In fact, I fear I am a jack-of-all-trades.

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Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
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christophertracys

Happy 10th Anniversary, ”Hey Ya!”

”Hey Ya!” was released on September 9th, 2003 as one of the lead singles from the Speakerboxxx/The Love Below album. It proved to be a commercial success, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks. It won the award for ‘Best Urban/Alternative Performance’ at the 46th Annual Grammy Awards, as well as being nominated for ‘Record of The Year’ and ‘Best Music Video, Short Form’. 

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Coincidentally, I listened to this this morning!

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derekisme

Heroic Male Model Strips To Save Drowning Dog

Sue Drummond and her Maltese-Shih Tzu mix Bibi set off for a walk by the water in Melbourne, Australia, she had no idea that it could be Bibi’s last. But with furious winds estimated at 60 mph, Bibi was suddenly blown right off the pier and into the rough waters below. “I thought he was going to sink and then maybe I wouldn’t be able to find him,” Drummond told Australia’s Courier Mail. “But I didn’t really want to hop in the water either because I wasn’t quite sure if I could make it to shore with a struggling dog.” Drummond watched as Bibi helplessly tried to doggy paddle back to the pier.  

Then out of nowhere, a bystander named Raden Soemawinata stripped down to his underwear and shirt and jumped in to save the pup. Soemawinata, 20, was on the pier for a family ceremony to scatter his grandmother’s ashes when he saw the dog struggling and plunged in after him. Though he’s being hailed as a hero, Soemawinata says saving the dog wasn’t especially brave. “It was pretty cold and windy but it wasn’t such a hard decision to jump in,” he told Australia’s Daily Telegraph“It wasn’t such a great feat. I’m a part-time model, so getting into my jocks isn’t so different to what I do for work.”

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it’s like a fictional headline.

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"The birth rate among teenagers reached another historic low in 2012, government researchers announced Friday, and there is evidence that a switch to more effective means of birth control is a factor.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the birth rate among young women ages 15 to 19 fell 6 percent last year, to 29.4 births per thousand, the lowest rate in the 73 years the government has been collecting the data. The decline was across all racial and ethnic groups.”

So let’s stop banging that drum, okay? That means out of every 1000 births, less than 3% are born to teen mothers. And this includes 18 and 19 year olds, so it’s even less if you factor out legal adults.

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BUT OMG TEEN MOM IS RUINING EVERYTHING THIS IS THE WORST GENERATION EVER ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS GET PREGNANT AND GET FAMOUS FOR IT THINGS USED TO BE SO MUCH BETTER

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"There is evidence that a switch to more effective means of birth control is a factor.”

 

ahandsomestark

I bet if you removed the south and other major abstinence only states that already small number would drop off a cliff.

Though I also think if you looked just at those states the number would be much more alarming. Especially among women in lower income levels.

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The 2012 per state breakdowns aren’t available yet, but in 2010, Mississippi had the highest with 55/1000 births and New Hampshire had the lowest with a mere 16/1000 (again, this includes 18 and 19 year olds, and I’m not sure about economic breakdowns). So yes, higher in traditionally abstinence-only education states, but not a hugely bigger number and the article notes that Mississippi had a 21% drop. Not that we shouldn’t get rid of abstinence-only education, because WE 100% SHOULD IT’S SO STUPID, but I’d guess the internet has a big hand in keeping those numbers low.

My original point, which I’m sure is obvious, is that claiming teen moms are the end of humanity is the worst kind of misogynistic hyperbole.

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