gallusrostromegalus: “ fuckaspunk: “ brunhiddensmusings: “ historyarchaeologyartefacts: “The iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), a knight and mercenary who lost his right arm in a siege [640×360] ” points about this -it was shot off by a...

gallusrostromegalus:

fuckaspunk:

brunhiddensmusings:

historyarchaeologyartefacts:

The iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen (1480-1562), a knight and mercenary who lost his right arm in a siege [640×360]

points about this

-it was shot off by a cannon

-he continued being a knight for over 40 years after getting the iron hand

-it was delicate enough he could still write with a quill using it, which is important as he was described as a ‘warrior poet’

-after a merchant-punching life suitable for an elder scrolls protagonist he was outlawed by the holy roman empire, friends of his used a high diplomacy roll and a bribe to get him out, and he then almost immediately kidnapped a bishop

-after outlaw of the holy roman empire 2 electric boogaloo was placed under house arrest in a castle he had purchased with all his quest rewards to spend the next 20 years drunk off his ass

I can’t believe you’d make this post and not mention that his poetry contains the first known usage of the phrase “lick my ass”

A quick google says there’s a german movie about his life but I can’t seem to find a link/download and I NEED THIS LIKE AIR.

Reblogged from bubonickitten

Little bit of an update

Was gonna post up on @apex-man-47 about it but figured I’d do it here.

So, uh, we’re back in Riyadh.

Rn I’m just relaxing a bit before a quick shower. Tomorrow, I guess I shall try syncing my stuff onto my laptop and probably try working on the @twr-47 project, and maybe look at getting a quick post or two onto there.

I might be also talking about some important stuff too with my parents, but it’ll probably atleast help me with my move that’s projected to occur in the middle of August. Thing is, I have a feeling that it may help w a lot of other stuff down the road, but atleast I’m gonna be getting into a routine of things to do in a day after I’m settled down…..

Things that, for example, may see me do nighttime “chill” runs on Friday nights and maybe a small bit of streaming if I can on the weekends. Thing is I guess the least of my worries would be actually the thing of running into friends, as I guess lately I’ve got that weird feeling that I’m bound to either help out or get help from an old friend.

Now, in terms of Snapchat and social media, I have decided to look at having a secondary IG account that delves into other things (such as car spotting and cooking or moments in gaming I’ve got captured) that is bound to open up sometime later in July. My FB pages, meanwhile, will be getting the backlog clearance runs done tomorrow onwards, just to have them prepped for August onwards.

I’m not back in Dubai till the second Friday from now, but I guess I shall try getting over with parts of the “Blitzing Closure” thing while I still can. To old friends, I guess the closing photo set I have in mind for this might see me in either a rental, or my own car (or both, if parents allow me to go for a late night spin on the weekends) and at a place that I guess I’ve got fond memories of. I can say that I might be also able to host gatherings or one-on-one meets at my place too, as I will be setting the apartment up a tad bit as well. To a particular group of friends though, I guess I’m down for random meetups or just casual dinners and whatnot as well!

Might be looking forward to stuff and daily errands though because ironically when I had that groove of things last summer, it really didn’t feel that hectic - in fact, it felt strangely calming due to traffic and a fresh mind as well as the fact that atleast I had something that helped me unwind at home (gaming does wonders y’all, especially when you couple it with a good drink or something to eat). Guess I rather spent last summer getting used to that type of thing.

Oh well. Time I go relax a bit in lieu of talking about something (that’s on the list as a priority) with my parents tomorrow night.

A lot of them probably wouldn’t last at your job

jadelyn:

fuck-customers:

Last year I had an internship at a fancy office during the day, and a food service job at night. One of the ladies at the office told me she needed a part-time job for some extra cash, and I let her know about an opening in my food service job, described what would be expected, all of that. 

Guys. She quit after one (1) shift, called me the next day, and ranted, “You never told me it was going to be that hard, is that what you do every night?! I’m not 20 anymore, I’m 50, I can’t believe they only pay you $9.50/hr to do all that work!” [For the record, I had coworkers who were 65+]

She was shocked when I explained that yeah, most food service jobs require you to stock heavy boxes, work the register, and learn to cook/prep food, then clean up before you go home. It never occurred to her that people who “just flip burgers” actually have demanding jobs. 

“I’m going to have to be extra nice to those people from now on!” Like yeah, no shit?

I’ve told this story before I’m sure, but when I got my first office job and escaped retail hell, I tended to stay at my desk on my breaks. My manager, well-meaning, passed by and reminded me to make sure I took my breaks and got up and got away from my desk regularly.

I kinda laughed and said “Tanya, I worked retail before this. This entire job is a break, to me. I get to sit down all day. Just let me enjoy that.”

And I still think about it sometimes when I’m in the breakroom in the morning. How I have the unspeakable luxury to take my coffee cup, go to the kitchen, wash the cup out, pour myself a new cup of coffee, chat with coworkers if anyone’s in the breakroom while I’m doing that, and then head back to my desk before I really *start* my day. Without worrying that I’m going to get in trouble or be seen as slacking off. As opposed to the rushed “toss your purse in a locker, clock in, and get out on the floor and start cleaning things/helping customers/fixing signage/etc.” start-of-shift routine from my retail days.

As someone who has had both a “always moving” (as in being active around the place) and an office job too, I can vouch for that story too.

Volunteer experiences were involving stuff like food bank and the marathon but then again I had an actual internship that had me in the office last summer. Boi did it feel much differently than the volunteer work on day 1 and 2.

Can say that the office environment surely has led me to rather like it a lot, because not only do you have those luxuries but you do have the added thing of being able to take a break/breather in the midst of the work day and still be at your desk. Heck, I still remember that one day when I rather was waiting for a colleague to send some group work and discovered another sweet thing that was specific to the office - that is, to rather be able to say “screw it” and actually have lunch while working on something else.

Can say that the office workspace surely allows for one to also experience quite a bit while also finding common grounds with others - I believe I met a few fellow gamers who actually worked in the tax side of the business too.

Man, can’t wait till August though.

fangirltothefullest: “ tank-grrl: “ hello-missmayhem: “ cptprocrastination: “ doomhamster: “ belcanta: “ nikkidubs: “ attentiondeficitaptitude: “ belcanta: “ Guaranteed basic income to every citizen, whether or not they are employed to ensure their...

fangirltothefullest:

tank-grrl:

hello-missmayhem:

cptprocrastination:

doomhamster:

belcanta:

nikkidubs:

attentiondeficitaptitude:

belcanta:

Guaranteed basic income to every citizen, whether or not they are employed to ensure their survival and that they live in a dignified, humane way, preventing poverty, illness, homelessness, reducing crime, encouraging higher education and learning vocations as well as helping society become more prosperous as a whole. 

Wow. Forget raising the minimum wage. This is much much better idea.

The minimum wage could actually drop if we had basic income.

But Americans would never go for it. Miserably slogging through 12 hour days and having businesses open 24/7 is too engrained in our culture.

“BUT WHERE WILL THE GOVERNMENT GET THE MONEY?” screamed Joe Schmoe, slamming a meaty fist onto the table and getting mouth-froth all over the front of his greying tank top. “You libt*rds all think money grows on TREES!! HAHA!”

“But where will people get the incentive to work?!” Mindy Bindy cried, flapping her hands in front of her face. She’d had a fear of the unemployed lollygagging about ever since she was a child and her mother told her to be afraid of the unemployed lollygagging about. “You think people should get paid for nothing? I work hard for my money!”

“But who will serve me?” grumbled Marty McMoneybags. “Who will make me feel important? Who will do my laundry and cook my food and stand in front of me wearing a plastic smile while I take out all my stress—because I do have a lot of stress, you know, being this rich is stressful—on them?” He paused and straightened out the piles of hundred dollar bills on the desk in front of him, then raised his two watery, outraged eyes up to the Heavens. “Lord, if there are no poor people, how will I know that I’m rich??”

I laughed. This is perfect! Well said!

The thing is, while I’m sure you could scrape up a few people who’d be willing to just float by on a guaranteed minimum income? For most people the choice to work would be a no-brainer. “Hmmm. I can get by on 33k a year, or I can take that part time job and make 48k… enough to move to a better apartment, maybe take the family on vacation. Sold.” Hell, most people would want to work simply because it gives one a sense of dignity and something to do with one’s time. (Speaking as someone who’s been unemployed, on extended sick leave, etc. in her time, the boredom and sense of isolation that comes with not having a job is almost as bad as the humiliation of having to depend on other people for one’s survival.)

And with this system, part-time jobs and “non-skilled” jobs would be much more readily available because nobody would need to work two or three jobs just to stay afloat!

Which would ALSO mean that employers and customers couldn’t shamelessly exploit employees the way they can today, because if losing a job weren’t necessarily a financial disaster, more people would be willing to walk out on jobs where they weren’t being treated with dignity.

And if this also applies to students (and it should) then student loans would become much less of a problem, and fewer people would flunk out of school because of having to juggle studies and work.

Far fewer people would be forced to stay with abusive partners, parents or roommates because they couldn’t afford to move out.

And the thing is, all those people who suddenly had money? They’d be spending it. They’d be getting all the stuff they can’t afford now - new clothes, books, toys, locally-produced food, car repairs - and with each purchase money would flow BACK to the government, because VAT, also income tax.

The unemployed and/or disabled wouldn’t need special support any more - which would also mean the government could fire however many admins who are currently engaged in humiliating - *cough* making sure those people aren’t getting money they don’t deserve. Same for medical benefits and pensions. And I’m no legal scholar, but I somehow imagine less financial desperation would lead to less petty crime, and hence less need for police and security everywhere?

TL;DR Doomie thinks this is a good idea, laughs at those who protest.

reblogging for more top commentary

They tried something like this out in Canada as a sort of social experiment, called Mincome. What they found was that, on the whole, people continued to work about as much as they did before. Only new mothers and teenagers worked substantially less hours. 

But wait, there’s more. Because parents were spending just a little more time at home and involved with their families, test scores increased. Because teens didn’t have to work to support their families, drop-out rates decreased. Crime rates, hospital visits, psychiatric hospitalizations and domestic abuse rates all dropped, as well. More adults pursued higher education. Those who continued to work reported more job flexibility and more opportunity to choose employment they preferred.

Basically, now you can go prove to your asshole family members that society won’t collapse without poor people for you to feel better than.

The picture is awesome, but read the commentary, that’s what I’m reblogging for.

The only reason people are against this is because when people are financially stable there is less crime (therefore less prison industrial complex free labour) there are less medical problems (IE less hospital visits meaning less money for the medical and pharmaceutical companies) and the point I am making is that a full guaranteed income to all means that those wealthy people at the top get less money and so they try and fool you into thinking it’s bad so you help encourage them lining their pockets.

Reblogged from bitchesgetriches