Larry’s Motivational VidsMay 30, 2023
Curtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)
The next time you feel imposter syndrome and are convinced that everyone is better than you, just remember that someone got paid for this hospital design.
May 30, 2023 at 7:09amWeb
Show threadWGAvanDijkMay 30, 2023
@ovid
Ooh, that would be a good design for the slaughterhouse where I worked (just holidays and long weekends) when I was 15. Sometimes that was the kind of trail I was commandeered to clean.
"Hey you temp clean that now."
Show threadWGAvanDijkMay 30, 2023

@ovid
I did that work until I was 20. In total for some 25 weeks. It's the main reason I am a vegetarian since I am 20.

My single mom with 3 children could very well use the money I earned. Double minimum wage, and in the weekends and holidays it was triple. I earned more money that my mom did whenever she had a job (senior citizen care worker).

Show threadSimoneMay 31, 2023

@WGAvanDijk @ovid

How sad! An economic system that treats workers like your mom like that is a gross scandal. We have to find something new, more just.

Show threadWGAvanDijkMay 31, 2023

@Simone21
Eh, that was 44 years ago. My mom had several physical disabilities (mainly: cracked skull from a youth incident, always a splitting headache since) and could not work fulltime.

She divorced by violent mean evil father when I was 11, and he did all he could to prevent paying alimony.

When my mom was on sick leave or unemployed, the welfare system was OK, but they rightfully calculated the alimony into the amount she would get.

So, the economic system was ok, my father was not.

Show threadSimoneMay 31, 2023

@WGAvanDijk

Okay, I see.
The story is even sader than I assumed, but it was not the system's fault. 🥺

Show threadWGAvanDijkMay 31, 2023
@Simone21
Yeah, my father was an asshole. My only regret is that he lived longer than my mom. I was not at his funeral, and I have not seen him since I was 15.
Show threadSimoneMay 31, 2023

@WGAvanDijk

I'm very sorry. Sounds really hurtful.

Show threadmhdMay 30, 2023

@ovid Well, wasn't there this famous design story about the college campus that didn't pave paths but let the people trample down footpaths in the quad and paved them afterwards?

Basically the same thing.

Show threadCurtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)May 30, 2023
@mhd Those are called "desire paths" and I'm not sure I'd use that term on a path of blood 🩸🩸🩸
Show threadOuteastMay 30, 2023
@ovid @mhd Kink shaming? On Mastodon? Tut.
Show threadCurtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)May 30, 2023

@outeast @mhd Originally that was a children's hospital, so if you want to throw down kink shaming, I think you lose 🚸

(Just kidding. I thought your reply was hilarious)

Show threadmhdMay 30, 2023
@ovid @outeast Well, a Belgian children's hospital, so…
Show threadLisa HayMay 30, 2023
@ovid @mhd I’ve heard them called -willways
Show threadeyajpngMay 30, 2023
@mhd @ovid A college campus near me allows desires paths to form and paves paths that lead to the desire paths, without actually paving the path itself.
Show threadTina StormcallerMay 30, 2023
@ovid the thread this picture generated on Tumblr was biblical https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/tumblr-color-theory-childrens-hospital-post
Tumblr Color Theory Children's Hospital Post | Know Your Meme

Tumblr Color Theory Children's Hospital Post is a viral reblog thread on Tumblr where a user claims that red, painted pathways on a hospital floor do not n

Know Your Meme
Show threadCurtis "Ovid" Poe (he/him)May 30, 2023
@TinaStormcaller Oh, that's glorious 😜
Show threadlj·rkJun 2, 2023
@TinaStormcaller @ovid Oh wow, I never saw the Tumblr thread! Amazing!
Show threadMr. Bruno May 30, 2023
@ovid
Show threadChristof Damian 💙💛May 30, 2023
@ovid
I assume the OR is to the right?
Show threadGregg "Cabe" BondMay 30, 2023
@ovid the tarp covered in handprints really ties the room together.
Show threadleah & tigers & bears, oh my!May 30, 2023
@ovid i have... so many questions
Show threadEmma Byrne PhDMay 30, 2023
@thamesynne @ovid i think you'll find they're answered by my "Those definitely aren't bloodstains" t-shirt
Show threadTiggyMay 30, 2023
@ovid
That looks more like the half-hearted effort to clean the floor the last time I haemorrhaged on getting out of bed after a gynae op. Wonder how much the nurse got paid?
#TooMuchBlood
Show threadgoth jessica   May 30, 2023

@ovid
I understand the importance of lines on the floor in a large hospital so you know where the hell you are going

and I like desire lines - they show paths across grass that humans truly want, in spite of some civil planner's rigid ideas of optimization

my issue is using the corpse to make the lines 

Show threadeagerpebbleMay 30, 2023
@normjess @ovid Extra points for the bike leaning against the hand rail for the steps instead of the impressively-placed bike fixtures.
Show thread@Mildlyoppugnant |May 30, 2023
@ovid I appreciate you mean well, but if bad taste helped deal with imposter syndrome we'd be here til National Trump Day's 5th anniversary
Show threadCédric LevasseurMay 30, 2023
@ovid 😂😂😂
Show threadmsgbi Markus SagebielMay 30, 2023
@ovid @charles_ex
Show threadTheSecondVariationMay 30, 2023

Seems like the first thing people learn in floor design:
Dirt should not be visible.

Everything else comes second.
@ovid

Show threadLiteratopiaMay 30, 2023
@ovid 😳😳😳
Show threadAnn AnnasMay 30, 2023

@ovid

Ahhh yes, how could I forget this gem.
If you see bloody trails you're just a pleb that doesn't understand color theory lol.

Show threadcλémentdMay 30, 2023
@ovid something went really wrong with this Stanley Parable Adventure Line™
Show threadTammy GentzelMay 30, 2023
@ovid Good God.
Show threadBenj EdwardsMay 30, 2023
@ovid oh no
Show threadChris [list of emoji]May 30, 2023

@ovid

Alternate caption: "The new Max Payne game is coming along fine."

Show threadFrank SchindelbeckMay 30, 2023
@ovid That's great. Hope to see something like that if I happen to enter a hospital. But it can wait.
Show threadTanja WawuschelMay 30, 2023
@ovid @Habrok42 @merlielle
Show threadAnthony BakerMay 30, 2023
@ovid @thomasfuchs Brilliant.
Show threadXander PlooyMay 30, 2023
@ovid pretty sure this is a level from one of the Silent Hill games 👀
Show threadRiley NormanMay 30, 2023
@ovid Hospital designs by Steven King!
Show threadskuaMay 30, 2023

@ovid
And look, here comes Dr Jack with his axe.

(Nicholson, snowed-in hotel movie from long ago.

Show threadAral BalkanMay 30, 2023
@ovid 👀
Show threadWiktor - wikiyuMay 30, 2023
@ovid oh... And these hands on the back... I will have nightmares today
Show threadShari EmersonMay 30, 2023
@ovid omg
Show threadn3wjackMay 30, 2023
@ovid any color would have been OK, except red...
Show threadDerek Caelin is writing a bookMay 30, 2023
@ovid Looks like Jenova escaped!
Show threadLaurie VossMay 30, 2023
@ovid But color theory!
Show threadKevin RussellMay 30, 2023

@ovid

Completely dont get your point, solution found! - "How do we identify the emergency room, readable by all language speakers."

Of course it might be the morgue.

</snark>

Show threadFelipe May 30, 2023
@ovid
Show threadSkylar Caulfield May 30, 2023
@ovid A childrens hospital too lmao
Show threadmarimo jonesMay 30, 2023
@ovid what the actual fuck
Show threadIza Running AgainMay 30, 2023

@ovid

At least they didn't paint the word REDRUM on the walls

Show threadMarc TriusMay 30, 2023
@ovid noooooo
Show threadMax Legroom ☕️May 30, 2023
@ovid Wow I thought the hotel in Virginia I stayed at had murder-vibes but that’s far worse!
Show threadANTOINE.May 30, 2023
@ovid "🎂"
Show threadloptaMay 30, 2023
@ovid That's ...unfortunate.
Show threadNicky🦨✌️May 30, 2023
@ovid and someone approved it…more than one someone probably an entire board committee
Show threadCTraceyWritesMay 30, 2023
@ovid *stares in tumblr*
Show threadMarc MimsMay 30, 2023
@ovid @jacobydave looks like a department store in holiday season sans the shopping cart tracks through the blood.