February 2012
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Mamihlapinatapai
Mamihlapinatapai (sometimes spelled mamihlapinatapei) is a word from the Yaghan language of Tierra del Fuego, listed in The Guinness Book of World Records as the “most succinct word”, and is considered one of the hardest words to translate. It refers to “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to suggest or offer...
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It is not necessarily at home that we best encounter our true selves. The...
– Alain de Botton (via newgarde)
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I am not the acceptable kind of fat.
siuilaruin:
pompadoursandpincurls:
So I’ve been feeling pretty shitty about my body lately.
Mainly because I’m unemployed right now and the only possible job prospects I can seem to find are doing porn, modeling, or working at The Lusty Lady, a local “peep show” establishment.
I have a number of friends that work at The Lusty, and it was (to my knowledge), the first unionized strip club in...
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When you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore...
– Jamie Raskin - who is now a senator in Maryland and served as floor manager of the recently passed bill allowing same sex marriage. (via abaldwin360)
BOOM.
(via tehblackbirdisincognito)
EFFING A, MAN. THIS. (via spastasmagoria)
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I’m listening to songs whose lyrics or titles made it as Arthur/Merlin fan fic, and I’m… freezing my tear glands because, dude, you can’t fucking cry in the office.
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I think it’s very healthy to spend time alone. You need to know how to be alone...
– Oscar Wilde (via cavum)
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Some things
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Calling yourself a feminist doesn’t make you an extremist. It’s a cultural misunderstanding, and it’s prevalent enough that the general public shuns the term. It has a nasty reputation for extremism, for anger and vitriol towards… well, everyone. So, nobody wants to be a feminist. They’re not like those women. They’re normal people, for goodness sakes! Do they believe in equality for...
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step one: take out homework
step two: reward self with two hours of internet for getting that far
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