#Professional Quotes

[hunxi-after-hours]

"If rest becomes a form of recovery from work, as is the case today, it loses its specific ontological value. It no longer represents an independent, higher form of existence and degenerates into a derivative of work. Today's compulsion of production perpetuates work and thus eliminates that sacred silence. Life becomes entirely profane, desecrated."

—Han Byung-Chul, The Disappearance of Rituals (trans. Daniel Steuer)

[grimae]

We come carry the face of a dead sun.

[versatancore]

[rabbithaver]

"Whereas Silver, I would think, for all of his openness and naivety... is hesitant to make new friends, because he's used to seeing them die. You don't want to make connections after a point, but he is also, y'know, clearly desperate to make connections, because he's a people person. He likes other people, he wants to be around other people, he wants to protect people." -- Ian Flynn, on Silver the hedgehog

(NOTE: this quote is from an upcoming Espilver BumbleKast Mini sponsored by @transmanshadow!)

[padawansuggest]

Obi-Wan: *sitting at the table with a bunch of clones, noticing a couple shinies looking awkward* Oh, I guess I could just-

Cody: They’re not upset about you, they just think we’re not allowed to talk about hobbies while you’re around.

Obi-Wan: *perks up* oh? What kind of hobbies?

Shiny 1: I like to knit, but that’s not actually what we were talking about.

Obi-Wan: Oh that’s amazing, I picked up knitting from Master Tra Saa as a Padawan, she forced Tholme and me and Quin into the ugliest sweaters as kids. My own master crocheted blankets for the crechlings. I’ll have to introduce you to the other clones I know that knit.

Shiny 1: *perks up all cute and sweet* Oh, that would be nice!

Obi-Wan: :) and you?

Shiny 2: I wouldn’t really call it a /hobby/-

Waxer: Nah, it totally counts.

Boil: Yeah. Cody used to make a hobby out of seeing how much he could stress out the alphas before they put him in the corner.

Cody: We needed to know how much we could get away with! What went too far and we’d get in major trouble for!

Boil: Exactly. Our commander is a limit pushing brat. Yours totally counts as a hobby.

Shiny 2: I mean… *sees Obi-Wan’s encouraging look* I run a holoweb blog where I track the finances and voting habits of all senators who vote against giving clones right or safety measures.

Boil: See! His blog is famous and he’s even getting death threats over it! Which is funny cause he always just publishes them and three senators have been questioned publicly about it.

Waxer: If I had the tech skills for this, trust me, I’d make it my hobby too.

Shiny 2: *nervously looking at Obi-Wan*

Obi-Wan: …can I have the link to that blog? It sounds more than just a hobby, that sound useful…

Shiny 2: *perks up* Oh? Okay.

Obi-Wan: Besides, it’s more productive than I ever got up to as a kid. I went through a phase where I wore a Sparvard (Space Harvard) sweater everywhere to trick men into talking to me. I found them amusing. I always told them I thought it was a gay dating app. They didn’t like me much.

Cody: Oh, I love the antagonism of it!

Obi-Wan: I thought you might.

[mecachrome]

Alex Albon for High Performance

It was this weird thing, because — for example with Yuki, I wanted to take his seat! He was a potential candidate that I could replace. And I remember having that chat with Helmut Marko, and he told me at the time, "You need to driver-coach this guy." And I was like, "I'm not going to. That's a potential seat." And he said, "No, he's already signed. He's guaranteed." So I was like (throws hands), "Okay, fine. Then I'll help him."

[wannabeprettyhot]

I wanna get hugged

[atalanta-keys]

Sebastian: How many have you killed?

MC: 167. Give or take a few.

Sebastian: See Ominis. It’s unfair. They get away with all that and I kill one person and the world ends.

MC: You don’t understand. I’m not an amateur. I don’t leave witnesses.

Ominis: You’re both going to Azkaban.

[caffeine-clouds]

The hurt never stops

[actual-skyrim-quotes]

Random Guy on the Road: Hey, can you escort me to Khuul?

Nerevarine: Sure!

Nerevarine: *writing in journal* I can't believe the audacity of this fucking guy, asking for a fucking escort. I hope he gets Corprus and dies violently.

[a-timely-problem]

overheard at the BAU

Hotch: "Yeah, I'd say we're professional"

/cuts to Derek and Emily racing across the bullpen with a stolen shopping cart, Spencer taking bets, Penelope being their personal cheerleader and JJ collecting a bunch of money/

Hotch: "We're the best of the best, what can I say?"

[wearerandomlyyours]

Captain Kazansky, working in his office:

*Loud crash*

Captain Kazansky: Not my circus, not my monkeys, not my circus, not my monke.....

*Mav and Slider sprint by the window*

Captain Kazansky: Shit, my circus, my monkeys!

[crumblinggothicarchitecture]

Taylor Swift: The Lyric Thief- Evermore Edition.

Do y'all know about this?

Swift's lyric "How's one to know/ I'd meet you where the spirit meets the bone" ("Ivy" 2020).

Great, interesting lyric from Swift's own mind, right? WRONG.

Originally, it came from a poem called "Compassion" written by Miller Williams in 1997.

Here is the poem:

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it. What seems conceit, bad manners, or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone. (Williams, 1997)

It's later used as an album title "Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone" that Miller William's daughter, Lucinda Williams, published in 2014.

She also used the line, that her father ORGINALLY wrote, in a song tribute to him called "Compassion" on that same 2014 album.

Can we please stop pretending Swift is a genius? When, in fact, all of her most "intelligent" and "powerful" lyrics are lines outright taken from other works in literary, and musical, canon.

She's just a derivative fraud who wants all of her fans to think she's the one coming up with all these ideas.

She stole the line from a woman who used it as a tribute to her dying Father- the original author- who is now passed.

Not only did Swift rip the line out of a tribute album written to the original writer- but she also put the line in a dumb song that romanticizes cheating. She writes, "dare to sit a watch what we'll become/ and drink my husband's wine" ("Ivy" 2020). Clearly, the whole song is about a woman who is cheating on her husband.

The original intention of the line itself is about having compassion for other people, while taking care to have humility and resist the allure of cynicism. It's a poem about caring for your fellow man- and resisting despair in life. Arguably, it is also a poem about mental health issues and respecting those who may struggle. Swift twists the line to describe meeting a clandestine hookup and cheating on her husband.

Not only did she yank the line right out of someone else’s work, with no credit given to the original intention of the line or the original author- but she also made it about such a selfish, sick, thing to do- cheating on a spouse.

The original intention of the line was so kind and empathetic. She ruined it with her endorsement of cavalier attitudes towards moral corruption :(

[melancholygirl111]

[karen-chan-nya]

Qing Jing disciple: Shizun, who is you second-favorite?

Shen Qingqiu: This master has no favorites.

Qing Jing disciple: And who is Luo-shixiong then?

Shen Qingqiu: …

Shen Qingqiu: This master has no second-favorites.

[padawansuggest]

Obi-Wan: I mean… I guess :/

Cody: …bitch I just asked you to marry me???

Obi-Wan: Yeah, but see, Ohnaka said he’d lick my sweat off the sidewalk for the honor to taste me and this just isn’t the same standard as that.

Cody: You know what? Okay. I mean. That would get me too. He’s a smooth talker.

Obi-Wan: We can keep him around for the compliments?

Cody: Yeah. I like that option. Kk, cool.