i don’t know how small talk works
“how are you doing” “i’m feeling increasingly alienated by the people around me”
“did you see the game yesterday” “i can feel myself becoming a different person and it’s not in a good way”
“sure is some weather we’re having” “the things that once made me happy only make me feel emptier”
“hi-” “please help me”
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tips to write college papers
- begin with “buckle your seatbelts, motherfuckers, because in eight short pages i am going to learn u a thing that i only learned myself about two hours ago, so sit down, shut up, and enjoy the experience of my 4-am-redbull-induced-self-hatred-fuelled-writing-extravaganza”
- erase when finished with the paper
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Inside California’s Joshua Tree National Park, two types of desert meet in a spot known as the borderlands.
Daniel Kukla came up with an ingenious way of capturing both scenes in one photo: Why not use a mirror?
Desert Contrasts in Joshua Tree National Park
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Okay, can we talk about this scene for a minute? I’m sorry if this has been mentioned, but I have a lot of feels, so I need to spew them in a word vomit.
This is the scene in Lilo and Stitch when Nani’s come to the realization that she cannot take care of Lilo without a job, and she’s losing the last of her family.
She sings the song “Aloha O’e”. Which is a fairly familiar song for most people, even if you’ve never been to Hawaii. Now I had no idea the significance of this song other than the song had the word “aloha” and it means goodbye.
This is where it attacks you with feels. In case you didn’t know, Hawaii used to be a monarchy. And this song was written by their last Queen, QueenLiliʻuokalani when she was imprisoned and before her country was taken away:
…Another of her compositions was Aloha Oe, a song she had written previously and transcribed during her confinement. In her writings, she says “At first I had no instrument, and had to transcribe the notes by voice alone; but I found, notwithstanding disadvantages, great consolation in composing, and transcribed a number of songs. Three found their way from my prison to the city of Chicago, where they were printed, among them the “Aloha Oe” or “Farewell to Thee,” which became a very popular song”. Originally written as a lovers’ good-bye, the song came to be regarded as a symbol of, and lament for, the loss of her country.
So this song is her lament of losing her country to invaders and outsiders because she was unable to take care of it.
Just like Nani was unable to take care of Lilo.
Nani who grew up learning about the proud heritage of Hawaii and their monarchy and their queen. She not only feels failure as a sister and guardian, but also as a Hawaiian. She’s not able to protect what is hers from outsiders. Someone has come, yet again, with legal prescient to take away what she should have taken care of.
I must say, Disney, this is how you do cultural significance. This is how you pay homage. This is how you do respect.
AND I JUST HAVE SO MANY FEELS.
as a hawaiian, it makes me really happy to know that you understand how significant that song was.
It speaks a lot to the power and transcendence of emotion when you don’t even need the context behind the song to feel overpowered by the grief the character feels even just watching the scene. The explanation cements the sadness I feel during this scene, but by itself it’s still powerful.
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remember when doctor who was a show about ordinary people doing amazing things because humanity is good and beautiful at its core instead of about moffat wanking over nice camera shots and undeveloped characters and confusing memory based plots
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“She was the daughter of a single woman, she was a teenage mother herself….It is just unfortunate that she hasn’t learned from her own example.” -Rick Perry. (full quote here)
He really said that today.
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First trailer for Arrested Development - Season 4!
Oh my god.
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH GENE
I know what we’ll be doing at midnight on the 24th.
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RAGE. god dammit.
These guys go up to girls they don’t know, begin touching them in a really intimate manner without the girls’ permission, from behind (which, as many girls in the video point out, means they can’t see who is touching them), and then try to get the girls’ numbers. Most of the girls are visibly scared when first touched by the guys, gasping or saying “oh my god.” One guy even straddles a girl (1:39). The guys don’t ever ask if they can have the girls’ numbers, but say things like “so, I’m going to get your number.” You can also see some of the girls visibly do not want to give their numbers and hesitate (1:18), but do so anyways. The girls who do ask them to stop say things in timid voices like, “Do you mind stopping? Thank you” (2:24). Thank you.
At the end, as the finale to all these “funny” clips, they show a clip of a girl who is very freaked out by the guy. So much so, that she calls over two random guys to help her because she doesn’t know what to do (3:01). Note she says sorry to the guy (3:10). This guy touches her inappropriately without her permission, she has enough sense to do something about it, and then apologizes to the guy after she does nothing wrong.
Hil-fucking-arious.
(THEIR ENTIRE CHANNEL IS THIS. If you don’t see what’s wrong with this video, maybe this clip of one of them grabbing a girls boobs will change your mind. From what I can gather, these videos of them sexually harassing women has actually earned them mild success. ASDFGHJK)
White dudes are the WORST!!
Do people really think this is funny? It is beyond creepy and just not okay.
You touch me like that and I don’t fucking know you there are going to be some violent reflexes going on.
This is fucking horrifying and it’s the reason I carry so many weapons.
They need to get their teeth knocked the fuck out.
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ANY SINGLE ONE OF YOU BUY ME THIS AND I SHALL LOVE YOU FOREVER
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1.
no one ever congratulates you
for doing the really difficult things
like driving on the freeway or getting out of bed or
staying alive
2.
every friendship you make is a countdown
to the moment
when they finally can’t deal
with the missed calls and canceled hangouts
every friendship is on a timer
every friendship expires sooner,
not later
3.
you hear phrases like “bootstraps”
over and over
until you wish you had some to hang
yourself with
4.
you have to learn to simultaneously
relax your muscles
and move them with determination
you have to be in control
and you have to let go
at the same time
it’s enough to drive you into
a blubbering mess
5.
music is a conduit
crying is a conduit
your dad calling is a conduit
everything becomes a conduit
for either having or not having another panic attack
6.
you learn to stop making plans
because you’ll either disappoint yourself
or someone you care about or both
7.
you accept all of it
8.
you hope someday everyone else can
accept it too
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