decay of metal (Posts tagged damn)

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
nyahben
outsider-my-ass

I’d like to take a moment, as we all are currently, to mourn the loss of astrophysicist Steven Hawking. He passed away in the morning of March 14th, 2018, at the age of 76.

When you live in a community as underrepresented as disabled people are, I suppose you could say the upside is that you don’t have to write many obituaries for public figures. However, the ones that you do have to write hit you kind of hard. For many people around the world, Hawking was not only the greatest scientific theorist since Einstein, but also the most widely recognizable wheelchair user in modern history. His lifelong issues with ALS were difficult and they were visible, which made the reality of his disability prominent in ways that challenged social norms. He could not be infantilized, because he was a grown man with children and a complex romantic history. He could not be spoken for because he maintained a voice of his own, and he couldn’t be ignored because to do so was to silence the thoughts of a scientific genius.

Steven Hawking was the greatest proof that a disabled person’s equipment was a part of them; after a complication damaged his vocal chords, he famously bought up the rights to a computer voice he often used in order to make it uniquely his. Steven used it in public appearances and in some cases, he even did his own voice acting with it, until the computerized voice was more publicly recognized than his previously strained voice.

He was, in many aspects, a disabled superstar, and reached larger realms of visibility than anyone previously thought possible. Very few people can be as intellectual as a groundbreaking physicist, but in many other ways all disabled people were just like him. Rest in Peace, Dr. Hawking.

damn
puppiesandglitter
puppiesandglitter:
“oh look it’s @nicklesandroses and @undercelestialstars because they are beautiful, they shine, and most of all, they are gems.
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Hey i love you!!??
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puppiesandglitter

oh look it’s @nicklesandroses and @undercelestialstars because they are beautiful, they shine, and most of all, they are gems.

zincbot

Uhhh💗

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Hey i love you!!??

You’re incredible i can’t even💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

aaa guys guys. she is so good i don't even get it hailee. hailee i love you you're like my best fucking friend damn hey @c loooook
sctir
nyctaeus:
“ goingtopshelf:
“ punchbuggydragon:
“ breelandwalker:
“ irontargaryen:
“*cracks neck* my time has come
”
Okay, first? Pay off all your debts. Take out a small loan and pay it off right away.
Buy several hundred vacant houses. Schedule...
irontargaryen

*cracks neck* my time has come

breelandwalker

Okay, first? Pay off all your debts. Take out a small loan and pay it off right away.

Buy several hundred vacant houses. Schedule repairs for said houses with reputable contractors and make sizable down payments in advance. Get everything in writing and hang onto those deeds.

Buy a large open parcel of land that is being auctioned for development. And when I say large, I mean LARGE.

Sink millions into paying off people’s Kickstarters / college loans / medical bills / mortgages, and give generously charity organizations. That alone will carry off a lot of money.

Once you’ve got things down to a reasonable level, say $1m, buy yourself a house, furnishings, appliances, and a dependable car. Pay everything off so that you own it free and clear. Purchase about $200k worth of something easy to liquidate (i.e. gold, gems, bonds, stocks). Put the rest onto prepaid credit cards and wait for Monday to roll around.

NOW THE FUN BEGINS.

You now have commendable credit and a shining public reputation.

Fix up and flip those houses, sell them for fair market value or below to families who need them, or create non-profit homeless shelters. (After all, it’s not like you need to “make” money, this is all running on the proceeds from the property sales.)

Sell the parcel of land to developers, or donate it to public works as a park or open space. Have them name it after you.

Retire to your fully furnished home. Liquidate your extra assets, or leave them to appreciate in value for a later date. Make Christmas epic with those gift cards. Keep the extra money in the bank and keep your day job.

And don’t worry about taxes when return time rolls around, because you’ll be able to write off several millions’ worth of charitable donations.

punchbuggydragon

Basically this

goingtopshelf

This is someone who paid attention in finance class. 

damn how to do all that first stuff in one day tho that's crazy
nessiepip626
jenroses

Read this. Even if you hate eggs and perky diet blogs. Read through Wednesday at the very least. My bet is if you get to Wednesday, you’ll want to read the rest. 

lynati

jesus christ

birbbyday

Read it

lyrslair

…that escalated quickly.

nessiepip626

This was not what I was expecting, good lord

damn
nyahben
megasumpex

shout out to the kids and adults who have memory problems, who get yelled and screamed at by their families for not remembering things

yungrufio

or over-remembering. remembering things no one else seems to remember but still having blankets of empty in their memory and wondering why they can’t remember chunks of things or why their timelines are all off

transyoite

oh my god i thought i was alone

damn