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executives are so good at not understanding something’s appeal. like when their lesson from Barbie was “more toy movies” and Heated Rivalry was “more sports shows”. I shudder to think of the cheap Obsession copies that are coming

#Something about this show is bottled lightning. Must be the bottle.

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aokozaki

Anyone remember Round the Twist?

demilypyro

there was an episode where a boy and a girl get their brains sucked out and when they put them back they mess up and end up swapped. it blew my 7 year old little self's mind and is probably the first time i ever consciously thought about being a girl. i didn't fully crack my egg for another 13 years after that but i've always been able to picture that episode with perfect clarity. i was obsessed

millieindeed

I did not realise Round The Twist escaped Australian containment

#“Have you ever ever felt like this” and the screen grab is just a picture of an egg

I left my coworker with literally ONE job.

Read over my report comments on our shared class and add their name to them if they agreed, or tweak and add their name to them if they disagreed. My name was already there because I had done the bulk of the work and written the comments. The due date for this (reasonably) was the last day of term, or last friday for those playing along at home. (Not American, so this is the winter holidays, a short break. Also due to the particular branch of the industry tree that I'm sitting on, I have slightly different holidays to mainstream schools)

So fast forward to today. I'm playing AC Shadows. I get a text from my boss' boss (my boss is currently in Brazil because it's the holidays)

"Just checking to see if these reports are ready to go out? Can I add [Coworker]'s name?"

Me, pausing my game to reply: "I didn't add their name because they had to check over the comments. Have they done that?"

My boss' boss: "Well, they're currently not in the country, so I'll just check and bang their name on, shall I?"

Me: "Sure, as long as you're happy with the comments."

I'm tired, y'all.

#This is the same person who I helped mark their student's work #PLUS I marked this class' exam so they would have more time to mark another class #PLUS I had assignments come in from my OWN classes AND PLANNED TWO UNITS #I get that everyone works at their own pace but #Deadlines! Are! Real! Things!#And we had one! I should not be getting a message in the middle of my holidays because SOMEONE ELSE didn't do their job!#Add to this that my boss still forgets that one of the ESL classes is no longer mine #and is this person's responsibility #so she kept asking me whether the comments for THAT class were done #And like I love my boss but that's not my class.

movementnudge

Movement nudge! Just do something!

X

Not gonna lie. Everytime I see her face on my insta feed, I immediately get up and do something. She has me trained.

#Me seeing this video after i just cooked myself chorizo pasta #I am happy that I did

specialagentartemis

It’s unfortunate and tragic and painful but it’s true: putting your previous draft on one monitor screen and then pulling up a blank document on your second monitor and retyping it from scratch? It genuinely makes it SO much better

#I hand write my first drafts in a notebook but yes strong agree

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thewickerking

day one after changing sheets: ok im gonna kick my bad habits i won't eat in bed or leave knives or scissors or lighters in bed I'll have only normal bed things in my bed and I'll change the sheets more often too

day two after changing sheets: oh yeah this half eaten bundt cake is sleeping with me tonight

#tumblr's aging demographic

starcrier

and you know what? i am REALLY sick of these ads that are openly mocking people for being concerned about the products they’re selling.

Amazon’s super bowl ad where the Alexa mocks Chris Hemsworth for being worried about giving spy software control over his entire life. Waymo’s ad with the intro “the robots are coming!” mocking people who are rightfully extremely concerned about sharing the road with, or riding in, self-driving cars.

i don’t know, it’s just genuinely insane to me. “Oh, you have legitimate concerns about our shitty product? sounds like you’re just lame!!!” like what kind of “quiet part out loud” marketing is that?

shallow-between-stars

It's McDonalds rhetoric.

We all know the story of the woman who had coffee spilt on her lap and sued McDonalds for millions, and how McDonalds turned it into "oh nooo coffee hot" when the story is more along the lines of this woman needed corrective surgery to her bits because the superheated water that hit her lap melted it.

The marketing is effectively trying to paint people with genuine concerns as conspiracy theorists so that other people will openly mock them. The ad isn't about getting you to give up your concerns.

It's about turning you into a laughing stock in the eyes of others.

I call my dog an idiot frequently but he's actually quite smart in like... the worst ways.

I've mentioned before that he tells me when the kettle has boiled because he associates it with getting a treat (I used to boil the kettle, put his lead on with a treat, and make my coffee) and how I can't leave food unattended in a place that doesn't require opposable thumbs to open because he will memorise and he will bide his time until I leave it unattended -

But his new trick

Ooooooh his new trick.

-seethes-

His new trick is to turn off my computer by pressing the button with his nose when it is walkies time.

#the real life adventures of Cat #Ranger Dog #Cat's dogs

nohoperadio

You know that thing would eat you if you died, right? *pointing to the false image of you that others perceive*

#I know this is a joke but #I watched this happen real time at the funeral of a friend of mine #All I could think was “this man's parents never listened to him a day in his life”#“He liked... uhh... Pokemon and.... uhhh.... other pokemon.”#BITCH he liked science and flowers and hanging with his friends eating three times his bodyweight in pancakes #And magic tricks and the guys from MythBusters #And computers and well yes Pokemon but that wasn't ALL #And I was so offended that this man who had died screaming into the void that nobody understood him #Was misunderstood to the point that he was sent off with THE OPENING THEME FROM THE POKEMON ANIME

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hellyeahrihannafenty

Tom Holland does Rihanna’s “Umbrella” on Lip Sync Battle

dr0wnedperfectionist

I’m literally zendaya reacting like he didn’t have to go that hard and yet..

kiera-jpg

if this comes up on my dash and i don’t reblog it - just assume im dead

claudiagray

The burning question: When she has her hands on either side of her face, right at the start, is this the moment she realized, “I’m gonna have to marry this guy” ?

#I always forget about the bait-and-switch at the start

shallow-between-stars

Me: Oh hey my book box arrived!

Me: Oh hey that's a really cute sticker!

Me: Oh hey that really cute sticker has a weird... book... on it.

Me: Oh hey. That's a mistake that AI would make.

Me: ...Goddamn it that just sucked all the fucking joy out of this book box.

shallow-between-stars

The email I sent to them:

"Hey there!

Just a quick question - I noticed that one of the stickers in my recent book box was very clearly AI generated. This is very disappointing to find as I am a staunch believer in supporting human artists. However, I do believe that this may have been a mistake and was wondering if there was any sort of screening process on the content of the box to ensure that real human hands have produced the content that goes into book boxes?

I know it seems like a silly thing to be concerned about, but it has made me worried that the books I am reading may also have been written by AI which is something I definitely do not want to support. One of the reasons I get book box is that it introduces me to a range of smaller authors I otherwise would not encounter, and part of that is wanting to know that what I am reading has had the care and attention of a real person applied to it.

Thanks for your time and consideration - again I usually love getting my monthly box and am hoping that this is an oversight!"

#I can do passive bitching with the best of them when I want to.#The cat had five fucking paws for godssake #And when I checked the other stickers more closely at least three of the four were AI

In other news, it has come to my attention that people are transvestigating Pauline Hanson.

On the one hand, no-one should be subjected to that bullshit.

On the other hand - TEAR EACH OTHER APART YOU ASSHOLES

#Staunch believer in you shouldn't do horrible things to people just because they're horrible people #But like if the bullshit “we can always tell” crowd turns on the Red Head Reich at least she won't become the FUCKING PRIME MINISTER

Me: Oh hey my book box arrived!

Me: Oh hey that's a really cute sticker!

Me: Oh hey that really cute sticker has a weird... book... on it.

Me: Oh hey. That's a mistake that AI would make.

Me: ...Goddamn it that just sucked all the fucking joy out of this book box.

#It's supposed to REMAIN CONTAINED on the INTERNET and not AFFECT my NICE THINGS #Annoying AI Adorable kittycat with an adorable frog on its head holding an impossibly-spined book I hate you so much #And like... if the STICKERS are made with AI then could the BOOKS be written by AI?

kjscottwrites

Where are you on the kinsey scale of fiction/fic reading?

0 Exclusively read original fiction

1 Predominantly read original fiction, rarely read fanfic

2 Predominantly read original fiction, often read fanfic

3 Equally read original fiction and fanfiction

4 Predominantly read fanfic, often read original fiction

5 Predominantly read fanfic, rarely read original fiction

6 Exclusively read fanfic

x I don't read lol

I wanna talk about it / results

Voting ended onJun 24

I'm curious too, about the drive towards one or the other. If youre a 1-2, what makes you seek out fanfic? If youre a 4-5, what makes you seek out original fiction?

#Where's the button for 'it swings back and forth like the world's worst metronome'#Because dang

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