1. Notes: 334 / 1 day ago  from papertissue
   

   hail satan

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2. Notes: 8 / 2 days ago  from aeillill (originally from zaziitronik)
   

   forbidden love

   aeillill:

   (via zaziitronik)

    
3. Notes: 591 / 3 days ago  from thedailywhat
   
   This is so fucking depressing.

   thedailywhat:

   FYI of the Day: Better get a move on.

   [via.]

    
4. Notes: 354 / 1 week ago  from theblast (originally from juliasegal)
   

   haha, I love this

   theblast:

   (via juliasegal)

    
5. Notes: 1801 / 1 week ago  from agentmlovestacos (originally from nevver)
   

   hoooly shit, this gif is too awesome

   agentmlovestacos:

   Nosferatu gif!

   via @abigvictory/inthefade:

   nevver:

   Nosferatu

    
6. Notes: 438 / 1 week ago  from thedailywhat
   

   The essence of mathematics is not to make simple things complicated, but to make complicated things simple.

   thedailywhat:

   Brown Sharpie.

    
7. Notes: 21 / 1 week ago  from alanajoy
   
   Brilliant

   alanajoy:

   

    
8. Notes: 128 / 1 week ago  from theblast (originally from ryannxp)
   

   where socks end up after doing the laundry

   theblast:

   ryannxp:

   lolol. NARNIA !

    
9. 2 weeks ago 

   materialism?

   I’ve always been fascinated by technology and how its advancements change and improve our lives. Alas, sometimes many of us shy away from change, whether it be because the pace is too fast, or just because we think the good old days were better. An obvious instance of both cases is the mp3 x compact disc and books x ebooks debacle.

   These days, a friend lent me a few CDs. As I went home awkwardly carrying all those plastic cases, I realized how impractical it all was. It’s so much easier to simply load your mp3 player, cell phone or pen drive with thousands of albums or individual songs. Easier to carry around, easier to pick the songs you want to listen to etc.

   I started thinking the same thing about books. I’ve never given much thought about not buying CDs like I used to, or how CD shops have largely closed or become obsolete. I do, however, frequently feel concerned that books, the paper, cover-bound type we’ve been used to since at least the 8th century, will slowly disappear. With the coming of the Kindle and other modern ebook readers, not to mention the many applications for cell phones, one would naturally think that books are as doomed as the CD. That terrified me, because I love books. I love the feel of a book, its smell, particularly if its new, I love going into the bookstore and walking aisle after aisle, soaking in all the titles, names, covers, summaries. It’s all a fascinating experience.

   And yet, I can’t help but think that books are largely impractical too. Books take up even more space than physical music records do. Books are larger, wider, and they collect more dust, are more sensitive to weather, and we don’t really use most of them more than once or twice. Books can be heavy, and carrying more than three at a time can be an exasperating experience. So why do we keep so many books around?

   For the most case, tradition. We’ve been used to buying a book, and we usually keep at home the stuff we buy. But as the digital age came, the world suddenly realized it didn’t actually need to keep everything around. It could be stored online, somewhere safe, and where you could access it from anywhere you were.

   Think of emails.

   Just a few years ago, the preferred method of using emails was through software installed in your personal computer, where you would download your emails, and either erase them or keep them there until you’re inbox became full. Nowadays, most of us use the ever-growing online storage of gmail, yahoo, hotmail etc. Once again, it’s stored in a safe place, it’s extremely unlikely that your inbox will ever become full, and you can access them anywhere in the world, as long as you have an internet connection.

   Should we apply the same line of thinking to books, then? Well, yes. As much as I love books, it doesn’t make any sense having them around. We, as a species, continue to grow. We have no natural predator, and our demise usually comes from disease and old age… or, when we’re fighting for resources. See, the world has limited resources, particularly natural. So, when it comes to water and land, this is what we get, at least until we go into space and start colonizing planets, which seems very, very far away.

   One consequence of limited space is that, as our numbers grow, the room for people diminishes. We’re living in smaller and smaller apartments and houses. Why would we clutter this limited space with books? Not to mention books are environmentally unsound, as trees are cut down to make them (and only 0.23% of publishers in the U.S., for instance, use strictly recycled paper. The costs are prohibitive.), and since we need this environment, which we’ve been using up pretty much irresponsibility so far, wouldn’t it be wise to reduce book production in its physical form?

   Of course, the immediate concern one thinks of is piracy. Many proclaim the eminent death of the music industry because of the online sharing of mp3s. Is that true, though? Never in history have we had as many bands, artists, or concerts, for that matter. It’s so much easier to be heard these days. The only thing missing from the previous picture are record labels, and even those, I believe, still have a place in the modern market. If only those labels would pry away the chains of a retrograde business model, they might survive. True, a lot of people still believe that if it’s not a physical CD (or book), then it should be free. But that’s because we still think that we’re buying a piece of plastic, an optical disc or a bunch of papers. Those things are minimal when it comes to cost. What we’re all really paying for is content. And where you store that content is your business, not the artist’s.

   So, first, a way must be found to potentially limit illegal online trading. Is that impossible? I refuse to believe so. Man has split the atom, decoded the DNA, invented the Internet and launched satellites into orbit and beyond, reaching the very depths of the universe. And our technology isn’t capable of finding a way of tracking online criminals? I find that extremely unlikely; just because an ideal one hasn’t come up yet, doesn’t made that it won’t. Remember, the popularization of the mp3 is very recent. And, second, we must accept that what we really want, what we really need, is an artist/writer’s content, not physical media.

   This is not a calling for burning books, far from it. Libraries are fantastic places that should be nurtured and kept for as long as mankind exists. Books record what is the very essence of being human, and our entire culture is cataloged in them. But that doesn’t mean we can’t live everyday life without using this vast content in a purely digital way.

   It’ll be a while till most of us get used to the idea. It is always so with technological change. But eventually, I suspect, we’ll get used to the idea that we don’t need to keep our clutches on things to make sure that we own them. Maybe we don’t even have to own them in the first place.

10. Notes: 28 / 2 weeks ago  from alanajoy
    

    accept Jesus

    alanajoy:

    *snickers*

     

Vita brevis breviter in brevi finietur,
Mors venit velociter quae neminem veretur.

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