Phat Rage™️

we don't know why will was taken specifically

hopper and joyce just happened to conveniently forget going to school with henry

the painting lie hasn't been addressed

we don't know why el recognized will in season 1 without having ever seen him before

we don't know who opened the door the night will was taken

mike and will's colors just HAPPEN to be blue and yellow and the cast, crew, and WRITERS THEMSELVES telling us to "pay attention to detail" was deadass just generational queerbait

after everything, mike STILL couldn't say i love you to eleven

patty newby is non-existent and creelby just happens to parallel byler for literally no reason 🩷

will was about to FORGIVE henry.

the duffers genuinely forgot their OWN MAIN CHARACTERS BIRTHDAY AND AGE MULTIPLE TIMES

the russian involvement in s3 and s4 was never explained so it was prob just capitalist propaganda except they don't want us to realize that so they gave jonathan an entire anti-capitalist film storyline for the sake of "screwing conformity" i guess

ohhh but! critiquing society???? fuck that! because they also didn't show us vickie in the epilogue at all, giving her and robin a completely ambiguous ending in which 90% of the fandom believe they broke up off-screen!!!!!!! A+ for representation !!!!!!

not only that, but will doesn't even have a CONFIRMED epilogue boyfriend. that is full well a cute lil headcanon that MIKE has for him.

terry ives, lonnie, enzo, max's mom, suzie, argyle, dr kay, the turnbow family, the school counselor with the clock necklace, and dr owens just vanished into thin air, ALONG WITH ALL THE DANGERS OF THE UPSIDE DOWN???? where were the demodogs, the demogorgons, the demobats????

max's letters were just completely insignificant and had no reason to be mentioned again i guess

november 6 just happened to be a funny coincidence

they ALSO happened to forget that nancy had a vision of mike being killed by vecna in s4 bc that boy wasn't even remotely in danger at all while every other wheeler was put through hell

dr brenner's obsession and fascination with the upside down and abyss stemming from how his father was involved in project rainbow was also not addressed

not to mention that the dude is literally horrendous at drawing animals but when it comes to the flipping hexcore he's da vinci

melvalds, the general store, just happens to sell milkshakes

will adores getting lost in the woods because that's such a fun activity for him

henry just gave holly her favorite song because he was feeling kind

they never actually defeated the mind flayer !!!! which is wonderful

we actually never find out whether or not will lost his powers

el's water tank in the upside down being completely full although there has literally NEVER been water in the upside down before

mike is somehow the only one who has ever understood el even though she was 10x happier with max. could they not have just admitted that they made the elmax reunion so incredibly lackluster because they refused to let ANY gay ships win regardless of how much chance they had of being canon?

the 'lovebirds' parallel between jonathan + steve and mike + eleven??? what was that even for

all the dick jokes, mike listening the a band called the BUTTHOLE SURFERS, the camera panning to mike 7000 times during will's coming out scene, mike not being able to touch will, all just happened to be fun coincidences

not only that, but the mike-will-eleven and nancy-jonathan-steve love triangles were resolved by none of the couples working out! wow.

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Hahahahahaha poor daddys

The protocol is probably, you offer the baby for sale for an exorbitant price.

If someone actually bids on the baby, you're 'supposed' to raise the price until they quit.

But if the other party does not quit, maybe because they believe they are rich enough to deter the consequences, you actually are expected to sell the baby and sign over their employment to the other party.

(The baby is considered both property AND employed by the patriarch of the family that birthed it. This is to avoid the stigma of unemployment.)

The baby can't be terminated by its original family during its sale, as that would immediately devalue the transaction. The same way that you can't rip up documents that validate a racehorse or an expensive painting's authenticity when you sell it. You sold it for a price based on an officiated document or in this case, a record of potential value to the employer. Any involuntary termination or gap in employment mars its value. The baby's employment therefore must be transferred as if they were part of a merger.

The baby by themselves can't ratify this change to its contract either, but external parties require any change in total number of employees to be validated and reported. The new baby 'owners' could be sued for under-valuing their operation to report greater profits. So, some form of legal proxy representing the baby must accompany it to vouch for the situation-- usually the mother. And as a proxy shares the baby's status (you want to buy them as one commodity, or else your problems double!) they are also subject to the same ambiguous legal situation. And unlike a baby, they understand how to steal things.

So not only do the baby's parents make out like bandits but if they understood the situation, they now have an agent inside another business entity that cannot be held accountable or litigated against without revealing the buyer is at-fault (the seller is never at fault) for the incomplete status of their acquisition. You could just imprison the security threat, but the original family can then clean you out for abuse of what is still technically their employees.

It comes down to how long the patriarch of the baby's family can legally obstruct proceedings to maintain the maximum advantage, and how long the foolish buyer can tolerate being robbed before they have to fire the baby.

But because the transfer of employment was never correctly executed, the baby is not actually theirs to terminate, like a normal employee. The only option to get rid of the baby without even more chaos is... to sell it back for even more money. Or sell their business, which would immediately resolve the conflict.

🥕 @obliviousmelon

headcanon that a ferengi tradition is putting your new baby up for sale at a ridiculous price to show how valuable they are to you (everyone has to be polite and not actually buy them or hands will be thrown, people will be sued, etc etc)

🎠 @squareshapedboop

The second Rom is born Quark slapped a “Free to a Good Home” sticker on his forehead and Moogie yelled at him for an hour

🍎 @betterbemeta

The reason why you're not 'supposed' to buy the babies is likely because of corporate (familial?) espionage and contract law. A baby is too young to honor an exclusivity clause or an NDA even if a baby could sign one or have a guardian sign one. So technically they are a security risk.The protocol is probably, you offer the baby for sale for an exorbitant price. If someone actually bids on the baby, you're 'supposed' to raise the price until they quit. But if the other party does not quit, maybe because they believe they are rich enough to deter the consequences, you actually are expected to sell the baby and sign over their employment to the other party.(The baby is considered both property AND employed by the patriarch of the family that birthed it. This is to avoid the stigma of unemployment.)The baby can't be terminated by its original family during its sale, as that would immediately devalue the transaction. The same way that you can't rip up documents that validate a racehorse or an expensive painting's authenticity when you sell it. You sold it for a price based on an officiated document or in this case, a record of potential value to the employer. Any involuntary termination or gap in employment mars its value. The baby's employment therefore must be transferred as if they were part of a merger.The baby by themselves can't ratify this change to its contract either, but external parties require any change in total number of employees to be validated and reported. The new baby 'owners' could be sued for under-valuing their operation to report greater profits. So, some form of legal proxy representing the baby must accompany it to vouch for the situation-- usually the mother. And as a proxy shares the baby's status (you want to buy them as one commodity, or else your problems double!) they are also subject to the same ambiguous legal situation. And unlike a baby, they understand how to steal things.So not only do the baby's parents make out like bandits but if they understood the situation, they now have an agent inside another business entity that cannot be held accountable or litigated against without revealing the buyer is at-fault (the seller is never at fault) for the incomplete status of their acquisition. You could just imprison the security threat, but the original family can then clean you out for abuse of what is still technically their employees.It comes down to how long the patriarch of the baby's family can legally obstruct proceedings to maintain the maximum advantage, and how long the foolish buyer can tolerate being robbed before they have to fire the baby.But because the transfer of employment was never correctly executed, the baby is not actually theirs to terminate, like a normal employee. The only option to get rid of the baby without even more chaos is... to sell it back for even more money. Or sell their business, which would immediately resolve the conflict.This leaves the baby with a good start to their resume.

🐴 @captaincrusher

Did a Ferengi corporate lawyer write this post?

i’m So sorry Chappell Roan

TNG Episodes: "The Defense" And it's about a defense

DS9 Episodes: "Hold the Line" and it has a A-plot of dramatic war and philosphy, with a B-plot of Quark scamming a single mother out of her life saving, before being forced to give some of it back

VOY Episodes: "Combat" and the whole episode is a master-and-commander style space battle.

ENT Episodes: "The Ship" and it's about the ship docking with another ship.

DIS Episodes: "Cometh thou for thine'sths own might so that hath we art to belongeth" and it's part 7 of 24 of chasing the alien that eats planets because it's sad.

LD Episodes: "The Good, the Bad, and the Boimler" And it's where Boimler and Mariner trade personalities for a week.

SNW Episodes: "E Pluribus Union" And it's a a complex metaphor for the current socio-economic situation of the United States, immediatly followed by an episode where they are all transported into an alternate universe where they can only communicate through Canterbury Tales quotes.

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