1. 7861
    24
    Sep
    thedailywhat: Passive-Aggressive Note of the Day: Borders locked up the last of its brick-and-mortar bookstores last Sunday. The above list of gripes — reportedly posted at one of many out-of-business outlets — claims to speak for all Borders employees. A transcript follows, courtesy of EW’s Shelf Life: We hate when a book becomes popular simply because it was turned into a movie. It confused us when we were asked where the non-fiction section is. Nicholas Sparks is not a good writer … if you like him, fine, but facts are facts. We greatly dislike the phrase “Quick question.” It’s never true. And everyone seems to have one. Your summer reading list was our summer reading NIGHTMARE. Also, it’s called summer reading, not three days before school starts reading. It’s true that we lean to the left and think Glenn Beck is an idiot. We always knew when you were intently reading Better Homes and Gardens, it was really a hidden Playboy. Most of the time when you returned books you read them already — and we were onto you. Limit One Coupon did not mean one for every member of your family — this angered us. Also, we did know what coupons were out. It never bothered us when you threatened to shop at Barnes & Noble. We’d rather you do if you’re putting up a stink. “I was just here last week and saw this book there” meant nothing to us. The store changed once a week. When you walked in and immediately said, “I’m looking for a book,” what you really meant to say is, “I would like you to find me a book.” You never looked. It’s fine, it’s our job — but let’s be correct about what’s really happening here. If you don’t know the author, title, or genre, but you do know the color of the cover, we don’t either. How it was our fault that we couldn’t find it we’ll never understand. We were never a daycare. Letting your children run free and destroy our section destroyed a piece of our souls. Oprah was not the “final say” on what is awesome. We really didn’t care what was on her show or what her latest book club book was. Really. When you returned your SAT books, we knew you used them. We thought it wasn’t fair — seeing that we are not a library. [shelflife / fark.]

    thedailywhat:

    Passive-Aggressive Note of the Day: Borders locked up the last of its brick-and-mortar bookstores last Sunday. The above list of gripes — reportedly posted at one of many out-of-business outlets — claims to speak for all Borders employees.

    A transcript follows, courtesy of EW’s Shelf Life:

    • We hate when a book becomes popular simply because it was turned into a movie.
    • It confused us when we were asked where the non-fiction section is.
    • Nicholas Sparks is not a good writer … if you like him, fine, but facts are facts.
    • We greatly dislike the phrase “Quick question.” It’s never true. And everyone seems to have one.
    • Your summer reading list was our summer reading NIGHTMARE. Also, it’s called summer reading, not three days before school starts reading.
    • It’s true that we lean to the left and think Glenn Beck is an idiot.
    • We always knew when you were intently reading Better Homes and Gardens, it was really a hidden Playboy.
    • Most of the time when you returned books you read them already — and we were onto you.
    • Limit One Coupon did not mean one for every member of your family — this angered us. Also, we did know what coupons were out.
    • It never bothered us when you threatened to shop at Barnes & Noble. We’d rather you do if you’re putting up a stink.
    • “I was just here last week and saw this book there” meant nothing to us. The store changed once a week.
    • When you walked in and immediately said, “I’m looking for a book,” what you really meant to say is, “I would like you to find me a book.” You never looked. It’s fine, it’s our job — but let’s be correct about what’s really happening here.
    • If you don’t know the author, title, or genre, but you do know the color of the cover, we don’t either. How it was our fault that we couldn’t find it we’ll never understand.
    • We were never a daycare. Letting your children run free and destroy our section destroyed a piece of our souls.
    • Oprah was not the “final say” on what is awesome. We really didn’t care what was on her show or what her latest book club book was. Really.
    • When you returned your SAT books, we knew you used them. We thought it wasn’t fair — seeing that we are not a library.

    [shelflife / fark.]

    (via unbadger)

  2. 56
    24
    Sep
    whiporwill: Apparently Republicans don’t learn much from history. This was passed out to bystanders at Dealey Plaza on the day of JFK’s assassination.

    whiporwill:

    Apparently Republicans don’t learn much from history. This was passed out to bystanders at Dealey Plaza on the day of JFK’s assassination.

    (via unbadger)

  3. 483
    24
    Sep

    "

    “I am 25 years old now, and shacking up in my parents’ guest bedroom,” he told me. “I have successfully made four payments on my student loans in the past three and a half years. I have over $48,000 dollars of student loan debt, and absolutely nothing to show for it. No degrees. No certificates. No qualifications. I have continued my education to the best of my ability since leaving A&M, but always at community colleges and always paying for everything out of pocket. As you can imagine, since I’m not ‘qualified’ for a decent paying job, my savings for school piles up very slowly, and then disappears when August and January roll around. I haven’t been back to school in about a year now, and I currently work at Subway, making sandwiches. I don’t make my loan payments.”


    He’s about to join the military because he sees it as his only option. “I am depressed at the idea of signing my life away for four years so I can fight someone else’s wars. I am angry beyond belief that it’s come to this,” he said.

    "

    - $1 Trillion In Loans? How Student Debt Is Killing the Economy and Punishing an Entire Generation | AlterNet (via monkeyknifefight)

    (via unbadger)

  4. 1451
    14
    Aug
    fuckyeahoddities: Genie is the pseudonym for a feral child who spent nearly all of the first thirteen years of her life locked inside a bedroom strapped to a potty chair. She was a victim of one of the most severe cases of social isolation in American history. Genie was discovered by Los Angeles authorities on November 4, 1970. Genie spent the next 12 years of her life locked in her bedroom. During the day, she was tied to a child’s potty chair in diapers; some nights, when she hadn’t been completely forgotten, she was bound in a sleeping bag and placed in an enclosed crib with a cover made of metal screening. Indications are that Genie’s father beat her with a large stick if she vocalized, and he barked and growled at her like a dog in order to keep her quiet. He also rarely allowed his wife and son to leave the house or even to speak, and he expressly forbade them to speak to Genie. By the age of 13, Genie was almost entirely mute, commanding a vocabulary of about 20 words and a few short phrases (nearly all negative, such as “stop it” and “no more”).

    fuckyeahoddities:

    Genie is the pseudonym for a feral child who spent nearly all of the first thirteen years of her life locked inside a bedroom strapped to a potty chair. She was a victim of one of the most severe cases of social isolation in American history. Genie was discovered by Los Angeles authorities on November 4, 1970.

    Genie spent the next 12 years of her life locked in her bedroom. During the day, she was tied to a child’s potty chair in diapers; some nights, when she hadn’t been completely forgotten, she was bound in a sleeping bag and placed in an enclosed crib with a cover made of metal screening. Indications are that Genie’s father beat her with a large stick if she vocalized, and he barked and growled at her like a dog in order to keep her quiet. He also rarely allowed his wife and son to leave the house or even to speak, and he expressly forbade them to speak to Genie. By the age of 13, Genie was almost entirely mute, commanding a vocabulary of about 20 words and a few short phrases (nearly all negative, such as “stop it” and “no more”).

    (via unbadger)

  5. 2056
    13
    Aug

    "

    Yes, many people, probably most people, say that disliking your body is a normal part of being a woman. If by “normal” they mean that the majority of women, 80-90%, dislike their bodies, then yes, it is “normal.” The vast majority of women in this culture at this time do dislike their bodies.

    But to think that this is normal as in natural, as in necessary, as in a normal function of being alive, is ridiculous. This belief is part of the problem. Since it is so ubiquitous, many women have come to accept that it is just part of being a woman. This is ludicrous! It is settling for what happens to be the situation for many, instead of envisioning the possibilities that are available for all. It is accepting mediocrity instead of creating grandeur. It is maintaining the status quo instead of envisioning the truth.

    "

    -

    Sarah Maria (via curvesahead)

    Amen.

    (via cocoku)

    I was talking to my mom the other day about how literally every single woman and girl we know has body issues.  We also came to the conclusion that it’s pretty messed up.

    (via reelaroundthefountain)

    (Source: rawwomen, via unbadger)

  6. 14227
    12
    Aug

    "Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. […] Every high school student knows that Isaac Newton discovered gravity, that Charles Darwin discovered evolution, and that Albert Einstein discovered the relativity of time. But when it comes to the composition of our universe, the textbooks simply say that the most abundant atom in the universe is hydrogen. And no one ever wonders how we know."

    -

    Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery. (via alliterate)

    Professor Cecilia Payne, ladies and gentlemen.

    (via neon-loneliness)

    This is a great example of how the education we receive focuses around the discoveries and perspectives of men.

    (via fffigures)

    —————-

    Woah. PUTTING ON A HAT AND THEN TIPPING IT TO YOU, COSMIC QUEEN CECILIA PAYNE!

    (via emmyc)

    (via unbadger)

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    Aug
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    12
    Aug

    FIND THE GAY ONE: ☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺☺ Right, you can’t tell because we are all the same.

  9. 23
    12
    Aug

    twinklefish:

    left—right:

    You know, if you guys ever start getting down on yourselves and your art I hope that maybe my example can be helpful in some way? I didn’t seriously start applying myself to art until about this time a year ago.

    I was 20 years old, going into my senior year of university. By a lot of standards…

    THIS THIS THIS. People never believe me when I tell them it’s never too late to develop you art. Talent only gets you so far, you have to work for it too. Lol it’s not like violin where if you don’t start before the age of …IDK 6 your chances of being a professional performer are almost completely shot to hell.

    The same goes for singing, but that’s a different story and I’m digressing again. >_>

    (Source: villainsgoleft)

  10. 14167
    9
    Aug

    Congratulations, Troubled Youth of Britain. Your plan to have your voice heard is going splendidly. Obviously after burning down people’s homes, places of work and cars, after looting shops and burgling people’s homes, rioting outside hospitals and other places that offer refuge and shelter for vulnerable people, after all this, the rest of the United Kingdom will eagerly respect and value your opinion and gladly treat you like responsible human beings.

    (Source: great-toast, via kkorilakkumaa)

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