#nugg makes memes

[paladanses]

What if solid snake had whata app

[a-hazbin-spider]

Angel needed to try not to giggle, himself. That was the correct response, and Penny was right to be taken in by the piglet’s charm! Fat Nuggets was only the dearest little pig in the whole wide world! “Well, he is my baby. I jus’ gotta take care of ‘im. If anythin’ happens t’that pig I kill everyone else in th’ studio, an’ then myself.”

Wait. His snake is shit at memes. Should he..? Nah, it’s probably fine. They’re different, and it likely won’t offset this shrinking violet of a man.

“Ah- a bother? Nah, it’d be nice t’have a lil extra company for Nuggs t’day. I’ve been kinda busy. B’sides. I totally broke in, dude. I have no place in sayin’ nothin’ here. You c’n come.” His outstretched hand felt the weight of Pentious’s hand finally. Having a little caution, he gives it a gentler squeeze, and leads him.

Huh… should he maybe warn it isn’t entirely tidy? It’s clean enough, last special visitor he had didn’t make too big a mess, and everything was since washed. Though, he will have to deal with a curious pig the second his door opens.

[ BEHIND ] — sender sneakily approaches receiver from behind and wraps their arms around receiver’s waist in a hug

Or/ “Not wearing any underwear, just thought you’d like to know!”

@a-hazbin-spider (Poor Pentious, either way this is A Bit Much from a stranger!)

Penny was used to getting hugs from his daughters, that much went without saying. However, he didn't recognize the fluffy pink arms currently wound around his midsection...and frankly, that was enough to make him yelp in terror. The sound immediately brought his daughters rushing into the room, their weapons trained on the intruder. "Let go of our daddy!" Elisa, one of the younger girls, demanded.

Penny, for his part, was trembling like a leaf. "Don't- Don't hurt my girlsss, pleassse," he begged, trembling like a leaf. "I'll give you anything you want, jussst leave usss be."

[hoseokwrite-a]

I’m sorry, but now I gotta go pick up my wife’s boyfriend. ( minseok 2 bambam about deok )

Bambam gave a look of utter confusion and disgust at the taller boy’s words. She wasn’t a genius, and most people could tell that from a quick glance, but something about that cocktail of words didn’t seem quite right. “She cheat on you?” Her words were cracked and gravelly, but she didn’t flinch. Speaking had become easier thanks to Jimin, but even so, it was sometimes hard for her to get used to it. Minseok was easy to talk to as well, but she never quite liked his girlfriend. Something about Deokhye rubbed her the wrong way. Whether it was her body, her boobs, or her closeness to Minseok she didn’t know, but she wasn’t fond of the curvaceous con-artist. “Will kill her if she hurts you. If makes you sad, I’ll hurt her.”

[heesulovebot]

i was tagged by jay @metawin & cass @sarawatlovestine ty darlings 💕💕 this was fun lol

relationship status: single 🤪🤙

favourite colour: black lol (ig blues?)

favourite food: you can’t possibly make me pick just ONE food like... ya girl loves to eat. i’m listing some because this is too hard: pupusas, pizza, any fried rice ever (not to be dramatic but i would literally die without rice), tuna tataki, the fermented tea leaf salad from my fave burmese place, good ‘ole chicken nuggs lol, mangoes, veggie pho!!!!

song stuck in my head: the brightwin cover of i love you 3000 🥺🥺🥺

last song i listened to: CLOUD — monsune

last thing i googled: “win metawin heart memes” 😔

dream trip: i’ve always wanted to do a 6-month trip back-packing across latin america, and a 6-month trip back-packing across SE asia (who knows if i’ll ever cross it off my bucket list but the one place i’ve always wanted to go since i was young was cuba)

anything i really want?: to dismantle capitalism and all the inequities that come as a consequence of the neoliberal world find a job after uni ig ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

tagging!: @gunsatthaphan @tinewatleo @tineteepakorn @vitaminmetawin @tharntypes @ohmpawatt @mrchicsaraleo @zaintseeme @seekingstarlightinthecity @thehuns-bubble-tea @negrowhat (only if you want to, ofc 😘)

[femme-is-my-gender]

Lesbian ask game 5, with a twist 1-50 👀

OK BABE YOU CAN'T FOOL ME but you're cute and ily so

(I know you sent this like 5 days ago but this was a lot to answer and I wanted to get them all right because HAPPY 6 MONTHS BABE IF WE CANT GO ON A TRIP THEN THIS WHOLE DAMN MONTH IS OUR 6MO CELEBRATION 💕)

1. Their hair is fucking gorgeous I love the texture and its teal (I did the dye and cut!!!)

2. Their eyes are beautiful mid tone brown i love seeing the way the sun reflects off them 💕

3. Their age? Either a wise elder stuck in a teenagers mind stuck in an adults body or did you mean like in dog years?

4. We met on an app 🤷‍♀️ love finds you when you're not looking

5. S is very ticklish I don't even have to touch just wiggle my fingers in their direction and they fall over giggling

6. Their favorite song??? Idk if they have a #1 fave but their fav band is Mickey Darling

7. Their fave movie is avengers we watched it the other night at a drive in:)

8. Their fave book... idk babes a dork Harry Potter probably :P

9. Their fave TV show is She-ra honorable mentions for Avatar and My Hero

10. Their celebrity crush is........... me 😎

11. Babe wants a cat but allergies make that a uh problem (still trying to convince s to get a naked cat we will see how successful I am!!!)

12. There are SO MANY songs that make me think of them heres a whole Playlist but #1 is smother me and I'll follow you into the dark

13. Does s play sports.. well. Do you count the bedroom?

14. My favorite things about their body.. their dimples! Their hands! Their smile and the way their eyes crinkle when they do, the sound of a big belly laugh, their soft tummy and thighs to lay on, their butt is pretty cute too idk

15. My favorite personality traits! Don't get me started! The way they can uphold their boundaries firmly but not unkindly. The way they will get rude if needed to get someone to listen, the way they listen so intently when I talk about the Deep Stuff and the way they listen to my suggestions on the bad days even when they don't want to do what I suggest. The way they look at a new leaf unfurling on one of our house plants and the way they will talk and sing to my bird, the way they care so deeply for their loved ones and would do anything for them, the way they hold me almost every night bc its easier for me to fall asleep since I work early even though their work day ends right before I have to sleep. The way they rub my head and my back when I can't sleep and the way they absent mindedly rub their thumb on my hand or say I love you for the millionth time or do the arm jerk robot arm dance when they're excited or nervous and so many more i gotta go lay down....

16. Their style is emo boy/tacky 80s dad and I love it!

17. Our first date we went to a little vegan restaurant/bar then to an emo night at a bar! The bar double booked though so we didn't get the emo night we anticipated but thats okay!

18. A tiny detail they don't know I notice... idk I say most things I'm thinking outloud so if I notice something i say it lol no secrets here

19. Their talents! They are good at viddy James and they are good at cooking especially seasoning and just throwing random things into a meal, they are good at planning down to details, also the talents don't stop in the bedroom I'm just sayin

20. A tiny poem about S

Ways I say I love you that aren't outloud

Making sure you drink water

Scooting closer

Making you laugh

Asking how's your day been

Tracing my fingers on your skin

Giving us a clean place to spend our time

Encouraging you to try something new

Opening the blinds

Being your cheerleader

Baby you're my sunshine

You shine so bright and even on the cloudy days you're what warms my soul.

I love you.

Have you had any water today?

21. Do they have a tumblr? Yeah! Baby come off anon lol

22. What makes them laugh? Well any goofy noise or silly song i make up usually will get them, they're pretty ticklish so that works too also memes and cat videos

23. S is a Taurus sun with dominant Aries chart and im a sag sun with dominant Capricorn chart depends which app you ask but I say we are pretty damn compatible

24. Babe has always wanted to travel in general. I know Colorado was a plan for a while, Germany has come up before. I think as long as we are together and near a beach we both would be happy to go anywhere

25. Things that are interesting to baby are heros/magic people, babies, animals, romcoms and anything to do with live music

26. I realized I loved them like on our 2nd date! I was so stressed bc I had just gotten out of a toxic relationship and while I was totally over the romantic connection to that person I was still feeling alot of hurt and trying to recover and I met S while I was slutting it up on tinder and I was Not Ready to be in love again like I WAS but I was so scared of fucking things up between us by committing "too soon" but S was so patient and never pressured me but I could tell they had feelings and so did I but like I was better at hiding them. I love them so much I'm so glad we met.

27. Their favorite food group is comfort food/toddler menu: grilled cheese, nuggs, pizza, also their top fave is fideo

28. Babe hates alot of foods I don't know them all yet but bell peppers, onions, also new foods are scary but they will try something if I make it/want to eat somewhere they've never been which just makes me 🥰

29. Hogwarts house is slytherin!

30. Babes element? Well their chart is fire/earth heavy. I say earth is their element!

31. Something that makes baby angry is people being rude for seemingly no reason also people who don't respect boundaries

32. S is taller than me by like 5 inches i think

34. Idk if they want their name on here so

35. Their aesthetic is like kitchy/goth/boho vibes. Dark vibrant colors, lots of plants, lots of art, skulls, comfortable space with blankets and pillows that's pretty and interesting to look at

36. Well the first thing I bought them was a drink lol but the first proper gift was a stuffed sloth they had wanted for a long time bonus facts I had to snoop on their insta to find a picture of the sloth and zoom in/brighten the picture to read the tag and did some sleuthing online but I found it! His name is theo

37. Baby is def a night owl

38. I brag the most about babe's just general goodness. I tell anyone who will listen how good they make me feel and how they listen and give good advice even when I don't want to follow it, and their top priority is keeping me safe and secure and also they're really fucking hot but I can't say that normally.

39. S has some rings and a necklace they like to wear if they're looking Certified Fresh

40. I'm a vegetarian, babes not

41. Oh fuck idk what their fave school subject is I would have to guess lit/reading??

42. Their clique is skaters/emo/scene lol

43. We have been together 6 months almost exactly!! 😍

44. Describe their laugh. Oh my God, well there's the cute nervous/goofy laugh they do most the time, there's this snort/chortle they do when I'm being extra goofy that I love, and sometimes I get them to do the whole throw head back full belly deep laugh and my heart goes 🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!!!!!!!!

45. Nah they don't wear makeup

46. Favorite art medium? Like to do? Painting I think.

47. Babe plucks around on bass and ukulele sometimes and they're a PRO at belly bongos

48. S identifies with cats the most

49. Babe likes the outdoors but it's not their comfort zone so there's resistance when I suggest it but if I insist they end up having a good time. Idk if s would like camping though.

50. This picture is my wallpaper I love them so much and bought this shirt for them!!! (Fun fact I left the store and went home and later decided to go back and get the shirt bc I LOVE them and their tacky 80s dad vibes)

[teacupfulofstarshine]

let's see.. i give you a bottle of cherry limeade sparkling water, some dank memes fresh from tumblr, a cool rock i found, some chicken nuggets and a PATD CD. will that work?

ok let’s see here

can’t have carbonated stuff cause it makes me sick i am sorry : (

dank memes? sign me up

I LOVE COOL ROCKS

YESSSS GIVE ME WENDY’S NUGGS

panic! at the disco is amazing

OFFERING ACCEPTED SUMMONING SUCCESSFUL

what five things would you put in a pentagram to summon me?

[hugepipeward]

things that i and others have written in my latin book

- ella keeps stroking her feet (?)

- anna keeps talking about doitsu and please just kill me

- anna believes that the lorax is the leader of the green party

- anna believes that if green party was in power they would only talk about their vegan lifestyles

- anna keeps making headcannons about italy

- aimee keeps making DaNK meMeS and while they give me life, they are also killing me

- “so we’re gonna look at the story-” “of balamory”

- page says “for dido” - “i read this as ‘for dildo’“

- “okey dokey... kareoke”

- “SHOOKspeare”

- “chickn nuggs not drugs!!” the kewl kidz - aimee

- “it’s from kidz bop” “i love kidz bop”

- “im ZaZzED”

[newslookout]

Why Ben Pasternak Is Taking The Chicken Out Of Chicken Nuggets | Forbes

Thanks to Pasternak, vegetarians can feel happier about homemade Hap- py Meals. His startup, Simulate, makes Nuggs—a vegan version of America’s favorite Frankenfood. “Chicken nuggets are already integrated into internet and meme culture,” Pasternak says. “It’s easy to create a fun brand around it.” Based in New York and primarily sold online, Nuggs is on track for $8 million in revenue this year. The Australia-born Pasternak began building iOS games at 14 and dropped out of school at 15. By 18, he had built and sold Monkey, a video-chat app with 10 million users. Simulate, his latest venture, has raised more than $15 million from Lerer Hippeau, Alexis Ohanian and McCain Foods. Ever the programmer, Pasternak continually tweaks his plant-based poultry. Nuggs has tested thousands of formulas and released nine versions to the public. Next on the menu? Veggie hot dogs.

As North America settles in for a long pandemic winter, there are bright spots on the horizon. Hundreds of them. The 600 young entrepreneurs, activists, scientists and entertainers featured in our 10th Annual Forbes 30 Under 30 give everyone reason to hope. Some are defying the odds and building businesses despite Covid-19; others are helping to fight the illness, serving on hospital front- lines or working with A.I. to discover new drugs. This year they were photographed by one of their own: Mamadi Doumbouya, a 23-year-old immigrant from Guinea who appears in this year’s Art & Style group. Collectively, our Under 30 trailblazers have raised over $1 billion in venture funding and are proof positive that ambition and innovation can’t be quarantined.

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[paladanses]

I really like absolutenutcase162

[rikabutt-blog]

memes aside i just feel obligated to make one to show my gratitude for keeping me alive through their dollar 4 pcs nuggs  (´･ω･`)

[thesedamnthoughtsofmine]

1/13/19

I’m really scared. Ya know, of course I was fearful of this relationship ending. But I truly didn’t think it would end. I guess my hope and love overpowered that fear for the most part. I had fearful moments where i thought it could happen, but that quickly went away. Gosh, I just really love being with him. I didn’t think we would actually break up. I didn’t believe that at all. I thought that of course, there would be super rough times. But I always believed that we would work through it. I honestly did. He made me believe that he was in it for the long run. And now, i’m just confused on if that was a lie too. Because maybe all of this hope and reassurance I got from the man I loved was all just fake. That terrifies me to no end. Because I still have loads of hope for this relationship. I really do. This love is so different from what I have felt in the past. It is hopeful. It adds so much joy. and it might be taken all away from me. Gosh, I have no clue what’s going on. I wish I knw waht was going through his head right now. It’s 4 pm and I haven’t talked to him at all today. It hasn’t seemed like he’s even been online that much today. It seemed like he fell asleep around 10 or 11. woke up around 5. and then slept in until 2ish. But that’s all based on facebook and instagram. I could be completely wrong. I just miss him so much. I wanna hear about his day. I want to hear what’s going on. I feel so distant from him and it does hurt. 

I woke up at 9 am. Went back to bed to wake up at 10. went back to bed and woke up at noon. then went back to bed and woke up at 2:20. Everytime I woke up, I was just hoping to hear from him. and I tried doing some coping and then I just got tired again. so I slept. and it just kept repeating. I finally stayed up when I woke up around 2. I stayed in bed for a short while until I had to go to the bathroom. TMI, but my poop was bright green. And the internet says it could be antibiotics, diet, or bacterial. But nothing in my diet would make me poop green because all i ate yesterday was cereal and some nuggs and golden rounds. Nothing green though. and all I have had today is some cookies that Christa made. I wasn’t even gonna eat, but they tasted good and it was a distraction. 

Man, I hate this. so much. I just want to hear his voice. I just want to talk to him. I just want to hear him talk about space and tell me all the nerdy things he loves. I just want to hold his hand and hold him close to me. and lay my head on his chest. and smell his bad breath. I just want him. That’s it.

and all of this sucks so much because i’m going to be discussing jobs and stuff this week, potentially getting a client, and going to class. I just don’t want ot fall apart this week. But I think it could happen. I just want to be a good therapist, bit god damn, this is hard. Its so hard and idk if I will even be able to take a client right now. It just hurts so much. Anything involving relationships just makes me cry. because mine could be over in a blink of an eye.

I just keep thinking about if this all ends, all I would lose. I would never be able to sleep next to him again, or kiss him, or hear his stupid farts with his stupid laugh. Gosh taht laugh. I don’t want to never hear that again. I would never be able to look into his eyes or get new silly pictures on my phone of him. I wouldn’t get the goodnight texts. I wouldn’t be a sweet dill pickle anymore. or his baby. or his love. I wouldnt have someone to go to walmart with, or panda, or any food. I wouldnt get to laugh with him and tickle him. or be myself with him. I wouldnt be able to be held by him or supported by him. I wouldn’t get to dance with him or take pictures with him in the snow with his dads christmas. I wouldn’t get to spend his birthday with him. I wouldn’t get to do nice things for him. I wouldnt be able to spend holidays with him or cry with him. WHo would ask me about therapy every week? We wouldn’t have our 1 year anniversary, we couldnt go to museums together or other cute dates. I wanted to plan something for spring break, but I don’t know if that would happen. I wouldnt get to go to the movies with him or bowling. I wouldn’t be able to see him every week. I wouldn’t get to see him dance to that lizard meme video for feliz navidad. I wouldn’t be able to finish brooklynn nine nine or santa clarita diet. I wouldnt ever get to show him my favorite movie or cook biscuits and gravy together again. or eat nuggs with him or get ice cream with him. or go to minnetrista with him. I wouldn’t have someone to lose weight with. I wouldnt have someone to annoy me like he does with all of his jokes and puns. GOsh, I would miss the shit out of that. I wouldn’t ahve someone who understands everything about me and can read my mood with just one look. someone who gets me and does his best all of the time. I wouldn’t have anyone to do really weird shit with andnot feel judged. because I was able to be the weirdest person with him. I dont want to lose him and all of the chances. all of these things i love so much. 

I’m just so scared taht this is all because of me. All because of that one bad weekend. I don’t want it to be my fault. I don’t want it to be my fault that he leaves me or doesn’t love me anymore. 

I just want to talk to him. This hurts so much. 

[news-mashable-yahoopartner-blog]

The internet is trolling United so hard right now

The internet holds nothing back when tasked with the responsibility of calling out a company for wrongdoing, especially when it comes to major airlines.

A shocking video of a man being forcibly removed from an over-booked United Airlines flight from Chicago to Louisville on Sunday sent the internet into full-blown WTF Mode by Monday morning. The disturbing footage showed a man being dragged from his seat, bloodied and confused, by law enforcement while other passengers protested.

SEE ALSO: Here's United Airline's adjusted 2017 pre-flight safety speech

The internet, of course, dealt with the upsetting video (and the seriousness of the issue) in the best way it knows how: memes and dark humor.

United Airlines is pleased to announce new seating on all domestic flights- in addition to United First and Economy Plus we introduce.... pic.twitter.com/KQjPClU2d2

— McNeil (@Reflog_18) April 10, 2017

united's list of special in-flight deals makes a lot more sense now pic.twitter.com/UvkRVFppKz

— Bob Vulfov (@bobvulfov) April 10, 2017

@united "Fly the Friendly Skies" #united pic.twitter.com/ENxSZPiLEK

— Dark Night (@pzambrana) April 10, 2017

Wow now is not the time United pic.twitter.com/VzCoL30xZA

— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) April 10, 2017

DONT TAKE THE FREE FLIGHT! THEY WILL BEAT YOUR ASS AND TAKE YOUR NUGGS!!! https://t.co/dMg35ELHAX

— Tony Posnanski (@tonyposnanski) April 10, 2017

BREAKING: @United announces new slogan pic.twitter.com/a6CG1iGRm2

— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin_) April 10, 2017

“Welcome aboard. Oh, and we need some volunteers to be bumped.” -@United pic.twitter.com/jJsfbYEkbO

— Dave (@nochiefs) April 10, 2017

Love this @united. #unitedAIRLINES pic.twitter.com/qcEOmeenkw

— Andre Walker (@andrejpwalker) April 10, 2017

United Airlines in-flight staff training video leaked. pic.twitter.com/9de0L0PlGJ

— Alan Ferrier (@alanferrier) April 10, 2017

When you're on your @united flight and the plane starts to fill up pic.twitter.com/Y51L2TubDW

— Kevin Toy (@CLG_PewPewU) April 10, 2017

To make matters worse, Reddit, aka the frontpage of the internet, found itself tied into the drama after moderators removed one of the clips from the r/videos subreddit, citing police brutality or harassment, as well as assault, all of which are against the rules of that specific subreddit. This prompted Redditors to post a string of video depicting United Airlines in an unfavorable fashion, flooding the entire r/videos subreddit in the process.

The clips ranged from videos of actual interactions with United Airlines to clips of comedies with sarcastic titles. 

United Airlines attempting to calm panicking passenger mid-flight

United Airlines right now

By Monday afternoon, the top 20 videos on r/videos were in someway related to the United Airlines video. Considering r/videos is a default sub, this is a huge deal. 

Image: screenshot, reddit

And as if this situation couldn't get any more out of control, the internet did not appreciate United CEO Oscar Munoz's response to the matter because he used the word "re-accommodate." The incident was anything but accommodating.

This comes only weeks after the internet dragged United through the mud after kicking two girls off a flight for wearing leggings, turning United Airlines into the most hated airline on the internet right now. Which really is saying a lot, because people absolutely love to hate airlines.

Video credit: Tyler Bridges via Storyful

WATCH: Unsettling video captures United passenger being forcibly removed from overbooked flight

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[studying-g]

11 questions tag !

thank you @problematicprocrastinator and @st-uhdying for tagging me! 

11 questions from Problematic Procrastinator-  1) What’s your aspirations for 2017 

I really just wanna be happy and enjoy it lol.

2) What was the last thing you googled? 

netflix ahaha

3) What would you call your autobiography?

Unrealized meme ;) (with the lil wink face ahhahahha)

4) Dream career? 

Forensic Anthropologist or a Crime Scene investigator !

5) Favourite sitcom? 

Friends or Arrested Development 

6) What colour do you wear the most? 

black lol

7) What’s a scent that reminds you of something?

there’s this scent and I can’t for the life of me describe it but it reminds me of my oma!

8) What’s your dream home like?

OooOO I really want a large yard, lots of space and a clawfoot tub lol

9) What’s your favourite bubblegum flavour?

Vanilla Mint

10) Are you introverted or extroverted?

Introo

11) What is your star sign? Do you think it says a lot about you?

Gemini! Sometimes it does and other times it doesn’t ahaha

11 questions from st-uhdying-

1. shoe size?

6 1/2 - 7

2. any nicknames? if yes, what are they?

oO i have tons! Some are Gan, Nugg, Bum, Shrub and gibby lol

3. curly or straight hair?

naturally really straight but I LOVE curly hair

4. favourite country?

out of the ones i’ve been to- Australia 

overall- Germany

5. favourite subject?

Science !

6. favourite fruit, if any?

pomegranate or raspberries lol

7. laptop or computer?

laptop !

8. pen or pencil?

pen (I ordered some any they arrived today woo)

9. high or low tops?

lowwww

10.monochrome or colour?

depends on my mood lol

11. curtains or blinds?

curtains! I feel like they make a room look sophisticated ahaha

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1. favourite show?

2. Least favourite subject?

3. Favourite author?

4. Favourite movie?

5. How would you describe yourself?

6. What’s your fashion sense?

7. favourite pen?

8. Pop or Hip-Hop music?

9. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

10. What are your top 3 books and why?

11. What are some of your smaller goals?

I tag anyone who wants to do this!

[studentchow]

On the Controversial Subject of Treating McDonalds’ Employees with Dignity.

It may have appeared on your Social Media Feed over the past few days. The UK has seen the first moment of industrial action by 2 McDonalds Restaurants. 40 Staff from Cambridge and Crayford. The Article appearing here (yes I know its the Guardian; sue me). Their demands? The end of the use of Zero Hour Contracts, and the Recognition of their Union: The Bakers, Food and Allied Workers Union (BFAWU), and with most online discussions regarding minimum wage and the The Fast Food Sector you can only imagine the toxic cesspool the “Realists” have created thanks to their impressive and fresh  H O T T A K E S . Rather than do what I normally do (as much) which is trash talk and roast these vibes, I thought I’d look at the commn threads in the discourse and at least try and see a little reasoning, if at least to get another way in which to roast.

1.) The “Real Job” Argument:

This user here is Suzy Lu. A Gaming YouTuber with 100,000 Subscribers (please don’t go harrass her), and a lot of arguments against the strike boil down to this. That Customer Service and The Hospitality/ Catering Service Industry are not real jobs unless you’re in management, or out of the industry doing something “worthwhile”. It’s an argument that some one who makes gaming videos for the internet would be reluctant to pull the card, or at least you’d expect that considering the decline in content on YouTube and the revenue it brings in thanks to Google’s continual need to mess with Algorithims. This idea is an old one, that low level service sector jobs are dead end jobs, with the term “McJob” being used as far back as the 1980s. The “McJob” is a stop gap between actual work with a decent wage, but here’s the thing (or rather 2 things). For some people that job isn’t the stop gap.

For some that don’t have the means to move to an area with more jobs McDonalds is the thing to make the best out of a bad situation, and I say that as a person who’s been rejected from 4 different McDonalds. As more jobs move towards zero hour contrcts this issue extends beyond just McDonalds. There’s simply nowhere else to go unless you’re lucky enough to be scooped up by business that guarantee a fixed minimum of hours each week. Whether you like it or not,  the idea that people should be given the opportunity to be happy and successful through work has no caveats like “oh you should move into another job”. At its base level McDonalds work should not be viewed as a “pocket money” job. I’ve worked busy kitchens and none of them are as busy as Maccas at peak time (maybe Wetherspoons on Curry Night), and realistically like any other job, McDonalds workers display the transferrable skills and putting in the same amount of hours as any other job. McDonalds provides a service that people need, want and use (just look at the multitude on memes about Nuggs on the internet), some one will always have to provide that service.

This ties into the argument that Service Sector Workers shouldn’t be paid the same amount as other those in higher fields in other industries. That Maccas Employees shouldn’t be paid as much as Carers and Doctors and other “Urgent and Necessary” Professions, but again, this is more damning on the part of Care Providers than it is on the part of the Employees in a completely different sector with goals that aren’t comparitive. There are no industries safe from being deemed a “not a real job”. You can’t have a real job if you rely on them for your paycheque, you don’t have a real job if you’re a middle manager or a business consultant. You don’t have a real job if you’re a YouTuber. You don’t have a real job as a Carer because you’re not a Nurse, and you don’t have a real job as a Nurse because you’re not a Doctor. You don’t have a real job if you’re an architect or construction worker because we have plenty of buildings. No. You’re providing a service and deserve to be paid for it, and if you’re one of those people that believe other wise because you’re “too good” for McDonalds, then I recommend you have a word with yourself. You can’t believe in a Meritocracy and that every good idea has the ability to be spun into gold if you work hard enough, and then say an entire business/ method of earning can be viable because you aren’t interested in it.

The worst thing about this argument in relation with this story is that the £10 an hour goal was a side (excuse the pun). It was something extra to the main goals of getting Union Recogntion and the end to Zero Hour Contracts, because god forbid human beings should want some security out of the work they exchange hours of their life for; Quantitive hours, a cold hard fact that some “realists” seem to think they have the monopoly over. Hours to earn enough to keep a roof over an employees head and put food on the table. Irregardless of availability of time. Which reminds me:

2.) The Zero Hour Contracts Argument:

Probably made most famous during the 2017 General Election and Question Time Plant, Ed Robbin. Ed Robbins challeneged The Leader of the Opposition Jermy Corbyn on his views regarding Zero Hour Contracts. Ed allegded he was a Deliveroo Food Runner that relied on Zero Hours as it allowed him to work around his studies and preventt himself from starving. If you take away the fact that Ed was a Privately Educated Schoolboy and probably most definitely wasn’t being honest, and the notion that only students fill McDonalds and other Service Sector jobs,  or the idea that students can’t afford to live without zero hour contracts to balance their work- study life is a gross misunderstanding of the way Student Employers work at best, and peak intellectual dishonesty at worst. Give it as much shit as you want, (which I can’t as being an employee, I cannot write anything negative about Wetherspoons under my contract #FullDisclosure), but at least they operate with minimum Guaranteed Hours. A McDonalds spokesperson when reached out to by Reporter Aditya Chakrabotty didn’t make a commitment to this, but they did say the company has never used “exclusivity clauses” in its contracts freeing up workers to pursue and work secondary jobs (how generous of them). See how far you get telling another employer that you can’t tell them what hours you’ve got next week because your Maccas Manager hasn’t done the rota yet, therefore your other employer cn’t stick you on their rota. See how far you get.

Employers can make garuanteed hours work. They did it before the introduction of Zero Hours, Students have schedules that employers have worked round for years, and it hasn’t been so long they’ve forgotten it. The very least they could do is carry that over to the people looking for full time hours. Workers stressed about how they’re going to make ends meet do not work efficiently. Speaking of Efficiency:

3.) The Replacable Argument:

This is David Vance. A man that helps run the Biased BBC Website; a message board re. all the best of Right Dogwhistles (Trans Rapists in Prisons, The Great Replacement, Islam as a Religion of Violence etc.) but this argument he’s parroting is on the rise too. As we get better at automating all industries, self checkout systems and machines are coming to more Stores and Restaurants. Countless Pubs and Take Out places now have Apps to order so that you don’t have to deal with phonecalls and transactions, and the possiblity of Automated Service looks like it could well be the future. This argument being, that the only way to prevent Employees being out on their arse is to keep their mouth shut, take their lumps and “find another job if they don’t like it”. Again this Argument has its more practical asides and rebuttals such as the non-automation of the kitchen and cleaning functions McDonalds staff are responsible for, the reliance on debit or credit cards to pay at these kiosks, and the ability to change an order or add stuff later at the till should you forget it on the machine. Machines are not prepared or able yet to work with the myriad of issues customers can present. It’s why Automation hasn’t been rolled out at Subway yet. If we strip away all those logical rebuttals though, it says way more about the person using this argument than it does about the subject.

How abysmal a person do you have to be to feel ok dehumanising anyone working (which in our society; seems to be the be all and end all) and say they better put up with it, because they’re replacable? “Ahh but businesses exist to make money”, yeah and they rely on Humans to make their things, and to buy their things, utilising transport and roads built by the community using their taxes (which McDonalds also seems pretty keen on not paying its fair share of in the EU), that now has to be lectured on by the relists too stuck up to treat service sectors workers with any dignity. Because that’s what this argument boils down to: “I shoud not hve to view you with any humanity, empathy, or dignity (despite the fact tht you’re working) because that adds to the human cost of the service you provide me, and then I’d feel guilty about how badly you’re being screwed over. To that I ask this: what happens when all the “real” jobs are taken by Automation? When your job can be turned into a predictable algorithim? Whatever happens these people are going to have to pull off some phenomenal mental gymnastics to reconcile their attitudes.

Cowley out.

[minnievirizarry]

5 Social Media Best Practices Every Marketer Must Follow

Possibly the biggest goal for marketers is to be seen and trusted by audiences. And most marketers today will admit a big portion of their audience is on social media. While building trust doesn’t come easily, there are simple social media best practices for marketers to maximize their efforts and campaigns.

If you’re not optimizing your social media strategy, you’re going to see limited success in the space. It shouldn’t surprise you an Ascend2 survey found 49% of digital marketers say social media is the most difficult type of marketing to execute, which might be the reason you’re here. But it’s important to know that 43% also believe social media is the most beneficial.

No one said it’s easy being successful on every network. It takes a lot of commitment, strategy and planning to get your social media audiences to trust your brand. That’s why we’re providing five of the most essential social media best practices to get your brand closer to your reward:

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1. Define Your Networks or Themes

Each network provides unique outlets to your audience. How you use and set up your social media themes gives viewers insight into what to expect out of your channels. For example, some of the most popular businesses on social media have a specific theme or notoriety for their channels.

Target highlights it’s bright and summery colors on Instagram, but this doesn’t mean each channel has to be exactly the same. In fact, it’s much more the opposite. Most businesses prefer to use Twitter as a social customer care tool, while Instagram is more for creative, audience building techniques.

Brands Doing Things on Social Media

If you’re confused on what kind of themes we’re talking about, that’s OK. Here’s a list of a few of our favorite brands who have clearly defined themes on their social media channels:

Casper: Casper effectively uses Twitter to Tweet comical and fun messages that all revolve around one central idea–sleep. The mattress company excels at driving awareness by being a source of humor for fans, customers or potential customers on Twitter.

Don't cry because it's over, smile because you slept the entire weekend.

— Casper (@Casper) April 16, 2017

AskPlaystation: Another expert on Twitter is Sony’s Playstation. The company uses multiple Twitter accounts for different needs. However, its customer support channel, AskPlaystation, cuts out the noise of promotions and gives users a direct path to troubleshooting issues, network downtimes and updates.

Airbnb: This unique vacation rentals brand uses Instagram to visually highlight its more extravagant rentals across the world. Each listing is actually available and listed on a special landing page, which is clickable through Airbnb’s profile.

If waking up in a luxurious tent sitting on the edge of Olympic National Park isn’t on your bucket list, it’s time to make a few updates. Fill your days exploring the surrounding 7 acres, picking berries for breakfast, hiking through the cascading moss of the park’s Hoh River trail, and sitting by the wood stove to take in the panoramic view that stretches from Puget Sound to Vancouver Island and beyond. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Ever woken up to a beautiful view overlooking a National Park? Share your pictures with us using #Airbnb. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Photo: @alexandradiane_

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Microsoft: The computer giant successfully uses Facebook to promote internal and external blogs on its Page. However, they also use Facebook to promote news and other industry events related to Microsoft.

Types of Content Themes

So now you know the brands doing it right, but how can your organization fit in without completely copying their theme? Luckily there are several content types to help boost your visibility and help engage your audiences at the same time.

Here are a few of our favorite content themes marketers can use for social media channels:

User-generated Content

Encourage users to submit their own content to post on your Instagram account. Urban Outfitters regularly uses Instagram to promote various levels of user-generated content. This helps boost trust in your community and shows there’s a human behind the username.

Weekend getaways with @UOMalibu. #UOMens @UrbanOutfittersMens 📷: @yeahbroitsnicky

A post shared by Urban Outfitters (@urbanoutfitters) on Apr 16, 2017 at 3:50pm PDT

Humor/Lighthearted Content

Brands like Casper, Denny’s and Hamburger Helper rely on being the comedian among the crowd on Twitter. Just look at what Wendy’s is doing with their fan asking for a year’s worth of free chicken nuggets. However, there are huge pitfalls to this theme, so be cautious.

HELP ME PLEASE. A MAN NEEDS HIS NUGGS pic.twitter.com/4SrfHmEMo3

— Carter Wilkerson (@carterjwm) April 6, 2017

Engagement Driven Questions

What’s one of the best ways to garner a response from your audience? Ask questions! It’s simple and easy to do whether you’re on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or even Instagram. Just remember to be present and ask thoughtful questions that will actually drive engagement.

Can you guess the secret ingredient?

Inside-Out #Easter Egg Recipe: https://t.co/gGoHzAXZ20. pic.twitter.com/XGwiUBPocO

— Whole Foods Market (@WholeFoods) April 15, 2017

Behind the Scenes Content

Instagram is perfect for brands to take users behind the scenes of their company. Instagram Stories is the ideal tool to show your audience a more raw and authentic real-time look into what makes your business unique.

Spring is here (at least for today)! Come get your donuts! #osbdonutshop now serving- 🍩Cocoa Nib Old Fashioned w/ Coconut Glaze 🍩Pear Cream Filled Donut w/ Salted Caramel Glaze 🍩Matcha Cake Donut w/ Strawberry Glaze #longmanbrunch #eatsleepwhiskey

A post shared by Longman & Eagle (@longmanandeagle) on Apr 8, 2017 at 7:52am PDT

Highly Visual Images or Videos

How do some Instagram accounts have hundreds of thousands of followers without selling anything? More likely than not, their content is highly visual and absolutely engaging. If you don’t have an artistic eye for Instagram, find someone who does.

Go ahead, invite people over. Our ready-to-host soirées are wow-worthy, delicious and easy to pull off, we promise. Link in bio!

A post shared by Crate and Barrel (@crateandbarrel) on Apr 1, 2017 at 8:15am PDT

Products in a Unique Light

So most people know your business name, but do they know what you do? Use unique product shots or customer testimonials to showcase your brand in a new light. GetStat, a search analytics tool, uses GIFs and industry stats to highlight unique findings for users.

Video results made up just over 40% of the SERP features we saw for keywords using the modifier "compare". https://t.co/MSbWHoHhil #seo pic.twitter.com/Qh3x2fiRZz

— STAT SearchAnalytics (@getSTAT) April 13, 2017

2. Consistency is Key to Your Brand Voice

Defining your social media personality isn’t uncommon, but you must keep it consistent. Maintaining your brand voice helps boost engagement, trust and reliability. Without consistency, you give a lot of room for error in communication between your brand and customers.

In fact, an Oracle report found 43% of social media users only interact with brands to get a direct response to a question or issue. This means people will often come to your brand for a simple question or concern. The key is to be consistent with your brand’s messaging and voice.

Why are users so cautious with your brand? It’s due to the fact so many people have felt tricked or swindled about information on social media channels. Contently found roughly 66% of internet users have felt deceived by a brand through sponsored content, video or social post.

You lose the trust of your audience when you change your brand voice and you’ll see it first in your follower count. Our Sprout Social Q3 2016 Index discovered 41% of social media users have unfollowed a brand due to posting irrelevant information. This means you have to diversify your content without being too promotional.

Where to Outline Your Brand Voice

It’s just as important to know where you can highlight your brand voice as it is to maintain it. Marketers need to follow these social media best practices for maintaining your brand voice. And here are the areas to stay consistent on social:

Replies

Call to Action Phrases

Captions

Social Media Bios

Direct Messages

Visuals (Text on Visuals)

Ads & Promotions

Hashtags

3. Leave Bae & on Fleek to the Teens

As we mentioned before, there’s a thin line between being a comical and offensive brand online. One way to avoid being in the news headlines for your social media is to not jump on the latest trends before doing your research.

Unless you manage social for companies like MTV or Teen Vogue, your brand really has no business using trendy slang or internet terms. This makes you seem out of touch and hurts engagement.

Don’t believe us? The same Sprout Q3 index discovered 38.4% of social media users said using slang or jargon was the most annoying action from a brand. To add to it, 29.9% said they would unfollow a brand for using slang or jargon on social media.

Being an embarrassing brand on social isn’t as hard as you think. The same index found 71.3% of people have unfollowed a brand due to embarrassment. It’s actually pretty easy to seem out of date on social, so always treat your audience with respect.

What Slang Says to Customers

Whether it’s bae or on fleek, your brand only hurts audience engagement when you go the route of using slang on social media. Here’s a few things it says to your audience when you use slang:

You‘re out of touch with your demographics. This comes off as abrasive to several users. Most know they’re being marketed to, so respect your audience by avoiding gimmicks to reach them.

You’re willing to risk funny for cultural insensitivity. You might not realize certain slang, jargon or social memes are meant for certain cultures. Abusing them for marketing purposes can turn off an audience immediately.

You’re pretending to be something you’re not. It’s always a great social media best practice to be yourself. That means follow your brand values, know your core audience and steer clear of quick marketing ploys that could turn off your current customers.

4. Research Competitive Analysis

Competitor data provides insights into smarter decision-making and better strategizing. There’s no need for copycats, but researching and analyzing competitive analysis keeps you one step ahead.

What Competitive Analysis Teaches You

Having the right tools makes all the difference. With Sprout Social, we provide in-depth competitor analysis tools for your most essential networks. Competitive analysis is essential to understanding your industry, who’s talking about you and who has the most engaged audience.

What to see who’s taking over the market for a specific Instagram hashtag? Use Sprout’s Instagram competitor report to stay informed and ahead of the competition’s branded and non-branded keywords. Tracking this data can teach you insights into your brand such as:

Who’s Talking About You: Is it influencers, competitors or industry leaders? Monitor your brand and conversations involving you on social.

Industry & Breaking News: What’s happening in your industry this second? Are you mentioned? Are your competitors?

Content Driving Engagement: Is there a trend in your competitor’s most successful content? Is there a subject your industry can’t get enough of on social?

Leaders in Shared Voice: Who leads the industry with the highest shared voice among your competitors?

Stats to Track for Competitive Analysis

Tracking the appropriate metrics helps you measure and monitor content performance for better campaigns in the future. Here are some of the most essential stats you can track through Sprout Social:

Media Sent: Total amount of content sent.

Most Used Hashtags: Hashtags your brand has used the most.

Likes: Total number of likes from all content.

Comments: Total number of comments from all content.

Engagements per Media: Total amount of engagements on average per post.

Followers Gained: Total amount of new followers over a selected time frame.

Follower Growth: Total growth of followers between a selected time frame.

New Users Followed: Total amount of new users your brand has followed in a time frame.

5. Engage, Interact & Humanize

Last but not least, the most essential social media best practice is your willingness to engage. No one wants to talk to a robot or receive an automated message on social media. Engage with your audience and send real responses to interact and humanize your brand.

Our Sprout Social Q1 2017 Index discovered 30% of millennials engage with brands on social on a monthly basis. Younger generations are becoming savvy to the idea of directly reaching out on social to connect with brands. And it’s up to you to ensure people get a response.

If you don’t respond, you lose money. Roughly 30% of social media users go to a competitor if you ignore their message. That’s important to know because 34.5% of people say social media is their top choice for customer care communication.

@O_T16 That's great. We love hearing from students using Surface. Which device are you using?

— Surface (@surface) April 17, 2017

That means you have to focus your attention on Tweets and Facebook messages to ensure your audience can interact and engage.

How to Improve Engagement

Not sure how to put more effort into your social media engagement strategy? Follow these simple five steps to improve interactions and humanize your brand:

Step 1: Give more to conversations than what’s asked from users.

Step 2: Be entertaining with engagement but not over the top.

Step 3: Inspire your audience to talk, engage and converse.

Step 4: Listen more to those talking about you.

Step 5: Provide resourceful information to your audience.

Get Started

Every social network is unique, but there are ways to be successful across them all. Following these social media best practices will not only help you get started, but also let current marketers fine tune their craft.

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