garbage fire world

hi, i'm gianna

[ryoga-deactivated20231223]

[spacetwinks]

[visualuproar]

there she was.

[delicatephantoms]

(shot on a minolta srt-101 with lomography color negative 400 35mm) 

there will come a day where you’ll find yourself alone, completely alone. you’ll ask yourself “why?” you’ll come to the realization, that it’s because of you— you pushed everyone away. you shut the doors because you didn’t want to hear it. you barricaded the walls to justify your indifference. you twisted around our words to hide your selfishness. you made everything an extreme to guilt us into the only option you ever laid out for us, your way. you will remember the conversations i tried to have with you. you will remember me pleading with you, trying to make sense of your intentions. you will remember slamming me to the ground and you will remember the blood running down my face to meet the tears that were already there. then you will ask yourself, “why am i alone?” and you will know exactly why.

—for my father

[oldfilmsflicker]

[visualuproar]

a call of action for "allies"

it's not enough to affirm what i already know or to thank me for "providing you with insight" or a "new perspective." instead, internalize what i've shared with you, let it teach you what it means to empathize with people like me, and be the person you would need if you were put in my position.

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

The reason most millennials don’t make a scene when an establishment doesn’t treat them right is because we function more on positive reinforcement than negative reinforcement. For Boomers, they can make a scene because they know negative reinforcement gets them what they want; they want to PUNISH these establishments or workers, but Millennial purchasing patterns are very different.

Growing up in the computer age, we’ve become masterful at filtering junk information, and that includes advertising. It doesn’t matter how much a politician or restaurant or whatever memes, we’ll find them funny, but we’re still not going to shop there or give them our money of we dislike them. The way brands become successful with Millennials is actually just word of mouth.

So when an establishment treats us poorly, we don’t make a scene. We simply never go back and don’t tell our friends about it. Conversely, places that treat us well we immediately go tell others about.

[sodomymcscurvylegs]

The simplest ways to get Millennials to support your business is to give them good economic value for what you sell (Boomers can think we’re irresponsible, but we’re actually quite thrifty), you have to treat us with dignity, but ALSO, you have to treat your WORKERS with dignity. Unlike Boomers who get off on laughing at someone working at McDonald’s, we’ve all had to work shitty, underpaying jobs and we don’t like when we go to an establishment and see workers mistreated and poorly paid, because WE’VE BEEN THERE, and we don’t want to contribute to that gross abuse of the working class.

These rich CEOs can complain that Millennials have “no brand loyalty” or that we’re “killing XYZ industry,” but the truth is that selling to us consistently requires ethical business practices that most of these companies are unwilling to partake in.

[c-bassmeow]

Wow I have a degree in economics and studied this stuff for years and years and read up on it all the time and this still impressed me. This was such an enjoyable read and all TRUE. Fuck

[lagonegirl]

Solomon’s Shield is the name of the app

OMG Download this!!!! Stop Police Brutality!

[delicatephantoms]

cool girl vibes—even if y'all ain’t with it.

[sj0]

you have been visited by the seven magic dragon balls your biggest wish will be granted but only if you reblog

[hersheyhipster]

Couldn’t risk it.

[justjengie]

didn’t realize they change colors. now I know o gotta wish.

[pinayputa]

THIS SHIT IS REAL I GOT THE JOB I WAS NUTS ABOUT BC I REBLOGGED THIS YESTERDAY maybe it’s a coinkidink but it okay just take the necessary steps to achieve what you’re wishing for and YOU CAN DO IT

[futurewitchdoctor]

[making dragon ball z work so this is chill]

[visualuproar]

[visualuproar]

never leaving this bed. #snowzilla

[visualuproar]

it's official! in 10 days i'll be on my way to roma, italia to teach for two whole months! if you want to help me support myself financially, you can donate money to my venmo account (link in bio) since my two months of volunteer work will be unpaid. anything is greatly appreciated and will go towards living expenses and groceries. wish me luck! 💫🇮🇹

[chandlerbondurant]

[kenyanmade]

[sprousetwinsblog]

[fussybabybitch-deactivated20181]