It's so wild how many grown adults can't grasp such a basic concept like "if you are nicer to strangers they will usually be nicer to you in return"

I work a job where I interact with the public. If my customers are nice and pleasant I will bend over backwards for them. If my customers are unpleasant I will do the absolute minimum as required to not get in trouble. I'll never not do my job, but by god I can and will do the bare minimum.

there should be a YouTube plugin that replaces “skip ad” with “SHUT THE FUCK UPPPP”

Community Notes is so good.

I found photos of those Pallas Cat kittens born this year and bye I'm deceased

why do these kittens have the exact same energy as a nest of baby owls

@curlicuetruth you are very right

Could you fucking imagine writing a unique character, pouring 6 years of work and creative passion into it. Only to have people say shit like this. I'd go mad and burn it all dowm

This is the equivalent of David Cage, writer of Detroit Become Human, saying that "DBH taught him that video games can be art"

Here's to the people who weren't abused by their parents, but whose parents sucked anyways. Here's to people whose parents fucked up raising you out of ignorance and not malice. Here's to the kids whose parents didn't know what to do with you so they did nothing at all. Here's to people whose parents are getting better and growing as people but still hurt you. Here's to every mean comment that wouldn't have been so bad if it hadn't come from your mom; here's to awkward family dinners because you're all trying to forget;

here's to you, survivor of a thousand 'not as bad as it could have been' hurts. I see you. You aren't alone.

anyone else incapable of not thinking "wow the amount of people and layers of work that went into this" anytime anything ever happens or exists? and i mean anything. think about any random thing right now. think about the phone in your hands, your favorite blanket, a game at a stadium, an arctic expedition, an app nobody uses. all the designers, planners, organizers, manufacturers, sailors, pilots, drivers, any and everyone involved in getting that thing to you or to exist. everything manmade that exists in this world wouldn't be possible without hundreds or thousands of people being involved in its process. and I think that's nuckin futs

I highly recommend the book Thanks a Thousand by A.J. Jacobs! He decided to personally thank every person involved with the production of his daily cup of coffee and quickly realized how difficult that really is! He started with his barista and tracked down everyone from the farmer who grew the beans to the driver of the truck who delivered them to the cafe to the construction worker who paved the road for the truck to drive, and so on. It's an excellent read :)

Goostarion 🪿🔪