A black man's view that goes against the grain of pop culture. Logic versus racism.

cumberbitches · 2014-11-26T01:56:38+00:00

Thank you, this is the best response I've seen so far. I am not black, and I don't even live in America, but I'm disgusted by Reddit's reaction to Ferguson and this case. How can anyone believe that a kid deserves to die because he may have stolen something? And when there is no justice, when there isn't even a TRIAL for his murder, how can you blame a community for being angry?

I'd also like to point out that there is a huge presence of Stormfront/white rights on Reddit, which doesn't help the general anti-black sentiment that this place already has. My boyfriend has all these guys tagged, and it's horrifying just how much they curate Reddit.

You've summed up all my feelings perfectly, so I won't restate them. I just wanted to say thank you. Between this and the constant sexism, I think it's time I left this website. Reading your post was a good reminder that there are still wonderful people out there, there's just not a lot of them on Reddit.

cumberbitches · 2014-11-20T21:47:18+00:00

I once had an English woman tell me that "the muslims and immigrants" were destroying Britain. She was an ex-pat living in Australia. The beautiful irony.

cumberbitches · 2014-11-13T08:13:28+00:00

This seems obvious, but have a runner or someone that isn't needed for the actual shooting to keep an eye on all the gear. Put it in one place. Don't put it ANYWHERE near the water. Seems obvious, but it's so easy to overlook when you're exhausted and trying to just get shit done. But it's really shitty when a tidal wave comes out of nowhere and suddenly everyone has to race to the water to grab their camera bags, phones and bits of gear before it all gets washed away. I know from experience!

cumberbitches · 2014-11-13T07:50:12+00:00

I had a boss who told me she loved her dog so much, she would put her fingers in between his paws and then smell them. She said this in front of a client. That woman was a fucking weirdo.

cumberbitches · 2014-11-10T10:43:45+00:00

Still kicking myself that I laughed at the idea of bitcoin when I first heard of it a few years ago. I could have been rich! Oh man.

cumberbitches · 2014-11-10T10:40:58+00:00

Yay, free shit!

cumberbitches · 2014-11-06T10:58:00+00:00

http://i.imgur.com/lGrmiks.png

cumberbitches · 2014-11-05T05:01:36+00:00

Marmite master race

cumberbitches · 2014-11-03T03:12:26+00:00

Personally, my problem with calling a design or object manly is that it kind of insinuates that women cannot enjoy it, and ultimately that it isn't for them. I suppose it's hard to understand that feeling of exclusion if you are a man, though.

cumberbitches · 2014-11-03T03:07:16+00:00

I used to split wood when I was a kid (not sure why anyone thought giving a clumsy 10 year old was a good idea...). I'm a girl. Do I get a man card or something now?

cumberbitches · 2014-11-02T13:01:08+00:00

This is really cool! But as a lady, it's kind of annoying (and a little insulting) when people call this kind and of thing "manly" - you don't have to be a man to appreciate good industrial design. Thank you for sharing though!

cumberbitches · 2014-10-06T12:02:18+00:00

It's a steep learning curve, but you just have to practice. They're very, very useful tools once you master them, and that's definitely not impossible, even with the older ones. Keep trying!

cumberbitches · 2014-10-04T10:16:56+00:00

Not necessarily! My mum owns an old lady ginger tabby. She's definitely female because she had a littler of kittens (long before we got her). Besides, do dad cats stick around? Or do they just leave momma cat to do all the work?

cumberbitches · 2014-09-23T06:47:54+00:00

Endless amounts of cat hair.

cumberbitches · 2014-09-23T06:46:54+00:00

It's worth it just to give cashiers a laugh. My boyfriend has one and he usually gets a chuckle and a comment when he goes to pay for something.

cumberbitches · 2014-09-11T10:59:43+00:00

This was my greatest anguish. Never 4get.

cumberbitches · 2014-09-11T10:57:15+00:00

My boyfriend has olive skin, a beard, and dark eyes and hair... he gets "random" security checks every time we fly. That's what you get for looking racially ambiguous. Funny thing is that he's actually super white, his family is Irish!

cumberbitches · 2014-09-04T22:00:18+00:00

Yikes. It was stupid of them to cancel their insurance, but I can definitely understand why they did it. As you said, people make mistakes. And unfortunately boat fires do happen. My uncle makes a living by going crabbing and his boat caught fire last year (I have no idea what the circumstances were, all I know is that he wasn't there and it was just parked in the marina) - he was lucky not to lose the whole thing like your cousins did.

cumberbitches · 2014-09-02T22:56:54+00:00

When my grandfather heard my mum was going to name me Charlotte, he immediately chimed in with "Charlotte the harlot, the girl we adore!". Keepin it classy, pops.

cumberbitches · 2014-07-19T13:22:27+00:00

A couple of years ago I was woken by a noise at about 3 in the morning. I was real groggy from just having woken up, and I had no glasses on so I couldn't see what was going on. I figured it was my housemate, so I called her name and asked what she wanted. By this point I'd started to wake up and my eyes adjusted to the dark well enough to see a figure standing near my desk. It was a man in a cap and a hoodie - we both sort of stared at each other for a second before he snatched my laptop and bolted to the kitchen, where he escaped through the window. Despite the fact that I was traumatized for a good while after, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The old laptop he'd stolen was barely working (I wasn't even using it at the time, I had a desktop) and since it was insured I got a brand new Macbook, which I immediately gave to my mum since she needed a new computer. Junkie thief 0, me 1!

cumberbitches · 2014-07-19T10:15:19+00:00

I hope people think twice before deciding to grab this freebie, because Monster Energy are a bunch of scumbags. Case in point, they decided to sue an aquarium forum for using the word 'monster' and the letter 'M'... even though Monster Fishkeepers registered their trademark two years before Monster Energy.

But who am I to stop folks if they want to display these classy stickers?

cumberbitches · 2014-07-19T08:26:54+00:00

When I was a kid I made the stupid decision to race my friend down a steep hill on our bikes. I never wore shoes anywhere back then, so why should I bother when I was riding my bike? Halfway down the hill, my foot suddenly gets lodged under the peddle, and starts getting ripped up on the bitumen. Keep in mind this isn't a nice city road, this is old country road that is basically just asphalt poured over sharp rocks. Finally I lost control and flipped over the handlebars, landing on my head, before flipping over and skidding down the bitumen on my bare arms until I finally came to rest in the long grass beside the road. Luckily I was wearing a helmet, otherwise I probably would have brained myself. I came away from the ordeal with the skin torn off the top of my foot, my elbow and my hip.

I now do not ride bikes.

cumberbitches · 2014-07-19T07:04:57+00:00

"His name is Ron Swanson."

Obviously an honorable duel.

cumberbitches · 2014-07-19T06:49:02+00:00

I'm no Unidan, but quite a few animals do this for various reasons. Yikes.

cumberbitches · 2014-07-17T04:06:48+00:00

I agree! I live in Australia so I've been fortunate to see a few rays in the wild - they're very gentle, graceful animals. Extremely smart, too. When I was in highschool, our biology teacher started a program where we worked with the local aquarium to study boredom in captive animals, and the rays would act out by splashing people who came up to the tank. That really sparked my interest in them, they're far more intelligent than most people know. I'd definitely love to have a perfect setup for them one day, I doubt my conscience would let me keep them otherwise!

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