The Greeks had this word, right, we have no idea where it came from, it just kinda popped up out of nowhere, and it could mean either apples, cheeks, or boobs. Problem is it looked and sounded *exactly* like another, unrelated word which could mean sheep, goat, or any animal in general really, which must have got confusing if you were a farmer talking about your livestock, but anywayâŠ
Then the Romans, having stolen practically everything else from the Greeks, thought theyâd nick this word too, because Latin isnât confusing enough without throwing in a bunch of loan words. And they adopted it to mean a pumpkin.
Then the English came along and were all like âwhen in Romeâ, and stole it, where it became our word âmelonâ. Which has now come back to mean boobs.
Transphobes who say their pronouns are beep/boop or something else in their bio underestimate my willingness to adhere to those pronouns
I love the normalization of neopronouns for this reason. Transphobes are just gonna get their “ironic” pronouns used and respected lmao. Neopronouns users were so based for doing this.
A classmate in undergrad once tried to test me by claiming she would only agree to respect nonbinary pronouns if I used Her Majesty as pronouns for her.
She lasted 2 days before she realized I had absolutely zero problem doing exactly that and was too embarrassed to ever argue with me about pronouns in class again.
When I was working at the greenhouse, one of my coworkers was getting flustered because he was a Proper Gentleman who called everyone “Sir” or “Ma'am” and was getting genuinely heated that there wasn’t a gender-neutral honorific for nonbinary people like me.
“Well, you could always call me ‘Your Majesty’.” I said.
As a Joke.
Because in addition to looking and sounding like an older Yosemitie Sam, he took me Extremely Seriously and addressed me as “Your Majesty” for the rest of the summer. Which was hysterical because it was things like “Your Majesty? Where is the fungicide?” and *gestures at me* “You’ll have to as Their Majesty about the tomatoes.” He also would call every single person he could not immediately identify the gender of “Your Majesty” and also everyone that had neon hair.
So yes, you should absolutely rigorously adhere to someone’s pronouns (Especially if they’re unusual pronouns), because it’s respectful, because it’s clowning on assholes, and because it is fucking delightful.
something something “the Bachelor is about vision and the brain” “the Bachelor sees” vs “your justice will blind you” “your head is stuffed; your eyes sewn shut”…. no statement here just picking up things and going “hmmm”….
Oh also Iâve had people say this comic is inaccurate because this is the kind of talk theyâd be giving to the board and let me tell you, I was a literal temp worker at a warehouse and I sat through multiple meetings just like this.
âŠat this point iâm sorry to introduceâŠthe egg spoon.
Even better news about German egg related gadgets⊠the Eierköpfer (it also has a super long German name), for when you need a guillotine to open your egg neatly
No offence to Germany but why are you guys so fucking insane
nothing to see here. Just normal feelings about egg.
United Parcel Service (UPS.N) on Wednesday said it would return to the bargaining table with [its tail between itâs legs] a better offer for roughly 340,000 Teamsters-represented U.S. workers, in a bid to avert a potentially economically damaging strike on Aug. 1.
âWe are prepared to increase our industry-leading pay and benefits, but need to work quickly to finalize a fair deal that provides certainty for our customers, our employees and businesses across the country,â UPS said in a statement.
As thousands of UPS Teamsters practice picket, rally, and mobilize around the country, UPS bowed today to the overwhelming show of Teamster unity and reached out to the union to resume negotiations. The Teamsters National Negotiating Committee and the company will set dates soon to resume negotiations next week.