February 2012
8 posts
“There’s a push to make people ashamed of being offended by anything, as if it...”
– The 7 Stupidest Things That Make People Proud | Cracked.com (via upshot)
“Someone who offends you hasn’t ‘got’ you or ‘won’. What they said, and why, matters. They don’t get a free pass on being scrutinized on any of that just because they got a certain reaction.”
(via erikawithac)
I like the...
scientist: the average person spends 18 hours online per week.
me: you mean per day
scientist: what
me: what
January 2012
74 posts
“You don’t owe prettiness to anyone. Not to your boyfriend/spouse/partner, not to...”
– You Don’t Have to Be Pretty (via wewantrevolutiongirlstylenow)
thisisappalling:
Society’s resistance to actual change is fucking exhausting.
boy: i just masturbated lol
friend: lol me too *high five*
girl: i just masturbated lol
friend: that is disgusting omfg why would you even say that you are such a slut omfg can you calm down with your libido please i really don't need to know about your immoral acts of debauchery you wanton mistress of the night
9pm: "I'm going to bed now."
10pm: "I'm going to bed now."
11pm: "I'm going to bed now."
12am: "I'm going to bed now."
1am: "I'm going to bed now."
2am: "I'm going to bed now."
3am: "FUCK."
4am: "FUCK."
5am: "OKAY."
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: aka that awkward moment...
derbydoom:
#hey it’s that guy: the movie
“We have this entire culture that’s telling people that there’s One Right Thing...”
– On Good Consent, Part One | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz? (via sexisnottheenemy)
“What’s the worst thing you can call a woman? Don’t hold back, now. You’re...”
– Full frontal feminism: a young women’s guide to why feminism matters - By Jessica Valenti
(via thehaoleone)
“Gamers get hella uncomfortable over male sexuality too. Can you imagine a “good...”
– a forum post I read recently, trying to give a solid example of what ‘male objectification in gaming ’ would actually look like if it was anything equivalent to current female objectification in gaming. (via nothingbutsurrender)
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モンスター！！: Alright people, we need to concern... →
chocotaur:
Five facts:
1. ACTA isn’t the “European” SOPA. It’s nearly GLOBAL, and will apply to every country that signs the treaty.
2. ACTA is far more aggressive. ACTA will not simply affect websites and have them blocked out of the internet - its measures go as far as surveillance of…
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docezio:
SOPA AND PIPA HAVE BEEN DROPPED BY CONGRESS.
Now turn around and look at the huge fucking problem that is ACTA.
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15 of the Deadliest Corporations →
johnrumblr:
anirishginger:
stay-human:
These corporations, if they were individual human beings, would be locked up for life. Instead, they continue raking in the big bucks. Human rights abuses, murder, war, eco disasters, and animal exploitation keep these evil companies raking in the green. Prepare to be disgusted.
I don’t think the list is in any particular order. Even if you don’t...
davidfinchers:
Can I just say
that when you have google protesting you
your law probably sucks
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“Because of Edison’s patents for the motion pictures it was close to financially...”
– from The Pirate Bay’s press release regarding SOPA and PIPA (via davidfinchers)
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I know that everyone wants to be witty and make an... →
internet-justice:
and they mostly talk about the things they won’t be able to watch or listen to, but it’s much more serious than that.
You will be punished for any copyrighted you share, even if it’s accidental (That means that all of those recording artist that got started by singing covers on youtube would have been in violation,Beiber. If you post a video of anything and there’s a popular...
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25 Lives
ventiii:
Came across this little story on Livejournal when I was looking for inspiration for my creative writing class. Thanks to Toni’s blog, I remembered how much I loved this.
25 LIVES by tongari
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“One of the traps of adolescence is the sort of paranoid resentment that somehow...”
– Stephen Fry (via doeheart)
…things that describe me to a T.
(via fibercrack)
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Just got home from seeing The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. It was pretty awesome. And Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth was fan-fucking-tastic.
“When a person is craving weight loss, they are never craving weight loss. Weight...”
– http://www.bigfatblog.com/desire-weight-loss-never-about-weight-loss (via wut4)