beetledrink:

i love it when you accidentally meet eyes with a stranger in public and you flash a quick polite smile and they look at you like they wish you were dead in a ditch

lesserjoke:

No, frankincense was the name of the wise man, not the gift he brought. You’re thinking of frankincense’s monster.

puolikarhu:

fandomsandfeminism:

What Happens When A Country Bans Spanking?

Researchers look at countries that have prohibited corporal punishment for kids and their rate of youth violence.

NPR.org

Now a new study looking at 400,000 youths from 88 countries around the world suggests such bans are making a difference in reducing youth violence. It marks the first systematic assessment of whether an association exists between a ban on corporal punishment and the frequency in which adolescents get into fights. 

[F]or both boys and girls, [prof. Elizabeth Gershoff] said, “We found [spanking] linked to more aggression, more delinquent behavior, more mental health problems, worse relationships with parents, and putting the children at higher risk for physical abuse from their parents.”

“People often ask: Why didn’t you look for positive aspects?” she continued. “My answer is: We did, and there were none. We see consistently that the more children are spanked, the more behavioral problems they have in the years ahead.”

kaelpe83:

keplercryptids:

thetumblrofrassilon:

operativesurprise:

keplercryptids:

keplercryptids:

I spent the afternoon arranging our books by size and color (and it’s so satisfying and looks amazing) and my partner came home and stared in shock at the bookcase and then said “i’m a librarian, you can’t do this.”

him: you split up all the song of ice and fire books

me: yeah i know, they’re all primary colors, it’s perfect

him: [self-destructs]

You’re a monster

As a former bookstore employee, this hurts my soul. I mean, sure it looks nice, but how do you find anything?

it has occurred me during this process that apparently not everyone thinks about books by what color they are? like, literally when i’m looking for a book, i picture it in my mind. i have a very…tactile experience with the books i read and idk! i thought everyone did that lol.

my partner was like “how will i find [this book] for instance” and i replied “easy, it’s purple” and he looked at me like i was a witch.

I’m getting a masters degree in library science and one of the first icebreaker assignments was to take a picture of how we organize our shelves and plenty of us do it by color and shape and other tactile factors. I used to do mine by date published so all the old out of shape books were together.

Author Last Name, Author First Name, Book Title. “Nothing” before “Something” in all instances. Series are sorted chronologically, so all books following the first in a series may bypass the LN, FN, BT rules.

dankmemeuniversity:

When you tell a student you can’t remember their name 3 weeks into the semester

passionatememes:

miamaroo:

just bought the flaming raging poisoning sword of doom at Claire’s

just found the body of magnus burnsides growing in the back room of Claire’s

serenasaystoday:

me when i finally watch the old hollywood classic that everyone berates me about never having seen before

the-mighty-tor:

blakegdiamond:

easyvirgin:

happy Thursday the 20th

I’d have to wait months or even years for another chance to reblog this, so why the fuck not?

next days you can reblog this on a Thursday the 20th

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You know, just in case you wanted to set your queue for the next 6 years

embiggenmanitoba:

Hoping to wait out the clock on the remaining election debates. Brian Bowman insists that all the fringe candidates who have ever participated in a municipal election also be represented.