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Notes: 13 / 3 weeks ago[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
From Frank Ocean’s mixtape Nostalgia, Ultra. The first actual song on the tape, it immediately introduces the theme of the whole tape (nostalgia). At the end, an alarm can be heard, signalling that the whole song was just a dream he had where he was recalling a past love and his childhood (or teen years). The instrumentals are from Coldplay’s “Strawberry Swing”
When we were kids, we handpainted strawberries on a swing
Every moment was so precious, then
I’m still kicking it, I’m daydreaming on a strawberry swing
The entire Earth is fighting, all the world is at its end
Just in case, an atom bomb, comes falling on my lawn
I should say and you should hear I’ve loved
I’ve loved the good times here, I’ve loved our good times here
Say hello, then say farewell to the places you know
We are all mortals, aren’t we? Any moment this could go
Cry, cry, cry, even though that won’t change a thing
But you should know, you should hear, that I have loved
I have loved the good times here, and I will miss our good times
Spaceships are lifting off of a dying world
And millions are left behind while the sky burns
There wasn’t room for you and I, only you, goodbye, goodbye(Source: rapgenius.com)
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4 weeks ago
My general feeling towards worldly issues.
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Notes: 219 / 1 month ago from self-ownership (originally from verbasinfinitas)
Because the glitzyness of a city is clearly an indication of well off the people are.
Does anyone see anything wrong with Havana? It actually looks like a really nice place.
FFS no it doesn’t. It looks like a ghetto. The image is even enlarged on your own damn blog so quit lying to yourself.
Better picture:
But for the sake of argument, countries with more economic freedom, that is to say: property rights, freedom of contract, rule of law etc., enjoy the best standards of living in the world. They have better access to healthcare, longer life expectancy, higher reported happiness, less child labor, less governmental corruption, higher wages, and lower cost of living.
Any economics class would tell you that markets are better at organizing and allocating resources. At least way better than the alternative: central, top down planning.
See also:
Evilteabagger said everything I wanted to say. I was just too fucking lazy to write it all out.
Note: The Korean War ended only 58 years ago.
Adam, I’m going to have to disagree with you again.
Firstly, the original picture is a joke for comparing Havana to Hong Kong.
However, on the issue of socialism and capitalism, capitalism is not absolutely and definitively the best evar!!1 Socialism has been a failed experiment if we look at history, but it is not an evil or even impracticable ideal. I am far from a socialist and I embrace the opportunities afforded by living in a capitalist society, but this system comes with costs not accounted for in economics. And who knows, technology will ultimately change our world, and with it, the fundamentals of what we understand as society. Capitalism will not always be the savior of the world.
(Source: verbasinfinitas)
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1 month ago
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Notes: 108 / 1 month ago from fotojournalismus
![fotojournalismus:
New Delhi, India.
Children wearing festive clothing ride in the back of a bicycle rickshaw on their way to a Christmas party.
[Credit : Kevin Frayer/AP]](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwo11qpLl51r44q44o1_500.jpg)
New Delhi, India.
Children wearing festive clothing ride in the back of a bicycle rickshaw on their way to a Christmas party.
[Credit : Kevin Frayer/AP]
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Notes: 11 / 1 month ago
What a blessed day.
The last of US troops have moved out of Iraq early Sunday, ending 9 years of a very controversial war.
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Notes: 20 / 2 months ago
The most beautiful, magnificent, otherworldly sights captured by Google Street View.
in search of enchanted and remote lands typically only reserved for the eyes of its inhabitants, but now are captured on camera by the automated and aesthetically-neutered google street view cars that linger.
Be sure to peek the full gallery of snapshots curated by Aaron Hobson.
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2 months ago
Peaceful Future
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Notes: 1304 / 4 months ago from animatedmartian (originally from ronamarinmiller)
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4 months ago
On religion..
Abrahamic religions are the monotheistic faiths emphasizing and tracing their common origin to Abraham[1] or recognizing a spiritual tradition identified with him.[2][3][4] They are one of the three major divisions in comparative religion, along with Indian religions (Dharmic) and East Asian religions (Taoic).
The three major Abrahamic religions are, in chronological order of founding, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Judaism regards itself as the religion of the descendants of Jacob,[n 1] a grandson of Abraham. It has a strictly unitary view of God, and the central holy book for almost all branches is the Hebrew Bible, as elucidated in the oral law.
Christianity began as a sect of Judaism[n 2] in the 1st century CE and evolved into a separate religion—the Christian Church—with distinctive beliefs and practices. Jesus is the central figure of Christianity, considered by almost all denominations to be divine, typically as one person of a Triune God.[n 3] The Christian Bible is typically held to be the ultimate authority, alongside Sacred Tradition in some apostolic denominations, such as Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy.
Islam arose in Arabia[n 4] in the 7th century CE with a strictly unitary view of God.[n 5] Muslims (adherents of Islam) typically hold the Qur’an to be the ultimate authority, as revealed and elucidated through the teachings and practices[n 6] of a central, but not divine, prophet, Muhammad.
The three main Abrahamic religions have certain similarities. All are monotheistic, and conceive God to be a transcendent Creator-figure and the source of moral law,[6] and their sacred narratives feature many of the same figures, histories and places in each, although they often present them with different roles, perspectives and meanings. They also have many internal differences based on details of doctrine and practice. Christianity divided into three main branches (Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant), dozens of significant denominations, and even more smaller ones. Islam has two main branches (Sunni and Shi’a), each having a number of denominations. Judaism also has a small number of branches, of which the most significant are Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. At times and in various locations the different religions, and some of the branches within the same basic religion, have been in bitter conflict with each other to the extent of war and bloodshed.
I wonder just how many times in history violence has erupted due to disagreement over these beliefs. As someone who was brought up without any religion, it’s ludicrous to think one would actually kill others just for differences in the interpretation of a historical event that may or may not have even occurred.
(Source: Wikipedia)
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