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spectacularly tired

@sinothetimes

formerly sinovenatorchangii a very tired American. but like, invested for personal reasons in non-american politics so you'll see that a fair bit. buy me a coffee, or don't, I don't own you: https://ko-fi.com/sinofromtumblr

Gonna scream saw ppl in a YouTube comments section arguing that even the third class passengers on Titanic were bourgeois and deserved to die. Online leftists please go outside and volunteer at a soup kitchen or something. Internet discourse has rotted your critical thinking and your humanity.

Sumerian Veteran: *has severe PTSD but doesn't know it because the term won't be invented for another 5000 years* I fight the same battle in my dreams every night and my relationship with my family has fallen apart.

Sumerian Healer: *saw hundreds of veterans with the exact same affliction before* You're cursed by desert demons.

actually we have recorded texts of sumerian warriors describing symptoms that closely match ptsd, and the diagnoses was not desert demons, but rather "Those dudes you killed are still attacking you with their ghosts because you killed them"

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See I hate calling the cops and arguably one of the most satisfying parts of my job is when someone is doing dumb shit and I can resolve it without my employers calling the cops but that being said sometimes on occasion I have no choice but to call the cops and when that happens I would really really really love it if the operator didn't take it as an invitation to fucking argue with me

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Operator: Hello

Me: Is this dispatch?

Operator: No, what is your situation

Me: Security at XYZ, please connect me with dispatch

Operator: What for

Me: I'm security at XYZ, there is a theft in progress, please connect me with dispatch

Operator: Have they left the building?

Me: They have concealed several hundred dollars in equipment into bags and are preparing to leave the building

Operator: But they're still inside?

Me: Yes

Operator: Have they been asked to leave?

Me: No, they have weapons and we cannot approach, please connect me to dispatch

Operator: Have they threatened anyone?

Me: No. We have not approached

Operator: Well you see then they have not committed a crime

Me:

Me: Are You Fucking Serious

Operator: It's just the law

Me: I know the law. This is my job. They are moving towards the exit with the concealed equipment

Operator: Have they left with the items?

Me: They are on their way to leave with the items. A car has pulled up outside

Operator: Call us back when they've left

Me:

Me: Are you fucking serious

yeah. anyways acab sorry you had to go through this OP

my AC has been out for a couple days and i've accordingly fallen into the niche yet ecologically vital role of guy who sits around in underwear and a-

okay well i paused to go find an alternate term and this isn't helping

awesome. so as i was saying i'm in my wop top

what do you mean you're a streamer

i thought you just were just silly tumblr blog

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People have jobs sometimes

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the funny thing about being a big blog on here really is the number of people who will follow you for months while having absolutely zero idea about who you are and what you do

That's a good point random kitty blog. I'd be stunned to find out that you leaked the no fly list or something

oh my god this New Yorker article about the Titan holy fucking shit fuck???

Some notes: 1. the electrical system was designed by engineering undergrads who were working as interns. 2. because it is illegal to take passengers on an unclassed experimental submersible, they called the passengers "mission specialists" & instead of buying tickets they made donations. 3. the satellite beacon was held onto the outside of the sub with zip ties. 4. when Lochridge (the whistleblower) quit, Stockton Rush asked HIS FINANCE DIRECTOR if she wanted to be the pilot and she was like "sir I am an accountant" and the experience of having her boss ask his accountant to be the pilot made her so freaked out that she ALSO quit the company 5. the carbon fiber used to make the hull was bought from a deep discount from Boeing because it was past its expiry date for use in airplanes

AND MUCH, MUCH MORE

Holy shit