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Embroidery Hoop Art
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last-kid-picked-for-murderball:
moon-bell5:
gay-communisms:
nebraska-doesnt-exist:
ya'know, maybe the reason rural, small-town people don’t trust national media is because national news outlets pretty much ignore 85% of the country.
nebraska is literally flooded, at least one person has died and three are missing, 60 thousand have evacuated… and the first cnn article about this went up like ten minutes ago and only mentioned flooding around omaha.
like. i’m from omaha and i’m frustrated by the lack of attention the rest of our state is getting. someone died, and you’re not going to mention that? how was this not a story worth reporting this morning? are nebraskan farmers and small-town citizens not just as important as the californians displaced by wildfires, or southern/east coast people affected by hurricanes?
when we complain about nebraska being ignored, we’re not really talking about not having shows set in nebraska, as much as we might want that. we’re talking about this — thousands of people losing their homes, their livelihood, and yet no one seems to think it’s worth mentioning.
when hurricanes devastated the south last year, nebraskans donated what we could to help those affected. we sent trucks filled with donated items and coordinated with shelters and organizations to make sure we actually sent things that were needed. i’m just saying, it would be nice to see some of that support in turn. even if it’s just bringing attention to this.
At the very least you would think that the farmlands that feed most of the US being flooded would be important to someone other then us Nebraskans. But we are ignored. At best Omaha is briefly mentioned. At worst we’re ridiculed and looked down upon because we’re just some dumb hicks with a boring state and a laughing stalk of a football team.
I’m terrified for my fellow Nebraskans because even us in the city don’t have enough money to be the only ones who donate. This needs more recognition because more people will die because of exposure after the fact.
USA Today article
Omaha World Herald Article
Article with links to various places to donate
I live in Fremont Nebraska. We are literally a fucking island right now. There is no way in or out of town. Half our town is flooded and the water is still expecting to rise. Two of my friends have lost their homes and one lost pets.
The thing about the flooding is that the other half of Nebraska is experiencing blizzards. Our whole state is in anarchy right now. There’s no water left in fremont. Two of our leveys have broke and our dam is being held together through sheer fucking will. This is fucking terrifying okay? Even if me and my family wanted to leave we CAN’T. If fremont get’s flooded anymore where are we going to evac to? We can’t. We can’t get out of town. Why has this not been a fucking emergency yet?
Currently my family is okay, but were close to losing our home too.
If you can spare anything please. PLEASE Donate. Nebraska is in need of a lot of help right now…
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last-kid-picked-for-murderball:
moon-bell5:
gay-communisms:
nebraska-doesnt-exist:
ya'know, maybe the reason rural, small-town people don’t trust national media is because national news outlets pretty much ignore 85% of the country.
nebraska is literally flooded, at least one person has died and three are missing, 60 thousand have evacuated… and the first cnn article about this went up like ten minutes ago and only mentioned flooding around omaha.
like. i’m from omaha and i’m frustrated by the lack of attention the rest of our state is getting. someone died, and you’re not going to mention that? how was this not a story worth reporting this morning? are nebraskan farmers and small-town citizens not just as important as the californians displaced by wildfires, or southern/east coast people affected by hurricanes?
when we complain about nebraska being ignored, we’re not really talking about not having shows set in nebraska, as much as we might want that. we’re talking about this — thousands of people losing their homes, their livelihood, and yet no one seems to think it’s worth mentioning.
when hurricanes devastated the south last year, nebraskans donated what we could to help those affected. we sent trucks filled with donated items and coordinated with shelters and organizations to make sure we actually sent things that were needed. i’m just saying, it would be nice to see some of that support in turn. even if it’s just bringing attention to this.
At the very least you would think that the farmlands that feed most of the US being flooded would be important to someone other then us Nebraskans. But we are ignored. At best Omaha is briefly mentioned. At worst we’re ridiculed and looked down upon because we’re just some dumb hicks with a boring state and a laughing stalk of a football team.
I’m terrified for my fellow Nebraskans because even us in the city don’t have enough money to be the only ones who donate. This needs more recognition because more people will die because of exposure after the fact.
USA Today article
Omaha World Herald Article
Article with links to various places to donate
I live in Fremont Nebraska. We are literally a fucking island right now. There is no way in or out of town. Half our town is flooded and the water is still expecting to rise. Two of my friends have lost their homes and one lost pets.
The thing about the flooding is that the other half of Nebraska is experiencing blizzards. Our whole state is in anarchy right now. There’s no water left in fremont. Two of our leveys have broke and our dam is being held together through sheer fucking will. This is fucking terrifying okay? Even if me and my family wanted to leave we CAN’T. If fremont get’s flooded anymore where are we going to evac to? We can’t. We can’t get out of town. Why has this not been a fucking emergency yet?
Currently my family is okay, but were close to losing our home too.
If you can spare anything please. PLEASE Donate. Nebraska is in need of a lot of help right now…
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ukulelekatie:
ukulelekatie:
ukulelekatie:
They say money doesn’t bring happiness but I just accidentally discovered that some euro coins are magnetic and proceeded to spend 30 minutes testing every type of coin from around the world I own to see if they’re also magnetic, which severely improved my mood
Here are the full results in case you were curious:
🇺🇸 United States Dollar:
1¢: No
5¢: No
10¢: No
25¢: No
$1 coin: No
Overall rating: Terrible
🇪🇺 Euro:
1c: Yes
2c: Yes
5c: Yes
10c: No
20c: No
50c: ??? (Don’t have one)
€1: Yes
€2: Yes
Overall rating: Mostly good.
🇨🇿 Czech Koruna
1 Kč: Yes
2 Kč: Yes
5 Kč: ???
10 Kč: Yes
20 Kč: Yes
50 Kč: ???
Overall rating: YES EXCELLENT
🇬🇧 British Pound
£2: Yes!
Overall rating: Need more data. I’ve never been to the UK, I found this one coin on the ground in Prague
🇨🇭 Swiss Franc
1 Fr: No
2 Fr: No
Overall rating: Again, not enough data. The only time I’ve been to Switzerland has been during airport layovers.
🇨🇦 Canadian Dollar
5¢: ???
10¢: Yes
25¢ Yes
Loonie ($1): Yes
Toonie ($2): Yes
Overall Rating: GREAT. Yet another wonderful thing about Canada.
Conclusion: The preliminary results of this experiment further supports my hypothesis that America has the most boring money in the world. So far Canada is in 1st place because their $5 bills have astronauts on them and they smell like maple. The bills, not the astronauts. More data is needed to determine whether Canadian astronauts also smell like maple, but it is likely.
Of all the semi-popular posts I’ve made, this one has been the most wholesome so far. People are sending me info about which of the coins in their country are magnetic and it’s making me very happy. I love the internet sometimes
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ukulelekatie:
ukulelekatie:
ukulelekatie:
They say money doesn’t bring happiness but I just accidentally discovered that some euro coins are magnetic and proceeded to spend 30 minutes testing every type of coin from around the world I own to see if they’re also magnetic, which severely improved my mood
Here are the full results in case you were curious:
🇺🇸 United States Dollar:
1¢: No
5¢: No
10¢: No
25¢: No
$1 coin: No
Overall rating: Terrible
🇪🇺 Euro:
1c: Yes
2c: Yes
5c: Yes
10c: No
20c: No
50c: ??? (Don’t have one)
€1: Yes
€2: Yes
Overall rating: Mostly good.
🇨🇿 Czech Koruna
1 Kč: Yes
2 Kč: Yes
5 Kč: ???
10 Kč: Yes
20 Kč: Yes
50 Kč: ???
Overall rating: YES EXCELLENT
🇬🇧 British Pound
£2: Yes!
Overall rating: Need more data. I’ve never been to the UK, I found this one coin on the ground in Prague
🇨🇭 Swiss Franc
1 Fr: No
2 Fr: No
Overall rating: Again, not enough data. The only time I’ve been to Switzerland has been during airport layovers.
🇨🇦 Canadian Dollar
5¢: ???
10¢: Yes
25¢ Yes
Loonie ($1): Yes
Toonie ($2): Yes
Overall Rating: GREAT. Yet another wonderful thing about Canada.
Conclusion: The preliminary results of this experiment further supports my hypothesis that America has the most boring money in the world. So far Canada is in 1st place because their $5 bills have astronauts on them and they smell like maple. The bills, not the astronauts. More data is needed to determine whether Canadian astronauts also smell like maple, but it is likely.
Of all the semi-popular posts I’ve made, this one has been the most wholesome so far. People are sending me info about which of the coins in their country are magnetic and it’s making me very happy. I love the internet sometimes
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rubitrightintomyeyes:
theonion:
Rock Apparently Factors Into Girlfriend’s Shower Routine
SEATTLE—Saying he was confused about the full extent of its purpose as well as its overall benefit, local man Jacob Ferris, 25, nonetheless surmised today that the oblong rock located in girlfriend Sarah Milstein’s shower caddy must somehow factor into her bathing routine, sources confirmed.
“I guess at some point while she’s showering, she rubs a rock on her body,” said Ferris, expressing what he claimed was “the only possible conclusion” about the light-gray rock in his girlfriend’s bathroom. “I mean, it looks sort of nice, so she could just have it there for decoration or something. But it’s usually right near all the other soaps and her loofah, so I think it’s probably something she actually uses while under the water.”
“I really don’t know how it all works,” Ferris added. “All I know is that in between Sarah getting into the shower and getting out, there’s a rock involved.”
Ferris, who said he was unable to determine exactly when in the showering process the rock first comes into play, told reporters he is equally clueless about what part of the body the rock is used on.
In addition, Ferris said he occasionally inspects the roughly 3-ounce object when he’s in Milstein’s shower, and told reporters that the rock is nearly always wet and is occasionally moved to slightly different spots within the bathtub, leading him to believe that his girlfriend uses it fairly regularly. He also noted his girlfriend’s bathing time never seems particularly longer than the average person’s considering she has added a rock into the mix.
Ferris added that all attempts to incorporate the rock into his own shower routine have ultimately been unsuccessful.
“I tried rubbing it on my skin once, and it hurt,” Ferris said, concluding that pouring soap and water directly onto the rock neither made it softer nor easier on his skin. “I could maybe see how it could get some dirt off of your body, but it seems too painful to work. Her skin usually looks nice though, so maybe I’m wrong.”
“There is a chance it could be a hair thing,” Ferris continued. “Maybe she rubs the rock in her hair? I don’t know.”
Ferris confirmed he has considered numerous reasons for why his girlfriend uses the rock in the shower, including that she has some type of skin condition, that the rock is some sort of weird tradition her family has, or that everyone uses rocks in the shower and he has been out of the loop the entire time.
“It could be for cleaning the bathtub,” said Ferris, adding he once suspected the rock was a device for making the bathroom smell nice, but then noticed it had no discernible smell whatsoever. “Like every few weekends she scrubs the tub with this rock? I guess I could see Sarah doing that.”
While Ferris said he is mostly certain that the rock was initially purchased at a home goods store of some kind, he was not able to completely rule out the possibility it was just a rock that his girlfriend found on the ground and decided to put in her shower.
“I wonder if I should put a rock in my shower for when she’s over here,” said Ferris, who said he once tried to locate a rock at a Bed Bath & Beyond, but left after not wanting to walk up to a sales clerk and ask them where they kept their “shower rocks.” “Or I could just tell her to leave a rock at my place if she wants.”
“I’m probably not going to do that,” Ferris added.
At press time, a visibly perplexed Ferris had seen the rock sitting in Milstein’s trashcan and then looked in the shower to see another rock sitting in its place.
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rubitrightintomyeyes:
theonion:
Rock Apparently Factors Into Girlfriend’s Shower Routine
SEATTLE—Saying he was confused about the full extent of its purpose as well as its overall benefit, local man Jacob Ferris, 25, nonetheless surmised today that the oblong rock located in girlfriend Sarah Milstein’s shower caddy must somehow factor into her bathing routine, sources confirmed.
“I guess at some point while she’s showering, she rubs a rock on her body,” said Ferris, expressing what he claimed was “the only possible conclusion” about the light-gray rock in his girlfriend’s bathroom. “I mean, it looks sort of nice, so she could just have it there for decoration or something. But it’s usually right near all the other soaps and her loofah, so I think it’s probably something she actually uses while under the water.”
“I really don’t know how it all works,” Ferris added. “All I know is that in between Sarah getting into the shower and getting out, there’s a rock involved.”
Ferris, who said he was unable to determine exactly when in the showering process the rock first comes into play, told reporters he is equally clueless about what part of the body the rock is used on.
In addition, Ferris said he occasionally inspects the roughly 3-ounce object when he’s in Milstein’s shower, and told reporters that the rock is nearly always wet and is occasionally moved to slightly different spots within the bathtub, leading him to believe that his girlfriend uses it fairly regularly. He also noted his girlfriend’s bathing time never seems particularly longer than the average person’s considering she has added a rock into the mix.
Ferris added that all attempts to incorporate the rock into his own shower routine have ultimately been unsuccessful.
“I tried rubbing it on my skin once, and it hurt,” Ferris said, concluding that pouring soap and water directly onto the rock neither made it softer nor easier on his skin. “I could maybe see how it could get some dirt off of your body, but it seems too painful to work. Her skin usually looks nice though, so maybe I’m wrong.”
“There is a chance it could be a hair thing,” Ferris continued. “Maybe she rubs the rock in her hair? I don’t know.”
Ferris confirmed he has considered numerous reasons for why his girlfriend uses the rock in the shower, including that she has some type of skin condition, that the rock is some sort of weird tradition her family has, or that everyone uses rocks in the shower and he has been out of the loop the entire time.
“It could be for cleaning the bathtub,” said Ferris, adding he once suspected the rock was a device for making the bathroom smell nice, but then noticed it had no discernible smell whatsoever. “Like every few weekends she scrubs the tub with this rock? I guess I could see Sarah doing that.”
While Ferris said he is mostly certain that the rock was initially purchased at a home goods store of some kind, he was not able to completely rule out the possibility it was just a rock that his girlfriend found on the ground and decided to put in her shower.
“I wonder if I should put a rock in my shower for when she’s over here,” said Ferris, who said he once tried to locate a rock at a Bed Bath & Beyond, but left after not wanting to walk up to a sales clerk and ask them where they kept their “shower rocks.” “Or I could just tell her to leave a rock at my place if she wants.”
“I’m probably not going to do that,” Ferris added.
At press time, a visibly perplexed Ferris had seen the rock sitting in Milstein’s trashcan and then looked in the shower to see another rock sitting in its place.
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ms-demeanor:
audacityinblack:
goodzillo:
Tomato.
brick is a big shiny mood here, not gonna lie.
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ms-demeanor:
audacityinblack:
goodzillo:
Tomato.
brick is a big shiny mood here, not gonna lie.
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kiriamaya:
mysticmoonhigh:
So I was talking to a boy today and called him “dude” and he goes, “Hey, I’m not your dude. I want to go by bro.” And the very first thing that popped into my head was ‘wow, he has preferred bronouns’.
omg
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kiriamaya:
mysticmoonhigh:
So I was talking to a boy today and called him “dude” and he goes, “Hey, I’m not your dude. I want to go by bro.” And the very first thing that popped into my head was ‘wow, he has preferred bronouns’.
omg
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onemorebookidontneed:
minimalistwitch69:
tastefullyoffensive:
The Kirbys of the dog world. (via paul_haine)
always reblog
I LOVE THEM
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onemorebookidontneed:
minimalistwitch69:
tastefullyoffensive:
The Kirbys of the dog world. (via paul_haine)
always reblog
I LOVE THEM
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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
transdejahthoris:
yongmuney:
“again”
USCG: “Getting real tired of your shit, bubble boy.”
After a certain point they should surely just let him live on the ocean like
He is commited to this dream let him do it
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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
transdejahthoris:
yongmuney:
“again”
USCG: “Getting real tired of your shit, bubble boy.”
After a certain point they should surely just let him live on the ocean like
He is commited to this dream let him do it
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bethanyactually: “…you’re afraid
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bethanyactually:
“…you’re afraid you don’t fit in, you’re afraid you’ll be alone. Great news! You share that with all of us, so you’ll never be alone and you’ll always fit in.”
“You’re stronger. You’re better. You have friends. No, screw that. You have a family.”
[insp.]
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bethanyactually:
“…you’re afraid you don’t fit in, you’re afraid you’ll be alone. Great news! You share that with all of us, so you’ll never be alone and you’ll always fit in.”
“You’re stronger. You’re better. You have friends. No, screw that. You have a family.”
[insp.]
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respectfulmemes:
Me: *Catches myself being judgmental*
Me to Me: I did not raise u this way
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respectfulmemes:
Me: *Catches myself being judgmental*
Me to Me: I did not raise u this way
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cockyhorror:
rj-anderson:
I know this is from Australia but when I first saw the words “Victorian man” all I could think of was this:
To be fair imagine you just arrived in 2018 from Victorian England and discovered Take On Me, what are you supposed to do, not blast it loud enough for your family to hear it all the way back in 1876?
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cockyhorror:
rj-anderson:
I know this is from Australia but when I first saw the words “Victorian man” all I could think of was this:
To be fair imagine you just arrived in 2018 from Victorian England and discovered Take On Me, what are you supposed to do, not blast it loud enough for your family to hear it all the way back in 1876?
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dresdoodles:
Lesbians have a 6th sense for spotting one another in public
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dresdoodles:
Lesbians have a 6th sense for spotting one another in public
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imfemalewarrior:
mewtripled:
A few years ago, my mom kicked cancer in the ass through a whole change of her health and fitness lifestyle. I am extremely grateful that she is now cancer free. Because of her, I’ve learned to watch what I eat and remember to stay active. I used to do it to try to look like all the other hot Instagram bishez, but now whenever I jab a punch bag or hold a plank, I remember it ain’t always about dat hot bod, and remember my mom’s journey.
Support me on patreon.com/mewtripled for early access and behind the scenes of my comics!
This is something to think about when you are creating goals for yourself to work towards.
When working towards your goal also focus on how you feel instead of exclusively on how you look.
-FemaleWarrior
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imfemalewarrior:
mewtripled:
A few years ago, my mom kicked cancer in the ass through a whole change of her health and fitness lifestyle. I am extremely grateful that she is now cancer free. Because of her, I’ve learned to watch what I eat and remember to stay active. I used to do it to try to look like all the other hot Instagram bishez, but now whenever I jab a punch bag or hold a plank, I remember it ain’t always about dat hot bod, and remember my mom’s journey.
Support me on patreon.com/mewtripled for early access and behind the scenes of my comics!
This is something to think about when you are creating goals for yourself to work towards.
When working towards your goal also focus on how you feel instead of exclusively on how you look.
-FemaleWarrior
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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
kristalknobb:
Oscar Hermann-Lamb (1876-1947) - Nudo femminile, 1926
The ladies in the background are like “Stop posing and hurry up and join in”
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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
kristalknobb:
Oscar Hermann-Lamb (1876-1947) - Nudo femminile, 1926
The ladies in the background are like “Stop posing and hurry up and join in”
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naamahdarling:
12yearsaking:
merkkultra:
do men have resting bitch faces as well or do they not have negative characteristics ascribed to them for putting on a neutral rather than a deliriously happy facial expression
Yes, Black men in majority white spaces do. If I don’t smile every single second of the day my coworkers become in intimidated and start asking me what’s wrong, telling me to smile, make jokes about how I’m trying to be a thug/act hard, why am I angry, etc. And it’s not just white men at my job God FORBID I my large Black ass makes a white girl feel threaten because I’m sitting down with a neutral expression.
I’m not trying to take this post away from women and make it about Black men but I want to point out that wether it’s patriarchy or white supremacy; those who feel as if they have power over you HATE to see you not smile. They are so used to people like you smiling to gain their approval that when you don’t there’s a cognitive dissonance that makes them extremely uncomfortable.
That’s why “angry Black women” is a thing. They have to put on a smile for everyone (yes even feminist white women) or we all get uncomfortable.
This is such an amazing response.
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naamahdarling:
12yearsaking:
merkkultra:
do men have resting bitch faces as well or do they not have negative characteristics ascribed to them for putting on a neutral rather than a deliriously happy facial expression
Yes, Black men in majority white spaces do. If I don’t smile every single second of the day my coworkers become in intimidated and start asking me what’s wrong, telling me to smile, make jokes about how I’m trying to be a thug/act hard, why am I angry, etc. And it’s not just white men at my job God FORBID I my large Black ass makes a white girl feel threaten because I’m sitting down with a neutral expression.
I’m not trying to take this post away from women and make it about Black men but I want to point out that wether it’s patriarchy or white supremacy; those who feel as if they have power over you HATE to see you not smile. They are so used to people like you smiling to gain their approval that when you don’t there’s a cognitive dissonance that makes them extremely uncomfortable.
That’s why “angry Black women” is a thing. They have to put on a smile for everyone (yes even feminist white women) or we all get uncomfortable.
This is such an amazing response.
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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
barduils:
me changing into a low-cut ballgown before i head downstairs to have ‘‘‘dinner ;)’’’ with the sexy countess who i now have strong suspicions is a vampire and who offered me food and shelter when i showed up windswept and hopelessly lost on the front doorstep of her castle a few nights prior:
^ Wise words <3
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thefingerfuckingfemalefury:
barduils:
me changing into a low-cut ballgown before i head downstairs to have ‘‘‘dinner ;)’’’ with the sexy countess who i now have strong suspicions is a vampire and who offered me food and shelter when i showed up windswept and hopelessly lost on the front doorstep of her castle a few nights prior:
^ Wise words <3
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closet-keys:[id: tweet by @meldotmel
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closet-keys:
[id: tweet by @meldotmel reading “I love to see the community come together like this” followed by a photo of a turnstile into a public transit platform with a pink note stuck to it that reads “cops hiding don’t jump” ]
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closet-keys:
[id: tweet by @meldotmel reading “I love to see the community come together like this” followed by a photo of a turnstile into a public transit platform with a pink note stuck to it that reads “cops hiding don’t jump” ]
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goddamnshinyrock:
apparently lucidchart.com is free for students, so I made a little test chart while learning the ropes.
@riskovbeingfree
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goddamnshinyrock:
apparently lucidchart.com is free for students, so I made a little test chart while learning the ropes.
@riskovbeingfree
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nprfreshair:
Sex, Empathy, Jealousy: How Emotions And Behavior Of Other Primates Mirror Our Own
When Frans de Waal first started out, studying nonhuman primates in the Netherlands more than 40 years ago, he was told not to consider the emotions of the animals he was observing.
“Thoughts and feelings — the mental processes basically — were off limits,” he says. “We were told not to talk about them, because they were considered by many scientists as ‘inner states’ and you only were allowed to talk about ‘outer states.’ ”
But over the course of his career, de Waal became convinced that primates and other animals express emotions similar to humans. He’s now the director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Ga., where his office window looks out on a colony of chimps.
“I am now at the point that I think emotions are more like organs,” he says. “All my organs are present in a rat’s body; and the same way, I think, all my emotions are probably present in the rat.”
De Waal writes about primate empathy, rivalry, bonding, sex and murder in his new book, Mama’s Last Hug. The title of the book was inspired by a tender interaction between a dying 59-year-old chimp named Mama and de Waal’s mentor, Jan van Hooff, who had known Mama for more than 40 years.
“People were surprised [by] how human-like the expression of Mama was and how human-like her gestures were,” de Waal says of the interaction. “I thought, 'Well, everyone knows that chimps are our closest relative, so why wouldn’t the way they express their emotions be extremely similar to ours?’ But people were surprised by that.”
Photo: AFP/Getty Images
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nprfreshair:
Sex, Empathy, Jealousy: How Emotions And Behavior Of Other Primates Mirror Our Own
When Frans de Waal first started out, studying nonhuman primates in the Netherlands more than 40 years ago, he was told not to consider the emotions of the animals he was observing.
“Thoughts and feelings — the mental processes basically — were off limits,” he says. “We were told not to talk about them, because they were considered by many scientists as ‘inner states’ and you only were allowed to talk about ‘outer states.’ ”
But over the course of his career, de Waal became convinced that primates and other animals express emotions similar to humans. He’s now the director of the Living Links Center at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta, Ga., where his office window looks out on a colony of chimps.
“I am now at the point that I think emotions are more like organs,” he says. “All my organs are present in a rat’s body; and the same way, I think, all my emotions are probably present in the rat.”
De Waal writes about primate empathy, rivalry, bonding, sex and murder in his new book, Mama’s Last Hug. The title of the book was inspired by a tender interaction between a dying 59-year-old chimp named Mama and de Waal’s mentor, Jan van Hooff, who had known Mama for more than 40 years.
“People were surprised [by] how human-like the expression of Mama was and how human-like her gestures were,” de Waal says of the interaction. “I thought, 'Well, everyone knows that chimps are our closest relative, so why wouldn’t the way they express their emotions be extremely similar to ours?’ But people were surprised by that.”
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companionsofusall:
sunfreys:
twofigs:
i think we start healing by telling the truth
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companionsofusall:
sunfreys:
twofigs:
i think we start healing by telling the truth
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thebaconsandwichofregret:
f1rstperson:
valentina-carvajal:
I’m not saying he would win, but like….I get it
This is an interesting story because people my parents age are like “How dare he” and people my age are like “oh same”
What’s even more interesting is he’s not serious. In India there’s a culture of intense deference to parents. He believes that this is a very unhealthy way for people to live and so he’s using this court case as a way to tell people that the idea of “you must grovel in gratitude to your parents because they brought you into the world and fed and clothed you” is a bad thing and that parents have to feed and clothe you because it’s their damn job and they chose to have you.
He really gets on with his own parents and his mother has publicly voiced her support for him.
Tl;dr: This isn’t incel bullshit like the dude who’s parents evicted him last year, this is a political protest to unhealthy expectations parents have for their children even though he isn’t pressured into those expectations by his own parents.
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thebaconsandwichofregret:
f1rstperson:
valentina-carvajal:
I’m not saying he would win, but like….I get it
This is an interesting story because people my parents age are like “How dare he” and people my age are like “oh same”
What’s even more interesting is he’s not serious. In India there’s a culture of intense deference to parents. He believes that this is a very unhealthy way for people to live and so he’s using this court case as a way to tell people that the idea of “you must grovel in gratitude to your parents because they brought you into the world and fed and clothed you” is a bad thing and that parents have to feed and clothe you because it’s their damn job and they chose to have you.
He really gets on with his own parents and his mother has publicly voiced her support for him.
Tl;dr: This isn’t incel bullshit like the dude who’s parents evicted him last year, this is a political protest to unhealthy expectations parents have for their children even though he isn’t pressured into those expectations by his own parents.
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chitalj:
c-bassmeow:
Goldeen Goldeen Goldeen Gol-deeeen! I’m begging of you please don’t take my man
She didn’t listen
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chitalj:
c-bassmeow:
Goldeen Goldeen Goldeen Gol-deeeen! I’m begging of you please don’t take my man
She didn’t listen
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