#so not a total loss

[ultimateaclrecovery]

Me to me: go work out, it’ll make you feel better and your day will better

Also me: forgets my keys inside my apartment and has to pay an 80 fee to get them unlocked outside of business hours

I don’t think I succeeded in making my day better

#at least someone let me into the gym while I’m waiting for the guy to come #so at least I still got a workout in #so not a total loss #but not a great move #I even thought I didn’t have enough things in my hand as I was walking out the door #but I didn’t realize until I shut the door #and it auto locks #which is why I USUALLY keep them on the door handle #but I did not put them in the right place when I got home #so now I get to pay 80 dollars

[neednothavehappenedtobetrue]

dear alex:

just stop trying to order cheesesteaks from DMV-area restaurants. they will not ever get the texture right. they will serve you sad sandwiches and you will be mad and hungry and out $13

#I ate half the sad sandwich because Wasting Food is Evil #but I cannot bring myself to eat the other half because... sandwich bad #their french fries were decent and I know their cake is good because I've had it before #so not a total loss #but

[sailor-aviator]

Just found out that Hot Topic won’t hire me because I work for a direct competitor. I had to call them today to ask why I hadn’t heard anything back, and like…I get it…but at the same time that’s such a stupid fucking new rule. Like what?

#also as much as I love my current job #I would have left if it meant I got a full time position as a store manager #I would have figured something out #at least the manager at hot topic likes me and says she’ll keep me in mind for the future #so not a total loss #but still #anyway some kind of update coming today #not sure what yet

[pkmn479]

Today I learned if you put pokemon in a gen 1 box before you've accessed the box in game they just get eaten by the save. So I just accidentally nuked like 3 boxes worth of mons.

I'm glad I dumped their pk1 files :')

#pokemon #pokemon mega run #sucks but i have backups for once #so not a total loss

[brilliant-soul]

I'm all for being frugal and reducing waste but some people are nuts

Someone on reddit was asking for advice on how to make their lipstick samples stay good after being opened bc it would 'last them a year' (which!!! is insane and I can't believe that's true)

I said they oughta use what they can immediately and throw them away bc bacteria/infections/it'll go bad/it wont be good for yr skin

Anyways they started insulting me??? I was like okay do what you do but thats disgusting and personally I would never do that to my skin

#personal #dont rb #just frustrated #like sorry for telling you the truth #it did remind me of when id have friends over as a kid and my mom would bust out all her avon samples and wed do makeovers <3 #so not a total loss

[sweettitties]

I worked at the Brooklyn botanical garden today 🌺🌸🌻

#even in the rain its more fun than any other job #and here's a little of my face #look at all those bluebells!! #the bluebells were definitely my favorite #plant boy #theres supposed to be a dog to chase those geese away #i wanted to see it #i did see two men almost get physical over a wisteria tree #so not a total loss

[galedekarios]

if you are genuinely out there claiming that gale "succeeded" in everything he "wanted" by becoming a god and that's why it's a good ending for him, you truly are a testament to the slow and steady death of media literacy congrats lmao

#the entire boat scene in act iii beats you over the head that this is #perceived lack of self-worth and helplessness in the face of death and loss of faith #and indulging him in this is indulging means indulging his first impulse and instinct in response to #the first lifeline he sees for himself in years #unless you can be his lifeline instead #as a friend and as a lover #but that's all okay #it's totally okay for him to sacrifice everything including himself in a bid for power #because he still loves your tav sooo much when he ascends right #he loves them so much he couldn't contact them in six month to let them know he survived ascension lmao #jfc larian really crossed some wires bc the cutscene is pretty i can't #also if your bar for a happy ending for a character is if your tav gets a hug and some kissies while some nice music plays #then maybe you should be careful throwing words around like 'narrow-minded' and 'black/white' lol #ch: gale dekarios #vg: baldur's gate 3 #series: baldur's gate #text: personal #fandom critical #tbd

[goosec0id]

hey man can you come pick up your gerbil. he’s kind of freaking everyone out.

#trigun #trigun stampede #vash the stampede #vash #teru vash #doodles #i was trying to post a speedpaint #and for whatever reason #none of the actual painting exported to video #only the linework #so i guess i’ll just explode #on the bright side #i did locate this vash on a different hidden layer via the speedpaint #so maybe not a total loss #anyway #i think i’d like to pop him in my mouth and eat him like a skittle

[tactfulsaboteur]

#so apparently the response to 'i didn't get enough sleep last night' is still 'oh you think that's funny well i'm about to be hilarious' #even nearly a month off caffeine #so now i guess it's time to sit and stew and listen to the fun little thoughts that happen between the hours of ~10pm to 5am #at least i can put on equinoxe and get some fuckin chores done so i guess it's not a total loss #why do i enjoy feeling like shit all the time? the world may never know

[glsneeg-enthusiast]

blank room soup

#generation loss #gl!sneegsnag #gl!charlie #gl!slimecicle #erm. im not explaining this one 🫶 #hihi hello you should so totally go watch blank room soup if you havent already. btw

[chalkscrub]

got the timings wrong and didn't manage to finish or submit this flygon in time for the pokemon card illustration contest - SAD!! oh well there's other entries

#my art #pokemon #flygon #i wiiiish i finished this one it was probably my best entry if i polished it up etc #also if i had my art on a pokemon card i think i'd collapse into subatomic matter and become a perfect blackberry on a tree 50 years ago #in hampshire england #speaking of pokemon cards i once again made a terrible financial decision and got a paldean fates elite trainer box #BUT i got clive illustration rare and pikachu baby shiny so is it such a loss? #(yes - a total loss of money and self control. but we carry on regardless)

[fjordfolk]

being part of dog health fb groups is great because it really broadens your horizons and gives a lot of context across breeds and teaches a lot of nuance in interpretation

and sometimes it lets you go 'holy heck im not in your breed but if i were i wouldnt touch ur programme w a 10 foot pole and a kite'

#hear me out bitch born in jan 21 #1t litter in dec 22 and another in aug 23 - so back to back cycles totalling 8 puppies #THEN at age 3 xrays hips and the balls not in the gd socket and theres pronounced calcification and deterioration #like great job ma'am. if your dog had a chance at a normal qol you took it away. #population wide screening for HD is important for the sake of your lines future but maybe even more pertinently #breeding a female with moderate+ hips is NOT UNLIKELY to cause irreversible damage to those joints #you se a LOT of bitches suddenly get hip screened after their 1st or 2nd litter because #the added weight and physicall toll from having puppies (including muscle loss) suddenly makes them symptomatic #and then you can't take that back. the puppies may or may not be better off than their mother - hips are complicates - but the die is cast

[pyrriax]

(there's a cat in my garden, she reminds me of you. lying on her back, sunlight catching her fur in the prettiest way, all soft edges and love. i cried over you yesterday. did you know that? why couldn't you stay just a moment longer? now i have to grieve you, and i'll start with letting the cat in the garden inside. she'll sit in your spot, clean her paws of the dirt, and take up the empty space. i'll love her like i loved you. like i love you still.)

#haunted ecosystem #something about grief and loss and emotions. idk #haunted bookshelf #web weaving #forgive this being a little rushed i just. i dunno. words weren't working for the emotions i'm feelings so i put this together #i think in total there's two people that might know what this is about but it's kind of silly. i hope they're alright. wherever they are #i'll miss you friend. i hope you saw the messages. i hope you knew i cared. #remember that there are people out there who will miss you and wonder where you went if you disappear one day. #even if it's just one person. even if it's just me. i'll miss you. #Spotify

[thaliagrayce]

y'know what we don't talk about enough? Hazel died. We talk about how she grew up in the 30's and 40's and we talk about how out of place she feels in the modern world, but! She died! She was dead! She has spent more time dead than alive, and not by a close margin!

How does that effect a person??? We got some of it in the flashbacks, but once those caught up with her present timeline and she shared them, they just kind of... disappeared. And she was a regular girl with some weird past experiences. That's one way of doing it, sure!

I think it would have been a lot cooler if she was just a touch creepier. If she felt a little bit Wrong. Yeah, in general she's more approachable than her brother, she's more sociable and less closed off, but. If you actually spend any time with her, it can be difficult to tell which child of the underworld is actually more unsettling.

Hazel is bright of personality and has a dazzling smile, but sometimes she'll just... shut down. She'll go completely blank for like half an hour and nobody knows what to do with it. Sometimes she forgets she's alive. Sometimes she'll spout the grimmest shit you've ever heard like it's nothing, she won't even notice it's weird until the room goes quiet. She spent decades in Asphodel, which is designed to make people forget about themselves and wander around for eternity, only she didn't have the luxury of forgetting! Wild! After she comes back to life, sometimes she forgets that she's allowed to Do Stuff now. She can spend so long sitting and staring at nothing. Sometimes she'll start crying on cloudless days because it hits her again that she can actually feel the warmth of the sun on her skin and she can hear birdsong. Every little mundane experience is a blessing and she will make you remember that in the most foreboding way possible.

#hazel levesque #hoo #mj talks #like. i am fascinated with characters who die and come back different and it JUST hit me that there was so much potential for hazel there #the idea of how death lingers was not explored At All in heroes of olympus #of course there's the obvious part in that there were what. 3 named character deaths total? 4 if you count leo #which i very much don't because it didn't stick! there were no consequences to this gigantic war! #the first series did well with that because we had plenty of named characters who died #even though some of them were introduced only to die like six chapters later. we still knew them on some level #and more importantly percy knew them. he felt their loss in a way that made consequences seem real #heroes of olympus didn't have any of that. hazel could have been a great way to talk about it a little more! #also i just love characters who have obviously gone through death. that has to change a person! tell me how it changed you! #anyway. i think i'll make hazel creepier from now on in my writing #she deserves it <3 #nico is creepy in an obvious way. he's got power over death and that clings to him like a second skin. he can't hide it #and he's learned that he doesn't have to. there is power in being othered #hazel seems lovely when you first meet her! none of the death power all of the glitter and gold and riches #and then she'll look you dead in the eye and say 'you really don't know how lucky you are to be able to breathe until you can't anymore' #and move on like it's nothing! what! #underworld siblings

[geekynightowl1997]

What I think the Leverage Team is truly afraid of:

Nate: Losing. Not just losing the con- but more importantly losing the team. Of course he never voices it. However the team knows. It's why they always come back. Nate already lost his son, his job, and his wife- can't lose his team. He can't lose his second family.

Sophie: Broken Masks. This may be a jump in the dark- but. Sophie has SO many personas. Mask's she's created all on her own that I don't think she even knows who she is anymore. I think she's afraid of somebody finally figuring her out and that terrifies her. Not only because she'll lose all sorts of control- but she'll think if they figure out the real her, all they'll see is a women that's weak.

Parker: Abandment. She's finally found people who are like her. In a way that of course their different- but still they are like her. These people know what it's like to be alone. To be lost. Having to figure out a way to get out, because it's a way to survive. She's afraid that one day- they'll walk away. Just like everyone else. And I think that's why she pokes and pushes. Trying to figure out what it'll take for them to walk away. They don't.

Hardison: Uselessness. I think this is why he's so outgoing. Why he's so out there and personal with everyone. He wants to be seen as strong. As being useful. I mean- he hacked into Sweden(?) to pay for his Nana's surgery. He felt useful then. Now, he's in a team- and with all these useful members. He's afraid they don't need him. That's why he's tried multiple times to be the mastermind. And of course he fails- not because he doesn't know what he's doing. But because even with the "I know what I'm doing," attitude- he's terrified that he'll do it wrong.

Eliot: The Dark. This I can't explain fully. Maybe it's from the tidbits I hear in conversations. But he's afraid of the dark. Not the actual dark. No. The darkness that's in him and that he tries to keep control of. It's the darkness he had when he was working for Monreau. The monster that was created in him every time he spilled innocent blood. Eliot is afraid that the darkness will come out and his family will see just how much of a monster he is.

#leverage #eliot spencer #parker #alec hardison #nate ford #sophie devereaux #what they are truely afraid of #loss of control #abandment #being useless #the darkness #i don't actually have any proof #i just- i hear the comments being made #the body language when dealing with cons #to me it makes sense #however #i know I could be wrong #so if y'all disagree #i totally understand #i do think that's why they work so well as a team though #because everyone of them is aware of each others fear #and they stay

[steakout-05]

ok so i was in the shower one time and my brain trailed off and i just started imagining what if the Enterprise got a distress signal that has been sent from the 21st century and when they look at it it's just stupid ancient meme shitpostery. like they think they've come across a really weird time-travelling anomaly and they put it on main viewer and they just get colossally rickrolled from 300 years in the past. it hasn't left my head for the past few days so now you must witness my vision

Data: Captain, it appears we are somehow receiving an unusual distress signal originating from the ancient year of 2024.

*Picard and Riker exchange looks*

Riker: 2024..? That's impossible.

Picard: Hm... Unusual indeed. Put it on main viewer.

Data: Aye sir.

and then the viewscreen activates and it's just this

#this post is so stupid #the thought of rickrolls still being a thing in the 24th century is extremely amusing to me #star trek tng #star trek #the next generation #star trek the next generation #captain picard #star trek shitposting #shitpost #high effort shitpost #totally not me putting like 3 hours of editing into a tumblr shitpost teehee #holyshit wait imagine deanna troi being able to sense shitpostery from another vessel #''captain i sense intense rickrolling from the other ship'' #BAHAHAHA that would be SO dumb #also sorry if the video is really loud i'm wearing headphones and i genuinely cannot tell what volume is considered normal #also also fun fact: i originally imagined this with the loss lines and data explaining that it's a symbol of ancient human shitpost culture #but that wasn't as funny as a rickroll just popping up on the viewscreen and immediately annoying picard #do you think q does this to the enterprise sometimes #waiting for the q episode where he just puts an unstoppable loop of this on their viewscreen for 10 hours and then leaves #rick astley #rickroll