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humansofnewyork:

“It took me getting into a lot of fights before I was diagnosed with PTSD. I have something called ‘hypervigilance.’ I get really nervous around people. Especially people from the Middle East.”
“What were some traumatic things that happened to you?”
“I was in a vehicle when a mortar round exploded in front of us, and we fell into the crater and got trapped. There was a burning oil rig near us, so it was like being in a microwave. And we couldn’t get out. And I also saw a lot of hanky shit. Mostly from our side. Everyone was really revved up from 9/11. We did a lot of bad things. I saw decapitations, and that was our guys doing it.”
“What happened?”
“We were supposed to bring POW’s back to the base. But instead we gave them a cigarette to calm them down, and told them to get on their knees. One of our guys was 240 lbs, and he’d taken this shovel we’d been issued, and he’d sharpened one of the sides until it was like an axe, and he could take off somebody’s head with two hits.”
“How many times did you see that happen?”
“Three.”

humansofnewyork:

“Moe was a doctor, but we were the least medicated family in New York. He was very against prescription drugs, and very passionate about the benefits of veganism. Even though he was a doctor, he was always very wary of the healthcare industry. He thought the whole system was sustained by sickness, not health. He said there was little interest in curing patients, and little interest in killing patients, because everyone made their money off long-term illnesses sustained by drugs. Moe never charged his patients more than $5 per visit. Millionaires and homeless people paid the same price. For 30 years, he never once raised his prices. The IRS always thought our family was hiding money, because they didn’t believe a doctor could make so little.”

jaymug:

Vintage Apple Advertising - Think Different, Muhammad Ali

andrewharlow:

Tomasz Gudzowaty

The positions that the monks are in shows how much discipline they have & the photography is amazing. The black and white gives it extra depth! I wonder how long they have to stay in this position.

mannenmode:

Paolo Roldan by Daniel Garriga for Men’s Health China

Great picture, different to the Men’s Health we see in the U.K. where the guys on the front are showing off they’re six pac’s. I guess It’s because of different culture’s and probably laws.

Trajan’s column, probably the greatest influence on type design in the west. The Roman government required carvers to follow strict rules so that the type maintained it’s appearance as it represented Roman authority.