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handsewn

Shout out to the people with mediocre talents

The people who can carry a tune but don’t have a remarkable voice

The people who can draw more than stick figures but can’t develop their own style

The people who have a decent imagination but no idea how to write it all out (or vice versa)

The people who can play covers of songs but can’t write their own music

The people who can dance with choreography but not freely

The people who can do sports but never make the team

The people who are good- that just don’t feel good enough

queerdisease

hayleywpictures

2007 - In The Studio (Say Anything’s “In Defense of the Genre”)

13chancess

beverlyodell

I’ll pay someone if they come over and do this with me.

dog: for dog ? :)

me: not for dogs!!!

dog: ...

dog: for dog ? :)

jacobdarvin

satanspeaksx

Why is it that people believe their feelings are more reliable than science?

Scientists are telling us GMO food is perfectly safe, more nutritious, and much less expensive. GMOs like golden rice are an amazing boon to humanity and will solve vitamin A deficiency all around the world.

Labeling foods made with GMOs will only make consumers think there is something wrong with the food. It is the “gluten-free” label all over again. Consumers saw “gluten free” on some products in the grocery store and while they didnt know what gluten was, they knew it was equivilent to asbestos. There is nothing wrong with gluten unless you have Celiac Disease and there is nothing wrong with GMOs. GMO labeling will instill the same fear in consumers and it will take years to convince them its fine.

There is no mechanism in the food that will mutate your DNA, and if there were, we would have seen a case of mutated DNA in the last 20 years. We would know its from a GMO because it would have specific markers on it. There has not been one case of this happening.

Maybe youre against big corporations controlling the food supply. I can understand that one. It would be like if one organization controlled the water or power supply in your area (Hint: They already do). Monsanto is usually the example being used to show how big business has taken over agriculture. The fact is that agriculture is a perfect competition market structure. Big corporations can take advantage of economies of scale and sell products at a cheaper price than smaller competitors. For exapmle, fixed costs can be spread over more product making them cheaper per unit. But now “organic” companies are trying to create a monopolistic competition market so they can charge twice to three times as much. Yes, Monsanto makes billions every year, so does Apple, Disney and Whole Foods.

Anti-GMO is the new modern superstition. It is exactly the same as burning witches, astrology, and homeopathy. Fear of GMOs is holding science and capitalism back from making things better for everyone. Its not just rhetoric, look at the data, listen to the evidence. If you believe them about climate change and vaccines, believe them about the safety and value of GMOs.

Thanks to Steven Novella at the Neurologica Blog for many of the links.