If anyone deserves a raise it’s the employee from four seasons total landscaping who answered the phone and went “yup, we can set up a podium and everything” and just acted like nothing was out of the ordinary.
The reason most millennials don’t make a scene when an establishment doesn’t treat them right is because we function more on positive reinforcement than negative reinforcement. For Boomers, they can make a scene because they know negative reinforcement gets them what they want; they want to PUNISH these establishments or workers, but Millennial purchasing patterns are very different.
Growing up in the computer age, we’ve become masterful at filtering junk information, and that includes advertising. It doesn’t matter how much a politician or restaurant or whatever memes, we’ll find them funny, but we’re still not going to shop there or give them our money of we dislike them. The way brands become successful with Millennials is actually just word of mouth.
So when an establishment treats us poorly, we don’t make a scene. We simply never go back and don’t tell our friends about it. Conversely, places that treat us well we immediately go tell others about.
OH MY GOD one of our tigers did this (and it isn’t stuck on his head; one of the keepers went in to see if he needed help and he undid this and redid it on his own a few times) but oh my god hE’S PRETENDING TO BE A LION IM GONNA DIE
*squeaaaaaals*
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Honestly, I don’t know why I’m writing this maybe for an outlet or in the hopes that someone out there reads this, relates to this and finds comfort in this.
For the last couple of months, even years, I have not felt like myself. So much so that I don’t even know who “myself” is.
Everyday I wake up wishing that I never did. I go to sleep in the hopes that I never wake up. I don’t have a “five year plan” because I don’t plan to, nor do I think I’ll be here. I just it all to go away.
I’ve eaten myself into a depression gaining weight all over my body. Stretch marks, acne and the scars they leave are the only prominent things on my body. So now I’ve stopped eating. I wait until my stomach pains me so much that the only option I have is to eat. And even then, it’s a cheese string. Once, I stopped eating for so long that I had a migraine for two weeks and nausea. I love drinking because the majority of the time I’m left hungover and vomit my stomach contents for hours. Finally, I look skinny.
I’ve had people in my uni bully, harass and torment me for the past year. I tried to call my “bestfriend” about it, but she was too “busy” playing cards to make me a priority, despite the fact I always made her one. I’ve been told I’m unworthy of friendship because I’m not popular or attractive enough. In uni. A place that’s supposed to model maturity and intelligence.
I’ve googled how to kill myself and what to put in a suicide note. I’ve reached out to many people; they either don’t care or don’t understand. The same people I lend a shoulder to wont even pass me a tissue. I try to talk about my experiences: sexuality, sexual harassment, molestation, bullying and racism and my response have been literal laughter or deaf ears.
Maybe it’s my fault. I care too much and everyone else cares too little, so I will always be in this inevitable cycle.
I’ve been told “it gets better” but it really doesn’t. It gets worse. So much worse. But it never gets better. I wait, pray and actively work to create change, but nothing does.
In case you haven’t been on Twitter lately the most recent discourse is that a vegan consoled a crying child and gave her money for ice cream, and another vegan made a callout because she didn’t tell the child to buy vegan ice cream.
i lost it at this reply
I hate self righteous vegans and I am a vegan.
Veganism is about causing as little harm as possible, so sometimes it’s unavoidable. Im not a “bad” vegan if I buy my friend chocolates to cheer her up. She’s not a vegan, why would I buy her vegan chocolate?
Or if you have to take medication that is tested on animals, it’s better to be a living vegan than a dead or suffering one.
Sometimes you’ve got to prioritise yourself, or other people needs and that’s totally ok. Life isn’t black and white
i think it’s important to realize that no matter how good you are to people, it won’t make them good to you
When Spooky started buzzing off Cesar’s hair
i love it when things stop bothering you. like two months ago i was totally bitter about so many things and now im like “u know what i don’t even care” & that’s a beautiful feeling
when i say “i don’t like drama” what i really mean is “i don’t want to have my own drama.” your drama, on the other hand,
Things I Need:
1. An orgasm 2. Attention 3. $50,000
when the months keep passing by even though you’re not in the head space to emotionally process them and you realize it is impossible to escape the passage of time

good night everyone except all the toxic people throughout my life who made me doubt my self-worth and took advantage of my kindness and patience
Everything is shit and the world might be on the verge of nuclear war.
Bruno Mars: *releases another 80s/90s sounding bop*
Everyone:

today this white girl asked me why my hair is so curly and i said im black and she told me to say african american




