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The Pledge of Allegiance was literally made up in 1890 as a marketing slogan for a campaign to sell flags

We make children swear loyalty to America by reciting the nationalistic equivalent of “O-o-o, O’Reilly, O’Reilly, auto parts” and that’s honestly the most American thing I can possibly imagine

When someone disagrees with you online and demands you prove your point to their satisfaction by writing a complete and logically sound defense including citations, you can save a lot of time by not doing that.

Bro, I’ve known you for twelve seconds and enjoyed none of them, I’m not taking homework assignments from you.

All of you out there supporting planned parenthood should really remember what the woman who founded them said…. just saying. Do not stand with PP

I think I’m just gonna go back to my “sports are mostly for assholes” teenage nerd attitude after literally thousands of sports fans just destroyed part of a major city because they liked how That Ball Get Kick Good. Not even gonna get into the fact that police broke out more violent tactics against completely peaceful protests (except I just did) or the president’s recent words tying sports into patriotism and even military loyalty (JESUS) or the billions of dollars that get sunk into Ball Get Kicked instead of science or medicine or people in need. The “industry” surrounding sports needs to die. Sports should be something kids and friends do to relax not a miniature intranational war.

Depression

Life's a bitch... And keeps on going.

Just found out I'm (slightly) younger than John Green, so I figure it's ok for me to be here. Just don't expect me to act my age. Whatever that means.

I'm so tired & stressed. I just want out.

Randomly, I was thinking about the Victorian era and how it would suck to have to wear a corset. (And have no rights or good medical care.) Anyway, imagine being confined in a corset, while on your period, cramping like a bitch, and no midol. So glad I wasn't alive then, I'd have been an alcoholic (if my husband were wealthy enough, I guess.)

My uterus is renovating & omg

St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri, April 2, 1910