ya girl

USA (unfortunately)

[a-tian]

[i-still-am-distantstarlight]

The Ides of March, coming soon to a coliseum near you. Knives not included.

[michaelnordeman]

Elsa. Värmland, Sweden (July 23, 2022).

[gjjuddmk2]

[1percentcharge]

One of my roommates cannot stand the way I play minecraft

[1percentcharge]

Instead of looking for diamonds, fighting mobs, trying to go to the nether, doing potions/enchantments/whatever, I like to build these 1-block-wide platforms far above the ground that i walk on to explore without getting lost, attacked or generally inconvenienced. And they hate it

[1percentcharge]

“If you don’t want to get lost just use a compass!” Takes redstone. Also I don’t want to. And on the ground there’s mobs

“Fight the mobs, they’re part of the game!” no. I get scared

“Just use mine carts!” And use all that iron?

“Then use boats and ice!” You need enchantments to collect ice. All my paths take is dirt and ladders (and torches)

“But they’re so UGLY!” Not the point

[1percentcharge]

my paths

[animentality]

[should-be-sleeping]

This has happened to me twice.

[youngalientype]

There's a reason the state starts by going after the people you refuse to respect

[danepopfrippery]

Fuckin iowa jesus christ. And fucking republicans in general

[ducktollers]

just found out about crab-eating raccoons. why are they so feet

[dailyraccoons]

Not sure how serious you were about that question, BUT:

It's largely because of their love of water and trees, and their environment! They live in jungley marshy swampy areas near the water in South America where it's humid and warm, and tend to eat a lot of crabs and other shellfish. Without long, poofy fur on their hands and arms, catching shellfish and seeing what they're grabbing is a bit easier. They are also more suited to living in trees than even their cousin, the common raccoon--that's thanks to their curved claws and long, nimble hands and feet.

[welele]

[rostbef]

[chaumas-deactivated20240115]

once in college my friend asked me to come along on a date she wasn’t comfortable with because she knew that I would step in and ruin the mood on purpose if she gave me the signal that she wanted out

I came along, it was awkward, she gave the signal, and I immediately dumped a glass of ice water over my head and said “oh no looks like you have to drive me home immediately to prevent hypothermia” but then she and her bad date thought this was so startling and funny that it broke the tension and got them talking. and then I had to sit around for the rest of their date dripping water and shivering because she decided she was enjoying herself.

[bluesturngold]

[crazy-brazilian]

[sentrysvoid]

The Hunger Games (2012) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

bonus:

[guzhufuren]

@aikinn yeah people should see this actually

[through-a-historic-lens]

Susan Kare, the Artist who designed many of the fonts, icons, and images for Apple, NeXT, Microsoft, and IBM, 1980′s

[retroactivebakeries]

#oh is it time to repost this susan kare photo again

[headspace-hotel]

Thanks for the fonts, icons, and images Queen

[your-local-god]

If this post gets 2000 likes by Xmas I will purchase a nerf gun and use it to shoot people at family gatherings who deadname and misgender me

[nonasuch]

If it gets to 10k in time for the shipping deadline I will personally buy you an air horn to honk at people who deadname and misgender you. I’m not kidding, I have amazon credit and I love chaos.

[jewishbarbies]

my point exactly

[holyfunnyhistoryherring]

Captions on the tik tok: Welcome back to "self made is a toxic myth".

At just 14 years old, Taylor Swift moved to Nashville, and quickly signed with Sony Music and Big Machine Records. She then released her self titled debut album which quickly went platinum in 2006. Since then, Swift has had nothing but smash hit after smash hit. Including making history this year as the first artist to dominate the entire Top 10 on the billboard Hot 100 with Anti Hero. Wow, that's amazing! But I guess this goes to show that as long as you're talented and work hard and follow your dreams, eventually-

Yeah, what that narrative leaves out is that Taylor Swift was born rich. Taylor Swift's father is Scott Swift, former stockbroker for Merrill Lynch. Her mother is Andrea Gardiner, a former mutual funds executive. Swift grew up on an 11 acre Christmas tree farm.

Okay, so what, she grew up wealthy. Does that mean she didn't work hard? No, that's not what it means? Well, does that mean she's not talented? Nope, that's not what it means.

What it means is that when she was 9, she was regularly flying to New York for acting and singing lesson. What it means is that when she was 13, she was working with a talent manager who helped her secure a development deal with RCA. What it means is that when she was 14, her family had the resources to relocate to Nashville, so she could work on music full time. What it means is that every day after school, Taylor is working with experienced hit songwriters. What it means is that when a DreamWorks A and R executive wanted to start his own record label, called Big Machine Records, Taylor's father brought 3 percent worth of stock in the company, for somewhere between 120 K and 300 K, incentivizing him to push her album.

The reason this series exists is to remind my fellow indie artists to take it easy on ourselves, when you feel like you're not progressing in your career fast enough, even though you're talented and hard working too. Because talent and hard work are not enough. You've just been programmed to think that they are, by an endless parade of folks who conveniently downplay how big a role their various privileges played in their success.

After all, it's a lot easier to be an Anti Hero in a lavender haze, when you own the lavenders.

End captions.

[everentropy]

It's literally science: Talent vs Luck: the role of randomness in success and failure This study came out last year and proves that luck (such as wealth) is an outsized contributor to success. That doesn't mean that hard work doesn't ever pay off! But a lot of times those big names are hiding the real secret: Mommy and Daddy's money. Not hitting "the big time" does not mean you aren't good! It means you are competing against people who already had a leg up and are pretending that they started at the same level.

[hochiminhts-deactivated20190916]

[limeade-l3sbian]

🥺

[missannethropie-deactivated2024]

Women of all ages are so amazing and we need to be talking to older ladies more because they have so much experience to share

[artgirllullaby]

The last one with the rainbow perfectly placed behind her 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[frostedicebells]

“And I don’t think anybody should feel bad if they get diagnosed with a mental illness, ’cause it’s just information about you that helps you to know how to take better care of yourself.

“Being bipolar, there’s nothing wrong with it. Being bipolar is like not knowing how to swim. It might be embarrassing to tell people, and it might be hard to take you certain places. But they have arm floaties. And if you just take your arm floaties, you can go wherever the hell you want.

“And I know some of you are like, ‘But Taylor, what if people judge me for taking arm floaties?’ Well, those people don’t care if you live or die, so maybe who cares? Maybe fuck those people a little. I don’t know.”

Taylor Tomlinson, Look At You (2022)