Last of the Gondolindhrim

sob-story-glory: What is the from?I need to watch it,...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:46:50 +0100

What is the from?
I need to watch it, obvi.

The film is called “Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains”

pilosopogyno: This man, James Verone, robbed a bank for one...

Wed, 22 May 2013 19:31:20 +0100

This man, James Verone, robbed a bank for one dollar. Why only one dollar? Because he knew that in prison he could get the medical care he could not afford with his part time salary as a convenience store clerk. He was approved for food stamps, but they did little to help his finances. Between his back problems, carpel tunnel, and arthritis, he simply couldn’t handle the pain any longer.

On June 9th, he sent a letter to his local paper, the Gaston Gazette, that stated: “When you receive this a bank robbery will have been committed by me. this robbery is being committed by me for one dollar. I am of sound mind but not so much sound body.”

He then took a cab to the RBC Bank, and handed the teller a note asking for one dollar and medical attention. He quietly took a seat in the lobby and waited for police to arrive.

Since Verone only stole one dollar, he was only charged with larceny. His bail, which he doesn’t plan to pay is set at $2,000, reduced from the normal $100,000. He’s scheduled to see a doctor this Friday, and hopes to get foot surgery, back surgery and to have a protrusion on his check treated.

To me, this is the perfect example of how disturbingly corrupt and unjust our health care system has become under HMO’s. For this man, or any person for that matter, feels that he needs to be imprisoned just to see a doctor, is ridiculous.

This is exactly what I hate about America. Why is it that you can buy an entire house with money you don’t have, but still can’t apply for health care if you don’t meet the requirements? That’s messed up.

iamwindomearle: rosalarian: Angelina Jolie had a double...

Wed, 15 May 2013 20:55:45 +0100

iamwindomearle:

rosalarian:

Angelina Jolie had a double mastectomy, in case you hadn’t heard. How dare she remove those ticking time bombs from her chest, amiright? Like, hasn’t she learned by now that her body is public domain and we all get to vote on what she does with it? Sheesh, how selfish can ya get.

Perfect.

bemusedlybespectacled: if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever...

Mon, 13 May 2013 19:22:26 +0100

bemusedlybespectacled:

if you ever think mythology is boring or serious business or whatever shit

just remember that cerberus, the hell-hound and guard dog of the underworld, comes from the root indo-european word ḱerberos, which evolved into the greek word kerberos, which got changed to cerberus when it went from greek to latin

ḱerberos means “spotted”

that’s right

hades, lord of the dead, literally fucking named his pet dog spot

Reblog this if a family member has ever called you fat or ugly.

Mon, 13 May 2013 03:36:00 +0100

Interviewer: Who do you think deserves the power at the end?

Fri, 10 May 2013 22:12:30 +0100

Interviewer: Who do you think deserves the power at the end?

Hyperbole and a half tackles depression

Thu, 09 May 2013 23:52:04 +0100

mentalillnessmouse:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2013/05/depression-part-two.html

She finally updated 8 hours ago! I’m so glad that she’s back, everyone was so worried about her…

Allie’s work is painfully accurate, as always. Good to see her posting again though!

The original story of the little mermaid is that she must...

Thu, 09 May 2013 15:43:36 +0100

The original story of the little mermaid is that she must kill the prince in order to be human, and in the end, she loves him too much and kills herself instead.

The artwork is too great not to reblog.

Ok, ok - important expansion: she only has to kill the Prince because the deal was if he fell in love with her she could be human forever, and he didn’t. By which I mean, he was a good person and genuinely nice to her, but he didn’t fall in love. He fell in love with someone else, also perfectly nice - not the seawitch in disguise, fu Disney. The Mermaid is told she can only return to the sea now if she kills the Prince. She goes into the room where he and his lover lie sleeping and they look so beautiful and happy together that she can’t do it.

That’s why she kills herself. And because it was a noble act she returns to sea as foam.

One moral of the story was that women shouldn’t fundamentally change who they are for love of a man, and in theory Han Christian Anderson wrote it for a ballerina with whom he fell in love. She was marrying someone else who wouldn’t let her dance.

seriouslyamerica: theputridsmellofmyrottenvoid: In a way, yes,...

Thu, 09 May 2013 11:38:21 +0100

seriouslyamerica:

theputridsmellofmyrottenvoid:

In a way, yes, but what about those who actually didn’t rape anyone? The men (and women, even though this is alot more common amongst men) who get blamed and instantly secluded from society because they supposedly raped someone, when they actually are victims of the exact thing they are being accused of?
Let’s let the legal system decide and punish in the future, shall we?

Get the FUCK off my post you rape apologist asshole.

Reading comprehension, WHAT IS THAT? This says “Rapists deserve to have their lives ruined.” People who are didn’t rape anyone aren’t rapists. You’re an enormous douchecanoe who couldn’t be bothered to READ the post before spouting your male entitlement all over it.

Research shows that just .6% of rape allegations are false - which means that 99.4% of rape allegations are TRUE. And 97% of rapists will never see a day in jail, because the LEGAL SYSTEM IS FAILING THE VICTIMS.

It’s people like you who allow rape culture to thrive. I literally cannot express in words how disgusting you are.

Also, guess what? If the victim feels they were raped, then they were raped. There’s no room for any other party’s opinion. The legal system’s inability or unwillingness to convict riposte doesn’t make them innocent. And this idea that women run around crying ‘rape’ just to spite men is bullshit. If men are being accused of rape and think they’ve done nothing wrong it’s more likely they’ve been blinded by rape culture into thinking a drunk woman or a scared woman are the same as a consenting woman than that the woman is making it up.

diamorphin: to7em: Disney, telling kids everywhere to only...

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:16:00 +0100

diamorphin:

to7em:

Disney, telling kids everywhere to only like physically attractive people.

omffffg

jerks on tumblr, implying you’re not physically attractive unless you’re thin.

The Marble Theory of Depression or Explaining How People Become Suicidal

Wed, 08 May 2013 22:12:44 +0100

ladygoathorn:

Imagine your life as yourself standing over a wooden barrel that is half filled with marble. Everyone around you has their own barrel half full of marbles that is their lives.

Each marble represents an accomplishment ,a good deed, a good feeling.

Let’s say the barrels are all half full of marbles that represent love and praise you received from your parents, grandparents, your family, etc. I know not everyone starts out in real life with that kind of loving support, but for this, we’re going to imagine the barrels are all half full.

It’s now your job to fill the barrel the rest of the way up with marbles on your own.

You get a good grade on a paper. You add a marble to your barrel.

You tell a joke and people laugh. You add a marble to your barrel.

You get hired for a job. You add a marble to your barrel.

Someone nice tells you they find you attractive. You add a marble to your barrel.

You clean the kitchen. You add a marble to your barrel.

You receive a hug from your friend. You add a marble to your barrel.

You donate money to a charity. You add a marble to your barrel.

You make someone smile. You both add a marble to your barrel.

But you have to take marbles out of your barrel when something happens that makes you feel bad or you don’t accomplish something.

You don’t wash the dishes and the food gets all hard and dried on them. You take a marble out of your barrel.

You are late for work. You take a marble out of your barrel.

A family member yells at you. You take a marble out of your barrel.

You meet someone you think is cute but they only seem interested in talking to your friends. You take a marble out of your barrel.

You don’t pay a bill on time. You take a marble out of your barrel.

You skip a meal because you’re too fat. You take a marble out of your barrel.

You get a cold. You take a marble out of your barrel.

Someone spreads a nasty rumor about you. You take a marble out of your barrel.

You try to talk to someone about your problem and they don’t want to listen. You take a marble out of your barrel.

So you’re trying to fill up your barrel.

But you have depression. You’re like a wind-up toy that keeps running down and having to be rewound. You’re still moving, still putting marbles into your barrel, but you have to stop and wind yourself up frequently.

Every time you do this, you’re losing time that you could be using to gain marbles to put in your barrel.

You look around and it’s like everyone you see is steadily putting marbles into their barrels, and you notice their barrels are looking a lot more full than yours. When you notice this, you take a marble out of your barrel.

After a while, others start to notice your barrel is not filling up as fast and start talking to each other about it. You take a marble out of your barrel.

They tell you to spend less time winding yourself up and more time collecting marbles. But it’s like they’re running on electric batteries and don’t understand that you have to wind yourself up or you’ll stop completely. You take a marble out of your barrel.

Some people even pick up marbles that should have been yours, because you’re not filling your barrel fast enough. You take a marble out of your barrel.

You criticize yourself to figure out what’s wrong with you, why you are wind-up and not battery operated. You take a marble out of your barrel.

When your barrel isn’t filling up, you get really angry and disappointed with yourself. You take a marble out of your barrel.

Your gears are getting worn down from so much winding. Your movements become jerky instead of smooth. You put more effort into moving more slowly and smoothly so no one will notice and criticize you. If they notice, you take a marble out of your barrel.

With worn gears, you can’t run as long as you used to. You are taking even longer to gain marbles for your barrel, You take a marble out of your barrel.

Eventually so many marbles are gone that your barrel is nearly empty. You might still be adding some marbles, but they don’t make you feel very good about it. The marbles look pretty small and insignificant in the vast emptiness of your barrel. When you notice this, you take a marble out of your barrel.

With an rapidly emptying barrel, you can’t seeing the point of evening bothering to wind yourself up anymore. You’ll never get caught up now. You take a marble out of your barrel.

Others can’t see into the bottom of your barrel like you can. They can only see the top part of your barrel. They know your barrel isn’t as full as it should be, but they think you still have plenty of marbles left. They still think you can afford to lose a few marbles to criticism and they believe pointing out what is wrong will motivate you to fix it so you’ll get busy gaining more marbles. You take a marble out of your barrel.

You are staring down into the vast emptiness of your barrel all the time and you don’t tell them that you are almost out of marbles. You don’t want to talk about it. You take a marble out of your barrel.

When you get down to your last few marbles in the bottom of your barrel, you take out your windup key and throw it away.

And the people around you who have their barrels half full can’t understand why.

Oh god. So accurate. Kinda triggering though.

lilpocketninja: steve-spaghetti: renirabbit: pizzalecki: pkmn...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:54:54 +0100

lilpocketninja:

steve-spaghetti:

renirabbit:

pizzalecki:

pkmnbreederbrianna:

togamijail:

chandra75:

im-sherlocked-in-my-mindpalace:

socially-awkward-supervillian:

Fun fact: Cheetahs only attack pray that runs

jesus that is good to know.

Yup, that’s the point you just stay still and let it do whatever the fuck it wants that doesn’t involved you getting eaten.

REALLY FUN FACT for big cats cheetahs are fucking docile as shit

my grandfather ran a cheetah sanctuary in south africa and he’d just lie with them and sleep among them and they’d rub against him and chirp at him they’re big fucking babies

Another Fun Fact: Cheetah’s are incredibly nervous animals. One of the (many) reason’s they’re going extinct is that cheetah’s are so sensitive and nervous, some of them are literally too nervous to breed. Other’s will breed, but stress themselves out so much, they’ll loose their cubs.

So zoo’s with breeding program’s had to figure out how to make Cheetah’s comfortable enough to first of all, get laid and secondly - not spazz themselves into miscarrying.

So what’d they do?
They gave the cheetah’s their very own Service Dogs!

The dogs make them feel safe, protected and secure!

AJHHHHFDDGHH SO PRECIOUS

this post just got so much better

THIS IS OFFICIALLY MY FAVOURITE POST

animals

Gorgeous fiancée is gorgeous.

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:38:00 +0100

Gorgeous fiancée is gorgeous.

Anyone who knows me, knows patience isn’t my strong suit. I am routinely hours early for...

Sun, 05 May 2013 09:34:23 +0100

Anyone who knows me, knows patience isn’t my strong suit. I am routinely hours early for anything I’m excited about. I still go to bed early Christmas Eve and wake up at 4am Christmas morning. What’s my point? Well, knowing all this, it should come as no surprise to anyone that I can’t wait until December to see Shea again. So instead I’m going to see her next month. And staying for the full 90 days this time. We get to spend her birthday and our anniversary together. More importantly, we get to spend some good quality time together. I miss her so much, but now there’s a light at the end of the tunnel of distance, it’s much easier.

unskinny: Which Star Wars movie should I watch/liveblog? I can’t decide? watch the whole saga in...

Sat, 04 May 2013 19:45:24 +0100

unskinny:

Which Star Wars movie should I watch/liveblog?

I can’t decide?

watch the whole saga in machete order!

märƒmεℓℓow: DEAR WHITE ALLIES

Sat, 04 May 2013 15:40:03 +0100

märƒmεℓℓow: DEAR WHITE ALLIES:

marfmellow:

please read this and fucking apply!

Allies work continuously to develop an understanding of the personal and institutional experiences of the person or people with whom they are aligning themselves. If the ally is a member of a privileged group, it is essential that she or he also strives for…

Some important points here.

No. While it is shitty to say those things to people, there is...

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:07:10 +0100

No. While it is shitty to say those things to people, there is a difference between privileged people saying shitty things to people who they are in a position of power over, who they are participating in the oppression of, and the same comments being made by minorities to their oppressors, or by privileged people to one another.

naesnark: genderterrorist: OH MY GOD THIS IS SO HORRIBLY...

Thu, 02 May 2013 20:36:12 +0100

naesnark:

genderterrorist:

OH MY GOD

THIS IS SO HORRIBLY PERFECT

I LOVE IT

sandandglass: Rob Borbidge, former Premier of Queensland, put...

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:14:18 +0100

sandandglass:

Rob Borbidge, former Premier of Queensland, put his political career on the line in order to take a stand for gun control in Australia.

Meanwhile, American politicians bow under the pressure put on them by the NRA.

“Look, there are Australians alive today because we took that action. I mean, how much is a life worth?”

Thanks for bashing my religion... I'm a firm Christian and the things you are quoting are first off cultural laws we don't follow anymore and second off way misinterpreted. Wow.

Wed, 01 May 2013 09:25:12 +0100

You seem to have misinterpreted that post. It’s not meant to be bashing Christianity, but those people who attempt to use “but it says in the bible” as an argument against things, such as gay marriage. Because those people shouldn’t be able to cherry pick their arguments - either live by every outdated line of the book, or accept that some of it just doesn’t apply anymore.

Also, for the record, I simply reblogged that post. You might find your anger better directed at the original poster, or some of the people who commented on it.