why does this make me feel mad
Because he’s considered powerful, and she’s considered a whore.
*shots fired*
i think they were referring to the fact that thEY’RE BOTH DEFYING THE FUCKING LAWS OF GRAVITY AND THE ONE TIME I TRIED HANGING OFF A MONKEY BAR I BROKE MY NOSE
Actually, he is doing it the easy way.
when she says she doesn’t send nudes
when guys objectify women and expect them to send nudes
when someone asks you about your nuclear plans for russia
When Russia sends you nudes
a short comic i did for my english sci-fi final, about a girl and her android
talk about things taking forever @__@
6.11.14
i didn’t need my heart anyway
This is not okay I’m gonna cryyyyyy noooooo
my heart..didn’t need it…
I’m trying to do a character voice and would reeeally like some feedback for it please
What do you guys think?
What age/gender/character type does it sound like?
What kind of character are you visualizing?
I’m picturing a male kid, maybe 14 or 15 who is always sick so with his free time from being ill, he ended up becoming some sort of hacker or computer genius.
DAAYMN
Oil: Top three suppliers of oil to the US are Canada, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico. We also import oil from Venezuela, Iraq, Colombia, Angola, Brazil, Ecuador, Kuwait, and Russia, and obtain oil within America from California, Texas, and Alaska, among other states. We can do without oil from Africa if needed.
Gold: The top four sources of gold in the world are China, Australia, United States, and Russia. South Africa is #5 on the list and Ghana is #10, but 6-9 are Peru, Canada, Indonesia, and Uzbekistan. We can do without gold from Africa if needed.
Diamonds: True, approximately 65% of the world’s diamonds come from Africa. The remaining percentage, 35%, comes mostly from Australia, Canada, and Russia. The diamond trade would certainly suffer if goods were not allowed to be exported from Africa, although it should be noted that diamond exporters in Australia, Canada, and Russia would benefit from the resulting immense price inflation due to scarcity. I believe that the main effect of this would be A, people buying used diamonds more, and B, other jewels, gems, and precious stones becoming more popular than diamonds. Diamond tools are used to process Carbide alloy, hard or abrasive non-metallic materials (for example, stone, concrete, asphalt, glass, ceramics, gem stone and semiconductor materials), non-ferrous metals such as aluminum, copper and their alloys, and some soft but tough materials such as rubber and resin. However, enough diamonds are already in circulation that I do not believe a temporary embargo on diamonds from Africa would significantly affect industries using these materials.
Rubber: The top sources of rubber used by the US are China, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Mexico, Korea, Italy, Brazil, Taiwan, and the Dominican Republic. No country in Africa is among even the top 25 nations that export rubber to the US. An embargo on rubber exported from Africa will have little to no effect on the US economy, or the world economy outside of Africa, as most rubber is produced in South America and Asia.
Cocoa: Approximately 67% of the world’s cocoa is produced in Africa. The other 33% is produced in South America and Asia. This is probably the industry that would suffer the most from an embargo on exports from Africa, but let’s be honest- we can live without cocoa. Obesity is enough of a problem today that perhaps a scarcity of chocolate may even help.
Palm Oil: Indonesia is the largest producer of palm oil in the world, followed by Malaysia; the two countries account for 85% of the world’s palm oil production. Nigeria is the third largest producer of palm oil, followed by Thailand and Colombia. The palm oil industry is responsible for deforestation of many of Earth’s rainforests, and many believe it should be reformed if not shut down. The palm oil industry is also tied to child slave labor, and palm oil is just as bad for you as corn syrup. So not only is Africa not a large enough source of palm oil to significantly harm the industry on a global scale if there was an embargo, it may be ethically responsible to place an embargo on all palm oil anyways.
Iron Ore: The top five producers of iron ore in the world are China, Australia, Brazil, India, and Russia. Only one African country, South Africa is even in the top ten, and it produces only 2.3% of the world’s iron ore. Very little of the world’s iron ore comes from Africa, and an embargo on African iron ore would not affect the US economy or global economy outside of Africa in the slightest. I’m not certain how large an impact it would have on Africa’s economy, at that.
In closing, while I’m honestly not in favor of banning all flights from Africa and think it’s a stupid panic response that would be too costly and difficult to implement given the meager risk it represents, the statements in the tweet pictured above are very inaccurate. Africa does not have the power to shut down the world economy, and even if it did this response is petty and childish, and the exportation of goods from Africa has nothing to do with the spread of Ebola, given it requires infected people or animals or infected bodily fluids to actually spread, and is not spread by air or water, or even by food unless that food is the uncooked meat of wild animals that were infected with the Ebola virus.
