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Relaxing days at home are so underrated. Especially when a beautiful woman makes the home just as pretty (thanks @foliacollective for making my indoors feel like outdoors). #vscocam (at Pasadena, California)

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“Pumped Up Kicks” would have received tons of backlash if it were released today

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Producer: I need you to create box-art that will look badass to American children

Graphic Designer: No Problem! I’ve got just the thing!

*adds picture of sobbing orphan*

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One time one of my coworkers was talking about his daughter (who was only 5-6 at the time) and how he was already worried about boys, etc. once she got older. He wasn’t one of those dads, who would quite literally hunt down a teenage boy with a shotgun over some backseat shenanigans. He was just a concerned dad.

He asked me what my dad used to do to scare all of the boys away from me, or to at least make sure they were good to me.

My answer?

Example.

My dad never once said, “Katie, if a boy hits you, make sure to bring him back here so I can make him pay.”

Instead, my kind, gentle-soul dad expressed anger and utter contempt for men who beat their wives (and vice versa), and has never in his life raised his hand against me or my mother.

My dad never once said, “Katie, don’t go out with a boy who’s rude to the waitress.”

Instead, my father has treated every single server we’ve had throughout my entire life (except the rare ones who were rude first) with respect and courtesy.

My dad never once told my brothers to get up and offer the pregnant lady their seat on the subway.

Instead he was the first one to stand up, and smiled proudly when his young sons copied him when 2 other women boarded.

My dad didn’t raise me to only make good decisions when he’s there looking over my shoulder. He showed me what to look for in a man, not by preaching at me or declaring that he was the perfect mold. But his treatment of others (esp women) is the foundation for my standards when it comes to men.

So, parents, you want to make sure all of those Bad Apples stay away? Step one is to demonstrate what a Good Apple looks like, up close and personal.

Because if you’ve taught your daughters to respect themselves enough to have high standards, there won’t be any need for you chase any Bad Apples away. Your daughter will take care of that for you.

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“You say ‘amateur’ as if it was a dirty word. ‘Amateur’ comes from the Latin word ‘amare’, which means to love. To do things for the love of it.”

— Mozart in the Jungle  (via ablogwithaview)

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exchanging grammatically correct emails with adults is the most uncomfortable form of human interaction in existence

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Life hack

Got something you need to do at a certain time every day (e.g., take meds)?  Start giving your cat a treat right before you do it.  You may have trouble remembering, but your cat absolutely will not.  

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Unbiased journalism is not pretending both sides are equally valid. Unbiased journalism is reporting the facts even if those facts include that one side is irredeemably awful. False neutrality is propaganda.

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this has to be one of b99’s best opens

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Budapest, Hungary

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James: [to the Marauders] Mates, I don't know how to say this, so I'll whisper it in Padfoot's ear and he'll blurt it out in astonishment.

James: *whispering to Sirius*

Sirius: LILY IS PREGNANT?!

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“Dude, stop following me.”

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What breaking ice on a trampoline looks like. From here