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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

1 year

I wrote about Palestine, Israel, and the human cost of our rhetorical stances. I hope you’ll read it.

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

9 years

"ALL lives matter" is like saying "cure ALL diseases" at a Breast Cancer 5K. You right but we running for cancer right now, fam.

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@HighbrowShawn

10 months

Podcast version of Super Bowl Sunday @blankcheckpod

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

This is one of the most cowardly articles I’ve ever read. Saying Crow is not specifically “a Nazi” because he also owns paintings by GWB and Lincoln memorabilia is the most half-assed defenses imaginable. These two passages are especially disgraceful.

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@TheAtlantic

1 year

Harlan Crow's "politics are not mine. But in the matter of his pastimes, he is blameless. Billionaires have their hobbies, and to me, his are among the more relatable," @gcaw writes:

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

This suit Robert Pattinson wears like 45 minutes into Tenet is something I will absolutely bankrupt my family by purchasing in the future and the worst part is that I won’t look nearly as good.

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@HighbrowShawn

8 months

“This my shit. I rehearse with caution, clearly/You are now watching a man go ape shit. I have reversed the Darwin Theory…”

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@BattleRapBum

8 months

What’s a bar that had you goin crazy when you first heard it?

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@HighbrowShawn

2 years

It’s bad enough I gotta work on a Saturday, but my coworker is in this mf listening to "Bad to Bone" in earnest. He's fucking jamming 😔

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@HighbrowShawn

2 years

@VanLathan going crazy

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@Todd_Spence

2 years

"Chili's Baby Back Ribs" behind-the-scenes recording session from 1998. This is amazing.

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

They say New Haven is a dangerous city, but we don't even be jumping Yale students as often as we should.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

@FrankieHill44 @Coolwednesdays_ I can't get caught slipping without that Crime and Punishment on me

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

@Fan05503075 @DevinLeary @Nickrob Oh yeah. That’s right. Joaquin Phoenix won Best Actor for playing “Society”.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 months

I quote this constantly.

Got CTE from playing Peek-a-Boo

@doulbedoink

4 months

mad men is so fucking funny man

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

Holy shit! Kima from The Wire is the original Big Baller.

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

Frank Ocean's mom so congested on Be Yourself. She telling my mans not to do drugs, but she need to get Claritin Clear.

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

@Fan05503075 @DevinLeary @Nickrob Who was the main character of Joker?

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@HighbrowShawn

7 months

Surprisingly, no. It made $960 million at the worldwide box office and not a single Black person saw it, which is pretty impressive.

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@sunflower_878

7 months

Did anyone Black watch Oppenheimer?

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@HighbrowShawn

6 years

I think about this piece maybe twice a week. It's one of my favorite pieces of film writing ever.

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@BBW_BFF

7 years

I wrote about Denis Villeneuve's moving masterpiece BLADE RUNNER 2049 for Birth.Movies.Death.

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

Thought these was Yeezy Szn 5

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@HighbrowShawn

4 months

Stunned I haven’t seen this one.

freckles

@freckletonjr

4 months

adding your own adlibs to a song cause they was missing >>>>>>>>

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

THIS IS CRIMINAL

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@HighbrowShawn

9 years

The most commonly used phrase in the Black community is "white people crazy".

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

Maybe giving everyone a platform to speak their minds was actually a bad thing.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 months

He dipped them hoes in Quaker State backstage.

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@TylerIAm

4 months

YG shoes shining like Mahomes chain

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

*Harambe the Gorilla is killed* White people: "They didn't have to kill him!" *Alton Sterling is murdered* White people: "Stop resisting!"

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@HighbrowShawn

10 years

A great review of @ChelseaVPeretti 's special by @mollylambert that expresses exactly what makes this special special. http://t.co/W8MnEnI1W3

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

@paulscheer @WorldWideWob The Bucks didn’t crown themselves Champs before the season began.

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@HighbrowShawn

5 years

One of my all-time favorite pieces of film writing.

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@BBW_BFF

7 years

I wrote about Denis Villeneuve's moving masterpiece BLADE RUNNER 2049 for Birth.Movies.Death.

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

I just spotted a random frame of Gucci Mane's face in this video about a Superman cartoon from the 40s.

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@HighbrowShawn

3 years

Here’s a joke about Lebron James.

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

9 years

THE LAST GUARDIAN!

Film Crit Hulk (on blusky too)

@FilmCritHULK

9 years

IT ONLY TOOK ONE GAME TO DECIDE WHETHER HULK WOULD FINALLY BY A PS4 OR AN X-BOX ONE...

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

Still a top 10 tweet.

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@HighbrowShawn

10 years

"White kids be like 'it's a free country'" - @HIMANSHU

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

And I’m here to say that niggas probably did it.

👻🎃✨America Is Musty✨🎃👻

@DragonflyJonez

4 years

Hi. I'm white lady

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

@Fan05503075 @DevinLeary @Nickrob Huge if true.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 months

I laugh when thinking about this scene all the time.

Got CTE from playing Peek-a-Boo

@doulbedoink

4 months

mad men is so fucking funny man

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

People saying Black Trans people fighting to be heard is a “distraction from the movement” is digusting. How do you not understand that *this is the movement*? All of it. Trans rights, gay rights, women’s rights, civil rights. BLM is the beginning, not the final statement.

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

There's a point in REALLY THAT BAD pt. 2 where @the_moviebob is discussing the Knightmare and asks "where is any of this coming from?" and it's the best piece of BvS criticism there is.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

Yo, Little Bear was mad pleasant.

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@NickRewind

4 years

who remembers Little Bear

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@HighbrowShawn

9 years

After Nicki said "put this pussy on your sideburns", I thought that shit was gonna pop. Ain't happen to me once, though, honestly.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

“Y’all ready to blow this boat up?” Hahahahahaha

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@MLSist

4 years

Thinking a lot tonight about that one time Limp Bizkit blew a sailboat up in the middle of performing "Nookie" at MTV Spring Break 2000.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

"Not only was he extremely prolific, but I can’t name another hip-hop artist who made his debut IN THE 80’S and not only maintained his status, but actually got better over a decade later." Never even thought about this and it's incredible.

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@Passionweiss

4 years

This is Hero Vs. Villain, a series paying tribute to the legend of DOOM. One writer, one song. First up is the all-time great producer @BlockheadNYC , commemorating the classic Doomsday cut "Rhymes Like Dimes."

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

This is the closest Tyga will ever come to being a good rapper.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

“Why We Fight: Protesting, Police Brutality, and the Straw Man of “Black-on-Black Crime”” by @HighbrowShawn

Why We Fight: Protesting, Police Brutality, and the Straw Man of “Black-on-Black Crime”

Closing the book on the question “what about Black-on-Black crime?”

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

Hilarious

NME

@NME

7 years

Liam Gallagher thought A$AP Rocky's name was 'WhatsApp Ricky'

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

So pleased with how hard @yedoyeOT is killing it with this podcast.

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

Rachel Roy should've just tweeted out the link to "It Wasn't Me" by Shaggy and left.

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@HighbrowShawn

3 years

Maybe it’s your attitude that’s in retrograde you piece of shit

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@HighbrowShawn

5 years

Bitch ass niggas really killed Nipsey Hussle. Shit is still wild.

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@HighbrowShawn

13 years

I called this private meeting today because, there is a impostor among us. There's an impostor among us.

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@HighbrowShawn

3 years

Said "you'll never be white" like that was a fate worse than death 😭😭 that's the most encouraging shit you could say to a person

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

I miss @JadedForum .

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

White privilege crazy bruh. Her McDonalds order took a long time and it gave her an anxiety attack. Imagine being so accustomed to getting what you want instantly that when you don’t you fear for your life.

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@HighbrowShawn

3 years

The late great Forest Cinemas in West Haven and the old Showcase Cinemas in Milford.

The Ken In Yellow

@kenlowery

3 years

OK everyone let's dig up photos of our favorite childhood movie houses if we can. here is the AMC Prestonwood 5. not exactly a beauty but I saw many, many movies there

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@HighbrowShawn

3 years

@dameFK @NapoleonEmill @robertistheMan @yedoye_ @JattyRobinson

Clark Larew Jones

@clarklarewjones

3 years

I want to shift the narrative a bit, please tag a Black male comedian not named Hart or Chappelle you really enjoy. I’ll start with @roywoodjr @deoncole @JoshJohnson

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

8 years

I'd stay off Earth for $20,000,000

Si Samone 🤍

@_Sierra_Howard

8 years

Could you stay off Twitter for a week for 20,000,000$ ?

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@HighbrowShawn

7 months

This one and I’m so serious.

METAVERZUZ

@METAVERZUZ

7 months

What’s that one radio freestyle?

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@HighbrowShawn

6 years

Mac really put the work in to develop himself into a true blue artist, not just a frat boy gimmick. And he fostered a community in his home in L.A. that led to a lot of great art and lasting relationships. This is a huge blow.

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

8 years

"As soon as you support Trump, you hate black people. You hate black people and you eat Arby's often. We're on to you." - @TAXSTONE

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

I keep wondering who exactly Lebron is getting this revenge on.

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

Every person I know that smokes Black and Milds is in prison.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

It’s fun to shit on Bridgeport, but Waterburr is the worst place I’ve ever been. Worse than Staten Island.

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@HighbrowShawn

6 years

The hardest part of being Black is realizing we can't all be good at rapping. And the second hardest is systemic racism or whatever.

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

My girlfriend just complained to me that I didn't hug her tight enough these past two weekends. Relationships are good.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

It’s sickening to see how many men on this app truly don’t stand with women. That’s why I don’t buy that half of these Men vs Women debates are jokes. You mufuckas really despise women and claim you’re joking to disguise it, but the truth comes out at times like these.

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@HighbrowShawn

6 years

I can't begrudge anyone for using drugs. Every second of life is a challenge, so I get it. I just hope you can find a better way to grab a sliver of peace in this world, because it's a better with you in it.

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@HighbrowShawn

3 years

Yo after 4/20 does weed go on sale like Easter candy?

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

I wrote about the late, (unbelievably) great MF DOOM. One of my favorite artists, and of the best things to ever happen to music. “MF DOOM: Hip-Hop’s Worst Kept Secret” by @HighbrowShawn

MF DOOM: Hip-Hop’s Worst Kept Secret

In memory of the MF DOOM, hip-hop’s Supervillain, your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper, and a secret superstar.

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@HighbrowShawn

2 years

@freudmayweather @TheArnold_SoM Oh yeah, she sucked big time, but she almost overcame that if not for the overwhelming lure of bigotry. A cautionary tale.

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@HighbrowShawn

2 years

Why do you wish to see our black queens degraded this way my brother? Sucking off white men with weird dicks. Find him @nike and do what’s necessary.

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

7 years

I just got an "Attachment: 1 image" text from my girl and it's just a picture of her new pet fish. Never hated an animal more in my life.

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

4 years

Me at 28: telling you to shut the fuck up

Mackenzie Smith

@smithhmackenzie

4 years

Most 23 year olds: - partying every weekend - eating fast food - binge watching Netflix - living day by day Me: - starting my own business - optimizing my health - learning new skills - developing a growth mindset - at the gym everyday We are not the same.

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

@br_tvtrash @GothamChess It’s actually not well thought out at all. The response totally disregards Levy’s point which is that more women are playing than ever and they should be welcomed and respected. Biological predisposition to logic-based activities has nothing to do with mistreatment.

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

The Unknown Solider is not gon let you hit bro. Just go home.

Fox News

@FoxNews

1 year

THE AMERICAN WAY: Lone US soldier endures severe storm with 59 mph winds to guard Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

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@HighbrowShawn

6 years

via @therealhennessy

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@HighbrowShawn

11 years

Things I know you miss: 1. My lovin' 2. My thuggin' 3. My thug lovin'

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@HighbrowShawn

3 years

Just stop watching shit with your dad .

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

hell yeah

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

@jbouie @RottenInDenmark Yes! Especially that last line about “they’re not morons, that’s why they’re my friends”. That can’t be right, because this is one of the most moronic articles I’ve come across this year.

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@HighbrowShawn

10 years

Because if you fuck a Yale student, you fucking for the whole hood.

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@HighbrowShawn

3 years

3 songs into CLB and Drake has already called himself a lesbian. Alright man.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

My brother just complained that The Last Dance doesn’t have enough “action”. Nigga 30 minutes into a 10-hour basketball documentary and he mad Tom Cruise ain’t pop up.

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

3 years

I don’t even be mad that people steal packages, I get mad when they steal packages and keep shit I *know* they didn’t want. Steal my PS5, I get it. But bruh, you took The French Dispatch on Blu-ray. You ain’t want that. Just bring it back. No hard feelings.

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

4 years

When I first started doing stand-up in I would show up to Jokers Wild early to sign up for the open mic and @Dannyboy3030 would be playing hip-hop over the loud speakers. One time I walked in and a DOOM song was playing and we hit it it off and now he’s one of my best friends.

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Shawny Paper Towels

@HighbrowShawn

8 years

Like who? Prince overdosed, Bowie and Alan Rickman had Cancer, Gene Wilder had Alzheimer's, Ali died of Septic shock, Phife had diabetes.

Souled Out.

@_RnBKid

8 years

No bullshit. All the celebrities that have passed, died from heart attacks. Something don't add up.

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@HighbrowShawn

10 years

Heems. Kendrick. Earl. Bronson. Courtney Barnett on Tuesday.

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

I might be tripping, but I think I saw my dad take a gallon of milk into his room at like 3 in the morning.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

hope you got fired bro

pacsun

@PacSun

4 years

wandavision this, wandavision that. how about you WANDer to and enVISION our clothes on you.

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

Grammys don't matter. Every nigga is a star.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

Hot Chicken for my real friends. Real Chicken for my...hot friends? Idk. Didn’t think this through. The chicken is good, though.

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

In this RPG, he can't unlock the full bun until Level 15.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

R.I.P. “Entanglement” Being Funny 7/10/2020 - 7/10/2020

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@HighbrowShawn

10 years

"I'M ILL! AYO, PEOPLE REALLY LOVE ME! I'M WACK! AYO, PEOPLE THINK I'M UGLY!" - @HIMANSHU , speaking a great truth

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@HighbrowShawn

1 year

Here’s one.

Adedayo Agarau

@adedayo_agarau

1 year

quote this tweet with that poem! THAT POEM!

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

“Bernie woulda won” is the “I coulda went D-1” of politics.

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@HighbrowShawn

8 years

It was in Waterbury which is like if Popeye's on Whalley was a city.

🐉 Ether

@ForTheLightSkin

8 years

Sound like some shit that'll happen by Popeyes on Whalley

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@HighbrowShawn

5 years

It's time for the world to end.

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@HighbrowShawn

7 years

My first piece as a Hard Times contributor. Check it out!

The Hard Times

@REALpunknews

7 years

Taylor Swift Makes Instagram Private: What That Could Mean For Millions of Homeowners

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@HighbrowShawn

6 years

*Nicki Minaj writing a verse* "All these bitches is my sons...of course, gotta have that. Okay, let's build around that."

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

We need new legislation. Any cop who kills in the line of duty should immediately be under investigation by an independent board.

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@HighbrowShawn

4 years

The “one bad apple” defense would give you a leg to stand on, if there weren’t soooo many bad apples. Not to mention the unwillingness to throw them out.

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@HighbrowShawn

9 years

I once told a chick I was gonna eat her out for 90 hours.

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