Posts made by Aria

School.

@ganymede said in The Work Thread:

@aria said in The Work Thread:

Like, thanks for being the one person who consistently respects my pronouns? That's cool? But it would also be great if you didn't cut me out of things we're supposed to be working on together and then talk down to me about everything from my work skillset to hobbies I've been participating in longer than you've been alive, thanks.

I do love the snotty youth, but it's more tolerable than the snotty elderly.

At least they seem to have finally stopped writing think-pieces about how a generation that's pushing 40 will one day have to "grow up and learn how the real world works."

@too-old-for-this said in The Work Thread:

@aria What in the actual everliving fuck.... how does that person still have their job?!

They have a technical skillset that no one else on our team has and is also very well known for being an amazing champion of DEI in ways our company, quite frankly, really needs.

I just get deeply frustrated with them because said person somehow manages to be an amazing champion of inclusivity when it comes to identifiers/demographics.... and then actually be pretty inconsiderate and shitty to work with on a personal level.

Like, thanks for being the one person who consistently respects my pronouns? That's cool? But it would also be great if you didn't cut me out of things we're supposed to be working on together and then talk down to me about everything from my work skillset to hobbies I've been participating in longer than you've been alive, thanks.

It is my super double favorite thing when a coworker of mine, who is supposed to be on PTO today, logs in solely to make sure I'm not fucking up a process that I have been doing three times longer than them.

Especially when the only issues with the template we're using are the inconsistencies which they accidentally built in and have arbitrarily determined which of the two options is "correct" and pontificates on them regularly. (Fact: the correct answer is "It doesn't actually matter which option we choose, as long it's consistent." So fix your template you wanted us all to use instead of randomly deciding that whoever is doing the piece this time is wrong simply so there's something for you to "fix".)

I also especially appreciate when they then start arguing about how I'm not including an item that they think it's super important we share with our entire subdivision, largely ignoring all explanation and justification of why I'm cutting it. Until my boss chimes in about how it lacks the information that our employees were promised, contains outdated and inaccurate information, and is a reminder about our leadership's failure to meet said publicly promised deadline, so she wouldn't include it either. All of which are the arguments I just made. At which point said coworker acknowledges they didn't know that because they didn't bother read the item to begin with.

The dog startled himself awake with one of his own farts.

Again.

This will never stop being funny.

@tnp said in RL things I love:

@sunny said in RL things I love:

It has St John's Wort,...

Keep in mind that St. John's Wort is, basically, a drug. And like all drugs can interact in bad ways with other drugs. You'll want to investigate how it affects any medication you're already taking especially if you're already on an antidepressant.

St. John's Wort also fucks with hormonal birth control, FYI.

A friend and I talking about someone we both know behind their back.

It basically devolves into a competition over which one of us has more compliments about how they're nicest, and kindest, and generally just the keenest.

@wretched

Any amount of garlic listed in a recipe is objectively wrong and needs to be doubled, unless that recipe was provided directly to you by someone's nonna and involved more hand gestures than measurements.

I have been working from home for so long, and wearing makeup so rarely, that apparently my foundation was discontinued without me noticing.

Do you know how hard it is to find foundation for 5Y03 skin that isn't tested on animals?

Motherfuckers.

Having just put groceries away, I guess I smell like all kinds of goodies to my old dog. So I'm sitting here repeatedly showing him my hands like I'm some sort of fucking blackjack dealer to prove that I do not have secret snackies tucked up my sleeve.

@faraday said in Movie / TV / Streaming Peeves or Whatever:

@greenflashlight said in Movie / TV / Streaming Peeves or Whatever:

@aria I forget if someone else already said this, but the argument against actors being responsible for gun safety is they're not trained professionals. Every movie set has, or at least is supposed to have, two trained, licensed professionals who check every firearm to be used in a scene prior to the cameras rolling, to check that it's loaded with blanks and to announce loudly to the whole set that the gun is either live or not. Adding that responsibility to the actor, who almost certainly is not accredited, just creates another way for the system to break by adding an amateur to a system designed for professionals. I tend to support this position, from my own anecdotal experience with systems that have lots of redundancy.

Exactly. It would be like a novice skydiver taking apart their parachute to try and make sure it's been packed properly. You don't want that; you want them to rely on the expert whose literal job it is to make sure the equipment is safe.

An actor isn't going to understand the subtle differences between dummy rounds (which can't shoot and just look like real bullets), blanks (which have dangerous gunpowder but no bullet) and real live bullets.

I have no experience with the film business myself, but many pro armorers have spoken out in interviews about their own on-set safety procedures since the incident. The gulf between what they describe and the stories coming out of the Rust set can only be summarized as: "OMG WTF was going on in that set??"

@GreenFlashlight @faraday Yeah, that's why I started my post with the caveat that I realize this doesn't quite apply to movie sets. The parameters are different. You are very much, by the nature of what you're using the prop gun to do -- simulate firing a live weapon, likely at someone -- ignoring one of the very basic rules of gun safety.

As @roz has pointed out a big part of the armorer's job is to fulfill that basic safety check with the actor. This is specifically because of the subtle differences between live rounds, dummy rounds, and blanks -- the latter of which are both used on movie sets, albeit for different reasons. The demonstrating the "unarmed" status, whichever definition is being used in the scenario, is supposed to be the equivalent of checking to make sure it's not loaded.

So my point was not "actors should be responsible for maintaining gun safety on set", so much as me sitting here going "Jesus Christ. If I, a complete amateur who actually has zero interest of my own in guns, knows better than what the supposed professionals were doing on this set, what the fuck is wrong with these people? How did they have this job? This is literally the great big thing it's their entire job to make sure doesn't happen."

I realize that this doesn't quite apply to movie sets, where prop guns are used to portray the act of firing a weapon at someone, but....

I am -- as my gun-toting, NRA-loving, second amendment-quoting, 'Molon Labe' bumper sticker-having father likes to call me -- a bleeding-heart liberal. But I grew up in his house and was taught basic gun safety from a very young age.

You treat every weapon as if it's loaded with a live round. Period. If someone hands you a weapon, you check it yourself. It doesn't matter if they say it isn't loaded. It doesn't matter if they're your shooting range supervisor or your shooting instructor. You check it yourself. Period. And then you still treat it as if it's loaded with a live round. You do not point the barrel in the direction of anyone or anything you don't want to drop dead.

Ironically, my father now gets irritated that I check things he hands me because apparently it means I don't trust him, but fuck that. You check. You behave as if you're holding a weapon. Because you are.

Every time I hear something else about "safety measures" on that set, I cringe just a little bit more. I feel bad for Alec Baldwin, but as far as I'm concerned, everyone else with even a modicum of authority on that set or even a semblance of responsibility for the safety of the cast and crew should absolutely have their asses handed to them atop a platter of lawsuits and any criminal charge that might stick.

@testament Look here, flyover state....

@roz said in Oh, Humanity:

@aria i've put ranch on cheesesteak in the past and i have no regrets

I mean, you also eat at Sheetz, so.

@misterboring said in Oh, Humanity:

@aria

Are multiple kinds of acceptable cheese at once acceptable?

Like, can I do provolone and whiz at the same time?

Most shops it's a choice of one of the three. Provolone and whiz sounds like it would be kind of weird because of the spices in whiz.

@ominous said in Oh, Humanity:

@aria

Your thoughts on Penn Station East Coast Subs, a nationwide chain out of Cincinnati? They're not traditional, being from Cincinnati and using provolone instead of wizz, but they're my favorite and I am curious how they stack up.

Never had them, though provolone is an acceptable cheesesteak cheese. As is American cheese, which is just a very mild cheddar that tends to melt better than regular cheddar does. (Hence using American over cheddar for cheesesteaks.)

You need to use an appropriate amount of cheese slices to make it nice and creamy, though, otherwise it's just wasted potential.

@misterboring said in Oh, Humanity:

@Aria I have to ask since it seems you are a Philadelphian:

Is it acceptable to put peppers of any kind on a cheesesteak? Better yet, what are the acceptable optional toppings for a cheesesteak?

You can put peppers of varying kinds on a cheesesteak, for sure, but bell peppers are traditional. Onions are more common. I, personally, prefer mushrooms. But, like.... that shit they showed in Creed and the Binging with Babish videos on it? Fuck that monstrosity. It's definitely not a Philly cheesesteak.

There's a particular art to cooking a cheesesteak, both in technique and ingredients, that I can very much go into at the drop of a hat. It mostly involves the right bread, knowing what to do with that bread, and a very large spatula. Working at a sandwich shop that makes high volumes of them is called 'slinging cheesesteaks' for a reason.

Long story short, though? Once you're about 40 miles outside of the city, the quality goes sharply downhill. And the further you go, the more repulsive they become. I once had one served to me in Indiana that was, like... chunks of beef in some kind of gravy-esque sauce? And I have no idea what that actually was, but it was an abomination. Cheesesteaks do not have sauce. Cheesesteaks do not need sauce. If your cheesesteak is dry enough that you feel like it needs sauce or condiments, it was made wrong.

Unless you're ordering a pizza steak and even that doesn't involve brown gravy.

PS - Pat's and Gino's are for tourists. Don't go there.

@betternow said in Movie / TV / Streaming Peeves or Whatever:

@aria said in Movie / TV / Streaming Peeves or Whatever:

@betternow

https://www.hercampus.com/culture/claims-about-jared-leto-preying-underage-women-have-resurfaced-yet-again-these/

Basically, women have been accusing Jared Leto of this shit for 20-ish years now and despite the fact that claims keep popping up from various sources again and again and again, they largely get ignored as "rumors" like they did with Cosby and probably will continue to be ignored until one of these sources goes on record with a court of law somewhere.

I... am not sure what to say. That article in particular claims James Gunn responded to a tweet, but clicking on it says "page does not exist". That website is owned by a Gen Z media influencer company. So I am again...I want to believe women without question, but I'd like to see the actual accounts/accusations on their actual social media rather than things "resposted" on sites I can't determine the credibility of. If there is that much chatter about it though, it is likely true and that makes me so fucking sad. I can't like things anymore. They will always disappoint me.

I shall now go put Stanley Tucci and Dolly Parton inside bubble wrap for protection because I swear to God if they get outted as horrible people somehow, I am gonna just give up on the universe.

Yeah, that's the thing. I would much prefer these accusations be reported in credible sources, with criminal investigations and legal actions attached, for a large number of reasons.

But this isn't the same single account popping up here and there and maybe under this thing every few years when people do a Wayback Machine search or something. It's very similar accusations, made by a number of people, consistently, over several decades. So I think it's pretty safe to say they're likely true. Especially because patterns like this being known in certain circles and no one doing anything about them for years is usually the "backstory" when these people finally do get their ass dragged into the light and/or court, which is what I'm really hoping happens.

It also probably won't because most victims don't come forward when it's just some random asshole and the usual trauma of the "justice" system they're dealing with. Nevermind when there's millions of dollars, a small army of lawyers, and a PR firm screaming "libel" in their face.

@testament

We give you the gift of cheesesteaks and this is what you people do with it.

@betternow

https://www.hercampus.com/culture/claims-about-jared-leto-preying-underage-women-have-resurfaced-yet-again-these/

Basically, women have been accusing Jared Leto of this shit for 20-ish years now and despite the fact that claims keep popping up from various sources again and again and again, they largely get ignored as "rumors" like they did with Cosby and probably will continue to be ignored until one of these sources goes on record with a court of law somewhere.