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“The saddest truth is realising you have fallen madly in love with what can never be.”

— Michael Faudet

“You’re in a relationship to be happy, to smile, to laugh, to make memories, to enjoy one another - and not to be constantly hurt and upset.”

— Unknown

shesayscheese

“I have infinite tenderness for you. I always will. My whole life.”

— Blue is the Warmest Color (2013)

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parakeet

lmao there is an entire subreddit called /r/dogfree where dog haters just hang out and talk about how much they hate dogs lmfao… like… how much free time do u have omg

mermaeedlahgoon

Tell me about it. I found out that my current boyfriend (with whom I’m living with) is part of this group and occasionally posts how much he hates my dog. 🙃

quotemadness

“If you ever find yourself in the wrong story, leave.”

— Mo Willems (via quotemadness)

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And suddenly it’s socially acceptable to cross the street to avoid another person.

Hello tumblr,

I’m back. This quarantine life has really done a number on me. Forgot this site even existed. Maybe I’ll find my sanity again? Who knows?

-A

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jesuisuneetoile

THIS IS MARRIAGE!!

Thats right!

Permission to be a bad ass. Nod.

He looks back at the guy like, “SEE THAT? SHE SAID YES. YOU’RE SO FUCKED.”

Like, guys. Sparta was so kick ASS sometimes when it came to women. Spartan women were given these small knives so that if their husbands came home and tried to hit them or assault them, they had a weapon within reach. That weapon was for CUTTING THEIR HUSBANDS’ FUCKING FACES so that when he went out in public everyone would know he was an asshole, abusing jerkface and they would publicly shame him.

wtfhistory

LET’S JUST TALK ABOUT SPARTAN WOMEN FOR A SECOND.

In Sparta, women could own land and were considered citizens. THAT IS A HUGE BIG FUCKING DEAL. Why? Because that was RARE AS FUCK and there are lots of places TODAY where women don’t even get that much.

Divorce was totally fine, and a woman could expect to keep her own wealth and get custody of the kids because paternal lineage wasn’t very important. And it didn’t make her a pariah! She could totally remarry, no big deal at all.

Spartan women participated in some fuckin’ badass sporting events, too. And because they were expected to be as physically fit as the Spartan menfolk (who all had to serve compulsory military duties, btw, and couldn’t marry until they finished them at thirty) they didn’t have time for lots of swishy dresses. So they wore notoriously short skirts. According to some accounts, their thighs were visible at all times. HOLY SHIT.

Also, In Sparta men only got their names on their graves if they died in battle. And women? Women only got their names on their graves if they died in childbirth. THE SPARTANS COMPARED CHILDBIRTH TO FUCKING BATTLE AND IT WAS VIEWED AS A GODDAMN BADASS AND HONORABLE WAY TO GO OUT.

FUCKING SPARTAN WOMEN. THIS DUDE HAD FUCKIN’ BETTER MAKE SURE SHE’S COOL WITH WHATEVER HE’S DOING, IF HE KNOWS WHAT’S FUCKIN’ GOOD FOR HIM.

justin-john-deactivated20181027

^^ I throughly enjoyed the history lesson dashed with the colorful adjectives.

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I mean, he knew she was Cersei… lol

ohdiogenes

And the women were trained the exact same way as men were. As children they were equals ; they were not allowed to wear clothing until a certain age and at that point they were sent away to a training camp until they were 18. It was only the men who were sent into the wilderness for an extra two years to ensure their strength for battle.

Plus the women could marry whomever they pleased and the men weren’t allowed to live with the women in their house until she said so. And they were tough in Sparta but also all about family. To have male offspring was good luck, to have female offspring was an honour.

This part of the movie was true; King Leonidas really did kill a man because he insulted his wife and he always ensured that he had his wife’s approval. And while Leonidas was away in battle she did rule Sparta on her own.

Sparta knew what was up.

tillythemenace

#Hiccstrid

saintdollyparton

As a historian I can confirm all of this is totally true and amazingly badass.

It’s also worthy of note that people like to romanticize Athens because of its democracy whereas Sparta was a hardened monarchy. But Athens was nowhere near as open for women as Sparta was.

hellosweetieitsconnor

I wanted to post this on here, because maybe it will get to @markiplier . This cap has a quote from Markiplier, as well as a unicorn (which is what my now boss called me when he hired me), and the initials are my parents (since they worked hard to put me through school).

Mark: I know this may never reach you, but I just wanted to share with you my cap for my Master’s graduation! I just graduated with my degree in Informatics (Computer Science and Mathematics). I got the quote from one of your videos. I wanted to say thank you for keeping me sane throughout my college career! It definitely helped to watch your videos when I was struggling writing papers and studying for exams! 😁 Some of your advice you have given other people really helped me to keep going and push on through. Not to mention, you made my friend and I laugh for hours. Keep making awesome videos!

If anyone could help me get this to Markiplier, that would be awesome! I’d just would really like to thank him and show him my graduation cap! 🎓👩🏼‍🎓

I can be petty too.

quotemadness

“You don’t have to accept things you are not okay with.”

— Unknown

disneybound

Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans but Disney flavors..."I think I'll be safe with a nice churro one, don't you? ...but alas...Pirates of the Caribbean water smell, but as a flavor."