#or i let it air dry

[flowers-that-sing]

“for someone who just has straight hair, that is… a very complicated routine”

yea ik sorry its just my inner steve harrington jumping out

[dykedvonte]

I think a big misunderstanding is the power people give Curly to actually change things about the way the pony express operates or could’ve done things on the Tulpar.

We are talking about a company that docks pay for bad synergy despite mandated psych evals that should tell which staff members would work well together, only allots for 5 hours of sleep despite having literally no other tasks to truly do and locks all resources behind the access of one person. The last one is likely to manage resources and make it easier to justify collective punishment and blaming one person for it; someone needs something in “excess” or the captain gives in? It’s all on them your pay is docked. Instant resentment.

It’s insidious how the company works, it’s by design to distract you from coming after them, to force tensions to line their own pockets. With all the restrictions and forced interactions, altercations are bound to happen. 5 hours of sleep a day, limited sources of entertainment, no real tasks… the monotony alone would cause bad cabin fever, mix that with just only one absolute mediator and you get the exact environment that allows shit like in the game to happen.

The idea he could just complain and try to throw his weight around to get them to dig into their pocket for the crews comfort is laughable and misses the predatory and dehumanizing aspect of capitalism the Pony Express represents. Curly was and is still just another asset to them. Being a top show pony doesn’t mean he’s anywhere close to the actual top. He is the top of the working ladder, not whoever’s in corporate, he wouldn’t even be on the bottom step unlike what Jimmy perceives. The resounding recommendations he would get are almost mocking as they throw him out like nothing just like the rest. Being a shitty fucking company, how much do you bet they’d mean anything anyways, especially since he wanted to leave the field all together.

He made a fuss and they didn’t listen, he says he should’ve done more but you can tell he knows it wouldn’t have changed anything. Jobs like this are willing to make a sacrifice if it means even a penny more. Curly makes a bigger fuss they likely would’ve just found an “unrelated” reason to fire him, hired a more pliable guy or, terrifyingly, promoted Jimmy. The company was failing, going to shut down whether anything happened on the ship or not. But knowing that they were shutting down and that everyone, including him, would be out of a job with this being their last paycheck, he had to factor in not destroying the last bit of their financial stabilities combined with every other issue on the vessel and his own. He gets another cryopod or locks and then he has to break to them that they are not only fired but there will be substantial cuts to their paychecks due to the “upgrades” (things that already should’ve been in place on their part) on top of anything else that could be docked along the way.

You can blame him for saying it so early into the trip but then again, if he mentioned it later who’s to say it wouldn’t have been worse? On the capitalism side alone how would people in a galaxy away from home, out of a job and already stir crazy react? Don’t get me started on how Jimmy would have reacted if he realized he only had two days left to fix what would be a very hard to miss “problem” in his head…

I can’t even consider explaining this as devils advocate because it’s just facts of the world we and they live in and factors that heavily affected the situation. People are just so quick to make claims on the ease of the choices when P.E literally makes it hard to choose to do anything but suck it up.

[cultivating-wildflowers]

needing to take a shower: the horrors are real and they are too much for me

taking a shower: there’s some goodness in this world

needing to dry my hair: the horrors are real—

[whaliiwatching]

pining queer people stylin

[adriartts]

auch julian. my man who sucks

↑ progess.

[abirddogmoment]

undergoing puppy tortures to turn her back into a show dog

[appleciders]

begging my male coworkers to develop coping mechanisms that aren't exercise

[ashleshalovesyou]

From this to

This to

[dullahandyke]

They need to send out a public service announcement or something re: people with curly hair brushing it w a hairbrush every morning.... pls u are killing her an angel is dying

[flashhwing]

in an effort to take care of and style my hair in a way that actually looks good i have, after showering and applying my leave-in, put my hair in twists then wrapped it in a t-shirt wrapped around my head and i gotta say. i feel really stupid rn.

[hexitca-art]

Disco Elysium style self portrait

Bitch comb your fucking hair after a shower!!!

[halfdeadwallfly]

hair today 👀 idk why it's doing that but i'm not mad about it

[aridavid]

my mom was like no way you can see with you hair like that. and i truly did not know wtf she was talking about until i saw my reflection just now i look like a fucking cartoon 😭😭

[beannary]

ok guys we are doing an experiment where i let my hair dry mostly naturally so i can see how my hair looks when im not trying to get it as straight as possible

[crsdsamzo]

I REALLY shouldn't be up this late at 3:37am