imalsoscarlet

[imalsoscarlet]

I feel like a good shorthand for a lot of economics arguments is "if you want people to work minimum wage jobs in your city, you need to allow minimum wage apartments for them to live in."

"These jobs are just for teenagers on the weekends." Okay, so you'll use minimum wage services only on the weekends and after school. No McDonald's or Starbucks on your lunch break.

"They can get a roommate." For a one bedroom? A roommate for a one bedroom? Or a studio? Do you have a roommate to get a middle-wage apartment for your middle-wage job? No? Why should they?

"They can live farther from city center and just commute." Are there ways for them to commute that don't equate to that rent? Living in an outer borough might work in NYC, where public transport is a flat rate, but a city in Texas requires a car. Does the money saved in rent equal the money spent on the car loan, the insurance, the gas? Remember, if you want people to take the bus or a bike, the bus needs to be reliable and the bike lanes survivable.

If you want minimum wage workers to be around for you to rely on, then those minimum wage workers need a place to stay.

You either raise the minimum wage, or you drop the rent. There's only so long you can keep rents high and wages low before your workforce leaves for cheaper pastures.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" doesn't hold water if the reason nobody applies is because the commute is impossible at the wage you provide.

#reblog

[imalsoscarlet]

I feel like a good shorthand for a lot of economics arguments is "if you want people to work minimum wage jobs in your city, you need to allow minimum wage apartments for them to live in."

"These jobs are just for teenagers on the weekends." Okay, so you'll use minimum wage services only on the weekends and after school. No McDonald's or Starbucks on your lunch break.

"They can get a roommate." For a one bedroom? A roommate for a one bedroom? Or a studio? Do you have a roommate to get a middle-wage apartment for your middle-wage job? No? Why should they?

"They can live farther from city center and just commute." Are there ways for them to commute that don't equate to that rent? Living in an outer borough might work in NYC, where public transport is a flat rate, but a city in Texas requires a car. Does the money saved in rent equal the money spent on the car loan, the insurance, the gas? Remember, if you want people to take the bus or a bike, the bus needs to be reliable and the bike lanes survivable.

If you want minimum wage workers to be around for you to rely on, then those minimum wage workers need a place to stay.

You either raise the minimum wage, or you drop the rent. There's only so long you can keep rents high and wages low before your workforce leaves for cheaper pastures.

"Nobody wants to work anymore" doesn't hold water if the reason nobody applies is because the commute is impossible at the wage you provide.

#reblog

[imalsoscarlet]

it's 7am I just woke up and I have a present for the girls who like espera (which is me I have a present for myself)

thank you to tiktok user perfectly_misaligned who apparently is at every show in Australia???

#reblog #sleep token #Australia 2024

[imalsoscarlet]

The fact that Rain isn't on here is a testament to how poor YouTube's generated playlists are

Shuffle your favorite playlist and post the first five songs that come up. Then copy/paste this ask to your favorite mutuals 💜🤘🌈

Hi Scarlet!

I used a youtube generated playlist since I don't have spotify :D

Sabrina Carpenter- Espresso

Jacquees- Feel It

Sleep Token- Missing Limbs

Beyonce- Drunk In Love

Sleep Token- Granite

#reblog #my asks anwsered

[imalsoscarlet]

weezards decided to bee beezards today

#reblog #art #fan art #critical role #shadowgast

[imalsoscarlet]

hot artists don't gatekeep

I've been resource gathering for YEARS so now I am going to share my dragons hoard

Floorplanner. Design and furnish a house for you to use for having a consistent background in your comic or anything! Free, you need an account, easy to use, and you can save multiple houses.

Comparing Heights. Input the heights of characters to see what the different is between them. Great for keeping consistency. Free.

Magma. Draw online with friends in real time. Great for practice or hanging out. Free, paid plan available, account preferred.

Smithsonian Open Access. Loads of free images. Free.

SketchDaily. Lots of pose references, massive library, is set on a timer so you can practice quick figure drawing. Free.

SculptGL. A sculpting tool which I am yet to master, but you should be able to make whatever 3d object you like with it. free.

Pexels. Free stock images. And the search engine is actually pretty good at pulling up what you want.

Figurosity. Great pose references, diverse body types, lots of "how to draw" videos directly on the site, the models are 3d and you can rotate the angle, but you can't make custom poses or edit body proportions. Free, account option, paid plans available.

Line of Action. More drawing references, this one also has a focus on expressions, hands/feet, animals, landscapes. Free.

Animal Photo. You pose a 3d skull model and select an animal species, and they give you a bunch of photo references for that animal at that angle. Super handy. Free.

Height Weight Chart. You ever see an OC listed as having a certain weight but then they look Wildly different than the number suggests? Well here's a site to avoid that! It shows real people at different weights and heights to give you a better idea of what these abstract numbers all look like. Free to use.

#reblog #saving this #artist resource

[imalsoscarlet]

I just finished reading the first three chapters of Shelter. It's one of my favorite fanfics! Do you know if you'll post another chapter?

Oh my gosh, thank you for the compliment! This is the first time someone has reached out to me on here about my fic. 🥰 I definitely plan to update it! Unfortunately, as I have a full-time job, I can only write sporadically, so I’m unsure as to when the update will occur. But rest assured I am working on it! Thank you for your interest! ❤️

#reblog #my asks #fanfiction #ao3

[imalsoscarlet]

Omg thanks for making it! It was fun to put my own tier list together!

be honest, do you guys wanna kill me with hammers for my tier list?

The tier list maker in question. (I made it myself 😌)

#reblog #sleep token

[imalsoscarlet]

I said it once before but at this point I'm missing ribs and limbs cause I'm shoving Sleep Token's entire discography into my very being.

Need sleep token injected into my veins and blasted into my ears at all times plz and thx

#reblog #sleep token

[imalsoscarlet]

I'm amused at the fact that III is wearing loafers

Australia, April 2024

#reblog #sleep token #Australia 2024

[imalsoscarlet]

Vessel asks for five whole minutes to process the journey of spirituality and finding himself (via becoming one with an ancient deity) from Sundowning to Take Me Back To Eden but I'm going to need at least five whole years.

#og #sleep token

[imalsoscarlet]

Essek Thelyss ⌛💜

#reblog #art #fan art #critical role #essek thelyss

[imalsoscarlet]

PRETTY MFS IN BLUE LIGHTING

#reblog #sleep token #April 2024 Melbourne

[imalsoscarlet]

Number Four Vessel, but Number One Espera Fan

#reblog #sleep token #espera #april 2024 Melbourne

[imalsoscarlet]

ever think about how beauty and the beast was one big very intentional metaphor for gayness

#reblog

[imalsoscarlet]

My Pixels for Palestine iron-on patches are now available in my ko-fi shop! all proceeds will be donated to Care for Gaza for delivering fresh food to Gazans.

#reblog #palestine

[imalsoscarlet]

Melbourne April 10th 2024

#sleep token #reblog