I can't believe I have to say this, but please don't bring your socially anxious friend out to a gathering just to ignore them or leave them alone with a group of people they don't know.
Was explaining to someone that men don’t have to touch women’s waists when they’re tying to get by them in crowded places. He went on to say “it’s not that serious” I said “Do you touch other men’s waists when you tryna get by?” He looked at me crazy. I said EXACTLY.
If as a man, you think you have the right to be passive aggressive and speak rudely to me because I am a woman, you need to check your tone before you start with me. They can allow that in your house but watch your mf tone when you talk to me.
It took the Uvalde police 7 seconds to have a grieving father, who’s demanding change, in handcuffs for saying “fuck.”
It took them 77 minutes to enter a classroom where 9 children were shot and dying, including Brett’s son. Shameful.
As a very small niche alcohol producer I am here to tell you that there are, in fact, very strict packaging & labeling regulations for anything alcoholic.
Like at a certain point the dumb actually is your fault & no one can help you
I remember when sweaters even just from Gap would come with a little bit of matching yarn just in case you needed to darn them. No one is encouraged to repair their clothing anymore…
Frank Sinatra was a fervent anti-racist and an early activist during the civil rights movement. He refused to stay at hotels and play at clubs that did not admit black people. His band would also provide equal pay and treatment for black musicians. It was through his relentless and tireless efforts that Las Vegas quickly became integrated.
In an interview in 2016, Frank Sinatra, Jr. had this to say about his father: "In the days when Las Vegas began to become popular, the black performers could play in showrooms, but they couldn't stay in the hotel. And it was Frank Sinatra who went to the board of directors, who had rather shady pasts, and he said, 'Are you guys going to come into the twentieth century, or aren't you?'... Somebody said 'Well, we have white people, we have black people." Sinatra, the story goes, said to them, 'The money is green. How about that?' And they began to look at each other, and the wheels were turning, and because of Sammy (Davis), Las Vegas became integrated.
Sinatra was also a significant supporter of Martin Luther King and helped him raise money to support the Civil Rights Movement by headlining fundraisers. In 1958, he wrote in Ebony Magazine: "A friend to me has no race, no class and belongs to no minority. My friendships are formed out of affection, mutual respect, and a feeling of having something in common. These are eternal values that cannot be classified."
Did you know this?
Billy Joel never sells tickets to the front rows of his concerts.
Aside from wanting to beat the scalpers, he got tired of all the bored rich people staring up at him.
“They don’t stand up, make noise, [they just] sit there,” he said.
So now, he sends his road crew out to bring down the fans from the worst seats so they’ll be “people in the front row that are really happy to be there, real fans.”
Although it’s only a small gesture, those people at the front enjoy an experience money can’t buy. Their joy spreads to create a vibrant atmosphere which fills the air and gets into the bloodstream of everybody else in the building.
More artists need to take a leaf out of Billy Joel’s playbook.
truly sad the way adulthood kills all your hobbies. i’m lucky if i read 5 books a year. too tired to play guitar. too tired to cook beautiful meals.
we warn people not to make work their identity, but how can you not when work systematically strips away every other part of you?
ITS NOT A BAN ON TIKTOK! ITS CALLED THE RESTRICT ACT BECAUSE ITS GOING TO DO JUST THAT! THEY CAN ACCESS ANYTHING WITHIN YOUR HOME THAT IS CONNECTED TO INTERNET WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT. THEY CAN FINE AND CHARGE YOU FOR USING VPNS. THEY ARE TARGETING YOU!! NOT BIG TECH!