one year later this is still the best Jan 6 analysis

My therapist just said 'kids are very resilient' and I said 'why do all adults need therapy then?' And she just looked into the middle distance for a bit + seemed to reassess quite a lot of things

My lil sis just turned 21. We were having a convo & I said something along the lines of “they’re better than that” & she said, “no, ppl are what they show u. That’s your optimism.” I’m stunned because my optimism is a “positive” quality. But maybe it creates delusions too.

Yepppp told my brother he gets $20 for every A in high school and this man all the sudden has a 4.0 all year 🥴

My main parenting advice works for adults too which is that when someone has a tantrum then eventually collects themself enough to rejoin the group, you really don't need to embarrass them about it? You can just be cool and say "hey glad you're here"

When folks talk about American spirit they would do well to look towards the mom in Uvalde, TX who left her job, drove 40 mins, was put in cuffs, got out, hopped a fence, knew exactly what classroom her kids were in, measured the distance of gunshots to safely rescue them…

If you’re like “I don’t know anyone who’s had an abortion” what you’re actually saying is: “No one I know trusts me enough to tell me about their abortion”

kids today are like “so what did y’all do before the internet? did you just not know anything?” and the answer is yes. you would ask your aunt Marge a question, she’d give you the wrong answer and you’d carry that misinformation for twenty years.

Selena Gomez just revealed in an interview that her hit song “Come & Get It” is about an all you can eat buffet

Yessss ask anyone who works in schools this is so common. They politely correct adults and fiercely defend their friends too it’s beautiful to see 💓 I learn from the kids daily and hope our world starts to look this.

arctic monkeys, the 1975 and taylor swift releasing albums in october then suddenly it’s 2014 again

me at a restaurant I didn’t want to go to after saying “im literally down for wherever”

It's #WorldSuicidePreventionDay! As a suicidologist and someone who has experienced chronic suicidality since age 9, I want to offer some insights that mainstream prevention orgs don't often share. 🧵

Underwater Sweetness 🎥 Ben Burville

American voters will demand more from a fast food worker than the politicians they vote for, and that will never not confound me. They’ll literally curse at and fight a cashier, but have all the excuses in the world for people with actual power. Y’all are trained dogs.

okay i need y’all to understand that BOUNDARIES are about what YOU are gonna do, they’re not rules or expectations on someone else’s behavior, they are YOUR personal response to other people’s behavior

Learning about fentanyl years ago made me realize drugs are actually unironically dangerous now At first I was like "whatever, it's not like I use enough to overdose even if there is some in my drugs." Then I learned it only takes like 1mg to kill you and I was like "hmmmm...