February 2012
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canadians: american people are so annoying
british: american people are so annoying
chinese: american people are so annoying
mexicans: american people are so annoying
french: american people are so annoying
americans: we are so annoying
Woman: Can I have birth control?
Government: No.
Woman: I got pregnant because I didn't have birth control and I don't want the fetus. Can I have an abortion?
Government: No.
Woman: I gave birth to my child but since I wasn't expecting it, I can't afford daycare. Can I have help paying for it?
Government: No.
Woman: My boyfriend isn't excited about sex anymore, because I lost my figure due to pregnancy. Will you pay for his erectile dysfunction pills?
Government: Yes.
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anthrodynia
dictionaryofobscuresorrows:
n. a state of exhaustion with how shitty people can be to each other, typically causing a countervailing sense of affection for all things that are sincere but not judgmental, are unabashedly joyful, or just are.
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“Good to know that if I ever need attention all I have to do is die.”
– Sylvia Plath (via incorrectsylviaplathquotes)
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“Compassion hurts. When you feel connected to everything, you also feel...”
– Andrew Boyd (via nirvikalpa)
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Albert Goldbarth, "The Sciences Sing a Lullabye"
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Physics says: go to sleep. Of course you’re tired. Every atom in you has been dancing the shimmy in silver shoes nonstop from mitosis to now. Quit tapping your feet. They’ll dance inside themselves without you. Go to sleep. Geology says: it will be all right. Slow inch by inch America is giving itself to the ocean. Go to sleep. Let darkness lap at your sides. Give darkness an...
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“I’m not a Democrat, I’m not a Republican, and I don’t even consider myself an...”
– Malcolm X, May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 (via fuckyeahmarxismleninism)
Excerpts from his “The Ballot or the Bullet” speech April 3, 1964
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“Supériorité? Infériorité? Pourquoi tout simplement ne pas essayer de toucher...”
– Frantz Fanon, Peau noir masques blancs
English: “Superiority? Inferiority? Why not simply try to touch the other, to feel the other, to reveal to myself the other?”
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The thing is, I miss him. But there is no point in saying it. One does not say, “today I breathed,” or “today my heart beat.”
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In Case You Missed It of the Day: Speaking of which, Amy Poehler returned to Saturday Night Live last night to reunite with former Weekend Update co-host Seth Meyers for a special birth-control segment of “Really?!?” which delved into all the wacky, anachronistic mishegas the Republicans were up to this week.
On the one hand, I hope Amy returns to Weekend Update more often. On...
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