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switchelsweets:

themythicalcodfish:

pikestaff:

“Stop saying 15 year olds with weird interests are cringe, they’re 15” this is true however you should also stop saying adults with weird interests are cringe because who gives a shit

To wit:

I want to share some wisdom from my high school art teacher.

In my AP Art class, there was a girl who was just starting to experiment with mixed media. At this point she was still playing around, trying to decide what direction she wanted to go with her portfolio. So one critique day, she brought in an abstract canvas with some rhinestone highlights and painted and real peacock feathers. She loved sparkles and peacock feathers so she thought she’d try introducing them a *little*. And after everyone had given some input, the teacher gave her his advice, VERY roughly paraphrased here:

“So here’s the thing… I do not like this style. These are just elements that do not speak to me personally, but I see that you like them, and you’re doing interesting things with them.

“My biggest critique is, I only merely *dislike* this piece. I want you to make me HATE it. Go crazy with the things that you like. Don’t hold back trying to make it palatable to people like me. Because I am NEVER going to like it. And if the audience does not like it, it should drive them crazy seeing how much YOU love it.”

Her portfolio was chock full of neon colors and glitter and rhinestones and splashes of peacock feathers and it was a delight. Our teacher despised every piece lol, but she got great marks and I think even won some awards. And more importantly, she was happy and proud of the results. Because she didn’t limit herself by trying to appeal to people who were never going to enjoy what she enjoyed.

Takeaway here: be as cringe as you want. Don’t limit yourself based on other ppl’s tastes. They’re not you, and you are incredible 💕

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a-real-human-person-not-fake:

ms-demeanor:

palant1r:

palant1r:

the virgin loss.jpg versus the chad xkcd Seven Years

Don’t forget the latest version, Ten Years

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tree-of-blue-squirrel:

randomencounters:

nyyyoooooooom:

bumblebeebats:

So there’s this terrifying statue currently touring England called KNIFE ANGEL that’s apparently supposed to raise awareness about knife crime or something but i cannot get over how the ppl organising events around this thing have absolutely no idea what tone to go for. Like what sort of Nightvale shit is this

REPTILES!

PONY VISIT!

K N I F E  A N G E L

this is what the knife angel looks like by the way. this is who the pony is visiting. this is what the reptiles are here for. the reason for the inflatables

Event: Knife Angel Family Fun Day

Knife angel lowkey highkey looks like a character you´d read about in Neil Gaiman´s Neverwhere

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gphoenixsims:

glammoose:

Psst. I have a hot tip for people annoyed by the never leaving NEW flag on the merch shop.

Download the uBlock Origin extension (it’s great). Firefox, Chrome

Then! Right click on the store icon, it’ll bring up a menu, go down to ‘Block Element’

Once you click that, it’ll bring up this menu on the bottom right of your screen, select 'pick’

Then you use the little picker to hover just so over the new flag until it’s outlined in red and click it:

Once that’s selected, go back down to the box at the bottom right and hit create.

Now do a little dance because it’s gone, gone, GONE!

Well, it worked!

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berniesrevolution:

They’ve Always Been Watching Us: From COINTELPRO and Martin Luther King, Jr to the NSA’s surveillance program, the US Government has been keeping a close watch on the American Left for a long time.

by Andy Warner and Jess Parker

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catpda:

catpda:

how can ppl say cats dont have feelings like. 

when my cat got deadly sick she refused to eat a single thing and it had been days but when i started crying she ate just a little bit, and upon seeing how happy it made me, kept doing it whenever she could.

now whenever im sad or crying she finds wherever i am with a mouthful of food and eats the pieces one by one, every time looking up at me making sure i was watching her eat it all because she knew it made me happy. and it DOES make me happy

i love cats!!! 

im so glad my little Foofy has touched everyone’s hearts… she luvs you all

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ethanmaldridge:

What happens, happens.

And then, we are gone.

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demonius-darkblade:

gonzosestrangedbrother:

queen-elizabeth-the-3st:

demonius-darkblade:

my mom once told me i was a ski jumper in a past life because she dreamed about a ski jumper dying in a terrible accident when she was pregnant with me, and said it was definitely true cause the ski jumper in her dream was also blonde. i never had the heart to tell her this is absolutely not something catholics can believe.

I was born an identical twin shortly after 911, my mum is CONVINCED me and my sister are the twin towers reincarnate

HUH

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katco-cereal:

katco-cereal:

Thank you, /r/ProgrammerHumor, I love you endlessly.

Redditors competing to make the worst volume sliders possible…

special delivery for @soffies!!!

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c3rvida3:

c3rvida3:

c3rvida3:

My roommate (the one who hates septum piercings so much they make her gag) thinks my art is the most disgusting and ugly shit on the planet, and every time I announce that I’ve sold a piece or gotten into a show, she makes the kind of facial expression you’d expect of someone eating chili at a live autopsy and says, “I’m glad you’re having fun! :)”

You’re all misunderstanding; I love her so much and I’m having a great time. It’s like when you’re a kid and you chase other, less cool kids around the playground with a fun worm you found.

She doesn’t consume any media besides sitcoms and reality TV, and doesn’t have social media besides Facebook, so when I come to her with something even remotely bizarre, she just has absolutely nothing to compare it to. Like, when I show her something mildly weird that made like this:

She’s just fully convinced that I personally invented the concept of body horror all on my own specifically to make her life a living hell. She thinks I’m the only person like this alive. It’s so funny. I love her.

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cookiedoughmeagain:

ALT

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Oh no

It’s true

It is like something out of Douglas Adams. And yet it is actually happening.

The Queue.

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