we told you this was melodrama.

+ annabel; 31; graphic designer and avid procrastinator; a queer mess x

[babyfoxcollectionthings]

[thisiswhymomworries]

my parents: don’t worry sweetie you’ll understand when you move out and have a house of your own :)

me, in this economy: a what

[thisiswhymomworries]

my parents: don’t worry sweetie you’ll understand when you get married and have a husband :)

me, a known gay: a what

[thisiswhymomworries]

my parents: don’t worry sweetie you’ll understand when you start a family and have your first baby :)

me, an asexual: A WHAT

[exomoon]

my parents: our little girl is growing into a woman! me, a nonbinary: a what

[you-looked-at-mysecrets-deactiv]

my parents: our boy is growing into a strong man me, a nonbinary: a what

[exoskyll]

my parents: can you tell us the SI unit of power, equivalent to one joule per second, corresponding to the power in an electric circuit in which the potential difference is one volt and the current one ampere? me: a watt

[cockyhorror]

the large man who just obliterated my front door: you’re a wizard harry

me, just harry: a what

[world-heritage-posts]

world heritage post

[sulietsexual]

If Stranger Things Was An 80s Anime

[dankmemeuniversity]

[jackvanzet]

https://www.instagram.com/jackvanzet/

[rocknrox]

[jeniferprince]

evelyn hugo and celia st. james 

[hebihime-deactivated20191114]

[memewhore]

[serenata-your-neighborhood-lefty]

Boss made a dollar

I made a dime,

That was a poem

From a simpler time.

Now boss makes a thousand

And gives us a cent

While he’s got employees 

Who can’t pay the rent.

So when boss makes a million

And the workers make jack

Then that’s when we riot

And take our lives back.

#WorkingClassSolidarity

[coolkidsofhistory]

A 17-year old Frida Kahlo poses for a family photo wearing a traditional gentleman’s 3-piece suit, 1924

[vladtheunfollower]

[v-kusno]

im convinced horses can read eachothers minds after watching this

[eilinknight]

I love the gaggle of ducks waddling outside and then immediately deciding as a group that it’s too frickin cold

[mckitterick]

the bison exploding a giant hay bale, dancing cows - farm animals playing!

[whatistigerbalm]

Can somebody explain that huge line of chickens

[mrswhozeewhatsis]

I was just about to say, “That line of chickens, though!” 😂😂😂

[buttheirintuitionsmagic-deactiv]

This was the best part of my day

[luvvnaturalswirlss]

[mysharona1987]

[scholarlyapproach]

DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO CEREAL!!!

Listen in the past the poor have had to improvise cheap food the rich never wanted as a means to survive. And over the many years of innovation made the food taste good until eventually the rich where like: “Oh hay you actually like that garbage? Why on earth would you like it?” Then they try it, love it, start buying it, and then drive the price up so much it becomes a luxury good.

They do this and its devastating, the food typically never becomes affordable again. It don’t matter how cheap the foo dis to produce, it doesn’t matter if there is almost no meat on the bone or its super difficult to eat and messy. Once the poor discover how to make some bit of cheap food taste good, the rich take it away via driving the price of it up.

THEY DID THIS TO RIBS.

Ribs were garage meat. Just look at them, there is hardly any meat on the bone, you have to eat them by hand usually, and they are messy. They where an undesirable cheap source of junk meat. But the poor being the poor made them taste good. (Because they don’t have much to choose from.) The rich discovered the meals the poor made with them and decided they liked ribs too. People discovered they could sell a few ribs to rich people and make way more money then selling lots of ribs to poor people and the price was driven up.

DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO CEREAL!!!

[askmace]

They did the same to brisket.  You used to be able to get brisket for less than a dollar a pound, which meant you could get a twenty pound brisket fairly cheaply.  And then you smoked it, sliced it, and had meat for weeks if not a full month.  And it was tasty.  I grew up eating brisket at least once a month because my family could afford it.

It was a cheap meat because no rich person looks at the dangly part of the neck of a cow and goes ‘ooh, that looks tasty!’.

But then Food Network started showcasing things like barbecued brisket.  Rich people started showing up at places that weren’t just Rib Crib to get their barbeque.  And the price of brisket went up.  A lot.

I regularly see it for over five dollars a pound in stores now.  And while yeah, that might not seem like a lot when you’re talking only a pound or two of meat, brisket is normally sold in ten to twenty pound sizes.  It’s become completely unaffordable to the people that made it delicious.

Sushi used to be really cheap, too, until it became ‘trendy’.  Guess why you’re now paying twelve dollars for your order of California rolls?  Because rich people discovered something that poor people had been eating for ages.

Noticed the prices of fajita meat, chicken thighs, or ham hocks has gone up recently?  You guessed it.  Rich people are taking our food and now we’re scrambling to afford the things that we grew up eating.

[auroraluciferi]

Lobster is a perfect example of this phenomenon.  For hundreds of years, lobster was regarded as a sort of insect larvae from the depth of the sea. It had zero appeal as a “luxury food” until people living in NY and Boston developed a taste for it. Before the 19th century, it was considered a “poverty food” or used as fertilizer and bait - some household servants specified in employment agreements that they would not eat lobster more than twice a week. It was also commonly served at prisons, which tells you something about prison food.

Only by cleverly marketing lobster as an indulgence for the privileged made it cost so much. It became a vehicle for enormous profit spawning a multi-billion dollar global industry in the process. This mythical affection for lobster flesh - not its practical value in terms of taste, nutrition, or any other reasonable consideration - drives its value.

[blackwitchmagicwoman-deactivate]

LMAO. Wait.

[thegrimmlovely]

Anyone else’s eye twitchin?

[strongorcbutch-deactivated20220]

Food gentrification is a long standing practice and it’s some of the most evil shit I can think of. It’s why I refuse for example as someone living in the US to buy things with Quinoa in them. It is specifically pricing an indigenous population out of their prime staple food. It’s a horrific invasion of one of the final requirements of staying alive.

[theauspolchronicles]

Thousands of people have protested around the world calling on the Australian government to act on climate change.

[highwaythroughtheskies]

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[theauspolchronicles]

Hey yo

Fuck Scott Morrison!

[theauspolchronicles]

Oh wow he just defunded the peak body representing Indigenous survivors of domestic violence! Fuck Scott Morrison!

[theauspolchronicles]

He decided to suddenly shove public sector departments together to “make things more efficient” by the totally illogical step of combining Art with Transport! That makes no sense! Fuck Scott Morrison!

[theauspolchronicles]

While NSW burns and Sydney’s air is unbreathable instead of addressing it he held a press conference to announce his revised religious discrimination bill that’ll make it easier for people to discriminate against LGBTQIA+ people! What an insensitive piece of shit! Fuck Scott Morrison!

[theauspolchronicles]

Wow! The fires are still devastating the eastern states and so Morrison’s decided to fuck off on an early overseas holiday with his family so he’ll conveniently not be nearby for any questions as to why his government isn’t doing more!  Fuck Scott Morrison!

[theauspolchronicles]

Merry Christmas everyone! Just a reminder that before Morrison was PM he was social services minister where he announced - just before Christmas - that he was cutting millions from homelessness support services. Fuck Scott Morrison!

[theauspolchronicles]

After resisting calls to compensate hard working firefighters who have lost massive amounts of income from tackling the unprecedentedly massive bushfires, Scott Morrison finally said that we should - only to make the criteria for that compensation really strict so as to make it hard for any of them to even get! Fuck Scott Morrison!

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

6 Questions to ask when you’re making a tough decision

1. What option would I choose if I knew I would definitely succeed?

2. What would I do if I didn’t feel scared?

3. Who can I talk to who’s been in my shoes?

4. What are the likely outcomes of each choice and decision?

5. What is the worst thing that could happen; what is the best thing that could happen?

6. Am I making this decision for myself, or am I choosing to please other people?