I know those “unfair that X has to work” memes are mostly a joke, but actually yeah, it is unfair that marginalized people have to go to work every day in a world that hates us. It is unfair and fucked up that as a black, trans woman I can turn on the news any given day and see that someone who looks like me has been murdered but I still have to work.
I’m sick of it.
Every statistic that exists says I’m less likely to get hired, paid less when I am, less likely to get a raise, more likely to face workplace discrimination, but despite all that, I’m still supposed to just…go to work! And do more and try harder than all of my coworkers while being placed under far more scrutiny! Some days I would rather just die.
You know what? I’ve been working through chronic pain and fatigue for years and I don’t wanna do it anymore. Just the process of trying to find a job is leaving me totally exhausted, let alone trying to access medical care.
So fuck it, here’s my GoFundMe. I’ll be grateful for any help I can get.
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every night to fall asleep my mom exclusively watches ghosthunter type youtube videos that are titled like CREEPY NIGHT IN HAUNTED CASTLE FOOTAGE OWNER DIED AFTER THIS and she wears a cpap so she has to blast the audio so she can hear it over the machine so at night all i hear from her room is like people screaming and crying and clanging noises and shaky cam footage people tripping and running and whenever i look in she’s just like honk shoo honk shoo mimimimi
i love how whenever something gets popular the underground tormented avant garde bloggers start becoming self conscious of liking it/finding it funny, and it eventually evolves into aggression towards it. doesnt matter what it is. unrelated but i saw someone call isopods cringe today
New Star Trek headcanon just dropped: Geordi and data regularly hang out in the dark and Geordi sometimes forgets that people need light to see
This is so incredibly important how dare you hide this in the tags /lh
Pov you walk into a pitch black room and you see two creepy glowing android eyes, two flashing red lights, and the fucked up thing cats’ eyes do in the dark
Further hc that Data can’t actually see in the dark either.
He’s just never thought to mention this because he has a photographic memory and direct neural access to all of the Enterprise’s schematics, and therefore doesn’t actually need sight to know where everything is.
okay no cause like i love this.
YES
Ok but imagine the Enterprise goes to help people on this planet where everyone lives underground in the dark because of radiation or something. Like it’s bad enough that hundreds of generations have lived underground and, over the course of time, have adapted to the darkness so well that light sources actually hurt them. So Picard has to figure out how to help them without sending people in with lights.
And the obvious answer is to send Geordi down, but the settlements are so far down the communicators cut out and Picard isn’t sending anyone into that alone.
“Data and I should be able to handle it,” Geordi says. “Neither of us need light to see and Engineering can manage fine without us for a few hours.”
Picard nods and is on the verge of sanctioning the mission with his trademark, “Make it so,” when Data speaks up.
“Actually, my visual sensors are designed to be as much like the human eye as possible,” he says. “They only process information transmitted by the reflection of light off physical surfaces. My ability to function onboard Enterprise in unlit spaces is due to my memorization of both the ship’s schematics and the design preferences of those whose quarters I visit regularly.”
Behind his visor, unbeknownst to the rest of the crew, Geordi blinks as he tries to process this new information. He’s almost about to apologize to Picard and Data for the assumption when Data continues.
“However, I would be able to integrate the information from our tricorder scans to navigate without much difficulty. I could accompany Geordi to the settlement and provide some level of assistance.”
Picard looks a bit confused at the correction, but nods. “Make it so.”
Later, when they’ve beamed down into the caverns, Geordi asks why Data never mentioned that he couldn’t actually see in the dark. He would’ve turned the lights on if he’d known.
“I did not need it,” Data answers simply, as if that was explanation enough.
“Data, most people like the lights to be on, even if they don’t need it,” Geordi points out. “It’s a comfort thing. And polite, too, I guess.”
Data pauses, processing. “I was not uncomfortable, nor did I find the lack of light to be rude. I enjoy our conversations in the dark.”
“Huh.” Geordi stops, watching as Data continues down the tunnel a bit further. “But you keep your quarters dark sometimes, too.”
“Spot is nocturnal,” Data explains. “I have read that it is important for cats to maintain a sense of routine, including a regular day and night cycle.”
