#look out for others

[cethlyarlo]

THIS RIGHT HERE!!!!!!!

I cannot stress this enough.

I'm a welder; I work in all sorts of weather, and when it comes to the summertime, it's the absolute worst.

Drinking water isn't always enough. Eating right and tossing a small Gatorade in there is super beneficial because while water is great, it'll help flush out what remains of the nutrients that haven't been lost to sweat. Taking breaks often is crucial too.

Never be afraid to talk back to a boss whose attempting to bully you into overexerting yourself. If you need a break, take it. No excuses. I've been the one to call the ambulance on multiple occasions because my coworkers have succumbed to being pressured, and unfortunately, it happens way too often. Heat exhaustion is no joke and it's scary as hell.

My coworkers know that I'll fight them if they don't listen to their body when it's telling them it's had enough. They know I'll yell at them and even though I'm a 5'3" female whose literally half their size in weight (and would certainly lose in seconds), they listen because they know it's serious despite trying to push themselves. Sometimes people just need to hear it from someone else to believe it.

Sorry for the rant, but this is important to me. I could go on for much longer because I've seen guys die from heat directly or from heat-related injuries (like cardiac arrest caused by the strains of heat exhaustion). It doesn't matter how old or young you are, you're still susceptible to it, so please, please, please, be aware, listen to your body, take care of yourself, and look out for your fellow coworkers. You might just save a life.

[churroach]

Full of Desires

[shesmore-shoebill]

"I had choice paralysis :(" is a KILLER line.

He's such a comedic powerhouse, I'm glad more people are getting exposed to him :'D

[zytes]

this manatee looks like it’s in a skyrim loading screen

[narwhalsarefalling]

my (cis) brother is using my old license to buy wine and it has the gender marker F on there. so whenever he gets asked he just says “oh i’m trans”. its literally worked every single time.

[toshootforthestars]

(source)

[hinamie]

10 years later

[wolfmairleo]

The Ripple of Goodbye

So you want to end it all, to let it finally cease,

Imagine this: you come home from school, seeking peace.

Another day, so terrible, it’s too much to bear,

You close your bedroom door, and pull down the shades to despair.

In the quiet, you reach for that note, worn and re-read,

A farewell letter, the words you’ve bled.

You’ve revised it so many times, each word a tear,

Now you hold it close, the end is near.

You take the blade, your silent friend in pain,

Just one more cut, to end this chain.

Then you swallow the pills you’ve hidden away,

And lay down, waiting for it to all fade away.

Your thoughts grow dim, the world fades to black,

The letter clutched tightly, as you drift back.

Hours later, a knock on the door,

Your little brother calls out, “Dinner’s ready, for sure.”

But you don’t answer, silence greets his plea,

He opens the door, and what does he see?

You lying there, still and cold,

He thinks you’re sleeping, so he’s not bold.

He tells your mom, and she knows at once,

Something’s wrong, her heart’s in a trance.

She rushes in, sees the note in your hand,

Her tears fall as she struggles to understand.

She shakes you, screams your name in fright,

But you don’t wake, you’ve lost the fight.

Your brother, confused and scared,

Runs to your dad, his heart ensnared.

“Dad, mom’s crying, and sister won’t wake,”

Your father runs in, his heart about to break.

He sees your mother, crumpled in grief,

The note in her hand, offering no relief.

He realizes what you’ve done, he screams in pain,

Throws something, anything, in vain.

Tears stream down his weathered face,

He falls to his knees, lost in this place.

Your mother, shattered, collapses beside,

They sit there trembling, broken inside.

The hours pass in a blur of sorrow,

No hope left for tomorrow.

The next day, the news spreads fast,

Your classmates hear, they’re all aghast.

The teachers gather them, tears in their eyes,

“Another student lost,” to everyone’s surprise.

Silence falls as the truth sinks in,

Guilt begins to bubble within.

The teachers, wondering if they were too harsh,

The popular girls recall their biting remarks.

The boy who teased you, now feels regret,

He wishes he could take back all the pain he let.

He never told you how beautiful you were,

Now he’s haunted by memories that blur.

Your ex-boyfriend, who knew your darkest days,

Now crumbles in sorrow, lost in a haze.

He ended things, left you alone,

Now he can’t cope with you being gone.

Your friends? They’re lost in a daze,

Crying, blaming themselves in a maze.

How didn’t they see, how didn’t they know,

That you were sinking so deep below?

Your best friend, she carries the heaviest weight,

She knew your pain, but it’s too late.

She didn’t know how to help, so she stayed away,

Now, she’s numb, nothing to say.

She walks out of class, in silent despair,

Falls to the ground, screams fill the air.

But no tears come, just a void inside,

A part of her has also died.

A few days pass, and it’s time to lay you to rest,

The whole town comes, trying their best.

They knew you as the girl with the smile so bright,

Who always made others’ days light.

They stand by your grave, memories in hand,

Recalling the moments, both small and grand.

Everyone weeps, but not your little brother,

He doesn’t yet know, his heart can’t smother.

Your parents told him you simply died,

He doesn’t know you chose to hide.

He misses you so, his big sister, his guide,

But the truth is a pain too deep to confide.

Your best friend stays strong through the rites,

But as your coffin lowers, she loses the fight.

She cries for days, a torrent of grief,

But finds no solace, no relief.

Time moves on, but the scars remain,

Your classmates now speak to therapists, to ease the pain.

Some teachers quit, unable to cope,

The popular girls now fight with no hope.

The boy who taunted, now cuts in shame,

Your ex-boyfriend, lost in a reckless game.

He drinks too much, seeks love in vain,

Trying to numb the endless pain.

Your friends, they struggle with depression’s hold,

Wishing they could go back, be more bold.

And your best friend? She never found peace,

Two suicide attempts, the pain won’t cease.

#poetry #art #fight

[clarisimart]

be careful what you wish for, Fordsy

commission info here

[krysmcscience]

I have some questions about karaoke night, Alex Hirsch. Very Important Questions. Which I will happily scream at a poor hapless baby triangle who can have no answers for me, and possibly also does not have object permanence yet.

Follow-up that is I guess suggestive, but let's be real here, Bill's a fucking triangle:

Dude slipped right into his birthday suit, lmao

this is so stupid :D

Anyway, I don't care what anyone says, this brilliant individual knows what's up - Bill is absolutely way more of a monsterfucker than Ford could or ever will be, full stop.

[monkesupreme]

ref

a satisfactory answer for Selina

[ruporas]

dragon meat, you, and me

[lemongogo]

life of regret

[chloesimaginationthings]

The secret ending in FNAF into the pit..

[fairsweetlonging]

truth serum / system reveal au where shen qingqiu gets hit with an uncloaking spell that reveals the system in the reflection of his eyes every time it pops up.

during one of his missions, in the treasure hoard of some dragon-like creature, he finds a golden, oval shaped hand mirror, its gaudy style more victorian based than anything (airplane you hack!), that doesn't seem to do anything when he looks into it. but when he does, it reveals the system's screen in his eyes.

he doesn't notice this, of course, because he can't see it, and the system, surprisingly, stays quiet.

the peak lords think he's cursed.

maybe mu qingfang is the first to notice, during the mandatory post mission check-up, when shen qingqiu is scrolling through his most recently accumulated points and mu qingfang can see the strange vividly-blue lines reflected in his pupils. it's gone when shen qingqiu blinks, like it was nothing but a trick of the light.

it comes out when yue qingyuan is visiting and, just as he's done laying out the plans for a new mission, shen qingqiu's eyes glaze over and a bright blue box takes over the whole of his iris. shen qingqiu goes quiet; the thing in his eyes moves, shifts, pulses for a second, like static worms crawling all over his pupils. then he blinks, and it's gone, and shen qingqiu accepts the mission that yue qingyuan was almost sure he would decline.

maybe there is an intervention, when the peak lords corner shen qingqiu at qian cao peak and try to figure out what's wrong, subjecting him to all kinds of treatments and curse-finding spells that turn up empty, they can't find anything.

of course, the silencing threat is still very much up and running. at first shen qingqiu was kind of confused by the whole ordeal, but when the peak lords start describing a "strange blue box", he realizes, with sickening suddenty, that they're describing the system. and he can't say anything.

this only makes everything worse, because their fellow peak lord now keeps evading every question and acts like he doesn't understand. liu qingge points right at his face and asks, "that blue box, what is it?" and shen qingqiu laughs nervously and starts talking about how bright the weather is and surely it's the sky and nothing to worry about!

even worse, during the intervention the system thought it was a good idea to start talking to him, so now even the peak lords who hadn't seen it and who might have been persuaded by light tricks and reflections, get a first row view that no, that definitely isn't a trick of the light.

they try to do the whole thing of "are you in danger, blink twice" but shen qingqiu can't even do that because it's still a direct admittance!

maybe eventually he starts saying vague confirmations that don't actually confirm anything, like "this master hears what you're saying", or maybe he goes with a classic "this master can neither confirm nor deny that." but the system starts warning him for that too and eventually he stops saying anything, which worries the others more.

luckily mu qingfang catches on that every time they ask a direct question about the box or shen qingqiu says anything vaguely confirming, it appears. it doesn't appear when they ask about curses or demons, so it must not see that as a threat.

for a little extra angst: maybe the peak lords keep pressuring him for answers, and at some point shen qingqiu gets fed up and snaps out something like, "why don't you understand that i'm not allowed to answer that!" the system counts this as a direct admittance, threatening it's existence. so it punishes. shen qingqiu has a qi deviation so bad it lasts two weeks and takes two people every day to cleanse his meridians. the system doesn't appear in that time. it doesn't appear for a long while after that, either. the peak lords stop asking, mainly because shen qingqiu will instantly leave the room if they do. they don't stop searching for a cure, though.

shang qinghua returns from a business trip and catches on the second someone mentions a blue box and forced silencing.

[nouverx]

*proceeds to drink the whole bottle*

Yeah Alastor you're gonna be loved and appreciated wether you want it or not :)