asdfghjkl, this is so precious <333
:3
luckiest man on earth
i wanna trade places with himmm
Did I really just cry while listening to this? o__o
This guy… I want him for Christmas.
FLAWLESS
(Source: mahaldaddy)
I find it interesting that a majority of humans do not behave this way (unselfish/empathetic), but that one of the littlest of creatures has the sense to.In a simple experiment, researchers at the University of Chicago sought to find out whether a rat would release a fellow rat from an unpleasantly restrictive cage if it could. The answer was yes.
The free rat, occasionally hearing distress calls from its compatriot, learned to open the cage and did so with greater efficiency over time. It would release the other animal even if there wasn’t the payoff of a reunion with it. Astonishingly, if given access to a small hoard of chocolate chips, the free rat would usually save at least one treat for the captive — which is a lot to expect of a rat.
The researchers came to the unavoidable conclusion that what they were seeing was empathy — and apparently selfless behavior driven by that mental state.
“A New Model of Empathy: The Rat” by David Brown, Washington Post
Next time someone asks me why I want to get pet rats, directing them here.
This is extraordinary.
(Source: dangerousmotherfucker, via irejectyour-reality)
“As people of faith, affirming the Christian teaching that before God all people are equal, we will no longer participate in this discrimination,” the church’s statement says.
The vote was unanimous and brought tears to the eyes of some of the 100 or so members who stood to vote in favor of the “statement on marriage ceremonies.”
This is perfection.
Hopefully it won’t be long until other religious organizations understand this. No God worth having faith in would promote hate.
I like it when religion does good.
(Source: towleroad.com, via happyheathen113-deactivated2013)
Participatory installation by Slovakian artist Roman Ondák called “room of heights”.
Every visitor is encouraged to mark their height on the wall and after several months a dark band encircles the gallery.
(via meagansphilosophy)
