Literally every college student is burnt out and it’s only the middle of the semester, send thoughts and prayers for us cuz we really struggling out here
As someone born into poverty and almost didn’t survive long enough to escape it and now is making a living wage I can say with absolutely certainty that money absolutely does buy happiness. Anyone who says differently is lying or has never skipped meals.
My brother and I may be the first in our family to have a degree (or at least just him) but we are still living very precarious lives.
Along the way we lost our naturalistic intelligence while growing up in urban Singapore because there's not much room to forage here lol.
Thread: The Orientalizing of Moulana Rumi
Many of you may be familiar with the 'Rumi quotes' that circulate the internet. What if I told you the vast majority of them are fake and they are part of a project to secularize Rumi? This isn't a whatsapp conspiracy.
Wealth increase in past 10 months:
⬆️$173 billion: Elon Musk
⬆️$77 billion: Jeff Bezos
⬆️$60 billion: Walton family
⬆️$43 billion: Bill Gates
⬆️$39 billion: Mark Zuckerberg
12-year increase in U.S. minimum wage: $0
We must tax the rich & raise the minimum wage to at least $15.
In less than 2 minutes Kamala Harris says ‘We must stand with Israel’ 3 times. Also adds: ‘I support US commitment to provide Israel with 38 billion dollars in military assistance.’
She’s a zionist and I’m surprised to see Muslims celebrating her victory.
Yesterday my 7 year old nephew told me that today is racial harmony day. I asked him why we are celebrating it and he said "my teacher say so malays and chinese dont riot again" Well you have alot of history to learn young man.
It's annoying when a PAP candidate says "they understand our pain".
Most of y'all live in landed property, have children in elite schools, get other people to run town councils, and sometimes appear only during big events or walkabouts. Get real. #GE2020