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Made this into a gif bc Iâm a Tom Rosenthal Simp đ
I did this instead of homework.
Finally someone using this song in a gay way
this is the most Iâve ever watched of this show
i dont know what i was expecting from this when i turned the sound on but it w a s n t this
this broke me
Iâm a little terrified
1 second of every Horrible Histories song
Wait.... you are gay? Why?
It started off as a 7 day free trial, but I forgot to cancel so here we are.
He is 100% morally right to do this. Not to make a funny cool video into a âtopicâ but how about we start talking more about how tow companies are part of a predatory system in which trivial errors are given harsh legal penalties for the sole purpose of generating money? Sometimes not even errors on your part. Your car could break down or get wrecked and you still have to pay impound fees if you canât get back to it fast enough. Your car can get STOLEN BY CAR THIEVES and you still have to pay impound fees. You could be driving, suffer a heart attack or stroke, have to abandon your vehicle to go to the hospital and have to pay impound fees. You could park legally, get injured or mugged or lost or otherwise unable to get back to your car before the parking expires and have to pay impound fees. You could DIE while youâre out with your car and your family will have to pay impound fees.
The fees start in the hundreds and increase every day the car isnât retrieved. This can take away someoneâs only mode of transportation and cost them their entire job and ability to live. Maybe forty or fifty years ago anybody with a car could be reasonably assumed to have some savings or a friend or family who could help with this and it was just a âdarn it! My poor wallet! Aw man!â situation but today itâs more often a âguess I need to beg for public donations or kill myselfâ situation.
My husband's car was stolen. We reported it to the police, the insurance company gave us appropriate compensation, we went and bought a new one.
29 days after the theft, we got a phone call from a tow company. They had found the car abandoned in the side of the road a DAY after it was stolen, impounded it, and started racking up fees. They're legally required to contact the owner within 30 days, so that's what they were doing.
We were stumped, so we called the insurance company and asked them what we should do. They said, "Let us handle it."
They wound up having to pay the tow company TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS.
One of my coffee shop co-workers got arrested at work once, she ended up having to spend three days in the county jail (unpaid traffic tickets leading to a suspended license; getting pulled over on a suspended license that she didnât know had been suspended leading to being charged with a misdemeanor; failure to appear leading to a bench warrant; and this is how you end up in jail for one traffic ticket the system is abusive and targets the poor). A dipshit small-town cop was cruising around behind businesses and scanning license plates to see if he could get his quota up.
When the cops put her in the back of their car they started to call the tow company at which point my boss was like â????? Why? Sheâs in my parking lot? The car can stay.â
The cop was like âwell, she doesnât have a right to leave her car here so weâre going to tow it, sheâs getting arrested, she has to deal with the consequencesâ
And thankfully (in this situation) my boss was an asshole and he was like âLook, man, I give free coffee to everyone who matters in town, the city council likes me more than they like you, the police chief knows me better than she knows you, if you bring a tow truck into my lot to take this car when I, the business owner, have not called to have a car towed and she, the car owner, has not called for a tow Iâm going to go to walk into your station and file a report for grand theft auto.â
My boss ended up actually taking her keys and driving the car back to her apartment, which is good because the dipshit cop showed up at the end of my shift to hassle me about âloiteringâ in the back of the coffee shop where Iâd just locked up and blocked me in with his cruiser asking where the other car had gone because he was going to have it towed.
We did the math on it and if our boss hadnât prevented the tow it would have cost over $900 in impound fees for the 3 days sheâd spend in jail. At that point minimum wage was $8/hr and we made *a tiny bit* more than that so basically it would have cost this girl over a hundred hours (nearly three weeks worth of work with the way our hours shook out at the coffee shop) to get her car back.
Anyway that same year the cops in that city towed a car to the city yard, opened up the hatchback, and shot a guy who had been sleeping in his car:
Also in 2009, Â at Approximately 3:30 a.m. Jan 30, a Sierra Madre police officer discovered a Nissan SUV within the city that had been reported stolen. The Nissan was towed back to the rear of the police station on Sierra Madre Blvd. To their surprise officers opened the hatchback of the SUV and found a man in the vehicleâs cargo area where he had allegedly been sleeping under a blanket. Why the officer(s) didnât see the individual before the car was towed has been the subject of much speculation and supposition. 46-year-old Jason Jensen, had allegedly been living in the car that had been reported as stolen . SMPDâs Amos then shot Jensen with a single round to the upper torso. The internal investigation was completed and placed Amos is back on duty.Â
(the car wasnât actually stolen, there was an ownership conflict and it had been reported stolen by a co-owner, not that sleeping in a stolen car justifies getting shot by the goddamned cops)
So, you know, fuck the police.
And look, Iâm a reasonable person, I understand that sometimes someone blocks you in and needs to be towed, thatâs an actual matter of public safety; I get that when someone is in an accident there has to be a place to put the car until theyâre able to claim it.
But if youâre saying it costs more per day to maintain the space and insurance for a car in an impound lot than it costs for me to stay in The fucking Roosevelt then I say youâre a liar and an extortionate thief, you bloodsucking parasites.
Anyway, if you live in California call your representative about Assembly Bill 516, which would make it harder for police to tow cars.
Advice I wish I wouldâve followed or been given.
And you can still do it now
fun fact: one of the best ways to keep your mind sharp is to continue learning new skills as you grow older! itâs never too late to learn how to make your own clothes or resurrect the dead or grow beautiful flowers.
Um
REALLY?
REALLY?!!
Can everybody please STOP with this bullshit?!
You know, while weâre on the subject, I met with a good friend a little while back for coffee. She told me that she and her husband had purchased essential oils for weight loss. She had been instructed by a salesperson to put a few drops of essential oils (I want to say they were grapefruit and mint) in a large container of water and to drink this several times a day.
She did lose weight. In some regard, this was effective. But she lost the weight because she felt too physically ill to eat. She reported feeling nauseated and lethargic all the time. She reported vomiting after most meals. I sat in the coffee shop and pulled up website after website, explaining why consuming essential oils is dangerous and why essential oil sales reps should not be trusted. Because the essential oils actually did make her lose weight, she was reluctant to stop, but being a sensible person, she did agree to stop consuming them. And sheâs not a stupid person. She and her husband are both well-off, college-educated people.
Long story short, this shit is evil. It prays on peopleâs insecurities. I would say itâs modern snakeoil, but I think itâs actually worse. To the best of my knowledge, snakeoil was not a MLM scheme.
DO NOT CONSUME ESSENTIAL OILS!!!
These are for aromatherapy only, and they're not going to cure your ailments! At most they can help you relax (lavender and camomile) or help with symptoms like congestion or nausea (peppermint). And that's if you USE THEM PROPERLY AND DON'T EAT IT DUMBASS. Get a defuser god damn. And while they can help with cold symptoms, they can't cure your cold. Take some nyquil or drink lots of orange juice or something.
ESSENTIAL OILS ARE FOR LIKE, PUTTING IN A FUCKING HUMIDIFIER AND GENTLY WAFTING TOWARDS YOUR FACE
EXTRACTS ARE THE ONES YOU EAT
DO NOT PUT ESSENTIAL OILS ON THE INSIDE OF YOUR BODY
THIS HAS BEEN AN ALL CAPS RECAP
YOU FUCKEN NUMPTIES
Important because I saw someone substitute essential oil for peppermint extract in some âhealthyâ cookies on Instagram
I LAUGHED SO HARD
ok but unironically: on paw patrol, there's a 'recycling dog' who I think is just a bin man, and it's the only dog described as a 'mongrel'. this dog also apparently does not bathe, which is a running gag. paw patrol denigrates the working class, especially those that fulfil important but undesirable jobs
Oh cool we love classist indoctrination
Pawpaganda
The Misogyny and Authoritarianism of âPaw Patrolâ
reminds me of this article i came across a little while ago
yknow, when you first hear âPaw Patrol is classist police state propagandaâ, you think that sounds stupid as fuck
but then this shit happens and we are reminded that we live in a dystopian nightmare
of course it sounds stupid as fuck, itâs supposed to if you make a product seem innocuous like âlittle elf man who watches your kids and reports back to santaâ it makes it a lot harder for people to be taken seriously when they call you out like âhey, this toy is pro surveillance state propagandaâ because the notion that something so innocent could have such a horrid motive behind it sounds absolutely absurd and most people would just take it as a joke and laugh it off
truly cannot believe that people are still out here hating either sansa or dany bc they want one of them to be with jonâs crusty ass. he doesnât deserve either of them and the greyjoy siblings are right there.
straight people should have to wear âVISITORâ badges when they go to gay bars
WHY are hets so mad at this post I thought you didnât want to get hit on at gay bars hereâs a solution
who the FUCK told society that depression and awkwardness is cute and adorable
bad screenwriters
John Green
john green is not the problem john greenâs fans are the problem
Reblogging SO fast.
With the added caveat that no author is or will ever be perfect.
Stop Blaming John Green for Stuff Heâs Not Guilty Of 2kForever
This meme I found on twitter describes survivorship bias in politics better than I could
How Republicans react to ideas like free healthcare and student debt forgiveness.
Why Wayne got socks in the jacuzzi
those are his hooves you bitch
Why Wayne got socks in the jacuzzi
those are his hooves you bitch
Anna of Cleeves (1540, colorized)