@parlance_common

A tramp shining

Joined July 2018
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Why is everyone on Reddit’s handle “transformative_carrot” or “indefatigable_gnome” or whatever?
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A (perhaps) unpopular style opinion: dress pants, chinos, “slacks”, etc. can look good in various different cuts. But jeans only really look good within a narrow band of fittedness ranging from slim to relaxed. Anything tighter or baggier looks like shit.
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I don’t understand the popularity of the term “crashing out.” It’s not good slang. It doesn’t sound like what it means. It’s not evocative. And most annoyingly, it already means something totally different.
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Large numbers of people can be wrong
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Guy who thinks Big League Chew is the stuff MLB ball players are chewing
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Somebody, somewhere had to have called Pablo Picasso an asshole at least once. Right?
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I think it would have to have been to his face for it to count
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Are Talking Heads spiritually British?
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Anytime I hear someone refer to “the USA” I know they don’t know shit and their opinion can be ignored
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The corollary to this is Americans who talk about “Great Britain”—some older people might say “England” to refer to the UK and that’s generally fine if inaccurate, but “Great Britain” always means you’re talking to a philistine
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You hear “Both Sides Now” and it’s one of the best songs of all time and so you check out other Joni Mitchell and the rest of it’s just meandering incoherent unlistenable semi-folk
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I like twangy ambient
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Could really go for a nice cool glass of Tahitian Treat right about now
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The Ur-Millennial, 2007: “I’d like to propose a toast: Avocado.”
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Can’t believe I made it this long without realizing @AlobhaPatrick and @TriciaLockwood are the same person
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Something offputting about a band having more than 5 members. Even 5 is really pushing it most of the time
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There’s nothing inherently wrong with short sleeve button up shirts, actually
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Guy who thinks the name Jocelyn is spelled “Jostlin’ ”
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“Kayfabe? K, babe”
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Fear of plaque? Ban it!
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