#grumpyoldman

[n-i-j-o-m-u]

I teach writing at a CSU. I have yet to hear a concrete example of how AI will help teach writing and critical thinking. All the talk is empty rhetoric of how this is "revolutionary" and "the future." No concrete application. Just Kool-Aid.

I also work in a tutoring center and see how students use AI. The goal for most students is to finish the assignment and get "the right answer" or what will get them a good grade. They aren't working on generating their own ideas. They have no interest in developing their own voice. They are happy to parrot whatever AI tells them is the "truth."

Politically, we are entering a world where the tech bros have control Intellectually, we are entering a world in which the tech bros have control.

I wish I had a hopeful or witty thing to say at the end. Really, I'm just writing this to say that I was here to see it happen. And to voice my dissent.

[galby68]

It Wasn’t A Coma!

It was just…apathy, and plenty of it. I seem to have an endless supply of ennui. Someone <glares at reflection in phone> took advice from a professional and all heck broke loose. I’d thought my susceptibility to this type of personal mayhem was behind me. No kidding, I have a list of doctors who will back this up. My standard response when a doctor advises me ranges from mild hostility – think…

[robustflava]

I like the new specks. It adds to my whole grumpy ole man vibe.

[triptychcryptid]

More headcannon based on this image:

I feel like part of his grump comes from not having a new matress in at LEAST 20 years. Because stubborn old man. XD Then Dipper and Mabel would convince their parents to help them get both him and Ford like Purple mattresses, and would have to FORCE them to use the matresses the first time, with them grumbling the entire time, and the kids would trick them by laying down next to them, like Dipper with Ford and Mabel with Stan. Dipper would strike up a D,D and more D convo with Ford who would be animatedly involved until he suddenly fell asleep, then Dipper would smile and leave. And Mabel would ask Stan the best ways to break into buildings under various pretences until he faded out and fell asleep too. Mabel and Dipper would hi-five, and the Grunks would get their best begrudging sleep in years. XD

old man antics

[newzeppelincity]

" 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝙸'𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸'𝚖 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚑𝚘𝚠 𝚘𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎."

FORTY FOUR YEARS IN NEW ZEPPELIN, AND CURRENT PORT MANTEAU DWELLER.

♥️ LOYAL, CAREFUL ✘ CLOSED OFF, DEFEATED

JACE'S DEAL: Jace has lived in New Zeppelin his whole life, but he made Port Manteau his home after graduating college. When his parents died in his 20's, Jace took in his younger sister, Josie, and became her legal guardian. Jace was part-owner, and head chef, of his own restaurant until a messy little mental break down about a year ago. Since then, Jace has been running a food truck in the port called Rock Lobster... They sell Lobster Rolls. Just lobster rolls. YES, just lobster rolls!!! Stop asking for more!!!!

JOB: owner @ food truck row: the rock lobster !

LIVES @ THE COMPANY STORE, UNIT #8E:

★ STUDIO APARTMENT. NO ROOMMATES.

[jaceofbass]

JASON 'JACE' EVAN AARONS.

         #grumpyoldman.

NICKNAMES: jace. not even a nickname, just call him jace. AGE: 43. DOB: october 23. GENDER: male PRONOUNS: he/him JOB: jace is a formerly classified three star chef, but after a pretty gnarly mental breakdown, he lost his prized restaurant in the diamond district, and now runs one of the resident food trucks in the plant, the rock lobster. with only his sisters at his side in the tiny little truck, it might be driving him crazier than the restaurant did.

personality:

+TRAITS: loyal, careful, protective, pensive -TRAITS: closed off, defeated, willfully ignorant, negative emotional IQ FEARS: messing josie up with his own bullshit, never having his own restaurant again, never cleaning his reputation up, being alone, the feeling of having wasted his life, dying suddenly, nightmares of his parents, bad reviews. HOBBIES: cooking, gardening herbs on his porch, reading, rating coffee shops all over the boroughs, going to parties and standing at the edge of the crowd and acting like he isn't having fun, being """mindful,""" avoiding his friends, belting 90s girl rock in the comfort of his own home, hanging with his cat (scallop.) HABITS: smoking cigarettes, spending too much time at the truck, isolating, chewing on straws, journaling in secret, reorganizing other peoples' kitchens without noticing, giving advice where it might not be wanted, ignoring things he doesn't want to hear/see.

the history with josie and whatnot:

jace has always been an incredibly caring person. he was one of the popular kids from elementary school - college, but the pedestal his classmates put him on never went to his head. jace was kind, and he was humble. he was willing to help anyone that needed it. he was a star soccer player at New Zeppelin University, and a beloved member of his frat house - he was convinced, at the time, that he was with the love of his life, miss townes adler. everything was right on track for jace to go overseas to play with the greats: it was a life that anyone would've dreamed of. who knew his parents would throw a wrench in the plan by having a baby in their near-retirement, right?

some might say that jace's heart was too big - how could he throw away his whole life for a kid that wasn't even his? but when he learned that his parents planned to leave her with a nanny while they travelled the world themselves, jace felt like he had no other choice. josie was his little sister. if the rest of his family was going to choose to traipse across the globe, then he'd make sure that she'd have as normal of a childhood as he could emulate... not that being a literal baby tagging along to frat parties, and hanging with a bunch of idiots was exactly normal, but! ce le vie! frat baby was well taken care of, and is an honorary Kappa Tau for life!

of course, their parents were still their parents. it's not like they so much abandoned josie as left jace to be her long-term babysitter - like besides the other babysitter that gave Jace a break to go to class, and whatever - but it was always a pretty safe bet that the kid would be nearby. good thing he got so much practice, too, when their parents up and died while josie was in middle school.

it's not like jace couldn't afford the house they left him, but he figured they'd be better off renting the place out - the more money he could save up for josie the better, right? besides, he wanted to give both him and his little sister a fresh start, and townes had been talking up port manteau for years.

they've been living in port manteau since their parents died, and though jace has always been her main father figure, the pressure of being her sole care-giver has always made him a little anxious. he loves josie more than almost anything - he doesn't know how to process the fact that he might be hurting her with his own bullshit!!!

the chef thing & subsequent mental breakdown to food truck pipeline:

tw: mental breakdown, suicide attempt

after jace let soccer go as an long-term life option, he figured he had to pivot somewhere... and he had always liked cooking for his parents! and the ladies! sure, the degree he left school with had nothing to do with the culinary arts, but with the connections he had made in his frat - thank god for greek life - jace got the opportunity to hone his craft in one of the most famous restaurants in new zeppelin.

he worked his ass off, and graduated from dishwasher, to saucier, to commis chef, to sous - and eventually he was wanted in kitchens all over the city. jace leveraged his talent into acquiring loans from a team of investors who helped him open his extremely successful restuarant: 'josie's.'

jace's cooking catapulted the restaurant to renown - and right into three michelin stars. he rode on a high of his own success, and for years he ran the kitchen like a pirate captains' tightest ship.

of course, the kitchen was stressful - what kitchen wasn't! but after a series of bad reviews, as well as a messy break up with his longtime partner, townes, jace began to crumble.

on one packed night in the restaurant, jace blew up at his sous chef. it ended in a public, bloody fistfight - news enough that it circled vine, and lingered on yikyak for weeks - and in a desperate move to save their investment, the rest of the 'josie's' investors voted to have jace take a leave of absence from the kitchen.

the night they told jace, he disappeared. to this day, he isn't exactly sure what happened - it's all negative space to him - but josie says he showed up on her doorstep in the worst shape of his life nearly three days later. his loved ones all thought it was a fluke: this all wasn't like him! but when josie came home to jace near-death on the carpet, it became a little more clear that jace wasn't going to just snap out of it.

he spent months in the hospital, establishing routines, and trying to work through the issues... he's stable now! but with a belly full of regret from ruining his life, worried stares from everyone he loves, and the absolute guilt of scarring josie for what he assumes will be life, he's become a different man.

the aarons kids had enough money to keep jace going without work for a while - to focus on himself! but in an effort to get him back on his game, josie got the wheels turning (pun intended) on jace's brand new venture, 'the rock lobster!'

both of jace's sisters work with him at the truck, he thinks more to keep an eye on him than anything. more often than not, it just reminds him that he's not off running his own kitchen somewhere. that 'josie's', his life's work, is carrying on without him. ( and yeah, the parallel of his near-daughter doing that one day too wasn't lost on him. ) but it's not the worst thing in the world. sometimes, it's even kinda nice.

the ugly:

mr. aarons gets grumpy, so don't be surprised if he snaps at you a lil <<3

he's a pretty charming guy when he's not being a complete freak!!! and his love language is food...if u get to see this side, and he starts feeding you for free, ur usually in!!! but making new friends nowadays is pretty hard! and if ur an old friend, things might be kinda tense! too many people worry about him nowadays, and he's been doing his best to avoid them as much as possible, rip.

jace isn't like,,, usually violent, but he definitely will throw a punch if he needs to!!!

beyond violence, he's like v playful with the other boys,,,like he was a pretty stereotypical kinda frat bro??? so like he'll shove around and playfight and whatnot. he's a firm believer sometimes that bros need to just punch each other in the gut sometimes to get over something... obviously it's gotten him into trouble!!! but it does work most times. he swears.

baby boy has bad days, and panic attacks and whatnot :((( so sometimes he's quiet, or leaves parties early, or stays in his house for a while!!! honestly don't draw attention to it, he's like an outdoor cat, he'll come to you when he's ready

[monkssnap]

Grumpy old man: - in a world in disintegration, with bunches of bananas and simple rhythm`time to say with flowers from eden, bags of seeds of life `damned that dreams die, heroes dead, joys of world are few' another banana to #grumpyoldman  #Monkssnap https://on.soundcloud.com/gMPZkiVHs9hh6Rdn7

[jasonaarons]

JASON 'JACE' EVAN AARONS

   #grumpyoldman.

NICKNAMES: jace. not even a nickname, just call him jace. AGE: 44. DOB: october 23. GENDER: male PRONOUNS: he/him JOB: jace is a formerly classified three star chef, but after a pretty gnarly (tw) mental breakdown, he lost his prized restaurant in manhattan, and now runs a food truck in Williamsburg, the rock lobster. they sell one dish... it's all lobster rolls. all the time. just lobster rolls.

personality:

+TRAITS: loyal, careful,protective, pensive -TRAITS: closed off, defeated, willfully ignorant, negative emotional IQ FEARS: messing his little sister up with his own bullshit, never having his own restaurant again, never cleaning his reputation up, being alone, the feeling of having wasted his life, dying suddenly, nightmares of his parents, bad reviews. HOBBIES: cooking, gardening herbs on his porch, reading, rating coffee shops all over the boroughs, going to parties and standing at the edge of the crowd and acting like he isn't having fun, being """mindful,""" avoiding his friends, belting 90s girl rock in the comfort of his own home, hanging with his cat(scallop.) HABITS: smoking cigarettes, spending too much time at the truck, isolating, chewing on straws, journaling in secret, reorganizing other peoples' kitchens without noticing, giving advice where it might not be wanted, ignoring things he doesn't want to hear/see.

the history of jace aarons & his little sister ;

★ jace has always been an incredibly caring person. he was one of the popular kids from elementary school to college, but the pedestal his classmates put him on never went to his head. jace was kind, and he was humble. he was willing to help anyone that needed it. he was a star soccer player at NYU, and a beloved member of his frat house - he was convinced, at the time, that he was with the love of his life, ENTER EX-GIRLFRIEND HERE. everything was right on track for jace to go overseas to play soccer with the greats: a life that anyone would've dreamed of. who knew his parents would throw a wrench in the plan by having a baby in their near-retirement, right? ★ some might say that jace's heart was too big - how could he throw away his whole life for a kid that wasn't even his? but when he learned that his parents planned to leave the baby with a nanny while they travelled the world themselves, jace felt like he had no other choice. that was his little sister! and if the rest of his family was going to choose to traipse across the globe, then he'd make sure that she'd have as normal of a childhood as he could emulate... not that being a literal baby tagging along to frat parties, and hanging with a bunch of idiots was exactly normal, but! ce le vie! frat baby was well taken care of, and is an honorary Kappa Tau for life! ★ of course, their parents were still their parents. it's not like they so much abandoned his sister as much as they left jace to be her long-term babysitter - like besides the other babysitter that gave Jace a break to go to class, and whatever - but it was always a pretty safe bet that the kid would be nearby. good thing he got so much practice, too, when their parents up and died while his sister was in middle school! ★ it's not like jace couldn't afford the brownstone (and the small fortune) that they left him, but he figured they'd be better off renting the place out - the more money he could save up for his sister the better, right? besides, he wanted to give both him and his little sister a fresh start, and Williamsburg had been calling his name for years. ★ they've been living in williamsburg since their parents died, and though jace has always been his sisters' main father figure, the pressure of being her sole care-giver has always made him a little anxious. he loves her more than anything - he just doesn't know how to process the fact that he might be hurting her with his own bullshit!!!

the chef thing & subsequent mental breakdown to food truck pipeline ;

tw: mental breakdown, and unintentional attempt on his own life

★ after jace let soccer go as an long-term life option, he figured he had to pivot somewhere... and he had always liked cooking for his parents! and the ladies! sure, the degree he left school with had nothing to do with the culinary arts, but with the connections he had made in his frat - thank god for greek life - jace got the opportunity to hone his craft in one of the most famous restaurants in new york city. ★ he worked his ass off, and graduated from dishwasher, to saucier, to commis chef, to sous - and eventually he was wanted in kitchens all over the city. jace leveraged his talent into acquiring loans from a team of investors who helped him open his extremely successful restuarant: 'Jace of Bass.' ★ jace's cooking catapulted the restaurant to renown - and right into three michelin stars. he rode on a high of his own success, and for years he ran the kitchen like a pirate captains' tightest ship. ★ of course, the kitchen was stressful - what kitchen wasn't! but after a series of bad reviews, as well as a messy break up with his longtime-since-college-partner ( INSERT EX-GIRLFRIEND HERE ) jace began to crumble. ★ on one packed night in the restaurant, jace blew up at his sous chef. it ended in a public, bloody fistfight - news enough that it circled around on the internet for weeks - and in a desperate move to save their investment, the rest of the restaurant's investors voted to have jace take a leave of absence from the kitchen. ★ the night they told jace, he disappeared. to this day, he isn't exactly sure what happened - it's all negative space to him - but his sister says he showed up on her doorstep in the worst shape of his life nearly three days later. his loved ones all thought it was a fluke: this all wasn't like him! but when his sister came home to jace near-death on the carpet, it became a little more clear that jace wasn't going to just snap out of it. ★ he spent months in the hospital, establishing routines, and trying to work through the issues... he's stable now! but with a belly full of regret from ruining his life, worried stares from everyone he loves, and the absolute guilt of scarring his sister for what he assumes will be life, he's become a different man. ★ the aarons kids had enough money to keep jace going without work for a while - to focus on himself! but in an effort to get him back on his game, his sister got the wheels turning (pun intended) on jace's brand new venture, 'the rock lobster!' his sister works with him in the truck, he thinks more to keep an eye on him than anything... more often than not, it just reminds him that he's not off running his own kitchen somewhere. that his restaurant, his life's work, is carrying on without him. ( and yeah, the parallel of his near-daughter doing that one day too wasn't lost on him. )

the ugly parts ;

★ mr. aarons gets grumpy, so don't be surprised if he snaps at you a lil <<3 ★ he's a pretty charming guy when he's not being a complete freak!!! and his love language is food...if u get to see this side, and he starts feeding you for free, ur usually in!!! but making new friends nowadays is pretty hard! and if ur an old friend, things might be kinda tense! too many people worry about him nowadays, and he's been doing his best to avoid them as much as possible, rip. ★ jace isn't like,,, usually violent, but he definitely will throw a punch if he needs to!!! ★ beyond violence, he's like v playful with the other boys,,,like he was a pretty stereotypical kinda frat bro??? so like he'll shove around and playfight and whatnot. he's a firm believer sometimes that bros need to just punch each other in the gut sometimes to get over something... obviously it's gotten him into trouble!!! but it does work most times. he swears. ★ baby boy has bad days, and panic attacks and whatnot :((( so sometimes he's quiet, or leaves parties early, or stays in his house for a while!!! honestly don't draw attention to it, he's like an outdoor cat, he'll come to you when he's ready

[amysnotdeadyet]

Pod would be more thankful if I would stop all this photo nonsense and pet him right meow! 😾😻 #happythursday #poddleston #inceptionkitties #grumpyoldman https://www.instagram.com/p/ClWrcIMJ_BH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[lemonfairyd]

Fine, I guess you can kiss my head... . . . DO NOT REPOST. Thank you. #lemonfairyart #pinkyandthebrain #pinkyandthebrainfanart #patb #patbfanart #brinky #brinkykiss #grumpyoldman #thebrain #pinky https://www.instagram.com/p/Ce-ptTdOZAO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[galby68]

Dumb Samaritan

I’d like to think both titular adjectives apply to me – just not together. While I’ve done my share of dumb things, I’m not a moron by default. Indirectly, my tendency to perform small acts of kindness throughout my day-to-day living hopefully balance out some of the less than stellar moments of my life others may have witnessed. Or that I inadvertently “bragged” about here. Let me take a break…

[crazycatsiren]

Sweet old man is 16 years old today! #rook, #seniorcat, #grumpyoldman, #sweetoldman, #birthdayboy, #oldiebutcutie, #greytabbiesofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CahzKegK_dx/?utm_medium=tumblr

[faramallera]

What?! 🐶💙 _ #boggeroff #poodle #GringoToribio #grumpyoldman #quiff #copete #poodle #poodlesofinstagram #rip https://www.instagram.com/p/CeTS0iVu1nK/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jimmyrayn21]

It's been a while #sketch #draw #sketchbook #sketchbookdrawing #graphgear500 #sketching #drawing #sunday #fmco #running #painter #soldier #walking #grumpyoldman #cigar #lamppost https://www.instagram.com/p/CPxf6jsjwQP/?utm_medium=tumblr

[tx-gunslinger]

[monkssnap]

Grumpy old man: - in a world in disintegration, with bunches of bananas and simple rhythm`time to say with flowers from eden, bags of seeds of life `damned that dreams die, heroes dead, joys of world are few' another banana to #grumpyoldman  #Monkssnap https://on.soundcloud.com/gMPZkiVHs9hh6Rdn7