Comrade Somaya; pinballing around hyperfixations, aro/ace, she/her, Nigerian-American, ADHD. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/arguablysomaya, check out #mutual aid
And if you do get paid for your ideas/writing during the strike, that is considered scabbing and you will be barred from the WGA for life, as per this email from the Blacklist:
also im growing to hate the phrase “hold accountable” in discourse because its always so…. empty? like you see people saying “sure this person apologized, but we need to hold them accountable!” like cool. what does that mean. how can you get any more accountable than a public apology. do you want them to apologize… again? more? get a tattoo explaining their crimes so everyone they meet is informed? do you want accountability or are you repeating buzzwords because you cant find a nice way to say you just want them to disappear.
The difference between a strike and a boycott is the focus of what is being withheald
In a strike the supply is being withheald because the workers aren’t producing whatever it is. It works by having the masses demand what the companies cannot produce and therefore, if the company wants to continue providing whatever it is in order to continue making money, they have to listen to worker demands
In a boycott the demand is being withheald because the masses aren’t buying or engaging with whatever it is. It works because companies, obviously, need to actually sell things in order to function. The point is to make the company change something about a product in order to appeal to the masses again
That’s why you shouldn’t boycott when a strike is on (unless the union says so) because it kind of cancels out the strike. If there is no demand then witholding supply is meaningless - again, unless the union says so, since that means they factored it into their industrial action plan and believe it would be beneficial
I know people want to help but the reaction to call for a boycott whenever there’s a strike just kind of…… doesn’t
ID: a comparison betwen the mobile twitter and new tumblr menu layouts. They look almost exactly the same with the twitter/tumblr logo at the top followed by: home, explore, notifications/activity, and messages. After that the exact menu options are different but still similar. End ID
Clark being like “well what if moved the Earth” in justice league doom is the funniest thing ever because you can literally see Bruce have a minor stroke under his cowl, take a breath, and then say “if I had a week, I couldn’t list all the reasons why that’s a terrible idea,” between gritted teeth
you know he went home to Alfred right after that, flopped facedown on his bed, and said “you won’t believe what Superman said today.”
poor Bruce. this is earth’s most powerful defender, a man who probably skipped high school physics and thinks nudging the earth out of orbit “for just a quick second” isn’t “a big deal, Bruce”
if you are dealing with extreme heat or even just. moderate heat in your area right now. 80f/26c is when it starts getting toasty for a lot of people. if you are in a heat wave and you have not done yourself the favor of googling fucking “heat exhaustion symptoms” i am shaking you violently right now. look it up. burn the symptoms into your brain. heatstroke is no joke and it can and WILL sneak up on you before you’re aware it’s even an issue. ohh my god
Batmobile has been stolen by so many people that at this point Batman should just go walking.
it’s always been so funny to me to picture the batman, crouching to get into or out of his car, especially mid action scene. like, logically i get why he has a car, he’s not a speedster or a flyer, but it’s just so silly to me. it’s the batmobile. like, that is the funniest name for a car and then it’s just casually a tank.
i cannot think of a single benefit of an actual car over a motorcycle that would out weigh the sheer advantage of maneuverability that is so crucial to urban vigilantism (can you imagine the batmobile stuck in traffic or thwarted by a narrow alley?), especially given their fighting style / focus on stealth.
sure the batmobile can have heavier armor, and it’s probably better for moving anyone who’s injured, but that makes it a situational tool, not an ideal default vehicle.
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