but i digress

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by @marshobrecker in Brooklyn, NY

[99precincts]

that time andy samberg was a complete savage re: the guys choice awards

[emilydoesthething]

Honestly Andy Samberg is such a treasure.

[sebille]

[rate-my-reptile]

Let Hiim Ride

[yellingatthemoonwithbuzzaldrin]

look at the lil jeans!!!

[alicenthightower]

[karenabad]

I want a PARO so badly!

<3

[seinfeldr]

[fuckyeahtattoos]

Kelly McGrath - Art Alive Tattoo Studio - Archdale, North Carolina

[tinytopknot]

What about the person at the grocery checkout line paying with food stamps, while ignoring the cashier because she's on her iPhone? should you be able to get on welfare if you can afford an iPhone 6?

well for one you’re assuming that a cell phone is a luxury. My house hasn’t had a landline since I was 14 because it was less expensive for my mom to have a cell phone. It’s still less expensive per month for my mom and I to have cell phones and internet than to have a landline and internet. Also, for a working parent to not have a cell phone is ridiculous. How else is their child supposed to get ahold of them reliably during commutes?? 

secondly, do you realize how inexpensive it actually is to get an iPhone?? I’ve had two different ones over the years (a 4 and a 5C) and they were 100% free with my contract renewal. I’m planning on getting a 6 in the fall with my rewnewal for… you guessed it 100% free. A lot of jobs have discount purchase programs for employees or even gift their employees a work phone.

You also have no right to say what somebody is allowed to spend their expendable resources on. They might have saved up for months and months to afford the phone. They might have scraped together every last penny after bills and rent and groceries, skipping a dinner with a close friend, not replacing their worn shoes, to save up for this one thing that they really wanted. Why? Because people like you make needing help a shameful thing so they might want to hide behind a symbol of wealth so they don’t have to find out which of their friends would laugh at them if they found out (which has happened to me). Or, maybe, just maybe, because absolutely everybody deserves to have nice things that make them feel good about themselves and if its a phone then so be it.

And other thing: do you know what is a really practical gift for an older parent to give their struggling adult child? A reliable cell phone. Say what you want about Apple but they’re pretty reliable (if you don’t drop them).

You are judging people based on superficial details without knowing their stories.

[methodanne]

Not to mention- that smart phone is probably that family’s only connection to the internet. When I taught a summer technology camp to economically disadvantaged kids, 0 out of 15 had a computer at home. But their parents had smart phones, because you need an internet connection for work, to contact teachers, social services, to GET INFORMATION, etc.

[yellingatthemoonwithbuzzaldrin]

All of this !!! 

[halfboyfriend]

fedora boys are always like “my dear, all i want is an intellectual debate, i am not looking to start an argument, you fucking bitch”

[illinicoise]

Kim Kardashian (2015)  x Leslie Knope (2009)

[mullerianduct]

p

[coolranchdorothy-blog]

I’m dying

[escapetheory]

[harryandmesohappily]

[oldghosts--newregrets]

earthhtomel I’m screaming

[earthhtomel-deactivated20161201]

LMFAO

[fairlylocaloner]

stev3nukfan springlambs

[gopteenchoiceawards-deactivated]

American Sniper (2014)

dir. Clint Eastwood

[mvgl]

[leepacey]

[consider-this-global-abortion]

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[authorsarahdessen]

Such a smile. Such a loss. Her name was Yusor. Also killed: her husband, Deah and sister Razan. Unthinkable. #ChapelHillShootings