Instagram growth gurus are so funny.
He can’t use his laptop because he’s holding a drink.
He can’t drink because he has a cigar in his mouth.
He can’t smoke his cigar because both hands are occupied. 😭
"Um dia descobri que cantava.
O meu filho mais velho João Carlos estava morrendo e eu já tinha perdido 2 filhos e não queria perder mais um.
Eu não tinha dinheiro pra cuidar do meu filho e ouvi no rádio que o programa do Ary Barroso de calouros Nota 5, estava com o prêmio acumulado. Não sei como, mas eu sabia que ia buscar esse prêmio!
Fiz a inscrição e me avisaram que eu precisava ir bonita. Mas eu não tinha roupa nem sapatos, não tinha nada! Então, eu peguei uma roupa da minha mãe, que pesava 60kg e vesti, só que eu pesava 32kg, já viu né? Ajustei com alfinetes. Tudo bem que agora é moda ne? Hoje até a Madonna usa, mas essa moda aí fui eu que comecei viu? Alfinetes na roupa é muito meu, é coisa de Elza!
No pé coloquei uma sandália que a gente chamava de “mamãe tô na merda”, e fui!
Quando me chamaram, levantei e entrei no palco do auditório. O auditório tava lotado, todo mundo começou a rir alto debochando de mim.
Seu Ary me chamou e perguntou:
_ O que você veio fazer aqui?
_ Eu vim cantar!
_ Me diz uma coisa, de que planeta você veio?
_ Do mesmo planeta seu Seu Ary.
_ E qual é o meu planeta?
_ PLANETA FOME!
Ali, todo mundo que estava rindo viu que a coisa era séria e sentaram bem quietinhos.
Cantei a música Lama.
O Gongo não soou e eu ganhei, levei o prêmio e meu filho está vivo até hoje, graças a Deus!
De lá pra cá, sempre levo comigo um Alfinete.
Naquela época eu achava que se tivesse alimentos pros meus filhos, não teria mais fome. O tempo passou e eu continuei com fome, fome de cultura, de dignidade, de educação, de igualdade e muito mais, percebo que a fome só muda de cara, mas não tem fim.
Há sempre um vazio que a gente não consegue preencher e talvez seja essa mesma a razão da nossa existência."
Elza Soares
The Afroman Trial.
-Cops raid Afromans house for bullshit reasons.
-Steal money, break his door, fuck his house up.
-No criminality found whatsoever, no charges at all pressed on Afroman.
-Afroman spends the next 3 years making songs that make fun of all the officers involved by name, even using footage of the raid from his own CCTV cameras.
-Songs had titles like "Randy Walters is a son of a bitch" and "Lick Em Low Lisa" accusing one of the officers of being a lesbian and sleeping with the other officers wives.
-During the raid one officer looked like he was about to eat some lemon pound cake sitting on Afromans counter, Afroman made a whole album calling the officer fat.
-The cops get mad and file a lawsuit for defamation.
-Afroman turns up to court in a whole American flag suit.
-Officers performatively mald and cry while listening to the songs really trying to oversell how badly the songs upset them.
-One officer was suing because Afroman made a whole song about him saying he was fucking the officers wife. When the officer was asked if Afroman was really fucking his wife, he said "I don't know". Nuking his own case and establishing that there is a non-zero chance that Afroman might actually be fucking his wife.
-As his only witness for the trial, Afroman brought a deputies EX FUCKING WIFE.
-The jury ruled completely in favour of Afroman.
This entire thing has been a great win for free speech and absolutely fucking hilarious.
“Practice any art… no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.”
- McKellen reciting Vonnegut
Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature:
“Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.”
The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.
We are overstimulated and we don't even notice. Netflix while eating. Reels in the bathroom. Music while cooking. Podcasts on walks. We consume by default, not by intention. You keep filling every gap, then wonder why you feel foggy and unmotivated. Boredom and silence are the real growth drivers. They give you space to think and create. That's when solutions show up for problems that have been stuck for months. Leave some room.
earth full gameplay guide and review:
- takes 3 years to unlock voice chat
- tutorial takes 18 years
- banned at level 60-80
- can’t respawn
- pay to win
- good graphics, no lag
- can’t choose your own spawn server or username
- signing up takes 9 months
Hard times create strong men.
Strong men create C.
C creates good times.
Good times create Python programmers.
Python programmers create AI.
AI creates vibe coders.
Vibe coders create weak men.
Weak men create hard times.
Ele encontrou a arara com a asa quebrada. Cuidou, protegeu e respeitou.
Já são 18 anos de amor e amizade.
Hoje, ela vive solta no quintal, livre.
Porque cuidar nunca foi prender! 🦜✨