ThePrettiestOne

literarymagpie:

Random happy Pacific Rim thought:

I love how the movie is explicit that you can be drift compatible with more than one person. I’m sure Raleigh and Mako fight very differently than Raleigh and Yancy. And there’s no hierarchy, really—I mean, Yancy’s death had nothing to do with their drift compatibility or lack thereof or them not being a sensational team. There are different relationships in your life that, when the two (or three, canonically, and probably even more) of you are together you create and accomplish so much. Drift compatibility is not one true love. It is not necessarily platonic or familial or romantic. It’s about creative energy between people. That’s really kind of awesome now that I think about it. 

kyraneko:

anightvaleintern:

yolandaash:

teapotsahoy:

jadelyn:

doctor-segmentium:

let’s be honest though, millennial hate is totally a thing rich folks started because they’re pissed that we have really unpredictable consumer habits and it isn’t as easy to get us to buy into stuff, so they’re mad we aren’t just money giving/traditional economy supporting machines like they expected us to be

like look at how much millennial hate articles are things like “millennials aren’t eating cereal and it’s hurting the cereal industry” or “millennials aren’t buying houses and that’s bad” or “millennials #1 utmost priority isn’t trying to make as much money as possible” and rich folks are mad about it, so just posturing our unpredictability/nontraditional values as “laziness” gets everyone else on board the hate train in some weird attempt to collectively subdue us

“You are Doing Capitalism Wrong and it scares me” - bitter Boomers to Millennials who are not buying into their shit (or buying their shit)

Keep in mind that the subprime mortgage crisis was at a pretty pivotal time in Millenial’s lives, and taught them that financial institutions are not on your side, will lie to you, and specifically will lie to you about what you can afford.

Like, this isn’t coming from nowhere.

I mean boomers refuse to pay a living wage to anyone and then wonder why those people don’t buy anything? I am sorry but what exactly is the disconnect here?

Millennials value work that has meaning above work that pays well and they hate that as well.  It means we can’t be shut up with busy work while they’re made to seem like they’re running a well oiled machine.  They come from a generation of a boss being someone who says “do what I say because I told you to” and we come from a generation who values a boss that says “what can I do for you that will help you excel at your job?”

Millennials do not cope well with meaningless busy work so their boss looks better.  They don’t cope with being talked down to or not being assisted by their boss when they have a problem.  They do not deal well with their innovative ideas being shut down because “that’s not how we do it here.” and I don’t see how any of those things is a problem.

Millennials are also the first generation since the internet was a prominent thing to utilize it as a source of information in a way that is empowering for each other.  A single millennial can buy a product and then inform anyone who wants to know about the quality of said product.  It only takes a handful of millennials to say “this is a substandard product” to render all the millions of dollars spent on advertising that product completely useless.

Big business has been a blotch on millennials lives since before most of you could even assume a role in adulthood to effect it, so you trust one another more than you trust advertisements or sponsorship, etc.  

On the flip side, though, you enthusiastically will push and promote things that you love.

Big business and their baby boomer CEOs and presidents HATE this.  Because it means that they can no longer provide a substandard product while making the consumer feel there is nothing better out there.

In the past, if every dish soap was awful, you just had to continue using awful dish soap.  Now, you can crowd source an alternative.  You can post in a forum, your facebook, a mass text, etc and say “I hate every dish soap, what can I do?” and you will be directed to actual good brands or you will be taught how to brew your own.

You’re a great generation, I’m really proud of you guys.

Seriously, tho.

I’d love to buy a house, but I can’t afford a down payment and can’t be certain that I’ll have the same income levels for thirty years and I don’t actually know whether the banks will accept my highly-fluctuating, self-employed-and-seasonal-labor income as stable enough or high enough to be approved for a mortgage.

And also every new housing development I’ve seen in the past five years has been “Executive Housing, Starting At 390K” and the realtor websites are full of last decade’s foreclosed subdivision homes in the $275K region, and there’s legit no one, including the zoning board, that’s going to help me find or make a cute little house on a tenth of an acre in the region of $50-60K, let alone every other millennial who might like to settle down in a place that suits her desires and means.

Oh, and that same zoning means five people aren’t allowed to share that $300K, 5-bedroom McMansion, because fuck us, that’s why.

And what else? The refrigerator that recently conked out on me was manufactured in 1967. That thing lasted almost fifty years, and today if I walk into a big box store’s appliance department to buy a new refrigerator they will tell me I should really buy a warranty to cover the apparently-substantial risk that it will break within two to five years.

Oh, and there’s apparently a $400ish premium to buy one with a convenient configuration because if you want the refrigerator on top and accessible without bending down for anyone taller than your average first grader there aren’t any of those in the entry-level price range. Once again, fuck us.

Then there’s the labor market itself, where “entry level” positions want three-to-five years of experience, and everybody won’t shut up about the trades but even that requires a $5K+ outlay to go to school for it, and every fast-food restaurant out there has a permanent “Now Hiring” sign up because they drive employees away as fast as they can replace them.

And so many food-service jobs involve being forced to throw away loads of food as it expires but if you eat it or take it home it’s viewed as stealing, and retail jobs sometimes require you to smash perfectly good computers with a sledgehammer so nobody can use them, and fuck all of this, yes, I’m gonna make my own goddamn laundry detergent from a recipe I found on the internet, and I’m gonna buy as much of my vegetables as possible in seed form, and I’m gonna fucking read the consumer reviews on shit before I buy it and I’m going to source a refrigerator from Cragislist for approximately the price of the warranty on a new one, and if The Market wants me to buy a house, it can bloody well wait for me to have the money.

Because seriously, with its “Ask not what your economy can do for you, ask what you can do for your economy” mindset and historic, far-reaching fuckery, the business side of the equation has little room to complain about millennials being the selfish ones.

send help i cannot stop laughing

dollsahoy:

A cat rushing to use the litterbox after you change it completely is pretty much the same as someone commenting “First!” on a YouTube video…

micdotcom:

Watch: President Obama delivers soaring, thoroughly black speech at Howard University commencement.

not being able to remember people’s names after asking multiple times and seeing them regularly so you wait until someone else calls them by name and repeat it to yourself over and over

dailydot:

Lupita Nyong'o is in talks to star in ‘Black Panther,’ and fans are freaking out

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nyong’o is in talks to star in Black Panther alongside Chadwick Boseman, who debuted as T’challa in Captain America: Civil War. Creed director Ryan Coogler is set to direct.

It’s unknown which character Nyong’o will play in Black Panther, but here are the popular theories floating around. 

roachpatrol:

social-darwin-awards:

concentrated-sunshine:

the-archmagister:

littketm:

bonerfart:

this conservative meme is arguing that liberals are dumb because bernie sanders doesn’t exist

I knew he was too good to be true :(

No it’s because they all give you free stuff

The tooth fairy gives you nothing for free, she must be paid in teeth.

Same with Taxes and social benefits.

So that is now 2 systems of  exchange you don’t understand and one of them is for 5 year olds :P

The Easter bunny also does not give you anything for free, you must engage in a contest of skill and visual acuity.

Santa demands a certain amount of prosocial behavior before he gives you anything better than coal. Seems like children enjoy transparent methods of exchange in which their investment of emotional and physical labor is directly compensated. 

I mean like. Kids love free shit too. But none of the above are examples of that.

mediamattersforamerica:

Trans people aren’t. the. ones. being. creepy. in bathrooms. h/t Carlos Maza

a-fragile-sort-of-anarchy:

My new meds make my skin throw a fit. It’s not terribly bad, just a few things here and there, but it’s bumming me out because I’ve never really had too many run-ins with acne.

My four-year-old sister, however, is under the impression that it’s just “3D freckles”, and that they look very, very pretty. She wants all of my freckles to “pop out”, especially the ones across my nose; they’re her favourite.

And it puts me in this weird position where I can’t say, “No, this is acne, and it’s bad,” because I don’t want to teach her that it’s a bad to have unclear skin, you know?

Because the more I think about interactions I have with children, the more I realise that children will consistently compliment “flaws” until they’ve been taught not to.

Like, a kid at the library, whose sister has vitiligo, saw my scars once and suggested that his sister and I should be cats for Halloween, since I have “tabby skin” and she has “calico skin”. “I can be a black cat,” he immediately added. “It’s not AS cool, but they’re the spookiest.”

When I started losing weight, my little brother immediately demanded that I gain it back, because I wasn’t as comfortable to cuddle with anymore.

And my other little sister always wants to wear her paint-stained clothes to school so that “everyone can tell [she’s] an artist”.

I don’t know. I guess talking to little kids just reminds me that all of this superficial shit we worry about really is 100% made up.

doctorwhoturkey:

The most important sassy woman in the whole of creation.

everattaining:

Do you ever notice how the rhetoric of people opposed to trans women being able to use womens restrooms always frames it as Men (as in adults) using the restroom with Girls (as in children) which is at once utterly infantilizing to all women in this really paternalistic and patriarchal way, but also completely ignore that there are trans girls who literally are children who would be at immense risk from ACTUAL MEN if they were to use the mens restroom. Like there is so much insidious violence in the way that this rhetoric gets deployed.

Donald Trump’s claim that “there’s nothing to learn” from his tax returns is ludicrous on its face. Here’s a guy running for president basically on the claim that he’s the richest and the savviest businessman ever to make a deal, and voters wouldn’t learn anything from his tax returns? Snort.

As the Washington Post’s fact checker points out, we’d learn how much money Trump actually makes (as opposed to his likely inflated claims), where his income comes from, how much he gives to charity, and how aggressively he games the tax system to his benefit. We’d also learn a little something about Trump’s willingness to live up to his years of promises that he’d totally be happy to release his tax returns eventually at some future point. 

But while Trump says he won’t release his tax returns to mere voters—something every presidential candidate for 40 years has done—that doesn’t mean he’s never released them to anyone.

Trump has handed over tax returns in the midst of audits before -- to state gambling officials in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as part of the process of seeking casino licenses in those states.

That’s right. Donald Trump will release his tax returns to get a casino license, but not to be elected president.

marysburgerbackpack:

beardednegro:

Previously, I’d only seen the first two panels and assumed it was the complete comic.

This version is much better.

omg it’s so much better with the conclusion

annieelainey:

Wheelchairs are used for many disabilities; it could be very painful to walk, one may lack the strength to walk, have hyperflexibility, shortness of lung capacity, fragility of joints, muscles, skin etc. 

REBLOG so people STOP harassing wheelchair users when they stand up and even WALK out their chairs in public.

kleenexwoman:

• you can fix any illness or injury by humming to yourself 
  
• nobody should be alone in the bathroom, ever 
  
• if you’re scared of someone, just fluff up your hair real big and they’ll probably leave you alone 
  
• when you pee on something, you own that thing. congratulations! property is urine 
  
• if it makes a sound like food, it is definitely food and you should try to eat it no matter what 
  
• hitting someone in the face is an appropriate way to thank them for doing your hair 
  
• when your friend is sad, sitting on top of them will make them feel better 
  
• if a gross dude is trying to have sex with you and you’re not into it, just shrug your shoulders and walk a few feet away and he’ll forget what he was doing entirely 
  
• missed the toilet? it’s ok. just kick some tp over it and nobody will know the difference. it’s also ok if you don’t even manage to cover it up as long as you tried 
  
• when you have leftovers, scratching the table around your dish will keep them fresh and tasty until you’re ready to eat again 
  
• if you are lonely and want affection, headbutting your best friend at full force is the best way to let them know you want to hang out 
  
• jealous because someone else is getting all the love? berate them until they leave the room. the other person will then be happy to immediately transfer their affection to you 
  
• silently and grimly kicking your brother in the stomach is a fun way to spend an afternoon 
  
• there is no limit to the number of times gravity can be discovered 
  
• it’s very important to keep yourself hydrated! find the stupidest possible way to drink water and do that. make sure to get your neck nice and wet for no real reason 
  
• when you’re finished styling your coif in the morning, remember to eat the hair you’ve combed out for a morning pick-me-up snack 
  
• doors should never be closed. if a door is closed it is a terrible mistake and must be remedied immediately by screaming at your mom 
  
• taking a shortcut to your favorite restaurant means that the restaurant will be an entirely different place by the time you get there 
  
• for a dramatic and loveable makeup look, wing both your top and bottom eyeliner all the way out to your ears and then draw a little “m” on your forehead 
  
• when it’s time to take the edge off, scatter your favorite drug on the floor and just roll around in it until you drool 
  
• need exercise? do sprint laps of your house at three in the morning. don’t worry about knocking things over! your health is more important than that ming vase.
  

Reddit recently asked for people to report the most confusing insult they ever received. Here are a few of the best responses. [via 22 words]

The post 20 Terrible Insults That Are Way More Confusing Than Offensive appeared first on Pleated-Jeans.com.

George Zimmerman, the self-appointed neighborhood watchman who killed Trayvon Martin in 2013, continues to find new ways to maintain his title as the worst person in the U.S. This time, he’s selling the gun he used to kill Trayvon Martin. From Fox 35:

The 9mm pistol that Zimmerman said was used to shoot and kill Trayvon Martin on February 26, 2012 is up for sale in an online auction.   FOX 35 spoke to Zimmerman about the weapon and its sale.  "I recently received it back from the Department of Justice. They took it after my trial, after I was exonerated," he said. 

We reached out to Trayvon Martin's family attorney for comment. While they didn't want to talk about Zimmerman, they gave us a statement which reads, "The Trayvon Martin Foundation is committed to its mission of ending senseless gun violence in the United States.  This election season, we are laser focused on furthering that mission. As such, the foundation has no comment on the actions of that person."

What does he plan to do with the money? Fight Hillary Clinton, who will appear at a fundraiser for the Trayvon Martin Foundation later this month:

But Zimmerman told Fox 35 that “legally, nothing stopped me nor stops me currently from owning or possessing a fire arm.” Fox 35 reporter Valerie Boey said on Twitter that he told her he would “use the proceeds to fight against Hillary Clinton and State Attorney Angela Corey,” who prosecuted him unsuccessfully in 2013

Last year he sold Confederate flag-themed paintings and split the proceeds with a gun store owner in Florida who declared his store a “Muslim-free zone.” 

when you can’t do something but you can’t explain why you can’t do it so they make you do it anyways

notadiagnosis:

a-ravenclaw-to-remember:

Why Do People Always Assume There’s a Quick Fix to my Chronic Illness?: A Novel by me.

PS. I promise it’s not diet and exercise.

incendavery:

just one of those days I guess

posts-that-deserved-better:

All women are forced to live under an arbitrary and unfair system which sorts us into the categories of “Fuckable” and “Worthless.”
The solution to this is NOT to expand the definition of “Fuckable.”

Dad Tweets (via imgur)

animestump:

they are a witch’s two familars and have never gotten along, but one day the witch disappears and so they must go on a cross-country search in order to bring her home. along the way, the cat learns to loosen up while the crow gains worldly experience, and they both become better friends

suzukiblu:

systlin:

systlin:

beautifultoastdream:

karama9:

suzume42:

grand-duc:

ialreadyreadthatfanfic:

angelqueen04:

luckyjak:

sskyguy:

                   the tragedy of anakin skywalker (x)

#no but really#why wasn’t anakin a crechemaster#why did they let him major in stabbing?#star wars#queue (tags @cadesama)

OH GOD NO BUT THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. how did the jedi not think of that?

what is anakin’s biggest weakness? attachments.

you know who needs lots of attachment? babies. small children.

anakin should not have been made to study murder: he should have been put in charge of Small Things. He would have bonded with all of them instantly, and it would have given his life Meaning and Purpose.

He’d bond with the kids, but he’d be able to move on because they are Bigger now and they have to go to the Big Kid Class but he still sees them around all the time, and it finally teaches him how to let go of his attachments??? He’d find a kid that he’s particularly fond of and go to Obi-Wan and say “I have found your newest padawan.”

this could have fixed so. many. things. ;_____;

Heh, and Anakin would keep picking Obi-Wan’s padawans for him, and it would be annoying but damn if he wasn’t right every single time.

BUT CAN YOU JUST IMAGINE HOW ANNOYED PALPATINE WOULD BE his life would be never-ending string of trying to get a hold of Anakin (I mean, would Anakin give him a time of day if he can spend it with small kids who absolutely adore him instead?)

he keeps comming over the years, but it’s always like

BEEP

“Anakin, my boy, we haven’t seen each other in a while—“

“I’m sorry, Chancellor, now’s not the best time. I’m tutoring a class.”

BEEP

“My dear boy, I wonder if we could meet for a chat—“

“Well, it can’t be this week, we’re going to Ilum, but maybe later…”

BEEP

“Anakin, I’d like to—“

“I’m terribly sorry, Chancellor,” Obi-Wan Kenobi answers. The apologetic tone might be just a tad exaggerated. “Anakin is on a trip with younglings, he must’ve left his comlink behind accidentally.”

BEEP

“You’ve reached Anakin Skywalker’s private comlink. Leave the message after the tone.”

BEEP

“It’s such a shame that Council doesn’t consider sending you on this campaign, considering the lightsaber skills you demonstrated when I was last visiting the Temple, Anakin.”

“Thank you, Chancellor, but this is precisely why I need to stay behind. In fact just the last week, the Masters decided I should take over some advanced lightsaber classes, considering senior Padawans accompanying their Masters on the frontlines need the training. I might take the Bear Clan along, make it a learning opportunity for the young ones—“

Palpatine closes his eyes slowly. He knows this from experience; Anakin won’t let himself be budged from the topic of little monsters for at least another half an hour.

BEEP

“Ah, Chancellor Palpatine. Anakin left his comlink behind again, he’s in class—“

BEEP

“Anakin, I hoped you—“

“Oh! Chancellor,” the voice on the other end is distinctly female, and Palpatine recognizes it after a second. Kenobi’s second Padawan. He barely restrains the urge to gnash his teeth. “Um, Skyg—I mean, Master Skywalker can’t pick up now. I can tell him you called? It’s just that he was helping me with forms, and he forgot his comlink, and he’s probably already in crèche…”

BEEP

Then there’s that one time when an actual youngling picks up the call. The less said about his reaction to that incident, the better.

BEEP

“—fortunately, they were all right in the end. But in my opinion, this should never happened in the first place, Chancellor.”

Palpatine snaps awake. Was that… was that anger? Finally, the hours of listening to worthless drivel about Jedi younglings paid off.

“My boy, I absolutely agree,” he begins slyly, but before he can continue, Anakin steamrolls on.

“I think Jedi Order is too deeply entwined in the conflict! I honestly don’t think even senior Padawans should be anywhere near battles, not to mention in command of GAR, but now even younglings are acceptable targets for Separatists and pirates! Master Yoda and I were talking about this lately, and—“

Palpatine swallows a scream of rage with some difficulty.

BEEP

“Forgot his comlink again, Master Skywalker has. With younglings, he is.”

Slaughtering younglings moved to the top on the list of things Darth Sidious will do after taking over galaxy some time ago.

this post keeps getting better and better

More please! Tagging @systlin, @beautifultoastdream and @karama9

That is what the Council would have done if they were smart. Seriously. Here’s Yoda saying Anakin should not be taught because he senses too much fear in him, and it’s fear for the people he cares about, something everyone present realizes fully because when it comes to his own safety, Anakin couldn’t be more reckless.

Then Qui Gon announces he’s training him anyway, someone points out he might fulfill the prophecy and bring balance to the Force, and nobody, NOBODY, thinks that MAYBE giving him a job that’s more about caring than killing might be an idea. Nope. Okay, we’re training him, let’s foster the loose canon aspect of his personalities, make him a war general and keep pushing him into vicious battles to the death. Sounds perfect for his mental health.

The Jedi Council were a bunch of idiots with their head so far up their own asses even a lightsaber shoved up there to the hilt would not provide them enough light to see further than their own noses.

I think I got lost somewhere in this metaphor. You get the point.

After ten years, Palpatine loses his patience and decides to change his plans. Fuck it, Skywalker has kids now–two adorable little moppets who can be captured, broken, and twisted into twin powerhouses of the Dark Side. Torture one while the other watches, convince them Daddy doesn’t love them, easy-peasy.

Unfortunately, he fails to reckon with the fact that not only is he going up against Anakin Fucking Skywalker, but that Anakin Fucking Skywalker is the surrogate father/big brother/best friend/cool teacher of ninety percent of the current Padawans and young Knights in the Order. And while the Council might make decisions and talk about the Will of the Force and stuff, those Padawans and Knights only care about the fact that the man who scared away the monsters under the bed–made it feel less lonely and frightening to be away from home when they were small–is now hurting and scared for his own children.

Just like Palpatine always wanted, Anakin ends up leading an army. An army of young Jedi who smash the ever-loving shit out of everything “Darth Sidious” can throw at them, rescue the terrified Skywalker twins, and drag the Chancellor hisownself before the Senate with conclusive proof that he’s an evil Dark-Side-wielding bastard who kidnaps adorable kids.

Attachments FTW.

God, YES

Luke and Leia would have grown up with 500 brothers and sisters of assorted species.  Whenever you see Anakin there are 10 kids with him, occasionally actively hanging off of his arms or riding on his shoulders. (Anakin looks downright gleeful about this). Padme thinks it’s the most adorable thing ever.  

20 years later by the time “A New Hope” would have begun, Anakin is 45. Padme is the new Chancellor. Luke and Leia are finishing their own Jedi training. 90% of the current young Jedi order calls Anakin ‘Dad’. He has amassed the galaxy’s largest collection of refrigerator art. After that incident with Chancellor Palpatine 15 years back, Yoda was forced to admit to Qui Gon’s very smug force-ghost that he was right. Everything is right with the galaxy. 

I LOVE NO FIX-IT META AS MUCH AS I LOVE THIS FIX-IT META 

sithlordkenobis:

“Somebody has to save our skins.” (x, x)