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And my weak ass elementary school got rid of our jungle gym because Ella was too weak to hang on and sprained her wrist

That is a death trap

ok fun but like… how do you stop?

I feel like this cannot possibly be the intended usage but also I can’t imagine any other possible intention for this contraption??

They’ve discovered a perpetual lawsuit machine.

Kids seriously have a deathwish

It’s like they took a Medieval torture device and converted it into playground equipment.

So based on the windows and what the kids look like (a crude measurement, I know, but it’s all the context I had to go on), I told a Latina coworker I was about 50% sure this was in Mexico, and asked her if she knew what the fuck it was. As soon as she saw it, before it even started spinning, she got this big grin and went “yeah that’s Mexico, that’s at a school. Mexican kids are SAVAGE.” So here are the answers to the questions posed:

1) yes, it’s actually a piece of playground equipment.

2) yes, that’s actually how it’s supposed to be used.

3) to stop, an adult or taller child has to come grab the center pole to stop it. Each child can then either do a handstand to get off, or climb back off from the top the way they got on.

4) yes, as long as the kids are using it correctly, it’s perfectly safe.

5) Mexico doesn’t have the same kind of litigious atmosphere as the US, where a kid tearing their knee open on the playground can get the whole park shut down. Any bumps, bruises, or even broken arms resulting from improper use would involve the parent seeking medical care if needed, and telling the child to hold on tighter or use a different piece of equipment.

soft marble sculptures appreciation post. 

do the spiderverse kids all have. slightly different meme cultures

miles: look I can fit my whole fist in my mouth

gwen: freaky flexing. but alright

miles:

miles, through his fist: I’m sorry what did you just say

ok but remember Peter B’s world is most like ours

 so both Miles and Gwen would have slightly off memes and distress him when he has a hard enough time remembering his own world’s memes

I WAS HOPING SOMEBODY WOULD POINT THIS OUT.

Miles: It’s “strange flex but cool beans.” Peter: Am I tripping on something? Is this a stroke, is this what a stroke feels like?

Miles: *makes a mistake* This is distressing. Siri play Take on Me.

Gwen: you absolute heathen. It’s ‘This is tragic, google play All Star.’

Peter: whAT the fUCK

THAT’S IT THIS ONE IS THE BEST ONE

noir: strange flaunt, but alas

Noir:

You’ve done it - you found something that fits the format but holds the meaning “fuck Nazis”.

spiderham: hmm disappointing, jukebox play what’s new pussycat

Betrayal,disappointment,Rage

#every year he doesnt have an emmy is a sham

they rob him EVERY YEAR

Smol awoos from a smol pup

(Via)

I aspire to be this happy one day

He slappin

1-800-R-U-SPLASHING

@altruistic-skittles this is cute and I think you’d like it.

Pro Tip:  to those who have not owned black labs… 

#1 They are essentially otters and can spend all day in water

#2 They are also part bear and will eat all the trash if you don’t lock the trash

Woman Surprise Her Girlfriend With The News She Will Be Her Kidney Donor - Watch the full video

OH MY GOD THIS IS LOVE

Update:

AHHHHHHHHHH YASSSSSS

This is the most heartwarming and good and pure post that has ever been posted on the whole entire internet <3

Patrick “BUFFERING” Brewer

Reason 55 why FInland is cooler than you: We accidentally built a lighthouse on Sweden’s side of an island, so we just changed the border.

I’m actually really curious about the discussion that went down when this happened. Like, imagine a phone ringing:

“Hello? This is Sweden.”

“Uhh… Well, this is Finland. We’ve kind of got a problem.”

“What kind of a problem?”

“Well, there’s this lighthouse. We bult it on this island we thought was 100% ours, but it turns out that, like, half of it is on your side. And it’s the half that we built the lighthouse on.”

“Oh, dear, that sounds terribly unfortunate! (internally wondering whether literally every single finn involved with the entire building project was drunk when it happened) How would you think we can resolve this issue?”

“Can we, like, keep it? There’s good money in building a lighthouse. It’s sorta important.”

“Uhh (taking a glance at the guidelines) how about we trade the plot of land for an equal plot of land on the swedish side? Like, maybe on the same island.”

“Oh, ok, that sounds good. A great option.”

“So we have an agreement? That’s wonderful.”

“Well,, have a good day, I guess.”

“Good day! Pleasure doing business with you.”

So I some more reading on this and it turns out the whole thing is the Russians fault.

https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/24/one-island-two-countries/?_r=0

“And yet the name and function of Market Island is intimately interwoven with the Swedish-Finnish border (perhaps because the island isn’t much older than that border: Market probably only emerged from the waves in the 16th century. The 1809 Treaty of Frederikshamn, which confirmed Sweden’s loss of Finland to Russia in the so-called Finnish War, also granted Moscow the strategic Aland archipelago, between Stockholm and the Finnish mainland. By sheer coincidence, as drawn by the treaty’s authors the border, halfway between the coasts of Aland and Sweden, ran straight through Market. Which is when and how it got its name.

In 1885, the Russians erected a lighthouse on the island to aid shipping in the surrounding, treacherously shallow waters. Whether by design or accident, the structure was built on the western, Swedish side of the island. But if the Swedes knew, they kept shtum about it, probably still reeling from what happened the previous time they tangoed with the Russian bear.

The de facto border violation continued after Finland’s independence in 1917, and was only resolved in 1981. The solution was ingenious: rather than transfer sovereignty over the lighthouse to Sweden, or physically move it to the Finnish side, the island’s border itself was modified.

Two conditions needed to be met. The sea border was not to change, so as to safeguard existing fishing rights; and each country should retain a similar-sized share of the island. The result was a complicated land swap, leaving the formerly straight border Z-shaped. The lighthouse is now on the Finnish side, in a new bit of Finland west of the former border. Next to it is a companion chunk of Sweden, east of the original line.

Strangely, no border markers actually mark the border on Market: a series of 10 holes drilled into the rock are all that indicate its twists and turns. That’s because anything less sturdy would soon be eaten up by the frequent storms and inclement winter weather. The weather and sea are so powerful that the island’s very shape is subject to significant change. Every 25 years, a bi-national commission will survey the island and effect any border changes that might prove necessary.

The lighthouse has been automated since 1977, and in its uninhabited state had degraded quite severely, until the Finnish Lighthouse Society invaded the island in 2006. It has since been carrying out restoration work (and guided visits) every summer.”

And here’s a nice picture of the lighthouse in question.

The lighthouse Finns invaded

Poem Bangkok “Eternity In An Hour” fall 2019 collection 

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sound on!!!

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