the-plaid-princess:

When your pet adjusts their position so they can lay their head on you

draconicjanus:

freesocrates:

juliansballclenchingfalsetto:

talking to very republican teenagers is so surreal

you can just hear the directly quoted rhetoric in their voice, like

“my dad said this”

“my father says”

lycanthropic:

Running into closeted homosexuals from high school at the gay club

laptopped:

that one kid who argues with the teacher on a regular basis and you just

thebeatleswereterrible:

“It’s the social economic version of “just stop being depressed””

holy shit

thats it

thats exactly what bothers me about “forget money follow your dreams” like lol ok poor people just stop being poor and do things start a business 

just acknowledge we live in a capitalist society and that following a dream isn’t achievable for everyone like. be real. i’m a positive person but i’m not full of illusions about how things work.

freedominwickedness:

hyenaboy:

“Yes, being in a female dominated field, I do know what it means to be marginalized. “

oh

my

god

omg

oh my fucking god

The really ugly part is they’ve actually done multiple sociological studies on this, and guess what the result is? Men in female-dominated fields aren’t marginalized at all; they get special treatment and are fast-tracked to the top, getting more credit for their work, faster promotions, and greater pay and benefits than their female colleagues.

Here’s one study. Here’s another. And another.