#the STRESS

[maxdibert]

"Severus was mean to his students."

Ma'am, Severus was a man in his thirties with three jobs, responsible for teaching seven different year groups, grading their assignments and exams, performing his regular teaching duties, working as a spy for Dumbledore (constantly risking his safety and life to infiltrate the inner circle of the most dangerous man in history), working for the Order of the Phoenix, and keeping an eye on a group of reckless brats who spent 24/7 putting themselves in danger because they were incapable of accepting the word “no.” As a result, he constantly had to put himself at risk 24/7 to make sure they didn’t end up dead. And in the midst of all that workplace exploitation, for which he received literally zero incentives or rewards, those same kids, who had him at his wit’s end because he was already drowning in underpaid work, were the ones backtalking him, suspecting him, stalking him to see what he was "up to," or simply challenging him constantly.

I mean, it’s not that I don’t care that Severus’s treatment of his students was questionable—it’s just that I’m 28 years old, with a job, debts to pay, bills to manage, and adult responsibilities. The mere thought of having not one but two extra jobs, on top of all that, which also put my life at risk, and having to deal with the nonsense of a bunch of insufferable kids, honestly gives me major anxiety. So, I can understand why another adult, ten times more overworked than I am and with triple the responsibilities, wouldn’t have the time, patience, or energy to be nice to kids who either just added more work to his plate (Neville) or only contributed to his stress and frustration with their awful attitudes.

Severus wasn’t a poor, innocent soul or a victim, but he was a dysfunctional adult with an overwhelming workload and terrible working conditions who was completely fed up with everything. And honestly, no one can understand that better than other dysfunctional adults with too much work, low pay, and a similar level of frustration with life.

[xiaq]

In my real life job, I’ve been working on a massive op for the last three months. I’ve been trying not to get excited until the ink is dry on the contract but it looks like we’ll actually get this thing closed over the weekend. It’ll be the biggest deal I’ve ever signed, and it will easily (easily) be the biggest deal of the year for my entire team.

I’m still not popping bottles. Yet. But my hopes. They are up.

[wearerandomlyyours]

Admiral Kazansky: *to the new TopGun graduates* ...and remember, there are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old, bold pilots.

*F-18 does a low altitude high speed inverted flyby*

Admiral Kazansky: The continued survival of Captain Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell should be treated as an exception and not the rule...

[thespliffbunker]

[dredgesnails]

jimmy almost said double life instead of wild life on a recent stream and i know that doesnt mean that much in the grand scheme of things because some of these lifers are perpetually stuck in different seasons (hello mumbo) but what if the mechanic this session is actually double life again... session 5 would be the perfect time for it now that allies and enemies have been made...

[bleedingcoffee42]

2nd Battalion. McMillian and Dean look so tired.

Speirs has his classic Bastonge pic but please look at how much hair this man has lost by Joigny jump less than a year later in Sept '45. Easy Company ages you.

[plush0fairy]

My submission for the Kwite fashion fanart comp! God. Everyone’s art I’ve seen so far is so good.. mine feels like garbo in comparison but yk we try..

[medlilove]

The Chernobyl series lacked realism by not having even one scientist and/or politician having a full blown panic attack at some point during the relief efforts.

[the-lokal-homo]

Crying for Charles, was scared for Oscar. Happy for Nico, also for Vallteri. SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP FOR LEWIS, WTF. That was a fucking fever dream

[kayla-marie-writes]

There is nothing more stressful than watching someone play House of Ashes for the first time. They didn't choose air support. They left the WP, and everyone's relationships went to shit. And they got upset that Salim didn't die when he first met a vampire. I feel attacked-😭😮‍💨

[cuntyarmand]

Honestly can’t relate to people pumping out gifsets so quick i sit there for like 2 hours colouring one gif

[auro-cyanide]

Having anxiety dreams where my brain conjures a hundred reasons why I can't call my mum, can't type the numbers in no matter how hard I try, contacts doesn't work, phone suddenly dies even though it was on 71% two seconds ago, while the real reason I can't call my mum is because she is dead. That is a really important thing that happened, why is my brain creating imaginary reasons??

[romanticspeculation]

I mean, it's a tightrope walk on a straight razor. Five-hundred-foot reputational drop.

[andtheflameswenthigher]

If no one hears from me after this game assume I’ve had a heart attack

[theghostofbeans]

EXCUSE ME?! WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? I'M SCARED [pls let this be the fig convo]