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For people who don’t have time to bathe or access to fresh water, a South African college student has a solution: a shower gel users simply rub onto their skin. One small packet replaces one bath, and users never need any water. Ludwick Marishane’s inspiration was a lazy friend, but his invention will be a boon to people who live in areas where clean water is in short supply. 

The gel, called Drybath, kills germs, moisturizes the skin and exudes a pleasant, light smell, unlike hand sanitizers, according to Marishane’s website, Headboy Industries.  [Continue reading.]

TL:DR Shaggy is doing fine and you don’t need to worry about him.

ok this is “earring magic ken” who was introduced in 1992 (and discontinued shortly thereafter)

basically mattel had done a survey and discovered that girls didn’t think ken was “cool” enough

SO someone had the bright idea to research coolness by sending people to raves which, at the time, were mostly hosted & attended by gay men. so they went to these raves and took notes on what the fashions were and finally landed on this outfit, mesh shirt & all 

SO

MAGIC EARRING KEN. This bitch gay as HELL. supposedly the aforementioned rings on him are for “magic earrings” and clip on charms. These charms are advertised as totally COMPLETELY heterosexual, not gay at ALL, see there’s a Barbie that also has Magic Earring Action with clip on charms! Ken wears them to match, because he’s STRAIGHT

Here’s the issue: THERE IS NO MATCHING BARBIE. Magic Earring Ken is out here straight up wearing cock rings on his jacket with a thinly devised advertising ploy to make it SEEM not-gay. But it’s DEFINITELY GAY. (And if you’re thinking, why cock rings? Well way back in 1992 gay culture was HUGE on wearing cock rings, it was the in-style. Everyone who was gay wore one, even women; you sewed them to your leather jacket, and the placement indicated some of your sexual preference. In case you were wondering, Ken is a Bottom.)

AND IT GETS BETTER. Magic Earring Ken was on the shelves for six weeks before they pulled him. In that short amount of time? Magic Earring Ken became the BEST SELLING Barbie Doll Mattel has EVER SOLD. LET THAT SINK IN. SIX WEEKS. And now every time these wheezy old hetero windbag execs go to look at their sales board, they’re forever haunted by Magic Earring Ken at the top of their charts.

This Friday night/Saturday morning, I was given an ultimatum, after my phone was searched and I was forced to end my long distance relationship with my girlfriend via text shortly after I was forced to ask her if she would support me if I moved in with her. I was told, if I want to be gay, then I would have to leave her house. If I was to stay, I would need to quit my girlfriend and pray the gay away. Too bad for her we don’t pray to the same God in the first place. She also said that maybe, this time when I leave [for school], I should leave for good and stay gone.

My name is Allura. I’m nonbinary. I’m gay. I’m 19 and Black and Muslim and I cannot live like this in this house anymore. It’s killing me. She has already complicated my school situation by taking me from a full tuition scholarship because there were a couple thousand dollars left over on my bill for my second semester, to a more expensive school that has no guaranteed scholarship and will force me to take out thousands of dollars in loans just to pay for my summer, fall, and spring terms.

She has already told me that she is taking most of my paycheck from my new job near my school to go towards bills. I wouldn’t have a problem with that if it meant that I could control my debit card, that she confiscated after finding out that I had applied for it, and then she promptly “lost” it. Every piece of mail I get, she reads it. Every text message I receive, she wants to see. She refuses to teach me how to drive yet constantly shames me for being nervous to get behind the wheel in the past.

I want my own apartment. I want to be in control of my own life, decide where I will go to school, pay my own bills and live my own fucking life. And I’m not ashamed to ask for help. I was homeless before and I would love to avoid that if possible. So please, help me save money to move out, since I won’t keep the majority of my biweekly paycheck. This is my YouCaring [link] that has to be updated since it was made to raise funds for a school that she won’t let me go to now. 

Please, help me out. Every little bit helps.

EDIT: THIS POST WAS DRAFTED MARCH 12. AS OF MARCH 19th, MY LEGAL GUARDIAN HAS OFFICIALLY KICKED ME OUT. THE CURRENT DATE IS JUNE 13

I’m already in a different place than I was making this. I’m still technically homeless, again, sleeping on my older brother’s couch while I get my stuff together. I don’t have anything to my name other than about 25 articles of clothes top, a busted laptop she probably broke trying to push me down the stairs while I was leaving, and to top it all off I’m still applying for colleges. I don’t have anything. I’m trying to build my life back together for the 3rd time, after having lost everything I own the first two times to homelessness too. I’m tired.

I want to be independent but at the moment between just paying my phone bill and surviving, I don’t have any extra money to go towards getting my necessary dorm supplies, so I have no choice but to beg for help. I’ll link my youcaring again, which is going to have to be revamped for the 3rd time because of her fucking my life up again, and I’m going to link an amazon wishlist with some stuff I’d like for school. Any little bit helps. I have a job and I’m doing by best to stay afloat but I don’t even have my own bed to sleep on, again. Please.

My YouCaring: I’ll use the money to go towards food, clothes, dorm and school supplies, as well as tuition and fees, and my phone bill. Link: https://www.youcaring.com/garnetdurham-721952

My Amazon Wishlists: art supplies, school supplies, clothes, etc. You’ll know for sure where your money is going. These will be updated as I have time.

Clothes wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/16GMR3H65UXWE

Art wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/1RBVC2ZMOM28M

school wishlist: http://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/1ULGA34S55H8A

if you have any question about the validity of my claims please feel free to confront me for evidence that isn’t too personal

June 12, 2016. In loving memory. 

Edward Sotomayor Jr., 34

Stanley Almodovar III, 23

Luis Omar Ocasio-Capo, 20

Juan Ramon Guerrero, 22

Eric Ivan Ortiz-Rivera, 36

Peter O. Gonzalez-Cruz, 22

Luis S. Vielma, 22

K.J. Morris, 37

Eddie Jamoldroy Justice, 30

Anthony Luis Laureano Disla, 25

Jean Carlos Mendez Perez, 35

Franky Jimmy Dejesus Velazquez, 50

Amanda Alvear, 25

Martin Benitez Torres, 33

Luis Daniel Wilson-Leon, 37

Mercedez Marisol Flores, 26

Xavier Emmanuel Serrano Rosado, 35

Gilberto Ramon Silva Menendez, 25

Simon Adrian Carrillo Fernandez, 31

Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26

Enrique L. Rios Jr., 25

Miguel Angel Honorato, 30

Javier Jorge-Reyes, 40

Joel Rayon Paniagua, 32

Jason Benjamin Josaphat, 19

Cory James Connell, 21

Juan P. Rivera Velazquez, 37

Luis Daniel Conde, 39

Shane Evan Tomlinson, 33

Juan Chevez-Martinez, 25

Darryl Roman Burt II, 29

Deonka Deidra Drayton, 32

Alejandro Barrios Martinez, 21

Jerald Arthur Wright, 31

Leroy Valentin Fernandez, 25

Tevin Eugene Crosby, 25

Jonathan Antonio Camuy Vega, 24

Jean C. Nives Rodriguez, 27

Rodolfo Ayala-Ayala, 33

Brenda Lee Marquez McCool, 49

Yilmary Rodriguez Solivan, 24

Christopher “Drew” Leinonen, 32

Angel L. Candelario-Padro, 28

Frank Hernandez Escalante, 27

Paul Terrell Henry, 41

Akyra Monet Murray, 18

Christopher Joseph Sanfeliz, 24

Antonio Davon Brown, 29

There’s something about Studio Ghibli’s Water physics that I love

While it is a liquid, it tends to behave more gelatinously

It’s so beautiful while almost being awkward *bloop*

Gravity? Surface tension? No? Well, just let me hug her!!

Not even seeming to make skin or cloth wet

It looks so satisfyingly bouncy

I remember hearing/seeing a post where Ghibli’s water always -looks- like how water -feels-.

Like when you’re crying it just feels like

And when it’s raining it’s like

They just FEEL good.  Even the sad movies still give off that same feeling.  It’s almost tangible, but still feels like a fond memory.