Stealing this from twitter but I liked the concept: put in the tags where were your 8 great-grandparents from (given modern borders) ?

i’m going to be really honest with you guys i think the tendency to read the absolute worst possible intentions into every action you don’t agree with is getting too automatic and it’s eating you from the inside out

did you know? you can cut off the top and bottom of an artichoke and snip off the pointy little leaf tips and then you can squeeze half a lemon over it and let the juice get all in between the leaves. and then you can put it in a covered dish and microwave it for 8-9 minutes. less than 10 minutes, steamed artichoke in front of you! and after that you can melt some of your best butter, toss a little sprig of rosemary in there! and you can dip the artichoke in the butter. 1 artichoke, 10 minutes of prep, a little butter, and you have a decadent experience! it could be a Monday night and you can scrape the artichoke flesh off with your teeth! lemon and butter and rosemary! no one is stopping you. life could be a dream. I got an artichoke for $3 and the lemon for less. it's been hours now and I'm still riding that high.

i think a lot of people see general genuine enthusiasm for life as like lowbrow or simple or dumb or whatever but to me it's actually one of the most enlightened qualities an individual can possess

Contemporary art haters will be like "i don't get it" and then not read the title or artist statement or the medium or the year or

realizing that the online sphere and especially tumblr is NOT a good sample for ‘what everyone thinks’ is so, so, so good for your mental health and moral OCD. i swear to god. realizing that you don’t have to live your actual life like you’re being hunted for sport because the average tumblr user will hunt you for sport for wording something slightly weird or engaging in the wrong stuff or whatever is so incredible. like no you’re actually not fucked up and evil for not donating or for watching that one indie cartoon or questioning a post that everybody is agreeing with. that’s just tumblrs georg making you feel that way