distinct sense of fashion (not necessarily good, but. distinct.)
has almost died, like, twice, but it’s a really funny story–
absolutely should not be in charge
absolutely does not WANT to be in charge
you’re pretty sure they’re into some weird stuff
wants to help you out when you’re sad???
may not be equipped to help you out and will fret if that is the case
absolutely terrible OR top-notch taste in alcohol, no inbetween
you’ve never seen more impressive shoes
If you know someone who exudes a powerful Danny DeVito energy despite being a lesbian in her twenties, or if you know someone whose wardrobe choices would not look out of place on Jeff Goldblum, well, you got yourself an Uncle Friend, friend
That’s the original version of Bucky from the 1940s, back when child endangerment was the most popular part of superhero comics. When Captain America was brought back decades later, however, teenage sidekicks were considered deeply uncool, and Bucky was unceremoniously written off by explaining that an airplane exploded on his face. That’s how few fucks Marvel gave about the character: Not only did they kill him off-panel, but they actually allowed him to stay dead.
That wasn’t enough for 9-year-old fan Ed Brubaker, though. Bucky was his favorite character, and he spent years looking for the issue where he died. When Brubaker found out that issue didn’t actually exist and Bucky had essentially been killed off in a footnote, he made a solemn promise: “If I ever write Captain America, I’m undoing this mistake.”
Cut to about 30 years later. Brubaker made a name for himself writing gritty crime comics, but was finally offered a job as a Captain America writer. Guess what the first thing he did was.
None of the characters ever figure this out because they stop taking math at age 11
Alright I have seen this post so many times and it pisses me the fuck off. Saying that “sickles are just silver and galleons are just gold” is like saying pennies are just copper and cash is just paper.
What the fuck makes you think that you can just go “get new money minted?” You don’t think they have any fucking currency regulation? I can’t walk up to the bank, hand them paper, and go “Okay, make this money!”
You think you can just melt down your mom’s necklace and turn it into currency? The wizard economy would get FUCKED. We’re talking inflation up the wazoo! What about alchemy?? Any bitch who can make gold (or has a sorcerer’s stone) would just go to the bank and make it money! Money only has value because it is regulated and you can’t just make it all willy nilly! If banks just made any lump of gold or silver someone brought in into money, then why even have the banks make the money at all? No restrictions? Just make the money yourselves!
A SIGNIFICANTLY more plausible plan would be to do this same thing (which would actually probably be good for the economy, by taking money out of the market) and then SELL it to the banks or whoever will buy it. A piece of silver that is the same volume as a sickle is NOT worth a sickle until the bank puts the damn stamp on it.
Y’all bitch about Hogwarts students not taking math but what about BASIC ECONOMICS?
Wow tumblr, ya really fucked up implementing the GDPR. We’re supposed to be able to ‘opt-in’ to allowing our data to be used, not have to deselect three hundred and twenty something “partners” that we don’t want using our data, and then going into the privacy settings and finding out that Cookie Consent MUST be enabled in order for you to be able to use tumblr, with no way to turn it off and that if you turn it off it leads you back to the page where you have to deselect the “partners” all over again because they turned them back on!
UPDATE:
I got a response to a complaint I sent in about it. Apparently it’s a bug. Do I believe that? Not really. If they don’t sort this shit out in the next day or two , I’m just going to report them to the Data Protection Commission (DPC).
Some choice quotes if you do 😀
(32) Consent should be given by a clear affirmative act establishing a freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s agreement to the processing of personal data relating to him or her, such as by a written statement, including by electronic means, or an oral statement. This could include ticking a box when visiting an internet website, choosing technical settings for information society services or another statement or conduct which clearly indicates in this context the data subject’s acceptance of the proposed processing of his or her personal data. Silence, pre-ticked boxes or inactivity should not therefore constitute consent. Consent should cover all processing activities carried out for the same purpose or purposes. When the processing has multiple purposes, consent should be given for all of them. If the data subject’s consent is to be given following a request by electronic means, the request must be clear, concise and not unnecessarily disruptive to the use of the service for which it is provided.
And Article 7
“Conditions for consent”
:
1. Where processing is based on consent, the controller shall be able to demonstrate that the data subject has consented to processing of his or her personal data.
2. If the data subject’s consent is given in the context of a written declaration which also concerns other matters, the request for consent shall be presented in a manner which is clearly distinguishable from the other matters, in an intelligible and easily accessible form, using clear and plain language. Any part of such a declaration which constitutes an infringement of this Regulation shall not be binding.
3. The data subject shall have the right to withdraw his or her consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal. Prior to giving consent, the data subject shall be informed thereof. It shall be as easy to withdraw as to give consent.
4. When assessing whether consent is freely given, utmost account shall be taken of whether, inter alia, the performance of a contract, including the provision of a service, is conditional on consent to the processing of personal data that is not necessary for the performance of that contract.
@staff, and its parent company, which seems to be Verizon now, sure has a weird way of interpreting the European GDPR-regulations. You are supposed to ask me to ‘opt-in’ to give my data to your partners. Telling me I have to untick 323 boxes (YES I COUNTED) one-by-one if I don’t want any of my data shared, is NOT GDPR-compliant. Oh boy do I hope either Belgian or Irish Data Protection Agencies come and bite you in the ass for this, and not in the hot smutty way.
Also, fuck you for having given my data to 323 “partners” in the first place.
Recital 32:
Consent should be given by a clear affirmative act establishing a freely given,
specific, informed and unambiguous indication of the data subject’s agreement
to the processing of personal data relating to him or her, such as by a written
statement, including by electronic means, or an oral statement. This could
include ticking a box when visiting an internet website, choosing technical
settings for information society services or another statement or conduct which
clearly indicates in this context the data subject’s acceptance of the proposed
processing of his or her personal data. Silence, pre-ticked boxes or inactivity
should not therefore constitute consent. Consent should cover all processing
activities carried out for the same purpose or purposes. When the processing
has multiple purposes, consent should be given for all of them. If the data
subject’s consent is to be given following a request by electronic means, the
request must be clear, concise and not unnecessarily disruptive to the use of
the service for which it is provided.
So if I understand correctly, if someone didn’t bother unticking the 323 boxes and tumblr still sold their data to their “partners”, that’s a direct and obvious violation of GDPR and we should report them, right?
My face is having uncontrollable spasms. Great. It hurts really, really, really bad.
I think part of why I have trouble explaining pain to the doctor is when they ask about the pain scale I always think “Well, if someone threw me down a flight of stairs right now or punched me a few times, it would definitely hurt a lot more” so I end up saying a low number. I was reading an article that said that “10” is the most commonly reported number and that is baffling to me. When I woke up from surgery with an 8" incision in my body and I could hardly even speak, I was in the most horrific pain of my life but I said “6” because I thought “Well, if you hit me in the stomach, it would be worse.”
I searched and searched for the post this graphic was from, and the OP deactivated, but I kept the graphic, because my BFF does the same thing, uses her imagination to come up with the worst pain she can imagine and pegs her “10″ there, and so is like, well, I’m conscious, so this must be a 5, and then the doctors don’t take her seriously. (And she then does things like driving herself to the hospital while in the process of giving birth. Probably should have called an ambulance for that one!)
So I found this and sent it to her. Because this is what they want to know: how badly is this pain affecting you? Not on a scale of “nothing” to “how I’d imagine it’d feel if bears were eating my still-living guts while I was on fire”.
I hate reposting stuff, but I’ll never find that post again and OP is deactivated, so, here’s a repost. I can delete this later, i just wanted to get it to you and I can’t embed images in a chat or an ask.
This is possibly why it took several weeks to diagnose my fractured spine.
Pain Scale transcription:
10 – I am in bed and I can’t move due to my pain. I need someone to take me to the emergency room because of my pain.
9 – My pain is all that I can think about. I can barely move or talk because of my pain.
8 – My pain is so severe that it is difficult to think of anything else. Talking and listening are difficult.
7 – I am in pain all the time. It keeps me from doing most activities.
6 – I think about my pain all of the time. I give up many activities because of my pain.
5 – I think about my pain most of the time. I cannot do some of the activities I need to do each day because of the pain.
4 – I am constantly aware of my pain but can continue most activities.
3 – My pain bothers me but I can ignore it most of the time.
2 – I have a low level of pain. I am aware of my pain only when I pay attention to it.
1 – My pain is hardly noticeable.
0 – I have no pain.
This scale was SUPER helpful in getting my diagnosis/proper attention from the ER doctors this week. Even if you can’t remember the numbers, it’s helpful for doctors if you tell them “My pain is/isn’t impairing my ability to move or think”
I get it, you have a debit card. Everything’s electronic, checks are a thing of the past. And yet you still gotta write them. Sucks, I know, but now at least you won’t have to stare at each line blankly wondering what they’re for.
In case you’re someone born after let’s say 2000 or so and you never had to worry about money and never saw a check, I included a picture above for reference. I numbered it to correspond with each step so you can follow along.
1. This is where you write the date. Write it however you want, I don’t care. December. Dec. 12. Just write it down so we humans and the robots at the bank can understand it.
2. This is where you write the name of the person to whom you are giving the check. Don’t worry about getting their name exactly right (if you know him by Tim, you can write Tim instead of Timothy) but do try to spell it correctly. You should also learn how to spell people’s names because they’re going to see this and might give you a lecture on how you’ve known them five years and can’t even spell their name.
3. Write the amount here, in number form. Mind your decimals, because yeah, they’re required. This is how you know the difference between $10.00 and $1000.
4. Don’t worry, though, because there’s a safe guard. Write out the amount from #3 on the #4 line. BUT if the amounts on 3 and 4 don’t match, your check will be invalid. That means your electricity or your rent don’t get paid. (Also, side note: 40 isn’t spelled fourty.)
5. Considering how few checks get written these days, this line isn’t really necessary. It’s just to remind you what you paid for with this check. If you write one check a month for rent, I sure as hell hope you know where this money went. But if you want to prove you paid your rent that month, make sure to write “December Rent” here. This is actually more effective now with digital banking than it was when we had to balance check books. Who knew?
6. Sign your name here. This is the easiest part of the whole process; you’ve been practicing since preschool. Write down whatever name your account is under. On a real check, this is really easy, because your name will be in the upper left corner, in case you forgot it.
That’s it! Your check is written and now you can give it away to someone and in a few days (or whenever they get around to it), the money will come out of your bank. As a tip, though, remember to keep this in your budget until it’s processed, because you don’t want a $200 check sneaking up on you.
I process thousands upon thousands of checks every single day, doing data entry for a lockbox site, and let me tell you what not to do with each area of the check if you want your bill to be processed.
1) It’s hard to fuck up the date, but if you accidentally put in the wrong year – like, you wish it were still 2015 and the desire takes control of your hand and writes 2015 on your check – we aren’t processing it.
2) If you are paying a bill or rent or something that is going to a particular company, the payee is very important. Be absolutely sure you are making the check out to a name that the company actually accepts. If you are writing a check to Peoples Gas and you make it out to “People Gas,” it’ll be fine, though we will laugh at you giving money to gas that comes out of people. If you make that same check out to “People,” or “Gas,” it won’t be.
3) This is the courtesy amount. This is included for ease of reading. If you fuck this up – if it’s different than 4, which is the legal amount, whether because you just write a different amount or it’s straight-up illegible, we will go off of the legal amount. If the legal amount is for a hundred dollars, and the courtesy amount is for $120, then your ass is getting charged a hundred dollars and your bill is probably not paid in full.
4) This is, as I mentioned above, the legal amount. If you misspell one or more of the numbers involved, we’ll still process the check, especially if we can compare it to the courtesy amount. If you write the amount in Spanish or another language, we will go grab one of the people who speaks that language, confirm the legal amount matches the courtesy amount, and process the check. If you make the legal amount out as a math equation like that xkcd asshole, we will not process your check and your bill will not be paid, because don’t be an asshole.
5) The memo line is where you write your account number. I don’t care if the account number is also on the little slip of paper that came in the mail telling you what you owe (what we call a coupon). Write the account number on there. Write it legibly. The USPS, God bless them, are well-meaning but by and large incompetent doofs who accidentally damage mail all the time. Writing your account number so we have two places to reference it is courteous and wise. If you don’t have an account number, write your invoice number. If you don’t have either of these things, write what the check is for. Don’t waste the memo line!
6) Yes, signing a check is easy. Signing a check well is hard. Look below here. You see those numbers? They are what we call the MICR Line. From left to right, they are the routing number for your financial institution, your account number at your financial institution, and the number of your check. If you sign your name like you charge people money for it at conventions and your signature is so big and loopy that it slices through the MICR, our software will not read it right and I will have to check it manually. Your goofy-ass overwrought signatures cost us thousands of dollars in wasted man-hours every year.
Finally, if you decide to get vanity checks that have Wonder Woman or the Starship Enterprise or something like that, good for you! They often make me smile. But for God’s sake, don’t choose a vanity image that makes your check impossible to read.
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