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I'm from urban SoCal, rural Virginia, & suburban New England. Not sure who hates me the most. I write about linguistics as @laymanslinguist . she/her

Joined December 2015
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Oh wow this isn't even the part that usually pisses men off
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@botticelli_bod Is this why everything looks like a soap opera on some TVs??
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@Falyn_Nicole @CaylpsoDee Find a less recent picture then
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@Falyn_Nicole @CaylpsoDee You're the one who tweeted about it, Falyn.
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@cocainecross One minor silver lining: Toni Braxton stood up for Robin and emasculated Tyson all in one fell swoop with the "He Wasn't Man Enough for Me" video I'll always respect her for that. NO ONE was on Robin's side, but Toni had gutsss!
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@poopoobuttjr @AITA_reddit Imagine seeing your beloved elderly cat playing for the first time in his life and thinking "ugh now I have to feed him more, unacceptable"
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@zachsilberberg It didn't work on my phone so I tried a different title and
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@chunkbardey Providing intense catharsis for preteen girls is a noble undertaking and I for one thank all dramatic pop girls for their service
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@shahabthefallen @scissorbooks More than one person can do bad things
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@britneyqueers_ This was the biggest butt anyone had ever seen, apparently
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@ThatOneHoeHaha @ruespillbottle When I was a kid there were countdown clocks to when Britney, Lindsey, the Olsens, etc turned 18 so I love them pretending like this isn't a pattern 🙄
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@riverlander1 @hey_jorhey @zachsilberberg I got to say, I did not see the silly phone rivalry joke escalating straight to making fun of poor people who can't afford to eat. That's... pretty fking gross actually.
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@AITA_reddit "I have been very patient explaining to a couple of 2 year olds about a request they cannot possibly comprehend and is developmentally inappropriate to expect of them"
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@lanifromfiji Aww that's so cute, love that for you
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@mattxiv I'm an Irish Catholic linguist who studies ancient Greek, so: 1) the 2 popular no-homo verses are actually mistranslated laws against pedophilia/incest 2) even if the translations were accurate IMAGINE IF AMERICA ONLY HAD 2 VAGUELY HOMOPHOBIC LAWS?? LOL. LMAO.
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@ICarmex @chalamethot The way she squatted down a little to get a good angle. Like she knew how important this moment was and didn't minimize it.
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@pinkkatydid
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@iHVRLVN @planetalex_ I was like "...maybe I need to take a Sister, Sister break" when I started telling them apart without trying 😅 (I did not in fact take a Sister, Sister break)
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@theashleyray Pretty bleak that I'm impressed by him getting there himself
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@ChaseMit @KevinTPorter @LAFoodBank I feel like you can see this in how she acts now. I watched an old clip I found funny and she seems like she's genuinely enjoying it, and I didn't realize until then how much she clearly hates it now.
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@adam_round_3 @AITA_reddit Funny how he literally doesn't even want to talk to her. I am once again asking everyone to stop dating people they hate.
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@riverlander1 @hey_jorhey @zachsilberberg Nah man. I worked with kids in public housing and foster care for years, and punching down like that isn't shit-talking. It's just using starvation as a punchline to belittle the most vulnerable groups of people. That is some bottom of the barrel behavior. Seriously.
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@StockQueenie They're even implementing this retroactively!! That's how they forced me to be vaccinated before starting classes in 2005.
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@danadonly I was so terrified the first time I told my doctor I smoked pot. He just goes "calm down, I don't care, you've been smoking cigarettes since 15"
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@captainkalvis We borrowed the word cucaracha but didn't want anyone to think we were cool with Mexico so we changed it to cockroach even though it's not even a roach. Yes I am fun at parties.
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@somnia_zen @BlighttownNIMBY @funandnormal Or wants to bring a kind of happiness to others that he finds fleeting or maybe even unobtainable? When I taught, the most meaningful days were when I helped a kid not feel insecure or overwhelmed like I often did as a student.
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@RoyalUbiquitous @LindsayPB Same but with losing stuff. If you really cared about it, you wouldn't have left it on the bus. MOM I LEAVE LITERALLY EVERYTHING ON THE BUS, I'M FRANKLY SHOCKED I AM HERE TALKING TO YOU MYSELF
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@Leafsfan202 @509RhymeAnimal You really thought you did something here lol
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@RollingStone At no point while reading this headline did I expect the next word
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@DrJ_Easley The director's Lexus parked out front because she's also the private sole owner of the facility 🤑 Source: getting paid $10.75/hr from 2012-2014 as the head teacher of an entire daycare+preschool with a resume that included a relevant college degree and years of prior experience
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@kielycyrus @JulieAbridged Does that man have *any* friends his own age??
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@veIvetsoshi @nessie_1214 @JoeyGraceffa @wetheunicorns Yeah, he just made a bunch of mistakes. Like hundreds and hundreds of them. We call that "a personality."
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@Chinchillazllla I still think about when my 5th grade teacher in the 90s taught us about them, like they did every year, and asked "so which one gets more done: violent or nonviolent protest?" Obviously Malcom X is always the bad guy so we cheerfully answered "nonviolent!" and she goes "nope!"
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@NFL I'm sorry WHO just tweeted this without a hint of irony???
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@holdenfordfocus I just realized he kisses the necklace with his wife's name on it at the end. That guy has way too much charisma, my god.
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@redditships I forgot that kids named Cody grow into adults named Cody
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@sean02013455 @PoorlyAgedStuff Why aren't his nails green
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@SheRatesDogs I'm 34. It was Counter-Strike and it was on my flip phone with the No Diggity ringtone.
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@redditships Having worked at GameStop all through college, I am
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@35Dabba @AlliePsychic @helen Picked her up from high school and everything
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@Kwatts7304 @RookieAdult @latimes Also it belonged a dead woman who didn't want anyone else to wear a dress so important to her and tailormade for her. Respecting the wishes of the deceased is a pretty fundamental form of respect.
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@99percent_off_ The real 1-2 punch
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@CSMFHT My favorite comic
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@hey_jorhey @zachsilberberg Oh perhaps that is why I checked to see what my different kind of phone would do, and it did this, which is funny. I'm glad we worked through this together.
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@tinderconvoOOC This is a clear right swipe
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@glacy @dgontheroad @NomDuPoulet @politico @POLITICOMag I, for one, did not realize how rampant racism and xenophobia still was. I knew there were pockets, but not enough pockets to elect the president.
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@WaitingOnBiden Muscle memory
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@korea_suicide I heard Jonah Hill wasn't acting about hating McLovin. Michael Cera talked about it on Hot Ones. Apparently Jonah walked out of the audition in a huff because McLovin got bigger laughs when Jonah kept trying to make fun of fun of him and McLovin returned fire, completely unfazed.
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@shayne571 @JamesDerk @wpjenna Then don't look too hard for actual Trump voters' tweets about this... They very genuinely think our last president was a Muslim who discriminated against them and forced everyone to say Happy Holidays for 8 years
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@nwbtcw @CBSNews I don't know boats. Do you think this one is worth 9,180 ambulances or 10,662 doctors?
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@ParkerMolloy Remember when they were trying to frame protestors with a misleading photo but it kinda just looked like they were calling the police station a dumpsterfire?
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@lovvewolf Holy false equivalence Batman
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@DistractedAnna Buying mattresses and solar panels makes me feel like I'm getting ripped off by the mob during Prohibition
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@iwantobehigh @MusingsMuses I was so confused about this, like why are you calling me a little old lady with a bad dye job...?
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@greatwetshart @g0osemaker @GhostMILF This might be the saddest thing I've ever seen.
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@Reuters I mean yeah that part kinda seems self-explanatory
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@caitlinmoriah @StudentsforLife Way to ruin it Caitlin, this isn't nearly as exciting as the forced pregnancy people made it sound
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@SheRatesDogs Can't believe I'm getting roasted for my own historic breakup by the sheratesdogs girl, this is bleak
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@womenpostingws @newtweets20 Imagine criticizing Dita Von Teese for being traditional lol
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@JamesDerk @wpjenna James, these are hardworking Trump voters who deserve to tell their story about facing discrimination. Please be considerate.
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@headfallsoff Someone said "homeschool should be illegal" like??? That is straight down party lines lmao
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@eiffelfriday @blackmediocrity Her mother's violin?? This is like the Gift of the Magi except at the end one of them is a dick
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@Brendelbored @politico That boot ain't gonna lick itself
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@FattySingh @hey_jorhey @NotRiceNoodle Well yeah, you gotta actually see some action before they turn blue. Silly!
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@RaxKingIsDead To be fair, men are also the reason I'm always surprised by how much 8 inches of snow actually is
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@SheRatesDogs I meannnnn I've heard a lot worse
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@MIAuniverse 1969 moon landing (What are we doing)
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@FattySingh @hey_jorhey @NotRiceNoodle Which color do you get for making "owns an iPhone" your entire personality?
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@KinseySS @SlayJane @mustachetoilet At first I thought she meant because they'd been together for years but... But she means *before* they started dating, doesn't she.
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@justmarahere @kennedytcooper Good thing they were already so unbearable that I don't think I'll even notice the difference
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@SebLin10 @aftersunfilm The straightest thing any man can do is say he has a crush on Ryan Reynolds
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@TheWapplehouse I like that everyone in the replies has different guesses about a horrific video they've seen on here, we're so cooked
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@prettycritical I worked in early childhood ed for a long time and honestly, playing with kids can be a lot of work and I hated it when people acted like I'm just having fun all day every day. I loved those kids but I won't ever shame anyone who recognizes their inability to engage in that way.
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@rickpearcey @ChrisN1860 @DineshDSouza @IngrahamAngle @KevinMKruse They are, however, determined by experts in their respective fields. Experts with noses. That we can count.
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@shahabthefallen @scissorbooks Yeah no I get that. A history of using nationalism as an excuse to commit human rights violations doesn't exonerate the leaders who continue to enable those policies in perpetuity. Trust me. I'm American.
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@AITA_reddit Regardless of your misguided assumption that no one can make money in creative fields, you're DEFINITELY the AH for laughing at him and humiliating someone who clearly gives your kid more guidance and support in his interests than he finds at home
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@Kaitlin_M_Ruiz Aww poor guy tried so hard to contradict his mom without insulting or embarrassing. Pretty commendable job of it, all things considered.
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@MAD_lines @cocainecross I might not go so far as to say the SONG is about Mike Tyson, but the music video most certainly is. The plot of the music video, Robin's redemption arc from gullible to leaving his ass...yeah that's the story of Robin & Tyson. They even cast a hotter younger version of him lmao
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@legaladvice_txt "kneeling down" wtf
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@latimes Someone tell me this isn't really a sympathetic piece about why incarceration-for-profit is Good Actually???
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@hey_jorhey @NotRiceNoodle Oh sorry hun, I thought my sarcastic disregard for the Apple product fandom came across better than that!
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My ex wants to try things again but he has not considered the medical emergency that is how hard my eyes rolled back into my head
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@SheRatesDogs ...oh god
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@Papapishu Casablanca. That French girl singing struck me to my soul.
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@sportyspices @MichaelaOkla What happens the 4th time
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@uniquegalore A guy IMMEDIATELY telling me I'm wrong when I mention that I probably know more about baseball than him. It happens so often that I put it in my tinder profile just to weed them out on their first. I coach high school baseball.
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@KaySocLearn This has to be the weirdest power struggle I've seen my fellow teachers engage in. So what if they *do* just want to go for a walk down the hall anyway? There are worse things in this world than stretching your legs for a minute.
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@smthngthftsme @ItsDanSheehan @BrandyLJensen He constantly blames mass production, emissions, corporate architecture... What are you talking about?
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@KittyFan44 @shayne571 @ahn_dray_uh @JamesDerk @wpjenna Amen. Akin to "someone else having rights means my rights are threatened."
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@LEVIS I have literally never seen anything less bold than these flat pastel butts
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@ParkerMolloy We weren't allowed to wear logo shirts unless it was the school logo. I wore a Cheerios shirt once and they told me not to do that anymore. Would like my headline pls.
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@itskeyon When your livelihood depends on other people's lives being ruined......
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@remembrancermx @alveolartrill_0 I just hunted down the scene I remembered from my childhood, and I honestly can't believe this is from 30 years ago. Gotta be the only mainstream media from the late 80s that aged even a little well, right??
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@BuzzFeed Tweets can get deleted but screenshots never die
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@House_Feminist Joe Rogan on Fear Factor; Joe Rogan now
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