C'est la Vie

27. For a pessimist, I’m pretty optimistic

[thebelchers]

[theneolistickid]

Bats illuminated by lightning

[later0varies-deactivated2022022]

That’s about as Halloween as it gets….

[fruitshow]

Oooo bitch ain’t this THE MOOD!

[feministism]

[babyanimalgifs]

[1-800-babybrat-deactivated20180]

“she’s gonna fill this pool today, got me fucked up”

[theseriouscynic]

“I’ll wait”

[therandomthoughtsofjae]

Dogs memory is so precious.

[spaceshipsandpurpledrank]

And she a husky? Oh they petty by nature, they was gonna make sure you remembered.

[antigone-ks]

Well I did not expect to be told to smile when I had 2 boxes of tampons, a large box of Midol, and a bag of chocolate in my basket, but I guess some dudes have a death wish.

[notanadult]

… holy SHIT. That is peak contender-for-darwin-awards RIGHT THERE.

[drgrlfriend]

I was walking home from the hospital after having miscarried my first pregnancy and some dude told me to smile. I swear to god I have never been closer to homicide, and I think it would have been ruled justifiable.

[yodas-yo-yo]

I was weeping quietly on a train, having returned home from a funeral, and the guy sitting opposite me leaned over and told me I shouldn’t be sad and needed to smile more.

[knitmeapony]

I had just learned my grandfather had died, and was heading down in the elevator to call my mom to find out about the arrangements, when an older man told me to smile and then called me a bitch for not responding.

[whitejenna]

Had to go to the bank after euthanizing our 18 year old cat. Could barely remember my routing number while filling out the deposit form, and an older man told me to smile.

[ardwynna]

I was walking home from a test I knew I had aced and I was grinning ear to ear, and some guy in the street yelled at me, “What you smiling at, bitch?”

[airtrafficcontroller]

Wow men really be like that

[andkool]

[priceofliberty]

Report: 95% Of Grandfathers Got Job By Walking Right Up And Just Asking

[lesb0]

Fun story my history teacher told us: his grandfather during the industrial revolution walked past a flyer which said “looking for smart strong boys” so he went into the factory, said “i’m strong and smart”, and he had that job from age 13 to 78

[kaiitea]

and this is why they expect the younger generation to simply “get a job” ahh it’s so much clearer now

[entwinedmoon]

#basically everyone aged Baby Boomer and up #still can’t wrap their heads around the fact that there’s no such thing as ‘just walking in’ anymore #like the majority of jobs you’d actually want require online applications and you’re lucky to get a rejection email  (via halffizzbin)

Here’s another fun story: My boss decided to slap my work phone number on all the ads we post looking for newspaper carriers. So I receive a bunch of calls from people looking for jobs. Working only part time, I’m not usually there when they call, so they have to leave a message and I take their info to pass on to my boss. Sometimes it can be weeks before my boss calls any of these applicants back, if at all. How the callers respond to not getting a callback varies. Most don’t do anything, but some call again. If the person sounds young, they may leave another message clarifying their qualifications and reaffirming their interest. If the person is old, and I can always hear it in their voice, they respond by getting mad, threatening to cancel their newspaper subscription, and occasionally swearing. The older generation is used to getting a callback, and an immediate one, so they throw a tantrum when they don’t get what they want.

And everyone calls Millennials entitled.

[truckerjbthemd]

Mind. Blown.

[spaghettisaurusrex]

This is great info, but the way the headline is phrased made it sound like they got the job of being a grandfather by walking right up and just asking

[mayalaen]

Older generations also started out in the shittiest of shit positions, but quickly moved up if they proved themselves and worked HARD.

So when a boomer or older sees a “whiny millennial crying about how they want $15/hour for flipping burgers” it’s because they think it’s still that easy to get recognized for doing a great job, so it must be the millennial’s fault for not trying hard enough to get noticed and move up the ladder.

Older generations don’t realize employers now don’t give a shit about the people working for them, don’t recognize when someone is a valued employee, don’t move them up in the company, and don’t increase pay based on work performance.

Employers now are too focused on keeping the hours per employee down so they don’t have to give them insurance and forcing them to work as hard as possible while also paying them next to nothing.

This is NOT how it used to be, and once a boomer or older really realizes this, they get super pissed at what has happened to the workplace these days. I’ve seen it happen with my parents and grandparents. My uncle didn’t realize it until he got a job at Walmart that lasted for two months because he couldn’t take it anymore and didn’t move up the ladder.

My grandfather was a really good businessman back in the day, and when I laid it all out for him, he was livid and said “that’s NOT how you get good employees. You get good employees by treating them like a human being, paying them what they’re worth, and pushing them to do better by following through on promises you’ve made to reward them for that good behavior and showing that you’re worthy of their respect and hard work by working hard yourself.”

The more the media and capitalism corrupts everyone, the more we take sides, the less we empathize with each other. It’s not as much a baby boomer problem as it is a corruption problem and lies being shoved down everyone’s throats, separating everyone to the point where they hate each other.

[thefloatingstone]

divide and conquer.

[pukicho]

Remember to drink water babes

[i-like-pans7]

No

[pukicho]

Then become the dirt I walk on.

[nataleaf]

Every post like this hits me so hard bc op always swings back with a new type of bat and I’m never prepared for it

[boarcriminal-deactivated2018052]

if you’re a baby gay and this is your first pride, watch your drinks! men are trash across all sexualities

[mezzalunanova]

I know boys don’t get these talks so let me clarify:

This doesn’t just mean alcohol

Don’t accept any open drinks

After you get your unopened drink, you keep it in your site

You have to go to the bathroom so you leave your drink on a table? That drink is now dead to you.

You’ve been holding your drink way low out of your eyesight and people are crowding? That drink is now suspect.

Stay safe, babies

[cherrycoloredsky-archive]

Also: Rohypnol (a date rape drug) tastes VERY SALTY. If your drink is suddenly salty, STOP DRINKING IMMEDIATELY. 

[bigmouthlass]

Buddy system, y'all. If your friend is acting *way* drunker than they should, take them to an Urgent Care or ER. Date rape drugs can kill you.

[elusive-suggestions]

always rb

[coneybitch]

rb for the advice

[captainx-camino]

And not just the boys, but girls too.

Just because you’re in a bar or club with only other women does not mean you are inherently safe.

My best friend got drugged by a girl in an all female bar and was almost raped in the bathroom.

Always remember to be careful.

[bando--grand-scamyon]

Alllll of this. I’ve seen some shit at pride man… Be safe

[atane-deactivated20200604]

White girl nearly dies from eating ‘spicy’ Doritos.

[mariannadominicana-deactivated2]

Oh my god

[hamartiology]

weak bitch deserved it

[onlyblackgirl]

LMAOOOOOOOOOOO

[stuffinspace-deactivated2017100]

Aah tumblr. Such a wonderful site.

So, after doing some research into this I found out a few things.

The chips pictured above are Doritos new Roulette bag. They’re filled with mostly Nacho Cheese flavored chips and a couple ultra-spicy chips. Now, the ultra-spicy chips are coated with flavoring that measures 78,000 on the Scoville Heat Scale. For comparison, the Jalapeño pepper only measures 1000-4000 on it.

The girl pictured above is Beth, a 14 year old girl who has asthma. After eating the chip she began to struggle to breathe and feared she could die if it lead to a full-blown asthma attack. Then just a week later she had a asthma attack at school which she believes was linked to her eating the chip.

“I couldn’t stop crying. It was the worst attack I’ve ever had. It was terrifying.” - Beth

It’s sad to see a post with so many people laughing at a girl with breathing problems who legitimately thought she might die.

[buuuluska]

It’s called racist.

[andivhs]

[the-absolute-best-memes]

things about to get reeeal good

[exu--lan--sis]

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.”

— Margaret Mead (via naturaekos)

[flipflibberinflippinghell]

We stan

[ohlookatalkingpotato]

[ohlookatalkingpotato]

I jerk off to you so often

so this is what i come back to after being MIA for months XP

[yuripink]

i feel like im in the sims where it takes 5 hours to make pasta and then u have to immediately go to bed

[thebootydiaries]

friend who lives hundreds of miles away: i made food

me: can i have some

[slothgangang]

friend who lives hundreds of miles away: yes

[boomstab-papa]