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You know how when you’re in a car and it’s pouring down rain, you go under a bridge and everything stops. Everything goes silent and it’s almost peaceful. Then you finally get from under the bridge, and everything hits you a little harder than before.


You were my bridge.

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— Anonymous (via lavenderrd)

terpsikeraunos:

if we can’t apply modern concepts of sexuality to the ancient world…that means that literally no one was straight. no one. heterosexuals never existed in ancient rome or greece. they didn’t exist until the term was coined in the 19th century.

but for some reason this concept only comes up when people are trying to erase lgbt+ people from ancient history. strange coincidence.

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Anonymous: I don't really understand what's happening in the uk rn. Is it possible for you to explain it in layman's terms? 😥
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yabookers:

Yes, certainly. 

The UK has just held a referendum (definition: a general vote by the electorate on a single political question which has been referred to them for a direct decision) on the UK’s membership in the European Union. Unfortunately, LEAVE won 52% of the vote, which means that the Government is now compelled to leave the European Union. 

As the results came in, the value of the £ dropped to the lowest levels since the mid-80s, Northern Ireland is now considering joining with the Republic of Ireland and Scotland is considering another referendum on independence from the UK because they feel that England does not support their economic interests and they wish to remain in the EU, our economy crashed and we are officially a poorer nation and we lost £350 BILLION. David Cameron, our Prime Minister, has resigned (probably so he’s not associated with the massive fucking failure of the future UK) - he’s not the best choice but we could get someone MUCH MUCH worse, like Boris Johnson, who led the racist and xenophobic campaign to leave the EU (which showed how fucking racist and xenophobic the UK is, and how far right we’ve become). We’re hoping for a new general election, but that is no guarantee and instead could be voted from within the Conservative party. 

The LEAVE campaign was based on several big, farcical claims (the reasons why people voted) such as an extra £350 million for the NHS (the amount that was paid into the EU), and restrictions on immigration (because we won’t have open borders with the EU), but now these two claims have now been RETRACTED now that the LEAVE campaign have won. 

Also, it appears the older generation made up the most of the voter turnout, (age 18-25 only had a 25% voter turnout, where as age 65+ had a 61% voter turnout) and they voted OUT. This means that they’ve made a decision for the younger generation who will have to live with the consequences for a long long time. 

So basically, we’re screwed.

goodenoughforjazz:

i used to work at Denny’s and honestly i served the weirdest people like this one time these two really stoned guys came in and when they were ordering their drinks the one guy was like “i would like a coke with exactly 6 ice cubes” and i actually counted out 6 and brought him his drink and when he saw that there was actually exactly 6 ice cubes he just stared at me for an uncomfortably long time and also he tipped me 20 dollars

ravenclaw-headcanons:

I’ve never been more ashamed to be british. Today, instead of choosing unity and progression, we’ve chosen to cut ourselves off from the world in an attempt to appease the xenophobic nature of the older generation

For those of you who aren’t from the uk, the national referendum held yesterday has shown that the british people have voted (at 51.9% to 48.9%) to leave the european union. This was in large brought about by the old and poorly educated who blame immigrants for our problems, despite the net benefit they bring to our country, and the fact that many of these people will not have to live with the consequences of their decision for long

Less than a few hours have passed since the result was announced and already:

  •  our prime minister has resigned (though he was unpopular the people poised to replace him are far worse)
  •  the pound has fallen to levels not seen since 1985
  •  Nigel Farage (leader of the most prominent far right party in the uk and at the head of the leave campaign) has already started backing out of promises to voters by being unable to guarantee the money we’ll save from the EU will go to the NHS instead
  • the UK itself looks poised to break apart in the next few years with Scotland (and to a lesser extent northern ireland) having voted to remain in the EU which will likely prompt another scottish referendum in which they’re more likely to leave
  • the far right parties of other countries such as france and the netherlands are demanding their own referendums and europe is crumbling
  • Nigel Farage has claimed this our ‘independence day’ and called for a bank holiday, which is hugely insulting to all the countries who actually had to fight for independence from imperialist britain
  • Tim Farron (head of the liberal democrats) phrased it nicely "Young people voted to remain by a considerable margin, but were outvoted. They were voting for their future, yet it has been taken from them.“

In short, our country has given in to hate, bigotry, and fear and has voted away the future of the younger generation. If there’s anything to learn from this it’s that the far right is on the rise. Don’t make the mistake of being complacent. Don’t let Trump win, don’t let any other EU countries vote themselves out of the running, and most importantly don’t forget to vote