“have you met my friend daniel he walks like this”
IM DYING
WHY IS THIS SO FUNNY
The way they all fell down.
“WHAT HAPPENED TO MY WINDOW?”
Anyone been to cons? I’m going to my first tomorrow and I’ll be going alone.
Any advice? Other than wear comfortable shoes? I’m planning on bringing some cash but do booths take cards too? I’ve looked up parking and am trying to plan getting there. The convention center website said you can’t bring in food. Do these things usually have food? I am a Cranky Ass when I’m hungry. I’m planning on bringing advil. Oh and I’m assuming I can bring my backpack. People will be cosplaying so a backpack shouldn’t be a big deal right? The security and safety section of the website didn’t say I couldn’t.
Any etiquette things I should know? Or safety things?
this may be an Unpopular Opinion (even on tumblr) but like the 8-hour workday is just Too Gotdamn Long
like even sitting in an office for eight hours a day isn’t particularly pleasant (or healthy, as we are beginning to see) but when we’re talking about doing *actual work* for that same amount time it gets pretty fucking brutal
doing literally *anything* (even leisure activities) for eight hours straight tends to be less than enjoyable but when we’re talking about things like construction, landscaping, factory work, and hell, even foodservice and retail, eight hours is a fucking ETERNITY
i might just be a lazy weak-willed bitch but honestly i think i’m not entirely wrong
this was being worked towards by leftist labor unions way back in the day after the time of FDRs new deal. people in the 40s and 50s were already starting to realize that we no longer actually needed an 8 hour work day or even a 5 day work week.
even with the comparatively primitive factory tech of the time we were already creating a huge amount of excess production back then and companies were making massive amounts of profit. So it already stood to reason that companies should either let their employees work less and thus each employee could work a shorter shift without lowering the yearly compensation of each employee, or in cases where businesses provide an active service they would shorten the shift but hire more people to cover the necessary operating time. but of course that would mean less money for people at the top so companies fought back hard and we ended up with nixon’s bullshit and so on and now its considered the norm for us to spend the vast majority of our lives doing work that really just amounts to waste.
The IWW realised this and were fighting for it all the way back in the 1930s. This is a take with a lot of historical and theoretical grounding, OP, so you’re standing in good stead.
I’d also like to add it’s also been studied and scientifically proven that after 6 hours, we have an extremely noticeable drop in productivity. Sweden saw nothing but benefits from a 6-hour work day, including worker productivity, happiness, and half the amount of sick-leave used when applied to nurses.
Ok my machine is back up and I got the ticket but I’m going to be tired as shit tomorrow.
I went to buy my ticket for a photo op with Paul Reubens but Horatio had sat on my keyboard and now it’s fucked. I have to go to bed and my computer restarted and is trying to update and it won’t turn back on. I play videos while I sleep and now I’m afraid something will happen and I won’t get my ticket in time and I won’t get to see Paul at all.
I have reached a new tier of adulthood.
The phrase 401K has just become relevant in my life.
The Paradox Machine 