This is one of my favorite posts because that cat’s fucking name is fucking meatloaf
Let us just appreciate that this person’s dad didn’t know when they would be home and so he couldn’t plan for them to be able to join the family for dinner, but he knew with no doubts that dear sweet Meatloaf staying in that exact position for hours was an absolute in this scenario. Truly, that cat was named well.
one of my favorite posts on tumblr over the course of 5 fucking years.. clearly i need a life
Meatloaf is a reliable cat and did not steal the money for selfish reasons. A rare friend.
We are constantly trying to minimize the first four causes of death in the US through new procedures at hospitals, new vaccine techniques to stop the spread of the flu, more research into mental health, and improved car safety and regulations. In nearly every one of these other comparisons, there is an active and consistent effort to prevent mass deaths.
Most of these studies would be funded and run by the CDC, who would actively categorize and seek answers for why these deaths occur.
But not with guns.
deGrasse Tyson, as a scientist, should know that that scientists are LITERALLY NOT ALLOWED to research gun violence. The Dickey Amendment prevents the CDC from allotting any funds to research that could be considered pro-gun control.
As a scientist, that should PISS HIM OFF.
But no, he’s rather justify a white supremacist murdering innocent people because “Duh-ruh, the flu kills people too!”
That argument doesn’t work fucking ANYWHERE.
Not only on just a political and regulation-associated level, but what a shitty and insensitive thing to say.
People’s families, coworkers, children, and friends have died because of one man’s ideologies.
This isn’t “paying attention to spectacle more than data”. Mass shootings as a cause of white supremacy are becoming so frequent that they are considered the NORM (aka data). Also “spectacle”? What the fuck? People were murdered!
There’s a lot wrong with this tweet, informationally and morally. This “detached scientist intellectual-esque” tweet actually has me fuming.
^ From a therapist-friend, in case any in-therapy-friends ever worry about this.
And this is because it would be really shit of them to open up your entire brain into hysterical Upset and then boot you out without helping you find equilibrium, but there is probably someone right after you. Just to fully articulate.
Yeah exactly. When I do therapy I always keep an eye on the clock so I know when I have enough time to keep opening up big issues, vs. when I have to work on getting them back to stable so they don’t leave my office and walk straight into a wall.
