#my coworker gets it

[monismochi]

[starbuck]

i say i like tragedies and everyone’s all like ‘why do you like sad stories? are you depressed?’ and never ‘how was the catharsis? was the catharsis fun?’

[its-hai-time]

so a fun fact abt me is that I work at a print counter, and some days I get bored and make something for myself in secret. A fact that is not helped by my access to design software both in and out of work.

As such, I've begun designing things before work in preparation for me to be bored while at work.

Recently, this has resulted in these business cards being produced.

and I don't think I need to elaborate any more on this.

[laughingcatwrites]

As a reminder that good exists out there, a coworker recently confessed to me that he found out his child is questioning their identity (kid's gender redacted for this post). The kid is keeping it from him, so he can't say anything to them or show that he knows, but he's doing his best to get mentally prepared and educated so that he'll be ready whenever his kid does feel comfortable enough come to him.

For context, this guy is a big, bulky middle aged dude who loves sports and typical outdoor "manly" activities. As his coworker and friend, I know he's a kind and sweet teddy bear of a person, but his kid probably views him as a stern, authoritarian figure, the way most teenagers view their parents. His family lives in a conservative area, so I'm sure between that, their dad's looks and interests, and the fact that their dad is a Figure of Authority, the kid is worried that they won't be accepted.

But you know what? When he found out about his kid, the first thing he did was reach out to his closest queer friend and ask for resources for parents of questioning children. His biggest fears are that his kid will be bullied or discriminated against and won't feel comfortable enough to be themself. His second action was to find himself a mentor in another parent who went the same situation (kid coming out in a conservative town). The other person is preparing him for some of the struggles his kid may face and the fights he may need to take on as a parent to make sure his kid is safe and treated well.

Something I want to emphasize for people focused on language as the primary method of allyship is that when we spoke, he used some outdated terms and thoughts about gender and sexuality. That does not make him bad. These were the terms and thinking used about questioning teenagers when he was growing up and he never needed to learn more current ones. But now that he does have that need, he's throwing himself in head first because that's his kid and he's darn well going to make sure that his kid feels welcomed and has a safe place to be themselves even if they never come out to him.

[teaboot]

Okay so I may have been struggling under a miscommunication issue

[zorangezest]

Shockwave somewhere off in the corner with starscream watching this personality swap unfold that he caused somehow

HOLD ON. YOU’RE RIGJT. SHOCKWAVE DEFINITELY CAUSED ALL OF THIS

you inspired me to make this comic why is this becoming an actual au why does this stupid blucking au have lore I’m going to cry

[catsharky]

Presenting: King Sidon, his wife Queen Yona and his boyfriend Link.

Yona is very supportive of everything except Sidon forgetting his ceremony cues.

(I had an atrocious week and TotK has been coming in clutch for keeping me sane.)

[petrodragonicapocalypse]

middle aged men workplace simulator

coworker 1: i can't believe you haven't watched the classic 1978 film Dr Chimp And The Chunglefucks

coworker 2: does anyone remember that hot blonde news reporter from 2004

coworker 3: guys i'm honestly not sure if i can salvage my marriage

coworker 4: 🎵 red red wiiine 🍷stay close to meee🎵

coworker 5: [ebay link to a 90s arcade machine] do you remember how we used to run

coworker 6: what do you mean you haven't watched that classic 80s film about [most racist premise you've ever heard in your life]

coworker 7: [extremely longwinded anecdote you've already heard twice before]

coworker 8: HA... you think your job is bad? one time a customer chased me with a knife

coworker 9: oh shut up mate that was just a vegetable peeler

coworker 10: PTA meeting tomorrow 😬

coworker 11: jeremy my love let's leave our wives and run away together just like we've always dreamed

coworker 12: fuck off simon i know you just want me for my body

coworker 13: kids these days and their iPads... when i was a youngster me and my friends used to shoot each other. yeah with guns

coworker 7: [extremely longwinded anecdote you're now hearing for the fourth time]

coworker 14: HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN THIS FUNNY NEW MEME "BONGO CAT"

[plaguedocboi]

BIG NEWS I got a permanent job (as opposed to seasonal) at a local aquaculture facility so I get to stay in Maine for the foreseeable future and keep working with fish (yay!!!!). I also bought Him to celebrate

I can have a little whale. As a treat.

[umblrspectrum]

i got lazy in the second panel

[mumblesplash]

part 2!!!! [read part one here]

transcript below the cut arranged into stanzas to help show where the rhymes are:

“that’s why they brought gem in? as a failsafe?” as a pawn. we were told to point her at whoever we need gone

“gem won’t hurt her allies. …yet.” the curse she carries will it’s had its eye on her since she lost the other eye she was specially selected for her hunting skill it’s quite the high honor. “wow. how generous.” we try

think about it: why does almost no one fight the curse? “given how fast scott killed skizz last season, i can guess.” [“any pain you spare your friends, you’ll have to suffer worse”?] it’s designed to shut down higher reasoning with stress

[monismochi]

[andstuffsketches]

you guys liked casscass huh

[the-muppet-joker]

I am going mad

I want to deep fry my hand

Kentucky Fried Hate

[blighted-lights]

ravage is #1 personal space stealer and heater, 10/10 would recommend having him as an amica. usually he'd be sleeping curled around soundwave's head but the other cassettes are out harassing starscream on patrol, so soundwave's chest is free real estate

anyways send me asks with ur soundwave and ravage hcs and mayhaps i'll draw them soon

[hqbits]

she’s just like me fr