May 2013
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How to Stop Being a People Pleaser
onlinecounsellingcollege:
Do you always give in, or let other people choose, or hide what you think, or never ask to have your way? Perhaps you fear disapproval or disappointing others, and the last thing you want is to make somebody mad. If this profile describes you then you may be a people pleaser … and maybe it is time to stand up for yourself. Below are some tips that can help you with...
“I read several dozen stories a year from miserable, lonely guys who insist that...”
– David Wong, 6 Harsh Truths That Will Make You a Better Person (via creatingaquietmind)
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charamei:
‘Asexual characters are boring’ is writer code for ‘I am too lazy and unimaginative to come up with character conflicts that don’t revolve around sex.’
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apparently compulsive cheek biting is classified...
yousillysillygirl:
It’s in the OCD family. You start chewing the inside of your cheek out of stress or anxiousness, but then you feel the bumpy skin there from biting it the first time and try to make it feel smooth again by continuing to chew until it’s a habit and you can’t stop. The googles tells me I should stop or I could get mouth cancer, so that’s nice.
I wonder what other fun things I...
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consulting-god-of-badassery:
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daemon-hearts:
A minute of silence for all the good books with bad movie adaptions.
A minute of silence for all the bad books that are getting movie adaptations.
A minute of silence for books with the movie adaptation on the front cover
A minute of silence for The Last Airbender
ten minutes of...
tr3ndyc00l:
apparently my school made the senior dinner great gatsby themed
because what better theme for a graduation party than the inaccessibility of the american dream
“Incredible change happens in your life when you decide to take control of what...”
– Steve Maraboli (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
TSA routinely violates own rules and the law to... →
wilwheaton:
Sai has “a neurological disorder that causes episodic muteness and muscle spasms” — basically, he sometimes becomes mute and gets bad tremors. His doctor has advised him to sip juice continuously, and this helps control his condition. TSA rules allow him to bring any amount of juice through a checkpoint. Unfortunately, the TSA doesn’t read its own rules. Instead, Sai is detained at...
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yaoibutts:
I love how potato in French is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth apple.”
like what stupid frenchman saw this:
and said “zis petite légume looks like a, how you say, APPLE! hmmm… but it grows in ze earth… HON HON HON! MAIS OUI! C’EST UNE POMME DE TERRE!”
j’adore comment ananas se dit pineapple en anglais, ce qui veut littéralement dire...
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“To all those who don’t think the rape joke was a problem, or rape jokes are a...”
– Time-Machine (via a comment at shakesville.com)
Single greatest argument about this I have ever heard.
(via justintheallan)
“The government is cutting music programmes in schools and slashing Arts grants...”
– Concert pianist James Rhodes articulates the urgency of finding your purpose and doing what you love. As a wise woman eloquently put it, “Start with a big, fat lump in your throat, start with a profound sense of wrong, a deep homesickness, or a crazy lovesickness, and run with it.” (via...
The USA Twitter Bigotry Map →
lgbtlaughs:
[warning for multiple uncensored slurs (when you hover on the top menu) given in reference to what words were studied]
dennisryannguyen:
A team of researchers at California’s Humboldt State University have produced a visual representation to show where the most hateful, bigoted speech on twitter originates. The Geography of Hate shows which regions in the United States produce the...
