132,463 notes
10 / 1 / 2019 @ 22:09
(source: soycrates)

soycrates:

Gentrification creates a stifling homogeneity in urban areas that makes it less suited for the everyday lives of the lower class and more suited towards the leisure and tourism of those with expendable income.

An old, decrepit laundromat gets replaced by an upscale bakery? And people are mad? It’s not that the poor hate organic vegan cupcakes, it’s that most of us don’t have a way to do laundry in our own home.

Run-down corner stores replaced by hand-made designer clothing boutiques? We don’t hate your eco-fabric shawl, but I can’t eat that for dinner after work like I could have a can of beans I grabbed from that corner store when I don’t have time to take the bus to the real grocery store after work.

What gentrification brings in and of itself is not typically bad, it’s that gentrification brings institutions of leisure and pleasure and makes it so that the poor have to go farther out of their way for basic necessities. It turns low-income living spaces into local tourist attractions. It can even create food deserts by putting restaurants, grocery stores, etc. in that the majority of the lower class cannot afford.

Imagine if someone totally renovated your house and turned it into a mini theme park - they took away your sleeping space, where you prepare food, where you clean yourself and get ready for your day, and replaced it with things that will please people who are visiting, who have their own homes they can go back to, who are here not for their entire life but just as a distraction from their otherwise mundane existence. It’s not that you hate theme parks, it’s not like you’ve never been to a theme park and vow to never visit one again. It’s just that you need to live! To survive! And the leisure of those who have more than you should not invalidate your existence.

38,470 notes
9 / 1 / 2019 @ 03:10
(source: pettydavis)

mojrim:

themoufofthesouth:

pettydavis:

pettydavis:

overpopulation is a capitalist myth. pass it on

housing crises dont just happen. theyre designed.

Everyday people should not take majority of the blame for greenhouse gas emissions

Famines are political, not natural disasters.

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1 / 1 / 2019 @ 15:01
(source: iamvishnu)

iamvishnu:

when people don’t shut up about being drunk

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22 / 12 / 2018 @ 10:59
(source: doctordairyqueen-deactivated201)

freebroccoli:

countriesinyourhead:

neogonzo:

Tumblr is literally a social experiment to see how long an extremely alienated user base will continue to use a declining social media platform that sporadically removes its features until rendering it obsolete

Remember this years-old post?

What the experiment demonstrates is that I will put up with all of that just to use a site that shows me posts that I asked for in chronological order.

75,403 notes
22 / 12 / 2018 @ 10:58
(source: bangurz)

bangurz:

me: h-

blonde republican women:

54,713 notes
22 / 12 / 2018 @ 10:58
(source: epic-games-official)

space-catboy:

>see a pic

> goes “hmm”

> scrolls down

>it’s from picsthatmakeyougohmm

> got me

81,656 notes
19 / 12 / 2018 @ 00:13
(source: thatpettyblackgirl)

geekandmisandry:

medic-crow:

asleepontheceiling:

thatpettyblackgirl:

British people: lol all we’re known for is drinking tea and being extremely polite it’s basically our brand 

Commonwealth countries:

Canadian people: lol all we’re known for is playing hockey and being extremely polite it’s basically our brand

Native Americans:

America: We’ve always been the best and the land of the free!

Literally everyone except white american men:

Australia: we are so harmless and silly, throw a shrimp on the baaarbie, this is the lucky land!

Aboriginals, Immigrants and Asylum Seekers:

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19 / 12 / 2018 @ 00:11
(source: alexander)

alexander:

subway employees when i tell them i want a sub:

(Source: twitter.com)

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19 / 12 / 2018 @ 00:11
(source: peteseeger)

peteseeger:

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18 / 12 / 2018 @ 23:47
(source: shiftythrifting)

bookish-ocelot:

shiftythrifting:

For all your dink award needs, Value Village in Lynnwood, Wa

Big Dink Energy

(Source: shiftythrifting)

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18 / 12 / 2018 @ 23:40
(source: sindri42)

discourser-of-kruphix:

hentairobot:

sindri42:

sindri42:

sindri42:

sindri42:

sindri42:

sindri42:

sindri42:

sindri42:

sindri42:

So we just got back from toysrus and guess what we found?

This is the stupidest thing and I love it so much.

I call it the wristfucker.

Jedi Feferi cosplay in progress.

THIS IS STUPID

Wristfucker 2.0: fuck your whole family’s wrists.

Pros: impenetrable defense leaves no way for your opponent to cut off your hand.

Cons: you have already cut off your whole arm and maybe impaled yourself.

My finest creation.

IS THAT LAST ONE WHAT I THINK IT IS