The Daily Times, New Philadelphia, Ohio, July 9, 1924

This is like the opposite of clickbait.  The whole story is there.  Behold it.

they don’t make news like they used to, and by they i mean turtles

“transition poses some ethical questions. Such as, from what age should you be allowed to irreversibly change your body.“

This of course completely ignores the fact that puberty makes irreversible changes to your body. But let us just rephrase the question: “from what age do you gain bodily autonomy?” Now it gets very easy to answer: From the moment you’re fucking born.

I’m sorry, I’m reblogging this twice in a row it is that important

Stand up and say it again for the people in the back row. 

This is all completely true and correct, of course, but on the topic of changes that irreversibly change a child’s body, prithee, go and talk to a fucking ballet dancer.

If you start ballet at 16, you are too old to ever expect to be able to do it seriously. If you start at 12 you’re too old. If you want to do ballet as a serious thing, as a career, you need to start at like eight years old or even younger, because your bones and joints need to be trained while they’re still flexible in order for you to be able to perform many of the required motions and stances of ballet. In particular, you need to be able to perform turnout of the hips, but all of your joints in your legs and feet will be affected, and this irreversibly changes your body.

And yet! Nobody talks about this as a negative thing! Little girls say they want to be ballet dancers, and if their parents have enough money, that’s what they get to be! Does it cause problems in later life? Yeah, sometimes! Often, even! But nobody talks about that because it’s a thing for cis people to do and so naturally it’s all fine!

Go and talk to a fucking ballet dancer.

DICKINSON (2019-2021) 3.07 | The Future never spoke

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The last one

Also good on these people for taking the aggressively petty route instead of falsely registering their pets as service animals

I love how everyone intentionally interpreted this not as “your dog must be small” but “your dog must be in a bag”

“aww cute!! big doggies in ba-”

*cry-laughing as i hit the reblog button*

I’m going to point out that this sounds like the system working as intended bc if your dog is actually currently in a bag its not going to like, run off and bother other passengers or piss/shit where is not supposed to.

Like, yep. This works. If your dog’s well behaved enough to stay in a bag, THAT’s when it’s allowed on the subway.

That last comment was my EXACT thought.

i love asking people “weren’t you born in the 1900s” because it makes it sound like they grew up robbing stagecoaches and are on the brink of death and i like seeing that fear and dawning realization in their eyes

Why do you weaponise our inability to understand the passage of time like this.

Heed my words, for I am one of the Ancients. I was born in the 1900s.

Born in the year of our lord 1985 to goodly parents

This is a fantastic way for a student to simultaneously up the word count of their essay and get out of class because their teacher has to go get treatment for that sick burn

I thought we were told she wasn’t really ready for the pro game? Impressive.

Becky Broon Deserves the #1 Spot In Our Hearts Pt. 1

News media: The US Men's Soccer Team has failed to qualify for the Olympics.

Me:

Hello good afternoon to President Joe Biden only and fuck the Cowboys.

Q: Which would be your weapon of choice in a fight?

remember swine flu reblog if ur a tru 2009 kid

Free him. (photo by feldeghast)

bonus:

I’ve never seen this with the update and it makes it so much funnier

I’ve seen this so many times and it’s so wholesome every single time.

Nobody:

Meanwhile:

(America has had a few for quite a while, GQ)