#and we like. work on this projects - THAT WE ARE NOT PAID TO WORK FOR SO *WE* GET TO PAY FOR ALL THE MATERIALS AND SHIT FOR THEM.
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I really hope this drop does well. I would kill to have designs on shirts like this, and not just a smiley face on the corner. I know he has the smile more and other cool designs, but I really just would love merch designs like vnzndt on shirts or charms. The magnets are genius already, and just have cute merch like that while helping fanartists is just so amazing.
The phone cases already have sell outs, so that's a good sign that those are selling well.
After their new project comes out, I really hope the fandom can revigorate itself and we could get more collaboration with fanartists. Having just awesome designs while fantartists get paid to do it as well? It would be so cool.
YES TO ALL OF THIS!!
I really hope we get more artist collaborations with dreambranding because I feel like it will really represent what the fandom wants to see in the merch more and I can already see them pivoting more towards merch that caters to their current fanbase better (pastel merch, more pink, plant kits, quilt blankets, painting kits, cute merch with Lily, etc.) and I would love to see fandom artists start working on the wearable merch too!
I really do like the direction that dreambranding has been heading and I think that with new content and a new dteam era, we might be getting constant bangers in the future!!
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Hi! I saw your post about the NCCC. Can you tell me a little bit more about what it was like? And maybe some certifications or skils I might want to have before applying that would help me be a shoe in? In a year or two I'd like to leave where I am and travel, and then maybe settle down somewhere else after, and this seems like a good way to go about that and simultaneously chase my interests and find things I enjoy. Basically- I've got time to build skills before I want to apply, and I think it'd be a great fit for me, so I'm just curious about any and all information that would help me be more informed and prepared.
What it's like: (note that I served in 2018, so some of this may be outdated information)
Once you're accepted, they place you at one of 4 campuses throughout the USA. You get a duffel bag mailed to you (anything you bring with you has to fit in this duffel) and a plane or train ticket emailed to you. You have to take that plane or train to the campus, because they pick you up in a bus or van from the airport or station.
Once you get to campus, you go through "in-processing" where you get your uniforms, gear, and PPE, get assigned a room and/or bunk, and meet your instructors for training. If you're a Corps Member, you are also assigned a team and meet your Team Leader at this time (though some campuses do this later in training).
Training lasts about 2 months for Team Leaders and about 1 month for Corps Members. You are with the same cohort (called a "Class") for your whole service term, including training. Training includes how to get along as a team, physical training to ensure you're physically capable of the work demanded of you, and specific training on things like how to drive the van, how to use certain tools and PPE, and how to do any tasks associated with your particular role on the team.
Towards the end of training you go on a 1-2 day mini project, where you go through all the motions of a real project (called a "spike"), except that it's really near by campus and it's pretty much for practice.
Then you go on your first real spike. Depending on where it is and what time of year it is, you might live in a tent, in a dorm, in a half-built house, or any remotely suitable housing supplied by the hosting organization. We lived in a conference room once, and once in an old nursing home wing that wasn't being used.
Food is handled by giving a lump sum of money on a card to the team, and you have to figure out grocery shopping and cooking as a team. This is a challenge, but one that usually works out.
For transportation, the team has one 15-passenger van. Gas is paid for by NCCC. If you have a project that requires a lot of tools, you may have a pickup truck too, but this is rare, and you're not allowed to use it for anything other than project reasons. You keep a log of every time you use the van or truck, for any reason, and there is a 25-mile radius from housing that you're allowed to go.
Spikes are between 3-8 weeks long and you do 4-7 of them during a service term. In between you have "transition" where you go back to campus, debrief from your previous project, brief and train for your next project, and catch up with everyone else. At the end of the service term, you have a final debrief, have a life after americorps meeting, learn job skills like writing a resume, etc... and get your plane ticket home.
What you should do to get prepared:
You don't need certifications. If you need to know something for a project they will train you. If you want something I'd say get First Aid or Wilderness First Aid. Getting a little job experience and a lot of volunteer experience will help you a lot more.
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They could have even been like we wanna make new exciting content that we don’t think will work on YouTube and put that on a ‘streaming service’ whilst keeping the YouTube style stuff on YouTube
#(and a re make of a show from 5? years ago that was on a different YouTube channel isn’t new too high brow for YouTube content… like it’s go#od they could have kept that as the 2nd or 3rd new show on the service but they needed to HARD re brand for that special expense content#if they wanted it to seem more expensive then YouTube#they needed to pre film a catalog (even a small one) of very different content that is recognisably tv style content#watcher#like wanna make a documentary style/length show yeah that seems streaming service#(it would still need to be free to those who paid already for their other subscriptions#)#but it could have worked#hey guys we’re making new exciting projects they’re a little longer length and pricy so they’re just for Patreon members but we’ll still mak#e free let’s plays and read stories we found for free off the internet
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University ever pushes you so low you have to go buy a couple of beers? /srs/neg
I'm gonna vent in the tags for a moment humor me for once /gen
#No but I'm serious this place is a nightmare /neg#Venting in the tags#humor me for a second. you go to this uni and they promise you a place that will teach you how to become an artist#on both like. morality and skill level. they feed you with bullshit for MONTHS. “oh mistakes are fine! they make you grow!”#or “oh this is a community we work all together there are no discriminations this is a safe place to learn and improve”#and we like. work on this projects - THAT WE ARE NOT PAID TO WORK FOR SO *WE* GET TO PAY FOR ALL THE MATERIALS AND SHIT FOR THEM.#to like “help the community” or whatevrr because “artists are born to inspire others and bring joy” and blah blah blah. BUT. LIKE. THE THING#THE THING IS. NONE OF THESE PROJECTS WILL END UP ON OUR CURRICULUMS. WHAT WE WORK 6-7 YEARS FOR ARE NOT SEEN AS REAL EXPERIENCES.#AS IF WE'VE DONE LITERALLY NOTHING FOR 6-7 YEARS. AND LIKE. THE PROFESSORS ARE SO RACIST AND DISCRIMINATORY AS WELL.#If they don't like you they WON'T EVEN GIVE YOU THE EXAM. BECAUSE THERE'S NO WAY TO DEMONSTRATE IF YOU WORKED OR NOT. IT'S UP TO THEM.#THEY DECIDE EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE AS IF WE ARE SOME SORT OF FUCKING COMMUNIST KINDA BULLSHIT WORKERS.#Someone fucks up? *WE* FUCK UP AND EVERYONE PAYS. Someone succeeds? *WE* SUCCEED AND EVERYONE GETS THE CREDITS.#THIS IS ALSO WHY NONE OF THE WORKS WE DO END UP IN OUT CURRICULUM BECAUSE ITS MADE SO THAT *THE UNIVERSITY COURSE* DID IT AND NOT *US*.#IT'S FUCKING BULLSHIT AND I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE IF I DO MY PARENTS WILL KICK ME OUT CUZ THEY DON'T WANT ME TO BE AN ARTIST#So I'm trying to STUDY for the exams and the “professors” are getting mad at me that I'm not staying 10 HOURS IN THAT MOTHERFUCKING ART LAB.#WORKING AT THEIR NONSENSE PROJECTS THAT WILL NOT END UP IN MY CURRICULUM.#“Oh if you're not willing to put all your efforts for the course this is not the place for you” BITCH I *AM* PUTTING ALL MY EFFORTS!#THIS EXAM IS *LITERALLY* PART OF THE COURSE!! WHAT KIND OF FUCKING BULLSHIT ARGUMENT IS THAT!!!!!#Istg I'm gonna cry I want to kms /NOT SERIOUS#I'm gonna cook dinner. chug my lemon beer. and try to study like a normal person and beg this shit will end soon#Don't worry I'm not going to become an alcoholic I just need something. anything and I'm ABSOLUTELY not gonna start smoking I hate it /srs#tw alchohol mention#alcohol mention#tw smoking mention#smoking mention#vent#tw vent#// mike speaks
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soft Richard = flaccid Penis
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@stripesysheaven
#(i wonder if this post will be flagged beucase of P word)#once again we out here ✊#not to toot my own horn but this turned out so good. i wish i could work and get paid doing image restoration or stuff like this#also i picked Richard because i consider Henry too chaotic to get soft#anyways i was out all day watching the Barby Movy and had a great time except for the projection being too dark at the movie theater i#went. so might go watch it again with someone else. lots of people were wearing pink (me included). it was like Pokémon Go all over again#Get Soft Week#Lost#Richard Alpert#luaPost=true
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Girl all this fuss about Taika's marriage, wait until you people find out about Minnie Driver
#i dont actually care about this but Anne Bonny's actress is in fact in the Epstein flight logs#the black book#the pedonomicon#not saying yhat we should pick apart every project anyones worked on#Hollywood is full of sickos and people getting paid to ignore those sickos#but you guys act like some celebs are evil for normal behavior when the black book exists#i dont care because i cant do anything about the CIA's little abuse ring#if i started caring id make myself crazy
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You know, no matter what happened there was always a part of me that was hopeful that we’d someday be able to come together and take down corporate greed towards a better more functional and fairer society. But that hope died, fell to its knees and impaled themselves on its own sword the day they reported that Netflix’s password sharing crackdown worked.
You just made new accounts?? Why? I just want to understand?
#Netflix#like I really was a clown sitting here thinking Netflix is going to crash and burn#you know this was a test all the other streaming platforms will just do the same now#I know pirating takes away money from people who worked on these projects but if the strikes are any indication#no one’s getting paid anyway#we just had to do this one thing#don’t make a new account let it fail so we can continue to be extorted for money#that’s just going into the pockets of the one percent anyway???#am I missing something? was I unreasonable and in my own bubble to not consider some reason as to why there was no choice BUT#to make a new account?#what happened???
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I'm strexcited about potentially working at a school in the next few months/year and being paid a minimum of 22$/hour
#we have a HUGE school staff shortage atm#which means I can also ask for really really cool hours (im betting on working everyday but only in the morning)#but im also terrified of leaving the comfy routine of my current job#im paid 16.25$ at my current job rn and thats after me begging like a stray cat to get an extra 50c#like I told mav. working in a school is something I actually feel comfortable potentially doing for a long time???? ESPECIALLY at that pay#(with possibility of raise)#im just kinda scared of getting an asshole boss or the children being evil or something#BUT. also. I would get summer vacation!!!! SUMMER VACATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!#jen rambles#ANYWAYS. full of ants#me dreaming about waking up at 6. working from 7 to 13 and going back home to nap and do my silly little chores and work on passion project#im also slightly scared it might be 'cut' schedule#idk how to say it in english#but basically I might work from 7-9. then I go back home and come back for like 11-13#which would be slightly annoyinggggg#WHATEVER#LONG TAGS.
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Suffering from the "the world is a hell place trying to take away my rights and will to live and I don't think I'll see a world where I don't work my way into an early death" kinda depression I call that "rational depression"
#vent#personal#I'm sick#i don't got no paid sick leave nor actual paid vacation every week is a new debt new project new work new#“gotta do this commission so i can drop all this extra money (that i earned ON TOP OF MY FULL TIME JOB) so i can drop it all on necessities”#i get paid like 550 a week on a dual income household what the fuck are we doing wrong#i don't even hate my job i just wanna have a life outside it#why is butter almost 8 dollars before tax#and to top it off my personal life is a mess I'm a mess i just wanna feel like things are worth it#I'm sick of it I'm sick of it#I'll get through it i now i will#but I'm... so tired of having one of these episodes every month or so#my scheduled nihilistic depressive episode#i still have a cough#Self Love on repeat
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*sigh*
#trying really v hard not to feel frustrated right now#and attempting to keep in mind that there are probably lots of details and surrounding bits of info that I’m not aware of#but I’m trying so hard to make + save as much money as I can#so I can go to college next fall#and I’ve /told/ my boss that I Really Need To Work. I asked him to please schedule me as much as possible during the holidays.#and then this week apparently we got approved for overtime and? no one told me?#and I’m going to finish out the week with only about 37 hrs worked#and then several of my coworkers are talking about how they’re going to various other stores to help them do projects#and I *know* they get paid really well for that#and not once has anyone even mentioned anything about me getting an assignment like that#like they’ve not even considered that I might also like to be sent to another store to help out and make extra money#*sigh*#I just wish I didn’t always feel invisible. I’m trying so hard over here and my coworkers seem to genuinely like me and my bosses have#never had to get onto me in any way that matters. I think I’ve been late like… less than 5 times in the past year??#I’ve called out exactly twice (once bc I had literal COVID and once bc I had something that felt just like COVID)#I’m always trying so hard and it feels like it still never pays off :/#ok. time to stop complaining. time to go back to work. if anyone wants to say a prayer that I’ll have a good attitude and not spiral into#obsessive comparison… that might be helpful :)#personal#delete later#mobile
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It’s days like these where I’m confronted with my own (suspected) neurodivergence in less fun ways
Like ffs why are there so many unspoken social mores that make no sense and I still have to figure out or else I made a huge faux pas??
#when a person gives me a price I assume that’s what it has to be#why am i expected to haggle#why do people get mad at me if I don’t haggle??#why is this apparently the way the industry works?#we just never get paid our full worth and we constantly have to force others to give us services for less money than they ask????#ugh#sorry#anyways my boss told me off for accepting some guy’s offer#and it was for my OWN project#not anything for work#and i started crying#ugh what a day#but i don’t think I’m overpaying??#like i know what the hourly rate is of most people#and it just seemed reasonable#but apparently i was expected to haggle the price down to a quarter of what was being asked#so he can keep doing that with other people?
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#unprecedented emotions in this body o mine. like. this may b surprising given the amount of bitching i do on this website#but let me assure u irl i am exceptionally patient. but right now. there is a limit and that is where we now stand#and again this is prob my fault but ive come to the conclusion that fuck these custom chambers. fuck the amount of work that went into them#fuck all of this. im not fucking using them. i will sit here with this one fucking bryophite chamber if it takes me all goddam day bc at#least i fucking trust the values. that means ill have to split up measurements by 2 days but fuck u im right abt this#the solution is: u cant fucking do 98 samples at once. that it. im sorry. fuck u#and i would probably have come to this conclusion earlier if i had thr time to test but doing it all rught now with no fucking room for#grace makes it very fucking clear. so idk. im not fucking using the chambers. and im not looking forward to explaining this to my boss#bc shes so excited abt this project that i have been dreading since its conception. i started with the 3 chambers and it was somehow#even more awful than i would have imagined. fuck that. 2 or 3 fucking weeks of this#and im not even getting paid for all the extra work i do bc i don't get overtime. im not even technically allowed to work weekends or over#40hrs a week. im just doinf this bc im already so miserable why thr fuck not.#hhhhh im being such a brat abt this for real. ugh but i dont wanna meet with my boss#bc this feels like the time where i have to explain that like. listen. u know that thing im really good at and have spent fucking hour and#hours and hours and hours of time doing? well its catastrophically destructive to my brain and thats whats landed us here#where im so fucking fed up that i wanna quit. clean cut and never work with this stuff ever again#and if i have to use the 3 chambers i might die. i might just evaporate away into a million pieces bc i dont wanna deal with this#but i dont wanna explain that bc then shell feel bad and this isnt her fault. i have an issue thats out of my control and im letting it#devour me whole so like 🤷♂️ its my fault bleh#whatever. itll be fine. ive got a coherent argument as to why this is too much. and i kno im fucking right so there it is#i feel like that helps me make decisions: heres what has to happen. heres whats preventing that from happening#and there it is. it either u can fix it or u cant. thats it. u deal with the things in ur control#lol at least im not alone to stew in my anger. im working with 2 other ppl today. so i mean i say that im fucking furious bc im visual fine#lol bc im a patient and level headed person irl im just really whiney online bc i have no outlet. so itll b fine. decision made now we just#deal with it. ugh but how tf am i gonna distract myself from how miserable this is all day? thats the real question#brain gets Interrupted ever 5 min bleh agony#unrelated
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#*#work is pissing me off sooo much im so close to just snapping and handing in my resignation#they lack human decency and make me do extensive projects only to be like oh sorry we cant use it we have to use the one from c*rporate#then why did you make me waste 2 days😭😭#i wouldn't do this job even if it paid 40k it's that jarring#but i also dont think im fit for work i get so stressed and unwell wherever i've been i think i need to go live on a farm back home#not even in the mood to watch footie today ffs
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mm. Fear
#ramblings of a lunatic#got pointed towards a freelance job opportunity by a friend (thanks bestie ily 🤟) and hit up the asker w an email abt further discussion#since the og email was kind of vague (its a comic project! idk abt what but it is one! idk when/if there's a deadline! but it's a comic!)#and that meetings been arranged and thats all peachy keen#and if i get the job i get it and if i don't i dont#(they liked my samples despite them being old work so i definitely have that part down- now it's just seeing if the schedules align)#but as i was sitting down writing important questions I'd need to ask when we meet i was hit with a wave of. fear#and guilt?#like. It's been so long since I've made a Proper Comic (w/ the correct formatting and attention to layout and composition n stuff)#that I'm scared I'll like. forget how to comic and fuck it up. and disappoint this stranger I don't know#...and myself but that's besides the point#idk i think it's just jitters (also bc i had a bad ipad drawing day the device was NOT agreeing with me. paper was ok tho)#and I don't even have the job yet 😭 idk why I'm so nervous#maybe bc I've never had a paid illustration gig and i feel like such a fraud bc I'm a solid 6/10 self taught artist#i feel like rob liefeld bamboozling marvel into hiring him in the 90s and then Rob Liefeld-ing all over the place#(I don't think he actually bamboozled anyone. that's just how I feel rn)#in conclusion i think being on my period has not helped my feelings of mild trepidation and has in fact made me think dark thoughts#so I'm going to try and claim some semblance of rest now
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The thing about Microsoft shutting down Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin is that it isn't really a case of finance bros not understanding how game development works. Sure, saying "we need smaller games that will win us awards" while shuttering studios which have a record of producing smaller, award-winning games looks dumb on paper, but you need to know how to parse corporate doublespeak.
In brief, they want the prestige of producing smaller, award-winning games, but not the risk. The way you get the former without the latter is by constantly buying up independent studios which already have successful titles in their portfolios, keeping them around long enough to provide post-launch support, crank out paid DLC for their already-proven properties, and finish development of whatever is currently in the pipeline, then dismantle them and shut them down before they get any funny ideas about risking your money on new, unproven projects.
If you're thinking "hey, that sounds a lot like a predatory business model", well, exactly.
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Every now and then I remember that oni in fact will eventually have more lore added and I get so excited and scared for a moment and then I remember that it could take months until we see any of that and I proceed to forget abt it again and the cycle repeats
#rat rambles#oni posting#now it does sadden me a smidge that itll probably be in paid dlc but thats a problem for future me#the bright side of new lore is new lore#the downside of new lore is the eternal fear of canon jackie and olivia designs#not because Im opposed to them getting canon designs its just so scary#like what if klei made them white how would I move forward from that#and its not even a situation where I can say with any level of confidence if they would or not because god if I fucking know#like they have until very recently seemingly deliberately avoided including anything Too lore relevant in any animated trailers#but that can kind of just be explained by well. the fact that most of those updates didn't include any lore.#and those that do involve it stay strictly in the dupes perspective#so I can't rly use that as any sign that theyre deliberately avoiding giving olivia and jackie canon designs#I would highly prefer they dont get designs even without fear of designs I dislike mostly because narratively it just works better that way#but hey its not up to me so whatever happens happens#I mostly assume future lore is going to mostly relate to the dupe donors we havent met yet and elaborating on some of the ones we have seen#but dont see a lot of if anything at all#I hope they dont mess with jackie and olivia too much but I do think itd be nice to give jackie just a smidge more like Ive talked abt#and other than that I could see them adding maybe new story traits and if they're feeling real generous more dupe lore#oh and if we're mega lucky we could get a dr.holland first name#honestly I hope that for dr.holland specifically they either just do a hard name drop and move on or just dont touch him#rly my main concern with any added oni lore is I Really dont want them to start telling us too much#I really really like all of our information being very fragmented and unclear as it adds to the post end of the world vibe rly well#and this is in fact a problem that they had in older versions of the story that they seemingly went out of their way to solve#so I rly want to have faith that they wont fuck it up but I have been burned before and oni has yet to have fully earn my trust#its not far off tho just the scrapped logs themselves give me faith that they are aware what story theyre writing and what needs done#again the scrapped logs are cool but would have dampened the narrative quite significantly from how straight forward they are#so them being full one scrapped early on makes me hopeful that they realized that too#rly I just dont want too much expansion on the stuff we already know#some names and work ids would be splendid and Im all for new fragments to try to place in the timeline#I just dont want a log where nikola stares at the camera and monologues abt the duplicant project or smth
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