1. "I had inquired about whether she would notify users of her ad practices, and I was surprised to receive a defensive response coupled with a condescending sign off that read, 'I wish you the very best as you continue to explore and navigate the world of media and morality.'" →

    Ahahahaha wow let me “curate” the fact that Maria Popova is the worst for you right here on maura dot tumblr dot com. MATT LANGER WHERE U AT BB

  2. Put this in your fucking binder and smoke it.

  3. i woke up with an ocular migraine and then i read this, which almost gave me a stroke.  →

    In the end, the Internet will always tell you what you need to know because it is a digital extension of the world writ large, and out there, as in here, the greatest story will always be retold.

    FUCKING SERIOUSLY? ??? FSDFKSdfsdfklasf;sfjsa;fk

  4. I have never been remotely interested in looking like or being in any way a real girl. I don’t like the real girl thing. I believe in idealization for publications. People want to see aspirational images, read about aspirational lives. I don’t care about acceptance. I don’t want to project anything real. I want people to look at my beauty section and want to look like me, to buy the things I like. I want them to want to smell like me even though they can’t smell me through the computer. That’s the point. It’s beauty, babe! But always remember—I’m a total sicko.

    — Cat Marnell, guiding light for all those people who aspire to be sociopathic drug addicts sorely in need of an editor, or at least someone resembling an adult. 

  5. real-life horror story →

    abandon all hope, etc.

  6. And there were other boy cues: Franz Ferdinand, a bunch of punk, a burned CD labeled “Johnny Cash – The Man Comes Around.” That’s not Chili’s commercial or “Jaoquin Phoenix is cute!” Johnny Cash. That’s late Johnny Cash, dying of cancer, quoting Bible verses and growling about the end of the world…..

    What do you make of a collection that has Muddy Waters next to No Doubt, the first Raconteurs album next to three Rilo Kiley CDs, and a mix CD with a track list in boy’s handwriting that includes the Silver Jews, Jonathan Rice, and a bunch of Dolly Parton? Whose CD collection is this? Musician? Music student?

    — How can people not confine themselves to one demographic slice of musical consumption? What was life like during the Columbia House era? IS A HORSE THE NEW FRISBEE?

    (Source: thoughtcatalog.com)

  7. Page 1: Abba, Gold; Ace of Base; the Tribe Called Quest Anthology and a burned CD labeled “Arcade Fire EP.” But under the Arcade Fire CD was the soundtrack to The Virgin Suicides. This was clearly a 90’s collection, but what was Arcade Fire doing in there? I understand that people move on — we all moved on, but we got iPods. Why have Arcade Fire on CD at all?

    — Anybody wanna tell him about what life was like in 2003?

    (Source: thoughtcatalog.com)