jazzylittledrops:

So this video started going around my facebook today, with about a dozen of my female friends sharing the link with comments like, and “Everyone needs to see this”, and “All girls should watch this,” and “This made me cry.” And I’m not trying to shame those girls! I definitely understand why they would do so. And I don’t want to be a killjoy. But as I clicked the link and started watching the video, I started to feel a slight sense of discomfort. I couldn’t put my finger on why that was, exactly, but it continued throughout the whole thing. After watching the video several more times, I have some thoughts… 

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vastderp:

the-rain-monster:

rainbowbarnacle:

the-rain-monster:

http://kgajos.eecs.harvard.edu/mite/

The test was originally written to test adults on the Autism-spectrum. You pick one of four emotional states a person is feeling based solely on their eyes. It was kind of creepy. I scored higher than average, but I went by artistic factors such as “If they were feeling embarrassed their eyebrows would be at a different angle, so it’s not that,” etc. I wish they showed which ones you got wrong, that would be interesting.

Whoa, that creeped me out too. Neat test, though!

It is neat but DAMN creepy eyes are creepy. It’s weird, I don’t know what it is about just seeing someone’s eyes that makes them somewhat menacing. If there was a fifth option for every page that said “Somehow unsettling” I’d of chosen it each time.

i got a 29, neat. before it mentioned all the models were white i’d left feedback mentioning it, and also that most of the female examples had ‘sexy’ options where the men’s were way more serious and thoughtful, which rankled me a bit.

34 out of 36. The distribution of scores is pretty interesting - or rather, the uniformity.

I do wish I knew which two I got wrong!

usatodaysports:

Examples of overwhelming kindness following the Boston Marathon explosions.

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facticemagazine:

Priscilla Ono by Vijat Mohindra for Slink Magazine #9 - Health Issue

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commutertunes:

Amanda Palmer - Runs in the Family

I guess I’m going with a Fine Ladies in their Smallclothes theme for the next few vids! Enjoy the lace and garters, folks.

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thesexualhomeboys:

i hate when people think just slapping “tw” in the tags on a post will somehow cover all their bases, yes, obviously every single person who has any kind of trigger is blocking “tw,” you are safe, you totally did a good enough job youre a Good Person (or just giving the tiniest bit of effort so sjw meanies dont yell at you)

same with just “trigger” or “trigger warning” or “content warning” on their own but just plain “tw” is the worst one

everyone has different triggers, not everyone who has one or two specific ones is going to bother blocking a huge catch-all phrase

someone terrified of #knives may also be utterly in love with #guns or #snakes, someone scared of #bugs might love to draw and look at #guro

fucking just tag your post with what’s in it don’t give me that lazy fucking “tw” shit

It also stems arguments about which trigger/content warnings are ‘real’ and which ones are ‘abusing the concept.’

And if you want to find something, it’s so much easier and more intuitive to find posts tagged ‘moths’ or ‘eating disorders’ than ‘tw: lotus pods.’

Neutral descriptive tags just make everything so much easier. And ‘tw’ or similar on its own is just a waste of a tag.

emlekember:

so dark and foul I can’t disguise
can’t disguise
nights like this
I become afraid
of the darkness in my heart
hurricane

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And you could buy up all the stars
But it wouldn’t change who you are
You’re still living life in the dark
It’s just who you are 

(Source: teen---idle, via aurnion)

dagontreadswater:

goodomensandtea:

djshenanigans:

thehau5ofupsidedown:

akiracomplexsound:

UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and reconstruct it as digital video clips. Eventually, this process will allow you to record and reconstruct your own dreams on a computer screen.

more here

This is absolutely fascinating but JESUS CHRIST THE RESULTS SO FAR ARE TERRIFYING

The reconstructed black kid looks like a woman

Those will not be reconstructed dreams those will be the same dreams if they were nightmares.

the last two reconstructions belong in a supernatural opening

Oh creepy. What if your brain activity shows things you subconsciously see as well. :/

(Source: oh-whiskers)

laborreguitina:

imboundtopackitup:

rawlivingfoods:

Seattle’s vision of an urban food oasis is going forward. A seven-acre plot of land in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood will be planted with hundreds of different kinds of edibles: walnut and chestnut trees; blueberry and raspberry bushes; fruit trees, including apples and pears; exotics like pineapple, yuzu citrus, guava, persimmons, honeyberries, and lingonberries; herbs; and more. All will be available for public plucking to anyone who wanders into the city’s first food forest.

“This is totally innovative, and has never been done before in a public park,” Margarett Harrison, lead landscape architect for the Beacon Food Forest project, tells TakePart. Harrison is working on construction and permit drawings now and expects to break ground this summer.

The concept of a food forest certainly pushes the envelope on urban agriculture and is grounded in the concept of permaculture, which means it will be perennial and self-sustaining, like a forest is in the wild. Not only is this forest Seattle’s first large-scale permaculture project, but it’s also believed to be the first of its kind in the nation.

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Fuck yes!

Rep my city!

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doctorplusone:

actuallyatimelord:

fromonesurvivortoanother:

defyodds:

eveningowl:

 #want to know why i love this? #and this is going to sound horrible and traumatizing #but i love it because you’re not saying that the monsters aren’t real #you’re saying that there’s ways to get the better of them #there’s nothing worse than telling a child that something doesn’t exist #even the bad things#because that’s when they begin to doubt #and doubt is the main killer of imagination #so rather than saying ‘the monsters won’t get you because they don’t exist’ #you’re saying ‘i learned how to defeat the monsters and i think you’re old enough to learn as well’ #just a thought

My parents told me angels were surrounding my room; protecting it from all sides. My dad still does this when my room scares me (PTSD sucks) and it honestly helps. My dad would go into detail about how they were standing post and he would (and still does) talk to them about what their job is. When I was younger I used to picture what can best be described as traditional nutcrackers, but as humans.

If your room freaks you out for some reason, imagining something like that can help. At 26 it helps me.

This makes me want to cry because it’s so nice.

This is beautiful.

I used to do something like that when I was little. When I was scared i’d imagine lots of yugioh monsters around my room standing guard in case something came in to hurt me. It was a pretty badass setup and it helped me feel better.

As a kid, I would just lie very still and hope to fall asleep as fast as possible, before anything could get me - after all, falling asleep had protected me from monster attack so far, hadn’t it? And even if one time it didn’t work, I wouldn’t have to be awake when they killed me.

These days I sing trashy pop music when I’m walking through dark woods at night. No self-respecting abomination would deign to maul someone belting Ke$ha, and it lets the coyotes know where I am.

(Source: godheadcomplex, via ryokolovesyou)

sexisnottheenemy:

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gingerbreadtomlinson:

it isn’t the storm that makes the ocean dangerous.

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shibakisses:

jackchasejfc:

every time I use “they” to refer to a single gender-unknown person on Tumblr, another piece of my grammar-filled heart shatters, and the pieces scatter at the bottom of hell

“They” has been a singular pronoun for hundreds of years, you melodramatic dipshit.

(Source: ginadanielsjfc, via terminallycrackergrudge)