I really want Hillary to just say “Donald how does a bill get passed” and just wait for his response
We all know how a bill gets passed. There are some great bills. Beautiful bills. Unbelievable bills.
Will you pass bills, they ask me. I will pass some bills. Some of the best bills.
Hillary will never pass bills. She’s never passed any bills. I will pass them. I’ll pass so many bills it’ll be yuge. Hillary passed some of the worst bills. Worst bills ever. Unbelievable. She’s married to Bill Clinton.
Okay non-European tumblr, I’m gonna explain to you why ‘white’ isn’t as simple here as it is in the rest of the world
– Shades of white in Europe range from ‘freshly fallen snow’ to ‘I am frequently mistaken as being from the Middle East’
– White European is a thing. When you fill out a form, under ethnicity, there are several options for white; white British, white European, white other. Because people make that distinction
– There are Europeans who don’t class their ethnicity as their skin colour, but as their nationality. I have family who don’t think of themselves as white, they just think of themselves as Italian and don’t really give much thought to their skin colour
– People here in Britain always question if darker skinned white Europeans are ‘actually white’. I get it a lot myself. My response is always ‘well I’m not anything else, so obviously I must be’
– Despite being white, a lot of Europeans from Italy, Greece, Spain etc, don’t feel white in the traditional sense. We’re not white like white British people. We’re not white like white Americans. We’re our own white. White British is one thing. White Italian is another thing. White Greek is another, etc
– Which is why we have this notion here in Europe of ‘nationality over race’. Being white isn’t as important as where you’re from
– So this really only becomes an issue if you’re an immigrant
– So being white in Europe doesn’t save you from racial discrimination, because sure, you’re technically white, but you’re not white white. Not the right white
– Here in England, Europeans with really blatantly foreign names, such as myself, find it more difficult to get job interviews, because they take one look at our name and don’t bother reading the rest of the CV. A guy I know was actually told by his boss to reduce the pile of CVs he had by ‘chucking away any with a name you can’t fucking pronounce’
– And then even when you do get an interview, half the time you walk into the joint several shades darker than everyone else and feel like you’ve walked into the ‘Swedish supermodel’ clubhouse and you just know you’re not getting hired
This is all basic stuff and it’s very much taken for granted here. Race and ethnicity are not as clear cut, so it can be very confusing for non-Europeans to wrap their heads around. Which is fine. But I implore you to stay in your lane, because when you say things like ‘no white person anywhere in the world ever knows what it’s like to face racial discrimination’, it’s really fucking offensive to all of the European immigrants who are denied jobs, harassed by the police and beaten by racists, because foreign is foreign to these people, and they don’t give a shit if you’re technically white. So when you mean white American, say white American.
This doesn’t just apply to “darker skin” Europeans either (which I’m sure some Americans would argue are POC for some reason or other). Try being slavic in Western Europe. Hell, try being Sinti or Roma in any part of Europe.
Especially in the UK you can be as white as you like but if you aren’t from Britain (or in some cases just England) then you face discrimination. It really isn’t that clear cut in Europe and it drives me mad when people say white people can’t experience racism because that’s such a US-centric idea.
And if you’re from anywhere in South-East Europe then you should prepare for your country to be slandered in every UK paper. Seriously, you can’t turn on the news, go on the internet, read a newspaper, without being told how Romanian, Ukrainian, Polish people are a drain on the UK’s resources and they should be banned from the country. And guess what?
(That’s Mila Kunis. She was born in the Ukraine.)
(Sebastian Stan. From Constanta, Romania.)
(Mia Wasikowska, from Poland)
(Nina Dobrev, who was born in Bulgaria.)
They are white! Just because they are white, it doesn’t mean people from their countries cannot face horrible discrimination, and it doesn’t mean that they can’t be constantly told that they don’t work as hard as people from Western Europe, and that they don’t deserve basic human rights.
So just before you force your ignorance onto people who don’t hold the same views as you due to where they live operating in a different way, just remember that not everybody lives in America.
Here it is guys, the post that finally puts what I’ve been trying to say for far too long into words!
…I didn’t know Sebastian Stan was Romanian.
But as somebody who has lived in England and the US, I can vouch for all of this. The race issues in Europe and the race issues in the US are not the same.
For the last few years, there has been an awful backlash against immigrants from Poland, with some of the same language used that Americans use about “Mexicans” (By which, half the time, they mean anyone from south of the US/Mexico border).
It’s worth understanding that
1. Racism and discrimination are everywhere.
2. They don’t take the same form everywhere.
I have lived in England for over 10 years now, and can confirm all of the above. As soon as I open my mouth people can tell, of course, that I was not born and raised British.
I was yelled at in the street because a lady thought I was Polish. People have pushed their chairs into my parents and insulted them in a restaurant because they were recognised as Germans.
ALRIGHT LISTEN UP I HEAR YOU GUYS OVER ON THE WEST COAST DEALIN WITH SOME ROUGH SHIT SO YOUR LOCAL TORNADO ALLEY RESIDENT’S GONNA HOOK YOU UP WITH SOME ADVICE OKAY
WHY YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO ME:
I HAVE SURVIVED UP TO 4-5 TORNADOES SO FAR
SLEPT THROUGH HURRICANE IKE (I lived in Houston)
TOOK SEVERAL METEOROLOGY CLASSES
I LIVE IN TORNADO ALLEY AND I HAVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT
THAT GOOD ENOUGH ALRIGHT HERE WE GO
IF A TORNADO IS SIGHTED:
do not panic
find out where it is
listen to the weatherman. trust me.
if you can see the radar, look for a “hook echo.” this hook echo looks like a rain cloud that’s curled up and made a spiral like a fish hook, usually with winds going the other direction also curling inside the hook. this is where the tornado is likely to be, since the mixing of the two opposite-facing winds created the circulation for the birth of the tornado.
tornadoes move northeast 90% of the time. if you’re south, west, or northwest, you should be okay. don’t risk it though.
most tornadoes are lower on the EF scale – 0, 1, 2, and 3. the highest can cause roofs to be torn off and trees to go flying, but these aren’t as common. 1-2 can cause roof damage and break windows, but for the most part it’s debris you wanna look out for. anything like an EF 4 or 5, you’re looking at casualties, crumbled buildings and decimation everywhere.
if the meteorologist says the tornado is “rain-wrapped” that means you can’t see the tornado because it has a curtain of rain around it. you won’t see it coming. you won’t hear it. just know it’s in there.
if there’s one tornado, there can sometimes be “satellite” tornadoes around the “parent” (bigger) tornado. these are smaller and sometimes invisible, but they can knock over vehicles and cause just as much damage. be careful.
take tornado precautions! this means:
grab a flashlight
grab toilet paper
go into the innermost room of the house (bathrooms and closets are good but if there’s a room deeper in the center of the house, that can also work)
grab something to put over your head. helmet, briefcase, mattress, pillow, any and all of those have saved people’s lives before.
tuck in with everyone in the household. if you have pets, you can try to tuck them between two of you, and face front-to-back (so you’re facing their back with your legs on either side of their hips) and keep your pet in between you. if you have a larger pet, keep them close by.
DO NOT OPEN THE WINDOWS. i know there’s a myth that if you open your windows the air pressure in your house will change as the tornado hits and you’ll get less damage but that is FALSE AS ALL FUCK. DO NOT OPEN YOUR WINDOWS.
turn off the gas and electricity. this is to save yourself from harm AFTER the tornado hits, when power lines, gas pipes and other harmful household power sources may be compromised.
SHOOOEEESSS. do NOT go without shoes.
grab a radio. the NOAA has a special radio station that gives live feed of the tornado. if you have a phone keep it handy and download your local news’ weather app, or the NOAA weather app.
IF YOU ARE IN AN APARTMENT WHEN THE TORNADO HITS:
go to the bottom floor. if there’s a basement, go there.
if there isn’t, believe it or not another safe place can be any indoor stairway you can find access to. it may not seem safe, but these places are more sturdy.
stay away from windows, patios and outside-facing doors!
IF YOU ARE IN A CAR WHEN THE TORNADO HITS:
turn off your car!
park beside the road. if you have no chance of escape, park your car on the side of the road. if there’s a ditch, go down there.
get down onto the floorboard. tuck into the backseat, under the passenger seat, or under the drivers’ seat.
put something over your head.
DO NOT PARK UNDER AN OVERPASS! THIS IS MORE DANGEROUS! people assume that if they park under an overpass the wind won’t hit as hard, but that’s not true. the opposite is true – the wind, with a smaller space to go through, moves FASTER. do not park under any bridges or overpasses, that’s asking for trouble!
if you know where the tornado is, and you are capable of it, GO SOUTH. if the tornado is south of you, GO WEST. if the tornado is in front of you (going away from you), GO SOUTH. if the tornado is going towards you, GO! GO GO GO, AND IF YOU CAN, GO SOUTH!
DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN THE TORNADO! YOU CAN’T. three of the best tornado specialists in the industry DIED because they couldn’t outrun the tornado they were chasing. unless you have literally no other roads to turn on and are stuck on one road with the tornado coming your way, DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN THE TORNADO!
if there are local supermarkets, shops, theaters, gas stations, whatever, GO INSIDE. trust me, you’re much safer in a building – even a gas station – than in your car.
don’t bother parking in a car wash or under a parking garage/gas station. it won’t help. at all.
IF YOU ARE IN A MOBILE HOME/TRAILER/SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES:
GET. THE. FUCK. OUT. GET OUT.
NO I’M DEAD SERIOUS TORNADOES LOVE TRAILER PARKS. THERE ARE ACTUAL STATS THAT SHOW TORNADOES LOVE BLOWING OVER TRAILER PARKS. WHY WHO KNOWS BUT THEY DO.
YOU ARE NOT SAFE. GET. OUT.
IF THE TORNADO PASSES:
DO NOT MOVE! stay where you are until the meteorologist says it’s safe.
EVEN IF THE TORNADO HAS LEFT YOUR AREA, STAY PUT! wait until the tornado is completely gone, and the storm has passed. listen for when your local news station says it’s safe to come out.
DO NOT DRIVE AROUND! downed power lines, gas leaks and busted water/sewage pipes will be everywhere. debris will be all over the roads. stay in your house.
if you lose power, wait. don’t try to light candles right away. make sure it’s safe and there’s no gas leaks.
do not turn on the power! there might be blown power lines and if you try to turn the power on, it won’t work.
check your neighbors. make sure they’re okay.
call your loved ones. let them know you’re safe.
TORNADO LINGO YOU SHOULD KNOW:
rain-wrapped: the tornado is hidden in sheets of rain. it can’t be seen except by radar, so don’t count on being able to see or hear it.
blue lightning: this is actually transformers and power stations blowing up. they emit a blue lightning that shows up on the ground.
hook echo/hook: this is where the two air currents in the storm wrap around each other, forming a hook on the radar. this is where most tornadoes form.
funnel: a lowering of the bottom of the cloud shaped like a circle, or funnel. sometimes you’ll see a circular wind rotation on the ground below it.
wall cloud: this is the bottom part of the stormcloud, where funnels are formed.
wedge: the tornado is shaped like a pie wedge.
rope: this can be two things. a rope tornado means it’s curvy and thin. if a tornado “ropes out” that means it’s unraveled and then dissipated.
tornado precautions: the fancy way of saying “emergency plan for when tornadoes hit”
spotter: a spotter or chaser is someone who works with weather stations to capture the tornado from the ground. they’re professionals – meteorologists, sometimes photographers and researchers – who actively drive and try to report where the tornado is. DO NOT DO THIS! THESE PEOPLE HAVE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE!
debris trail: this is the damage trail left behind by where the tornado has been.
Remind me again why you think there is no difference between the candidates and it doesn’t matter who wins?
yeah if youre not interested in reading the article, the lowdown is that trump will cut taxes by $4.4 billion then make up for it by scrapping the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Power Plan and most of the FDA. Which is bad…
…really bad.
Where is that Archer meme when you need it.
DO YOU WANT A COUNTRY OF DEAD PEOPLE
BECAUSE THIS IS HOW YOU GET A COUNTRY OF DEAD PEOPLE.
“The Food Safety police”
Yeah because the LAST thing you want is people making sure that the food your putting in your body is safe for human consumption and wasn’t made in filthy conditions that will give you food poisoning and/or kill you
Why would you want the food you, your friends and your family eat to be SAFE
What kind of SJW wuss cares about whether what their eating will give them Mad Cow Disease, make them blind of kill them
’“–and even dictates the nutritional content of dog food,” the Trump campaign fact sheet complained.’
I’m so sorry, for NOT wanting a country full of poisoned or malnourished dogs!
“I’m sorry if eating poison TRIGGERS you and you want your restaurants kitchens to be some kind of SAFE SPACE”
Here’s your stern and serious reminder that no matter what tumblr tries to tell you, if you are under the age of eighteen, you absolutely cannot take nudes of yourself. You can’t even take them and keep them on your phone. It counts as child porn. You could be arrested. Anyone you send them to could be arrested. Your parents could be arrested if they’re the ones paying for the phone. I don’t care how many people try to make it seem like body positivity.
It has nothing to do with body positivity.
It’s a felony.
Don’t do it.
I looked this up, just to get a source on it.
“Though their laws were created to protect minors from exploitation caused by others, states are prosecuting minors under child pornography statutes for sending nude or otherwise lurid self-portraits, even when the minors sent the selfies without coercion. The common quirk in the laws is that there is no exception for taking or distributing sexually explicit pictures of oneself. Thus, a high school student sending a racy seflie to a boyfriend or girlfriend could subject both themselves and the receiver to prosecution for child pornography. If the picture makes its way around other social circles through online or direct sharing, anyone who received or distributed the photo could also find themselves open to charges.”
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