgay]

driving lesson number 2/5 wish me luck !!!!!!