Words Matter, Bro.

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:11:52 -0400

plantsmoke: if you had to choose between living in the pokemon universe and world peace who would...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:04:55 -0400

plantsmoke:

if you had to choose between living in the pokemon universe and world peace who would your starter be

danyulsflameprincess: ohshewentthere: verityinspades: regulat...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:03:49 -0400

danyulsflameprincess:

ohshewentthere:

verityinspades:

regulateddiscord:

jake-horsecock-english:

dinosaurchickenuggets:

“If you’re from the sea…why do you have legs?”

#omg does that mean like #mulan is janice #and kuzco is damien

this is kuzco. he’s almost too gay to function.

I need art of that.

omg WANT

#Who would be Glen Coco #I need Glen Coco

omg Cinderella you can’t just ask people why they have legs

"Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I’ve heard educated white people..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:02:07 -0400

““Every year white people add 100 years to how long ago slavery was. I’ve heard educated white people say, ‘slavery was 400 years ago.’ No it very wasn’t. It was 140 years ago…that’s two 70-year-old ladies living and dying back to back. That’s how recently you could buy a guy.””

- Louis C.K. (via 30thcenturyboy)

Sylvester Magee, the (probable) last American born into slavery died in 1971.

The last living child of former American slaves, Mississippi Winn, died in 2010.

Slavery in the territory that is now the United States lasted more than 330 years. We will be 330 years removed from slavery in the year 2195.
(via fishingboatproceeds)

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Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:55:07 -0400

darrynek: i threw a party once. threw it really far. like 200 feet

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:54:51 -0400

darrynek:

i threw a party once. threw it really far. like 200 feet

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:52:09 -0400

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:51:25 -0400

boyinquestion: when you follow a hottie and they end up being annoying

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:50:12 -0400

boyinquestion:

when you follow a hottie and they end up being annoying

smilingforthecamera: grimybear: i know i give white people a lot of shit but u guys are really...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:49:20 -0400

smilingforthecamera:

grimybear:

i know i give white people a lot of shit but u guys are really nice. like when the light turns green and there’s a white pedestrian that’s almost across the street u guys always do that jog thing. i know it’s kind of insignificant but i appreciate it white people. u and ur half jog thing.

i think about this post every time i do the half jog thing

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:45:41 -0400

fishingboatproceeds: reuters: Thousands of Brazilians have...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:45:21 -0400

fishingboatproceeds:

reuters:

Thousands of Brazilians have protested in several cities over the past ten days, and organizers are planning for another march in Sao Paulo on Monday night.

Rising prices for public transportation was the original cause of the the protests, organized by Movimento Passe Livre. Since then, Brazilians have joined protests for various other reasons, including rising crime, income inequality, and corruption.

The protests are quickly becoming a sign of a weakening public confidence for Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

The protest’s nickname “Salad Uprising” was coined in response to the arrests of those who carried vinegar with them as an aide against police tear gas.

Tumblr blog Salad Uprising is reporting to collect stories and pictures from demonstrations across Brazil (Reuters cannot confirm individual posts on external blogs; please message the Reuters on Tumblr if you seek more information on any news).

When police tried to disperse the crowd on Thursday in Sao Paulo, violence erupted, injuring dozens and leading to nearly 200 arrests.

Photo: posters read, “Dilma, we are the ones who pay for your housing” and “Communities exist.” REUTERS/Alex Almeida

Many people have asked me about this, because 1. there are a lot of Brazilian nerdfighters, 2. I am a huge fan of Brazil and see the last 20 years of its history as a model for other nations in the developing world, and 3. I like soccer a lot.

My honest opinions may be unpopular with Brazilian nerdfighters, and that’s okay. I might be wrong. I’ve been wrong before. Also, I don’t know much about Brazil, and I don’t want to pretend otherwise. But since you’re all asking:

1. 100% of the protesters’ concerns are legitimate.

2. I think the World Cup (and the Olympics) will happen regardless of whether they are a net economic good for Brazil. (I think they’ll be a net negative, but it’ll be closer than many people are saying.) Brazil has already spent more than 3 billion reals to prepare for the World Cup; yes, that is a ridiculous number, but making the World Cup a failure will not make it a less ridiculous number.

2a. Given that, I think non-Brazilians who are planning to go should go and spend a lot of money. The time to have the conversation about whether it was a bad idea to host the World Cup has passed: The cost of abandoning the World Cup (or the Olympics) at this point would be prohibitive and more damaging to the Brazilian economy than going through with it and hopefully getting a reasonable windfall from foreign tourists spending a lot of money.

3. I understand that money spent by tourists will be unevenly distributed, but that’s been the case for decades, and in Brazil at least, the rising tide really has lifted all boats: after decades of rampant inflation and extremely high poverty rates, absolute poverty has fallen by half since 1994.

3a. That said, poverty is still much higher in Brazil than it should be, and corruption remains a huge problem. (Compare Brazil’s corruption levels to Chile’s, for instance.) Income inequality is extremely high. Crime is a vexing problem, and a very complicated one. Public transportation costs should not have gone up (for a variety of reasons, but mostly because it amounts to a tax on non-rich workers, who are exactly the wrong people to tax).

4. HOWEVER: It is important to note that real and important economic progress had been made in Brazil in the last 20 years. For that progress to continue, corruption, income inequality, and crime must decrease. These protests are important because they remind the government that all is not well and that progress is fragile and only counts if it continues. They hold the government accountable to the people. But as far as the World Cup goes: Most of the money that will be spent on the World Cup has already been spent. It is gone. Let us hope that the crowds are large and that most of that money can be recouped.

zacharydupuis: grandma why don’t you knit me a cute relationship instead

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:45:05 -0400

zacharydupuis:

grandma why don’t you knit me a cute relationship instead

zacharydupuis: grandma why don’t you knit me a cute relationship instead

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:16 -0400

zacharydupuis:

grandma why don’t you knit me a cute relationship instead

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:43:31 -0400

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:39:08 -0400

nayx: this is the police. come out. its ok to be gay

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:36:05 -0400

nayx:

this is the police. come out. its ok to be gay

cosmic-crash: greenandcobalt: the-wii-fit-trainer: this is a...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:35:37 -0400

cosmic-crash:

greenandcobalt:

the-wii-fit-trainer:

this is a thing

Oh Japan.

THERE’S THINGS LIKE THIS AND YET YOU STILL ACT CONFUSED WHEN I MENTION HOW WEIRD JAPAN IS

marypussypoppins: lovingmalemodels: Simba Lombardi by Solaiman...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:32:13 -0400

marypussypoppins:

lovingmalemodels:

Simba Lombardi by Solaiman Fazel

i would sing circle of life to his beautiful face every morning

sofeetee: this. just. this. no more words.

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:59:44 -0400

sofeetee:

this. just. this. no more words.