#workplace toxicity

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

While I did get a chuckle out of those NSFW SpongeBob drawings, a part of me can’t help but feel weirded out by the fact that they even exist to begin with.

Not because it’s NSFW art that’s drawn by the show’s animators, but because it perfectly sums up how toxic Nickelodeon’s work environment was at the time.

I dunno if much has changed since the Dan Schneider scandal broke, but considering that the guy who came across this artwork chose to omit some stuff because a lot of it was just that vile, it really makes me wonder what other fucked up shit went on behind the scenes at Nickelodeon during that era.

And yes, before anyone says anything, I am aware of the Rugrats storyboard jam that started out as a goof but quickly devolved into a NSFW cluster fuck.

[sparklesquids]

The biggest mistake in the modern education system is encouraging students to compete with one another

I’m in a highly competitive field and thrive off of toxic shit like that, if I’m being entirely honest

But this hurts the industry and everyone working in it sooooo fucking much, the amount of students I’ve seen compromising safety or health of themselves and users of the end product is insane

I’m planning on branching into healthcare too, and it’s WORSE in healthcare, it compromises the health of patients because doctors and nurses are so overworked and are often concerned with competition that it can hurt everyone in the end

Who decided this, I have some strong words for them

[idolomantises]

Nifty and Angel Dust Redesigns

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[kindlespark]

I think I was pretty fucking clear.

[spirk-trek]

there is something very 💅🏼 about spock in 'that which survives' .... very.... 🐈 .... 🌈.... 🍍🍒🍇🥭...

[macabremarble]

gwendolyn “constantly underdressed for a job she’s aiming for” bouchard and alice “constantly overdressed for a job she’s working” dyer

closeups

[wyrmwright]

🩸⛰️🌟

[befuddledcinnamonroll]

THIS SHOW

Can we talk about how they are literally not wasting a single frame in the storytelling? It's short, but so damn effective.

I've talked before about how this is not just a story about individuals, but about existing within a fucked up system.

It's about how we get accustomed to terrible treatment, because we exist in a space where everyone sees it as normal.

And those who realize it's not normal, those who try to push back, don't tend to last.

But once they're gone, we realize how much they (and their ability to see the truth) were protecting us from things being the absolute worst.

How our acceptance of this kind of life and workplace perpetuates the cycle for the new people as they come in.

And though we think we are only martyring ourselves, it results in the sacrifice of others. Because in our choices for ourselves, we are helping to feed them to the machine.

But it's still so hard to walk away, because you become so numb to it all. Until you are sure that parts of you are permanently broken.

And you also know that these systems are everywhere, they are our society, so who's to say you could ever find anything better?

It's the slow crushing of the soul, that makes you feel like it all could just be so futile.

Which is why what Kai is doing is so brilliant here.

He's not denying the reality of the world they exist in. He's not being pushy or angry about Hiro's choices.

Instead Kai is utilizing temptation, showing that there are things, some of them quite simple, that can bring joy. That can break through the futility.

That prove that you can still feel.

But you have to choose them. Because like all things in this life, they are ephemeral.

The systems might not go anywhere in our lifetimes, but that doesn't mean the choices we make don't matter. For ourselves - and for those who see us do it.

[cowpokezuko]

The thing about the House MD toxic workplace polycule is that it's actually more like two workplace polycules, one is dramatically more toxic than the other, who occasionally team up, then whatever Kutner, Taub, and Thirteen have going on.

[theloveinc]

secret affair with mafia!bakugo… you’re a waitress at one of his cover restaurants and he’s constantly leaving his meetings to make out with you in the staff bathroom.

[my-roooom]

Not pictured: Mihawk out of frame like 👁️👁️🍷

[trashmammal-7]

The whiplash I'm experiencing from shipping in protocol compared to tma. When I listened to tma I knew people shipped Jon and Martin but I didn't really start doing it myself until the later half of season 3, but with protocol we're 11 episodes in and I've been silently shipping Alice and Gwen since day one.

[capybarasatwork]

[dang-dood]

i completely forgot that house md was canon in torchwood

[bitchesgetriches]

How Abusive Workplaces Mirror Abusive Relationships

Earlier this year, Piggy and I delivered a speech on the subject of burnout. That there’s an appetite for advice on this subject among women’s professional associations will, perhaps, not shock you?

As I was researching the impact that burnout has on the body, I got an eerie feeling that the symptoms seemed familiar. I wondered if I’d already written something on this topic and forgotten. (We’ve written several hundred articles apiece, so it happens!)

But no! What was tripping my extremely faulty memory triggers wasn’t a past article about burnout.

It was a past article on domestic violence.

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