I honestly don’t understand why there aren’t more people who, when given the platform to discuss minimum wage, don’t simply distill it to the simplest of facts:
A forty hour work week is considered full time.
It’s considered as such because it takes up the amount of time we as a society have agreed should be considered the maximum work schedule required of an employee. (this, of course, does not always bear out practically, but just follow me here)
A person working the maximum amount of time required should earn enough for that labor to be able to survive. Phrased this way, I doubt even most conservatives could effectively argue against it, and out of the mouth of someone verbally deft enough to dance around the pathos-based jabs conservative pundits like to use to avoid actually debating, it could actually get opps thinking.
Therefore, if an employee is being paid less than [number of dollars needed for the post-tax total to pay for the basic necessities in a given area divided by forty] per hour, they are being ripped off and essentially having their labor, productivity, and profit generation value stolen by their employer.
Wages are a business expense, and if a company cannot afford to pay for its labor, it is by definition a failing business. A company stealing labor to stay afloat (without even touching those that do so simply to increase profit margins and/or management/executive pay/bonuses) is no more ethical than a failing construction company breaking into a lumber yard and stealing wood.
Our goal as a society should be to protect each other, especially those that most need protection, not to subsidize failing businesses whose owners could quite well subsidize them on their own.
to do today, for sure:
write up an actual Infinity War reaction post
type up whatever I’ve written recently and validate Camp Nano, I guess?
reply to a couple people on Etsy with head options for the female Shepards they want to order
ACTUALLY finish @mischiefs-captain‘s Funko black suit Loki, which I meant to do last weekend but then my life got eaten by trying to finish my IW speculation fic
try to trim Scully’s nails
beta-read/proofread a fic
find somewhere to put the stuff I bought at Arctic Comic Con yesterday, which…might just end up being the same bag that all my ECCC merch is still in >_<
leave feedback on recent Etsy and eBay orders
actually take the tires out of my car, because I still haven’t done that yet…if the weather calms down ever
leave voicemails for my legislators because it’s been a bit
write?? I have a short post-IW fic in mind that I would really like to post basically now but obviously that means I need time to write it
what I want to do with the rest of the afternoon/evening:
fall down a Youtube rabbit hole of any new IW stuff that involves Loki and/or Tom Hiddleston
work on my IW fic, because ugh the movie is SO CLOSE and also I’m behind on Camp Nano to a probably irrecoverable degree (tbh I both do and don’t want to do this)
play something
what I actually need to do:
take the studded tires out of my car and haul them back to where they usually live
try to figure out why my car is giving me a check engine light (tried, failed)
go to a car wash
buy sudafed and better kleenex (haha I completely forgot the sudafed because you have to get it separate. welp guess I’ll just hope I don’t run out
stop by the vet’s office again to pick up Scully’s new blood-pressure medication
briefly stop at Value Village to see what I can find for my potential black suit Loki cosplay
figure out if I want to go to just one or both days of Arctic Comic Con next weekend, and buy tickets accordingly
figure out why my internet is suddenly being weird?
walk Scully
do core exercises, because my neck hurts
WRITE A LOT
leave YET MORE voicemails for my legislators
do more tattoo research, which I mostly don’t want to do because, y’know, a big part of the reason I want one of Scully’s paw print is that I don’t know how much longer he’ll be with me 😦
OKAY, NEW LIST FOR TODAY:
drink a bunch of water, because I don’t know how much of this headache is from being sick and how much is me letting myself get dehydrated like I always do on weekends, because I’m a dumbass (I only just realized I originally spelled this dunbass, which probably does not have the same meaning but is also probably representative of…something)
write as much as I can for this IW fic, since I wasn’t able to do much yesterday (although I did write like 100 words while waiting for the car wash, so, go me) and I am very much running out of time
at this point idk if it’s even possible for me to win Camp Nano but I should at least do some typing so I can get a more accurate word count
go back to the store for cough syrup? I would really prefer not to because it was one thing when I thought I also needed sudafed BUT it turns out Past Me was smart at some point and bought extra, so I would only be going for cough syrup, which I hate and I’ve never really known it to work (a cough suppressant in pill form would at least be less annoying, but I don’t know if there is any that’s not mixed with other stuff too)
fill out insurance claims for the medication Scully’s been on recently, because for as much as I’m paying, they ought to reimburse me (and for some reason I’ve just been…forgetting?)
leave voicemails for my legislators about, hm, net neutrality and Pompeo probably
figure out with @erlkonigstochter if we want to go to one or both days of Arctic Comic Con, and buy tickets
deal with my tires uuuuuuggggggghhhh
play some SWTOR because I’m getting increasingly worried about it going away
I’m almost sure I’m forgetting something important but this is already a lot
what I want to do with the rest of the afternoon/evening:
fall down a Youtube rabbit hole of any new IW stuff that involves Loki and/or Tom Hiddleston
work on my IW fic, because ugh the movie is SO CLOSE and also I’m behind on Camp Nano to a probably irrecoverable degree (tbh I both do and don’t want to do this)
play something
what I actually need to do:
take the studded tires out of my car and haul them back to where they usually live
try to figure out why my car is giving me a check engine light (tried, failed)
go to a car wash
buy sudafed and better kleenex (haha I completely forgot the sudafed because you have to get it separate. welp guess I’ll just hope I don’t run out
stop by the vet’s office again to pick up Scully’s new blood-pressure medication
briefly stop at Value Village to see what I can find for my potential black suit Loki cosplay
figure out if I want to go to just one or both days of Arctic Comic Con next weekend, and buy tickets accordingly
figure out why my internet is suddenly being weird?
walk Scully
do core exercises, because my neck hurts
WRITE A LOT
leave YET MORE voicemails for my legislators
do more tattoo research, which I mostly don’t want to do because, y’know, a big part of the reason I want one of Scully’s paw print is that I don’t know how much longer he’ll be with me 😦
i made a questionnaire about experiences of people on the aromantic spectrum to find out what is the most universal for us and to explore the common and uncommon experiences! so if you’re aro pls click the link below and fill out the survey and if you’re not aro you can help out by reblogging, thanks a lot! after there’s some answers i will do a report on it
if you want to make sure you don’t miss the report, shoot me a message and ill send it to you (it may take a while though)
Oh god some of the things on here were things that I had felt forever but couldn’t put into words
aro-spec survey! if you’re ambivalent as to whether you count or want to consider yourself aro/-spec… hi-five, and i decided to finish and submit my responses cuz once i hit the last set of questions about “in a romantic relationship, have you felt x way” and Uhh Yes
def respect if you’d rather abstain from the aro/-spec / allo distinction, as i still tend towards [quoi as in complicating models], but imo it’s your call and your input is welcome
You’ll notice some fairly dramatic changes from the initial 2017 survey, including a more traditional agree/disagree scale, randomized question order within each section, a greater number of shorter sections, and a more thorough explanation of how data is being used after collection.
Another significant change: all demographics questions are now optional. The only mandatory questions are those regarding how you want your data handled.
Demographics are also considerably more detailed than last year. In particular, the highly requested autistic and disabled trends will now be easier to identify.
Again, all demographics questions are optional.
We highly encourage you to crosspost this survey to any platforms you like.
This includes forums, reddit, chat groups, twitter, social media, youtube, so on and so forth. You are welcome to spread this link far and wide. We will be doing our best to crosspost everywhere we can, but we’re only 6 people. There’s only so far we can reach.
As with last year, data will be compiled and released at 100, 250, 500, and 1000 respondents, then every additional 1000 respondents.
This survey will be closed at either 15,000 respondents or 31 December 2018, whichever comes first. Until the survey is closed, you are welcome to edit or delete your responses at any time.
As of this posting, the 2017 survey has been closed.
lazarus – text form recovery! for when tumblr eats an ask or reply you’ve drafted in the post window. [chrome / firefox]
sessionbox – log in to multiple accounts on the same site within the same browser. for juggling lots of blogs without having to sign in and out, memorize a dozen emails, or use incognito windows. lets you save ‘sessions’, so you can reopen a different blog in a new tab with one click, no sign in needed. [chrome / firefox / opera]
rp thread tracker quickadd – a button in the address bar on permalink pages that adds the thread to your rpthreadtracker account. [chrome / firefox]
pro writing aid – in depth editor. checks for grammar, clarity, adverbs, passive voice, repeated words, cliches, pacing, ‘filler’ words, sentence length variety – there’s an on-click thesaurus, too! just, SO MUCH SHIT. [in browser; add-on for ms word/google docs] (as always, take any auto-editor with a grain of salt; your judgment as a writer trumps a computer algorithm.)
grammarly – add on that checks your grammar, spelling, & misused words in real time as you type in any browser text form. [chrome / firefox]
hemingway – a light, in browser auto-editor that checks your writing for sentence structure clarity, verbose phrases, use of passive voice (!!!), and more. lighter than prowritingaid; no account required. [in browser]
written? kitten! – a cute site that rewards you with a pics of kittens (or puppies, or bunnies) for every x number of words you write. [in browser]
write or die – a bit sadistic, but fun. set a timer and wordcount goal, then WoD will alarm the shit out of you if you slow down too much. ex., the screen goes red, an alert sounds. one particularly nasty option makes it delete words if you’re too slow lmao. good for a ‘jfc i just need to write SOMETHING’ kick in the ass, which we all need sometimes. [in browser; click ‘try’ for the free version]
software.
write! – pretty much my default writing program. clean minimalistic UI, autosaves every damn keystroke, jump between multiple documents in tidy tabs, cloud sync support (access all your documents from any computer in real time). [free for students; account required.]
focus writer– no fuss, full screen text editor. totally free, pretty themes, customizable, and most important: (optional) typewriter sounds!
(feel free to message me with stuff that’s helped you! if people use this i’ll keep it updated.)
4thewords – is an adventure game where you battle monsters by writing words, level up, and even face boss battles.
hey, so, i feel weird promoting this, but you know how the collective we of tumblr are always like, someone should write a cookbook that’s actually easy? i did the thing, just in time for gross summer heat/seasonal affective disorder, depending on the hemisphere, to kick in.
Cooking is terrible, and food is often a massive pain in the ass. Eating is sometimes ok, sometimes a giant drag, and somehow still a thing that you have to do multiple times a day, which seems enormously unfair.
This book isn’t going to teach you how to cook, or turn you into the kind of person who hosts effortless dinner parties, or make you more attractive and popular and interesting. At best, it’s going to make it slightly more likely that you manage to eat something in the ten minutes between walking in the door and falling into the sweet embrace of the internet. I’m not joking—a lot of this can be done, start to finish, in ten to fifteen minutes. I resent thirty-minute meals because it feels like about twenty-eight minutes too long to spend on feeding myself.
If you’re excited to get home from work and spend an hour cooking dinner, this isn’t the book for you. If you really value authenticity, this isn’t the book for you. If you literally only eat three foods and you’re happy like that, this isn’t the book for you. If you, like me, are tired and depressed and just need to get some food into your face once in a while, this is definitely the book for you. You should buy it. Maybe it’ll help.
anyhow, you can buy it for $5 on amazon (for kindle files) and gumroad (for a pdf and epub), and any money earned goes towards things like paying my rent and buying groceries.
i’m disabled and mentally ill and a single parent, and i’d love to be excited about food, but most of the time, it’s just an inconvenient thing i gotta do to stay alive. i wrote this for people who’re kinda like me. i hope that maybe it helps someone.
I’ve read this, and it’s super useful– a whole lot of lists and easy to make meals that are better than eating nothing, again, for the sixth time this week because everything is too many.
I suspect it’ll be super useful to a lot of y’all– brain weasels suck, and being out of ideas for food sucks, and being hungry because you open the fridge and then stare at everything and cry because it’s too many to work out what food is super sucks
Now that I bought it and read it, it really is just the thing I wanted.
I know how to cook and like cooking and there’s some actual cooking recipes in here, but when you’re someone whose mind just conks out completely for no reason, it really does help to have somebody suggest things as simple as “hey, nut butter and cucumbers go good on bread together, try that”
okaaaaay it’s almost 1:30 pm and literally all I have done today is shower and eat breakfast, which I guess is better than the alternative, but also I have once again developed a headache despite my best intentions because I’m a dumbass who stayed in bed too long and then let herself get dehydrated again
BUT ANYWAY my only goals for the weekend are:
finish this local Etsy commission that is due Monday and try real hard to keep myself from getting overwhelmed about it, because I keep doing that, in part because I keep going “I can’t do detail work, it’s gonna look baaaaaaaad, I can’t decide if I should add these other details and this time it’s up to me and aaaaaugh”
paint a Pride Cap keychain that should also be mailed Monday, which is at least a much shorter and more self-contained task
write. write SOMETHING. writing a lot would be ideal because we’re a week into Camp Nano and I know I’m way behind (not even sure how far behind because I haven’t typed anything yet), and also I really really really want to post something before Infinity War comes out and kills all my hopes and dreams
this should really all be doable but knowing me I will probably barely get the first one finished
where are those startups that are disrupting the glasses industry
zenni and it’s amazing and i love it 40 dollar bifocals fuck yeah
Hey I’m reblogging this again because if you need glasses here’s what I do:
Go to Costco/Sams Club/WalMart – wherever they’ve got that $58 eye exam. That’s with no insurance, btw. Just $58 cash on the counter, you get your eyes examined.
They’ll give you a copy of your prescription. ASK THE DOCTOR TO MEASURE YOUR PUPIL DISTANCE. If they don’t it’s not a huge deal, you just have to have a ruler around that has millimeters so you can measure it yourself and it won’t be as accurate but being off by as much as a centimeter isn’t a problem.
Make them give you a copy of your prescription – you are allowed to have this, they have to give you it, you don’t have to buy glasses there. If anyone challenges you say you need a copy for your records and you’re not going to buy glasses today.
Go to https://www.zennioptical.com/ and start looking at frames/glasses that you like. If you create an account it’ll let you upload a photo and based on your pupil distance the site will estimate how well various frames will fit you.
Add the frames you like to cart and start checking out – the checkout process will ask you for your RX details that will be written in the boxes on your RX page. It’s pretty intuitive to copy it over but if you get lost use the livechat feature on the zenni page.
Start selecting your glasses details. Your RX will determine what kind of lens you get (go with the one zenni recommends for materials and thickness) but your needs will determine the other stuff. I make sure to get the fancy oleophobic coating because I’m a slimy bog monster. I also get the cheapest pair of sunglasses possible because bog monsters hate the sun. You can get transitions lenses or anti-scratch coating or super lightweight lenses or whatever works best for you. The extras will add up in cost but you gotta do what you gotta do – my life is much better with a pair of sunglasses than it is with some clip-ons for my regular glasses; your life may be better with transitions lenses instead of carrying a second set of glasses. DO WHAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU.
Don’t bother paying the rush shipping, this is going to take two weeks regardless.
GLASSES ARRIVE. WEAR GLASSES.
If the fit isn’t perfect see if the place that did your eye exam will adjust the fit for you. They often will free of charge.
GLASSES. GLASSES. I CAN SEE.
PROGRESSIVE BIFOCALS THAT COST $40 WITH CUTE FRAMES AND NICE COATING.
SUNGLASSES.
FUCK
It costs less for me to get two pairs of bifocals, one tinted and one clear, with special coatings and nice frames than it would cost me to get one pair of single-vision glasses from Warby Parker.
The cheapest frames available for adults on Lenscrafter’s site is $69.95. That is JUST the frames, not the lenses. The lenses are like $200. The anti-glare coating is like $70. THE ANTI GLARE COATING IS FREE AND INCLUDED WITH YOUR PURCHASE AT ZENNI. Just the frames and the coating at lenscrafters costs more than my two pairs of glasses AND my eye exam.
I can’t articulate how many literal headaches Zenni has saved me because I just used to wear my old prescription until I had trouble keeping my eyes open from the strain. Now at the first hint of eye strain it’s like “Not today, Satan!” and I can plan for the $100 expense that’s going to last me potentially years.
I’ve had glasses places try to bully me into buying their overpriced glasses (even though they were supposed to offer eye exams no strings attached.) The Stanton Optical manager called me repeatedly trying to get my sale, after one of his employees literally mocked me for wanting to buy cheaper glasses online. I was firm about it and didn’t give in because fuck them.
also just a quick note on pupil distances:
if you’re PD is like mine and ends in a .5 or something like that and they only have whole numbers put the nearest whole number in the box then add a note with your real PD and they’ll fix it
ive been buying from them for 2+ years and their glasses start at $6 and they dont charge extra to put your prescription in. the only thing is that it takes about 2 weeks for the glasses to get to you but its worth it. my glasses are still in good condition and they always have bogo sales. and they give you like I think 10 or 15% off your first purchase if you use this code IFR6WNLQ4H
i use my vision insurance to buy one “good” (read: expensive) pair from lenscrafters or wherever, and then i just randomly buy other pairs from these two sites. i actually started buying glasses here for cosplay- i’m too lazy for contacts so i usually need new glasses for each costume, and this way i can get ones that i won’t regularly wear without spending a ton of money- but now i just randomly go on and buy fun new pairs when i get bored of my current ones!
shipping to NZ is only $10?? even with the terrible conversion rate its way way cheaper than buying in store omg i cant wait to get some new glasses from them.
I'm a defeatist but I don't have to be 