[battleiswonbuthechildislost]

Literally nothing weirder than logging back into a tumblr blog that used to be your only joy in life 10 years ago. like walking into your dusty childhood bedroom. 

[commune-or-nothing]

Why Young Americans Are Giving Up on Capitalism

Should we really be surprised that young people are rejecting the economic status quo?

Imagine that you’re twenty years old. You were born in 1996. You were five years old on 9/11. For as long as you can remember, the United States has been at war.

When you are twelve, in 2008, the global economy collapses. After years of bluster and bravado from President George W. Bush — who encouragedconsumerism as a response to terror — it seems your country was weaker than you thought.

In America, the bottom falls out fast. The adults who take care of you struggle to take care of themselves. Perhaps your parent loses a job. Perhaps your family loses its home.

In 2009, politicians claim the recession is over, but your hardship is not. Wages are stagnant or falling. The costs of health care, child care, and tuition continue to rise exponentially. Full-time jobs turn into contract positions while benefits are slashed. Middle-class jobs are replaced with low-paying service work. The expectations of American life your parents had when you were born — that a “long boom” will bring about unparalleled prosperity — crumble away.

Baby boomers tell you there is a way out: a college education has always been the key to a good job. But that doesn’t seem to happen anymore. The college graduates you know are drowning in student debt, working for minimum wage, or toiling in unpaid internships. Prestigious jobs are increasinglyclustered in cities where rent has tripled or quadrupled in a decade’s time. You cannot afford to move, and you cannot afford to stay. Outside these cities, newly abandoned malls join long abandoned factories. You inhabit a landscape of ruin. There is nothing left for you.

Every now and then, people revolt. When you are fifteen, Occupy Wall Street captivates the nation’s attention, drawing attention to corporate greed and lost opportunity. Within a year, the movement fades, and its members do things like set up “boutique activist consultancies.” When you are seventeen, the Fight for 15 workers movement manages to make higher minimum wage a mainstream proposition, but the solutions politicians pose are incremental. No one seems to grasp the urgency of the crisis. Even President Barack Obama, a liberal Democrat — the type of politician who’s supposed to understand poverty — declares that the economy has recovered.

[kenyatta]

I know stuff like this has been a topic of conversation on my dash for years but this bit was a nice articulation:

Capitalism, in other words, holds less appeal in an era when the invisible hand feels like a death grip. Americans under 20 have had little to no adult experience in a pre-Great Recession economy. Things older generations took for granted — promotions, wages that grow over time, a 40-hour work week, unions, benefits, pensions, mutual loyalty between employers and employees — are increasingly rare.

As a consequence, these basic tenets of American work life, won by labor movements in the early half of the twentieth century, are now deemed “radical.” In this context, Bernie Sanders, whose policies echo those of New Deal Democrats, can be deemed a “socialist” leading a “revolution”. His platform seems revolutionary only because American work life has become so corrupt, and the pursuit of basic stability so insurmountable, that modest ambitions — a salary that covers your bills, the ability to own a home or go to college without enormous debt — are now fantasies or luxuries.

[lugonbe]

Geniuses being idiots and “idiots” incapable of saying ‘because I love you’, the curse of life.

[rising-fandoms]

Becoming re-obsessed with fandoms/ships/character is the best feeling in the world, it feels like coming home, you’re like oh yeah this is why i loved you so much

[takeiteasy-breathe]

[ohkimani]

“are you my wife or my queen??”

“i am both and a strong man would be able to kneel to both”

[dwergas-deactivated20180817]

I’m a big advocate that we should bring back the idea “Nightblogging”, unlike the nasty word “shitposting” it has no cursing in it, it goes back to a better time in the history of the world and tumblr, and it reaffirms the idea that at nighttime the logic of the world turns apart into a shadow realm dominated by wild animals and mystery beings and crazy jokes, which is true but we forgot about it

[sosuperawesome]

Rings by Eden Garden Jewelry on Etsy

See our ‘rings’ tag

[babyanimalgifs]

MY HEART

[knightsolaireofthesun]

This creature used to be an apex predator

[demondetoxmanual]

[natura-e]

[bob-belcher]

[king-emare]

I think bout this all the time

[ororomunroedontpullout]

A guy I graduated with had a gf that was a junior at the time and he turned down scholarships for college to wait a year for her to finish her senior year so they could go to college together. Fast forward to now and they had a terrible breakup and he’s mad as fuck that he ever did that/didn’t listen to the people around him.

Don’t sabatoge yourself for anyone even if you think you love them and they love you. If they loved you they would want you to take all the opportunities and grow. Don’t give unnecessary sacrifices.

[taaamekaa-deactivated20180912]

Lmao fuck man

[thewingedwalrus]

My parents married just before my mom finished undergrad and then immediately after their honeymoon she flew halfway across the country to go to medical school while my dad had to stay behind to finish his degree. She cried the whole way there and they were apart for a while, but as soon as he finished he joined her. They’re still going strong after 33 years and they’re the cutest damn middle aged couple I’ve ever known.

Don’t give up important opportunities for someone you love. Find a way around it. Make a plan that benefits both of you TOGETHER. A significant other worth having is one who supports your ambitions, even if it’s hard.

[asheathes]

The weather could not have been more different on the journey back to King’s Cross than it had been on their way to Hogwarts the previous September. There wasn’t a single cloud in the sky.

[vanragrag]

the princess diaries was anne hathaway’s first movie and like can you imagine being in her place and just casually being told oh btw julie andrews is your co-star no pressure welcome to hollywood

[amyraudenfeldsdonutshirt]

I imagine it would feel something like this 

[m86-deactivated20171116]

40 year old neighbor passing by: what the fuck me, with my titties hanging out the balcony with a glass of wine and the fattest blunt ever seen before in human history: hello ronald. how are the kids

[japotecture]

[caveisgettingdeleted-deactivate]

Thank you clam man

[nobrainsnothanks-deactivated201]

forever reblog

[reblog-thisif]

Reblog this if its okay for your followers to introduce themselves to you.

[jamausis]

Just come to my ask box and tell me stuff about yourself. Your pets. Your favorite music. What you had for breakfast this morning. Literally anything you want, I love making new friends

[taylorswiftville]

I MADE ACTUAL FRIENDS DOING THIS BEFORE

[moonlightlynn-deactivated201708]

PLEASE DONT BE AFRAID TO TALK TO ME I LOVE MAKING FRIENDS AND EVERYONE IS SO LOVELY

[poppies-n-lilac]

Go for it!

[ghostlybl]

Im afraid to talk first so…