#whatswrongwithamerica

[setitgood]

to be young, naive, and privileged 😳😠😢 don't they teach history, diversity and respect anymore?

[yvainamour]

being a girl sux cause its like since birth ur a target

or being black

or muslim

or gay

fuck

[mytruthandbeliefs]

What is Wrong With America

Being very serious here, I think I figured out what is wrong with America. This may be a bit long- so either grab your cup of coffee or drink of choice, sit down and read, or skip this completely if you don’t want to read what I think. I feel that the lack of respect, manners, and the personal touch is what is missing, America. We need to get back to the real basics. 

1. Parents need to teach manners to and lead by example with their children. With that comes having kids learn they can’t have everything or always be the winner. 

2. People should show common courtesy to one another even if we live in a world where we are worried about eye contact, stranger danger, and neighbors don’t even know each others’ names. 

3. It is up to each of us to better ourselves. Handouts shouldn’t be a way of life. We should all have self respect and try to rise above our raising if it isn’t what we feel is the best we can be. 

4. Companies should remember that it is the personal touch that brings in the customer and instills customer loyalty. Just these four small rules would make this country a lot better place to live. I am reading a book about gas stations and it started the thought process. I remember my daddy pulling in to get gas and a man in a company uniform came out, lifted the hood, checked oil, hoses, tire pressure, and filled our tank. There were even incentives and plastic dinosaurs as rewards for choosing a particular station. The driver was appreciated. Yes, the creation of customer loyalty through service was a product of the little touches each company brought to the table. When I go to the grocery store I see self service lines and regular lanes. As a kid and even young adult there was something special about going to the grocer. There were meat markets in most neighborhoods, but the grocery store had a real butcher who could talk to you about a cut of meat and make suggestions. There was gossip to be shared at the register, even in a big city like Houston. If you wanted to know what was happening with the local little league teams- here was your facebook.  Fran was one of my favorite Checkers (as in “all Checkers to the front”) and she always asked about our family. I knew her from the time I was fifteen until I was in my thirties. S & H Green stamps, Bonus Stamps or something similar were given for customer loyalty for money spent. It was a given that when your groceries were bagged they would be taken to your vehicle and be loaded for you. You tipped the bag boy and he thanked you. Even the fast food service industry seemed to cater to the customer more in the past than it does now. One slogan was “Have it Your Way”. We are lucky now to get home and have our complete order. To ask for it to be made as we requested is almost too much to ask. You can get tacos, burgers, and breakfast all at the same place now. Where are the specialty items that made a place special?   When I was a child I went to school and said the Lord’s Prayer- later it became a moment of silence for prayer or meditation. I also recited the Pledge of Allegiance each morning from the time I started Kindergarten. In Elementary school it was followed up with My Country Tis of Thee sung every single day. I asked some kids the other day and not a one of them from kindergarten through the eighth grade even knew the song. I run a Summer Camp and I have everyone recite the Pledge and I had a  teenager on her first day not do it. I asked her why she didn’t and she said she didn’t feel like it. DIDN’T FEEL LIKE IT? When did that ever become an option? It really ruined my morning. Apparently, schools today do not require the Pledge- it is an OPTION if it is said at all. I wonder how many gas stations are out there that still give full service as a rule? Last I knew, only one or two  still required gas to be pumped and I applaud it. I saw one in Boston and used it, surprised that the gas was only ten cents a gallon more. I use the here in Houston that is only a mile or so from my my house. This helps keep/create jobs, makes businesses try harder to keep customers, and allows the customer to see what the personal touch does in bonding and building a relationship with a business. Go to the grocery store and see how many of those lanes are open when It comes time to check out. It doesn’t matter if it is self service, 12 items or less, or a regular lane, most won’t be open, anyway. The cashier usually seems bored, they can’t give change when given cash, and God forbid they have to do a price check because the scanner didn’t pick up the bar code. The personal touch is completely gone. There is seldom a real butcher at the store since so many chains now have frozen meat shipped in from warehouses. I have bagged or loaded my own groceries into my cart more often than not in the past few years. Common Courtesy. Have you walked up to a door and opened it, holding it a little longer for the next person who followed you? So many times the person or people do not say thank you or even acknowledge that the door was held for them. Try it, if you haven’t and see the result. I work with children on a daily basis and most of them answer with, “yeah” or “huh” as though that is what I am wanting to hear. I am continually correcting them to say, “Yes, Yes, Ma'am, and Excuse me”. They do not use these words at home or school and do not hear them at home so it is hard for them to remember to use them around me. I will accept nothing less. I have had more than one parent tell me that they don’t have their children use ma'am or sir because a person has to earn respect and their child is too young to know if someone has earned their respect. I don’t know when that became popular or who it was that started spouting that nonsense. I use ma'am and sir and have people tell me not to call them that because they are not old. WHAT? That is part of the problem with our country right there. But, our biggest problem is that people feel entitled to things. Children don’t believe they have to earn rewards or awards. When did that happen? Show up and play ball, nobody wins and everybody gets a trophy! No. There has to be a winner and a loser or these children will never understand how it feels to achieve at something. What does this teach our upcoming generations? I always strove to have the best grades, to be the best, do the best. What motivation is there now? The same sense of entitlement carries over into other areas of life. Our country is now into third and fourth generations of families receiving welfare. Where is the motivation or drive to do better and become self sufficient when things have been handed to you your whole life? When there is no self respect, other areas in a person’s life are also lacking. Okay, I have had my say and put in my two cents worth. Now that I have solved America’s problems, I can move on to my own.

[lmaoitzickeyyy]

It's unfair a female can show a little skin, be all cute and what not then BOOM tumblr famous… So here I am showing some skin, being all cute and what not. Am I famous yet?!

[thesqueakyvoice]

America's FuckedUp Home Videos

When I was young I loved watching America's Funniest Home Videos. Bob Saget doing the funny voices, cute and cool animals, broken bones, traumatizing kids - wait, what?

Between the genuine accidents, wow moments, and crazy animals there was definitely a dark side to the hilarity. And unfortunately, of all the aspects, it was this that grew in popularity over the years.

What is the matter with people who enjoy this "entertainment"?

Some people would consider this 'entertainment' as 'schadenfreude'. But in reality, this is just a soft core voyeuristic sadistic/masochistic relationship between the 'entertainers' and the audience.

What's normal about seeing someone in pain, self inflicted or accidental otherwise, and enjoying it?