Pathetic Aesthetics

"The B line is probably the only mass transit system in the world where one can see a train approaching, yet have time to cross the street, buy a burrito, cross the street again, and be ready before the train arrives."

Patrick Allen of Brighton, Mass., in WGBH’s “How You’d Fix the T” survey. (via wgbhnews)

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@2 weeks ago with 211 notes

oldenough2burmom:

Hours needed to work at minimum wage to afford an apartment.

Ditto.

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@2 weeks ago with 94 notes

This looks like a good idea.

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joesabia:

Kony 2012 seems different after watching this Invisible Children music video from 6 years ago. Wow.

OOHHHHH MY FUCKING GOD

i— are y… is this … are you serious..is ..fppffhhhhshhshsshh

oh man I physically recoiled for basically this entire video and now my neck muscles feel weird

@2 months ago with 3089 notes

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“On the Debt My Mother Owed to Sears Roebuck” by Ed Dorn

@8 months ago
#Ed Dorn #On the Debt My Mother Owed to Sears Roebuck #poetry

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@9 months ago with 26 notes

"There are ethical corporations, yes, and ethical businesspeople, but ethics in capitalism is purely optional, purely extrinsic. To expect morality in the market is to commit a category error."

William Deresiewicz, “Capitalists and other Psychopaths” (via bostonreview)

@2 weeks ago with 35 notes

i got run over by a lexus: So I woke up this morning in a pool of my own blood.

Wait, let me back up.

Hi, my name is Cara and I’m a 21 year old woman. Every 28 days, give or take, I have a period. And it fucking sucks. Today, was one of those where I take from the 28 day cycle. I wasn’t due for another period for…

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#places