My World. My Rules.

USA. Forgive us for our President.

[emcd31313]

Nike 2018: Thoughts of an irrelevant millennial

So, Nike released the 2018 "Just Do It" campaign in honor of a milestone anniversary of the slogan. The face now associated with the ad has a lot of conservatives in the U.S. gettin' their panties all in a twist because ya' know, 'Merica. But here's the thing.

Kap started out stating on the bejnch during the anthem. After a lengthy discussion with a veteran, he decided to kneel instead, because even veterans kneel- for fallen brethren, AS A SHOW OF RESPECT. He made sure to use a sign of respect while still using his platform to draw attention to a social issue closest to his heart. This still didn't appease the masses, and Kap went to free agent status. He has STILL not been picked up by another NFL team.

In his absence from the NFL, Kaepernick has donated time and most of his fortune to helping out an underserved community. And whether or not one can see the merit of his protest, he has most certainly demonstrated strong conviction for his cause, despite it costing him his career.

Aside from Kaepernick, the 2018 Nike ad campaign features many athletes of multiple ages, ethnicities, religious backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, and physical abilities and disabilities. Turning your back on Nike for including Kaepernick amongst all the athletes featured seems extreme and pointless.

[emcd31313]

Kids and College

Okay let's be real. College isn't easy. Not universally, anyway. There's going to be something about it that's hard, no matter who you are. Whether you've never lived alone and you're figuring that out, or you can't figure out exactly what career you want to spend thousands of dollars to get to, or if you struggle with certain social or learning disabilities. For myself, I'm going back to college at 26 with a 4 year old to support. I am petrified that I'm going to stack up an even larger college debt and my kid will suffer for it if I fail. But the moral of the story is this: College is supposed to be WORTH the struggle, so you can do what you would love to do. It's not for everyone. If you can find something you love to do without a degree, DO IT. And if you have kids in tow while going to school, it's going to be really hard. You get even less sleep than you did when your children were newborns. But when it's worth it, it's a struggle that can be won. So keep studying, and don't ever give up.

[liartownusa]

Cotton Fingers package

[hellotailor]

36 ladytime objects

[chickensimp]

i refuse to call me period anything other than moonsickness now

[whataremonsters-deactivated2015]

We are in fact werewolves

[crowleyslittleminion]

Fun fact: Native Americans used to call it “moontime”. (And I’ve been calling it that ever since I learned the phrase, because it sounds so much better.)

Tribes had ‘Moon Lodges’ and a woman would go into and stay in the lodge until her moon time has passed. During her time in the moon lodge, the elder women would teach her medicine, herbs, ceremonies, rites, prayers and on. Teachings were handed down to her.

The women, at this time, were expected to rest and not perform any chores and she was taken care of by the elder women of the tribe. No cooking, cleaning or lifting. This was a time for the woman to learn and nurture herself and to also embrace her womanhood.

A woman’s moon time was never looked down upon; there was no negativity put on it. The men respected and revered her. The men also cooked and took care of the children at this time, which was a wonderful time of bonding between a father and their children. It was a time of love and respect.

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[ravenqueenofskulls-deactivated2]

Reblogging for the history lesson! Damn!

[deadflowerchildren]

!!!!

[emcd31313]

You wanna know....

Why my grades started slipping in college? How about because I had no health insurance nor access to it, but I needed new glasses or contacts and I had to expend more of my mental function capacity to extend my life through balancing my debt between unpaid bills and a credit card just so I could fucking see that damn board in the classroom, much less take legible notes or read my overpriced text book. Hell yeah I attempted to read that book. I paid $300 for it.

How about why I’m “still waiting tables” at 25? Because I dropped out of college before my last semester to pick up extra shifts and a second job during my pregnancy so I could afford to pretend everything was okay for 6 weeks after my delivery. Because now I’m stuck in the middle of a half-paid student loan and I just can’t bear the thought of adding MORE money to my debt since medical personnel are being FUCKED by private insurance companies now. So here I am, letting people treat me like I am less than intelligent because I picked survival over contentment.

How about why I won’t get a job as a personal trainer despite my expertise being in Anatomy and Exercise Physiology? Because I blew out my knee 10 years ago and it’s hard enough for me to get through a 6 hour shift of walking around and lifting sometimes heavy things without hurting myself again. Because I couldn’t afford the surgery I probably should have gotten when it happened, or even the x-rays to figure it out. Because I am now, as and result, pretty out of shape, and have little muscle strength left….and who is going to take fitness advice from someone who can’t even do the exercises they recommend?

Common denominator? Lack of money. And it sure as hell isn’t from lack of trying. I’ve been in spots where I worked 2 full time jobs around my college classes, just to afford the education I was dying for and the apartment I obviously hardly slept in. I’ve been working my ass off since I was 15 years old, getting my paycheck, surviving, trying to end up better than my parents had it, and leaving enough for my son to be better without having to go through what I have. But here I am, 25, waiting tables, begging my knee to hold up another day, begging my contact lenses to hold out twice as long as they are supposed to, praying I don’t end up sick. But poverty is because of laziness. I forgot.

[animalsandtrees]

A new species is evolving before scientists’ eyes in the eastern United States.

Wolves faced with a diminishing number of potential mates are lowering their standards and mating with other, similar species, reported The Economist.

The interbreeding began up to 200 years ago, as European settlers pushed into southern Ontario and cleared the animal’s habitat for farming and killed a large number of the wolves that lived there.

That also allowed coyotes to spread from the prairies, and the white farmers brought dogs into the region.

Over time, wolves began mating with their new, genetically similar neighbors.

The resulting offspring — which has been called the eastern coyote or, to some, the “coywolf” — now number in the millions, according to researchers at North Carolina State University.

Interspecies-bred animals are typically less vigorous than their parents, The Economist reported — if the offspring survive at all.

That’s not the case at all with the wolf-coyote-dog hybrid, which has developed into a sum greater than the whole of its parts.

At about 55 pounds, the hybrid animal is about twice as heavy as a standard coyote, and her large jaws, faster legs and muscular body allow her to take down small deer and even hunt moose in packs, and the animal is skilled at hunting in both open terrain and dense woodland.

An analysis of 437 hybrid animals found that coyote DNA dominates her genetic makeup, with about one-tenth of its DNA from dogs, usually larger dogs such as Doberman pinschers and German shepherds, and a quarter from wolves.

The animal’s cry starts out as a deep-pitched wolf howl that morphs into higher-pitched yipping — like a coyote.

Her dog DNA may carry an additional advantage.

Some scientists think the hybrid animal is able to adapt to city life — which neither coyotes or wolves have managed to do on their own — because her dog ancestry allows her  to tolerate people and noise.

The coywolves have spread into some of the nation’s largest cities — including New York, Boston and Washington — using railway corridors.

The interbreeding allows the animal to diversify her diet and eat discarded food, along with rodents and smaller mammals — including cats, which coywolves eat skull and all — and they have evolved to become nocturnal to avoid humans.

The animals are also smart enough to learn to look both ways before crossing roads.

Not all researchers agree the animal is a distinct species, arguing that one species does not interbreed with another — although the hybrid’s existence raises the question of whether wolves and coyotes are distinct species in the first place.

But scientists who have studied the animal say the mixing of genes has been much faster, extensive and transformational than anyone had noticed until fairly recently.

“(This) amazing contemporary evolution story (is) happening right underneath our nose,” said Roland Kays, a researcher at North Carolina State.

Watch this report on coywolves.

Raw Story

[emcd31313]

So wow. This is a super cool thing that I must now become obsessed with.

[emcd31313]

One of my really good friends is trying to raise the missing funds for his wedding. He and his fiancee weren’t legally allowed to marry in our state til this year, so it’s kinda sorta a big deal. I’m officiating at my own expense, and I can’t afford to pay for the air I breathe much less put dollars in the fund. So I’m helping the best way I know how. Please share or donate so the guys can get hitched!!

[nyokoko]

South Dakota no longer requires kids to learn about the Constitution, Native Americans, or slavery

In case you haven’t heard, the South Dakota Board of Education has dumped early American history from its K-12 curriculum.

[webbut]

South Dakota is continuing to persevere America’s proud tradition of ignorance.

[imthatguyfromearth]

Bruh Fuck South Dakota, North Dakota, Dakota fanning, all of em

[emcd31313]

Doesn't the quote go something like "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it"?

[just-shower-thoughts]

The idea of us humans trying to colonise Mars is like were a virus that has nearly killed it’s host & is evolving to become airborne.

[emcd31313]

I wonder

If the person who tapped car bumpers with me in the parking lot knew I could Internet search him to find out he's actually a pretty experienced actor. Maybe that's why he was so nice. Or maybe some actors are actually pretty nice people. Either way. Fun story to randomly tell people later in life. "That time I met that actor because our cars wanted to make out."

[sizvideos]

Celebrities join forces to get free community college for all! Watch the full PSA

[best-of-memes]

[emcd31313]

Haha because my happiness is derived from someone pitiful enough to blame an imaginary place for the fact I don't reciprocate their affection. That's like blaming a wardrobe for not granting you access to Narnia.

[emcd31313]

A good friend of mine got engaged, and until this year, any wedding he had wouldn’t be called a legal marriage. I am officiating the ceremony for them, but we need some help with funding what is outside their budget. Please, please, these two deserve a dream wedding, and they don’t want a huge deal, just something special they can remember forever. Help if you can, or share the link. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

[just-shower-thoughts]

Is Lucifer truly evil if he just wanted to expose us to the knowledge that god was trying to hide from us?

[emcd31313]

Well THAT made my brain stop for a minute.

[diemeowderkatze]

I AM SORRY BUT THIS IS WHY I AM EMBARRASSED TO BE AN AMERICAN. IF A HIJAB THAT DORNS THE AMERICAN FLAG PATTERN IS NOT ACCEPTABLE BUT SKIMPY ASS BIKINIS OR WEARING THE FUCKING ACTUAL FLAG IS ACCEPTABLE, JUST BECAUSE THE PERSON IS WHITE, I WANT TO FUCKING THROW UP.

(I don’t have a thing against Audrey Kitching, she was just merely and example). 

But this fucking disgusts me right here. It makes me want to say, fuck this country and its racism and double standards. 

[thenapturalone]

I LITERALLY FUCKING CAN NOT

[knowledgeequalsblackpower]

Give her a bullet to the head for walking down the street, minding her own business??  And they think SHE’S the terrorist. 

[stfueverything-deactivated20230]

^bolding for emphasis. 

[femkitti]

I’m puking

[emcd31313]

And this, ladies and gents, is why the rest of the world hates us.

[greenatlas]

Word.

[clarabosswald]

“What are you doing here?” / “What’s your problem?”

doctor who: let’s kill hitler (2011) / kingsman: the secret service (2015)

[cascadianstuntman-deactivated20]

Two of the greatest lines ever uttered.

[raggedick]

OK Tumblr,  i see a lot of reblogs for Bernie here but we have to make sure we’re taking actions to ensure he has a fighting chance in this arena. His opponents have the money and the media circus backing them but he has us, so let’s run it!  The primaries are elections held months before the ACTUAL presidential election that basically decide who the main candidates for each party will be, specifically, who will be listed on the ballot in the election in november. if we want Bernie to stand a chance at all he MUST be on the ballot in November. For that to become a reality we need everyone reading this to get them and their friends to vote in the Primaries! I’ve used the site www.voteforbernie.com to list the following info below so you can all see it easily enough and share it with just a click. Check your state below for the appropriate information on when and how to vote in the primaries!  Below are the registration and voting dates for all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington DC (as a separate voting date). Be sure to register! Click your state to find out how! Below is a key to reading the following information! Some states have open registration meaning it doesn’t matter which party you’re registered as, you can still vote for Bernie. *** Some states are CLOSED meaning you MUST be registered as DEMOCRAT by the date’s i’ve listed to vote for Bernie.  *~* Some states are SEMI-CLOSED meaning you must be registed as DEMOCRAT or UNDECLARED to vote for Bernie. # means you can register or switch parties the day of voting at the voting station.  NEW YORK!!! you have less than 30 days to register even tho your primaries aren’t until April. PLEASE GO REGISTER AND TELL EVERYONE ELSE! Alabama - Tuesday, March 1st (register by February 19th) Alaska - Saturday, March 26th *** # (register by January 19th)    Arizona - Tuesday, March 22nd *** (register by February 22nd) Arkansas - Tuesday, March 1st (register by January 31st) California - Tuesday, June 7th *~* (register by May 23rd) Colorado  - Tuesday, March 1st *** (register by January 1st) Connecticut - April, 26th *** (register by January 26th) Delaware - Tuesday, April 26th *** (register by April 2nd Washington, DC - Tuesday, June 14th*** (register by May 15th) Florida - Tuesday, March 15th *** (register by February 16th) Georgia - Tuesday, March 1st (February 1st) Hawaii - Saturday, March 26th *~* # (register by February 25th) Idaho - TBD (check the site early next year!)*~* Illinois - Tuesday, March 15th *~* # (register by February 16th) Indiana - Tuesday, May 3rd (register by April 4th) Iowa - Monday, February 1st *~* # (can register day of!) Kansas - Saturday, March 5th *** (register by March 5th) Kentucky - Tuesday, May 17th *** (register by April 18th) Louisiana - Saturday, March 5th *** (register by February 4th) Maine - Sunday, March 6th *** (register by February 14th) Maryland - Tuesday, April 26th *** (register by April 5th) Massachusetts - Tuesday, March 1st *~* (register by February 10th) Michigan - Tuesday, March 8th (register by February 7th) Minnesota - Tuesday, March 1st (register by February 9th)    Mississippi - Tuesday, March 8th (register by February 7th) Missouri - Tuesday, March 15th (register by February 17th) Montana - Tuesday, June 7th (register by May 8th) Nebraska - Saturday, March 5th *** (register by February 19th) Nevada - Saturday, February 20th *** (register by January 20th) New Hampshire - Tuesday, February 9th *~* # (register by January 30th) New Jersey - Tuesday, June 7th *** # (register by May 17th) New Mexico - Tuesday, June 7th *** (register by May 10th) New York - Tuesday, April 19th *** (register by October 9th 2015) North Carolina - Tuesday, March 1st *~* (register by February 5th) North Dakota TBD (check the site early next year!) Ohio - Tuesday, March 15th *~* (register by February 14th) Oklahoma - Tuesday, March 1st *~* (register by February 5th) Oregon - Tuesday, May 17th *~* (register by April 26th) Pennsylvania - Tuesday, April 26th *** (register by March 27th) Puerto Rico - Sunday, June 5th (register date TBD) Rhode Island - Tuesday, April 26th *~* (register by March 27th) South Carolina - Saturday, February 27th (register by January 28th) South Dakota - Tuesday, June 7th *~* (register by May 23rd) Tennessee - Tuesday, March 1st (register by January 31st) Texas - Tuesday, March 1st (register by January 31st) Utah - Tuesday, March 22nd *~* (register by February 21st) Vermont - Tuesday, March 1st (register by February 24th) Virginia - Tuesday, March 1st  (register by February 8th) Washington - Saturday, March 26th (register by July 6th) West Virginia - Tuesday, May 10th*~* (register by April 19th) Wisconsin - Tuesday, April 5th (register by March 16th) Wyoming - Saturday, April 9th*** (register by March 26)

[musicalmarauder]

REMINDER: About half of the states allow 17 year olds to vote in the primaries if they will be 18 years of age by the actual election. Check if your state let’s you do this and you can help if it is a state that allows this!