I hit a rough patch and that “kindness of strangers” absolutely rules. I hope I can do the same for you someday, the helping-you-get-through it. Thank you, sincerely.
Yeah.
Thing is, if you view it from within the “strict father morality” frame their choices make sense (to them). From our frame (“nurturing parent”) it’s absurd.
I wasn’t going to take photos because… lots of reasons. But I caught myself out of the corner of my eye as I was shutting photobooth and took a pic. Thought it looked cool so I took another. What I’m marveling at is this is the same person with a slightly different angle and how totally different (to me) I look. It’s astounding what a difference a photo makes, I mean, how it’s framed, the lighting, the angles.
I’ve never been one to post “the best” photos because I’m convinced that would make it difficult for me to ever be willing to meet people offline (they’d be let down). But sometimes there’s no best or worst, there’s just really, really different.
I think he’s gone.
The problem with libertarianism is that inorder for libertarianism to work we have to all be born free and equal. I also don’t believe, as libertarians do that we are as people fully independent in ourselves.
I have come to think of the Libertarian ideology as a heterosexist philosophy. I suppose a women could believe that she is born free and equal, but most of us hopefully 1. realize we are not considered equal before the law or socially in the united states and 2. through this realization come to realize we are certainly not the only minority but that in fact there is a system to maintaining power through the fear and oppression of many minorities.
Rand Paul, a Pro Life “constitutional conservative” doesn’t even see women as people so much as a vessel, he believes he is being a good libertarian in fighting for the civil rights of this unborn fetus- never mind that the fetus comes/is part of a women. We are not individually fully independent, as new agey as it sounds we are part of a network, sometimes, in the case of pregnancy quite literally.
The myth we all want to believe specifically as Americans is that we are somehow fully born, self owning, without conditions or ties-that individuals make the best decisions…but where do individuals come from? And in what kind of society are we born into?
We aren’t born free at all, some of us are born very privileged, these people if they really believed in the ideas of libertarianism would feel indebted as individuals to correct the inequalities of our society. I would also hope that they would come to realize the best way for minorities and themselves to equal the playing field would be to join in group and discussions to find the best way for everyone to be able to get what they need/want as individuals.
Cartoon from this website: http://www.amptoons.com/
Cartoon by Barry Deutsch
This addresses Right Libertarians, only, not those of us who are Libertarian Socialist/Left Libertarian/Social Anarchists/Progressive Populists. Still, for the right upper quadrant of the range, it’s spot on.
Um, okay, two of my favorite tumblr people who are (in my mind) kinda celebrity tumblr people started following me and now I feel like I should do something interesting.
I won’t, of course, do anything differently. Still, it’s amazing how the littlest things can gimme a little boost.
(via navlova)
I think a lot. A lot lot lot. Any decisions I make or opinions I form, however, are all feel.
feetupfriday. DebShock reminded me of this today with her adorable mismatched peds (my pic is blurry but you might see her tumblr on the left). This picture captures my entirely empty pint of Cherry Garcia that I ate all in one sitting. Nom nom nom pffffffllllt (lactose intolerant).
No, you are supposed to do that. That’s how rules work. Someone says, “Hey this is how we do a thing,” and then you do it that way. Like two spaces after a period. Just like that.
Just. Like. That.
When I studied journalism, it pained me to follow AP Stylebook guidelines of a single space after a period. But I did it, and liked it.
Once you go singlespaceafteraperiod-ack, you never go back.
…Ok, I’ve been good all week and I know, I know, I am the number one proponent of boobs not drama. However, I REALLY take exception to this comment.
Marriage is FAR more than children. Children do not make a marriage. Children are the outcome of sex between two people. Children can…
The way I read it is marriage is even more permanent once children come into the picture. I didn’t read it as literally dismissing marriage without children, just that having children changes everything.
Okay, so, it’s not a sst kind of picture, but when I was pumping gas my hair looked to me exactly like Joan Jett (I think?) or maybe Pat Benatar (sp?) so I took a picture with my phone. I’m posting it here cuz I LIKE the LIKE feeling that some of you’ve given me when I post photos. :-) :-) :-)
apricotica asked: Yeah, dude, it is that you have to know someone. Best I can do is offer you the list of silly questions I've come up with for emergency askhole situations. Which have been asked of others, but seldom answered with aplomb or panache. Ahem.
1.You're kicking someone's ass. (They totally deserve it.) You get to choose the sound track to this well-deserved ass-kicking. What song or songs play as you kick this person's ass?
2. For no reason you can discern your poop is suddenly bright, bright orange. Like, safety-orange. Fluorescent day-glo crossing guard vest orange. Doesn't matter what you eat or drink. Every time you take a crap your shit is now this color. How long before you tell Tumblr about it? Do you post bright orange poop pics? Do you photograph your poop in black light like an old Led Zeppelin poster?
3. What would be a good product name for marketing peel-n-stick herpes sores?
4. What is the most mediocre super-power you can think of?
5. What never might have possibly ceased being your favorite verb tense?
I was going to just pick one, but I’m gonna do it like it’s a meme. That way, there’s no way it’ll be short enough or interesting enough for people to really read and it’ll defeat the purpose (a purpose) of the questions thing which, I trust, is to kind of get to know each other.
1. Nirvana’s Territorial Pissing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCGvONbVCa0
2. Tuesday for #tmituesday. But, that’s bullshit. The moment I’ve cleaned my bum and washed up, it’s going online.
3. Oozers.
4. Slicing fresh bread without smushing it at all.
5. Present.
Thank you, apricotica, for making me feel a little bit more like I’m a part of something here in this tumblr place. :-)
“It’s beyond my control”
Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich
“You’ll find the shame is like the pain, you only feel it once. “
I think I just came. I adore the man and that particular character was outstanding.
