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i don’t currently have grass to touch so i've replaced it with an equivalent activity: eating dirt lesbian, violinist, episcopalian

[connanro]

“why doesn’t batman just kill the joker” why don’t YOU kill the joker. bitch

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[damndorothea]

i saw this somewhere else but reply / tag what you did today so everyone can see that we all did something different today

[moghedien]

I feel like I need to share this because idk if Europeans are familiar with the presence of Aldi in the US, but at least especially in my area they’ve been growing a lot recently. Like Aldi bought out some local failing grocery chains where I live (Louisiana) and have opened Aldis in all these somewhat rural communities and small towns, which for the record I’m fine with

But as a result of this they are advertising a lot more in my area and also in many cases, the people in these areas have never been confronted with Aldi or any European grocery store. So the ads that Aldi is pushing out to its new US customer base feature a cowboy shopping at Aldi who is explaining to new Aldi customers how Aldi works. Like this cowboy is explaining you gotta put a quarter in the shopping cart and why there are very little name brands. A cowboy is how they want to reach their American customer base. They gave us a cowboy

[moghedien]

Here he is, the Aldi Cowboy

[blondebrainpowered]

American lawyer Dick Ashworth marches in the Fifth Annual Gay Pride Day parade in New York on June 3, 1974; he became a founding member of Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) and years later his sons Tucker and Eric later died of AIDS.

Photographer: Fred W. McDarrah

[prokopetz]

If you think about it, all these thinkpieces about how Millenials are “killing” various industries reveal a pretty colossal sense of entitlement.

Under normal circumstances, if a given industry finds itself unable to sell products to a given market demographic, we’d say it’s that industry’s fault for failing to offer products that that demographic is interested in buying.

It only makes sense to blame the target demographic itself is if we’re assuming that the established industries have some intrinsic right to that demographic’s disposable income that’s being denied - which is clearly nonsense.

And I thought Millennials were supposed to be the entitled ones?

[unicornempire]

Thank you for putting into words one of the factors that has rubbed me the wrong way about the litany of articles and quotes about how Millennials are Ruining Everything ™. 

Like, I have worked very hard to put out real, genuine quality stuff. The best that I can make while offering it at a reasonable price, because a business transaction should be fair; you get a good product, the business makes some profit, everyone walks away happy. I am not even that old, and I have already seen a significant decline in the quality, craftsmanship, materials and labor sources in almost all of my purchases compares to the items that my family bought when I was growing up- and I’m talking the expensive stuff, too! We have bought two Dysons from Costco in the last two years (returned both, thank god for Costco’s return policy!) and neither one functioned as well as Megan’s old parent’s Dyson that was made in the 80′s. My grandmother has an old metal sewing machine that has been kicking longer than I have but I’ve been through about four sewing machines in my lifetime, each one managed to last twoish years. And these are the things off the top of my head, and it goes all the way down. Like how they started manufacturing secretly-smaller containers for things with the bubble on the bottom so you don’t notice there’s less product inside, or how Charmin made their rolls ‘shorter’ than they used to be but they are still technically the same number of ‘sheets’- I mean, I know I sound a little crazy, but if you’re Charmin and you reduce the amount of paper material per-roll by even a single penny, even a fraction of a penny, it would add up to much bigger profits; and a bigger expense passed on to the consumer, who won’t notice that the rolls are an inch shorter (except me because I’m weird that way)

I see companies constantly finding ways to cut corners, pay employees less, and put out crappier merchandise, and then go “Why won’t anyone buy this stuff?!” and I just don’t get why they’re confused. 

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

I’m resurrecting an ancient post, because nothing here has changed in the intervening time. The recent post about “tech hoarding” because people aren’t buying new phones on a regular schedule reminded me.

The companies definitely now feel entitled to profit and business, rather than earning it.

[icereader12]

See now: “how dare Gen z not buy alcohol”

I’m sorry you priced people out of your product. That’s your fault, though.

[lobstabear]

To my 25 - 35 year olds, you've reached the age where people around you are starting to give up on themselves because they think it's too late. Don't let that energy rub off on you. It's not too late.

[itsalwaysdark]

you have to be careful reading too many things that are good/smart/well-written bc then you encounter something that isnt and you get confused like ? why didnt they just make this good ? were they stupid

[clowniconography]

this is one of the more creative hate comments i've seen and i felt the need to immortalize it

[connanro]

found out AFTER getting hired for a gig that i'm gonna have to hike a mile to get to the location and i REALLY should have charged more for it

[yoki-loves-stars]

My guy, he’s being accused of murdering two people… maybe your crush on him shouldn’t be your priority rn

The guy that listens to all the tapes btw

[south-africa-official]

just checked in on the colony of finches outside my nurse's office and they've developed beaks of the perfect shape and size for administering subcutaneous injections

[soap-stones]

behold my latest work

[not-another-robin]

More from my beautiful mind

[drizzly-bear]

even more phm + textposts with stratt (and grace)

[cassiebat3]

robin III: cry of the huntress (1993) #5

lmao he dgaf

[madkoka]

the baby that some dc writers still try to villianise.

[wesavegotham]

Damian is a disney princess. In one Rebirth Nightwing issue he even befriends a dragon.

[northoftheroad]

And that was such a fun issue of Nightwing too! I wish they would give us more stories with Wiggles the dragon.