humansofnewyork:

“I don’t think I’m going to miss eighth grade.  It’s been a tough year.  A lot of my friends are struggling with depression and self-harm, and it’s hard for me to watch.  I just care about them so much.  Growing up is so hard for some people.  It’s such a big thing.  It’s your foundation, I guess.  You’re becoming you.  It’s such a big thing and we’re going through it right now.  Some of my friend…s are struggling with loving themselves and loving life.  I think they forget that we’re still learning.  They think that they’re already who they’re going to be.  They think they know the future.  And it’s going to be horrible.  And they’ll never be able to fix it.  But that’s not true because we’re still changing.  And we’ll always be changing.  Even when we’re old, we’ll be changing.”

Reasons not to be too depressed about Trump pulling us out of the Paris accord

– weather.com trolling him rn is hilarious
– it’s better that the US is out than if we stayed in and ignored our obligations
– more incentives for China, India, Europe and Russia to remain committed, to take over the leadership, and to weaken and isolate the US https://qz.com/995155
– better prospects for German and U.K. elections
– there will be more extreme weather events in the US improving the chances for republicans to be kicked out in 2018 and 2020

– the planet is not doomed yet, the biggest loser is the US