Randomosity.

Types Of Toxic Friends

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:32:38 -0400

psych-quotes: At one time or another we all experience a toxic friendship with someone who simply...

casualcynic: So my mom and I have been working the same...

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:27:52 -0400

So my mom and I have been working the same waitress job for 5-6 years now. She had been waitressing years before, but this is recently. Anyway, about… 15 minutes ago this guy she waited on left and told her to take care. Just that. Prior to this she had talked to him about Italy. Her people are from Florence, this and that, and she said she’s never been. She’s got 8 years of art education and she’s working a waitress job. It’s pretty… Sad and disappointing, I guess. Her and my father divorced 6 years ago and she hasn’t had a real job ever. Just been stuck in a small town she’s not from.

This man who we have never seen before tipped her 1000 dollars for a trip to Italy. Walked out, not another word.

…you know. Just when I start to lose faith in humanity….Hm.

dstroyed: x

Sun, 19 May 2013 23:22:27 -0400

dstroyed:

x

Mediha Sandhu

Sun, 19 May 2013 21:48:27 -0400

Mediha Sandhu

Attempt 2 at #watermelon #salad

Sun, 19 May 2013 13:42:30 -0400

Attempt 2 at #watermelon #salad

Photo

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:46:17 -0400

meme4u: 98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:32:26 -0400

meme4u:

98 year old dobri dobrev, a man who lost his hearing in the second world war, walks 10 kilometers from his village in his homemade clothes and leather shoes to the city of sofia, where he spends the day begging for money.

though a well recognized fixture around several of the city’s chruches, known for his prostrations of thanks to all donors, it was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected — over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying bulgarian monasteries and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living entirely off his monthly state pension of 80 euros and the kindness of others.

justafanboy: the-legit-alois: harrysthefather: tony-can-pierce...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:27:10 -0400

justafanboy:

the-legit-alois:

harrysthefather:

tony-can-pierce-my-veil:

gettin-nakie-outside:

witchyroses:

kickthebuttstickz:

fantasticallyshantastic:

stickyhunter:

fanuary:

stickyhunter:

ollivandur:

adxn:

Calm your tits! D:!

i’M TRYING But IT’s HARDER THAN IT LOOKS

HOLD UP! I have a solution to this!

Follow my lead, people!

Simply pat your boobs and tell say ‘Everything will be fine. It’s okay.’

Then everything will be fine.

You dumb females. This is obviously fake.

Huh? What is this?

YE DID NOT HEAD MY WARNING

Okay…

THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING I’VE EVER SEEN

This is the only “hey girls” that I fully support

I wonder what mine do…

MYGOD

IDONT EVEN CARE HOW LONG THIS POST IS THIS IS THE FUNNIEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN IN YM ENTIRE LIFE

Can we look at that guy in the Thor T-shirt and how he looks like Thor?

or Jesus.

He’s jesthor

lovefreediehard: clearerly: allthingshyper: colorphobia: Semi...

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:24:17 -0400

lovefreediehard:

clearerly:

allthingshyper:

colorphobia:

Semi-transparent.

The eye color changes depending on your background.

MY MIND IS BLOWN

love this

holy shit it looks amazing with my background

Ah. You’re actually not awful at that.

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:19:40 -0400

Ah. You’re actually not awful at that.

thepeoplesrecord: Google+ demonstrates deforestation and other...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:26:50 -0400

thepeoplesrecord:

Google+ demonstrates deforestation and other man-made climate disasters with satellite images
May 18, 2013

It’s one thing to talk about deforestation, disappearing habitats, and shrinking glaciers and water resources, and another thing entirely to demonstrate it with actual satellite imagery. And thanks to Landsat images and the Google Earth Engine, we’re getting a glimpse at some key locations across the planet as they are changed by the hands of man. A series of interactive timelapse GIFs that use Landsat satellite data to display massive changes to the Earth’s surface could be a potent tool for motivating individuals and organizations to take action on key issues.

Google’s Animated GIFs of Earth Over Time focuses our attention on key features of our planet, such as the Amazon rainforest, the coal beds of Wyoming, the Columbia Glacier, the Aral Sea, and the deserts of Saudi Arabia.

Today, we’re making it possible for you to go back in time and get a stunning historical perspective on the changes to the Earth’s surface over time. Working with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), NASA and TIME, we’re releasing more than a quarter-century of images of Earth taken from space, compiled for the first time into an interactive time-lapse experience. We believe this is the most comprehensive picture of our changing planet ever made available to the public.

- Google

Some of the visualizations are kind of subtle, and need to be put into context to really hit home (such as the massive increase in irrigated areas in Saudi Arabia, which affects local water supplies, or the urban sprawl of Las Vegas, which also puts increased demands on local resources), but some of them, such as this one documenting the rapidly disappearing rainforest in the Brazilian Amazon, speak for themselves:

Explore a global timelapse of our planet, constructed from Landsat satellite imagery. The Amazon rainforest is shrinking at a rapid rate to provide land for farming and raising cattle. Each frame of the timelapse map is constructed from a year of Landsat satellite data, constituting an annual 1.7-terapixel snapshot of the Earth at 30-meter resolution.

- Google Earth Engine

These interactive time-lapse images can be manipulated by pausing or zooming in to them, as we’ve come to expect from Google Earth, and may serve as a pivot point for those who are on the fence about the effects that our booming population and its increased demand for resources has on our Big Blue Marble.

Source

You can view all of the images at Google +, and you can read a backstory at TIME.

werefollowingthebutterflies: redvelvetcupcakemurder: universe-...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:18:15 -0400

werefollowingthebutterflies:

redvelvetcupcakemurder:

universe-juice:

chocobo-strider:

the-disney-words:

SHARE TO SAVE TUMBLR!

- Let’s try and get 100k notes

True shit

A review by one of the folks sums it up perfectly:

“What worries me about Yahoo! buying Tumblr is how it would choose to incorporate the website into its email and homepage features. One of the reasons why Tumblr is so unique is because it’s a niche market. By adding more users who don’t fit into this niche, it would make it more difficult for communities to develop within Tumblr, and Tumblr would have to change to accommodate these new users. Tumblr as a website is not the kind that you can sign up for in a day and be on your way. It is a website crafted so that you can immediately post but must spend several weeks, sometimes even months, to build a community. With new users who would not be willing to spend time growing a community, Tumblr would have to be changed, which would alienate its current users. Those users have spent time and effort to make Tumblr what it is today, and they are the ones who spend time on the website daily. A user who is checking onto Tumblr because it’s attached to their homepage is not going to be as strong of a user nor as dedicated. By changing the website to suit this new user, you would lose the strong users while building an undedicated usership.

To any website that would think of buying Tumblr, they must understand that it is a website that cannot be changed to make it more user friendly to a casual blogger. I think that many Tumblr users would be less worried about a buy-out if they were promised that their communities and ways of using Tumblr would not be changed. No one is going to mind Yahoo! buying the website and gaining a few extra million dollars per year from the minimal advertising; what we will be upset with is if a company like Yahoo! then changes the website to increase casual users and decrease dedicated users. Yahoo! would gain nothing by losing this “cool” group of bloggers in an age group they so desperately want to reach, so they must cater to these individuals by leaving the website exactly as is.” - houseoftombombadil

As much as is does sound like a load of bullshit for someone to buy Tumblr, it’s a possibility. I Personally think it should stay independent and I hope David Karp keeps a hold of it like his own child. Or we make enough noise to where such major changes (if bought) will not happen. I would hate to see Tumblr turned into an advertising dump.

We’re not a ‘hip fad group’ to be marketed to. I hate the fact that’s all we look like to businesses in the end.

reblogging again for this ^

Yahoo will do to Tumblr what Six Apart did to Livejournal

I totally agree with how advertising could be bad for Tumblr’s current users. Yahoo’s obviously expecting returns if they’re willing to pay the rumored price of over a million dollars, and unless they increase ads and tie ins with their own services such as their mail and “news” they’re going to lose money. So it seems pretty obvious that there are going to be some changes if Yahoo, or even Facebook which is also rumored to be interested in buying it out at the last minute actually does. Those could be having to log in with a Yahoo or Facebook account, or a larger amount of ads and sponsored posts. But whatever it will be, it seems like they’ll care more about profits and larger numbers of users than the already exiting users.

So that leaves us with the question of what we can do about it - here are a couple of my ideas, but feel free to add on!

Contact them - This may seem obvious, but it’s a good place to start. I’d suggest commenting on their facebook page. Since its public they’ll probably watch it more closely than some email account, and it will get more attention.

Get AdBlock Plus - This blocks ads and prevents the site owner from collecting revenue from ad views. More importantly, post publicly and maybe even contact Yahoo saying you’re doing it in protest of their attempt to capitalize off of Tumblr.

Content advertisers will hate - Nobody wants to advertise on a site that publicly denounces ads, or consumerism. Or even easier than ranting on these subjects, just post a lot of porn ;) I am actually being serious, most companies won’t want to be associated with it. Tagging it with #yahoo could also make a point..

It’s such a big decision to buy out a company that I really believe if we make a big enough protest against it they might reconsider. So if you want Tumblr to stay how it is, go let them know!

Balloon sellers in Afghanistan[sources: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05...

Sat, 18 May 2013 22:10:22 -0400

Balloon sellers in Afghanistan
[sources: 01 - 02 - 03 - 04 - 05 - 06]

green-eyed-teen: this is the best picture on tumblr Lol

Sat, 18 May 2013 21:50:24 -0400

green-eyed-teen:

this is the best picture on tumblr

Lol

bbolin: when u think ur over someone but then they do something really cute and u end up liking...

Sat, 18 May 2013 02:42:26 -0400

bbolin: when u think ur over someone but then they do something really cute and u end up liking...

Just #nomnom on some grass cuz im a #cat and thats how I do me....

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:53:08 -0400

Just #nomnom on some grass cuz im a #cat and thats how I do me. #persephone #pets #diet #cute

#persephone #exploring her #world #pets #siberian #cat #fluffy...

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:51:54 -0400

#persephone #exploring her #world #pets #siberian #cat #fluffy #cute #love #green #nature

#nailart #nails #red #ninjabi #treat

Fri, 17 May 2013 16:50:00 -0400

#nailart #nails #red #ninjabi #treat

#bamboo #trees

Fri, 17 May 2013 13:43:57 -0400

#bamboo #trees

dear tumblr, i love you. you’re awesome, and i dont take so quickly to sites. <3 ninjabi.

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:32:25 -0400

dear tumblr, i love you. you’re awesome, and i dont take so quickly to sites. <3 ninjabi.