Watching the game with my mom and her obnoxious boyfriend, a commercial I love comes on and I say so, and he proceeds to talk over the whole thing and even turns the volume down. I said something about it, got mocked for it, and then he turned the volume WAY up and left it there and when I asked if it could go down because having the flu left me with really sensitive ears right now, he goes, “I thought we were listening to the commercials now!”
A great example of why you don’t have any idea what is happening in the world around you. I don’t generally blog this stuff but, you Should know Time Magazine is not the only media to do this. .
I HAD NO CLUE THIS WAS HAPPENING AND I AM SO ANGRY
american schools teach about other countries’ propaganda, but look at this shit.
Did you guys know that the first Canadian deaths in the war in Afghanistan happened in 2002 when an American pilot dropped a bomb on some Canadian soldiers doing training exercises
killed 4 people and injured 8
Did you know this? Probably not because boy does your country like to brainwash about their fucking military being the greatest and most important and amazing fucking thing
Americans, we get more news about your country than you do, because gosh diddly darn does your country ever like to hide things from you and keep you stupid.
“Why Anxiety is Good for You.”
Rest of the world: Please remember this when you talk to Americans and they seem woefully ignorant to you. To be sure, some Americans are, but even those that try to be well informed are let down by the news outlets they should be able to trust.
…I had a gift year of Time and those are definitely the covers I received….
So You Want To Start Reading Deadpool
I see a lot of people in the tag and around the dash wanting to start Deadpool but not quite knowing where to start. Hopefully this little guide will help!
All of the titles listed after ‘collected in’ are trade paperbacks which can be found on Amazon, ComiXology (for digital readers) or other…
why can’t friends be nude around each other
or take bubble baths together
or swim nude
or send nude selfies when they’re feeling confident
without it being weird
why must everything be sexualized
why can’t we just be comfortable in our own skin and leave it at that
normalize the human body goddammit
I love this so much
👌👌👌
Can you imagine if white people lived in a world like this?
No wonder black people are constantly offended
Really puts some perspective on things huh.
Now imagine if every movie was like this. and the only white people you saw were in the background.
maybe.
And imagine that 80% of kids shows were like this too. So, your little white child grew up only idolizing black people and black characters.
Imagine what your child would think of white people. Imagine what they would think of themselves?
Starting to feel horrified yet?
Diversity is so important like, holy shit.
i have a mighty need for the MCU to include Isaiah Bradley
A bomb went off at a branch of one of the largest and oldest civil rights organizations yet the coverage of the event has been pathetic. A bomb went off on American soil and yet major news outlets only write 3 sentences and there is no speculation of the bomber being a terrorist or mention of increased racial tension, or that bombing was historically used against black establishments.
It’s not even in, like, local news. Colorado Springs is the next big city from here (and also an awful place so I can’t be surprised it happened) and I haven’t seen it in the papers or on the news, which means there was probably a brief segment and nothing else.
“I like the slash, and I think I like it because I feel there are so many people who are under-represented—or not represented at all—in mainstream Hollywood entertainment. I really enjoy the fan fiction that embraces character and themes that showcase those people—their love, their desires, their passions.
“I think that’s really cool—and I hope the show as it continues embraces that more, because that’s an opportunity to tell stories that other people might not be familiar with. I mean, there’s slash of me and Ichabod… that’s like, ‘What?!’ and then I read it and it was really well-written.
“I get it—it’s another way to go but it’s no less valid than what we’re doing and it’s certainly interesting, so I really get a kick out of that. To read fan fiction and to see fan art and to watch other people’s artistry paint different colors on top of what we’re doing… how can you be mad at that? That’s just completely awesome!”
-Orlando Jones, on the question of slash fiction
NOW THAT IS WHAT I CALL AN A+ FUCKING RESPONSE TO THIS TOPIC.
Fuck this hyper-masculinized, repressed British white male bullshit- I gotta start watching Sleepy Hollow.
(via biisexybabe)
Reblogging this again because I just love it so fucking much.
(via practicefortheheart)
He gets it (via acertainmaybe)
The Cheapest Generation: Why Aren’t Millennials Buying Cars or Houses?
What if Millennials’ aversion to car-buying isn’t a temporary side effect of the recession, but part of a permanent generational shift in tastes and spending habits? It’s a question that applies not only to cars, but to several other traditional categories of big spending—most notably, housing. And its answer has large implications for the future shape of the economy—and for the speed of recovery.
Read more. [Image: Kagan McLeod]
It’s safe to say that a decent number of Tumblr users are a part of the Millennial generation. So, tell us: Do you own a car or house? If not, why?
IT’S BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO DISPOSABLE INCOME YOU THUNDERING IDIOTS. Fucking preference has nothing to do with it. 50% of college graduates have no job! They all have the most student loan debt ever! What are you asking this question for?!
Also: housing is a good bit more expensive now.
My parents got a 15-year mortgage on a new house in the mid-70s. The house was $32,000. Average home price in that area now? $190,000.
So, home prices went up. Food prices went up. Health care prices went WAY UP. Rent prices went up. Higher education went up so damn high that some of us forgo that all together. Energy prices went up. Car prices went up.
Prices of prices went up.
We also pay cell phone bills, internet bills, data plans, text plans, online subscriptions, cable/satellite tv, netflix, DVR subscriptions — bills that didn’t even exist 30-40 years ago. We also use computers and smartphones and microwaves and other consumer electronics that didn’t exist 20-50 years ago.
We need medications and doctors and contact lenses and tampons and maxi pads and other things that cost money just to be alive and keep us healthy.
Most of us can’t afford to:
- Get married and have a “Traditional” big wedding
- Buy a house
- Buy a new car
- PLAN to have children
- Take two, consecutive weeks of vacation.
Jobs that paid 50k in the late 1990s now pay between 30-35. Interest rates that favor consumers have gone down.
So I say, no. We are not choosing not to buy homes. We’re not choosing to take the bus in cities where there’s no good public transit. WE ARE NOT CHOOSING TO LIVE WHAT SOCIETY DEEMS AS AN UNDESIRABLE LIFESTYLE.
Don’t even get me started on the fact that these two people in the picture are young white hipsters. Young black and brown folks have been forgoing homeownership and buying new cars for decades, this shit isn’t new, pal. You’re just acting like this shit is new because it’s hitting white folks.
anyway, my point is: We are fucking broke.
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