#especially when I get cash

[nick-close]

Giving the close boys my trait of calling any money I’m given ‘free money’

#I didn’t pay money for this money so it’s free #I KNOW ITS NOT FREE OBJECTIVELY #BUT I CANT COMPREHEND MY LABOUR AS WORTH LIKE 15 AN HOUR #SO IM LIKE ‘yo !! free money!!’ #especially when I get cash #holy shit dude you give me CASH?? #that’s SO FREE MONEY!! #dndads #dungeons and daddies #dndads odyssey #glenn close #dndads s1

[thresholdbb]

I never wrote about winning the cosplay contest at STSF (lol wild), but here's the prize certificate:

On the one hand, I (almost didn't enter and) didn't think I was going to win, but on the other hand, they kept talking about a cash prize. And ok, cash prizes have weird legal issues or whatever, but this certificate is bound only to the Creation merch tables, where they sell t-shirts and bags with AI art on them. I asked what I could use it for and the lady said "maybe" I could put it towards a photo op, but it also says no tickets, so that's still up in the air.

That night, Eugene Cordero was hanging out with us at the afterparty (lol hey Rutherford (!!!???) you're super chill) and someone mentioned I'd won the contest/I probably said something about my $500 worthless prize. So he signed it to make it worth "less"

ANYWAY, all this to say

If I can use it towards a photo op (doubtful), and there is a group Voyager cast shot (cause hello expensive and I am, how you say, not formally employed), I think it'd be hilarious to do Threshold mutant Tom Paris

It seems highly doubtful, but it's a thought that at least keeps me quite amused

#still undecided if partially transformed or fully #either way #in my mind it is the height of hilarity #but I high key doubt they'll let me put it towards a photo op #if not I'm just gonna have actors keep signing it at creation events #I am amused at the prospect #like confused and less than thrilled at the prize lets be honest #cause I don't want $500 of AI art shirts when they can't even pay an artist #and the ones that don't sell are probably going to the Atacama desert anyway #I probably could've used $500 actual dollar bucks #especially when the guy on stage keeps repeating cash prize #going to actually make the other cosplay post but this thought occurred to me #also maybe need to learn to keep my mouth shut cause was vocally criticizing the prize in earshot of creation employees lolol #there's the autism #cosplay updates #like I didn't do it for the prize I genuinely had a great time making and wearing the costume and just cosplaying in general #and I liked being on stage (lol I love public speaking) but the prize was like... ok #meanwhile my ex getting married and people in my life being full adults with responsibilities and I'm over here like #I'm unemployed and played dress up for a niche nerd ref from 30 years ago and now I have $500 I can't really use anywhere #melts into oblivion #every day is threshold day

[bisexualseraphim]

I just saw the FNAF movie (I was invited by the cinema to see it for free before you shout at me) and it’s actually surprisingly decent. I don’t know how someone who’s unfamiliar with the games would find it but I actually enjoyed myself. If you’re a fan of the games I would recommend you definitely do NOT download it illegally online *wink wink* because Scott Cawthon is a stinky Republican pro-lifer who DEFINITELY deserves your hard-earned money to spend on funding bigots *nudge*

#I am definitely not being sarcastic in that last sentence [sarcasm] #Pirating movies is of course the biggest evil a human can commit [harder sarcasm] #It sure would be a shame if you deprived the poor Conservative indie game developer of his cash money [sarcasm to the max] #Anyway I’m so glad I’m besties with Cinema People who can get me into films for free #£10 a ticket is a fucking joke especially when some of it goes into the pocket of a WASP dad #Btw The Walten Files is way better and isn’t created by a total bellend js #fnaf #five nights at freddy’s #scott cawthon #fuck scott cawthon #horror #video games #horror movies #video game movies #fnaf movie

[wildfangz]

Been working on Kai's shitty trailer for a minute

#ts4 #sims 4 #the sims 4 #nsb #ts4 interior #interiors #im waaay overcluttering rn especially since ive considered starting kind of bare to make gameplay more fun #but i wanna capture the vibe. and get an idea of what i want his house to be like when hes got more cash #sim: kai

[the-physicality]

when will the toronto L return from war?

#i just #i also want to note that it's not really fair that we have to play toronto 5 times #and minnesota only plays them 4 #we play boston 4 times #and ny and ottawa play 4 times #and also that we weren't able to cash in on the tor losing streak at the beginning of the year :( #we need to have a serious conversation about the reffing in this game also #i saw on twitter that catherine dubois hit and there was suggestion that the league needs to looks at it again #which i am all for #because it was bad #hopefully with minnesota depth back they can put toronto back where they belong #alex carpenter if you can beat toronto in regulation i will stop saying suck it every time mpp gets points to beat out your lead #every team should play every other team the same number of times #and it's especially important when you have such a big divide between the top 3 and bottom 3 teams

[jungkkyuk]

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#I just cannot with all of the negative attitudes since solo era started #and especially the last few weeks #’why this??’ ‘why that??’ #’this member this!’ ‘this member that!’ #like….sit tf down EVERYONE #nobody knows SHIT about ANYTHING behind the scenes and why it’s being done that way #and sitting here bitching about it and spreading the negativity is soooo toxic #cuz that shit spreads like wildfire #I really can’t stand it #what I know is that the tannies all really love each other #and business decisions are made with their consent and input #again…they’re the ones making those decisions #like everyone saying ‘why didn’t yoongi book stadiums??’ #then come to find out it’s cuz he didn’t think he could do stadiums solo #and I think it’s similar for all of them #tannies are humble which leads to them underestimating themselves #ANYWAY I just can’t get on board that the label has some sort of vendetta against any member of bts #it makes no business sense #especially when that’s their huge cash cow #they’re not going to do anything to prevent them returning as ot7 #bottom line is we don’t know when they’re all enlisting #but pretty much all of them have said how they want to go to 2025 #and have every intention of that being their target date #and yes technically maknae like don’t NEED to enlist until next year #but maybe they want to do it this year to get it over with?? #again…WE DON’T KNOW SHIT #okay that’s the end of my rant for now lol #I just really hate the attitudes and blame going around right now #just because it’s not what YOU want them to do #you’re not their manager Cheryl!!

[theamazingannie]

I really hated the whole rich girl storyline, not just because it was both dumb and an Owen storyline, but because there was absolutely no reason to believe that a check made out to a singular person after a date/one night stand was meant to be for a charity, and that a dog bone emoji was enough to convey it was meant for a dog charity. Maybe it’s the autism but that storyline really bugged me

#911 lone star #911 lone star spoilers #anti-Owen #even tho he was right this episode to be fair #it was a dumb plotline to push when we could’ve gotten a silly plot line from literally anyone else #but in my mind there was no other way to interpret that #and that rich bitch getting upset that he dared to think she was paying him for sex was so annoying #especially when she was all ‘boohoo all anybody sees in me is my money and what I can give them’ #when she never mentioned this was for charity and made it seem like a gift #it gave me so much anxiety imagining myself in that situation #especially since Owen didn’t need that money and has too much pride to accept it if it was a gift #but that money is life changing to me and I’ve accepted enough handouts in my life to immediately turn that down #id probably talk to her before cashing it just because money comes with strings and it would sound like a sugar mama situation #in which discussing the terms is important #but id be so mad if she got upset with me for the way I interpreted it #especially since everyone else saw it that way #girl is just dumb I hope she doesn’t come back #but considering it’s an Owen storyline she most definitely will #meanwhile Paul’s HR girl is nowhere to be found

[lakecoded]

also if you talk to me before i make eye contact and greet you i am going to attack you like a rabid animal. i am not ready yet!!!!!

#ESPECIALLY IF I AM ACTIVELY WRITING ON THE PREVIOUS CUSTOMERS CUP. I WILL GET TO YOU WHEN I'M READY #at the evil starbucks (on cash rn) #isabel.txt

[coyoteworks]

got any good country recs there mate? 👀

my computer crashed when i initially opened this ask im in hysterics

BOY DO I EVER THOUGH!!

mostly this is just music i like, so naturally there's the caveat of it potentially not being to your taste; on top of that some of these may be additionally or technically classified as rock, folk, and/or indie/alternative because music genres are...so nebulous and i do not understand them...and sometimes the results when i search for the genre of certain artists just dont make sense or dont apply to individual songs......

so im being a hefty bit generous in calling some of these country, but they do diverge from those typical Beer Truck God America songs that pop up when searching for country while having a similar or related musical style, and hopefully they'll be a breath of fresh air for you!

i put my personal favourites in bold :] these are not ordered in any particular sort of style categorisation so it's a little messy, but each should link to a youtube version of the song! theres a decent array of different styles and tempos here i think

The Devil Wears a Suit and Tie - Colter Wall

Sleeping on the Blacktop - Colter Wall

Johnny Boy's Bones - Colter Wall

Ballad of a Law-Abiding Sophisticate - Colter Wall (this guy again!)

really any Colter Wall song/cover i'm going to be honest

Raise Hell - Brandi Carlile

The Cremation of Sam McGee - Seth Boyer

In the Pines - Danny Farrant & Paul Rawson

Back from the Edge - Lord Huron

Meet Me in the Woods - Lord Huron

Pretty Lavinia - American Murder Song

Murder! Murder! - American Murder Song

Hurt - Johnny Cash

God's Gonna Cut You Down - Johnny Cash

The Railroad - Goodnight, Texas

Down by the River - The Dirty River Boys

Providence - Poor Man's Poison

Hell's Bells - Cary Ann Hearst

Before He Cheats - Carrie Underwood (this one's popular)

Blown Away - Carrie Underwood

Bad News - Whitey Morgan and the 78's

The Curse of the Fold - Shawn James

The Wicked - Blues Saraceno

Grave Digger - Blues Saraceno

Little Black Train - Woodie Guthrie (if you've seen Over the Garden Wall, you'll recognise this; it has different lyrics from the cover in OTGW though)

hopefully none of the links are broken or directing to the wrong song :'D happy listening, lmk if there are any particular songs you enjoyed! and if none of these work out, thats totally fine, everyone has their tastes of course

#inbox #anonymous #music #so much tag commentary incoming sorry im super scatterbrained AGDHSHGS #honorary mention is the crane wives theyre not country but their music is BANGIN and doesnt tend #to sound horribly out of place on country playlists depending on surrounding songs #my crane wives rec is scarecrow bones. listen to it. NOW #another honorary mention is do your worst by rival sons. more rock than country i think #part of why its so difficult to categorise country is that #a lot of songs that used to be considered rock are called country today #like johnny cash's music. thats all rock music. but by todays standards we'd consider that country #so rock & country go really hand in hand especially when you take into account their cultural origins (black musicians) #genre categorisation is so arbitrary to me and so so so so confusing when you get to overlapping music sounds 😭 #so usually if something is called 'folk rock' or smth along the lines of folk i'll consider it country mostly depending on. vibes. tone. et #i grew up HATING country music bcs literally all i heard on country radios in texas was #trucks beer god america and the occasional woman. and it was sooooo annoying i thought all country music was like that #so i was one of those 'i like any music except country' kids #started listening to carrie underwood & later on stumbled into colter wall and boy did it turn my whole attitude around #poor mans poison is partly on here because my 9th grade teacher introduced it to me and i was like WHAT is that sound i love it #and he was like its good music. take it with you. #ANYWAYS thanks for stopping by i hope at least some of these pique your interest!!!!

[supercantaloupe]

if you don't mind me asking, how was stranger things disrespectful of the holocaust? i don't even watch it but i'm jewish so i like to stay in the loop about such things

more info in this post, but from what I've gathered they filmed in part at a prison in europe that had historically been used during the holocaust to imprison and kill jews, and now the location is being used for like. tourism because of the show. and people are getting numbers tattooed on their arms. i'm not sure what the significance of that is in the show since i've never actually watched it myself but the desecration of a site of mass murder of jews should be bad enough, let alone fandom-ifying one of the most enduring visual reminders of the holocaust; there are literally still survivors alive with prisoner tattoos on their arms from the concentration camps.

#sasha answers #anon #like i said ive never watched it myself so i dont know the full context of why they shot there or anything #but. literally pick any other location to film in. there are thousands of creepy prison buildings to choose from im sure. #the state of holocaust education and awareness in this day is frighteningly pitiful and to see it get degraded even further #by this filth...it makes my stomach turn #there is so little respect for the millions of murdered jews (and romani ppl). especially not when there's fandom cash to make

[doctorjohcoy]

70$ fucking 70$ for one videogame, if i were a kid and i asked my mom to buy me ONE game for seventy dollars she wouldve said you must be out of your goddamn mind, go pick a wii game out of the bargain bin

#a switch is expensive enough and then you gotta buy each and every game for almost a hundred? get tf out of here #i know i complain about this a lot but ill keep complaining about it #games shouldnt be almost a hundred bucks! especially halfassed cash grabs #cash grabs that are WORKING #not that loz strikes me as halfassed but some of these other games....i wouldnt pay 60-70 for that last pokemon #idk man. i think when im old videogames are gonna be so expensive ill just go back to playing poptropica #unless they cash lock all of poptropica as well #be fuckin 60 and just go play sudoku and minesweeper on my pc huh #doctalk

[lilgynt]

every conversation i have with my mom ends with me offering to give her money or buy her things and i always walk away like what the fuck just happened

#personal #we’re poor emergencies happen and i care more about that we have a place to live and she’s not sick or unwell #or completely broke but #it is what it is but as i was describing to my friends how this happened again #i started tearing up bc the whole point of me giving her 300 every pay check was to avoid her randomly asking for like. 500 bucks #and giving me no chance to budget #and as reminded by my friends right now she did say i was just an advancedment and she didn’t need me #also that i contribute nothing to the house #it’s just frustrating #like obviously i want to help my mom especially if i have enough money #but i also don’t want every good interaction with her to end with me giving her money or buying her gifts #like it doesn’t happen every convo but enough that my friends are like dude. #and since i have more money she doesn’t need to pay me back i mean i was just gonna use it for dumb shit but again it’s just frustrating #cause i do my budgeting and i’ve paid her and then paid for gifts or took a gift card she didn’t want and gave her cash #and then it’s just randomly more #and again it is what it is but #i just wish my mom at least liked me. like i don’t have a door and she still blames me for christmas #and yells at me when i get a broken foot to go into work anyway #and so on and so on #i’m just. upset i guess #and i jokingly brought up that i guess there is a possibility that #i’m not the ill tempered short fuse rebellious son who doesn’t care for his parents at all #bc. i kinda forget i’m not that #like my friends mom the other day was like you need to lie to you’re mom more she’s awful to you #and i was like :0 and like #thinking about it. i’m really not the loose canon kid #like i was my moms at home nurse and still technically am but she’s mostly fine now #the nurses during one of her surgeries years ago before that even mentioned how well i was caring for her too #and everyone sings my praises about that shit even my mom but i don’t know i just #and i guess none of the compliments to my person or how i help my family didn’t register bc of how everyone at home describes me.

[aurumacadicus]

In before I start seeing people bitching about rainbow capitalism MY favorite rainbow capitalism story is about Subaru. Yes the Japanese car company.

In the nineties, they were struggling. They were competing with a dozen other companies targeting the main demographic at the time: white men ages 18-35, especially after a failed luxury car launch with a new ad agency. “What we need is to focus on niche demographics,” they decided, and then focused on people who enjoyed the outdoors. The Subaru was excellent at driving on dirt roads that many other vehicles couldn’t at the time, so it was perfect for all those off-road campers; they started making all-wheel drive standard in all their cars to help with that. And the people who wanted cars to go do outdoor stuff? Lesbians.

Okay. Of course it wasn’t only lesbians buying Subarus. They’re on the list with educators, health-care professionals, and IT people. But the point is, this Japanese car company interviewed this strange demographic (single, female head of household) and realized one important factor: They were lesbians. They liked to be able to use the cars to go do outdoorsy stuff, and they liked that they could use the cars to haul stuff rather than a big truck or van. Subaru had a choice to make then. They had four other demographics they could market to, after all--the educators, the health-care professionals, IT professionals, and straight outdoorsy couples. Their company didn’t hinge on this one “problematic” demographic.

And they decided “fuck it,” and marketed to lesbians anyway. This included offering benefits to American gay and lesbian employees for their domestic partners, so it didn’t look like a cash grab. (This was not a problem. They already offered those in Canada.)

Yes, there was some backlash. They got letters from a grassroots group accusing them of promoting homosexuality, and every letter said they’d no longer be buying from Subaru. “You didn’t buy from us before, either,” Subaru realized, and ignored them. It helped that the team really cared about the plan, and that they had many straight allies to back them up. There was also some initial backlash when Subaru hired women to play a lesbian couple in the commercial, but they quickly found that lesbians preferred more subtlety; “XENA LVR” on a license plate, or bumper stickers with the names of popular LGBTQ+ destinations, or taglines of “Get out. Stay out.” that could be used for the outdoors--or the closet.

Subaru said “We see you. We support you.” They sponsored Pride parades and partnered with Rainbow Card and hired Martina Navratilova as spokeswoman. They put their money where their mouth is and went into it whole hog. In a time where companies did not want to take our money, Subaru said, “Why not? They’re people who drive.” And that was groundbreaking.

#lgbtqa #queer history

[lynxgirlpaws]

I spent quite literally one [1] hour with my father and now feel like absolute shit. Unironically how does he do this [i am impressed]

#AvieRant #now mind you i am writing this from “weh weh weh huff puff” attitude so it is probably biased like a motherfucker #but whatever i'll feel bad for it later #so before we even get anywhere [walgreens] I talk about how someone on the discord got a full ride to yale and he goes on his #“You think you don't have to do things if you don't want to...” speech yada yada yada shut up please you're the reason why #I couldn't apply to college because you fucking refused to help me get my immunization records until like august [too late] #anyways I show concern for him as he says his ankle has been hurting especially on the EXTRA LONG WALK he CHOSE to take #and he fucking. slaps my stomach and says “yeah well I ain't got a pussy so I ain't a bitch” #i. are you fucking kidding me . one - don't touch me . two - fuck you. three - don't fucking touch me #then we GET to walgreens and he makes sure to inform me how stupid I am for... looking at the price of things before buying them #and actively gives me a side eye or sucks his teeth when I suggest making decisions based off of cost [idgaf if you have cash be smart >:(] #anyways he also just basically decides shit for me. I asked for one [1] thing and he informed me that I simply don't need it #before promptly ignoring any even suggestions of me getting something I'd actually want other than what he soyjaks at #so anyways as we go to pay ? fucker demands I go wait outside while he pays . for no reason. just. fuck me ig okay #anyways we seem to FINALLY be getting my phone turned on on the way home!!!! like we're AT T-Mobile! #then he has to wait 5 minutes and decides we'll just do it tomorrow. like he's been saying for 11 months #then basically tells me to go home alone while I carry everything bc he wants to go somewhere #like . fuck you fuck off i am tired of your bullshit #ugh . i. like again. can't ocmplain. free food and housing and what not. but do you HAVE to be a dick whenever you can? >:/ #whatever i'm gonna go cope somehow see y'all around

[h0neyfreak]

working as a barista fundamentally altered my brain chemistry in a lot of ways but what I wasn’t prepared for was how much I instinctively want a tip whenever I complete a task at my corporate job. Like yeah okay “thank you for the reply” how about send me $5 if you really care so much.

#mine #text post #shitpost #it’s especially funny that I became a lawyer (a profession famous for paying by the hour) #(and getting contingent fees) #and I ended up in one of the very few areas where lawyers are just paid a salary #no billable hours. no retainer. just sending my lil emails #which is objectively better in every possible way #except the tip goblin who lives in my brain wants cash when I do the task good

[lizardsfromspace]

I do have to impress on anyone who wasn't around for it how batshit the reality boom of the 2000s could be. Especially on Fox.

Here are some 100% real 2000s reality shows:

Who's Your Daddy? A woman has to guess which of eight men is her biological father. One of them really is, and if she guesses right she wins $100,000. If one of the seven fake dads convinces her to guess them, he wins $100,000.

Black. White. A white family learns about racism by living a month in blackface, while a black family spends a month in whiteface. The black family was a real family, but the white family was just some actors hired to put on blackface to prove racism exists

Without Prejudice? Five strangers decide which of five strangers gets a cash prize based off clips and their answers to political questions. Cancelled when one of the choosers openly said he'd eliminate all black contestants

Welcome to the Neighborhood. Three conservative white families in a Austin subdivision decide which diverse family gets to move in. Unaired due to being literal housing discrimination

Seriously, Dude, I'm Gay. Two straight men try to pass themselves off as gay and whoever seems more gay gets $50,000. Unaired due to. Due to. Due to

Playing It Straight. A woman tries to find love among fourteen men, half of whom are straight and half of whom are gay, and she must eliminate two men she believes are gay each week. If she ended up picking a straight man in the end, they'd split a million dollars; if she picked a gay man, he'd win a million dollars

Boy Meets Boy. This was Playing It Straight but starring a gay man and he had to eliminate straight people

Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire? He wasn't a multimillionaire. He didn't even have a million dollars in liquid assets. He had a battery conviction Fox claims they didn't see. Because it was the 2000s, somehow this ended up with the woman he won being widely vilified and turned into a national punchline. How dare she complain about a massive corporation tricking her into marrying a lying abuser, good thing Matt Lauer's there to take her down a peg

The Swan. A "ugly" woman is given plastic surgery and wins a prize if she's the hottest at the end of the season. If she's not hot enough by the show's standards she's eliminated and called ugly on national TV

The Biggest Loser. Overweight people engage in competitive crash weight loss that often led to awful health complications. Studies showed basically everyone on the show regained any weight they lost once it was over and they didn't have abusive trainers demanding they take huge health risks to win a competitive weight loss competition. Like the others, this one was cancel-oh, it was a massive hit that ran for 18 seasons? Yikes!

Wife Swap and Trading Spouses. These were the same show and had a wife from one family go to another family that was different politically, racially, culturally, religiously etc. Most famous for the God Warrior

At the time people focused on the likes of Fear Factor but looking back it's wild how many of the worst shows toyed with politics. So many of these shows have a premise that's like "what if we exposed these conservatives to these people they hate?" or hyping themselves up as Important Experiments. Then they'd freak out when they got the kind of viral bigoted freakout they were trying to construct the whole time.

There were also a bunch of horrible reality shows, thankfully this time mostly unpopular, in the 2010s that based themselves around economic themes as a response to the market crash, but that's a story for another time

#television