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Kaz - 24 - I like movies

[roaldamundsen]

never ask a woman her age a man his salary your mutual how late it is in her timezone when she starts posting about that bisexual man

[roaldamundsen]

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[roaldamundsen]

can people stop saying insane things on this post

[regularhill]

[lacefuneral]

me if i was lobsta 🦞 monday

[twentythousandblades]

[spacerockband]

garden eel party 🎉

[dykescully]

me trying to remember what newfoundlands are called earlier: big dog he's an island

[dykescully]

big dog he's an island :)

[maverick-ornithography]

pelcan Mouth perfec t size for put baby in to n\ap! inside very Soft and Comfort baby sleep soundly put baby in Pelican Mouth. Put Baby In Pelican Mouth. no problems ever in peliccan mouth because good Shape and Support for baby neck weak of big baby head. Apelican Mouth yes a place for a baby put baby in pelican mouth can trust pelican for giveing good love to baby. friend pelican

[norwaysyourpost]

pelkan Munn perfek t størrelse for legge baby i for å s\ove! inni veldig Mykt og Deilig baby sove godt legg baby i Pelikan Munn. Legg Baby I Pelikan Munn. ingen problemer noen gang i pelikkan munn fordi bra Form og Støtte for baby nakke svak av stort babyhode. Enpelikan Munn ja et sted for en baby legg baby i pelikan munn kan stole på pelikan for å gie god kjærlighet til baby. venn pelikan

[bodyofdeath]

what if the Eraserhead baby was a woman who shopped at Target

[indigosfindings]

how do you pronounce the honourific "Ms." in english

"miss"

"miz"

other

unsure/see results

Voting ended onMay 21

[mortalityplays]

really good "shocking number of people are confidently objectively demonstrably completely wrong" poll

[3liza]

i am losing my fucking mind

[avocado-moon]

#we dont use honorifics in my first language so whenever i have to select options (usually for flights) im always so confused#like what is actually the difference between miss and ms#i like miss bc it sounds more historical and im a historian so

"Miss" means an unmarried woman. "Mrs." means a married woman. (both of these have origins in the word "mistress" as in "mistress of the house".)

"Ms." - prounounced MIZ, btw - is a third option popularized by gloria steinem in the 70s - mainly through her feminist magazine Ms. - which is meant to be a neutral term, usable for any and all women regardless of marital status (hence the soul destroying irony of the tags above). it gained wider general acceptance when geraldine ferraro, the first woman to be nominated as VP on a national major party ticket, started using it widely to avoid confusion, since she was married but used her maiden name professionally. eventually over the years it came into common use though i do think the brits are a little more critical of it than americans (as far as i'm aware lol)

[avocado-moon]

"obscure facts only a tumblr user would know" and it's one of the most influential institutions of second wave american feminism. PLEASE open the schools

[onbearfeet]

Hi. I'm an unmarried woman in her forties. I use Ms. and pronounce it "miz", though I don't correct people who accidentally use a soft S. I use Ms. because it's no one's business but my own whether I'm married, to a man or anyone else, and that's what Ms. means. It means fuck off, my marital status is irrelevant, just as it is for every man who uses Mr.

I've had people (usually children) ask me at work if I'm a missus or a miss. I have replied that I am a miz, full stop. And when they pressed for which one I was REALLY, I have replied, "Why? Are you going to treat me differently depending on whether there's a ring somewhere?"

That's what Ms. is for. That is its linguistic function. It says, "This is an adult woman," and nothing else. Nothing else is necessary, and in my case, nothing else is desired.

I also use miz for other women unless and until they express a preference for something else because I don't magically know everyone else's marital status when I meet them. That's a courtesy—I'm declining to assume marital status and allowing them to decide whether they wish to declare it.

Also, I've taught English and worked as an editor for twenty years. I am quite literally the grammar police. This use of Ms. is a standard construction. If you didn't learn it in school, someone failed you.

[squeeful]

“Obscure facts” Boo boo I was taught it in elementary school. One with a state standardized curriculum.

Ms. is marriage-neutral and it’s pronounced Miz. It is deliberately different from Miss.

[summergoodwife]

On principle I do just assume people's schools sucked in this regard and didn't teach them it (even if it's "standard" that's not a guarantee) but that only goes to show how much we're missing when it comes to feminist education.

In the current global climate that's so defined by reactionary antifeminism, maybe it's time we start getting loud about Ms. again? So that everyone knows what it was made for, and nobody can ignore why.

[your-local-fools-treasury]

ah yes, cuz english is the only language on the entire planet and everyone knows everything about

who care how someone says Ms.

"oh but it's pronounced like miz"

shut the hell up, it doesn't mean crap

"oh but it's common knowledge that it was part of a feminist movement"

in USAmerica maybe, not in any other country in the world

English isn't the default language, heck, it's not even the first language of most people on the world!

it's the most spoken SECOND language, and trust me, they don't have time or care to teach the difference between Ms. and miss and Mrs.

because at the end of the day, it doesn't matter crap

what do matter is EVERY OTHER PART OF GRAMMAR

and if you dare to be like

"oh but how about history class"

I can assure you, there are more important things in history you need to learn about than one teeny tiny thing from the usa

[janmisali]

were you aware of Ms. ("Mizz") as a deliberate alternative honorific to both Miss and Mrs. that doesn't specify marital status? and are you a native English speaker?

yes I knew that, English is my first language

no I did not know, English is my first language

yes I knew that, English is not my first language

no I did not know, English is not my first language

[show results]

Voting ended onMay 28

^ poll to see if being aware of this is in any way correlated with being a native english speaker

[kurulover]

I hate that when you’re stressed enough your body just starts falling apart. I think it should realize you’re already stressed and don’t need that and start functioning better actually

[kurulover]

[ciqqy]

I will lock in tomorrow like nobody has ever locked in before

[ciqqy]

[dorothyo]

[saoirseronanswife]

hieronymus bosch’s bird is so kind

[fruitypieq]

Quick what are you doing RIGHT now (besides scrolling Tumblr)

[splatterspork]

My YouTube algorithm feeds me the same shit over and over and I just accept it. Yeah I can listen to Creep sung by Pikmin and Kindness Luigi again. Who gives a fuck.

[disgustinggf]

[chkq-deactivated20260531]

if i don't lock in they'll kill me. if i don't lock in they are going to kill me. not in an honourable way. like a dog. afraid

[chkq-deactivated20260531]

if i don't lock in they'll kill me. if i don't lock in they are going to kill me. not in an honourable way. like a dog. afraid

[chkq-deactivated20260531]

if i don't lock in they'll kill me. if i don't lock in they are going to kill me. not in an honourable way. like a dog. afraid