Zoey

flint, michigan don’t try to befriend me I’m the worst

[petrichour]

“The man in ecstasy and the man drowning—both throw up their arms.”

— Franz Kafka, Blue Octavo Notebooks

[anthonycolonthree]

(guy who's not getting anything done voice) I need to learn every skill and all information

[gothredy]

[zoeyinchains]

Hey

Hey!

[dogpuppy]

[lamignonette]

[sustancy]

[ishowdespair-deactivated2026012]

the angriest I ever been: yup

[byjove]

Humanity going extinct because everyone collectively decides to stop reproducing would not be the worst case scenario, actually. I don’t think that is going to happen and I think people fear-mongering about it because of the declining birthrate are fucking absurd but compared to all the possible causes for the extinction of humanity (total nuclear annihilation, drug-resistant supervirus, earth becoming completely uninhabitable) humans saying “Nah, no more.” and just giving up on continuing to reproduce is a much gentler ending to our species. One of the best extinction scenarios but unlikely/impossible.

[vampyrhe]

i love them

[byjove]

British people hate paprika in particular for some reason. Have not changed their stance on that since Jonathan Harker. For some reason it’s the first thing they mention when talking about disgusting American food, presumably because it features in a lot of recipe videos. Perhaps the funniest example of this was when someone commented “WHAT WAS THAT DISGUSTING ARTIFICIAL LOOKING RED POWDER?” under a chicken recipe and everyone tore them to shreds. Anyway, I’m a smoked paprika fanatic and I genuinely think paprika haters are weaklings.

[amgerychair]

Alice in Chains for Rolling Stone / September 1991 / 📸 Chris Cuffaro

"I mentioned back on September 11th that I shot Alice in Chains for Rolling Stone for the first time.  Rolling Stone did not like the results so I got to shoot them again.  This time in Seattle at a recording studio.  I had to meet them there and was told I would get one hour to shoot.  The guys showed up in a good mood and ready to go.  I showed up tired cuz I flew to Seattle from Los Angeles that morning. Since the studio was dark and moody there wasn’t much I could do so I took them outside.  When you have an hour to shoot you try to keep things simple.  When the band is in a good mood you take advantage of it and do something fun.  I did the first shot behind the studio in the parking lot.  Just had them get together and be a band!  I just made sure that the were relaxed and looking good. For the second and last shot I noticed that next door there was a school playground.  They had slides, swings and more.  I noticed they had this ride that was for kids to go in circles while ridding tiny bikes.  Kind of like a self propelled merry-go-round.  I asked the band to get on and start peddling.  They did get on and the fun started.  I just started shooting as each band member rolled by.  We all were laughing so hard cuz it really was ridiculous.  The photos make me smile to this day cuz it was simply a funny moment with a great band."

- Chris Cuffaro

[lionofchaeronea]

Arizona Landscape, Audley Dean Nichols, 1920s

[tibby]

can i be honest with you guys

[1995lahaine]

no

[tibby]

okay

[mothcub]

Don't forget.

[penandinkprincess]

listen it's especially important to me because i WAS a kid on the free lunch program growing up, but it's actually UNBELIEVABLE to me that there is ANYONE who isn't in favor of "kids get to eat at school no matter their household income"

i know i'm speaking to a panel of like-minded individuals here on the blue hellsite when it comes to this, but i just?? i truly don't fucking Get It???

it's just wild to me that there are actually people who AREN'T on the side of, "yeah, i want all children to have access to food at school if they need it"

like? being on the opposite side?? is straight supervillain shit??

GOD FORBID i spend $14.70 a month in taxes to make sure a child has at least one reliable meal a day (preferably two--shout out school breakfast program, those french toast sticks always fucked severely) even if that isn't the case at home

"but what if their parents can pay for it and just aren't?" then they're bad parents and that child still deserves to eat??? hello??

[cosmonautroger]