Fleas It took Wednesday several months to find her werewolf roommate in the outskirts of Paris. She was fully wolfed out and needed coaxing back to human form. Wednesday never gave up on her, no matter the sleepless nights and bites, she was determined to bring her back and one night she finally did. Enid had been human for less than forty-eight hours and was readjusting to bipedal life with a twist. She was no longer as dangerous as she was 2 nights before but she held some of her wolfish characteristics, like the scratching… She stood under the big oak near the Seine, while Wednesday was talking to her uncle. She was about to sit and lift one leg slightly to scratch behind her ear, before remembering human knees didn’t bend that way. With a huff she settled for jamming her freshly manicured nails under the collar of her jacket and going at it with wolfish enthusiasm, scritch-scritch-scritch, blonde hair with its pink and blue tips fell messily over one eye. “Enid,” Wednesday said flatly, watching from where she stood, “Are you molting or possessed?” She narrowed her eyes, studying her, “Possibly both…” She said matter-of-factly. Enid froze mid-scratch, ears perking. “It’s not my fault! I was a wolf for months, Willa. I was…wild. And now my skin feels all wrong and itchy and…” She gave another aggressive little wiggle, one shoulder hiking up as she attacked the spot between her shoulder blades. “Ugh, I swear there are phantom fleas. They followed me back as little biting ghosts.” Wednesday’s eyes shone with something dark and unreadable. She took a step closer in that eerie, silent way of hers. She was close enough that Enid could smell the faint trace of wet soil and coffee that always clung to her. Without warning, Wednesday reached up and hooked two fingers under Enid’s chin, tilting her face to the side to inspect the reddened skin at her neck. “You are exhibiting residual lycanthropic grooming behaviors,” Wednesday observed, clinical as ever. “Fascinating and repulsive. I find myself torn between documentation and immediate extermination.” Enid whined, a soft wolfish sound that slipped out before she could stop it. “Don’t document me like some strange science experiment!” A tiny, evil smirk tugged at the corner of Wednesday’s mouth. She released Enid’s chin only to produce, from the depths of her black coat a thin black leather collar studded with tiny silver spikes. It even had a little silver tag that read, “Property of Wednesday Addams. Do Not Pet.” Enid’s eyes went wide. “Is that…a dog collar?” “Flea collar, custom made. The bell was optional. I removed it. The sound would have driven me to homicide within the hour.” She replied casually. Enid stared at it, then at Wednesday, cheeks flushing bright pink under the remaining traces of her wolfish flush. Slowly, a grin broke across her face, toothy, and entirely too pleased for someone being offered parasite control accessories. “You made me a flea collar,” she said, voice going all soft and wobbly. “That’s kinda…thoughtful, Wends.” Wednesday reached up and fastened it around Enid’s neck with precise, gentle fingers, adjusting it so the spikes framed her throat like a regular choker. “It is a containment measure. If you continue to scratch like a mange-ridden stray in public, I will be forced to put you down.” Enid leaned in and placed her forehead against Wednesday’s, still smiling as a soft purr rumbled from her throat. The itch, miraculously, seemed to settle under the cool weight of the collar. “Thank you, Willa. For everything.” Wednesday sighed, but her hand lingered at the nape of Enid’s neck, thumb brushing just under the leather in a slow, soothing circle. Neither of them pulling away… “Ah! I see you have our new Wolfie her collar!” Uncle Fester’s voice boomed cheerfully. “Hate to be that guy but, we’ve got a Hyde to catch and the trail’s running cold.” Wednesday closed her eyes, exhaled, and stepped back “Lead the way.” 

Come over here, Mona. Clothing's optional.

Trump starts a totally optional war, bombs dozens of schoolgirls on opening day, destroys a bunch of civilian infrastructure, threatens to wipe out Iranian civilization, eventually muddles through to an inconclusive end-state, and these professional ass-kissers don't skip a beat:

I’d love to say they’re having their eyes on the draft but they admit they haven’t been paying much attention to that so I guess goalie is optional here xd Gotta respect confidence… but it’s Detroit so I hope it bites them in the butt

just like methods are optional & can change depending on the person, challenges are as well. no one is forcing you to partake in this. let’s focus more on manifesting our own shit the way we want to & not on what others are doing. y’all be doing anything but affirming ♡

Sunday Mass is not optional

You can love someone deeply and still walk away the moment they start treating you like you’re optional. Because real love doesn’t ask you to shrink, tolerate disrespect, or negotiate your self-worth just to be kept around.

Being in my space means understanding that generosity is not optional. It is expected. ✩ findom ✩ finsub ✩ femdom ✩ whalesub ✩ beta ✩ cuck ✩ paypig ✩ humiliation kink ✩ feet ✩

Player safety should never be optional. Angel Reese deserves the same protection and officiating standards as every other player in the WNBA. If dangerous fouls are ignored and rules are enforced inconsistently, the league needs to address it.

<p>CEOs take on all sorts of personas, from the benevolent leader to the cutthroat business executive. Millionaire entrepreneur <a href="fortune.com/tag/kevin-oleary…">Kevin O’Leary</a> is famous for his <a href="fortune.com/2025/07/18/milli…">brutally honest</a>, <a href="fortune.com/2025/07/04/shark…">intimidating aura</a> on-screen as a <a href="fortune.com/tag/shark-tank/"><em>Shark Tank</em></a> investor<em>—</em>and some of that leadership style rubbed off on him from working with the late <a href="fortune.com/company/apple/" target="_blank">Apple</a> cofounder <a href="fortune.com/tag/steve-jobs/">Steve Jobs</a>. </p> <p>“I don’t think people you work with need to be your friends,” O’Leary told <em>Fortune</em> last year. “They have to respect you, and you have to lead them forward on their careers, make them money, and help them achieve their goals.”</p> <p>O’Leary, the so-called Mr. Wonderful, doesn’t feel the need to play nice or sugarcoat his opinions, and it may be part of the reason why he’s amassed a $400 million fortune through <a href="fortune.com/2025/07/27/shark…">his business success</a>. The serial investor made a big splash in 1999 <a href="fortune.com/2025/07/08/kevin…">when he sold his business</a> SoftKey Software Products to <a href="fortune.com/company/mattel/" target="_blank">Mattel</a> for $4.2 billion, just after working with Jobs on developing Apple’s educational software. O’Leary Ventures, his venture capital firm, has also backed dozens of <a href="fortune.com/2025/07/01/shark…">startups</a> including sustainable company <a href="fortune.com/2025/06/21/bluel…">Blueland</a>—which eclipsed $300 million in lifetime sales last November—and $14.5 million photo printing app Groovebook. </p> <p>Scoring a deal with Mr. Wonderful on <em>Shark Tank </em>and beyond is no easy venture—he’s known as a quick-witted, bold, and demanding business investor. And he isn’t afraid to ruffle some feathers, as he’s embodied a “<a href="fortune.com/2025/07/27/shark…">founder’s mindset</a>” that prioritizes signal over noise. That means being able to get three to five of the most important things done quickly, while drowning out outside chaos and distractions. It’s a leadership strategy he observed from Jobs in the 1990s, who often disregarded feelings in order to ensure his business partnerships thrived. O’Leary knows he needs to crack a few eggs to make an omelet—even if it means not being popular. </p> <p>“I don’t spend a lot of time on likability, I don’t care about that. It seems so irrelevant. If you spend your time worrying about that, you’re going to fail for sure, because you’re going to miss the signal,” O’Leary continued. </p> <p>“The signal is not having everybody like you—that has nothing to do with success…You can’t worry about whose feelings you bruise. You’ve got to get it done.”</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Working with Jobs and leading with tough love: ‘You’re gonna deal with it anyways’</h2> <p>Silicon Valley CEOs aren’t known to be the most friendly or personable, and the late tech mogul Jobs was no exception to that rule. </p> <p>While SoftKey was working with <a href="fortune.com/company/apple/">Apple</a> in creating new educational software, O’Leary had suggested that Jobs hear what teachers and students want from the games. But the Apple cofounder was having none of it, stating their opinions didn’t matter, and that the programs would work best under Jobs’ direction. </p> <p>“Over time, you want to be part of that momentum, because you’re on the winning team. We made a lot of money with Steve Jobs, he was right. ‘You make the software, I’ll deliver the market. Just go do it right.’ I listened to him, and he was right.”</p> <p>O’Leary noted that it’s more important to be respected than well-liked. His leadership strategy revolves around leading his business partners forward in their careers, making them lots of money, and helping them achieve their goals. It might require some tough love, but the most successful people he’s worked with, including Jobs, aren’t hung up on being enjoyable. </p> <p>“I don’t think that’s certainly how Jobs operated, and so I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about that stuff,” O’Leary said. “I know a lot of people don’t like me because I’m blunt and I tell the truth—I don’t really care. It’s the truth today, it’s the truth next week, it’s the truth in six months. You’re gonna deal with it anyways.”</p> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Moments Jobs proved his success required ruling with an iron fist </h2> <p>Jobs was well-known for creating tense work environments, but after all, diamonds are made under pressure. As a perfectionist who loved to micromanage his employees, even the smallest perceived error could have resulted in a tirade. For instance, staffers on his Macintosh team were <a href="news.wpcarey.asu.edu/2024121…">once berated</a> for having improper spacing in the system’s interface. The devil is in the details—and now there <a href="techcrunch.com/2018/10/30/th…">are more than</a> 100 million Macs in use. </p> <p>“It created a high-pressure environment,” Chris Neck, professor of management at Arizona State University, wrote on Jobs’ intense leadership style. “He pushed the original Mac team with impossible deadlines, often clashing with engineers but producing a revolutionary product.” Neck noted that this abrasive approach lost Apple some key talents, such as Macintosh computer designer Jef Raskin, who decided to leave the company in 1982.</p> <p>Even when Jobs was pursuing other projects outside of Apple, he had that same trademark intensity. Jobs was one of the three founding fathers of <a href="fortune.com/tag/pixar/">Pixar Animation Studios</a>, after having purchased the group from <a href="fortune.com/tag/lucasfilm/">LucasFilm</a> in 1986. But to get iconic films like <em>Finding Nemo </em>and <em>Toy Story </em>off the page and onto movie screens worldwide, he <a href="fortune.com/2025/06/12/pixar…">put staffers under</a> an intense work schedule. No one wants to be woken up to their boss calling them at 3 a.m., but picking up the phone wasn’t optional with Jobs on the other end of the line.</p> <p>“He would call—especially the producers—at any time, day or night, three in the morning, you’re on vacation, doesn’t matter,” Pete Docter, chief creative officer at Pixar who formerly worked under Jobs, <a href="cnbc.com/2025/06/08/pixar-ex…">said at</a> <em>Fast Company</em>’s Most Innovative Companies Gala in 2025. “He wants to talk to you about it, you’re on.”</p> <p>O’Leary told <em>Fortune</em> that he thought Jobs’ leadership style was “something else”—but he admired how he was able to command teams, keep his eye on the prize, and stay in that “signal” mode. It’s a mindset and strategy that’s infectious to work with, he says. </p> <p>“I’m not saying I liked him that much, but damn, I respected him. Because he had incredible execution skills. He could say, ‘I’m going to get from here to there, and get it done.’ He didn’t give a damn who got in his way,” O’Leary reminisced.</p> <p><em>A version of this story was published on Fortune.com on August 10, 2025.</em></p> <p>This story was originally featured on <a href="fortune.com/article/shark-ta…" target="_blank">Fortune.com</a></p> fortune.com/article/shark-ta…

If we're cutting services, laying off workers, and telling Americans to sacrifice, then taxpayers deserve to know: how much did this UFC event cost? Accountability shouldn't be optional.

Dada normal gs ke liye zyada badi hai , optional ya net ke liye best hai

E100, Ethanol in use since July 1979 in Brazil. Over 60 countries across the globe blend ethanol into gasoline to reduce carbon emissions and dependency on crude oil imports. While many countries offer optional high-ethanol blends (like E85 in the United States).

But then again, this is the Gaming Community™️ that starts throwing tantrums when games add *optional* accessibility options that make their games playable by more people, because how dare they have to share their hobby with disabled people.

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"Terminally online" What the fuck is this wo)> Cracker talking about. You're online too. Everyone is terminally online to be part of God forsaken cracker civilization which NO ONE ASKED for might I remind thee. It's literally not optional dipshit.

Privacy isn't optional. It's the price of entry.

My eggs would already have salt and pepper on them. That’s not optional. If I make them myself it goes right into the raw egg. Otherwise I load up when it gets to the table.

E100, Ethanol in use since July 1979 in Brazil. Over 60 countries across the globe blend ethanol into gasoline to reduce carbon emissions and dependency on crude oil imports. While many countries offer optional high-ethanol blends (like E85 in the United States).