It's not often I find something this coincidental. Loved ancient and medieval history for as long as I can remember, and I've especially liked the stories demonstrating women played a role just as important as men (whether martial, statecraft, etc). So, seeing photo sets of women actively participating in historical (authentic or creative [creative to a point; fantasy LARP crosses the line in my opinion]) reenacting is something pretty awesome. May also not be a surprise Brave is one of my favorite Pixar movies. What made this particular set stand out to me among many others was it's the first one I've seen crediting Patrick Thaden, whom I had the pleasure of meeting many years ago shortly before he moved to a bigger shop. I've since lost track of my contacts in the smithing fields, so it's incredibly awesome to see he's still working.
OMG THE WHOLE SET HAS SET MY SOUL AFLAME
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jetrefilm/6401353617/in/photostream/
David Jetre
Shroud - Art Direction
Custom armor for David Jetre’s debut film, the western thriller Shroud.
The armor, sword and shield (not shown) were handmade out of aluminum in order to afford Nicole a full range of movement.
Actor: Nicole Leigh
Armor by Patrick Thaden & Ugo Serrano. Sword engraving by Holsapples Engravers, Inc. Courtesty Gayla Partridge Photography
The sandwich community must have been outraged.
I would like to point out if Putin is ecstatic to work with you as President of the US, it's not a compliment. It means you're so retarded he could take over your country because it looks like a good deal to you.
Glad this guy is as out of touch with stupid, fucking pop-culture/millennial shit as I am.
It really sucks missing some people.
I realized today I am the angriest person I know. It's amazing. It makes me wonder if everyone else is really good at blocking it out, or if they're all too fucking retarded to see the problems I see. So far, it's looking like the latter.
I'm not sure when this "daddy" craze began, but it seems to have picked up in the last few years. Why? No one else finds it exceedingly troubling there are guys who insist on being called "daddy"? The only people I'd ever want to call me that are my kids. Or, is that the point? These guys have some deep-seated child rape/incest fantasies they satiate by demanding their significant other pretend to be a helpless prepubescent? And the flip side: Girls who have some father-figure obsession. I get the dominant relationship thing. "Master" and "sir" I get. Bondage, pain, biting, slapping, choking, forcing, &ct all make sense. "Daddy" makes me queasy.
I don't know who this Max Fill guy is, but that fucker needs to stop putting limits on my bottles.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-30339438
So, unskilled labor should be worth the cost of… what? Engineers? I worked at power plants as an operator for $15 an hour and only 40 hours a week.
I graduated college with a degree in power plant engineering and almost 500 hours as an operator, and ended up working at a gas station in Illinois for $8 an hour (about six months). They almost didn’t hire me because they thought I’d demand too much pay, but I just really wanted a job.
Being in the middle of two jobs and/or an uncertain future can be crumby.
The point is, I happily took the job.
So, you fuckers who have done absolutely nothing but complain and expect everyone else to bend over backwards to accommodate your habits of spending outside your means can go friggin’ bury yourselves alive to make way for people who will actually appreciate getting what they do.
Have any of you whiney fuckers ever met those poor bastards that pick strawberries all summer or stand on street corners in Texas hoping to pick up work who may or may not get paid something?
I have no guilt assuming you pieces of shit have absolutely no concept of the struggle others have. The only difference is they are willing to work and do their jobs well to get the barely survivable amount they do; it is no stretch to say many of them are trying to provide for more than just themselves and one other (You single mothers who think the world owes you something because you got knocked up and gave up deserve nothing [aside from rape victims because that really is not your choice]). My guess is that most of you people bitching about wanting professional wages while being shitty people to others (the word service does not end at just getting people their food on a tray) are trying to afford that new iPhone/iPad or something stupid and useless for your car.
There are so many factors that go into cost of living, and I know some people have a very hard time trying to manage it all alone. Had it not been for the good fortune of having financially stable family in that part who let me stay until I got that job at the gas station (before, luckily, getting a better job), I’d have been very hard-pressed. The difference between myself and you pieces of shit demanding pay many starting engineers get is that we take the time to budget ourselves. We go through absolute hell to keep our jobs (which, by the way, require a hell of a lot more skill, intelligence, and dedication). Sometimes, it does not pay off. Sometimes, the management are more of assholes than you people demanding $15 an hour. Sometimes, there really is no way to get help; however, that is, beyond a doubt, nearly impossible in this country.
If you have a minimum-wage job and cannot afford basic necessities (shelter, food, clothes), and you have cut everything unnecessary, apply for welfare. If you are on WIC, EBT (electronic version of food stamps), welfare, etc., with a minimum-wage job and still cannot afford to live by absolute necessities, you are a piece of shit and need to learn to live within your means. You are getting help from your own government, using money gleaned from the incomes of millions of other families (some who may be as well off, if not worse than yours), and squandering it away on things you either do not need or should not procure through your current methods.
I know some of people would complain they’ve tried everything. But, then, there are the people who have actually tried everything and didn’t just sit around whining and waiting for someone else to give them money to buy their iPhones, American Eagle, or stupid, fucking rims. Those people have my sympathy because they’re doing absolutely everything they can, and they actually have to recognize and appreciate the smallest things in life to be happy.
I had to basically beg for more hours at the gas station. Since I was new, they didn’t like giving me more than about 25 a week, and my financial duties were far more than most of these whiney fucks could ever imagine. My coworkers who didn’t feel like working gave me theirs. I came in when they called. I changed my phone plan, I sold my motorcycle (because I couldn’t even afford that, a cheap Yamaha cruiser), I got rid of my internet and TV, I ate nothing but spaghetti noodles and/or rice for a seemingly long time. But, I still paid my student loan and bills on time.
You fucking pieces of shit who think you’re special because you’ve done absolutely nothing worthwhile with your lives and demanded a respect you’ve never afforded to anyone else need to die to make room for people who will use those jobs to the fullest.
I’ve seen both sides of the coin. I’ve been well-off and sank to a mere few family members. I recovered without drowning too much. A little brain damage and emotional scarring, but I made it back (sort of).
Those shits who think they can live on easy street by dropping school and working at McDonalds while waiting for your get-rich-quick scheme to fruit and expect $15 an hour in the meantime just need to exterminate yourselves. So many people are worse off than you. So many people are more worthwhile than you. Take everything you possibly can from everyone else and give absolutely nothing back. They think their job at a cash register or fryer is too intensive and horrible? The technology we have can replace those pieces of shit with a vending machine. Why do we need - no - why do even WANT those people? Why? What the fuck is the difference between a vending machine and yourselves? They are a person. That’s the difference. They are no more than a flesh and blood representation of what a computer can do faster, cheaper, and more accurately. They are worth fuck all in the long run because I’m sure McDonalds will eventually replace them. In seconds, I was able to devise a system capable of doing my job as a gas station attendant, and I wasn’t the only one who did that; a coworker who was a college math major dropout (partied too much but still smarter than me book-wise) saw the same thing I did. What makes those people at McDonalds special? Nothing makes them special. Nothing about them makes them any better or worse or more equal than anyone else working an unskilled labor job. You all understand what that means, right? Unskilled labor means anyone at anytime could replace them because they are worth nothing. They are worth federally/state-mandated minimum wage, and that is all. If they aspire to be worthless and demand they deserve more, they are reducing our country’s value. They are as much of a leech as the parasites at the top. Both groups suck the life out of everyone else because they expect everything for nothing. Where’s the next place to make a quick buck in order to buy the next ridiculously overpriced clothing, the stupid electronics, and the entirely unnecessary indulgences? The best bet is to somehow sue a famous person by claiming they raped you 20+ years ago.
Until these people are of any value, they deserve nothing but ire for their greed. I’m surprised this pay situation hasn’t somehow turned into a race issue…
That's not part of Japan. That's the island with Knights of the Round materia.
The only thing you should be worried about is this question I'm about to ask you: Who wants a taco?
186 posts