important things tumblr will not teach you
- hating everyone will get you nowhere
- actual depression fucking sucks
- having low self esteem isn’t cute
- you are as pretty as you believe you are
- cigarettes will kill you
- even the best/most moral argument will be met with resistance if it is presented in a spiteful and immature way
- no one person can speak for an entire group
- there is a difference between embracing and exploiting/romanticizing
- Shouting does not mean you’re right.
- Appealing to emotion does not mean you’re right.
- Most things in life are not as simple, straightforward and black and white as tumblr will make you believe.
- Most people are too complicated to be reduced to simple labels.
- Everyone screws up. Including you. You’re not perfect, you’re as flawed and inconsistent as everyone else. The sooner you learn this the better.
- When a person disagrees with you it doesn’t equate to a personal attack.
- When raising your own kids you will make mistakes. You won’t “raise them the right way” because in reality there is no one correct path to raising a child.
- America is not the world, nor is it the worst country in the world. In fact it’s a good deal better than most countries.
- Communism has been tried properly. Millions died.