black is the new black

taylor. 26. austin, tx. i like sunglasses, italian food, crossfit, the color black, yoga, and the word "chill." Sometimes I laugh too loud.

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[lomasdope]

a relationship with a good flirt to roast ratio

[twentythreeskeet]

[deanpinterester]

hashtag animashun

[insideguppysworld]

This is so cute!

[candiikismet]

Soooo adorable

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[tahthetrickster]

[mattchew03]

[art-woonz]

Art by: Ms.Cat

Instagram: @artwoonz

[firelord-frowny]

It really, REALLY bothers me when I hear people frame climate change and other environmental crises as something that everyday, average-ass people are responsible for, and not corporations and entire governments. 

Like literally, how can a regular-ass person ~opt out~ of all damaging behaviors while still being able to function in society? 

You literally can’t. 

The future of our planet is not down to whether or not someone recycles their water bottle. 

It’s down to whether or not governments and corporations decide to quit sucking up all our resources and poisoning the earth with reckless abandon. 

I mean obviously people should still live as cleanly and as sustainably as they can manage where they are and with what they have, but like. THAT isn’t the major issue. 

[lilacbreastedroller]

govts and corporations have deliberately put the onus on yr individual choices so the system can continue being as destructive/profitable

[sopphistries-deactivated2016080]

God bless this post this pisses me off so much Also this hyper-individualist shift of responsibility is largely an American thing and consumerism is framed as a solution- e.g., buy more shit that’s sustainable! That’ll fix the problem (buy a new, green water bottle! buy a new, green car! buy a new, green whatever-the-fuck that’ll just ultimately produce more waste)!

[crybabyhellbutch]

I took a course in sustainable engineering.

The professor mentioned that even if every private individual in the world were to conserve resources and the environment the ol’ Jimmy Carter way- by turning down the thermostat, recycling your glass and plastics and metals, cut down on luxuries, take shorter showers, etc., it would only get us 10% of the way to where we need to be in order to avoid global catastrophic climate change.

The vast majority of freshwater use is from industry and agriculture. http://www.worldometers.info/water/ 

The vast majority of CO2 emissions is from industrial and electrical generation sites and associated vehicles. http://www3.epa.gov/climatechange/ghgemissions/gases/co2.html

Private individuals hardly make a dent, even in ideal conditions.

[howling-fucking-fantods]

Thank you.

[cutlerydeficient]

Extra important note for spoonies. Please don’t feel bad for needing disposable medical equipment, pill bottles, long showers, micro fiber blankets, packaged pre-made food, straws, paper plates etc. You’re not individually ruining the environment, you’re doing the best you can while taking care of yourself. The blame is on corporations.

[spooniestrong]

And now this ridiculous straw ban nonsense. They FEEL like they’re accomplishing something so that’s all that matters. And they simply don’t care or don’t believe disabled voices.

[taur]

[kiwiaussie]

Morning at the lake

[fleshanimal]

My new favorite thing is realtors adding “NOT HAUNTED” to for sale signs, completely convincing any sane person that the house is definitely haunted.

[mutttooth]

me, a middle-aged white man in the midwest with marriage troubles and two kids that need a fresh start in a new town:

[sunfortune]

you ever feel like absolute garbage and then take a nap or just have a snack or something and feel 20 times better and then just be sitting there like a dumAss like wow, you Really Do Need to Eat and Sleep to Survive……..Wild

[1000drawings]

by avogado6

[heauxgf]

You know what two words are very sexy together?

Carmelized onions.

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