#we've had it too good for too long

[dipplinduo]

S&S D Arriving Today!!! Ch 13 Out of Context...

[canisalbus]

Hello! I hope I won't sour your mood with this ask but I have been thinking a lot about your gay dogs this month especially.

I'll just try to keep the context short but in general I'm someone that has accepted being romantically undesireable. It was hard but in the end I have built my life just around me, my humble family and at this point in time I don't even think I have the time for a partner. And considering that it's the love month and a lot of people are preparing to celebrate it with their SOs I assumed that, actually, this is a thing that I sort of have in common with Machete.

From the miscellaneous lore on your profile I see Machete as someone that also has kind of rejected love. That also has built his life around his job, possibly hobbies, his family or mentors (depending if we're talking about canon or modern au). Who kind of forgot that relationships are a thing and that people bond with others in that way. Well, at least he did until meeting Vasco.

I just love thinking about their awkward beginnings. Machete being 100% sure that Vasco is just joking, maybe even sometimes teasing him (in a friendly banter type way) or just explaining to himself that all that kindness and interest is just him being a very considerate friend. And then we have Vasco that just tries to be subtle, as if he was trying to pass a fawn without it noticing and running away, but also with time gains confidence and tries more risque moves. Vasco being all smug and Machete being flustered when their hands or shoulders or tails brush in passing. And then when both are sure of their feelings we have Machete who has to choose between God and his love. Who, at first, unwillingly accepts that divine wrath will be worth their brief love.

I just love your boys. I swear they are all the love supply one might possibly need

Thank you for such a long and thoughtful message! I don't know why you thought you might accidentally sour my mood, I'm utterly delighted whenever I hear that someone has been pondering my little guys (rotating them in their head, as they say), and when they go through the trouble of sharing their findings and conclusions I'm so happy I could crawl up a wall.

I think you deciphered Machete's inner workings very well, especially those of the original canon version. The concept of love is of course prominent in Christianity, so even as a kid being raised in a religious environment that discouraged overt displays of affection and close personal bonds, Machete wasn't completely alienated from it. But it has always been a nebulous, unperceivable and unattainable thing for him. When he was old enough to lock down his career choice he readily accepted he'd never have romantic relationships, spouse or a family, and I think he must've been too young and socially inexperienced to think of it as a significant loss. Either he consciously blocked out the need for companionship by studying and working like his life depended on it, or he didn't really consider that being genuinely befriended, appreciated and loved as a person instead of a respectable and competent authority figure was even an option for him, at least not until Vasco came along.

[chewyhanniebug]

most random magazine appearance yet but alright sure why not

[spurgie-cousin]

Baby shower bingo let’s go: put me down for

“Jill isn’t there” because it was scheduled during one of her several vacations/church revival meetings

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“Gender neutral shower” idk why but I think Heidi and Tim could go the “we won’t find out until the birth” route because then Jill REALLY can’t say much about the pregnancy

I'm totally on board for Jill not being there lol, I think it's a solid 50/50 shot if she shows up or not. If I had to guess I'd say she probably will though, only because Tim and Heidi seem like they try to include her when they can (I don't think she'd ever decide not to go herself just for appearances sake, she wants to be seen there).

If Tim and Heidi were even a pinch less Christian I'd maybe say yea to the gender neutral thing, but they're long-paneled-jean-skirt Christian. Gender means *soooo* much to them, I would be genuinely surprised if they didn't have a gender reveal, or even just a gender themed baby shower. But who knows

[liuisi]

church today was SO good

[deeisace]

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[considerad]

shaved my legs so I'm a different person now

[running-in-the-dark]

I'm talking to my friend on the phone and we somehow landed on the topic of ~~alternative medicine~~ and oh my god I want to rip my own head off 🙃

[yeahlikethebird]

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[yuri-is-online]

Hi iI'm gonna dip you midway through dancing and furiously make out a you in the crowd bc your ace posts are so real so true you truly hit the mark.

(つ╥﹏╥)つ ty so much for this comment annon mwah mwah

I'm always happy to serve the Ace lovers and intend to continue to do so, please look forward to it (☆｀• ω •´)ｂ

[varjopeura]

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[protagonistscum]

I didn't finish it but wtf happened in there (bnha)

[catcatb0y]

I am going to fucking kill this old man.

[too-much-boobus]

THIS IS NOT FUNNY GUYS how to become hot enough to justify being so so selfish how to not die AHGHHH AGHGGHHH I HATE HOMOSEXUALITY I HATE GAY PEOPLE AGGHHGGH literally my only weakness. can u imagine my power if i werent gay. i would die meaningless and alone but at least id know id been perfect by everyone else. i was not built for this i was built to be worshipped and yet here i am GROVELING like a PATHETIC FAGGOT because im WANTING SOMETHING which lends myself to VULNERABILITY AND GIVES THE POWER TO DESTROY ME TO SOMEONE ELSE. and WHAT ELSE AM I SUPPOSED TO DO. KILL MYSELF?1?1!1??1? maybe the problem is having self esteem. id say maybe its ok to be this pathetic as long as it makes them love me but it DOESNT EVEN. ITS ANNOYING AND BURDENSOME. i have to suppress myself if i want any of them at all. FUCK MY BAKA LIFE.and im GRATEFUL for this much but i cant help wanting more to the point the need and denial is interfering with my ability to enjoy anything. maybe buddha was right.........

holy shit i just reached the tag limit. anyways im gonna go take a fat shit and pray to god for a system reset soon plzplzplzplz i neeeed it i neeeed to reforge my identity from a depersonalized perspective chat come on its BEEN SO LONG what do i need to do.. ITS NOT MY FAULT NO ONES BEEN TRAUMATIZING ME LATELY come on now:/ i guess thats a good thing but i didnt know i was gonna turn into such a pissbaby afterward 😭 i hate the concept of regression how about im on top of it forever how about i never feel my emotions and never act my age THIS IS TOO SCARY IM SO BAD AT IT AHGHHHHH i will persevere. i just pictured a locked in chad face as a representation of myself and all my mortal complications have been quelled. Get back to work everypony crash out OVER. 😐🧏

#globs #♡

[pirefyrelight]

I need to complain about a work thing because I'm still mad.

At work we recently moved kitchens, which would have been stressful for me even if anyone thought that it was done well. Because it's change, yknow?

Well we've been getting a lot of upper management coming in and telling us how to do our jobs. Lots of chefs from other properties trying to insist on the proper way to do things. And all of them have different opinions.

The part that's looping in my brain for the last few days comes from someone's decision to not move over the microwave on expo. So in the old kitchen, we the linecooks had a microwave on the line and technically a second one in a prep area but it was too far away to be practical. Expo had one on their side of the line.

One of the things everyone was hoping for and was promised for the new kitchen was more microwaves. As nice as pre-iddsified frozen portions of all the food is, it takes up so much time in the microwave. Each item takes maybe 2 minutes each, and if you try to put more items in at once it will take longer than the sum of its parts to get it to temp. Now imagine two tickets with at least 4 items each, right before an order of meatballs and tomato soup (both kept cold and nuked to order) while still cooking normally and that's about how about 50% of all rushes have started here. Sometimes they'll also throw in a gluten allergy in there to spice things up.

We get to the new kitchen. We have a microwave directly on the line, as well as one directly adjacent to the line, next to a small freezer that will eventually have all the iddsi portions. Alright, cool. One positive in a sea of chaos.

Slight downside: there is no longer one on expo. Meaning when they need something nuked, they pass it to us and we queue it up behind everything else. Kind of an oversight one would say.

Well a suggestion box was finally added to a corner of the kitchen, and 'a microwave for expo line' was submitted by at least me, and somehow one was procured and added. Yay, the system works <3.

Now for the thing that pissed me off.

Most of the micromanagement is coming from other, higher ranking chefs. Sometimes I see where their point is coming from, but they're still wrong about this kitchen/team. Not Suit Guy. Suit Guy interrogates us on why we have a small pile of towels on the line. I don't like Suit Guy. I don't think I've heard anyone say one positive word about Suit Guy.

I overheard him say to a small group of people in office dress that were being given a tour in the middle of a busy rush,

"I thought [expo line] wasn't going to have a microwave?"

Oh, bitch. I bet you did think that. However, we know better than you, and we fixed the issue.

I tHoUgHt ThEy WeReNt GoInG tO hAvE oNe

fuckofffuckofffuckoff

Just let us do our jobs, please. Just let us use the dirty dish carts we've been using, let us put things we need near where we use them, just trust that the people doing the job know how to make it easy on themselves! You didn't even make the transition smooth, why are you even here!! Go away!!

[questions-within-questions]

Being a ranger I spend a lot of time alone in the wilderness for hours in the company of one of four co workers.

One such worker for the purpose of this post we shall refer to as Dave.

Dave is a very quiet man. He confesses that if conversation happens too quickly and for too long he gets tired so we often work in silence. He's very polite and good natured but it's obvious that he would happily live and work alone for the rest of his life given the option.

He's very much in the previous generation of ranger, a practical man in his fourties or fifties happy to be kept physically busy for a day and then be sent home with some pay. I had to show him how to use a work issued smart phone.

Meanwhile the rest of the team is made up of the current generation of rangers; openly nurodivergent queer women in their twenties or thirties who work this job because it's the only setting where we can vaguely look sane.

So Dave sticks out a bit. It's really nice when he opens up though because he's an impulsive individual when left to his own devices and has plenty of stories to tell if the mood takes him. I really like working with Dave.

Anyway, one day we've got a job that takes a three hour hike to get to and early on the topic of deer comes up.

I hadn't realised this was the first time we had discussed deer, but blatantly it was. Dave's entire demeanour changes, there's a bit of passion in his voice, but it's also hushed as if he's talking about something sacred.

"Deer are my favourite animal." He says.

I'm also eager to hear Dave talk about himself, so I encourage him to say more.

"I'd love to be a deer myself."

And more

"If a genie offered me the opportunity to become a deer I'd take it. I wouldn't even stop to ask what the price was."

And more

"Sometimes I feel like I'm a deer having a dream about being a human.*

And there I am, a long time commuter to the therian/otherkin community keeping up the encouraging face of someone being politely interested, knowing that this man is straight up a therian with no frame of reference.

And I decided that I wouldn't push the subject outside of the bounds of what Dave is comfortable with, I wouldn't try to teach him the terms "Therian" or "Otherkin" but absolutely I would talk with this man as if he's a deer.

And it's a bit magical really. He's an impulsive individual so I have to talk him out of some risky choices every so often and "this is why deer like you keep getting stuck in fences" has become this magical phrase that allows him to step down from a mistake with a bit of a smile on his face.