#self serve

[eatingtherich-amenu]

Self Serve

Take what you want from these businesses guilt free. 

If you work for any of these companies, and you can do so without endangering your job, allow any and all theft and encourage customers to walk out with goods.

Unless you think we collectively can steal over $1.51B ($1,510,000,000) worth of goods, then take what you want and walk out.

Still feel bad? Each year a typical supermarket generates up to 1.8m3 of waste for every 1m2 of floor space2.

In 2021, Coles generated 354.62 thousand tonnes of waste, an increase of 7.67% over 2020. Take it before they throw it out.

Don’t donate at the checkout

They take your donation and use it as a tax write off for their profits. You’re better off donating to your favourite charity directly and make these orgs pay their taxes from their profits, not your donations. In addition, you can use that donation to offset your tax bill.

[thereapernoel]

Noel was still trying to understand what the relevance of their placements were at the castle. Why his brother was in the stables and why he was a waiter of all things made to serve the miscreants that kept coming again and again. There were the regulars he hated and the others he generally disliked, having yet to find any with one redeemable quality. The only person he felt compelled to protect or desire to spend time with was his brother who seemed to spend more time in the undercroft when he wasn’t at the stables. Their hours opposite, everything there seemingly done to keep them apart. It made him edgier the more days that passed. 

The night was busy, some event had taken place and Noel had help for once. He was taking care of the tables assigned to him and had found the evening remotely tolerable. Those that he served seemed to understand he was a waiter and nothing more. It wasn’t until a number of snaps came from left. The sound alone enough to make his right eye twitch. The fact some arrogant cunt would snap at him. Of course when his eyes drew over who it was he immediately recognized the other. Councilman of Italy. 

Noel had served him a number of times and he’d always treated him as if he was his own personal servant. He understood the things he did with some he couldn’t with others, there were lines in the castle not to be crossed. He knew that as he approached the table trying to choke back a snarl. There was no way he could speak, not a word, or he’d be far into enemy territory. The Italian didn’t even look at him. Waved a dismissive had at him telling him to take the perfectly cooked meal he’d order back tot he kitchen for some absolutely petty reason. 

Dark eyes rolled up from the plate and he wanted to grab it and cave the ghoul’s head in with it so badly his fingers twitched at his side. There was nothing wrong with it, the dead thing didn’t even have a need for food. Likely some power play to remind Noel who he served. Today was not the day and Noel was not the one to deal with this shit. This wasn’t even his table. The kirin gave a dismissive click of his tongue and walked away from the table having no intention of doing anything for the other. 

@nottheangel-raphael​

[bouncinghedgehog]

[coffeenonsense]

"astarion is a traumatized abuse victim who deserves kindness" and "astarion is a mean rat bastard man who would rip out your throat for a corn chip if he felt like it" are two statements that can and should coexist

[stump-not-found]

A Lifetime Served in a Little Cup

pt.1 / pt.2 / pt.3 / pt.4

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enough math let's go screw around for 8 more pages

[catfindr]

[taffywabbit]

I finally watched breaking bad (all within the past week or so while I worked, finished it and watched el camino last night) and I'm confident this isn't a new thought I'm expressing or anything but genuinely how DID an entire generation of dudes convince themselves Walter White was cool and admirable and intended to be sympathetic. I know ppl just lack media literacy sometimes but I'm still so confused

I don't think I've EVER watched a piece of media that so blatantly depicts a guy making the worst possible decisions at every turn and having his life ruined for it and not being redeemed or made sympathetic in any significant or lasting way. the kinds of justifications villains USUALLY give that make people consider them "morally grey" or "tragic" or whatever (everything I did was for my loved ones, I did what I had to to survive, once I was in this I couldn't get out, I just needed you to trust me so I could keep you safe, etc etc) is ALWAYS framed as complete self-serving bullshit when Walt says it, and one of the only shreds of personal growth he ever exhibits in the whole series is when he finally fucking admits that. every time he does something even remotely cool or drops a quotable one-liner, something terrible immediately happens that makes everything worse and makes him look like an unreasonable idiot asshole again. by the end of the series the ONLY characters they can still contrast as being morally "worse" than him are literally a bunch of bloodthirsty neonazis who kept a guy in a cage for several months. this show is practically SCREAMING at you the entire time not to admire Walt. why did every dude I knew in highschool have his face on tshirts and Facebook pfps.

I just don't get it. at least with The Dark Knight's Joker it was like, a feature-length movie and that's it. you spend a lot less time with the Joker and it has a lot less time to delve into his motivations, so there's way more room for flanderization and misinterpretation as people extrapolate the few cool/interesting/sad things they saw into a whole nuanced misunderstood guy in their heads and online. Walter White has 5 seasons' worth of 45min episodes to convince you beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is a miserable fucking loser who ruins everything he touches because of greed and selfishness. if you weren't watching it for that, what WERE you getting out of this. what DID you think this show was about. am I just missing some key piece of context from 2012 or whatever that would help me understand this

[paperglader]

i just feel like someone should take one for the team and write the fanfic where miss homotron goes to dragonstone on foot, meets her situationship’s new lover, and immediately goes like blind with jealousy and fury (rhaenyra, as always when alicent’s near, looks and behaves like a very confused kicked puppy)

i just need homotron and saphotron to meet, so the real war can begin

[communistkenobi]

students in the social sciences can’t explain it either lol. “people in this country see no merit in studying any subject that cannot go on a resume” that’s because they go to school to get a job! I wonder what larger structural factors contribute to this widespread relationship people have to higher education. maybe this guy can use his big beautiful humanities degree to explain it to us

[octo-blobs]

this is bad but i enjoyed doing the nonsensical armour highlights. just take it

[bixels]

Taking the current topic as an excuse to ask you to tell me all the reasons you love Rarijack. Your art for the ship is so sweet and intimate I'd love to hear any in depth thoughts you have.

Breathes in.

I think what makes their dynamic really strong is that they have opposing personalities but aligned values. It's deeper than just "opposites attract." Rarity's fancy, prissy, and femme while Applejack's modest, rough, and "masculine." But both value hard work (to the point of being workaholics), their families (both have guardianship over their little sisters), running successful businesses, and eventually each other. Their relationship can be boiled down to, "Despite our differences/disagreements, I still like you because we value the same things."

We see their relationship develop so much. In the first season, they can't stop bickering about surface-level differences. By season four, they still bicker, but will mend their relationship because they can't help but do nice things for each other. In Trade Ya, they start off arguing over personality differences (Applejack likes old junk and Rarity likes useless crap). Then they pivot and start arguing that they value their relationship more than the other. In the end, they mend things by sacrificing their needs and buying each other a gift. Even if they don't understand it, they know it'd make the other happy. And that's all that really matters. It's a genuinely sweet moment that shows how arguing can be healthy and necessary for relationships to strengthen.

We even see them dropping their hang-ups about each others' personalities. In Made in Manehattan, when Rarity runs off in dramatics about someone's fashion, AJ doesn't roll her eyes or scoff, she smiles. Oftentimes, their conflicts are very common domestic conflicts romantic couples face. Applejack's Day Off is about a woman's inability to balance work and life and find time to properly spend with her partner, causing her partner to feel neglected.

By season seven, they're actively participating in each others' interests. Any problems or conflicts that arise are dealt with, and they come out the other end stronger and closer. In Honest Apple, AJ pretty much spells out why their relationship works so well: even though she doesn't understand fashion, she can recognize and appreciate how much work it takes and wants to respect that. When she realizes her mistake in the episode, AJ goes above and beyond to fix things and apologize to Rarity. They care about each other so much.

The two go out of their way, sacrificing their personal desires and beliefs and doing things they normally wouldn't, to make the other happy. That's just love.

There's Simple Ways, where AJ gets stuck in an unwanted love triangle between Rarity and her hipster crush. And her frustration and anger can be so easily interpreted as AJ finding herself in a terrible position; the girl she loves wants another man, and that man wants her.

I dunno. I've always had a preference for opposites attract ships, but Rarijack's stuck with me like a brain worm because they have the perfect chemistry. The way they show they care, or do things for each other, I've always read it as the truest representation of romance in the show.

[lyctorism]

[buckevantommy]

not enough talk about these parallels:

s1 fuckboy buck stealing the engine to have sex with random girls

s4 buck flirting with tk and trying to steal an engine for him and ask him out at the end

+ bonus: tommy meeting buck while stealing a chopper coolcoolcool

[midcaptain]

ENVER GORTASH + talking with his hand(s). bonus: the stupid fucking hand clasp that I find extremely endearing.

[l0verseyes]

ultrakill oc. hell finds her one-sided obsession w/ V1 funny. and a bit relatable

[elsecrytt]

Satoru Gojo goes to the same cafe every day for his coffee-flavored confectionary beverage. You are the barista tasked with pumping his drink with the unreasonable assortment of syrup squeezes.

You don't blink at it. You've been in customer service forever. Everything is second nature to you. But you give him a look when you hand him a drink and he just starts going.

He likes to make small chat, you learn. About meaningless things - desserts, drinks, the weather - but he makes you laugh, and he laughs at your jokes, too. He's smiling every time you talk.

He's beautiful - in that way that makes you uncertain if he's really there - and friendly, and he seems a bit lonely, eager to converse.

Something tells you Satoru probably doesn't have a lot of close friends. He's rich, too, judging by the massive tips he leaves you.

The thing is, you do a lot of things on autopilot. It's just the way these things get after a while. Pouring drinks, "What would you like today?", "I'll have that out for you soon!", "Have a nice day!", all that stuff.

Sometimes, though. Sometimes. Wires get crossed.

He's picked up his drink to leave, giving you a cheeky smile and a little wave, and you tell him, without thinking twice:

"Love you, bye!"

Oh. Oh fucking hell -

"Love you too!"