#i hate company policies sometimes

[ilkkawhat]

you’ve heard of secondhand embarrassment now get ready for secondhand heartbreak!!

[exitpursuedbyavulcan]

WHY do so many middle-aged men try to flirt with women in the comments of my company’s Facebook posts??!

Sir, this is a amusement park, not tinder

[flanaganfilm]

Mr. Flanagan, I’d like to ask a question and I deeply hope that it does not offend or upset you. I am strongly considering canceling my Netflix subscription due to their new password sharing policy. However, Midnight Mass is one of my favorite shows of all time and I know it isn’t available on DVD, and I’m also profoundly anticipating your take on my favorite Edgar Allen Poe story. So I wanted to ask your take on people accessing your work through, uh, other means. If it’s something that’s offensive to you or will harm you or the other people who work so hard on these shows, I’ll happily keep my Netflix just so that I can keep supporting your work. I respect you far too much as an artist to do otherwise.

Again, I really hope I’m not upsetting you by asking this question. Thank you for everything, and I hope you’re having a great day!

(NOTE 6/4/2024: I'm editing this entry because, well over a year since it was posted, some journalists dug this up and used it to create click-bait headlines that are misleading, out of context and artificially combative. While I was of course disappointed over the years that Netflix opted not to release my work on physical media, I never experienced any hostility or aggression in those discussions, and I sincerely regret the manner in which this post was used in the press this week.)

Hi there - no offense taken whatsoever, in fact I think this is a very interesting and important question.

So. If you asked me this a few years ago, I would have said "I hate piracy and it is hurting creators, especially in the independent space." I used to get in Facebook arguments with fans early in my career when people would post about seeing my work on torrent sites, especially when that work was readily available for rent and purchase on VOD.

Back in 2014, my movie Before I Wake was pirated and leaked prior to any domestic release, and that was devastating to the project. It actually made it harder to find distribution for the film. By the time we were able to get distribution in the US, the film had already been so exposed online that the best we could hope for was a Netflix release. Netflix stepped in and saved that movie, and for that I will always be grateful to them.

However...

Working in streaming for the past few years has made me reconsider my position on piracy.

In the years I worked at Netflix, I tried very hard to get them to release my work on blu-ray and DVD.

It became clear very fast that their priority was subscriptions, and that they were not particularly interested in physical media releases of their originals, with a few exceptions.

While companies like Netflix pride themselves on being disruptors, and have proven that they can affect great change in the industry, they sometimes fail to see the difference between disruption and damage. So much that they can find themselves, intentionally or not, doing harm to the concept of film preservation.

The danger comes when a title is only available on one platform, and then - for whatever reason - is removed.

We have already seen this happen. And it is only going to happen more and more. Titles exclusively available on streaming services have essentially been erased from the world. If those titles existed on the marketplace on physical media, like HBO's Westworld, the loss is somewhat mitigated (though only somewhat.) But when titles do not exist elsewhere, they are potentially gone forever.

The list of titles that have been removed from streaming services is growing.

I still believe that where we put our dollars matters. Renting or buying a piece of work that you like is essential. It is casting a vote, encouraging studios - who only speak the language of money - to invest more effort into similar work. If we show up to support distinct, unique, exciting work, it encourages them to make more of it. It's as simple as that. If we don't show up, or if they can't hear our voice because we are casing our vote "silently" through torrent sites or other means - it makes it unlikely that they will take a chance to create that kind of work again.

Which is why I typically suggest that if you like a movie you've seen through - uh - other means, throw a few dollars at that title on a legitimate platform. Rent it. Purchase it. Support it.

But if some studios offer no avenue for that kind of support, and can (and will) remove content from their platform forever... frankly, I think that changes the rules.

Netflix will likely never release the work I created for them on physical media, though I'll always hold out hope.

Some of you may say "wait, aren't The Haunting of Hill House and The Haunting of Bly Manor available on blu-ray and DVD?" Yes, they are, because they were co-produced with Paramount, and I'm grateful that Paramount was able to release and protect those titles. (I'm also grateful that those releases include extended cuts, deleted scenes, and commentary tracks. There are a number of fantastic benefits to physical media releases.)

But a lot of the other work I did there are Netflix originals, without any other studio involvement. Those titles - like Midnight Mass, The Midnight Club, and the upcoming Fall of the House of Usher - along with my Netflix exclusive and/or original movies Before I Wake and Gerald's Game - have no such protections. The physical media releases of those titles are entirely at Netflix's discretion, and don't appear to be priority for the studio at this time.

At the moment, Netflix seems content to leave Before I Wake, Gerald's Game, Midnight Mass, and The Midnight Club on the service, where they still draw audiences. I don't think there is a plan to remove any of them anytime soon. But plans change, the industry changes.

The point is things change, and each of those titles - should they be removed from the service for any reason - are not available anywhere else. If that day comes - if Netflix's servers are destroyed, if a meteor hits the building, if they are bought out by a competitor and their library is liquidated - I don't know what the circumstances might be, I just know that if that day comes, some of the work that means the most to me in the world would be entirely erased.

Or, what if we aren't so catastrophic in our thinking? What if it the change isn't so total? What if Netflix simply bumps into an issue with the license they paid for music (like the Neil Diamond songs that play such a crucial role in Midnight Mass), and decide to leave the show up but replace the songs?

This has happened before as well - fans of Northern Exposure can get the show on DVD and blu-ray, but the music they heard when the series aired has been replaced due to the licensing issues. And the replacements - chosen for their low cost, not for creative reasons - are not improvements. What if the shows are just changed, and not by creatives, but by business affairs executives?

All to say that physical media is critically important. Having redundancy in the marketplace is critically important. The more platforms a piece of work is available on, the more likely it is to survive and grow its audience.

As for Netflix, I hope sincerely that their thinking on this issue evolves, and that they value the content they spend so much money creating enough to protect it for posterity. That's up to them, it's their studio, it's their rules. But I like to think they may see that light eventually, and realize that exclusivity in a certain window is very cool... but exclusivity in perpetuity could potentially limit the audience and endanger the work itself.

[theflyingchair-mhj]

me, googling the ending of a show/movie i’m watching after noticing that one of my faves is starting to have it a just a liiiiiiittle bit too rough (especially if they’re bad with a sad backstory/morally grey):

*puts on reading glasses* ok now what’s it say here, let’s see…

article: “…[CHARACTER I LIKE] ends up dying (/going to jail/suffering somehow), but perhaps they deserve it. this goes to show…”

me:

…

…

…

*sigh of someone who is at their fucking limit and is starting to lose their patience* *opens laptop and pulls up google docs*

*cracks knuckles*

[allpiesforourown]

more hatman brainrot takeover incoming

sy was a normal dude before being transmigrated into the role of 'hatman', a role specifically meant to evoke sheer terror into the masses who are getting too close to seeing into the other dimensions of the world, and lbh has been trying to dissociate from his entire life's bs since he was old enough to sell drugs to dumbass college students so he could pay for his moms medicine (she still dies, and his dad showing up later to claim him as his heir does Not Help)

he's trying a new strain given to him by dear ol dad, who's big into fashion drugs himself, which is how lbh and hatman!sy meet for the first time, but sy being sy, he is Instantly Enamored by binghe's whole everything, and doesnt wanna give binghe even more trauma, so he doesnt really scare him, cue the beginning of a very confusing and erotic trip for binghe

binghe is now obsessed with the entity with the insanely green eyes who seems to only ever visit whenever binghe is trying to enter another plane of existence (only ever touching him gently when hes paralyzed, sometimes even lightly smacking him when binghe tries to ask questions in the tripscape, but his eyes are so kind, and binghe is so horny) which is precisely against Company Policy, and eventually somebody above sy figures out he's visiting the same victimtransgressor and threatens to demote sy from hatman to transdimensional paperpusher in the departed souls dimension

now sy has to figure out how to convince binghe that he's actually something to be feared, gives him a REAL fright (dumping binghe's mind into the abyss), and binghe being binghe, he's deeply upset by this shift after spending time getting to know sy and being treated so "sweetly", and spends the next 3 years tracking down anyone else online who has seen The Hatman so he can figure out why sy suddenly hates him and prove to the hatman that he's worth crossing over into their world for, even going so far as to invent a machine that will trap the hatman in the material world (at least until he fan figure out how to make him stay on his own)

it leads to a lot of the wrong hatmen being captured and sy getting into a lot of trouble with the higher ups who are trying to keep him and the rest of their operation from being found out, and it wouldve all gone according to plan, except binghe manages to successfully catch him while sy is visiting liu qingge, but not successfully enough create a corporeal form for him, and it leads to sy thinking binghe is doing this on purpose for torturing him

the delicious misunderstanding of it all~ gonna stop there for now cuz i havent thought of how they reconcile this shit but i need binghe and mobei jun to both get high together and mobei meets his own hatman sqh who ends up being more terrified of of mbj and gets harrassed into helping catch sy for binghe

Dude the world building here is INSANE I need you to make this a best selling book idea

[nohoney]

Bakugou would listen to you rant all about work. Even though he’s the one out on the streets with more exciting stories to tell, one of his favorite things is to hear you talk about your own work. He follows and nods along with whatever work story you have for him for the day, always attentive but never telling you what you should do to handle it (as he had learned from a prior relationship).

“I can tell he fuckin’ hates me, you know?” You continue on about your current work events as you sit on the countertop and watch Bakugou cut vegetables, “He keeps on bringing up my old manager as if she has anything to do with it now. Like, no motherfucker! You answer to me now and I’m saying pay your stupid invoice!”

The vegetables for dinner are set aside while the oven is still preheating. Two pieces of pork chop are taken from the fridge and is set aside on a clean plate as Bakugou looks for spices to rub into the meat. “So what happened baby? Did he pay? Y’said you were dealing with this for almost two weeks.” He asks you, genuinely curious if your annoying client is actually complying with you. The thought in his head is wondering how you handled it.

“I have to read you this email that I wrote. I gotta say the professional ways of dissing someone in email is something I finally understand now.” You laugh as you pull up your work email on your phone. Word for word you read out your well thought out response to your difficult client, not backing down and upholding work policy as you are expected to. Bakugou had never really bothered with any type of skill of being professional through communication in his job; it’s what his team is for while he gets the really privilege to cuss as he pleases and have his team handle it for the public. “Here is how I signed off, I think it’s probably my most eloquent and business-like ‘fuck you’ I’ve written so far.”

You clear your throat first before reading aloud, “‘I hope that the explanations of how to navigate your account has cleared up any confusion you may have and that you are able to move forward in compliance with our company policy, if you have any further questions then please let me know.’ God I know he’s going to hate me as soon as he reads it!”

He chuckles, happy that you know how to stand your ground in such a manner that Bakugou knows he struggles in. “You tell him, baby.”

“I fucking did Katsuki!” You boast with a proud little smile as you hop off the countertop and go to his side as he heats oil in a pan. “Sorry, I’ve been going on about this annoying client for a while. I wanna hear about your work today Tsuki.”

Bakugou shakes his head though and urges you to talk about what else happened at your work. The meat sizzles as he presses it into the pan, crackling and sizzling in a way that’s reminiscent of his quirk but to a much lower degree. The oven beeps to indicate that preheating is finished and you move to put all the vegetables into the glass pan and stick it in for him, already setting a timer before he can even ask. “What about that other guy? The one who keeps on saying that he’s getting investors so he wants to make you wait a little longer?” He asks you when he recalls another client you complained of a few days ago.

You excitedly pop off about your work again, unknowing how you calm Bakugou down with your own work stories. Your series of responsibilities that he wouldn’t know the first clue how to handle are interesting to him to hear how you handle yourself. It’s simple compared to what he does but in no way is it easy either. To see you struggle sometimes with your own career wasn’t easy for him but you were also strong enough to handle it all the same.

And he liked to think that he made it easy for you to handle because he wanted to hear anything and everything about your job that’s so different from his. “Tell me about the parking permits, did that get solved yet?” He asks as he starts to set food on the plates.

“No! I’m on week three of dealing with it and it’s ridiculous! I sent everything in so early and they deal with it so late!!”

Bakugou listens with a happy heart to hear you talk, never wanting you to apologize over the things that frustrate you. And by the end of your rants, even he feels a little lighter as he readies to get in bed with you.

And the next day as he’s just about to enter a meeting in his agency, Bakugou gets a text from you.

[1:57 pm] omg i need to tell you what this mofo emailed me when we’re home

He looks forward to it, letting a little smile come onto his face. He can see you all cute and puffed up and mad, and he can’t wait to hear about it.

[1:58 pm] can’t wait baby. love you.

You text him back within seconds.

[1:58 pm] love you!!!

Bakugou can’t wait to be home and listen to you.

[siryouarebeingmocked]

SYABM comic 70 “Donation Aggravation”.

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Some people get really mad about a computer asking them to give pennies.

AP says this meme is false.

Customer donations aren’t income, legally. So they can’t be ducked from the company’s tax bill.

Tax Policy Center says the same thing, and points out that consumers forget to deduct their donations.*

This meme was apparently popularized by, of course, TikTok.

Also, if they get a tax break, so what? 

The point of that is to encourage charity and social benefit. If you care more about the tax break than whether they’re actually helping anyone, I think your priorities are skewed.

And getting a tax break means the company has more money to spend on stuff like...the charity. Or employee raises. Or just staying open.

I know the implication is that they must be insincere, but it doesn’t actually prove anything. It’s just point-scoring.

I recently saw people complaining that Panda Express falsely takes the credit for their charity, which is entirely funded by donations from customers and employees. PE Cares openly and explicitly says so on their website.

PE also covers the admin costs for PEC. All of them.

And as someone pointed out, they could just as easily...not have the charity. In fact, it would be easier.

Heck, during the Hawaii Wildfires, PE donated meals to first responders and displaced people. And, oh yes, they matched donations to the Red Cross.

...It’s a “Cancel” button. 

Those are often different from regular choices, so people don’t click them accidentally. Heck, sometimes they’re made that way so they’re easier to see.

No 5D chess subliminal messages required.

And if you’re so easily influenced that a button color can change your mind, that’s on you.

“Saying your assumptions about us are wrong are gaslighting, even when I have no actual evidence  I am also confident that everyone does this, which justifies my assumption that any given company does this.”

It’s especially irritating because gaslighting is about perception. But assumptions are not actual perceptions, and perceptions are wrong all the time.

I also saw people in the Youtube comments complaining about grocery store food waste, because apparently stores love to waste money, and are not influenced by picky consumers or legal concerns (PDF).

I’ve argued with these types before, and naturally, they defaulted to attacking me instead of my argument. Didn’t even pretend to have any actual evidence. Unlike me. Just doubled down.

And, again, what does this have to do with charity?

Plenty of companies actually, quietly donate everything to charity that they can. But that doesn’t make the news as much. Sometimes because that leads to people trying to take advantage.

Incidentally, during the Texas blackout a few years back, one grocery store tried to donate their food to a charity. Except it was physically impossible for them to get there before the food expired, due to the bad weather.

People saw the store throw out the ruined food (under police guard), and said the store was selfish.

One Youtube comment said the Bible claimed people shouldn’t give openly. Okay, but that’s about self-aggrandizement and egotism, not just asking for donations and trying to set an example for others, out of actual caring.

I think the real motive is a combination of anti-corporate NPC hate, and the desire to attack the requester instead of admitting they just don’t want to donate.

And I gotta wonder what the overlap is with the folks who insist billionaires can “easily” afford to pay taxes that are more than what many people make in their entire lives, because it’s a small amount relative to their total wealth.

* Did see someone once claim that people pay higher taxes for donating. They may have been referring to people not knowing they can deduct donation. Which is, um, not the company’s fault. At all.

Behind the Scenes: This is the first comic drawn in Krita that I’ve animated. In fact, it’s my first Krita animation, ever.

And unfortunately for me, Krita can’t animate Vector layers or groups. I only figured that out after a literal hour looking up tutorials (which didn’t help). And it’s a tad irritating, because I often use vector layers AND groups.

So I had to manually create each frame. Three different elements with three different timings. Had to break out the paper and pencil and plot it out.

Kinda fun, actually.

This is also the first commentary in a long time that I didn’t write before I finished the comic. In fact, I’m doing it completely raw. All I had was the saved image and a link to the Youtube thread in question.

Comic Inspirations:

That one freakout scene in Bocchi the Rock.

The kiosks at my local McDonald’s.

Whatever this is;

[centrally-unplanned]

If I am gonna be an electoral popularist I gotta be a consistent popularist - I may think the idea of 'price gouging grocery police' to be very dumb, but it is popular! Americans hate high prices and blame companies, by huge margins, and are not economists and so don't really care if a price is "market clearing" or not. Particularly for a Dem politican, where anti-corporate is far more The Brand, it is probably a good issue to run on.

The important part is to just not do it when you win. Voters don't care and won't notice, they care about lower prices and such, so just do things that will *actually* help reduce costs and they will reward you for it (or, "reward", voters typically don't reward you for anything and sometimes actively punish you for your successes, but you won't be called out as a hypocrit or w/e at least)

And it is super vague anyway, right? Market collusion is *already* illegal, companies do do that (here is a current case in the meat industry!), we punish them now; you can keep doing that, increase enforcement, etc. You can just say doubling down on FTC actions in accordance with a 'new federal guideline' that is just defacto the same as the old guidelines But We Mean It This Time is your policy, and you arent even lying! Tons of rules go underenforced, this is fine. Wont change prices much ofc because the grocery industry just isnt that kind of space, but done right it can help at the margins.

One side of the popularist coin is that voters do actually care about issues, they are 'smart' and notice if you are hot airing them while endorsing different beliefs. They dont in fact vote solely on vibes. The other side though is that they are also dumb, and dont have any real theories of change but instead grab-bag, shallow policy preferences that they don't stick to if the underlying problem solves itself. Lower housing prices and they will not care if you did it via rent control or supply side reforms. Being a good politician is seeing where they care and where they don't.

[emry-stars-art]

What are your thoughts on Neil and Katelyn being friends? Either in your au or just in general. Personally I’m insane about it

SAME

Like if you’re asking realistically, if I was to write a post canon Neil and Katelyn friendship it would be that they don’t actually seek out each others company, but when they DO get together it is chaos for the twins. Like no one expected them to have that much or that kind of energy around each other. I don’t even know if I can describe it, it’s something adjacent to a sibling relationship with a wordless agreement to mess with Andrew and Aaron as much as possible and also having that step-sibling vibe that is both ironic hate and a little bit of real “still not a huge fan of u”. I do like Andrew being better with kids so Neil doesn’t necessarily have a special in with kateaaron’s girls.

But they get along completely well enough and are comfy around each other. My weakness for better post canon relationships for everyone strikes again

In the royal au it’s similar, obviously it takes even longer for Abram to be comfy/casual around the queen but once he is they have a fine time when they happen to around each other. As stated previously, he sometimes ends up watching out for her at parties and stuff bc Katelyn has always been incredible at sneaking away from her people - if she isn’t on Aaron’s arm she’s gonna be on Abram’s and like at least halfway drunk, if she’s not somewhere on the floor dancing. Since this universe (or at least Palmetto idk) doesn’t have super strict policy on dances and stuff, sometimes she convinces Abram to dance with her as long as there’s someone else near enough to keep an eye on the room around the prince. Andrew always rolls his eyes at their friendly/sibling-like affection but he’s also relieved Abram’s relaxing enough to allow it. He always lets Abram go dance (Andrew himself keeps the same arm-length distance from Katelyn that he does from everyone else). Aaron doesn’t mind either, HE’S just relieved she picked someone capable of protecting her to go drunkenly talk to when she disappears (he also likes the way she lights up when Aaron eventually comes to collect her. She’s very happy to see her beloved husband and I love that for them).

Anyway Queen Katelyn is very sweet to Abram (bc she’s a sweet person) and eventually yes they ABSOLUTELY cause chaos for the twins hehe

Find the royal au writing masterpost here 💕

[ziskeyt]

i work in making proposals. for those who don't work in business (and even those who do) you may not know what an RFP is, which is just a Request for Proposal. Sometimes it's RFI (information) RFQ (quote) or some other term, but it all leads to the same thing: a company needs something so they go out to the market with their documents detailing what they need and their terms, and other companies as suppliers or consultants then answer how they would solve their need. in my job i make proposals for any organization that needs the services my company provides: universities, private institutions, banks, the government, hospitals, it doesn't matter, at my level what matters is the size of the contract for my team to be called in to respond. this means i'm only seeing the bigger spends. it means i'm seeing where corporations and organizations see value in investing their time and money in. i give you this preamble to set the table for what i have to say.

i do not live nor work in the usa right now, though i do vote there as an expat. so i'm well aware of a lot of the social issues, fears, and predicted trends regarding both. DEI as a term became fashionable several years ago, and as we've seen in the recent past it has lost that lauded status as companies slowly close up their public facing support for these endeavours. this is disheartening and it feels like we're sliding backward on the ride of progress. and we are, in public. and, it is important to note these issues are not restricted to the usa, we are seeing this tide change in many places, the usa happens to have a lot of influence on the world stage, for better and for worse.

again, my job is making business proposals to solve a need a company sees monetary value in working on. so i want to tell you about an aspect of a proposal that i just saw: a company is asking for solutions on how to manage differing lighting needs in the office environment. you may read that and think: oh okay so changes in overhead lighting. not the case here. no, they are asking for solutions so an individual can be at their desk and have some control over how much light from the overheads they are exposed to. they are asking for solutions to help accommodate neurodiverse workers who have light sensitivity issues. my coworker tells me two very well known companies who write about workplace trends, workplace think pieces, workplace strategy, and so on, are both coming out with literature about neurodiversity in the workplace in the coming months and how to accommodate neurodiverse employees.

we may be seeing a rise in very obnoxious people gaining power, we may be seeing a rise in fascist rhetoric, and we may be seeing a rise in organizations stepping back from public support for "liberal" things -- and yet, business continues to see a value in investing in accommodations and diversity. and yes, a piece of the puzzle of this rise in hate is a reaction to exactly this happening. but the important thing here, for me, is that this rise hatred hasn't stopped this from happening. it hasn't stopped me from getting request after request asking how we invest in our communities, how we ensure we hire diverse subcontractors, what our dei policies are at our company, are we minority owned, do we work with companies owned by Indigenous people, what is the make up of our workforce, and more. the money, in the business world, is still in working with diverse companies, accommodating workers, or, at the least, speaking to it. we just have to keep pushing. people do care about each other. for some of them you just have to find the in to get around the hateful propaganda that transformed their thinking. but that's a different conversation. the point i'm making is, do not give in to despair. the money in business is still in diversity and this is a good thing.

[disordercinema]

To add to your retail AU-

Fred worked right next door to the store and was really close with Tubbo and Tubbo fell in love with him. The store ended up moving so now Tubbo sulks about it, especially when he sees Pac and Fit flirting. His background is also him and Fred.

Fred is the son of the store owner so he just moved with the building. Now instead of working next door, they work a couple of blocks from each other. Tubbo always acts like he moved continents.

Other members would come by and just talk for a while.

Bolas is just that one dnd group that hangs around after closing hours. Phil doesn’t do shit about it, he’ll actually join in with them every once in a while.

Bad would often yell at Tubbo for his mannerisms, like cursing while talking to a customer or back talking.

Pierre is the tech support that everyone calls if Tubbo doesn’t know how to fix it himself or makes it worse.

If someone is yelling at an employee and no one can calm them down and Phil is needed, he kills them with kindness. If someone yells at one of the kids though, he gets pissed.

The island is frequently visited. People will stay for a few months or less but most leave rather quickly. It’s small enough to where everyone knows everyone, but everyone knows the islanders as they’re own group.

The Islanders are one big family and are willing to do a lot for each other. If you argue cross one of them, you cross all of them.

The Federation is a government system and Cucurucho is the mayor

The eggs are the islanders children still. They came from an overcrowded orphanage so they took them in.

This is it! For now maybe- idk.

I like, I like, tho I don't follow all

I had imagined Bolas as like, the employees of the other store Philza owns across the city. All the employees are insanely terrible at their jobs but somehow always outperform the morning crew's store especially during holiday season and Tubbo absolutely hates them for it. He has a whole one sided rivalry with them and comes up with crazy plans to win against them while most of their stategy is just "Let's figure out a way to leave early".

I don't see a reason why the kids would be at the store, but I like Pierre being the tech support. I think Bad would be a former Karen turned regular after Philza won against him during a passive-aggressiveness-kindness-disguised contest. He starts going there out of pettiness, but actually becomes friendly with the employees over time and it is close to his job (daycare worker) so it's easy for him to buy stuff on the way home. Sometimes Tubbo convinces him to go terrorize Bolas when he finds out Bad has an errand across town and he does it for discounts.

I also like the idea of the Fred being from a nearby shop, maybe a flower shop?

The Federation would 100% the heads of the Retailers Association, always in contact with the government, observing and making sure the policies are being followed. Fit gets a spot in it for his strong presence in the union and all he does is cover up for all the things his store fails to comply on. Cellbit gets a place in it too, because he used to be a general manager at another big retail company, but he fucking hates it and wants to leave so he has been trying to get kicked out by leaking shit he shouldn't and it somehow doesn't work because no one figures out it was him.

I really like your ideas, this is just what my brain cooked since I made that post lmao

[serafilms]

song 56! you’re on your own, kid (taylor swift) + choi soobin requested by @explorewithd (spotify wrapped event)

i didn’t choose this town, i dream of getting out, there’s just one who could make me stay all my days

There’s a town on the west side of the coast, where the air is fresh with salt and pine. It’s small, quaint if you will, consisting of one market, one convenience store, a singular movie theatre, one McDonald’s and a whole bunch of family owned restaurants.

The town is yours, but you hate it.

You’re sick of walking through near empty streets, of seeing the same faces you grew up with at school, of trying to think of activities to do with your friends, and doing those activities knowing you’ve done them a thousand times before.

You can’t wait to leave it all behind.

You’re sitting in a booth in the McDonald’s, pondering this, when a tray slides in front of your face.

“Here you go, ma’am.”

You scowl up at the looming figure of the tall boy in front of you. He slides into the seat across from you and takes off cap embroidered with the restaurant logo, immediately reaching for one of your fries. He runs a hand through his dark hair, ruffling the flattened mess as he chews.

“Isn’t it against company policy to impose on your customer’s meals and eat their fries?”

Soobin shrugs at you, tearing open your straw and stabbing it into your cola to take a sip.

“Policy, schmolicy. There’s like two other people on shift and no customers. I’ll be fine,” he says, grabbing another fry. “And please, you love me being here.”

You tug the tray towards you protectively. “Not when you eat my food,” you mumble.

He rolls his eyes but a smile creeps onto his face as he looks at you, and you have to look down at your food to stop yourself from blushing and smiling back like a schoolgirl.

You open the box of chicken nuggets and frown. “Hey, you gave me one less!”

“Oh,” he says, blinking down at it, “yeah, I ate one of them when I was packing it.”

He sees your unimpressed stare and rises. “I’ll bring you two extra,” he says, then grabs the box and retreats into the kitchen.

Soobin’s absence gives you some time alone with your thoughts once more. Choi Soobin is, you believe, the only good thing about your town. He’s your best friend, your soulmate, twin flame, whatever you want to call it. He’s the one thing in this place that you could never be sick of.

You love your other friends and everyone else in the town too, of course, but it’s not the same. You know they’d all be there for you when you need them, but you aren’t quite sure when their concern stops being out of genuine care and starts being out of obligation. For their friend, neighbour, community. Nothing in this town acts by itself, and you feel sometimes as though you’re nothing more than a cog in its old, steam billowing machine.

You think back to your years at high school. You’d wait ages at some party for your friends to notice you, to find you and come up to you, only for them to not be there. Because you hadn’t asked them to. Because they were only there when you needed them to be.

You wanted something more. A city so wide that only those you wanted to find you could, that every friendship, every relationship is by choice. Freedom. More than that, you wanted somewhere that could contain your dreams, fulfil them. You were always overflowing in this town. You just wanted to know that you’re not on your own.

Your eyes flit upwards as Soobin returns and hands you the box. You’re pleased to find that he did put in two extra, and reach over to pat his head in gratitude. “Good job, Soobie.”

He squirms away from your hand and pouts at you, but forgets it as he grabs another of your fries.

“Stop that!” you protest.

“I’m only eating the super crunchy ones that you don’t like!”

You roll your eyes and take a few fries yourself, surveying the boy in front of you. His hair is tousled as it usually is at work, his face is a little shiny from the heat of the kitchen, and his eyes are wide as his mouth chews and he focuses on it. Something tugs at your gut, and you have a horrible reminder that to leave this town behind, you might have to leave Soobin behind too.

“Hey, do you ever think about getting out of this place?”

Soobin looks at you in confusion. “You mean McDonald’s? Well, yeah eventually, but it’s an easy way to make money right now—“

“No,” you interrupt, “I mean, like, out of this town. Move to the city or something.”

You feel the heat on your neck rising in embarrassment as his face morphs into one of surprise.

“I— do you?”

You begin to grow hesitant, but your desperation to confide in him wins, so you say, “Yeah, I do.”

He’s silent for a while, looking down at the fry in his hand, and you feel your anxiety start to take over, so you continue.

“I mean, obviously not forever, because I’d still come back and stuff, but I want to know what it’s like out there. I want to know if they can help me do the things I want to do.” He’s looking at you now. “I want to know that there’s more than just this version of myself.”

“So you’re thinking about moving to the city,” he speaks finally.

It’s less a question than a statement, and you aren’t quite sure how he’s feeling about this, so you ask, “If I was, would you come with me?”

There’s a long silence in which Soobin looks at you, and you meet his eyes, and you see uncertainty swimming in them until he says. “I don’t think I would.”

You feel your stomach sinking like a heavy stone. “Why not?”

“Well, because,” Soobin fumbles and his tall figure seems to shrink in on himself as he frowns, “because I’ve got friends here and family. I can’t just leave them like that.”

But what about me? You want to scream. How can he be so okay with letting you go? You want to yell at him, cry at him, rip your hair out, because if Choi Soobin wants to stay in this town you know that there isn’t enough resolve in you to leave him behind.

You want him to come with you, to fight to be with you, even to fight to make you stay. Anything, anything that will show you that he cares. Your hopes are disappointed.

“But if you do go, you know we’ll always be friends, right? You can call me whenever you need me.”

You feel as though you’ve been ripped in two, half of you left behind with the version of Soobin that sat there before this conversation happened.

You can call me whenever you need me, he said, whenever you need me.

You suppose that as much as Soobin is the best thing to come out of this place, he is still a product of it.

“Yeah, I know,” you say back, and manage a weak smile as he gives you one back. The two of you manage to divert the topic and spend some time devouring your meal until you’re finished and you finally have reason to leave.

“You should get back to work,” you tell him as you rise.

Soobin looks conflicted, and you see sadness in his eyes and the downturned twist of his lips, but he nods and makes his way around the table to give you a hug. You almost tear up at the feeling of his arms around you, chest pressed to yours, and you pull back before the tears fall.

“See you later,” he says.

“Bye, Soobin,” you say.

When you arrive home, you collapse into your bed and allow the tears to fall. You guess you really are on your own.

[destinygoldenstar]

🍀Our Unexpected Savior🍀 - Total Drama Viewer Reacts to Disventure Camp Season 2 Episode 5 “You Are A Monster”

Idk why Lake lost her hair. It wasn't explained. But you know what? She deserves stylish hairdos of whatever she wants.

You want to dye your hair blue and defect from your parents? Do it.

Lake is one of those characters that deserves the world, honestly.

I got nothing better to do, I'm honestly pretty tired. Tired of Yul.

But I'll power through because why not? We're already here and y'all enjoy my content.

So let's get into Episode 5.

Oh.

Okay so this is cool. This wasn't here before.

Bear with me as I read this:

"Disventure Camp uses references from different reality TV shows in its format, parodying them in this animated series."

Total Drama also does this. But this is a valid way of wording it, because at the end of the day, 'Parody of Reality TV' is NOT a character or a property that Fresh TV owns. It is an IDEA. A story idea. A creative decision to have that idea be its format.

Legally, story ideas cannot be protected under copyright.

Characters can be. Story IPs can be. But not its ideas.

If ideas WERE protected under copyright, then stories would stop being made, because every story idea that comes to human mind that CAN be done, HAS been done.

The day ideas get copyrighted is the day I die.

"All the characters and stories shown in the series are the legal property of Odd Nation Cartoons and its collaborators, for which Odd Nation Cartoons has the right to profit from them and use them as it sees fit."

They are using completely original characters for their show, and their own completely unique setting.

I know the Beta originated as Total Drama Fanfiction, but that's also why they remade Season 1, so that this could be dropped in favor of it being their own show.

Fresh TV HATES Total Drama Fanfiction of any kind, especially if its animated. It's not like Fanganronpas, when it comes to those, Spike leaves creators alone despite them stealing Danganronpa's story premise and SOMETIMES characters. Unless I'm stupid and they DO do that. Bu Fresh? Yeah they're more ruthless. If you make something animated that contains Total Drama's premise or characters, IT WILL BE STRUCK WITH THE BAN HAMMER.

I'm not saying Fresh is wrong though. Just that they're ruthless about it. There are cases I've heard of where they were in the right to sue people for stealing content.

I used to watch Total Drama on a site that I won't name, and the site was taken down about two years ago because Fresh went after it for uploading their show.

"The Odd Nation Cartoons team has taken legal advice on the issue of copyright, reaching the conclusion that Disventure Camp does not infringe the rights of any other intellectual property or any YouTube policy."

GOOD FOR THEM.

GOOD FOR ODD NATIONS FOR STANDING UP FOR THEMSELVES AND COMING TO TERMS WITH A CONCLUSION WHERE EVERYBODY WINS.

Back then, a lot of indie companies like this were forced to take the Ls if they got sued for anything, because they didn't have the financial or influential ground to stand their ground. So the fact that these guys went out of their way to defend themselves when they got sued and came to an agreement and conclusion that allows them to save their project: PROPS.

I have to give credit where credit is due. Y'all are gems.

I may not like everything you do writing wise, but you standing your ground is worth my respect.

So yeah, that's the start of the episode. I just thought this was interesting.

Oh Lake remembering Rosa's words, d'awww...

She's in your heart girlie.

I know she's still here, but she's still in your heart.❤️

"Do you think I need a normal life?"

Gee, I dunno Lake, are you human?

"Oh... well, what's considered normal nowadays, right?"

Facts.

He still has the black eye XD

I LOVE that he kept that.

I LOVE SEEING A MARK OF SUFFERING ON YUL'S FACE :)

"We managed to kick out the circus freak, but I doubt that strategy will ever work again."

Yeah, it's almost like you did not think this plan through.

What a great villain... /s

"You know, some medical emergency, it should be enough to get Aiden kicked off the show."

OH SO YOU WANT TO KILL SOMEONE?!

Wow. You keep IMPRESSING me on how despicable and disgusting you are.

(I SAY THAT LIKE I DIDN'T ENCOURAGE KILLING CONTESTANTS IN ANOTHER POST. I AM A DAMN HYPOCRITE.)

(That post, especially those portions, were designed NOT to be taken too seriously, btw. I don't actually endorse murder.)

"Do you really think the bald headed girl would be a problem for us?"

Lake, kick Yul's ass.

"Wait, are you saying you're going to poison Aiden to get him out of the game?"

"Uh, what did I just say? Do I need to spell it out word for word?"

"Lying? Sure. Manipulate? Whenever you want. But poison someone? That is way too much."

Well well well, good for James for having some moral decency.

Remember kids, poisoning somebody is ALWAYS WRONG. No matter the motive, YOU SHOULD NEVER POISON PEOPLE.

...unless heir name is Yul Kim. Then it's okay.

Imagine if James turns this on him and kills Yul.

GOD THAT'LL BE EPIC AND REDEEM JAMES.

"Attention campers, an immunity totem has been hidden somewhere in the camp!"

An idol is back?

T h e i d o l s a r e b a c k . . . ?

How lovely 😀

I'm so happy 😁

Alright, I'm going to the psychiatrist. BRB.

"Thanks for coming with me, Rosa."

"Oh, it's nothing. I really like you."

"I really like that you dragged me out of my team, Riya."

"Hunter Tess and Ally have an alliance, despite their... confusing relationship."

"I think that dude is Aro, what do you think? And the girls should kiss?"

"Well, whatever happens, I'll be on your side."

Rosa willingly being in the minority alliance on this team just because she doesn't want her to be lonely. Love it.

"I messed things up with Lake, but I won't make that mistake with Riya. I will help her, support her, and respect her every decision, like I should have with Lake."

Girl, no, you were right to call her out. Don't blame yourself.

Rosa really does seem to have a relationship complex the more I'm seeing it. She's always trying to be a people pleaser and take care of everyone, to the point where she's apparently done it with guys multiple times. She also had to grow up very fast to be a mother at such a young age.

So is this like "If I do something wrong or make a mistake that makes someone upset, I should be the one that takes the entire blame and I'm the screw up."

She is putting all of her own morals first over everything.

I love that out her, but it is an actual flaw if you're, you know, only judging yourself based on how other people see you.

"Hey Tess, since Hunter didn't want to talk, we should talk to each other."

"You know, since one of my options aren't open, I'll take another one."

"Well I never said I was in love with him."

Really? I thought you said you liked the kiss.

"If you felt that way too, I really wouldn't mind."

About who? Hunter, ooooorrrr...

And it cuts away before she can explain it.

"How hard can it be to find a stupid piece of wood?"

GEE, I DUNNO MAN, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU'RE IN A FOREST OF TREES THAT ARE MADE OF WOOD.

"In a forest?"

Yeah. EXACTLY.

"Oh? What do we have here?"

Oh no. Don't find the idol. DO NOT FIND THE IDOL. I SWEAR TO GOD.

What is that?

I know it's a mushroom, why is it that color and what is it doing in these woods?

I've never seen a mushroom that color before. Only brown and white ones.

"You had a couple of hours to find the totem, and just minutes before the challenge started, it was finally found."

Wait what?

We didn't see who had it?

Are they keeping it a secret on who found it?

So it's Simon Says.

"Easy. My fans support me unconditionally."

XD

"Nobody will cancel me if I kill someone, right?"

"Give me the perfume that Connor gave you."

Oh come on.

I hate this challenge. Hate it.

"How can I make everyone hate me in less than ten minutes?"

Oh goddammit.

WHAT IS THIS CHALLENGE? THIS IS JUST FLAT OUT CRUEL AND UNREWARDING.

She went and did it!

She really said "I WANTED TO DO THAT FOR YEARS!!"

Ally probably has even more of those at home.

The side eye Tess is giving XD

"Hunter, carry Tess as princess until Aiden returns."

XD

Yeah Hunter, treat her like a QUEEN.

"I don't see what the appeal in this is."

WHAT THE...

UUUUUUUUHHHHHH, WHAT?!

HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT?!

YOU'RE ALIVE?!?!?

HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?!?!

"Tess, I order you to throw your pills into the fire."

Okay, NO.

NO NO NO NO NO NO.

SHE'S DIAGNOSED. SHE NEEDS THIS OR SHE COULD DIE.

THERE'S GOTTA BE SOME LAW THAT PREVENTS KRYSTAL FROM BEING ALLOWED TO DO THIS, RIGHT?!

God I HATE THIS.

She just has no reaction doing it too.

CAN WE GET AN F FOR TESS?

SHE'S USING YUL AS A STOOL XD

OKAY ALL IS FORGIVEN.

Okay now I'm actually kinda liking this. This is fun.

OKAY THAT DOLL HAS GOTTA BE A DEMON.

THERE'S NO OTHER POSSIBILITY.

NO DUDE YOU CAN'T JUST DO THAT TO A GUY.

"Lake, I order you to remove your wig."

I mean, everyone already knows it's a wig...

Still sucks.

"Why are you so mean?"

Awwww, HONEY.

"Do you really enjoy making fun of us? Making us suffer?"

"Yes."

"Well I feel sorry for you. Only someone miserable needs to hurt others to feel better. And the puppet was wrong. You are not like your father, YOU ARE WORSE. YOU ARE A MONSTER."

"SHUT UP ALREADY."

OH GOD THAT LINE DELIVERY.

That actually got me...

Good for Lake though.

"How do you feel with everything that happened today?"

"You know... I feel good."

Props to Lake 👏

Lake just won a TON of points for me.

AAAAAWWWW

The height difference XD

But AAAAAAWWW

Lake all day, honestly. LAKE ALL DAY.

Aw, he saved one! What a gentleman!

OH MY GOD BLESS THIS MAN'S HEART❤️

HE SAVED SOME OF HER PILLS, AWWWW

HUNTER YOU JUST WON SO MANY POINTS FOR ME.

BLESS YOUR HEART.

"Listen, I know I've been a little distant and made you guys worry about me. I apologize for that."

"Well... are you ready to bring it up?"

"Yes. I'm ready."

"I'm aromantic."

NO AND IT CUTS AWAY GOSH DARN IT.

I WANT TO SEE HIM COME OUT.

"Hello friend, can we sit here?"

NO.

"Enough!"

YEAH TELL HIM OFF.

OH MY GOD GET OFF HIM.

"Don't say such toxic things."

YOU CAN FUCK OFF YUL.

NO JAMES IS ACTUALLY DOING IT?!

WHERE WAS THE "I DRAW THE LINE WITH POISON" THING YOU SAID?

"Lying? Sure. Manipulate? Whenever you want. But poison someone? That is way too much."

"I can't wait to see his reaction."

The reaction of him DYING? Yeah, OKAY. YOU SICK BASTARD.

So how is this gonna play out if Aiden is dead?

WAIT...

WAIT A DAMN MINUTE

OH MY GOD IS HE POISONED?!

OH MY GOD PLEASE. PLEASE LET ME BE RIGHT. OH MY GOD.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS

OH MY GOD. OH MY GOD YEEESS!!!!!

MY PRAYERS GOT ANSWERED!!!!

YOU STUPID SHIT! YOU GRABBED THE WRONG PLATE!!

I am watching a dude vomit and suffer and I am GRINNING EAR TO EAR AND CHEERING FOR IT.

"Oh, it must be the mushroom he ate in the woods."

And James is gonna play it off as though he did nothing XD

"James! What did you do?!"

"I did what Golden wanted!"

"You were supposed to give the mushroom to Aiden, not me, idiot!"

SO JAMES REALLY JUST WENT OUT OF HIS WAY TO KILL THIS GUY. OH MY GOD XD

"I don't poison people. I draw the line there. UNLESS HIS NAME IS YUL, THEN I'LL GLADLY DO IT."

OH GOD HE'S COLLAPSED... this is actually very serious...

"Now that he mentions it, the cameras caught Yul holding a mushroom when they were looking for the totem."

AND THEY SOMEHOW DIDN'T SEE JAMES WAS WITH HIM OR THEIR TALK.

OH MY GOD XD

"Yul is out of the game anyway. He had three votes."

XD

AINT NO WAY.

SO YUL WOULD HAVE BEEN OUT NO MATTER WHAT. BUT JAMES DECIDED THAT WASN'T ENOUGH AND DECIDED TO KILL HIM.

OH MY GOD. XD

THANK YOU! THANK YOU TOTAL DRAMA GODS FOR SAVING ME!!!

THANK YOU FOR ELIMINATING YUL EARLY IN THE SEASON!!

THIS IS REDEEMING A WHOLE LOT FOR ME.

They're ACTUALLY sending him to the hospital. Holy shit...

I don't really care cause it's Yul. But DAMN.

A CONTESTANT ACTUALLY KILLED SOMEONE.

"So Yul was planning to poison me, but you decided to poison him."

"My guy, so are one sick bastard."

"Make no mistake, I only did it to get rid of Yul."

Honestly, JAMES IS REDEEMED.

JAMES IS COMPLEELY REDEEMED OF EVERYTHING HE HAS DONE IN THE PAST.

JAMES IS THE BEST CHARACTER OF ALL TIME.

HE IS THE BEST THING TO EVER HAPPEN TO HUMANITY.

TO THINK I EVER DISSED YOU IN THE PAST.

FORGIVE ME.

"Poisoning someone is too much... unless that someone is Yul."

HE USED THE SAME LOGIC. THAT'S HOW YOU KNOW HE DID THIS FOR ME.

JAMES DID THIS FOR ME.

"Don't mention it, Golden. It was a well fought battle, but I did it for honor and for a better spot on your list."

HALLELUJAH, I FEEL A GREAT SENSE OF RELIEF.

I thought I would have to put up with Yul ALL SEASON.

BUT THIS WAS A GREAT TWIST THAT I AM VERY HAPPY ABOUT.

Holy gosh, I feel so relieved. GOD I HATED HIS CHARACTER SO MUCH.

Did James go too far? Probably. But you know what? He earned points from ME.

As did Hunter. As did Lake.

I GET TO BREATHE NEXT EPISODE. YAY!

[actualaster]

Basically yes, Tumblr needs to make money or it'll be shut down.

But Staff Are Not Our Friends.

The SECOND somebody high up enough on the chain thinks they can sell the user base out and fuck us all over to get more money that's what will happen.

I'm not even saying like, the devs hate us or anything! Often those sorts of decisions come from way higher up and the sorts who make them don't always give a shit about what the devs and/or the staff that deal directly with users think.

But Tumblr staff are NOT our friends, they're employees of a company that wants to profit off this websites and that means you NEED to be vigilant rather than just going "lol they can meme its all good now, they're our buddies they're One Of Us" because getting users to be loyal to the company is the first step to getting users to accept all kinds of shitty treatment.

They've already made numerous shitty changes that they're sticking with. They've failed completely to do ANYTHING about the bot problems, to say nothing of the nazis and other bigots on this site (meanwhile users who've done no wrong have to fight to have wrongful account termination reversed). They've partnered with a company that has a privacy policy of "lol u don't have privacy anymore one you make about account with us" for their Live feature. They're pushing more and more ads--some of which you can't even report despite having things like graphic injuries on display. The Blaze feature let's people pay money to shove harmful stuff into the faces of a bunch of random people because staff doesn't see a problem with deliberately inflammatory posts getting Blazed sometimes. There have been animations added that are migraine triggers and the response has been a "*shrug* sucks to be you I guess" to the users trying to raise the alarm about accessibility problems.

And things will only continue to deteriorate and change until tumblr homogenizes with other socmed sites if people let it, and again--best way to get users to give them a free pass on shitty changes is to engender mindless loyalty to their brand.

So yes, Tumblr needs to make money so yeah buy tbe funny meme merch--that's definitely one of the most user-friendly ways they can make some money! Buy the ad-free subs and stuff if you want!

But don't act like the staff, both as a Concept and as individual members, are our friends and One Of Us because they're employees of a company that, in our shitty capitalistic society, will gladly sell us all out the second that it becomes easy enough to do so.

(That said don't be an asshole to the staffers, either. Just. Be aware that enticing brand loyalty is absolutely something companies use to get users to accept garbage changes.)

[merakiui]

Ok, but like…Idia with an Idol darling (Plus points if they’re like shizuku Hinomori, look up if ya don’t know) He’s already obsessed with them so what about if an idol group visits NRC a for a partner up with vil?? Whatever thoughts you have is up to you ^^ (also, if it ain’t a bother can I be 🌧️ anon?)

We’ve seen how passionate Idia can get when it comes to his favorite idols and how fiery he gets when defending them, so him with an idol darling is always so fun to consider! He puts you on such a high pedestal, likening you to some untouchable deity who is too sweet and pure for this world. But even Idia knows you’re not perfect and that most of your career is built on lies. Some idols aren’t allowed to date as per their contracts and company’s policies, and so it seems that way on the surface. But most of the time these idols have partners they keep secret from the media. After all, idols are only human. You’ll want to be with someone you like; that’s only natural. Idia chooses not to think about the things you sweep into your shadow so that the rest of you can shine and enthrall.

Idols are marketed to be accessible, to only have eyes for the fans. There’s a certain immersion they aren’t allowed to break by doing things that are considered normal outside of the idol sphere. Dating, drinking, and even sexual relations are all normal facets of human behavior, yet when piled onto an idol they become heavy burdens and sins that darken the supposedly pure and saccharine existence of an idol.

Idia hates it whenever anyone slanders you or tries to sully your name by coming up with outlandish lies to make you seem like a monster. He doesn’t care if you’re filthy and broken behind your innocent idol veneer. He still loves you! He could spend hours sitting in front of his monitor, watching you dance and sing, piecing together bits of your real personality when he rewatches old interviews. He knows you’ll never know of his existence. He knows that every hand you shake, every piece of merch you sign, and every concert you perform are meant to appease the fans as a whole, never individually. And yet when you speak to the fans, it’s always “you.” Saying things like “I love you!” and “Thank you for your support!” always feel so singular to Idia—as if you’re thanking a particular fan. Sometimes he believes it’s him you’re addressing. He can pretend you only think of him when talking to the fans up on stage, but deep down he knows he is but a mere speck of sand in a vast ocean of people. Is he just a number in your eyes? Another digit added to a growing fan base? Are they all numbers to you? Is his worth based on how much he spends on you—how far he goes in support of you?

Idia’s greedy. He wants you all to himself. He wants to take you away from the hateful world you’re trapped in and keep you locked safely away in confinement. It may be impossible to bottle a star, but he can certainly try. If not in real life, he’ll bottle you in his mind as you occupy his every thought. One day he’ll have you. One day you’ll no longer have to suffer behind the scenes. Idia’s sure of it, but then he’s also terribly bewitched by you. Parasocial relationships are dangerous, especially between celebrity and fan. When Idia wins signed merch in a lottery, he’s certain you specifically picked him as the winner. That’s not how it work, but he likes to be delusional sometimes, if only to never break the beauty of the idol immersion.

[moonochi]

So my job just informed me I'll be losing my benefits because the company policy changed and everyone had to work at least 16 hours to keep them, my doctor refused to let me work more than 12 hours a week because he knows their probably going to attempt to schedule me more than 16 if he allows the change, he doesn't trust them since their trying to find a work around for one of my accommodations that's been put in place, for anyone who might not be aware I suffer from Fibromyalgia,POTS and chronic migraines so I'm chronically ill, I work in a hardware store and even with the stress mats on the ground the concrete floor completely destroys my legs and my whole body will HURT if I don't sit (thank you Fibromyalgia 🙄) and a few months ago I was told that my family doctor has to fill out a few pages of medical stuff for them so they can "accommodate me better" so he did fill it out being under the impression HR still had ALL my medical documentation that he's been giving them over the last 2 years when he was trying to figure out what was going on with my health,

But I ended up figuring out that since HR had changed (my old HR rep moved to a different store, and the previous HR rep came back from her year-long vacation) and I was told she had NONE of the documents that our previous HR rep had and that all she had the the most recent ones my family doctor had given them, so the way he filled out the papers "made no sense" and they wanted him to redo it and he told me to tell them he wouldn't redo the papers since they shouldn't of lost my MEDICAL DOCUMENTS and I agree with him, but I was told by our store manager their trying to "get rid of" the stools within the store even though I told him I NEED IT to do my job correctly, basically they want to know "how long" I need to sit on it from my family doctor. For example, "only needing to sit once an hour" so my family doctor gave them a note stating my conditions are PERMANENT and i need my stool the whole shift.

Though I always have this nagging feeling their going to attempt to take it from me and I fucking hate it, but I need to get back on track, since I'm going to be loosing my benefits from my job that puts me in a really bad spot because it covers 50% of my medications... and I have to refill some of my medications and it's going to cost me 100 CAD to do so...

I finally thought things were getting better only to be hit with this, like I'm fucking done I don't know why I keep thinking life is going to get better because it fucking won't, sometimes I just wish I was dead because I don't have the 100 dollars I need for my medications