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The industry insider confirmed that the Black Widow character is widely
considered “unusable” within the toy industry. “She has a tight black
outfit. Our main customer is concerned with ‘family values,’” said the
insider.
So that’s Wal-Mart’s fault, then? Notice taken. (Not that I’d set foot in the place unless dragged in at gunpoint. Fortunately, when you live in Ireland neither condition is likely to occur.)
And this is worth noting too:
At the same time, however, it’s increasingly apparent that marketers’
perceptions are seriously out of touch with consumers’ tastes.
“Princess toy sales are in freefall. Disney can’t give away princess
toys anymore,” according to the insider. And yet, the insider said, the
directive is there: Maintain the sharp boy/girl product division. Marginalize girl characters in items not specifically marketed as girl-oriented.
The toy industry is more gender-divided now than at any time in the past 50 years, according to Elizabeth Sweet,
a professor of sociology at the University of California at Davis.
She’s a noted authority in the sociology of gender-based toy design and
marketing. Analyses of historical toy catalogs show that in the 1970s
more than half of toys were not designated as being specifically for one
gender, whereas now, very few toys are marketed as gender-neutral,
according to Sweet.
Marcotte points back to the deregulation of the advertising industry
in the 1980s under Pres. Ronald Reagan as the origination point for the
gender-division trend. “Once that happened, toy manufacturers realized
they could increase sales by designing toys to be more narrowly
targeted. Instead of having just a ball, you could make it pink and put a
princess on it; or, paint it blue and put GI Joe on it. Now parents
have to buy two sets of toys, one for their daughter and one for their
son.”
But that long-term trend has had significant sociological impacts.
“Girls and boys do not play together as much as they used to,” Marcotte
said. “These gender divisions are hard-coded into their toys and it
informs their behavior in ways that has lasting results on their
presumptions.”
if you’re american and coming to australia, I’m gonna go ahead and say that you should be 100 percent way more worried about being king hit by a dude named “dane” in a bintang singlet than any fucking spiders that exist here
what does this say in english
“Good sir, if you are a resident of the United States of America and coming to visit the sunny land of Australia, allow me to inform you that you should be rather more concerned about being sucker punched by a gentleman named ‘Dane’ who is likely to be seen wearing a wifebeater with a beer company logo on it than by any of the dangerous spiders that exist on this lovely continent”.
ok so what does it say in american
“You’re more likely to get sucker punched/cold-cocked by an asshole than you are to be bitten by a spider”.
A huge chunk of the fandom loves the idea of Bucky hating his arm because of the things he was made to do with it (me being one of them) because we are all pain loving fucks but I also love me some happy Bucky + his metal arm headcannons ok
Bucky handling the hot utensils in the kitchen because “I don’t care if you heal fast, Stevie, I’m carrying this fucking pan”
Bucky putting post-it notes or magnets with cute quotes or pics or even grocery lists bc why not
Bucky scraping the red star off and asking Steve to draw adorable things on it instead
Bucky carrying all the groceries with it because “fuck double trips i am bUCKY BARNES”
Bucky becoming an icon for kids and adults with missing limbs, maybe even helping or starting an organization dealing with prosthetics for those who can’t afford it
Bucky volunteering to help firemen because he can carry “four to five people MINIMUM with that arm”
Bucky doing the robot with it because it makes people laugh and the Avengers groan and bc he’s a fucking dork
Bucky doing the cha cha slide whenever he has to go through metal detectors “cuz you gotta be cool about it, Stevie”
Bucky flexing and watching the plates shift cuz he’s a goddamn science nerd it’s cannon why the fcUK do ppl forgET THIS
Bucky using it during the winter to sneak up on people and make them scream when he puts his freezing ass arm up their backs and running away cackling
Bucky using it to rip out doors before Steve “the door menace" Rogers gets a chance to burst through it hA HA HA
Bucky crushing the enemies’ guns and other weapons nonchalantly and it’s just “dAMMIT BARNES YET ANOTHER GOON PISSED HIS PANTS PLS STOP”
Bucky using the shield like a frisbee with Steve!!!!
Bucky checking himself out on it mid-battle bc he is a fine piece of ass ok
Bucky managing to go toe to toe with Steve which obviously turns his best guy on what a loser
Bucky using it in bed with himself or Steve cuz it takes longer to get tired with it and doesn’t get pruney
Bucky lifting Steve onto walls and doors and elevators and “oh FUCK, BUCKY”
why do superheroes care so much about their cities? its always “i have to protect this city” or “people of this city will die” like chill i mean shit i dont even know who my mayor is
So. As a Registered Massage Therapist, my payment is correlated to my hours worked. No clients equals no money for me. If a client is paying me for an hour, I am working on them for an hour. Same for two hours and so on. Because you are technically paying me per minute, I feel as though it is stealing if I do not give you the time you paid for; and if I am late getting started… If I didn’t show up on time, if I was late getting out with my last client, I will still do a full hour, because it is my fault we are starting late.
Now. Here’s the important bit. If YOU are late, if YOU arrive at my clinic fifteen minutes late, IF YOU DECIDE THAT HEY I AM ALREADY TEN MINUTES LATE I MIGHT AS WELL STAND OUTSIDE THE BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO THIS WINDOW AND HAVE A SMOKE MAKING ME ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES LATE, then I am finishing when we were scheduled to finish. If you are the one causing a late start to an appointment, I am not going overtime.
Sure, there are some exceptions. For example: you are nice, and can apologize for being late. Or, you know, just not being an asshole.
I, however, will not feel guilty when you come to the front desk, having been blatantly late because you were fucking smoking outside the building or some other bullshit and didn’t say a word of apology and tell me that you didn’t get your full hour so you shouldn’t have to pay full price.
No. You booked that time; you booked MY time. My time is money. Do not expect me to go overtime because you decided you needed a smoke even though you were already late. Do not expect me to break down and discount you because you get pissy with me. As far as I’m concerned, you paid me to watch you smoke outside.
To recap - if I’m late getting to your massage, I will go longer to give you an hour, because you were here when you were supposed to be and I was the one who wasn’t. But if you are late, and especially if you don’t even acknowledge the fact, you are not getting a minute over your scheduled time. You respect me, I respect you. Simple, simple.
Yeah. I feel this. It seems like this should go without saying.
Most days, my booking is set up so that I have just enough time to turnover between clients. Obviously, if you book an appointment for a certain time, that’s the time I have available to work on you. I’m not going to work longer than that, because that’s cutting into another client’s time.
Granted, if it’s my fault that we’re running late, I will move things around to make sure you get your full time, or discount you, or otherwise do something to make it right. But that’s WHY I don’t run late. It throws off my entire day off.
(If I do have time to spare and the client is someone I have a good relationship with, or they were late for some unavoidable reason, or they’re in a lot of pain, etc., I do go over sometimes. I go over sometimes even with clients who were on time, just because it seems like they need extra work.
But I’m never obligated to do that. Just like clients are never obligated to tip me. Tipping is a way for clients to voluntarily express special appreciation for me, and extra time is my way to express special appreciation for them. It’s not something anyone is ever entitled to.)
