Hey, Things Could Be Worse...

It's time to be positive because it's Lunch Read time.

Lunch reads from around the web...since 2013! //   //   View this email in your browser Look On The Bright Side If you're having a tough day today, try to find the silver lining of everything. The work that is stressing you out today will be done tomorrow, this website exists, everyone is trying their best and that's the best we can do, I like you, and at least you're not at a FREAKIN DINNER AT THE WHITE HOUSE CATERED WITH FAST FOOD WHAT THE HECK. Enjoy your lunch, especially if you're from Clemson. PS Shout out to the Clemson player who wore AirPods the whole time. I don't know you, but you are my friend. - Today's Menu - Young Trans Children Know Who They Are "A new study shows that gender-nonconforming kids who go on to transition already have a strong sense of their true identity—one that differs from their assigned gender." Appetizer (7 min) | The Atlantic Watching Venezuela's Last Glacier Disappear "In the midst of political and economic chaos, Venezuelan researchers are struggling to save the scientific legacy of their country's fast-melting ice." Entrée (7 min) | The Atlantic Netflix is raising its subscription prices Honestly they can do whatever they want to me as long as they keep The Office streaming. Editor's note: I wrote that and then immediately found this story and I feel like I made this happen. I'm so sorry. Appetizer (4 min) | CNN Creating While Clean "Steven Tyler, Julien Baker, Ben Harper, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, and other sober musicians on how to thrive creatively without drugs or booze." Entrée (9+ min) | GQ The best $104 I ever spent: a rose gold trash can A rose gold trash can is my spirit animal. Dessert (5 min) | Vox Cancer Cells Transformed into Harmless Fat in Mouse Study Never mind, harmless fat is my spirit animal. Dessert (4 min) | Live Science 6 Lessons From Marie Kondo's Netflix Show You Can Apply To Work And Career @babadookspinoza: The year is 2035. Marie Kondo holds up the condemned man to the crowd. "Does this man spark joy?" The crowd jeers, "No he does not!" She nods silently and throws him into the pit. Dessert (6 min) | Huff Post A meme-erific artist named Max Siedentopf is going to play Africa by Toto in the Namib Desert "for eternity." Songs That My Friend John Says Are Cool Humility (feat. George Benson) by Gorillaz -- Short Court Style by Natalie Prass -- Remind Me by Emily King -- STMFJSAC Spotify Playlist Complex collected all the VHS tapes and did a 900 over the fountain to unlock Tony Hawk. @kibblesmith: Hear me out. If Batman is canonically about 32 then he was born in 1986. And if his parents were killed leaving a movie theater when he was ten years old, then there is a very real possibility that they were seeing Space Jam. Thanks for reading! I'll see you next week for some more lunch-y shenanigans! Share Tweet Forward Send The Lunch Read to a Friend! Written and curated by @tommy_stella Copyright © 2019, All Rights Reserved.  Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list