The Impossibility of Being Human

Cassandra/ISTP/NYC  Instagram: gullibleskeptic

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[katreus]

[theflowerslooklikepeopleatlast]

In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.

The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the payoff of a reunion with it. Astonishingly, if given access to a small hoard of chocolate chips, the free rat would usually save at least one treat for the captive — which is a lot to expect of a rat.

The researchers came to the unavoidable conclusion that what they were seeing was empathy — and apparently selfless behavior driven by that mental state.

“A New Model of Empathy: The Rat” by David Brown, Washington Post

[stitchy-queerista]

OH MY.

[fuck-benedict-cumberbatch]

this just in: rats are more humane than humans

[navigatorsnorth]

@ruffboijuliaburnsides

[morganalefays]

no offense but im going to get better and im taking all of you up with me

[reanimateobjects]

[brucesterling]

*Sensational French tabloids of the Belle Epoque

[julienbakr]

harold, they’re lesbians

people are gay, steven 

i’m a lesbian, carl 

don’t be a transphobe, chad 

we support the gays, david 

i’m not jealous, flavio. i’m gay

[spiderinthecupboard-deactivated]

ah, the extended edition

[13lilies]

thinking about the girl who was abused so much by her former caretaker that she turned invisible(!), so moomin-mamma took her in + the moomins treated her with so much love and compassion that she slowly became visible again.

In Tuulikkis copy of “The invisible child”, Tove wrote: “Thank you for making me stop being invisible”

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Gustave Doré (1832-1883), ‘Dreams No Mortal Ever Dared to Dream Before’, Illustration for The Raven by E. A. Poe, 1883

[catchymemes]

Slightly uncomfortable dump

[ayusaurus]

OP I think we need to have a talk about your definition of “slightly uncomfortable” because my levels of rage skyrocketed faster than it took Thanos to snap his fingers

[senseitive]

who cares, do better, move on

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Artie Kallini. Anubis.

[sotick]

“People shouldn’t have to earn kindness. They should have to earn cruelty.”

— Maggie Stiefvater, forever (via flame)

[teenytinymoss]

Self care is putting on deodorant and remembering to brush your teeth. It’s getting fully dressed, taking a shower, and eating an actual meal for once. Do what you can. Self-care should not be a burden or a check off the tumblr aesthetic checklist.