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Keni
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@fearsomefatties
How to like problematic things
know theyâre problematic
know why theyâre problematic
donât dismiss peopleâs feelings/dissatisfaction with them
donât silence people when theyâre talking about the problems in your media, because your enjoyment is not more important than that discussion.Â
Congratulations, youâve reached the minimum level of decency for being a person who enjoys things that might be problematic.Â
I will not be handing you a cookie.Â
HELLO
The petition to legally recognize non-binary genders expired because it did not reach 100,000 signatures in time.
HERE IS A NEW PETITION. It expires April 20th. DO NOT LET THIS ONE FAIL AS WELL.
if we get ~4,200 tomorrow
and keep a pace of 25,000 a week
weâll make it
TOTAL SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION
41,251
it is 2014 why canât i buy gluten free goldfish crackers?
please end vagina-centric feminismÂ
what is the point of gay straight alliances why would i want to be in an alliance with straight people
Because we outnumber you.Â
Iâm not saying itâs fair. Iâm saying itâs true.
fruit flies outnumber us too but you donât see me being in an alliance with them
Fruit flies have very little influence on our lives apart from being a nuisance
not seeing many differences between fruit flies and straight allies
And This Is Why You Shouldnât Get Sick In America
Many believe that the US healthcare system is the best in the world. Not so according to the World Health Organizationâs ranking of the worldâs health systems. The US doesnât even rank in the top 25. It ranks 37th and is the most expensive in the world. I would argue that even if we had the best healthcare system in the world, what good is it, if no one can afford to access it.
Most companies are buying 60/40-policys for their employees these days, but even if you are lucky enough to have good insurance with 80/20-policy coverage, that 20 percent your responsible for can drive you right into bankruptcy as easily as the 60-40 policy given the cost of healthcare.
Insurance cost have been going up dramatically in the last two decades, long before the new Affordable Healthcare Act has taken affect, in some cases as much as 35% per year.
But have you noticed the latest trick the insurance companies have roll out?
Yes, Higher Deductible⊠most averaging $5,000 per year, per person, but I have seen some as high as $10,000 per year. For those of you that are wondering, this tactic is specifically designed too stop you from using your insurance. It reduces the insurance companies out of pocket liability by shift costs onto consumers, especially those dealing with chronic illness such as diabetes and arthritis. Consequently, because consumers canât afford the deductible they will avoid necessary care to save money.
Although insurance companies are a problem, the real crook is the healthcare system it self. A corrupt and bloated system desperately in need of reform!
OKAY SO I KNEW THAT TECHNICALLY IN AMERICA THAT YOU PAY FOR HEALTHCARE BUT LIKE THE IDEA IS SO BIZARRE TO ME THAT IâD NEVER CONSIDERED THAT YOUâD GET⊠A BILL?????? FOR BEINGâŠ. ILL?????????? I LITERALLY DONâT
how can anaesthetic cost that much??
how is this legal??
WHAT? And I thought having to pay ÂŁ7 ($11.55) for stronger prescription allergy meds instead of ÂŁ4 ($6.60) for the less effective store-brand ones was ridiculous.
You have to pay for the ambulance!?
OK, Iâm shocked by the prices, but all of the people from other countries who are just shocked that there ARE prices just make me so so sad.
This is so screwed up.
Man, and I was complaining about having to pay ÂŁ7.85 for a prescription the other day
And this is why you donât go to the doctor unless you are DYING in the USA, and when you go to that doctor, you accept your fate of being financially ruined for the rest of your life, should you survive.Â
and my boyfriend wonders why i dont fucking go to the hospital when im in pain FUCKING THIS im still 10k in debt for visiting the hospital for pain and all they gave me was fucking ibprophen and you know what i had to go the fucking hospital to get checked out because if you dont have fucking money when you go to the damn doctors clinic they wont even give you the time of day. Â
I have to go to a womens clinic to get my birth control pills because of hormonal imbalance. Â The prescription for the pills cost 150$ for a months worth, and thats with insurance. Â Yet i pay 40$ for a visit to that same clinic and they give me 3-5 months worth of pills.
America fucking sucks. They can kiss my ass.
my narcolepsy medicine alone, one pill, is 2k a month lmfao
Gay Pride was not born of a need to celebrate being gay, but our right to exist without persecution. So instead of wondering why there isnât a Straight Pride movement, be thankful you donât need one.
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You may or may not be familiar with the font Comic Sans. What you may not be familiar with are some facts about this oh-so-hated font that make it so useful for students with visual learning disabilities such as dyslexia.Â
Comic Sans was originally created to be used in the small speech bubbles in comic books, thus the name âComicâ Sans. After its creation, a lot of businesses began using this font for serious reasons, which made the serious things look a lot less serious.Â
The reason this font is so useful for students with dyslexia is itâs heavy bottom and the differentiation between letters, lessening the chances of flipping.Â
Many smart phones give the option to change the font the phone uses, and one of the fonts is very similar to Comic Sans.Â
If Comic Sans is not to your liking, or simply doesnât work for you, there are a number of other fonts that are âdyslexia approvedâ and are preloaded onto every computer. [Here] is a link to a list of other fonts that reduce flipping.Â
This is also useful from a game design and web-content creation standpoint.
I fucking love how tumblr has been using high flicker rate gifs on the login screen. Have you not heard of epilepsy?
if you consider yourself my friend even a LITTLE bit, you better reblog this post
HEY KIDS IT'S A YO-YO BALL!
ITâS SO MUCH FUN
AND ITâS EASY TO DO
CAUSE WHERE EVER IT GOES
IT COMES BACK TO YOU!
Those things were fucking dangerous. I almost killed myself on more than one occasion as it propelled back towards my head at 100 mph.
DO NOT GIVE OR GET ANY VACCINATIONS FOR YOURSELF OR  YOUR KIDSâŠâŠâŠ..
Ok, lets break this down nice and simple.
Formaldehyde is from the purification of the vaccine. 99.9% of which is removed. The reason it doesnât give a dosage is so minuscule that it canât be measured without going into picograms. Thatâs one trillionth of a gram. You breathe in more formaldehyde by driving down a busy road than in a vaccine.
Thimerosal is NOT elemental mercury, It is a molecular compound made up of carbon, hydrogen, mercury, sodium, oxygen, and surfer. This is used as a preservative for the vaccine. Thimerosal is used in a variety of other things, like tattoo ink, facial creams, nasal sprays. Itâs toxic to humans only in fairly large quantities but highly toxic to aquatic born organisms like infectious bacteria. In short, it makes sure you donât get salmonella from a stray bacteria from the chicken embryos. As for the dosage of the Thimerosal. That is the most laughable point in this post. It says 25 mcg, thatâs micrograms, or one millionth of a gram. To put this in perspective, a dollar bill weighs roughly 1 gram, the average human eyelash is around 80-90 micrograms. The box also says that it contains a 5ml (milliliter/cc) vial which leads me to my next point.
A little simple math and we find out that 25 mcg = 0.00003 ml and a little more math we find that 0.00003 ml is 0.00006% of 5 ml. Let me put this another way. By the age of 5, an American child weighs about 50-55lbs and their body contains 55 mcg of Uranium. I donât see any kids running around with radiation sickness, so I think theyâre safe with a preservative in them. TL;DR: This is like saying you donât want your child eating their baked birthday cake because raw eggs were used to make it and you donât want your child getting salmonella from it.
THANK YOU
Reblogging for the commentary, not in support of the OP.
Antivax is just ignorant. Plain and simple, people just donât understand.
Fuck that antivax bullshit. Gonâ fuck around and bring back polio.
The 2014 International Congress of Obesity, a gathering of sober, serious âObesity expertsâ from around the globe, reduced accessibility at their conference by shutting off escalators as a petty prank to make fun of fat people. Fat people who would never be welcome at their hate-fest in the first place, because being fat necessarily disqualifies us from being âexpertsâ on fatness.
All of these frauds care about is Reddit-worthy gimmicks to shame fat people. âObesity expertsâ are bullies who will never have the slightest bit of concern for the health and well-being of fat people.
I can't even formulate a proper response to this other than some serious side-eye.
Hopefully, there are elevators for people with mobility issues. Otherwise, the administrators of this event have some serious issues that they need to work out.
Tbh you donât really have the right to judge what somebody else is putting in their body. Poor people crave soda and get their periods and have kids who want Cheetos sometimes too. Nobody is going through your grocery cart with a fine-toothed comb. Trust me, that alone is privilege. Carefully selecting the least judgmental looking cashier at a grocery store is a real life thing people deal with. I promise.
To me, this is the same thing as saying I canât buy something nice when I finally catch a tiny break in life. JUST BECAUSE WEâRE POOR DOESNâT MEAN WE DONâT WANT STUFF TOO. There is nothing worse than saving up for something you really want for a long time and then getting judged for it. I remember how much shit I got on here for posting about owning a MacBook (which was GIVEN to me, but I didnât specify that because itâs clearly nobodyâs business) and anyway it was just so discouraging and annoying. Like we donât deserve to have nice things. Whatever
Just to piggy back off of this , you only have so much foodstamps and the unhealthiest food last the longest and cost the cheapest. Is rather my kid eat junk than go without eating.
its not like cvs sells fruit and vegetables either
CVS is also extremely expensive when it comes to foods that aren't chips or things like that. Small bag of chips? 99 cents. Box of Rice Chex? $4.99.
Dia de los Muertos film
It turns out Pixar is doing a Dia de los Muertos film http://www.pixar.com/about/Upcoming
but there isnât any solid information about the plot or itâs characters
Mod note: it says theyâre making a South American film. -_-
This could be a very good movie, or a very cringe-worthy one. I have faith in Pixar.
Pixar people, if you are listening, please include people on your teams that actually celebrate the holiday! And make sure that you don't start substituting traditions. Dia de Los Muertos in Mexico is different than in Guatemala is different than in Ecuador.
With the proper research and respect to traditions, this may not be a bad movie!
