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I'm going to start this post off by saying that I write fic, and I know the pain of putting something out there and not getting a response. It sucks and it hurts and it puts a dent in my self-confidence. If I have the choice between posting a work on AO3 and getting only comments or posting a work on AO3 and getting only kudos, I'll probably choose comments let's say 8 times out of 10.
But with that in mind, posts that attempt to shame or guilt readers into commenting don't actually work.
Negative reinforcement (in the form of shame, guilt, or other worse emotions) doesn't make anyone want to do the thing. It just makes them want to avoid the guilt, etc. Rather than encouraging someone to talk to you about your writing, you're making that person want to avoid you so that they don't have to feel bad. That's just human nature.
I've said before that I think a lot of writers are looking for community rather than comments, and I still think that's true. The reason I love both writing and receiving comments is because it makes me feel like I've made a connection with someone. I may never know their real name or what they look like or where they live or anything else but what fandom we have in common, but we've reached out to each other in this text-based medium and we've shared words that made each other feel something.
I know that these posts are written out of frustration or loneliness or needing support or a hundred other reasons I could list off the top of my head. But when I read "you should be grateful for the things I give you and show me proper appreciation" it just reminds me of my parents telling me to clean my room or to follow the rules while I live under their roof.
It's so much more vulnerable to admit, "I don't know if this story is any good and I really wish someone would reassure me right now."
It's much harder to say, "I feel so alone in this fandom, and I want to make friends with someone."
It's difficult to admit, "I worked so hard on this for so long and I'm so tired, but if someone out there likes it then all of that effort will be worthwhile - and if no one says anything, then I'll feel like my effort was wasted."
I'm not trying to shame the people who made those posts, and if that's how this comes across then I'm sorry. I'm just trying to explain why I think those posts will harm more than they help.
I also hope that any readers who see this post will understand that those writers are just people who are feeling a lot of different ways, and they're venting their frustrations. I've been there. I've reblogged those posts before when I was feeling frustrated like that too.
If you're able to comment, those comments are appreciated. If you're not able to comment (for whatever reason), that's okay too. ❤️
#writing fic isn't a job and comments aren't a salary#and if it starts to feel that way then you might be experiencing burnout#and it could be time for a rest - or to think about one anyway#I obviously don't know your situation#but that's what it was for me
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My job is burning around me and I’m only seen as an expendable cog in a giant corporate machine, but at least I have Helpy to lend a brightly colored hand!!! <3
#am I talking about fazbear entertainment or my irl job? nobody knows#what I do know is today I found out we’re getting a salary increase freeze for 6 months at least#which in corporate speak probably means a year or more#and restructuring of the company may happen after that#who needs a livable wage? not me obviously#anyway I just needed my small pink boy to cheer me up and it helped a lil#it was fun drawing his blush that way I may keep doing that. hehe#and he must have pretty pink eyeshadow#I’ll be all good in a few days just processing my life asmkcpjsdklc#my baby bear my little skrunkly guy…..#I need a plush of him to kiss on the forehead…#fnaf#fnaf help wanted#help wanted 2#five nights at freddy's#helpy#fnaf helpy#art
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i needed to express a sentiment in the creative stylings of @dunmeshiminimumwage
#eliot posts#dunme#delicious in dungeon#dungeon meshi#sorry to put toshiro in the roll of shitty job interviewer lmao#but he was the best fit for ''guy that wants me to read their mind''#laios being my internal monologue here#i was on my THIRD interview of the day i was Dying#tho since the prev two interviews i had were for similar positions and told me their salaries outright at least i could use that number#(though tbh my work persona is more of a kabru. my customer service voice is unparalleled)#(at my first job even my coworkers thought i was sooo cheerful til i got too comfy and casually made a joke abt wanting to asphyxiate on a#plastic shopping bag like a sea turtle. in front of my sweet elderly coworker. oops!)#(also this job was during quarantine and after weeks of working together i took my mask off in front of one coworker for the first time#and she called like half the department over from their registers to look at how pretty i was??? prettyboy powers unmatched ig)#(also my first interview today went SO well i charmed that interviewer so good despite my lack of qualifications)#(she even complimented my social skills and said i seemed like the type who could get along well and make good conversation with anyone!)#(which is important bc i was interviewing for an elder care position. also old people especially tend to think i am a Delightful Young Lad)#(unless i accidentally make a morbid joke around them ig lmaooo. or. well. some of them like those too. but not that one coworker lol)#(if only that skill transferred over to actually making friends irl. my autistic ass has so few close irl connections)#(i hope my exceedingly short list of character references does not prevent me from getting hired)#AND ALSO my first job asked the same wage question and i said twelve dollars#and they were like all our new employees start at 7.75#the union insists that we pay all new employees a whopping 50 cents above min wage. (we'd pay less if we could)#like dawg why did you ask that then??? if my answer did not matter at all???
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the audacity to complain to me that i’m not producing enough new stuff when u don’t even follow or pay my bills 💀💀💀
#u want me to make new art like its my fulltime job u can give me a full time salary#otherwise you can wait like everyone else has no problem doing#like i genuinely feel like these ppl r so insanely spoiled
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the rose-xiao long family doesn't seem to be made out of money—in after the fall ruby outright says she made her outfit herself and implies that she shops in thrift shops otherwise—so i'd really like to know how yang got her bike bc that thing does not look cheap.
#qrow taking dangerous jobs that pay incredibly well#so yang can have a motorbike just in time of her sixteenth birthday lmao#[qrow voice] oz can this wait i'm busy earning money for my niece's new bike :/#✨priorities✨#(cut to tai weeping with his teacher's salary)
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ladies and gentlemen. we got em
#YOOOOOSJNENFNFNFNFNDNSJSJEJENENNDNSNRNRNEN#YOUR BOY GOT THE JOB HE’S GOING TO THE BIG CITY 24 YEAR DREAM IN THE MAKING#the salary is also way higher than i thought it’d be HELLO#WE DID IT WE DID IT I MADE IT
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O Board of DirectBitches,
In a few months I’ll be up for a promotion in which I will likely move from hourly to salaried. Do you have any info on the pros and cons of either?
Pros of salaried:
You don't have to track your hours!
You can predict your earnings for the entire year.
If you complete your work, you don't have to just keep at it to fill an hourly quota.
Salaried employees usually get other benefits that can include PTO, health insurance, a retirement fund, etc.
With the exception of some specialized fields, salaried workers generally make more money than hourly workers.
Cons of salaried:
Overtime pay is... not a thing. So if you need to work longer to get your work done, you don't necessarily get compensated more.
Pros of hourly:
Overtime pay! The more you work, the more you get paid.
Cons of hourly:
It's hard to predict what your income will be.
There's no law that says hourly workers are entitled to a consistent schedule. So good luck trying to squeeze together multiple part-time hourly jobs if you have no idea when you'll be needed at work.
Hourly workers typically do not receive additional benefits besides pay.
You might be required to file taxes quarterly instead of annually.
With the exception of some specialized fields, hourly workers generally make less money than salaried workers.
I've done both and personally, I have preferred being a salaried worker. Here's more on the benefits that typically come with a salary:
Workplace Benefits and Other Cool Side Effects of Employment
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Money Badger strikes again!!
#I was just thinking about the salary situation the other day#because AT definitely cannot afford to pay Daniel’s usual price tag and if#the supposed 1.2mil he was paid as the third driver covers his racing job with AT or if anything additional is#to be deducted from his McLaren settlement#it seems the ‘on loan’ to AT thing is not only something that pushes the narrative but also allows him to keep his whole mcl severance packa#we winning it all this year#I mean he is
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Btw if you come on holidays and stay at an AirBnb instead of an actual registered hotel I hate you personally. Not "I hate the gentrification and touristic massification and the way we can't live in our homes and are forced to move away because of tourism" in an abstract way- No, not just that. I hate you.
#I'm from a seaside town that has become popular with tourists who come for the beach and the mediterranean climate#and the typical whitewashed walls of mediterranean coastal towns#in just a few years the average rent has gone up so much that now the average rent id#*is over 1000€ per month#one thousand!#that's a whole salary!#in the past 2 years they've been building a new neighbourhood. they've destroyed the vinyeards to make a new neighbourhood that will make#the town 1/3 bigger than it is. that's a lot. but all those houses are luxury houses with private swimming pools for rich foreigners (we#already have 2 private British schools high schools and college(in the british sense)/baccalaureate where their kids go and never have to#interact with locals. I teach some of those kids and they're very prejudiced against locals and very bigoted against the catalan language#(which ofc they never bother to learn)#there's a law in catalonia that says that for every certain amount of houses you build you are obligated to build a certain percentage of#affordable housing. so in this new neighborhood they built the bare minumum affordable housing which is still too expensive for us#and since there's so few of them everyone is competing to get them. the city hall and the bank have had to make an official competition for#them but you only classify if the renr would not be more than 1/3rd of your salary which is impossible. my cousins who are in their mid 30s#and have been working a good qualified job for 15 years (and their partners too) are considered too poor to be considered for the#affordable housing#everyone is having to move out to other cities away from their friends and family and current jobs. the only jobs left here soon will be#mostly directed at tourists#and the only way to continue living here if you're a normal person and not rich is if you're an only child who one day might inherit the#parents' house#but we look around at what's happening in nearby cities and we see the next step which will be airbnb taking the houses that are left#in many places (I've posted about thia before) there aren't any flats for rent or sell anymore that isn't an airbnb#I'm still lucky in my town when compared to other places like Barcelona which are already full of the airbnb plague#actualitat#airbnb#tourism#touristic massification#gentrification
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Our Flag Means Death behind the scenes shots of the firing squad and blindfold removal in Episode 9!
Thanks to crewmember Cody Recker (codyrecker on iG) for these!
Another surreal moment that little high school me would have never believed: working with @rhysiedarby!!! One day on set, I shared with him how I had been a fan ever since seeing him in "Flight of The Conchords" back in 2008. And then I tied this blindfold on him. #OurFlagMeansDeath
#Our Flag Means Death#Stede Bonnet#OFMD#Rhys Darby#Taika Waititi#OFMD bts#Where do I apply for this job and what salary would they like me to pay for it?!
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fuck any job interviewer that's like "so how much money do you expect to be paid for this position"
idk dawg??? as much as you're willing to give me??? don't make me play "do i lowball it and risk getting underpaid or highball it and risk not getting hired" mind games. i did not come here to play the fucking price is right. you're the one writing the paychecks here.
#eliot posts#i had THREE job interviews today#the first two were good and the interviewers told me outright about the pay and benefits packages#the third one interrogated me and made me play salary mind games#the second place pays Slightly better but the first place seems like a less grueling work environment#they both seemed really interested in hiring me but the first one seemed even more interested#my only struggle is looking for employee references bc i haven't had a job in Years
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😭😭😭 my bf just got a new job!!! aaaaaaaaa the stress of the past two weeks is finally over
#he did 3 interviews for them already.. the last interview was a 2 hour long one this morning#ah im so happy .. it's fully remote.. the salary is higher than his last job.. and he says it seems super interesting and hes so excited#we're going out for drinks later to celebrate#ahhhh 😭😭😭#cant believe it happened so quickly#been so f7cking stressed out since he was laid off
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BREAKING NEWS: sukuna and yuuji parent trap!au
#sorry it would be so funny#yuuji goes to live with mom (kenjaku) and kenny is like son you've barely touched your (malevolent evil energy) are you alright :/#sukuna goes to live with dad/grandpa and unlocks his inner old person while also raising hell#picturing sukuna in a wife beater slouching on the couch with grandpa watching a sengoku era period drama that's def not for kids#Jin comes home from his little salary man job and is like ummmmMMMMM ???#jjk hcs
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man I sure would love to be able to choose a field to study without being paralysed by fear and indecision
#txt#the thing is#I like my current job. I can do my current job without too much stress#but I will never be able to afford a place of my own on this salary#and I won't be able to get a better paying job if I don't get a degree#but even the thought of being back in school with deadlines and pressure to perform is making me feel sick to my stomach#personal#delete later#god I wish I could be normal
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