Dragon spaced out two sentences into the briefing about the ship wrecked pirate they picked up.
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I read some former Kuja Empress Crocodile things that I found fascinating. (I'm apparently digging through all the theories *lol*) And while thinking about Amazon Lily naming conventions this flashed into my brain and I couldn't get rid of it again.
Now it's 3 AM and I'm inflicting it on you. Sorry. >w<
Always be vague. Say I think they’re in today or not until later. If they press say it’s company policy not to give out the schedule. Most companies do have this and even if they don’t how would a stranger know. Don’t give out specifics, they can get people injured or even killed.
At my last job someone came up and asked when “Sarah” was working next. I didn’t tell him and then texted her a description, turns out he was an abusive ex who had been stalking her. Don’t do this shit please.
Do NOT say anything along the lines of “they’re not in today” or “not until later” because you are confirming that this is somewhere the person in question can be found. NEVER confirm anything!
My old boss told us a story of how, years before when she was a fairly new manager (I’m talking decades, she’s 64 right now), there was a man who came in and asked for an employee by name and said he was her uncle. She told him the employee’s shift started in a coule hours. He waited the entire time for her, and when she came in, he assaulted her and bashed her face into the counter. My boss saw everything. She can’t recall what he said, but he kept screaming until someone threatened to call the police.
She told me that story after a man came in and asked for when an employee, who recently quit, would be coming in. I told him she doesn’t work here anymore and he said to me “Okay, well I’m her dad so if you see her tell her I’ll be across the street at the gas station.” He left and my boss IMMEDIATELY came out and scolded me for it, then told me that story.
She gave me some advice on what to say or do in that situation:
Regardless of if the customer know the employee’s name, description, or daily (not hourly) schedule, even if they look like the same race and claim to be family, you NEVER confirm the employee’s existence.
The only exceptions are if the employee tells you themself they’re expecting someone to come in for them (ASK FOR A DESCRIPTION OF THE PERSON), and if you personally know who they are in relation to the employee. When anyone I know has to come in because I asked them to come in, I describe what they look like and what they usually wear. I go into deep descriptions, even including how they walk.
You could literally save a life, guys. Don’t blindly trust your gut either and think “But they LOOK innocent” or “But they said ______” because that can result in someone getting severely hurt, or killed.
I know I joked on this post before but seriously
Just say its against federal law and you cant give out that info without risk of termination - this will get 99% off your back the first time
I was wondering if this scene was in the manga or anime only and I'm actually really glad it's also in the manga. It's such a great example of how she is a victim of abuse and how she suffers even when she tries to appease her mother. How she has almost no agency in her own life. She can't even pick her own wedding dress ffs!
In fact, Oda had been able to make the readers doubt their own instincts regarding Pudding's true intentions at the beginning of this arc by showing us the situation she seems to be in with her mother. It was easy for the fans to disregard the sense of something being "too good to be true" with Pudding being introduced as the perfect ally because even though she was secretly an enemy she is also a victim in her own right. She should have as much incentive to thwart Big Mom as the rest of the crew.
Putting the rest under a read more because it gets long, but I think it needs to be
they could NEVER make me hate you pudding
A fledgling raven lands before you and clumsily attempts to foreshadow your doom. The bird's parents caw in encouragement from a nearby perch.
Inspired by the one and only @alastair-fics ‘s Harbor (go read it and get obsessed like I am)
The background is a screenshot of the medbay on the Sunny lol
Astarion knows an easy mark when he sees one 🤣
Bonus Gale reaction:
Leaflets (read: death threats) were dropped on the eastern side of Rafah by Israeli warplanes just a few hours ago, in translation they read:
"Urgent Warning
To the residents and the displaced in Alshwka municipality, Salam neighbourhoods, Aljunaynah, Alboyok, block numbers:
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 28, 270
The Israeli Defence Forces will be working intensely against terrorist organisations in your areas, as they have been until now.
Whoever is near the terrorist organisations puts their life and their family members' lives in danger.
For your safety, the Israeli Defence Forces urges you to evacuate immediately to the designated humanitarian area in Almawasi. Gaza city is still an area of intense fighting, do not return back to the North.
Do not come close to the eastern or southern security fence.
Israeli Defence Forces"
Since this morning, the eastern side of Rafah has seen an increasing number of intense Israeli airstrikes, including in areas where displaced Palestinians set up tents.
Quick reminder that there is absolutely no place to go in Rafah. Rafah is one of the most densely populated areas in the world right now. This is basically an extermination notice handed out to 1.4 million Palestinians (almost half of Gaza's population) who are displaced and have been crammed into the southern most part of Gaza, as Israel has been systematically pushing them this way for over 6 months now. And we don't have to even talk about the lie that is the "humanitarian routes", especially considering Israel's specific targeting of said routes throughout this aggression.
Important to note that this evacuation order covers the area where the Rafah crossing is, where aid is supposedly meant to enter the strip. Additionally, it includes the area where the only remaining functioning hospital in Rafah is. It does not get anymore obviously genocidal than this.
Every journalist from Rafah reports how people have nowhere to go and have decided to watch what happens next exactly because they are trapped. So needless to say, this is going to be catastrophic at every level imaginable.
[Picture captured from Hind Khoudary's instagram story]
I hate antis so fucking much. Dt here is short for death threat. But here's the thing, you stupid bitch. If a death threat "has no real life impact", THEN WHY DO YOU THINK FICTION HAS A REAL LIFE IMPACT?? If you're gonna pull the whole "just block them", WHY CAN'T YOU DO THE SAME WITH FICTION??? ALSO, AAALLLLLLSSSSSOOOO, NO ONE IS FUCKING "BEATING THEIR MEAT" TO YOUR TRAUMA. NO ONE FUCKING KNOWS YOU, BITCH. Antis all have main character syndrome, I swear to fucking GOD.
[Image ID: Two comments from same user. "Someone sent a dt (death threat) over a ship? Log off, the block button is right there too. It has no actual real life impact. I (& many others) can't find it in myself to be compassionate towards people who beat their meat off to my trauma. Hope that helps. If a dt is a last straw, it wouldn't be bc of fiction,, just irl problems that person is facing 🤷♀️"
Antis just don't care about real people. Getting harrassed, recieving death threats, etc IS a real problem affecting real people. If a person is in a bad place, then they may not be able to shrug off so easily these things.
Antis need to come to terms the fact that some people have kinks too. Rape fantasies, incest kink, etc; it's normal and common. If it makes people uncomfortable that's fine, curate your online experience, but harassing and doxxing people, especially over fiction is never okay.
[Tweets reading, "someone sent a dt over a ship? log off, the block button is right there too. it has no actual real life impact."
"i (& many others) cant find it in myself toward ppl who beat their meat off of my trauma. hope that helps. if a dt is a last straw it wouldnt bc of fiction,, just irl problems that person is facing 🤷♀️"]
Unique vintage male names, companion to this post:
There are less of them because people seemed to be less creative with naming their sons. Not sure why.
Here are my beloved sons Hazard, Tempest, Melancthon, Waitstill, Powers, Sturdy, Avarice, Xenophone, Swan and Hilary
Average costal Massachusetts family tree.
strawhats on the phone 🏴☠️☎️💥#ONEPIECE
Launching my first art blogs with a small comic based on the amazing words of Ursula K. Le Guin!
Every protein bar is called something like "double chocolate indulgence caramel cookie dough delight crunch" and tastes like clay and sawdust
He's so cool.
I might be a little bit obsessed with them
I was waiting for the night bus at 1am the other night, eating fries, when a dude, high as fuck, tried to harass me. It took several “I don’t want to talk to you, please go away” for him to finally move, but I think it helped that another man was giving him the death stare and clicking his tongue at him. He then checked I was okay and whether I knew the guy or not. Good dude.
Shout out also the man who silently switched places with me on another night bus to be a buffer between me and a guy who had threatened me. Thank you
Men: this here? This here is what you need to be doing as allies. The men who harass and insult women are not likely to take our complaints about it seriously. But you, another man, they will listen to.
I was pumping gas at like 10 PM one night, and these bunch of drunk guys came walking up to the gas station, and one of them yelled over to me if I wanted to see his dick. His friend says to him, “You don’t have anything she wants to see.” and apologized. It was pretty awesome.
this is all we want from men. to recognize the wrongs done by other men, and acknowledge it. not give us shitass defense like, “not all men do that”
this is proper chivalry
We know not all men are like that! Now please help deal with the ones who are!
I'd become a criminal too with a father like that.
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I like to make fun of contemplate Dragon's lack of eyebrows and sasatheevilbear on twitter said that he shaves them to be edgy. X3
