Your Average Genius

Just some genuine food for thought. Feel free to ask questions. Will also reblog things I find interesting.

[youraverageteenagegenius]

[youraverageteenagegenius]

[gwylock-one-deactivated20170205]

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There’s nothing i like better than fucking with Beatles fans so I improved this song

[sistertaxon]

the beatles emo version

[mahlersfreundin]

This is surprisingly enjoyable

[the-sassy-composer]

I want someone to do a cover of this song like this

[the-wayward-prydonian]

Why do I feel like the sun is coming to kill me

[zagreus]

[damselwrites]

Color Synonyms

White

also: pale; blanched; sallow; pallid; waxen; spectral; translucent; albino; 

Grey

also: dust; stone; pepper;  

Black

also:  coal; slate; dusky; ebon; shadow; murky; 

Tan

also: flesh; khaki; cream; tawny; 

Brown

also:  henna; russet; sepia; chestnut; cocoa; drab; bronze; 

Red

also: terracotta ; rouge; carmine;  fire-engine; ruddy

Orange

also:  pumpkin ; rust ; 

Yellow

also: sunny; amber; saffron; hay; straw; platinum; 

Green

also: viridescent; grass; jade; forest; 

Blue

also: turquoise; cyan; ultramarine; royal; aqua; aquamarine;

Purple

also: berry;  amaranthine;

Pink

also: flushed; candy; cherry blossom; petal pink ; 

—– source: http://ingridsundberg.com/

—–additional synonyms added by me

[ibunnyreuni]

I will forever cherish this post. I’ve seen it a multiple of times; how foolish of me to not reblog this masterpiece the first time I see it UGH

[fuckyeahcomicsbaby]

[i-am-but-a-humble-frenchfry]

@nosetriangle for your project if you want

[studyandfocus]

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH

[all-comes-crashing]

me and my friends dancing to “mr. brightside” 

[it-mii]

If this ain’t me

[ithelpstodream]

[curlicuecal]

This actually made me feel really good about my day because I somehow managed 80 points?

a fuckin. professional.

[iwouldliketobutteryourmuffins]

look I only got 5 points

[note-a-bear]

You got a whole 5 points! I’m so proud of you!

[ub-sessed]

I added two more.

[biscuitsarenice]

She Came Prepared The Daily Politics presenter was chatting to Charlotte and Henrietta about banning unhealthy food in schools.

[chubphlosion-deactivated2016060]

She came for him

[cloudfreed]

“well maybe when you were my age you were a dumb piece of shit”

[darkphoenixsaga]

I CANNOT

[drst]

Heroines.

[silversoulwithlove]

Iconic

[antique-scarecrow]

the EXHAUSTION

[king-joaquin]

[recklesscloudz-deactivated20230]

Reblog and you’ll find money soon!

[nudiemuse]

Yes.

Also weird I reblobbed the other money one last night and a freelance check I invoiced for a month ago came in.

[timaeustestifieds]

reblobbed

[justthefangirl]

seriously have nothing to lose

[sherlysthougths]

Did it once might as well let it stack. At least I’m not buying loto tickets

[imsuchacapricorn]

You guys, I reblogged this 2 days ago out of desperation. Today I was looking through my old wallet for coins to go to the vending machine because that’s all I can fucking afford. I haven’t touched this thing since July/ August. When I found a disappointing 15 cents in the coin pocket I went to the billfold to see if any coins were in there. That’s when I saw them. 5 crisp bills amounting to $22. I literally screamed and danced around my room out of joy before remembering that I’d reblogged this post.

Tl;dr - This post is fucking magical and actually worked for me.

[sxvsxde-blog]

I’m broke as fuck. Money gods pls send me like 100k.

[muscovado-sugar]

I never reblog these, let’s give it a shot. BIG MONEY, BIG MONEY

[niuniente]

I reblogged this last week and withing an hour I got a client after a month of silence! Literally gave me money to eat for the rest of the month.

[doveclove]

Crazy enough but my mom randomly gave me 200 dollars after I reblogged one of these the other day…

[districtdollface-deactivated201]

Amen

[deenadolly-deactivated20150921]

Reblobbed.

[breelandwalker]

I have a theory that these posts actually gather energy from the wishes of people who reblog them and that’s why they work. Plus, yanno, they get passed around by witches…a lot. :)

[lux-obscura]

Financials are getting a little rocky here (new job was a pay cut and was supposed to be an hours increase but ended up being more of a cut/lateral move) and I’m still trying to figure out how to downgrade my spending (seriously how can I cancel some of my cable services and end up paying MORE than before fucking packages fucking Verizon…) so in the meantime I could really go for a cash infusion until I get myself sorted.

[lux-obscura]

Ok this is such a ridiculous coincidence but I JUST reblogged this this morning and between then and now my tax refund hit my account 3 days early. Draw your own conclusions.

[complexsugar-deactivated2016101]

Forever reblogging lol

[complexsugar-deactivated2016101]

Trying to go home rich, 3 more days!!!

[nilla-wafer42-blog]

No joke, I reblogged and less than 3 hours later, without asking, daddy transferred $500 into my account and I got a $1500 check.

[saint-ripper]

I reblogged this and made double what I normally make on a friday at work. It works!!

[phatttjwls]

Why TF not

[strongwood1804]

Aw wat the hell

[pedroraripedro]

Hopefully I get some good money

[goodboybliss]

The Best way to be

[gaysun-deactivated20230205]

Winnie the Pooh is a fat icon tbh

[gaysun-deactivated20230205]

reminder that Winnie the Pooh wore a crop top and ate his fave food and loved himself and u can too

[the-real-numbers-deactivated202]

howdy! wanted to ask for some advice. I'm thinking about going back to school and majoring in mathematics. I was going to school for electrical engineering and I dropped out because of finances/mental health. I genuinely enjoyed studying math, my last class was Calc II, which I failed. can you recommend some resources/youtube videos so I can get back into the swing of it?

i’ve got some old suggestions for calc down here along with some gratuitous philosophizing, plus there’s also the entire mathblr community and anyone who reblogs this is usually down to help :)

[youraverageteenagegenius]

Ok, I didn't major in math, but I did minor in it and CALC 2 IS BULLSHIT! It's probably the hardest math, I've ever taken and besides basic integration, I never use any of the stuff I learned in that (seriously does anyone actually use and expand series?). Calc 3 and on feels much more doable (I tell people calc 3 is like calc 1 with another variable, linear algebra was honestly my favorite math class) once you get into some of the higher maths, you do a lot of proofs and so equations kinda become less important (taking logic/critical reasoning/etc really helps with this; check out symbolic logic courses in maths or a lower level philosophy course).

Also, college is fucking stressfull and you have to not beat yourself up when pedagogy fails you...

[libertariantimes]

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Mr. Rogers had an intentional manner of speaking to children, which his writers called “Freddish”. There were nine steps for translating into Freddish: 

“State the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.” Example: It is dangerous to play in the street. ​​​​​​

“Rephrase in a positive manner,” as in It is good to play where it is safe.

“Rephrase the idea, bearing in mind that preschoolers cannot yet make subtle distinctions and need to be redirected to authorities they trust.” As in, “Ask your parents where it is safe to play.”

“Rephrase your idea to eliminate all elements that could be considered prescriptive, directive, or instructive.” In the example, that’d mean getting rid of “ask”: Your parents will tell you where it is safe to play.

“Rephrase any element that suggests certainty.” That’d be “will”: Your parents can tell you where it is safe to play.

“Rephrase your idea to eliminate any element that may not apply to all children.” Not all children know their parents, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play.

“Add a simple motivational idea that gives preschoolers a reason to follow your advice.” Perhaps: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is good to listen to them.

“Rephrase your new statement, repeating the first step.” “Good” represents a value judgment, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them.

“Rephrase your idea a final time, relating it to some phase of development a preschooler can understand.” Maybe: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them, and listening is an important part of growing.

Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children - The Atlantic

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Rogers brought this level of care and attention not just to granular details and phrasings, but the bigger messages his show would send. Hedda Sharapan, one of the staff members at Fred Rogers’s production company, Family Communications, Inc., recalls Rogers once halted taping of a show when a cast member told the puppet Henrietta Pussycat not to cry; he interrupted shooting to make it clear that his show would never suggest to children that they not cry.

In working on the show, Rogers interacted extensively with academic researchers. Daniel R. Anderson, a psychologist formerly at the University of Massachusetts who worked as an advisor for the show, remembered a speaking trip to Germany at which some members of an academic audience raised questions about Rogers’s direct approach on television. They were concerned that it could lead to false expectations from children of personal support from a televised figure. Anderson was impressed with the depth of Rogers’s reaction, and with the fact that he went back to production carefully screening scripts for any hint of language that could confuse children in that way.

In fact, Freddish and Rogers’s philosophy of child development is actually derived from some of the leading 20th-century scholars of the subject. In the 1950s, Rogers, already well known for a previous children’s TV program, was pursuing a graduate degree at The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary when a teacher there recommended he also study under the child-development expert Margaret McFarland at the University of Pittsburgh. There he was exposed to the theories of legendary faculty, including McFarland, Benjamin Spock, Erik Erikson, and T. Berry Brazelton. Rogers learned the highest standards in this emerging academic field, and he applied them to his program for almost half a century.

This is one of the reasons Rogers was so particular about the writing on his show. “I spent hours talking with Fred and taking notes,” says Greenwald, “then hours talking with Margaret McFarland before I went off and wrote the scripts. Then Fred made them better.” As simple as Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood looked and sounded, every detail in it was the product of a tremendously careful, academically-informed process.

[greyjedimichi]

I really wish someone had told me this before I had kids. I had no idea how to speak to kids. Honestly, I still don’t. My daughter is 12 and has always been talked to as an adult which is both good and bad.

[babyanimalgifs]

He still manages to wag his tail 

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[digimemory]

when your selfie gets more than 5 notes

[youraverageteenagegenius]

[traumaticchild]

“what happened to you made you stronger” 

i was a child. i didn’t need to be strong i needed to be safe

[cavityoftheheart-deactivated202]

LOUDER

[emmikatjohnson]

Scooby Doo taught us that cops don’t do their jobs and it’s up to America’s youth to unmask the greedy old white guys that are terrorizing society.