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October 28, 2017
theonion:SAN JUAN, PR—Saying that their fellow countrymen were...
SAN JUAN, PR—Saying that their fellow countrymen were probably deluged with coverage of their plight, residents of Puerto Rico who have been without power for the last month told reporters Thursday that they could only assume that this crisis had to be the nation’s leading news story. “I mean, I haven’t heard anything due to being without electricity for so long, but I assume this catastrophe is dominating the 24-hour news cycle in the rest of the country,” said 46-year-old Mariel Costa, one of 3.4 million Puerto Ricans who felt positive that news sources like The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Fox News, and other media organizations must be unable to cover much of anything else but the ongoing humanitarian crisis happening in the U.S. territory since Hurricane Maria devastated the island five weeks ago. “This many Americans struggling to survive without electricity or clean drinking water for so long; it must be all the rest of the country is talking about. It’s probably gut wrenching for them to be confronted by the photos of this tragedy on a daily basis. It really keeps us going knowing that our American brothers and sisters care and are thinking about us constantly.”At press time, news outlets were reportedly clamoring to cover the recently released classified files on President John F. Kennedy’s assassination more than 50 years ago.
officialbioware:
officialbioware:
I’M DOING IT
I’M WRITING
nevermind
I’M DOING IT
I’M WRITING
nevermind
mukuroikusaba:
hayamika:
katielynn526:
allieinarden:
silver-to...
THE GREATEST JOKE ADVENTURE TIME HAS EVER WRITTEN
People like to make fun of animators but jokes on them…
WHY’D YALL LEAVE OUT THE BEST ONE?
v1als:
tastefullyoffensive:
Worth it. (via welder22)
“Legacy....
Worth it. (via welder22)
“Legacy. What is a legacy? It’s planting seeds in a garden you never get to see.” – Hamilton, 2015
left-reminders:
left-reminders:
left-reminders:
left-reminders:
left-reminders:
left-reminder...
Capitalist culture is service industry workers not being allowed to sit down for their entire shifts, no matter how dead the traffic flow gets.
Capitalist culture is service industry workers sacrificing their comfort for antagonizing and pervy customers who are “always right”.
Capitalist culture is giving students homework in order to prepare them for their future careers where they’ll inevitably need to “take work home with them” or work extra hours in order to put bread on the table.
Capitalist culture is helping physically/mentally ill people only to the extent that they’re able to generate profitable labor again.
Capitalist culture is destroying food that can’t be sold rather than distributing it to poor people according to need.
Capitalist culture is monetizing knowledge and making it artificially scarce so that owners can profit and laypeople are left in the dark.
October 27, 2017
dullorama:
winterinthetardis:
SO APPARENTLY MY ENTIRE LIFE IS A...
SO APPARENTLY MY ENTIRE LIFE IS A LIE HOW HAS YOUR GUYS’ NIGHT BEEN
(Image is of a series of tweets written in all caps by a Twitter user named Nilli @sharknoises. Image text transcribed below.)
MY ENTIRE LIFE IS A LIE
I WAS JUST EATING DINNER WITH MY PARENTS AND MY MOM ASKS IN FARSI FOR ME TO PASS HER THE REMOTE CONTROL. I WAS LIKE “…WHAT?”
MOM: *POINTS TO TONGS* [IN FARSI] GIVE ME THE REMOTE CONTROL.
ME:…..YOU MEAN THE TONGS?
MOM: YEAH, PLEASE PASS IT OVER.
AFTER I PASS IT OVER I’M LIKE “WHY DID YOU CALL THE TONGS THE [PERSIAN WORD FOR REMOTE CONTROL]? & SHE JUST VERY NONCHALANTLY BLOWS MY MIND
MOM: [WORD] IS JUST A FILLER WORD, YOU KNOW. I COULDN’T REMEMBER THE WORD FOR TONGS, SO I SAID [WORD].
ME: ………WHAT. NO. WHAT?
FOR 28 YEARS OF MY LIFE, THE WORD IN FARSI THAT I THOUGHT MEANT REMOTE FOTROL WAS ACTUALLY JUST THE FARSI EQUIVALENT OF “THINGAMABOB.” WTF.
I JUST SAT THERE, WITH MY MOUTH HANGING OPEN, FOR A SOLID MINUTE. MY MOM WAS LIKE “WAIT… YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS THE ACTUAL WORD FOR REMOTE?”
YES, MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DID THINK THAT!!!!!!!!!!! I LEARNED FARSI FROM YOU AND DID!! YOU GUYS CALL IT THAT WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ME: WELL WHAT’S THE ACTUAL WORD FOR REMOTE CONTROL THEN?
MOM: UM… I DON’T KNOW? *SAYS IN ENGLISH WITH A PERSIAN ACCENT* “CON-TROL”?
AND MY MOM IS JUST LIKE “WHY IS THIS SUCH A BIG DEAL? LIKE SHE DIDN’T JUST SHAKE THE FOUNDATION OF MY ENTIRE WORLD!!!!
“WHY IS THIS SUCH A BIG DEAL??” I LEARNED FARSI FROM YOU GUYS!! HOW MUCH OF MY KNOWLEDGE OF FARSI IS JUST FAKE WORDS THAT Y'ALL MADE UP?????
ME: SO IF I WAS AT SOMEONE’S HOUSE AND I ASK WHERE THE [WORD] IS, THEY’D JUST LOOK AT ME LIKE WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
MOM: [LAUGHS AT ME]
ME: WHAT ELSE CAN I NOT TRUST??? WHAT ELSE IS FAKE???? ARE Y'ALL EVEN MY REAL PARENTS????
MOM: [KEEPS LAUGHING AT ME]
MY LIFE IS A LIE!!!!!
(End of tweets.)
naturalistamisslyn:
maxofs2d:
i scrolled past this post 4 times...
i scrolled past this post 4 times until it finally hit me
I’m in a coffee shop trying not to scream
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