#protecting capital

[secondbeatsongs]

for anyone too young to know this: watching The Truman Show is a vastly different experience now, compared to how it was before youtube and social media influencers became normal

before it was like, "what a horrifying thing to do to a human being! to take away their autonomy and privacy, all for the sake of profits! to create fake scenarios for them to react to, just to retain viewership! to ruin their happiness just so some corporate entity could harvest money from their very humanity! how could anyone do something so evil?"

and now it's like, "ah, yeah. this is still deeply fucked up, but it's pretty much what every influencer has been doing to their kids for a decade now. probably bad that we've normalized this experience"

#the truman show #sbs rambles #I keep thinking about how children on popular youtube channels should probably have laws to protect them #social workers assigned to them maybe #I dunno #they did not sign up to have their lives sold for profit #but here we are #tho #I guess none of us signed up for it #and our data is harvested more than ever #god #high-tech capitalism sucks turns out #OH WAIT because tumblr is bad at getting context sometimes #let me specify: #I am not saying that the movie The Truman Show is bad or that it normalizes this #like all good sci-fi (because it is kind of sci-fi) it's there to warn us of what the future could hold #and it did that in a very good way - it's a beautiful movie #I could see someone with a bad faith take assuming I meant that it was part of the problem #it absolutely wasn't. it didn't normalize this; we did #youtube did and social media #it's us that's the problem #or more specifically: big corporations and a lack of regulation #that's the origin of most modern problems

[mos-twin-mattress]

This was her FAVORITE time of year... She should be spending it with family... she should be be alive. I'm pissed she's not. I'm so so pissed. I'm hurt. on the verge of tears.

Please dont forget her face, her name, her smile, her caring soul.

She wanted to be a nurse. Wanted to help mothers and babies... And she never got to.

The world was a better place when she was in it...

Merry Christmas Breonna... Thinkin ab you...

#justice for breonna #breonna taylor #say her name #abolish the police #abolish capitalism #abolitionist #black lives fucking matter #protect black women #protect black girls #remember her always #merry christmas breonna #thinking ab her heavy today

[evelynstarshine]

It's being estimated that the spaceX launch, lacking the regulation and oversight of NASA launches, might have wiped out as much as 4% of the population of the federally protected Piping Plovers who's nesting site was within the effected area of the launch blast.

But you know, privatising space is cool because billionare fanboys think it's awesome.

#spaceX #environmental impact #environmentalism #protected species #endangered species #piping plovers #capitalism will kill us all #but its starting with the birds #NASA has oversight and regulations for a reason actually #Put scientists in charge of space not business

[defleftist]

One of my maybe unpopular opinions: I think golfing involves an unethical use of land and I don’t like people who golf.

#golf #unpopular opinion #golfing #land use #protect the earth #protect the environment #environmentalism #leftist #leftblr #communist #socialist #communism #socialism #anti capitalist #anti capitalism #leftist politics #human rights #anarchism #anarchist

[silvermoon424]

The fact that most European companies treat their non-European employees like shit- despite the fact that Western Europeans enjoy the highest level of workers' rights in the world- just because they can get away with it in the United States or whatever is proof why regulations are needed.

European workers are only treated better than their American counterparts because there are laws protecting them, not because European corporations are so much more humanitarian than American companies. Never forget that under capitalism companies will exploit you for all you're worth and all they can legally get away with.

#post inspired by my partner working as a contractor at IKEA and being treated like absolute shit with no benefits or a permeant position #while her European counterparts got amazing benefits and were always talking about their many vacations #also my mom worked at a German-owned company where the employees were treated just as bad as your average American worker #COMPANIES WANT TO EXPLOIT YOU!!! WE NEED LAWS TO PROTECT US!!! #fuck capitalism #capitalism #leftism #workers rights #labor rights

[saintmichale]

Touched by the hand of God

(Prints)

#joan or arc #saints protect her now #Joan Gerard #mcr #my chemical romance #gerard way #my chem #jeanne d'arc #gerard of arc #mcr mexico #corona capital #my art #digital art #mcr art

[steddiebylerfixation]

Protective Robin when Eddie has Steve pinned against the wall with a broken bottle is EVERYTHING to me PLS we love to see it!!!

Robin, with pure rage and fire in her eyes sending a mental message to Eddie that reads as follows:

"You have five seconds to unhand my idiot himbo. You may not have him and you certainly may not harm a single hair on his stupid perfect head."

"I will let you borrow him, but you have to promise to give him back."

#robin buckley #steve harrington #eddie munson #steddie #steve x eddie #steve and robin #platonic with a capital p #himbo steve #protective robin #eddie stranger things #stranger things #fruity 4

[yellourr]

Katniss gave rue the burial that she couldn’t give prim

#[ ♛ ] ─── 𝘽𝙀𝙃𝙄𝙇𝙎 𝙒𝘼𝙏𝘾𝙃𝙀𝙎 #the hunger games #I get really emotional thinking about the fact that #Katniss’ main reason for being so protective of rue is because of how much she reminded her of prim #like it’s the first thing she notices as she travels to the capital for the first time #the innocence in her appearance and how small she looks #like if she hadn’t volunteered- that would’ve been prim going into the arena and not making it to the end #also to add that in the series the most brutal part in the universe when we’re first introduced to it is the games #and katniss managed to turn the horror show into something honouring (for a brief moment) for a 12 year old who was forced to be involved #children in the hunger games are so important it makes me wanna cry jeez

[readerconfused]

i saw that someone made a joke on Twitter about how Luke, at 19, shouldn't even be at camp anymore but looking for a job. As someone newly employed i prefer to start a war

go darling, you have my approval

#If i were a demigod i would rather die in battle than work may the gods protect me from capitalism #i laughed at the joke okay i'm kidding #Luke really could have gone after another suffering in life but he decided to change things #percy jackon and the olympians #percy jackson #pjo series #pjo tv show #pjo #luke castellan #pjo fandom

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

What are you excited for when the new Welcome Home update drops?

oh. literally Everything and Anything. to see how the site changes, to see all the neighbors again, for all the new things whatever they may be! Story Progression! Images! Words!

#new insights into characterization!!! #agh! EVERYTHING! #literally the entire update could just be 'oh this is the new version of the site' and id be whooping and cheering and hollering #i dont really carry expectation #other than 'im gonna fuckin love this :]c' #actually no. i hope to feel Deep Dread as well! #i hope at least one thing genuinely scares or disturbs me. im ready to get fucked up with a capital F #HURT ME. IM READY TO FEEL EMOTIONAL AGONY. #< said while hiding behind the couch and wearing a colander on my head. im wielding... a worm on a string #none of this will protect me <3 yippee! #rambles from the bog #but also mainly FOR THE SITE TO BE BACK. #well. 'back.' back in the sense of resurrection. technically the same but altered forever <3 #i miss her... #its been like. a day and im already in mourning. i look at the spot where it was once pinned to my shortcuts #i need a black lace veil for these trying times #jesting i hope she's having a fun time in maintenance!

[strangelittlestories]

Do you know one of the things I hate most about being an exorcist? Capitalism.

Hear me out - financial instability is one of the most common risk factors for a malevolent haunting.

Got disposable income? Good news - you move into a haunted house, and you hire an exorcist. Or, if you can’t find a good recommendation, you just move house *again*.

Come from old money? Even better - you probably live in a generational home and - barring any literal skeletons in the closet - you’re probably haunted by family members. Their unfinished business is probably some *literal* business and they’re just gonna give you financial advice. Sure, they might be pushy and lowkey toxic, but they’re invested in your success - you’re their legacy after all.

There’s a metaphysical reason why rental accommodation is riskier too. It’s way harder to make an evil spirit leave your home when you’re not the home-owner.

First off, having the right paperwork can really add some extra oomph to an exorcism. Secondly, most landlords really don’t invest in salting the foundations or decent silver glazing, so guess what? Your shitty apartment isn’t just damp and cold, it has bad spiritual insulation too.

And especially *smart* ghosts can take advantage of your housing insecurity. Want to get your ghost out of there? You might be able to use rental protection law as the basis for evicting your unwanted ectoplasmic squatter (especially if there’s a ‘no spiritual subletting’ clause in the lease). *But* that gets way harder if it turns out the ghost has been secretly paying your landlord rent! Even a bit of change it scrounged up from your sofa is enough - BOOM, it lives there now.

So the best advice I can give you as an exorcist if you’re one of the unlucky masses who’ve been borked by the housing market? Join a housing cooperative or a renters’ union or go live in a hippy commune. Anywhere you have that extra protection - ideally with a bit of paper that says you own the house.

And if you’ve got that bit of paper, and you start to have ghost trouble, your first step is to get a legal copy made on silver paper and with salted ink. It gives your magical protections a quick and easy refresh.

It’s true what they say: a good deed is its own re-ward.

#writing #microfiction #short story #flash fiction #puns #feghoot #capitalism is the bad guy #honestly the ghosts probably need rental protection too #we need government housing for ghosts is what I'm saying

[burningtheroots]

Sex isn’t a service, and women & their bodies aren’t commodities. You can‘t morally/ethically purchase either.

Sex is only consensual when it‘s mutual. And it‘s NOT mutual when money is involved. After all, if it was mutual, and thus consensual, money wouldn’t be needed. If you removed the money, the woman wouldn’t agree to it (she technically doesn’t "agree" to it either way due to money being a coercive factor).

But "sex work" always involves an exchange between (usually) a man’s money and (usually) a woman’s sexual service. And that’s sexual coercion, and hence it’s rape.

Simple logic, right? But apparently a huge amount of people traded their brains to live on easy mode, free from critical thinking and morality.

#women deserve better #radfem #radblr #radical feminism #feminism #sex buyers are rapists #male violence #anti sex work #anti prostitution #anti capitalism #protect women #protect girls #fight patriarchy

[the-sage-libriomancer]

can't stop thinking about Ayame. he's such an outlier to the zodiacs in so many ways:

-the only (adult) zodiac member not living on Sohma grounds.

-the only zodiac member who genuinely likes themselves and actively practices self-love.

-the only zodiac member with a sibling in the zodiac.

-the only zodiac member Akito hasn't harmed either mentally or physically (because she can't stand him lmao).

all of it makes him feel weirdly isolated from the Sohma family's trauma and the story as a whole. he isn't under the Sohmas' thumb. he isn't bogged down by hatred or self-loathing. he's never experienced Akito's wrath the way the other zodiac members have.

and it's fascinating to think about how he must've had a completely different experience from the other zodiacs. when he was growing up, Akito hadn't hurt any of them - Shigure and Kureno both had immunity, Hatori never caused problems, and the rest of them were too young or too obedient. Ayame never hated himself, nor did he ever find himself alone and friendless. he moved far away from the Sohmas, started his own business to make his own money, and hasn't had them breathing down his neck in years. he has, for all intents and purposes, escaped the Sohma family and its mountains of trauma completely unscathed.

and you know. i wonder if that's something else Yuki hates about Ayame. that all of the zodiacs have a horror story about Akito - that Rin got thrown out a window and Hatori lost an eye and even little Kisa was beaten half to death, that Yuki himself had to endure years of intense isolation, psychotic episodes, and literal fucking torture at the hands of Akito -

and Ayame never got hurt.

not even once.

#i have a character analysis of ayame stewing in my drafts #he's the kind of character that makes me ramble like crazy #anyway i do wonder how much ayame knows about akito's reign of terror #bc it's possible shigure/hatori told him about drama in the main house #but it's also possible that they didn't #(either bc they were protecting him or bc they didn't think he'd care) #so like. how much does ayame know ab zodiac trauma at the hands of akito #he's literally never had to deal with akito in crazy mode #he might not know much ab yuki's time with her except maybe vaguely that it was Bad #does he understand what sort of shit yuki went through??? does he fully appreciate the EXTENT of it??? #questions that keep me up at night #fruits basket #ayame sohma #yuki sohma #akito sohma #analysis #sage speaketh #edited for your convenience #(<-capitalized names and tweaked some wording)

[friendsdontlieokay]

Something that Erica and Robin share in common is the fact that neither of them is ever gonna admit how much they love their brothers.

#erica and lucas #robin and erica #robin and steve #codependent stobin #platonic soulmates stobin #stobin friendship #platonic stobin #stobin #platonic #platonic with a capital p #robin Buckley #erica sinclair #protective robin #protective erica #steve Harrington #lucas Sinclair #stranger things

[dearabsolutelynoone]

On a scale of 1 to Anthony Bridgerton how unnecessarily difficult are you making your life?

#Get behind me Anthony Bridgerton! I’m protecting you with my LIFE! #he’s an unhinged idiot #but he’s OUR unhinged idiot #that oldest sibling burden is no damn joke #trauma really do be kicking your ass #jonathan bailey played the hell outta this role #capital r rake #anthony bridgerton #kate sharma #kanthony #kathony #kate x anthony #anthony x kate #kate and anthony #anthony and kate #bridgerton #bridgerton s2 #bridgerton season 2 #jonathan bailey #the viscount who loved me #viscount bridgerton

[ikishima]

The way these vaccine companies constantly use pics with not a masked person in sight pmtfo their marketing campaign strategy seems contingent on misleading people into believing that the vax will give them total protection and that is NOT TRUE. Even worse when they are tageting seniors with this?

#like on one hand i get that there is a large portion of anti-maskers that do still vax #and this could encourage uptake in that specific demographic #but i truly do not feel like that’s the intent. just capitalizing off of government misinformation #a vaccine will NOT protect you. you need to use multiple layers of protection and a proper mask is pretty much THE most important thing #covid #‘vax and relax’ is a great way to ‘die believing lies’ lets talk about it! #x