[nevaehtyler]

This incredibly pure and important 

[asapwalky]

“scam on” 😂😂

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💞💗💟💓💕💖

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[snumelhp]

wow amazing #WomensMarch.

[thepotientialofadream-deactivat]

This is sooo many people. It has to be the biggest in world history or something

[snumelhp]

[nihilisticspace]

from @ lizhenry on twitter

[reactionfaces]

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Co-Director of GetEqual, Angela Peoples

[kingjaffejoffer]

Why Is AriZona Iced Tea Cheaper Than Water?

The company's enormous vats of iced tea are cheaper than pure water. What kind of sorcery is this?

Despite being a bladder-shattering 23.5 ounces, cans of AriZona iced tea have never wavered from the 99-cent price point introduced shortly after the drink debuted in 1992. It’s even printed on the label as a way of warding off sugar-water price gouging by retailers.

The fact that AriZona has been able to resist inflation for nearly a quarter-century is impressive. The fact that the cans usually wind up being cheaper than smaller soft drinks is also impressive, until you begin to realize how strange it is that a vat of iced tea and its accompanying ingredients somehow manages to be less expensive than plain water.

In a recent interview with Thrillist, AriZona chief marketing officer and co-owner Spencer Vultaggio shed some light on this convenience store mystery.

Unlike water titans Coke (which distributes Dasani), Evian, or Fiji, AriZona has virtually no advertising dollars invested in their teas. “We feel like it’s more important to spend money on something that our customer really cares about, instead of buying billboards or putting our cans in the hands of some celebrity for a few minutes,” Vultaggio said.

Even with a frugal approach to ads, AriZona still has to deal with rising production costs. To help resist increasing prices to compensate, the company has pursued alternative manufacturing methods, using 40 percent less aluminum in cans and having enough factories dotting the country to make transportation more efficient. Bottled water, in contrast, is sometimes sourced from abroad, making for exorbitant shipping costs.

In the end, it’s not the iced tea that’s more economical than the water; it’s that the container it comes in is simply cheaper to produce and transport. And while AriZona isn’t above charging a premium for fancier drinks—like a tea brewed with oak chips that sells for twice the price—their branding depends heavily on those familiar rows of 99-cent cans and the loyal consumers who keep reaching for them.

[thatdiva]

[athelind]

“Where has all our money gone?”

“Hey, look! There’s lots of money over there!”

“No, no, don’t look at us, look over THERE, where there’s NO MONEY AT ALL.”

[heroofthreefaces]

“If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.” Lyndon B. Johnson

[bodysanctuary]

For Blackout, I thought I’d post some of my photography, if you’re not too busy and interested in seeing some new art consider checking out my website, photography tumblr, or even my less organized instagram, and if you’re in New York City, maybe we can shoot something magical <3

[alienpapacy]

you’d think the world’s most powerful laser would be tenured

[roachpatrol]

in this economy?

[pragnificent]

14-year-old accused of killing father, family says girl is ‘hero who saved them all’

WARREN, Ohio– A 14-year-old girl is behind bars, facing aggravated murder charges for killing her father, but her family says she did it to protect her mother and her family.

“She is my hero; I wasn’t strong enough to get out and she helped me,” said Brandi Meadows, mother of Bresha Meadows, who is currently being held in the Trumbull County Family Court on a charge of murdering her 41-year-old father, Jonathan Meadows.

With tears flowing down her face, Brandi Meadows told the Fox 8 I-Team that her husband abused her for years but she was afraid to leave.

She had filed for a protective order five years ago but later dismissed it.

“I am so sorry she had to go through this,” Brandi said Thursday. “She is my hero. She helped me; she helped all of us so we could have a better life.”

Bresha Meadows is accused of shooting her father in their Warren home during the early morning hours of July 28. Her mother called 911 right after the shooting took place.

The girl’s attorney, Ian Friedman, said Bresha is a child that faced years of abuse at the hands of her father, and she witnessed her mother being abused.

“She wanted to protect her Mom,” Friedman said.

Bresha allegedly used her father’s gun to shoot him. Family members say the father often threatened them with that very gun.

“Using that gun around the house, to intimidate, everyone in the home was terrified,” Friedman said.

There’s a link to the gofundme at the article. Please help this girl if you can. 

[pragnificent]

It’s been more than a hundred days, Bresha is still being held in a juvenile detention facility and has been on suicide watch. The family still needs help, so please reblog and donate if you can.   

[urbanrealism]

To have someone understand your mind is a different kind of intimacy.

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need

[micdotcom]

[ionaonie]

micdotcom:

Hundreds of plumbers travel to Flint to help out for free

Hundreds of plumbers from across the United States traveled to Flint, Michigan, to help out embattled residents on Saturday. It’s a heartwarming episode in what has otherwise been a nightmare saga for the city of 99,000. The plumbers’ work could be a game changer for Flint residents.

[bisexualityislegit]

Do people not realize when they suddenly lose interest in someone solely because they find out they’re bi… or even if they find out they’re not a “gold star lesbian”.. that’s biphobic/pretty fucking wrong and you’re making said person wish they were straight or gay or making them ashamed of their past. You’re contributing to making someone insecure about their sexuality. It fucking hurts. So don’t try to word your way around it.

[zeier]

It’s strange really… the way a place can mean worlds to one person but absolutely nothing to the next.

- zeier (2016)