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calla lily tiles

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what a beautiful day to not be in high school

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One of the most personal, saddest things about living in America is the summertime.

There is 0 reason for American adults not to have a summer break. I can only say this with a full throat so loud, but other countries have policies and laws that give adults summertime.

It is not a joke to say France is kind of shutdown for August. There are over a dozen countries that have enough mandatory, legally required leave available to take an entire month off, or more. PLUS mandatory PAID holidays.

It's Brazil and Russia (ooh scary BRIC countries outgrowing the US and coming for us). India AND China give up to 2 weeks mandatory vacation leave, plus sick leave on top.

It's Afghanistan (20 days). It's Angola (22). It's Argentina(25) and Armenia (25) and Australia (20). It's Cambodia (technically unlimited; you can eventually get 15 or 17 days per month vacation).

That us on top of mandatory PAID public holidays. Cambodia can somehow manage 27 mandatory paid holidays plus upwards of 18 vacation days per year and going up from there, and we in the US can't even manage mandatory paid holidays.

We don't even get paid on Christmas and Memorial Day. And even trying to convince some people, let alone politicians, that everyone should get paid on Christmas is unfair to compare to pulling teeth.

Please. Please. I want to have a better life. I want you to have a better life.

I want you to not miss Summer Break. Because France and Cambodia don't.

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“I don’t know what my goals are, no. Thanks for asking.”

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… in the palm of your hands . ♡

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Poor trout

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Listen pal, the subtitles stay ON.

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I don't understand how people just Do things without daydreaming. like how are you not off in a silly little fantasy world rn

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Before voting, spin the wheel and get a Lord of the Rings character.

Not sure who your character is? You can look them up on this Tolkien Gateway character list, or just vote based on vibes.

For the purposes of the game, assume your vote is not "LaCE compliant." (That is, fucking an elf does not instantly mean marriage or death for that elf.)

Poll concept from @pollsnatural.

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This speech-language pathologist taught her dog 29 words, and he can even form full sentences.

Video by Christina Hunger

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“The fruit was never an apple”

Max Svabinsky, (1873-1962)

“In Paradise” circa 1918

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completely insane how 150 years ago you could just be a shitty craftsman from the middle of nowhere and become the president of the united states but now I need a bachelors degree to work for the park service

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something deeply intimate about being outside early in the morning all alone and seeing the world as she is