the signs as untranslatable russian words

astrosoeur:

Aries: Bespredel  literally means “without limits or boundaries”, but broadly entails the chaotic behaviour of a person who violates not only the law, but also moral and social norms.

Taurus: Pohlost  – something that is simultaneously trivial, vulgar, lewd and soulless.

Gemini: Smekalka  – one of the typical features of the “mysterious Russian soul”: it’s not just being savvy, ingenious or inventive – it’s the skill to solve problems quickly and simply in imaginative ways.

Cancer: Stushevatsya  – means to become less noticeable, go to the background, lose an important role, noticeably leave the scene, become confused in an awkward or unexpected situation, become meek.

LeoPodvig – translates to “achievement”, not just a result, or the achievement of an objective; it’s a brave and heroic act, an action performed in difficult circumstances.

Virgo:  Bytie – translates to “being”, and hints at hyper-consciousness or an objective and analytical mindset. 

Libra: Avos – believed to be the main Russian national trait, it is contrary to ‘”The American Dream”. Hoping for the avos’ means doing something without planning, without putting in much effort, counting on success.

Scorpio: Nadryv –  an uncontrollable emotional outburst, when a person releases intimate, deeply hidden feelings.

Sagittarius: Nedoperepil  under-over-drunk”,  having drunk more should have, but less than you could have.

CapricornKhamstvo – Rudeness, arrogance and insolence, multiplied by impunity.

Aquarius: Perepodvypodvert – doing something in an overly complex, incomprehensible way.

Pisces: Toska  – an ache of the soul, longing with nothing to long for.  

nickbilz:

chescaleigh:

reverseracism:

welcometonegrotown:

It’s an extremely popular opinion among middle and upper class white people.

Also, aside from this completely uneducated reasoning as to why minimum wage was created…

I can guarantee that there are tens of thousands of teenagers who have to pay bills and help support their families or are the only financial supporter to their family.

not to mention, if minimum wage was meant solely for high school students how would the business survive when students are in school?? are they only supposed to be open on the weekend? this “unpopular opinion” makes no sense.

Unpopular fact: in the 70s a minimum wage worker could pay for college with a summer job.

Unpopular fact: minimum wage was conceived to be the minimum amount of money a person would need to support themselves and their families when working 40 hours per week.

Unpopular fact: minimum wage was created because working men and women in this nation fought–figuratively in the negotiating room and literally in the streets–for a fair working wage, with sweat and blood and tears and death.

Unpopular fact: military service personnel are not the only people who have fought and died for your rights as American: labor leaders and common workers laid down their lives so that you could have a 40 hour work week instead of 80 hours; so you could have a 2 day weekend instead of none; so you could have lunch and bathroom breaks instead of going hungry and shitting your pants,; so you could have a three day weekend in September.

Capitalism would NEVER dole out basic human decency without literal human sacrifice.