Narrow Road to the Exterior

me before i get my paycheck: i'm so excited to spend this on essentials and save the rest wisely

I can't believe this is how I'm finding out that I got a scam forklift cert.

the back of the card even had fancy numbers on it. I couldn't have known that this isn't the one. this website sounded more official than certifyme.net, and there wasn't one with a .gov address.

so, I emailed OSHA, and they said that so long as I live and work in California, there's no such thing as forklift certification. I have to be told how to do it every time I get the job.

When I was in this age bracket, there was a huge emphasis on improving consent culture via graceful rejection, and it's gone by the wayside. Which sucks.

#i already know by reblogging + adding tags to this that i’m abt to get a full length essay from jenny with citations either backing me up #or gently refuting me #and frankly there’s only so much longer i can pretend to be smart before she realizes how in over my head i am irt tolkien analysis #(none of which is a complaint btw i’m still expecting that essay) #BUT anyway . the whole point is that it WASN’T a riddle. it was never meant to be. it wasn’t even directed AT gollum #it was bilbo putting his hands in his pockets & finding the weird little trinket he’d picked up & musing abt it #& seeing as the trinket was the ONE RING i think it’s far to remark upon it #*fair #like i’ve put hair ties in my pocket then immediately forgotten abt and; upon finding them later; literally gone Hey what’s in my pocket? #it’s a normal reaction that’s completely rhetorical and aimed inwards #bilbo was trying to think of his next riddle UNDER IMMENSE PRESSURE AND ANXIETY CONSIDERING THE CIRCUMSTANCES #and then wondered aloud what he’d found earlier #and GOLLUM was the one who interpreted it as a riddle and engaged with it thusly #i would argue myself that if i’m in a riddle contest and then sneeze and go excuse me (technically a question) & my opponent #takes it as a riddle & tries to figure out the answer #that reflects on them and not me and i am not responsible for any victory that may secure #lastly while yes “what’s in my pocket” is emphatically not a riddle gollum ALSO broke the rule by guessing FOUR times #and the contest was to see if he could eat bilbo alive or not so. i think maybe it’s okay if it was tipped in bilbo’s favor #i’m not a master of riddle contests or their rules but if i stump a dragon by going Oh gosh what will i ask next? #and that means the dragon doesn’t devour me in one bite well then. i’ll pat myself on the back and consider that an official riddle #anyway over to you jenny #lotr (via seekerstone)