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[animentality]

[eggsaladstain]

GO OFF BESTIE

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[liberalsarecool]

[lilaclupin]

In today's linguistics class we talked about metaphors, and we really want two of the ones we talked about to become conventionalised.

So first of all this one girl told us about a newer metaphor in Russian, "I have paws", which is something you say when you don't really want to do something, so you say you're incapable of doing it since you have paws instead of hands. Like, "hey, finish that report" "aw but I have paws :(" and I think that's adorable. It has "I'm just a girl" energy without the misogyny.

We also had the task to invent a novel metaphor and have the others guess what it means, and the teacher really liked my "she's such a capybara" = "everyone loves her". Capybara energy is like golden retriever energy except you're chill about it. You're just vibing and everyone digs that.

Anyway I think these deserve to become more common in English

[the-haiku-bot]

Anyway I think

these deserve to become more

common in English

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[joey-wheeler-official]

gettin real tired of people pretending that the writers not explaining every little thing in detail is the same thing as a plothole tbh

[joey-wheeler-official]

has to think once while watching something whoa this is bad writing

[pressxtodavid]

The Cinema Sins effect

[curt-the-lizard]

Cinema Sins would never had existed if we were all lizards.

[the-haiku-bot]

Cinema Sins would

never had existed if

we were all lizards.

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

[specialagentartemis]

Character has a PhD: they’re really smart and knowledgable about their field!

Character has 2 PhDs: either they did a dual degree program and are braggy about it, had a life-changing experience after their first degree and pivoted their whole career, or they find the structure of being a PhD student, despite all its stress, more comfortable and familiar than the stress of finding a Real Job and have a very indulgent advisor.

Character has 3 PhDs: who keeps accepting them to PhD programs. Either this person needs psychological help or their department needs to be investigated for its academic standards. Probably both

Character has 4+ PhDs: if they aren’t an undercover vampire or something then no they don’t lol

[prokopetz]

Alternatively: this character is some kind of rock star celebrity in their field and has a bunch of honorary degrees from several different institutions, and also this story takes place before most universities adopted a separate postnominal for honorary doctorates specifically to avoid this sort of confusion.

[derinthescarletpescatarian]

[iamoutofideas]

[fella-lovin-fella]

i hate it when people mistake "etymology" with "entomology." like, i know where they coming from but it still bugs me

[pinketine]

There are actual tears in my eyes rn can you believe people are this stupid and walk among us all the time

[boybeetles]

[axolotlofficial]

Child soldiers exist, war is not an adult topic.

Children die, death/murder is not an adult topic.

The Troubled Teen Industry exists, child trafficking is not an adult topic.

Children get raped, sexual assault is not an adult topic.

Children have alcoholic parents, addiction is not an adult topic.

Children get beat to the point of hospitalization at school, that level of violence is not an adult topic.

That when these things get into "kid friendly" media at all, they tend to be heavily censored is about protecting adult control over kids, not about protecting children.

[kitchenceiling63]

"Children have alcoholic parents, addiction is not an adult topic." also children can be addicts. i was a child back when i was an addict

[ganondorf]

i think this captures the defining pathology of the collective social media psyche right now. we are in the thrall of people who are wantonly cruel but who also demand to be coddled at all times in every way

[tedcruzisthezodiackiller]

[dogpuppy]

[madcaker]

[punkrock-bottom]

Cold weather enjoyer FREAKS when they’re shivering and tensed up and can’t feel their toes and their face hurts and

[milf--adjacent]

[moonshynecybin]

have you guys ever seen a crocodile with its fingies out

[moonshynecybin]

[devilishdescent]

[thepromiscuousfinger]

[sovietnam]

[were--ralph]

Thinking about those people who want to fuck Lego Bionicles

[were--ralph]

Listen buddy you can't just say things like this and not share with the class

[phillychizsteak]

[were--ralph]

okay!

[soggyskinflaps]

Mustelidae family in a nutshell

[markscherz]

The choice to include the European and not the American badger makes me chuckle.

From left to right: meat eater, meat eater, meat eater, meat eater, meat eater, Worm slurper, meat eater.