Bico's Place

There was a big push to eliminate "degrading jobs" but the strategy was to eliminate the position, then create a new position outside of the bargaining unit to do the work. So like, we wouldn't have dishwashers, but we'd have people who washed dishes that weren't eligible to be in the union.

I was like A) what the actual fuck? Dish washing isn't "degrading", it's fucking vital. B) What the actual fuck? You want to create a union just to exploit different people?

The first time someone told me that busing tables was "degrading", I was like "Oh, uhh, yeah, like it's very necessary work but under compensated for how vital it is?" and they responded "No, touching plates that other people have eaten off of is disgusting."

In bargaining, someone on the Union side suggested that we eliminate all the cashiers and exclusively use self-checkouts (they were a cashier and didn't like it). The organizer told them that the union wasn't in the habit of eliminating bargaining unit positions. (This is the same person I've talked about how said that "as a prison abolitionist" we just needed to execute most criminals.)

It got me thinking, along with Ann Russell talking about how to treat cleaners (being a cleaner herself), about how we conceptualise domestic service as particularly degrading in all its forms, when, really, why is that? Why is paying someone to do something intrinsically bad?

Like, even in a moneyless, gift economy society, there would still be people whose primary contribution to their communities would be cleaning. Some people like to clean, and are really rather good at it.

I've talked ad nauseam in the past about how British attitudes towards cleaners and other service based positions today are the descendants of Victorian attitudes. That is, both the attitudes of conservatives and many progressives of that time. The trade union movement was particularly exclusionary towards service workers.

like.

"I don't like the idea of Sharing a bad experience to make its effect less per each person, let's instead put the Entire Bad Experience on a single person."

they're literally arguing for creating omelas???? on purpose????

Jackass Jenny #5 - Horsin' Around

You're getting it: Surge is THE Sonic hater. That's her thing. Shadow is apathetic towards him with some begrudging respect, Blaze and Silver and Knuckles all became his friends, and Jet is just here to win at sports. Surge is the one where the hate is real and it's PERSONAL. The thing that sets Surge apart is that she's the ONE character who has it out for him but isn't a straight up villain. We've seen Surge interact with Sonic's friends, and she doesn't seem to have any beef with them at all. It's JUST Sonic. She just hates that fucking guy.

In a way I would consider it a letdown if they ever had an arc where they really reconcile their differences and become friends. She would lose the thing that makes her unique. They've acknowledged that Sonic often makes friends with his rivals! Right from the start, he said the reason he let her live is so she could become his friend eventually. Which means that to Surge, letting go of her grudge would mean that he wins. She's not gonna let that happen. She's way too prideful for that. It only made Surge more determined to stay his enemy. It's about the principle: he underestimated her, and now she wants to prove his whole philosophy wrong. It's spite all the way down. And that's awesome.

Ehm sooo Power Rangers zords that are also conscious in a way. I mean like I wish we got more scenes with the rangers and their respective zords telepathically communicating with eachother or just them straight up talking to their zords in person

Like Tyler from Dino Charge telling mama T-Red because yes I fully believe his zord is a she about how he longs to see his dad because he just feels it in his heart that he is alive and mama T-Rex communicating the best she can in trying to tell him that his father is alive she however can't speak so she just sends feelings of understanding and acceptance his way.

Jayden from Samurai confides in his folding zord every night describing his feelings of imposter syndrome and fear knowing he's basically just a pawn to both his father and mentor Ji meant to do nothing but serve as a "protector" of his sisters identity so she can eventually seal Master Xander away despite it more than likely being at the cost of his own life. His zord can do nothing but show him slight tricks to make him smile and send feelings of security and care hoping that he understands that despite the horrible father figures in his life he will always be there with Jayden and if that means fighting till the bitter end and attacking anyone who dares to mess with him he will.

Astronema/Karone expressing to her Galactabeast her fears of becoming evil again and the guilt she feels becoming the new pink Galaxy Ranger after Kendrick's untimely death and fuck it maybe she expresses a feeling of wanting to become evil again just so she can have the power she once had before. She also showcases her love for Andros and her hatred of the dark forces for stripping her away from her childhood and from her brother because even after they were defeated he and her never seemed to get back on the same level they were on as children.

Or on a much lighter note Emma from Megaforce laying in her bedroom telephathically giggling with her Phoneix zord, catching her up on all the school drama and describing the major crush she has on Troy only for her zord to send back emotions of happiness and urges of confession trying to espress to Emma that all she has to do it tell Troy because she may or may not have heard from his zord that Troy may or may not feel the same way about Emma.