blah blah blah

But when you think about it, that doesn't really happen. No one makes musicals or slasher movies about real people that really died. That would be insane. They make solemn Oscarbait like Lone Survivor or 13 Hours.

So what I want to see is the in-universe movie made in one of these summer blockbuster universes that treats everything with the gravitas of, oh, you know, Tom Hanks.

And it's about the soldiers who blasted Starscream with rockets.

Batman does not exist without Bruce’s tragedy and trauma and motivations and morals…and likewise Bruce likely can’t function without engaging in direct action to prevent his own tragedy from happening to others. It really is that simple:

“Our own personal losses drove us to become what we are. We do what we can to save others from what we experienced. That includes everyone in Gotham.”

Anyway…….Murderer?/Fugitive already definitively answered this question:

“I thought that in many ways Bruce Wayne died along with his parents…and the mask I’ve shown the world all these years is the remnant of what that child was before that night. But it’s not true. My codes, the rules I live by–these ideals came from my father…from Thomas Wayne…that’s why I couldn’t let even a killer like Tony Rulyanchik get shot. Because he wouldn’t have either. He believed in the sanctity of all life. I’ve been so blind…all this time. I thought the real Bruce Wayne was that happy child of memory…but now that everything has been stripped away from him, I realize that mask is not Bruce…not at all. I am Bruce Wayne. I always have been.”

Fandom Problem #14,969:

To be honest, I'm getting pretty freaking sick about hearing "but-but my ESCAPISM!!🥺" and "I just want to play with my digital dollies!!🥺" when people are just outright refusing to acknowledge that the very politically charged media the claim to be such big fans of does in fact include political themes.

I just think back to simpsons.

You are not mentally prepared or stable enough to always care about every little issue, bias, and political thing that crops up. You need to BREATHE and forcing other people not to is insulting, tiring some, and annoying.

I just remembered that this was a thing that was HILARIOUS in 2006 and apparently that was ten years ago now.

Old people: join with me in remembering how funny we found this on LiveJournal.

Young people: look at this lolrus, it’s so happy, it has a bucket.

Very much did in the sense that I literally do not know where my job is at the moment. But, for the time being I haven't been let go because nobody else including the store owner knows where it is either.

So, I don't wanna risk doxxing myself by posting pictures but goddamn am I tempted because this is not a believable event. This is a cartoon problem. For looneytoons.

But yeah, so, I work(ed?) at a kiosk selling boba tea, right? Freestanding kiosk in the mall with full water and electrical hookups and multiple fridges and sinks and a mini kitchen and the works. Fully functional tea shop. Very important to note that it was there last night, The work chat was discussing another issue last night at closing time. I'll get back to this.

It's been showing signs of being on the way out with how business is being handled lately and I've been considering other options, which is probably why I'm not as torn up about this as I should be, but maybe it just hasn't set in yet, but that's not the point. The point is there's been a lot of shit breaking and not being replaced and nobody mentioning anything about it until I walk into work in the morning and have to figure out why shit like the fucking cash register isn't there today. So I'm kinda used to having to ask questions about big things that nobody bothered to update me on. I was out for two weeks recovering from a surgery, so I came to work this morning assuming there'd be some kind of bullshit, yeah?

So, the question I had to ask the chat this morning was:

Not a text I ever thought I'd have to send in sincerity, but there it is. Because what I found instead was a fenced off patch of discolored tiles and a few holes in the floor where my entire place of employment used to be.

And the answer? Nobody knows! It was there last night when the mall closed, and every single trace of the structure and all its contents including drink making supplies and our safe and cashbox was gone when it opened again. And when I say nobody knows, I mean everyone from last night's closers to the actual (former?) owner of the store jad no fucking clue about this until getting that text from me this morning. For once I am actually the first to know. 🎉.

So. I guess I didn't so much lose my job as had it stolen. Not by AI, but good old fashioned hands-on human beings picking it up and carrying it away somehow. All mall security would tell me was that they were instructed not to tell me anything and have us contact our management. Who also don't know anything. And later on I came across some construction workers around the gravesite of the kiosk discussing filling in the holes, asked them about it, and was told that they "weren't at liberty to say".

So, not only is my job gone in the most literal physical sense of the word, but it was taken in some kind of super secret kiosk extraction in the dead of night without any warning or witnesses and nobody is allowed to speak of it. The store owner said she was gonna figure it out 10 hours ago and still no word back.

My mother in law thinks the FBI took it.

Not any of the other stores around the state. Just the one little kiosk.

Why? Because she loves a conspiracy and is just a little bit extra.

Also because she was around for the massive crackdown on Yakuza-owned businesses in Waikiki (in her homestate) that did actually involve the FBI seizing stores (no confirmation of making kiosks cleanly disappear in the middle of the night though).

Still no word from my job on what's actually going on, but the most likely theory so far is that maybe the kiosk was on lease and got repossessed? The mystery continues

According to the owner, based on what she's been able to find out, the kiosk was not removed legally and they're starting a potentially long process of legal action. I hope she gets to sue the shit out of whoever did it but for now at least I know for sure I'm unemployed.

Really hoping for more details in terms of who/why/how, so I'll keep updating if I learn anything.

For now the summary is: An unnamed entity that is most likely mall management (on account of mall security cooperating with them) stole an entire kiosk and all the contents including money and machinery with barely a trace in the middle of the night grinch-style, with zero warning or explanation, and ensured the silence of both security and the construction crew, in an action that was definitely preplanned and illegal, and as far as I know nobody knows its whereabouts.

Enjoy the unintentionally funniest text I've ever sent in my life

Aaand a close-up:

HEY HI HELLO THIS ONE'S MY FAVORITE

If you live north of the Equator, June 21 marks the summer solstice for you. This date is when the Northern Hemisphere reaches its maximum tilt toward the Sun and has its longest stretch of daylight all year.

In the Southern Hemisphere, the opposite is true today! Today is the start of winter and the shortest day for friends south of the Equator.

This post talks about a new DM feature in youtube. What it fails to mention is that as part of this new feature is that when you send someone a link to a video, and they open it in the youtube app, they will see who sent them the link. Specifically, your channel name.

If your google account name is your real name, so is your channel name by default.

This means the new default behavior is that everyone you send a youtube link to will see your full name if they open it in the mobile app.

To turn this off:

Go to your youtube app settings

Go to Privacy

Turn off "Channel visibility for shared links"

My illustrations the most based poem about tigers by Nael, age 6

https://wheelofnames.com/fz4-b2n