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Niiiiice play McDonalds, nice play.

I don't know about you, but I haven't needed any more reasons to not patronize McDonald's for a decade. Now, I wish I'd been a faithful and loyal customer for years just so I could take it all away because of THIS HORSESHIT.

Read it first.

Okay, WHAT THE FLYING FUCK Mickey D's? I need to ask you a serious question.

Mr McDonalds, are you at least smarter than Grimace?

No sir, you are not. You are fucking dumb, plain and simple.

This, in all reality, would not have been a "McDonald's is horrible" story if in the aftermath Dr. Mann had been able to contact and work with McDonald's to settle the situation, it would have just been a case of "Goddamn, those three guys are assholes. Remind me to learn some horrifying French insults, so when I go there I can address them appropriately." But, after all that, how does a worldwide, multi-billion dollar, corporation AND "American icon" ignore this situation? How do they ignore it from anyone, though that answer is easy; cause they're rich and big and you are not. But how do they ignore all of this when it happened to a man who is the father of a new generation of technology? How do the big guys keep underestimating the internet?

Dr. Mann is like king nerd, if the internet had royalty he'd have his shit locked down. The internet loves smart, technologically innovative, cultured people who communicate well. They can win all the time (The Oatmeal proved this and he didn't even invent a technology, he's just smart and a good communicator with the internet generations). SO WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU NOT HANDLE THIS GRIEVOUS SITUATION GENEROUSLY AND QUIETLY?

OK, I can't boycott Mickey Dickey's more than I already do. So please, post this somewhere, share it with somebody, and don't eat another McFlurry until they remedy the situation.

#McDonalds #McDonalds hates science and technology #McDonalds supports customer attacks #McDonalds All Beef IN YOUR FACE

Oh, is that all it takes?

Now, how do I catch a Wombat ?

#brb going to Australia with my shopping bag

I think it's easy to forget how pivotal these times are; we're tweeting, tumbling, and redditing amongst the formation of history.

Imagine a declaration of freedoms, a list of undeniable rights on the most open form of communication in the world. A work created, compiled and decided by the people of the world. Just attempting something like that is revolutionary.

#fuck it im serious #this shit is gonna be historical

for bonus points:

Start this video and the naked superman video at the same time. Mute and watch the naked superman video with this Gorillaz song in the background.

(Start them as simultaneously as possible, but if one after the other, go Gorillaz first then video)

I'm loving it.

#audio accompaniment

Being naked gives you super powers.

Check.

#crazy videos #streaker #tazers so many tazers

timpangburn

Here’s one of the tattoos I did for TLC’s “Worst Tattoos in America” special.

http://timpangburn.com

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this is a primo example of why he is the king of cover ups. cause not only is the final product awesomefucksauce, but the transition phase is like the future badass shark is eating the soon to be covered up smarmy bunny.

A bit about Tumblr I will never understand...

Why people answer anons that upset/offend/annoy/enrage/ and/or degrade them.

If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around, does it make a sound?

Yes. A loud, crunching one probably.

BUT if an anon insults on a tumblr and no one else ever sees it

BECAUSE YOU JUST DELETE IT INSTEAD OF PUBLISHING IT

does it make a difference?

Nope.

In this world there are about a million ways someone can insult or mock or disrespect you in front of people in an attempt to enrage, humiliate, or discredit you. But when a person - who can't even display their username - makes that attempt on Tumblr, the only way it even counts as an attempt, the only way anything they said is ACTUALLY SAID [as far as the rest of the world is concerned] is if you publish it.

In a fight, is it more effective to punch back or eliminate the existence of the attack entirely?

Responding is punching back.

Deleting the message and moving on about your day is like pulling some Dr. Manhattan crap and VWOOSH vanishing the attack into thin air, silent and unseen.

Do the right thing, cause I don't give a shit what your anonymous haters have to say.

Sometimes I let what's on the top of my brain slide out, and it usually something like this...

Garden Gnomes are often known to disagree, most vehemently, with the laws and accords passed by the Boars and, really, can you blame them?

The Boars are known for being most piggish in the writing and drafting, as well as the passing and enforcement of their laws. Of course, humans don't often concern themselves with these issues as even the smallest amongst them walks above the laws of Boars, but I implore you

nay, I dare you

to consider what it must be like to walk a mile in the Garden Gnome's shoes...

Besides taking a really long fucking time. Seriously, their feet are like _______ < that big.

The Garden Gnome doesn't walk above the laws of many a creature, but is oppressed most specifically by the Boars. In fact, even conservative experts estimate that 65% of Boar laws enacted each year are directed at the oppression and subjugation of the Garden Gnome community. Timothy Barthenon, head Boar of the P.I.G. Squad (Policing Insubordinate Gnomes) would have you believe that the Gnomes are actually diabolical and are constantly reneging on a millennium-old agreement regarding mushrooms, specifically truffles. Allegedly, the Gnomes steal, hide and hoard all the mushrooms and truffles they can find and then try to sell them back to members of the Suidae family at costly prices.

These allegations are ENTIRELY FALSE.

Gnomes are honest, hardworking, austere and fair... and oppressed. By those pigs. Damn Pigs.

Let's get 'em. I want some Gnome Oppressing Bacon Laying In Nutella.

GOBLIN it's what's for dinner.

This PSA sponsored by Travelocity and Germdale's Mushroom & Truffle Emporium over in Ms. Rosenfield's petunia patch.

#flash fictionesque #original #weird shit i write off the top of my head #and if you assumed 'Germdale' was a gnome then you are a racist

i'm really glad people like this exist.

#proposal video #incredibly sweet #not a CRV viral campaign #we checked

idfk ramblings.

I think we can do better.

It is often joked, with the special derision older mindsets have for those with newer perspectives, that we have a short attention span. That may be true, though I think less than they’d like everyone to believe, but it doesn’t have to stay that way.

We have the Internet; not only an ever growing, ever widening net of communication (entertainment, absurdity, commerce, education, etc) but also a growing archive. The collective memories and histories, in ever increasing detail and immediacy, are posted and stored on the web. Our memories needn’t be short, even if our present attention spans are known to wander. We shouldn’t forget, and we needn’t have to.

Can we not rely on general knowledge anymore? Not those opinions under which we have been raised and comfortably accept (and voraciously defend no matter what), not that which is simply told to us by those in charge [whatever that may mean], not that which seems to fit in our worldview. Why not instead, for any question, have the experts (the individuals around the world who so rarely share their knowledge directly with the people) weigh in with explanations that convey what they know, show how they know what they know, and what they don’t know? Why compartmentalize knowledge the way we do? We have the means to communicate, the more we use it, the more openly and honestly we use it, the better humankind can be.

I think the real changes are waiting for us to realize that “the powers that be” truly only have the power we give them. The biggest, strongest, and most victorious don’t get to write the history books or the news unchecked anymore. Why then, do we still utter phrases like “oh so&so could never win that election, pass that bill, change that law, etc because it would oppose the establishment”? Granted, I illustrate with a pretty specific brand of example, but I am speaking to the prevailing and [I think] mostly subconscious mindset that despite all our connections, the magnitude of our voices, and even the efficacy of our actions, our victories are still determined by the governing authorities (and I don’t just mean political or legal authority). Our wins come when they relent on this, or give ground on that. There is power in our voices, but I think we’re letting them keep us under the impression that they still define the reaches of that power.

They don’t. They are able because it is allowed, but we are not defined by those that sit in governance nor those who speak to the masses nor those who lead movements. We are defined by what we choose; what we choose to support with our voices, opinions, votes, money, and actions. The freedom to choose what defines us coupled with our predilection for constant and open communication with each other, allows us to be a united voice that is not bound by one microphone.

We can. When that is in the collective subconscious, we will.

… The grain of salt; for what it’s worth, I’m essentially a hermit at this point which makes a lot of what I said a bit hypocritical, and I apologize. But I do know that we can do more than anyone realizes yet, and if we don’t things might just cycle on as they have. *Shudder*

#thoughts

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farrahtales

Is there a more popular post of this floating around somewhere? Because why doesn’t this have more notes? here is an article on huffington post about this girl if you’re skeptical like, I hate to sound like I’m putting the guilt trip on, and I know your blog isn’t a missing person’s site, and I know you may not even live near Lafayette, but some of your followers MIGHT. Or some of their followers might. What if this was your sister? Your girlfriend? Your daughter? Reblogging these things and even just leaving them on your blog for like…an hour can make a difference, and I honestly wouldn’t be so pushy if this thing had more notes, or if I’d seen another post of the story on my dash with some actual momentum, but I haven’t

idkwhaturliwant

Please reblog this, you guys. Delete all the text if you want but please reblog this image. Your blog’s aesthetic is NOT more important than finding this missing person. There’s thousands and thousands of you following FuckYeahGodsGirls. One reblog. That’s all I’m asking ♥