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Damn Anaïs Mitchell really took the classic opera fodder Orpheus and all its themes and the Grasshopper and the Ant fable and turned them into a dystopian allegory for capitalism nearly a decade before build the wall became a political slogan that united half a nation in hatred

#hadestown

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The most dangerous phrase in the language is, “we’ve always done it this way.”

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“Come on, let’s mix it up!” The heart surgeon says.

“B-but we’ve always done it this way!” The other replies, “this is how you replace a heart valve.”

“That’s the most dangerous phrase in the human language!” The first surgeon replies haughtily as he inputs a fruit loop into the patient’s heart. “This will be his valve. He will be a fruit loop in a world of Cheerios.”

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(taken from this post on the experiments of Harry Harlow)

This is serious business, because this is a large part of how sexism, racism, homophobia, rape culture, ethnocentrism, etc. continue to happen.

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The reason we do heart surgeries the way we do is not “because that’s what we’ve always done.” It’s because that’s how year of scientific research says will give the best results. One of the best uses of the scientific method is to test common practice, and either eliminate it or give it legitimacy. Don’t do things because “that’s what we’ve always done,” do them because that is what evidence and research say we should do.

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Saying “we’ve always done it this way” justifying maintaining a harmful societal norm is dangerous. We can do better.

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by Julie Hrudova

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#what a good kitty

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Brand New - The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot

#this song makes me emo

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Don’t make the same mistakes that everyone else makes. Make wonderful mistakes. Make the kind of mistakes that make people so shocked that they have no other choice but to be a little impressed.

Jenny Lawson, Furiously Happy: A Funny Book About Horrible Things (via wordsnquotes)

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#syd #original #breakup #lonely #confidence #strong women #I love my best friend look at her go #she's come so far and I'm so proud of her

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ok but give young teenagers proper credit because i remember being 14 and having swag and whatever but i also remember my 14 year old self crying to sleep every night and hoping i’d wake up dead.. honestly shout out to those people who are very very young and are dealing with really shitty situations and want to die but wake up every day like congrats dude you’re doing it