Our new office is in a much higher traffic area of the building.

friendlyatheist:

For centuries, Afghan men have taken boys, roughly 9 to 15 years old, as lovers. Some research suggests that half the Pashtun tribal members in Kandahar and other southern towns are bacha baz, the term for an older man with a boy lover. Literally it means “boy player.” The men like to boast about it.

Sociologists and anthropologists say the problem results from perverse interpretation of Islamic law. Women are simply unapproachable. Afghan men cannot talk to an unrelated woman until after proposing marriage. Before then, they can’t even look at a woman, except perhaps her feet. Otherwise she is covered, head to ankle.

“How can you fall in love if you can’t see her face,” 29-year-old Mohammed Daud told reporters. “We can see the boys, so we can tell which are beautiful.”

“Having a boy has become a custom for us,” Enayatullah, a 42-year-old in Baghlan province, told a Reuters reporter. “Whoever wants to show off should have a boy.”

This is so similar to what happens in the catholic church with priests molesting boys. I find it funny how the article states such conduct is a “perverse interpretation of Islamic law”. I think that “unavoidable consequence” would a more accurate description.

-FA

Sometimes I learn things I didn’t want to learn.

piratekitten:

(via fuckyeahdementia)

I lol’d

(via gordonshumway)

Well played.

snafubar:

meatsoftheworld:

libraryvixen:

places

source needed

Yes, I need the source’s name. And address.

bestrooftalkever:

(via hewhocannotbenamed)

Is that Vigo, the Carpathian?

mayafish:

marcovhv:

somethingintellectual:

This too, kay?

The zombie apocalypse is upon us.

NEED THIS ON A SHIRT

I want this on my back window!

beefranck:

sblaufuss:

Moved into our new digs. Gonna see how long I get away with my decorations.

Holy crap! My very first original piece, back where it belongs. 

Look, if they tell you it’s inappropriate, you tell them to… well. You know.

I’m very honored to have this piece, and I love displaying it. Oh, and the cross-stitch, too.

Moved into our new digs. Gonna see how long I get away with my decorations.

No Green Day.

shawnashawna:

Anyone else remember Clearly Canadian? This’ll hafta do. GPOYW

I loved Clearly Canadian!

incorrigiblerobot:

Karma.