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i applied for a job and now they want to talk to me; truly, i am paying for my hubris

knowing bad memes is not a replacement for a personality

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why can’t people on the internet just be cool

in the UK they have to make their graham crackers from scratch because they don’t have them in stores

« BREAKFAST BISCUITS (SAVOURY AMERICAN SCONES) »

dogs are like cows except they are very different

why do gaming fan communities listen to so much games soundtracks

« Cannot find name '$'. Do you need to install type definitions for jQuery? » are you trying to insult me

i have slowly come to the dawning realization that i am accidentally reading a YA novel

what's great about the metroid series is some people will read Samus in Metroid DREAD as like 40 and other people will read her as 25

don’t just say “making reference to french philosophers” give me names!!

are we talking sartre or derrida?? maybe cixous?? is this radio man dropping tidbits about castration or decapitation on live air?? these are the details readers live for!!

babe did you just tell me a phrase is untranslatable and then translate it

i could never have this level of calm patience with the ignorance of my readers

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oh no she is translating for the reader now too

“hey you rube, when i say ‘hija’, that’s a term of fucking endearment okay?? it means ‘daughter’.”

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what do you think the odds are that an american publisher would make me put that in

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imagining texting a man like ‘hnnnngggg… thirsty… voy a beber… agua… (that means “i’m going to drink water” if you don’t speak spanish)’

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