avatar-dacia:

thisisarebeljyn:

fearwax:

scootsenshi:

24-sa3t:

comradeonion:

powerofthestruggle:

Man eating rice, China, 1901-1904

this is an extremely important picture

Ive never seen someone from 1904 having fun omg

He has a nice face

No but the history behind this picture is really interesting

The reason that everyone always looked miserable in old photos wasn’t that they took too long to take. Once photography became widespread it took only seconds to take a picture.

It was because getting your photo taken was treated the same as getting your portrait painted. A very serious occasion meant so thst your descendants would know that ypu existed and what you looked like.

But one time some British dudes went to china to go on an anthropological expedition, and they met some rural Chinese farmers and decided to take their pictures. Now, these people weren’t exposed to the weird culture of the time around getting your photo taken, so this guy just flashed a big grin during the photo because he was told to strike a pose and that’s the pose he wanted to strike.

I think painted portraits and old photos give us the idea that in general people were just really unhappy because those are the visuals we have. This is so refreshing.

Hey, look; “Man Laughing Alone With Rice” is back on my dash.

xpectopatronm:

horaetio:

fun studying tip: if you’re a procrastinator, play tom jones’s “what’s new pussycat” on repeat while writing your papers and do not turn it off until you are finished, it will motivate you to finish that essay as quickly as possible

make sure to throw one “it’s not unusual” in the middle while u take ur quick snack break

softboycollective:

thebluelip-blondie:

my white protesters please remember that you’re rarely at the same risk we are when you stand up for what is right

I’m not gonna stop reblogging these reminders

clevergirlswithcurls:

meagan-hood:

brattybrows:

this is so sad yet important

12 or under. Think about it.

Even with this, men will still say that most women find it innocent and like the ‘compliments’

screamboyjenkins:

LOOK! I MADE A GG ANIMATED!

therabbitears:

“What you did was wrong. But I don’t want you getting the idea that helping people isn’t worth it, Louise, ‘cause it is, it is worth it.”

creaturology:

I made a Spyro tile background for anyone who wants to use it!

aeriktirel:

turbro:

(original video here) (idea credit to diorum)

OH MY FUCKING GOD

rae723:

First Person Perspective

*rolls up to doe and rolls down window*

“‘Eeeeeey gurl, you look fabulous as all hell”