it is possible to regulate your emotions themselves. when you regulate your behavior responses to your emotions, you will consequently regulate your emotions themselves. but even further than that, it is possible to rein in your emotional responses over time to be more manageable, just by asking yourself in the moment things like “Am I right to be this angry about such a small thing? Is my sadness about this situation valid or is it caused by selfishness/greed/pride?”

The people who tell you that emotions can’t be controlled and only behavior correction is possible are lying to you and constraining you to a miserable existence of always languishing & roiling beneath the surface.

this is true, and I have done it, going from "I cry over everything" to being that person my boss came to when there was a violent criminal on the loose up the street bc she knew I would be the calm one to handle what we should do. HOWEVER. one has to be careful and figure out how to continue healthily processing emotions while regulating responses bc otherwise you end up in a dangerous habit of apathy and that's not good for you or others around you either. And it doesn't mean you can always 100% regulate them, but you can get Really Darn Good at it. So yes, asking myself "is this worth _ fill in emotional response _?" or even "this emotional response I want to have is valid but is it helpful right now?" has been extremely helpful to me.

Amazon's bestselling "bitter lemon" energy drink was bottled delivery driver piss

Today (Oct 20), I'm in Charleston, WV at Charleston's Taylor Books from 12h-14h.

For a brief time this year, the bestselling "bitter lemon drink" on Amazon was "Release Energy," which consisted of the harvested urine of Amazon delivery drivers, rebottled for sale by Catfish UK prankster Oobah Butler in a stunt for a new Channel 4 doc, "The Great Amazon Heist":

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-amazon-heist

Collecting driver piss is surprisingly easy. Amazon, you see, puts its drivers on a quota that makes it impossible for them to drive safely, park conscientiously, or, indeed, fulfill their basic human biological needs. Amazon has long waged war on its employees' kidneys, marking down warehouse workers for "time off task" when they visit the toilets.

As tales of drivers pissing – and shitting! – in their vans multiplied, Amazon took decisive action. The company enacted a strict zero tolerance policy for drivers returning to the depot with bottles of piss in their vans.

That's where Butler comes in: the roads leading to Amazon delivery depots are lined with bottles of piss thrown out of delivery vans by drivers who don't want to lose their jobs, which made harvesting the raw material for "Release Energy" a straightforward matter.

Butler was worried that he wouldn't be able to list his product on Amazon because he didn't have the requisite "food and drinks licensing" certificates, so he listed his drink in Amazon's refillable pump dispenser category. But Amazon's systems detected the mismatch and automatically shifted the product into the drinks section.

Butler enlisted some confederates to place orders for his drink, and it quickly rocketed to the top of Amazon's listings for the category, which led to Amazon's recommendation engine pushing the item on people who weren't in on the gag. When these orders came in, Butler pulled the plug, but not before an Amazon rep telephoned him to pitch him turning packaging, shipping and fulfillment over to Amazon:

https://www.wired.com/story/amazon-let-its-drivers-urine-be-sold-as-an-energy-drink/

Water Snake from Team Fortress 2

this isn’t low poly

Isn't this the highest poly model in the entire game?

yes it is by miles

Finger Bones - 231020

Full archive of the Earthworm Jim cartoon up on the Internet Archive site!

@lumpytoast

please

HOW AREN'T THERE MORE TUMBLR POSTS ABOUT THE GIANT AIRSHIP THE AIRLANDER 10 WHY DID I ONLY JUST FIND OUT ABOUT IT

IT LOOKS WORSE AT EVERY ANGLE

NO

Found another misplaced artifact -- John Dollar's poster from Thri-Kreen of Athas, a Dark Sun campaign supplement by Tim Beach and Dori Hein (TSR, 1995) Includes this guide to Thri-Kreen emotional expression:

Two years ago, I was once the happiest and most excited employee, working for company known as Wondermation Productions. For years, I had been working on my voice acting career. I would provide my voice for plenty of online animations and projects, but I dreamed of getting my voice into bigger places, not for fame, but to make other happy and because I absolutely love voiceovers. One day, I was approached online from a (then) friend, offering me the opportunity of a lifetime...the chance to provide my voice for an animatronic for an upcoming theme park ride: Kooky Trails. After an audible chat online with the bosses of Wondermation, I was declared the brand new voice of "Floozy". I was ecstatic, telling the world on my social media that my dream was coming true. My friends and family were so happy for me, I was happy, happier than I ever was in my life. Unfortunately, like life itself, happiness never lasts...I was being told that I was "too nice" by anonymous members and eventually as the weeks went on, nearly two years after being announced as the voice of the titular character, I was given some rather disappointing news on Good Friday, April 2023....I was being let go of Kooky Trails, a decision made for all the wrong reasons. Since then, KT's been getting a lot of backlash for the decision and the worst part is, they CLAIM to celebrate autism, so...why remove me? Because I was too nice? Because I had an eccentric sense of humor? What the hell?

Wondermation have to realise that being nice is contradictory. Autism comes in different patterns and sometimes nobody knows what to expect from it, it can be mild or it can show easily. Getting rid of me is total discrimination, worst of all, Wondermation and Kooky Trails' pages on Facebook have even blocked anybody who drop 1 star ratings and reviews on their page, that alone is unprofessional and disgusting. If you can, please sign the petition to boycott the ride, because I've been discriminated and let down and let go for all the wrong reasons.

Hey guys this is my internet friend since 2006, please give this a read and hopefully you will sign the peition too please <3

for @temper-temper & @randomgurustuffs

Kraft Inc, 1964

Happy Bunday! This week's bunny is more Kili, surprise surprise.

masks and helmets that hides someone's face in such a way that they become the face themselves my beloved

these are all creatures to me

Angel of War, angular and strange, gleaming silver and gold, Angel of Wonder, pure and one-eyed, looking to stars new and old, Angel of Harvest, simple and hidden, bring nature's sweetness to all, Angel of Health, mysterious and fine, beacon when life starts to fall, Angel of the Deep, crooked and cage-like, guide us across the sea, Angel of Solace, protect us from evil, lead us to where we are free.

(image description:) a phrase - angels of - followed by bright-on-black drawings of helmet-covered faces of: a knight captioned as war, an astronaut captioned as wonder, a medieval beekeeper captioned as harvest, a plague doctor captioned as health, an old-fashined diver captioned as the deep, a gasmasked person captioned as solace (/end description)

a quick fanart to the concept; do you think a motorcyclist and a person in a surgical mask and cap may join these ranks?

Motorcycle helmet could fit. An angel of freedom, maybe.

The surgical mask could, but it doesn't cover the full face like these do. Also, with not so recent revelations of events of the last 3 years, it has become a symbol of gaslighting, oppression, mass delusion, and gutless compliance.

Better candidates would be a hazmat suit, a welder's hood, jet pilot's helmet, and maybe a Baldknobber mask.

masks and helmets that hides someone's face in such a way that they become the face themselves my beloved

these are all creatures to me

Angel of War, angular and strange, gleaming silver and gold, Angel of Wonder, pure and one-eyed, looking to stars new and old, Angel of Harvest, simple and hidden, bring nature's sweetness to all, Angel of Health, mysterious and fine, beacon when life starts to fall, Angel of the Deep, crooked and cage-like, guide us across the sea, Angel of Solace, protect us from evil, lead us to where we are free.

(image description:) a phrase - angels of - followed by bright-on-black drawings of helmet-covered faces of: a knight captioned as war, an astronaut captioned as wonder, a medieval beekeeper captioned as harvest, a plague doctor captioned as health, an old-fashined diver captioned as the deep, a gasmasked person captioned as solace (/end description)

a quick fanart to the concept; do you think a motorcyclist and a person in a surgical mask and cap may join these ranks?

Old stop motion test

Test results: inconclusive