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So, I paint my nails pretty regularly these days. I also work as a barista/cashier pretty regularly these days. A few weeks back, I had a customer come in, a fairly typical, sheltered, suburban soccer mom, and she ordered a latte from me. She saw my brightly colored nails and said, “Wow, you’re so brave! My son asked me about painting his nails, and if it’s okay for boys to do that. Now I’ll tell him there’s a cool guy who does it too!” It was a nice moment, very cute.

Then, last week, she came in again, and said, “Hey, I’m so glad you’re here! I want you to meet someone!” She then brings her son forward, and says, “Okay sweetie, show him what you did!” And he throws his hands up, showing off his bright, sparkling blue nails. He shows them off, and I show mine off to him. He smiles. We fist bump.

Guys, I’ve only wanted to cry once at work before, and that was when someone ordered a large dry soy cappuccino on ice.

This time, though. This was a good cry.

Grades are getting low, the teens are getting high. That 12 year old is pregnant and her parents wonder why. A 1st grader is swearing, a 3rd grader has been raped. Just take a look around you, isn’t the system great? Who isn’t faded these days, teens are sending nudes, kids are getting beaten, the teachers see the bruises. No calls for help are spoken, teens are smoking weed, young girls are cutting, this isn’t what we need. The marks of taunt and yelling, parents are divorced. That 14 year old is drinking beer, this can’t get any worse. A little girl has killed herself, nobody seems to care. Another kid has been expelled for a stupid dare. But it needs to change. Our world is officially broken. It’s time to take a stand, your thoughts need to be spoken.

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This needs to get 1 million notes seriously

more.

seriously

MUST reblog this

What has this come to?

The degradation of society (morality too).

this couldn’t be more accurate, and depressing :/

(Source: hidden-scars-and-feelings)

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Step 1: Take the Political Compass Test

Step 2: Reblog with

  • which political box your result falls in
  • what you consider your political beliefs to be

Step 3:???

Step 4: Profit!

Omg - my politics teacher asked us to do this ages ago and I’ve been trying to find it ever since to see if my views have changed - cheers tumblr.

Democratic Socialism. I was raised by an angry socialist atheist, so I can’t say I’m surprised.

Anarcho-socialism. Not surprising.

Libertarian Socialism, and that’s just fine by me.

Libertarian Socialism for me, too.

Anarcho- socialism. That’s probably a little too anti-authoritarian — I would have expected to be in the lower right corner of the democratic socialism square — but the questions have so little nuance I can’t say I’m really surprised.

I ended up on the intersection of Democratic Socialism, Libertarian Socialism, and Anarcho-socialism.

Anarcho-socialism

Oh, hey! Another Anarcho-socialist here. :) 

Yet another Anarcho-Socialist here. We’re all so unique, no? ;-)

Ditto.

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