#why delegate

[babavikas]

To DE(legate) or not to DE

Delegation is a skill that all people managers must develop to multiply their reach and effectiveness. Blog looks at the why and how of delegation.

Delegation is not about getting rid of tasks; it’s about empowering others to help you achieve your goals.” -Laura Stack To delegate OR not to delegate: That is the Question? Today’s organizations are all about team working & interdependence. And yet, some managers end up working alone when it’s time to collaborate with their teams? I believe the primary reason is insufficient delegation skills.…

[seamistgale]

Of @ghostreblogging, Where Danny has the same tax evasion skills as his parents. Kind of a coffee shop AU, but well, its gotham.

[dykespirk]

just remembered that sarek is a massive whore. never kill yourself 💗💗

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Instruction on Courtship

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[recurring-polynya]

Once was one thing...

...but I feel like this is not just a "I'd have two nickels," situation, I think Renji really is the designated shouter for situations where everyone wants to stand around and do a two-page spread look cool. Is it because he won the All-Gotei Trash Talking Championship, or is this one of those things like tenteikura and opening senkaimon that are just traditional lieutenant duties? He's the only lieutenant present in the first situation. In the second, and in the second, he's the only lieutenant whose...captain is present?

He's also very tall and projects well. Ikkaku is also good at hollerin', but he this happens two panels later, so it's unsurprising that he's been banned from spokesperson duties:

[crab-people-overlord]

if your name is Eric Cartman and you need something physically built for one of your weird schemes, Kenny and Stan are the guys to call (Kyle will just be pissed in the corner even tho it was totally his idea to jump the homeless guys)

(episode parallels- they build him a ramp to jump over the homeless in 2007’s Night of the Living Homeless and then build one of the multiverse Cartman’s a custom PC in 2023’s Joining the Panderverse.)

[eleplay]

pen pals <3

[tearlessrain]

why do video game/costume designers have such trouble coming up with good looking slutty outfits for men. it's always either "the female version but without the bra" which sometimes works but a lot of times looks awkward because it was designed for cartoonishly feminine proportions and does not work at all on cartoonishly masculine proportions, or it's some bullshit designed by the kinds of dumbasses who think a tuxedo is the genderflipped equivalent of lingerie. you can design something specifically to a masculine body that's also spectacularly slutty I promise you. we knew how to do this in the 80s but the knowledge has been lost to so many.

[nomsfaultau]

I recently got a comment about the use of the term Bird Pope within my charity one-shot Worth far more than your weight in gold, specifically about the world building implied there considering [Kristin] and [Philza] are notably very inhuman bird monsters (Ravengences). Specifically, the question was if there was Bird Catholicism and Bird Jesus died on the Bird Cross of Lorraine. (I think it would have to be a more complex shape given the extra wing limbs! Or perhaps an Orthodox Cross to pin the tail too?)

Anyway, let's examine the text between [Kristin] and [Philza] and the translator's note:

[Kristin's] expression changed utterly to one of delight, kneeling to affectionately bump her forehead against [Philza's]. “Praise be to the gods, I thought I was going to have to [bird divorce] you,” [Kristin] said with a relieved sigh, nuzzling into the crook of his neck.  (*While Bird Divorce is not forbidden, it is strongly discouraged by the Bird Pope.)

To explore Weight in Gold's species’ religious stance, I examined what terms they use:

Techno uses Gods (capital, plural). Ravengences refer to the seven winds (non capital, plural), gods (non capital, plural), and the Bird Pope (Capital, singular (*according to the translator)). Given Catholicism really emphasizes the singular God bit, I deduce Catholicism did not come from Piglins and Ravengences. Thus I am sadly assuming Worth in gold!Jesus was neither bird nor pig (which is good since pork is not kosher!).

As for humans, they are not worshiping Prime (as in, a god named Prime). Church Prime is the first church in the area. Akin to the format of First [Denomination] Church of [Town]. They worship the Catholic God, and centuries ago were very heavy into evangelizing. Has to be a very long time ago since Ravengences are mostly considered legends in the current time period, and aren’t particularly assumed to be sapient beings. So for the Ravengences it’s more of a legacy of cultural exchange than anything that’s happened of late.

Techno makes a lot of snide comments about the human church, and mentions not doing his sacrifices. But he does bite his tongue because the Church holds a LOT of power in human settlements. From this I gather Piglins on the whole are not Catholic, though as minorities have to navigate the sociopolitical power of the religion they don’t practice. Specifically, I note the way Techno uses the term Gods (capital, plural) which feels to me like a linguistic quirk picked up after the emphasis Catholics put on a capital G God, but in strict defiance of Catholicism by making it plural to reflect Piglins’ own pantheon before the humans started evangelizing. Along the line of 'Nyeh! Our Gods are just as important as yours!' Since we don’t see anyone trying to convert Techno, I reckon it’s something lots of wars were fought about way back when, humans eventually giving up (and probably writing Piglins off as demons in the process). Piglins rejected churches, partially rooted in the fact a central part is in money and donating it, and 1. Piglins do NOT give their gold away except in very intricate and personal situations and 2. Piglins think money is stupid. Using gold for fancy banners and clothing and murals (which Catholicism is very fond of) also didn’t fly with the Piglins. So a major part of human worship involves the (perceived!) frivolous use of gold, which is a big rift between human and Piglin culture.

Ravengences however do have a culture around donating gold, so it wasn’t as much as a massive conflict with human doctrine. In fact it helped facilitate the transfers in a way they liked. I imagine early evangelism with them was a desperate attempt to stop temple raids and was shockingly successful all things considered. To Ravengences, Catholic God is yet another god, added into the pantheon for flavor. I imagine they refer to God as god, since as tricky as crossing that language barrier is that particulars of capitalizing god names probably didn’t make it across. (Ravengences are seen only capitalizing names and the term Ravengence). Ravengences didn’t really agree with the whole abandoning their original gods things (what? You want me to STOP worshiping the seven winds? AND NEVER BE ABLE TO SAFELY FLY AGAIN? Are you MAD?!) and tended to eat conversionists who insisted on that point a little too firmly. The humans likely decided to shrug and declare that the Ravengence gods were really just saints if you think about it, so it’s probably okay please stop eating us now. And as the cultures lost contact, likely a lot of changes piled up in the centuries to follow. Ravengences probably lost the Catholic God (because of said lack of capital differentiation, and the lack of a name is tricky to keep track of when you have a lot of gods). But, positions like Bird Pope, which have lots of practical use regarding the distribution of donation gold so that families can have children, are likely vital to Ravengence society, and so remained, albeit looking very different to human popes. And the Bird Pope hates divorces, because Ravengences tend to want to take all of the gold for their new family, and the ex spouses probably tend to kill each other over it. Since, again, Ravengences are fond of the death penalty.

Alternatively: notably [bird divorce] [bird husband/wife] are within the translator's personal choices to explain concepts to a human audience, the mention of Bird Pope being within a translator's addendum. Even to the extent that within [Kristin’s] dialogue [bird divorce] is lower case, but the translator uses uppercase, further cementing the linguistic differences between Humans and Ravengences. So Bird Pope (capitalized) is how a human explains Ravengence culture to other humans, and may not reflect the capitalization Ravengences use (as they tend towards none) or even really the actual Ravengence cultural role being described. So all of what I just world builded could also be scratched out and explained with 'human translator trying to simplify for a human audience'. but one of those answers is a lot more fun!

[prideblades]

Also on this episode of late night thoughts with crescent: the idea of Byakuya being such a workaholic that he doesn’t always get adequate sleep spawned by that meme is now burrowing in my brain as facts, canon.

I can also see him as the type to not like sleeping in front of others or even appearing tired and literally powering through it as much as physically possible because he’s a perfectionist and being a little sleepy isn’t an excuse to not tackle that stack of paperwork. He can sleep when he’s dead.

[riacte]

so hey guys i finished dungeon meshi yesterday and i'm still thinking about it

[misiahasahardname]

ATE A NORMAL MEAL AT A NORMAL TIME‼️‼️‼️‼️

[conflitdecanard]

My cats inspiring me again for Pix behavior

You know how cats start meowing and cut themselves by shaking before meowing again ? yeah ! :]

[vee-lociraptor]

wait why does john let arthur hold the lighter

[currentlyonstandbi]

[anhttydbookfan]

thinking about the parallels between movie hiccup and book alvin in the terms of both Stop Resting and Stopping rest and i realized…. both of them didn’t see their mothers for twenty years.

If your man has:

A steadily decreasing amount of limbs

A history of cheating death

Not seen his mother in twenty years

Accidentally fallen through a Which Way into a strange and unfamiliar world

Resolved to make that everybody else's problem

That isn't your man, but I can't be sure if that's Stop Resting!Movie Hiccup or Stopping Rest!Book Alvin without knowing if it's the Evil Versions of those items on the list or not.