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Here’s How Typing Classes Changed the Course of History Forever
We literally type almost all day long at most of our jobs.
And that’s why it’s no surprise to learn that typing classes were once a big deal.
It’s hard to believe now, but can you even imagine typing on one of these things?
Photo: Wikipedia Commons
Yes, the first typewriters don’t look easy to use, and that’s because they weren’t. But there are were some very sound, practical reasons why typing classes were a must to master this new technology. So here are 3 reasons why typing classes absolutely changed the course of history for the better!
3. Typing Was a New Form of Communication
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Prior to typing, it was difficult for individuals to create mass communications. Printing presses and book publishers had a monopoly on typefaces and printing abilities.
Typewriter companies figured this out eventually and created manuals that would help students learn how to properly use them.
2. Typing Teachers Commanded Respect
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Along with becoming an important school subject, typing classes prepared students for jobs that were readily available.
Teachers were actually known to be quite rigorous in their teaching methods, and they came up with some creative ways to make sure their students were masters of the machines they depended on each day.
1. Typing Was Eventually Required at Schools
Before this was the case, most people in typing classes were women. This meant few men joined these classes, and they often looked down on the trade. Once schools required typing, more men were able to learn how to do it.
Let’s not forget that typewriters were the precursor to modern-day computers today. Without the standards developed in typing class, we’d have fewer standards for good typing today.
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The early history of how typing changed communications is neat, right?
Is there anything that stood out to you? Type your comments away!
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A Woman Built Her Cats an Awesome Capsule Hotel
Though cats can be indifferent about humans, we know that humans love their cats. Claire Luvcat is just one of the many humans that’s doled on her beloved kitties.
Claire is the cat-mom of seven beautiful cats called the CreamHeroes and she decided to build them a capsule “hotel” so they can have a cute and practical place to sleep.
She posts about their daily adventures on her personal Instagram.
Here they are just chilling around the house.
⠀ #옆에서따가운시선이 #집사껌딱지 #모코모코 #ClaireLuvcatOne of her beautiful kittens is obviously hungry. Goodness gracious!
And, of course… here’s a picture of her cute “cat hotel.”
Photo Credit: CreamHeroes/YouTube
Claire and her Cream Heroes totally have space to play, and they get to have their own space too!
Photo Credit: CreamHeroes/YouTube
Claire has a YouTube channel she also posts on from time to time. Here are her beautiful kittens. Meet DD!
Photo Credit: CreamHeroes/YouTube
This regal gentleman is TT.
Photo Credit: CreamHeroes/YouTube
This lovely lady is Lulu.
Photo Credit: CreamHeroes/YouTube
Now, meet Lala!
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Check out Chuchu!
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Meet dapper Coco.
Photo Credit: CreamHeroes/YouTube
Momo is adorable!
Photo Credit: CreamHeroes/YouTube
Claire Luvcat’s video shows her happily creating this new home for her cat-children. There’s also a lot of bonus content of them frolicking and enjoying life!
What say you cat-parents? What kind of home have you bought or purchased for your lovely felines? We’d love to hear your ideas and projects. The comments section is ever-ready to discuss your cat’s homes!
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Solitary Activities That Can Help You Feel Less Lonely
Social distancing is now the norm and millions are figuring out how to pass the time. Learning to love your own company is an essential skill. One Reddit user posed the question:
“Reddit, what is a wholesome, solitary activity that a person can do to help forget how awful and poor their current life is?”
Since we all need new ideas, here are some awesome things you can start doing with your time that require the presence of absolutely no one else.
15. Exploring Your City’s Streets
“I’ve always loved devoting some of my Saturdays to city exploration.
Wake up, pocket some cash, and walk in a random direction without a plan. Follow your instincts. If a street looks interesting, take a turn and walk down it. See a weird shop? Look inside! My one rule: don’t backtrack. Keep going until it’s dark or you’re too tired, then find a route home or take an Uber if you can afford it.
It’s easy, rewarding, and great exercise. You’d have no idea how many hidden gems I’ve found around my city, be it alleyway coffee shops or vintage record stores. Try it, and I 100% guarantee you’ll love your city again.”
14. Watch a Movie
“A lot of people are scared of doing this but going to movies by yourself is a great activity to do.
You don’t have to worry about arranging plans with someone else.
Plus, it’s not like you are going to interact with the person you are going to the movies with unless you are an asshole.”
13. Cook Something New
“Learn to cook or bake something new.
If you can’t cook, learn the basics. If you can, try something advanced. It will be challenging for your brain and you’ll have food at the end of it.
Win win.”
12. Puzzles!
“A while back I hit a really bad place and wound up going to an inpatient facility for a few days. One of their rules was no phones whatsoever. So my usual timesink of Reddit/Facebook/YouTube was completely taken away from me. And what I found to fill that time was jigsaw puzzles.
Anytime I wasn’t in a program, I was working on a puzzle in the common room. In the short time I was there, myself and a few other residents put together an entire 1000 piece puzzle, and it was the first time in a long time I had felt genuinely proud of something I had done. I got home after I was released and immediately found a bunch of puzzles to put on my Christmas list.
They’re so great. It’s challenging, but not frustrating. You get a genuine sense of progress as you watch the image come together. You can turn on music or podcasts in the background. They can be done alone, or with friends. Just all around excellent.”
11. Gardening
“I’ve been designing and planning my garden for when I (hopefully) move in April.
Distracts from the ideation a bit.”
10. Long Walks
“Going for a long walk at a moderate pace.
Sometimes it’s good to think about nothing but keeping a decent pace.
Just get into a rhythm, you go into a zone that is hard to get into with all the distractions at work, home etc and it’s very therapeutic.”
9. Doodling
“Doodling, then coloring it in.
It’s completely focusing but mindless for me.
The feel of a pencil or pen across paper is very soothing to me.”
8. Running
“Public library.
If you’re in a large enough city check out all of the different ones and find a favorite. Find some podcasts you like and go for a walk or do housework.
Start a workout routine or just pick up running.
Running feels silly at first but you’ll get over it quickly.”
7. Reading!
“I enjoy reading. Getting lost in a good book can be incredibly therapeutic. It’s also basically free with a library card.”
6. Playing an Instrument
“Playing an instrument.
Pick an instrument you think you’d most like to play (guitar, keyboard, drums, bass, violin, etc.) and get one and start practicing.
Watch YouTube videos on how to practice and get better.”
5. Cross Stitching
“Cross Stitching.
It sounds like an old lady hobby but it’s both creative and methodical. I like to put on a podcast or a video without a ton of visuals, and just stitch for hours. You can get patterns online, DMC thread is only like 60 cents a skein, and the rest of the materials aren’t too expensive either at your local craft store.
It gives you something to focus on, and the finished product makes you proud of what you’ve done.”
4. Coloring Books
“It seems condescending, but adult coloring books.
It can be therapeutic to throw on some music, background noise, or maybe you enjoy the silence and just color.”
3. Singing Your Favorite Songs Alone
“Sing.
Not for others to hear, but for yourself.
There is something about singing your favourite songs that calms the mind. If it gives you even just a little more energy to face the day ahead, then it succeeds.”
2. Thrift-Store Shopping
“I started thrifting to keep my mind busy.
Sorting through clothes and learning about them and the quality. I’m still learning but have had fun buying and flipping some stuff along the way, and it’s a bit self-sustaining in that way which makes it even better! I hope you start feeling better soon!”
1. Make Soup
“Buy cheap vegetables, make soup very slowly and thoroughly.
Chop everything up into little pieces and just focus intently on every slice. Breathe in the fresh veggie aroma, the smell of browning onions, the smell of broth. Listen to the simmery bubbly sounds and stir gently every now and then. Make yourself a cup of hot tea or a glass of wine while you wait for the flavors to blend and the broth to thicken up. Pretend you are a sweet old grandma. When the soup is ready, get some crackers and pour some in a nice heavy bowl. Pretend you are the beloved little boy or girl eating soup made by your sweet old grandma. Pretend it’s like the soup from Zelda, healing you a little with every sip. Slow down and take in the wholesomeness of a homecooked meal prepared with care.
Care for yourself and receive that care.
Ahhhh…. these are all great ways to focus on one thing on your own. Hopefully, they give you great ideas for what to do next time you have some me-time on your hands.
Are any hobbies we missed? Let us know what you like to do on your own.
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A Minecraft Library Gives Unprecedented Information Access Worldwide
Anyone who has used a computer in the late 1990s and early 2000s should recognize the name Minecraft. After all, plenty of us wasted precious hours (and maybe more) playing this old PC game.
But the creators of the popular game have come out with a new tool with a much deeper purpose.
We're proud to launch one of our most challenging projects to date: The Uncensored Library. We've built a virtual library in #Minecraft which bypasses press censorship in oppressive regimes. https://t.co/KT2rucOVNA
Find out more at: https://t.co/mxXr1Hku9E pic.twitter.com/TA5hzXB3A7
— blockworks (@BlockWorksYT) March 12, 2020
Coinciding with World Day Against Cyber Censorship, the creators announced that they have built an online library where people can access reports from journalists in regions that are censored.
Overall, the creation of such a system should help and encourage the sharing of information. Unfortunately, while many of us do not experience such issues in the United States, the same can’t be said for other parts of the world.
Reporters Without Borders crafted the online library that contains books with international reporting on many issues. The organization is a major advocate for free press, another tenant of American culture that often gets taken for granted.
In the midst of so much bad news, this is incredible. Reporters without Borders made a virtual @Minecraft library to get around governmental censorship globally.
A reminder that technology can provide use cases that are impossible to imagine. https://t.co/5NpbDtPBSS
— Omair Ahmed (@Omair__Ahmed) March 15, 2020
The release is incredibly important since information is not made available in other parts of the world. And it is critical for others to understand just what goes on beyond our borders.
The reports come from countries like Mexico, Russia, Vietnam and Egypt. Most impressively, each country has its own dedicated area on the site.
BlockWorks have created a huge digital library in Minecraft to bypass censorship laws
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— UNILAD Tech (@UNILADTECH) March 17, 2020
According to Gizmodo, users can access the library by downloading a map from the Uncensored Library website. An alternative method is to just connect to the Uncensored Library’s server within Minecraft.
Some of the work featured includes reports from two journalists who were sadly assassinated.
At least, in some small way, their work will live on and impact lives forever.
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Airline Employees Talk About the Secrets of the Trade
From charges to check in a bag to no leg space, traveling can be cumbersome and nearly impossible to handle at times.
Thankfully, many airline workers are willing and able to share some juicy, interesting, and even gross industry secrets.
One Redditor asked airline employees to share some secrets, and they really opened up!
15. Your Aircraft Could Go Missing
“When flying overseas there are generally no systems tracking the movement of your aircraft for several thousand miles i.e. how they go missing.”
14. Fakers Abound
“People fake needing a wheel chair to gain boarding priority. 10 wheelchairs get on and olny 1 person needs it getting off. We call um miracle flights.”
13. Bag Room Agents Really Care For Your Dogs
“If you checked your dog there’s about a 30% chance it’s terrified before it even gets on the plane, who knows how scared it gets during the actual flight.
Bag room agents will usually try to comfort a scared animal, but all we can really do is talk to it, so if you write your pet’s name on their carrier it usually helps a lot.
I’ve never seen a cat who was scared in the bag room, cats don’t give a fuck.”
12. Flight Standards Are Kinda Lax
“That there’s a huge list of things that can be missing from the aircraft while still being allowed to fly.”
11. Locks Don’t Help!
“Locks on zippered bags are useless.
You can pop a zipper with a pen and drag the locked zipper pulls around the bag to close them back up. I’ve done this many times to identify bags that are tagless and locked.”
10. Here’s an Armrest Hack
“You know how all the other armrests can be raised except for the one next to the aisle?
Turns out that one can be raised as well via a small button in a divot on the underside of the armrest. Useful if you want to spread out a bit more, though some flight attendants may tell you to put it back in place.”
9. Here’s What Happens to Skateboards
“If you check a skateboard by just slapping a sticker on it, it will get ridden or used as a dolly.”
8. Food Poisoning is Taken Seriously!
“2 pilots are served different meals and cannot share, this is done in case of food poisoning.”
7. Why Some Flights Are Held Up
“Paramedic here. If you switch on your alarm lights on the ambulance while being on the inner field of the airport (because…well you just get there sometimes) they will totally shut down all incoming and outgoing flights until they know exactly what’s going on. My Buddy learned this the hard way. Needless to say people got mad at him…”
6. Fixing Requires Paperwork
“I’m an outstation mechanic for multiple airlines.
I cover all flights at a major US city airport–by myself. Where to start? If your flight has a maintenance delay and there is no on station mechanics for that carrier I get called. If it’s a quick fix, I fix it. If not we check to see if it can be deferred to get fixed later. Either way, most of your delay is spent waiting on me to do all the paperwork to clear the aircraft or for me to finish the other seven calls I’m out on to get to your plane. There is also constant pressure on both me and the pilots to clear/fly aircraft that have some fairly significant problems. I have airlines try to get me to sell some pretty sketchy stuff to the pilots to get them to fly and avoid a costly delay.
I have no problems telling a pilot to call his controllers/dispatchers and tell them to fuck off if I’m not comfortable with whatever concoction of deferral action I was asked to perform. Don’t get me wrong, the airlines would never willingly fly an unsafe aircraft. But if there is say an engine vibration that is just right at a cunt hair under the limit they will fly it. If the oil is super low but servicing it will cause a delay–service it at the next stop. If the pilot encounters something at altitude that I can’t duplicate on the ground–sign it off and see if it happens again. Those are the ones I usually push back on depending what it is. Also, if you have to get out of your seat so a mechanic can fix something don’t bitch about it. I get harassed all the time by passengers even though my sole purpose is to get them in the air. Besides, I tell gate agents all the time not to load pax until I get out there but they never listen so go bitch at them.
This is turning into a soapbox so I will stop.”
5. Remove Old Tags!
“Not a secret, just common sense; the reason some bags miss their flight or get misrouted is because passengers don’t remove old tags. It confuses handlers as well as the conveyor belt scanners. I see it happen all the time.”
4. Some Planes Have Secret Compartments
“On larger aircraft, there are secret compartments where your cabin crew and flight crew are able to get much needed rest.
This is the flight crew rest on a Boeing 777 and it’s located above the ceiling of the first class cabin. There are two beds behind the seats as well as personal entertainment screens for each seat. This the the cabin crew rest of a Boeing 787 located above the economy class.
Older Boeing aircraft have crew rest areas within the passenger cabin and I’ve been told some Airbuses have crew rests under the floor.”
3. Headsets Aren’t New
“I used to work for warehouse that supplied a certain airline with items. The headsets that are given to you are not new, despite being wrapped up.
They are taken off the flight, “cleaned”, and then packaged again.”
2. Invest in Good Luggage!
“Flight attendants have a list of who is who and what seat they are in. As well as what level of frequent flyer they happen to be. Or if they are employees or family and friends tickets. This is why you will see them being rude to someone or bending over backwards for jerks.
Flights are routinely overbooked because there’s a estimate per route of what percentage of people tend to miss the flight. So if you don’t have a seat assignment, you might not get on. Which is why they ask for volunteers. If you are a frequent flyer and know the busy times and flights you could volunteer all day from every flight going to a hub and make $1,000 in credit.
Invest in quality luggage. You are the only one that handles your bag with care. Your bag is going to take a beating in the system.”
1. There Are Employee Perks!
“I’m sure it depends on the airline and their contract with other airlines, but most airlines allow free standby travel for employees and their family on their own flights. For example, if you work for Delta, you don’t have to pay anything* to fly for free on Delta flights. The exception within your own airline is international travel. You just pay taxes on that. I know I can fly first class from the U.S. to Paris and back for <$100.
If you want to fly on other airlines then you start paying fee’s per flight. There’s also something called ZED fares. Those allow heavily discounted rates on almost every major airline in the world, and a lot of the smaller ones too.
*There’s usually some kind of yearly opt-in fee of like $100-200.
EDIT: This applies to most U.S. airlines. I don’t know how European carriers work.
EDIT2: As many people have commented below, it’s only free if you fly standby. That means you don’t have a guaranteed seat. I also want to emphasize every airline is different. The contract that airline A has with airline B might not be the same contract that airline B has with airline C.”
Wow! It turns out working in an airline means you learn a lot about people, businesses, and strange but necessary protocols.
Are there any secrets you know about that weren’t on this list? Please share them with us!
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People Share Things That Make You Look Suspicious If You Own Too Many of Them
America is famous for stores such as Costco and Sam’s Club, which allow people to buy items in bulk and save money. Often hailed as a great financial move, there is such a thing as too much of something good.
Everything in moderation, right? One Reddit thread posed an important question about owning bulk items:
“What innocent item gets suspicious if you own too much of it?”
We sifted through some of the answers that stood out. Ready?
15. Baby Formula
“Once i saw a couple who were clearly on meth buying a shit ton of baby formula at the grocery store.
At the time I was like shit, that’s sad, they have a kid and they can’t breastfeed it because they’re on drugs. Maybe a week later I saw a post on Facebook about how many drugs are cut with baby formula, which is why it’s a high risk item for large scale retail theft.
So, baby formula.”
14. Pure, Innocent Water
“For me water.
My neighbors had well water and would dry up. They asked if they could run a hose and put it in there well they would pay what was owed. Did this alot last summer no big deal they paid. Then they bought a big above ground pool. Filled it for them they always paid my part was always around the same so I wasn’t bent out of shape. One day the water meter guy knocked with an officer wanting to know why I was using so much water. I explained showed the many hoses to reach my neighbors and they were there to help explain. They explained to me that much water usage was throwing a red flag.
So they were sent out to investigate to make sure no marijuana growing was happening.”
13. Anything You Explain
“Explaining a purchase just makes you more memorable. I worked at a pharmacy back in the early 90s. Lots of people bought lubricating gel. The only one I remember is the woman who bought a couple in December and felt obliged to tell me she used it to hang Christmas cards on the wall. According to her it kept the cards displayed and didn’t leave marks on the wall. Sure. Whatever. Here’s your change. We sold a lot of the stuff. And never cared or commented on people buying it, but that need to explain it means I remember her, nearly 30 years later.”
12. Canned Air
“Canned air dusters.
Some people like to get high off them.”
11. Peroxide
“I worked at a pool supply store. They sell an extra strong peroxide as an alternative to chlorine. Idk why but we had to report large purchases to the FBI.
Reported this guy after we used his customer info to search his address on google earth. It was rural and had a few different outbuildings. Seemed sketchy.
FBI got back to us a few weeks later. He was using the chemical to clean animal skulls he bought from a slaughterhouse. Then he carved the skulls and sold them. The FBI lady said he showed her his whole process and it was pretty impressive.”
10. Good Ole PB
“I saw what I would describe as a suspicious amount of peanut butter in the bed of a truck once.
I think two or three 12-pack cases.”
9. Pressure Cookers
“I saw a TIFU post about a guy who bought a bunch of pressure cookers on sale to give to friends as gifts.
Turned out that set off some anti-terrorism flags. So I’m gonna go with pressure cookers.”
8. Tampons
“Tampons.
A guy we know hordes them because he thinks if the government collapses they will become a hot commodity that he can use to trade. I’m talking a shed full of boxes. ALL KINDS.
Unbeknownst to him menstrual cups exist. And rags.
Edit: Well this blew up. He’s an odd bird. There is also a shed full with bins of socks. He wears them once, tosses them in a Rubbermaid bin and once filled it gets placed in the shed. People have suggested donating them but he says he doesn’t want others to have access to his DNA. Mental illness is real.”
7. Clocks
“When I was in undergrad, me and my two friends lived together in a house. Whenever we saw a yard sale, we’d stop and buy any reasonably priced clocks. We’d then hang the clocks on the walls of the house in asymmetrical places, and we’d leave them on whatever time they were at even if they were dead. So our house had nearly a hundred clocks after 4 years, all of which said different times and several of which made faint ticking sounds.
My roommate who was the least enthused about this decor would wake up after a particularly drunk night hung over as hell and just scream angrily “WHAT FUCKING TIME IS IT?” As he walked from room to room
Anyway, when we moved out, we had our own yard sale with ONLY clocks for sale. People thought we were freaks but we sold about half of them. Sometimes I still hear the unsynchronized clicking today when I lay down at night and close my eyes.”
6. Mirror, Mirror On The Wall
“Mirrors for sure.
I’ve been in an elderly persons house where there was literally too many of em to count and it just feels weird.”
5. Ziploc Bags
“Ziploc bags.
They’re standard in most households, but if you’ve got dozens of boxes you’re either selling drugs or something illegal.”
4. Lye
“Lye.
I make soap in a medium sized home business. Because of this, I had to provide our local fire department with a blueprint of our house marking the location of where i store the 5 gallon buckets of lye.”
3. Cardboard Cutouts
“Cardboard cutouts.
You have one cardboard cutout and it’s a novelty decoration, but you have a room full of them and it gets a little weird.”
2. Click Pens
“Clicky pens apparently.
I once was doing a personal project and I needed tiny springs. I knew my dad was going to be going around to some antique/thrift stores, so I told him to get me a bunch of clicky pens.
At one store, the guy watched as my dad was meticulously picking out all of those pens from a bowl of pens. He eventually said “I’m gonna have to ask why you want those pens so bad…”. My dad explained and they had a laugh.”
1. And This Now-Coveted Item
“Hand sanitizer bottles.”
That’s quite a lot of things that are suspicious once you have too many of them!
Is there anything you would add? Let us know what it is in the comments!
We’re ready.
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Fans Will Finally Be Able to Buy Big Bottles of Chick-fil-A’s Famous Sauces
Chick-fil-A enthusiasts are about to experience a game-changer when it comes to enjoying your favorite fried chicken at home.
Why don’t they sell Chick-fil-A sauce by the bottle tho
— whatthefrickk (@mirandafrick963) April 20, 2018
Anyone whose taste buds have been tantalized by Chick-fil-A knows all too well about their sauce game. But for some, not being able to have copious amounts of their many delicious sauces has been a problem.
But now, two of the restaurant’s top sauces will be available to enjoy from the comforts of your own home. Chick-fil-A officially announced that its two most popular sauces, Chick-fil-A Sauce and Polynesian Sauce, will be available in 16-ounce bottles.
It does come with a caveat, though…
Beginning in April and May, the sauces will be sold exclusively at retailers in Florida. The big bottles of saucy goodness carry a suggested retail price of just $3.49. The sauces will be sold in a variety of stores, including Publix, Walmart, Target and Winn-Dixie.
Everyone’s panic buying at grocery stores while I’m trying to get ahold of the new chick fil a sauces by the bottle
— Emily Creighton (@Emily_nicole124) March 17, 2020
Before the new sauce launch, Florida customers will also be able to get their hands on smaller versions of the restaurant’s deep line of delectable sauces. Any Florida customer who places a catering order online will receive eight-ounce bottles of Chick-fil-A, Polynesian, Honey Mustard, Garden Herb Ranch and BBQ sauces.
Because the promotion is taking place in specific locations, the popular fast food chain recommends that Floridian customers check with their local restaurant.
COMING APRIL TO FLORIDA: @ChickfilA Bottled Sauces at all Target, Publix, Walmart & Winn-Dixie Stores pic.twitter.com/dPsbZuV5dY
— Kari Steele (@KariVanHorn) March 17, 2020
This isn’t just a money grab from Chick-fil-A. All profits from the bottled sauces will be donated to the Chick-Fil-A Remarkable Futures Scholarship Initiative. That scholarship fund provides financial assistance for its employees.
So not only do the sauces satisfy the customers, but they’ll also provide an amazing opportunity for Chick-fil-A employees.
What do you think about Chick-fil-A’s strategy? Let us know in the comments!
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This Tumblr Thread Shows Nothing is Unimportant to Historians
Do you ever feel like your time spent or your contributions to this world are so mundane that no one in the future would care?
You, dear reader, are absolutely wrong.
In the future, everything we do and our attitudes about them will be fascinating. In fact, we should be writing everything down somewhere, because we are laying the foundation for all the wonderful innovations soon to come. WE WILL BE ADORABLE.
Check out his Tumblr thread that illustrates this point.
Just-Shower-Thoughts posted a thoughtful question.
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Libertarian –princess had a thoughtful answer.
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Kaitoukitty chimed in with another more recent and maddening example.
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Elidyce emphasizes what a shame this all is.
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And xxvioletlovexx sums it up perfectly.
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So, if you think you’re living the most boring life ever, please write down every bit of it.
You are going to be a hero one day with your,
“Dear Diary, today he wore green and blue plaid socks that were the cutest.
As our bus drove us across our little town of Flapjack, he continued to read “Little Women,” and I swear he saw me watching him while I ate my ham and cheese, with a dab of spicy mustard, on rye.”
Critically important information.
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Black Women Are Starting More Businesses Than Any Other Group of People
When we talk about race in America, it’s not all that often we have a chance to tout something great, as far as statistics. We have a long way to go to even get close to equality, but in one aspect of life, at least, black women are winning – they’re boss at being, well, the boss.
Starting a business and committing to being self-employed, are tough calls that require enormous leaps of faith. If you’re savvy, if your idea is solid, and if you’ve got a good head for marketing and sales, you’ve got a shot. And in America, women across the board are taking more of those leaps than their male counterparts and landing them successfully!
In the past year, female entrepreneurs have started an average of 1817 new businesses a day – 663,205 new companies a year – and women of color make up 89% of those founders and CEOs. The number started going up around five years ago and hasn’t stopped, meaning that women represent around 42% of the self-owned businesses in the US.
• Today has been AMAZING!
• I flew into DC to meet with @ronnebrown 
• Today Ronne helped me uncover a lot about my brand as well as myself! She helped me uncover what I’m truly an expert in and niche alllll the way down! Honestly I’ve been selling myself short!
• She’s forcing me out of my comfort zone which is funny because this is what I preach to women everyday… now look at me resisting 
Increases in educational and economic progress are partially to thank, but Kathy McShane, of the US Small Business Administration’s Office of Women’s Business Ownership, thinks that a societal shift could also be underlying the change.
“Women have been taking control, frankly, for centuries. But now we’re talking about it.”
Even though women are starting more business, and women of color are representing a large portion of those numbers, men still receive the largest bulk of financing for new ventures.
Last year, women were only approved for 2.8% of all venture capital funding for new businesses.
So, one of the biggest hurdles still faced by women of color is amassing the capital to turn their idea into a valid business.
Esosa Ighodara, founder of the social media shopping app CoSign, said as much in an interview with Inc. magazine.
“There’s this notion that we don’t exist. Entrepreneurship is very lonely, and even lonelier in minority community.”
Ighodara attempted to address the dearth of support about the lack of diverse representation in business by creating Black Women Talk Tech, which encourages and supports black women looking to start their own businesses.
According to Natalie Madeira Cofield, the founder of Walker’s Legacy, which is a national network for women of color in business, has her own ideas about what prejudices are at play.
“People invest in people they feel connected to, and the majority of those in power don’t necessarily get a Black woman.”
A study conducted by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation backs up her claims, finding that first-time black business owners receive almost three times less overall capital than white-owned businesses and are also three times less likely to be approved for loan requests, regardless of their credit score or net worth.
One of the reasons women of color are flocking to entrepreneurship is that they’re more likely to experience workplace harassment than any other group. 52% of these new business owners worked at corporations prior to opening their own business, and quit because they were in some way dissatisfied with their experience. They’re making their own opportunities because they’re not afforded the same ones, at the same frequency, as their white and/or male counterparts.
Despite all of this, black women are not only choosing the tough road of going out on their own, they’re succeeding, too. Women, it seems, have had enough. Despite the lack of support, the active attempts to keep them down and out and at home, they’re pushing up and through and going around – whatever they have to do to build the lives they want.
So three cheers to all of the women entrepreneurs out there – but especially the black women (and other women of color), because we all know it was at least twice as hard for them to make it.
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