Everything sucks

i just wanna cuddle naked with you and see who gives in first tbh

Norwegian prisons are nicer than my apartment.

I was really shocked by this and dubious, so I decided to read further. There’s a great article about this here: http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35813470 As it turns out, this is more like a halfway house. Prisoners usually begin their term in a prison more like one we’d typically recognize - bars on the windows, locked in their cells. But the emphasis there is on successful reintegration into society.  As their sentence progresses, with good behavior, they can move into a facility more like this, where their freedoms are still restricted, but they can do things like network with people outside of prison, search for employment, cook and clean and look after themselves, and begin making plans for their reintegration into society.  As a result, Norway has one of the lowest rates of recidisvism. 20% as opposed to America’s 76%.  It seems like a shocking idea to us because of where and how we live, but apparently, Norwegians are addressing the real problem. When you take people who can’t function well in society, and then…help them do that?…they….do. Without the crime-ing. 

Turns out treating people like human beings makes them more likely to act like human beings….

But won’t that incentivize some people to go back there since they get treated so well and get a nice room versus the streets?

If you read the post above, it says Norway’s recidivism rate - that is, the rate of released criminals who go on to be arrested again - is 20% versus 76% in the United States, so for the most part, no.

Isn’t that white-lined black cross on a red field flag a Nazi flag? Are we going to talk about how wonderful it is a Nazi gets a nice halfway house?

turns out that giving people who’ve demonstrated a poor ability to function in society… what amounts to a time-out and then phased-in and supported re-introduction to society where they’re provided with plenty of resources aimed at helping them learn to be functional social humans, where they don’t have to succeed at all of it right away under threat of homelessness and starvation… …actually helps people function better in society than just punishing people for having a hard time with it, and making them learn on their own while actively putting barriers to that learning in their way and then also actively making it harder for them to even succeed at all than it was before they failed at it the first time. 

HOW CAN SOMETHING BE THIS CUTE

What a unique dog

Calling your SO “honey” is immensely romantic. Honey never spoils, meaning your honey never stops being beautiful.

why does this look like a reaction image

Cats with fluffy tails reblog if you agree

healthcare.gov GO GO GO

Reminder: the deadline is December 15

I did this last year and inexplicably turned out to be eligible for Medicaid in WV, which I STILL have. Absolute and total lifechanger that’s letting me go to school instead of having to work full time. 

He’s also autistic and physically disabled. When the police came to drag him out they sprained his neck, right shoulder and left ankle while refusing to let him use his wheelchair. This guy is brave as fuck and people need to hear about this.

tearing bread apart and handing it to someone else is so… spiritual and intimate

lets give this bread