"Oh my god. Okay, can you, like, just tell them that I think they’re amazing and also just say, like, that as a person who started out acting really young, how are they so good? I wasn’t that good when I was a kid. Have the decency to be less good at acting, please, when you’re so young."
Donald Trump, a man who has never been elected to any public office, just tried to describe the Presidency to Hillary Clinton, the most over qualified candidate in the history of our country.
i know that people being on their phones has become like a symbol of apathy and uncaring but so many people i know use social media to share love. like yesterday i got to watch a wedding livestreamed to everyone who couldn’t make it. i’ve seen my friend slowly learn how to cope with being a teen mom because of a massive outpouring of “mumblr” support + tips. i’ve seen my friends come out as gay, learn to cook, discover the flaws in their feminism, work for social change, make good life choices, go to amazing places, develop passions, form educated opinions, learn to love themselves. i’ve seen people post the bravest recovery posts and shy political posts and everything in between.
and i don’t honestly care how edgy you think your art is. what you’re telling me when you draw grey people looking at a white screen is that you don’t care what happens to the other people in your life.
but i do. i care about the boy i’m in a long distance relationship with, but i also care about people i’ve never met. i’ve been following some people for three years and genuinely care about their experiences. i’m glad you’re still in touch with the people you love, even if you’re not paying attention directly to me! i get happy when you finally dump him! i’m sad when your cat gets sick! i give a shit.
i don’t think technology is taking empathy away from us. i think it’s changing it.
These are great! These are all really useful methods of defending yourself and I actually learned most of these in my Krav Maga classes.
I would have to go up against people (usually guys) twice my size and could easily overpower me, but these tricks DO work and they don’t require a lot of strength.
Can’t you just imagine Spock mentally working out the exact likelihood that Kirk would have perished in this situation if Spock hadn’t been on board. And the chances of someone else suggesting they go and do what Spock did and the chances of them succeeding. And the chances of McCoy doing the same thing solo and what his chances were of saving Kirk. And the chances that without him onboard during the Khan fiasco, Kirk would have died back then.
Basically, he needs to stay within 10 feet of Jim Kirk at all times.
Bones is vital to saving Jim too, but seeing as Jim never acknowledges that, we’ll ignore it for now. Actually, let’s not!
Maybe there’s a reason Kirk doesn’t say it. Because Bones and Jim are really close and they get each other so well. And Bones doesn’t need Jim to tell him out loud and reassure him. Bones knows what he means to Jim. But Jim is always a little unsure if Spock knows it. If he takes it in and understands it the was he means it, so he takes the opportunity whenever he can, to remind him of the fact. And maybe Bones himself took Jim aside at some point in Beyond and told him now’s not the time to be subtle. If you want Spock on this ship- tell him, otherwise he might not be. And they don’t have a chance to discuss it further, but Jim is smart enough and knows enough to know that Bones is serious about it and that he needs to do it before it’s too late.
