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tooies:

how is the word "cellphone" pronounced

chel-po-ne (CORRECT and GOOD answer)

kaey-poen (WRONG and BAD answer)

something else (????????)

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tooies:

was originally gonna go with "dog" but decided to go for a longer word with more "reasonable" mispronunciations instead, but that ended up backfiring and now like half the people on this post think i actually pronounce it like this. guess you could say it was a bit of a. a b. it was a

tooies:

it was a bit of a self-own

tooies:

READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

  1. why might op have said that she wanted to choose a word with "more 'reasonable' mispronounciations"? what could the quotes around "reasonable" indicate? why did she say mispronunciations instead of pronounciations?
  2. op writes that the post "backfired" and now "half the people on this post think i actually pronounce it like this." what might the word "backfired" mean in this context?
  3. what words could "self-own" sound similar to, and how could that relate to the rest of the post?
onyxedskies:

what, if any, of your joints/bones pop or crack (other than your back)

fingers/toes

wrists/ankles

neck

knees

hips

elbows

collarbones

sternum

multiple (say in tags!)

are you guys ok???

i've experienced popping and cracking in all of the above so i wanna know how normal this is

greelin:

being so fucking annoying about a subject on a regular basis that people associate it enough with you to call someone within it “your guy” is so funny. yeah that man is the lead singer of an acclaimed band but he is also My Guy, i guess. that’s true

greelin:

“i saw a picture of your guy and thought of you. Here” well that man is not real and belongs to the world, but thank you. he is mine. And i’m going to stick beside him

biloveds:

omg ok put in the tags a food that makes u feel like life is worth living when you eat it. like u eat it and it’s soo good and everything’s fine actually

biloveds:

ppl who say pasta why are u boring. good for u though

depsidase:

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imsobadatnicknames2:

"Rail only works over short distances" one of the most detached from reality carbrain statements I've ever read. Rail is objectively, demonstrably better to cover long distances than it is to cover short distances. Car culture legitimately gives you some kind of brain fungus.

headspace-hotel:

did other Americans not get taught extensively in history about the Transcontinental Railroad and why it was such a huge deal

derinthescarletpescatarian:

The entire POINT of rail is that it's good at long distances

cvt-n-sl4sh:

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girl what 😭

anticensorshipsideblog:

how old must we be before we are allowed to think about sex, i can never remember, they keep moving the goal posts.

craycraybluejay:

We're never allowed to think ab sex sorry. Teen years are hormonal but being horny before 18 is a sin. When you're horny and 18-25 its cringe. When you're horny 25-35 "you should get a partner and stop being openly horny." When you're horny 35-45 that's weird because you're "kinda old." When you're horny 45-55 you're a creep. And when you're horny 55+ you're an old person who can't and shouldn't be horny. This is how they think. Sex bad, basically. Thinking about sex is bad. Wanting sex is bad. Anything even mildly related to sex or sexuality is bad.

anticensorshipsideblog:

about sums it up

kactusnz:

if you think it's weird don't follow their nsfw accounts: problem solved

tisorridalamor:

Describing Terry Pratchett’s books is difficult. Someone asked me what the book I was reading was about, and I had to tell them it was about banking and the gold standard, but like in a cool way with golems and action. 

 I don’t think they believed me.

poorlydescribedpterrybooks:

welcome to the club

amatalefay:

It is so, so difficult to explain to people that your favorite book is about transgender feminist dwarves, Nazi werewolves, and the mystery of a missing piece of really old ritual bread. And Opera saves the day.

poorlydescribedpterrybooks:

yes, give us those sweet, sweet, terrible descriptions

rhys1812:

A tortoise who’s really a god, finds an allegory for Jesus and they go on adventures in an ancient greece like place and then a desert 

thesummoningdark:

The chief of police averts a rerun of an ancient war, partially despite and partially because of being possessed by a dying dwarf’s graffiti

nightfoot:

It’s like Les Miserables but Javert is the good guy and also there’s time travel.  

aethersea:

Macbeth but it’s about the witches

zephyrantha:

Chapter one, the protagonist is hanged. Then he’s put in charge of the post office. Yes, in that order.

roachpatrol:

it’s like mulan if there were way more mulans in mulan and also pratchett is extra irritated that too many people missed the point of jingo

hypotheticalwoman:

The bureaucrats of the universe get annoyed at the paperwork humanity causes so they decide to steal Christmas.  Replacement Christmas is done by Death and replacement Death is done by goth Mary Poppins, who is also in charge of the investigation.

katedrawscomics:

these are all nice and accurate reasons to read discworld if you haven’t yet

uovoc:

Romeo and Juliet football AU but the other team is wizards

animate-mush:

Hollywood????

garrettauthor:

An entire clan of tattooed, hairy, kleptomaniac, alcoholic Scotsmen decide a little girl is their new best friend whether she wants to be or not and she rescues her absolutely worthless brother by discovering the power of selfishness.

darkravn:

@cosmictwobyfour

nudityandnerdery:

Someone is dying, journalism is being invented, and part of Pulp Fiction is going on in the background.

pimpmizziriam:

The universes burocrats want to measure everything so they pay a man to imprison time so everything will stop and they can measure things in peace. Goth mary Poppins saves the day, the fifth horseman of the apocalypse is the best Milkman in the world, and chocolate saves the day. Also someone was born twice.

tanoraqui:

Classic dynastic machinations are happening in fantasy China, to be completely overturned by a gang of elderly barbarian heroes and the world’s worst wizard and best sprinter

bailesu:

Death incarnate battles a shopping cart for the fate of the world.  

sashathephoenix:

@grifalinas

grifalinas:

Phantom of the Opera au, except there’s witches, a cookbook that is thinly-veiled pornography, and Christine is played by a fledgeling witch with multiple personalities who can’t stop being sensible long enough to enjoy herself

letslipthehounds:

Hidden heir to the throne decides an cynical, alcoholic cop is the best role model in the world.

brawltogethernow:

Atlantis provides an excuse for a xenophobia-inspired war between Britain and the Middle East but it’s fine because the armies are arrested for conspiracy to cause public nuisance.

numberlover1729:

the jfk assassination is parodied in the above.

Rain is brought to australia by a lousy wizzard who runs from dropbears, steals a sheep, and invents vegamite

dduane:

(sigh)(smile) All of the above.

derinthescarletpescatarian:

A wizard goes to Australia and is hunted down by a bunch of other wizards trying to cure an ape of the ‘flu.

catgirlcowboy:

rb this n tell me what is the same and what is diff abt ur relationship to ur gender n sexual identity compared to urself 7 years ago :3c

scottishtwitter:

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peridottea91:

Translation: I told this girl sent next to me on the bus that her guide dog was cute and she said "Aw I wouldn't know" and I choked on my coffee

😂😂

happyhumannoises:

I think this is the first one of these that i literally couldn't understand a damn thing written

lochnesbian:

do interact if: you have a hyphenated last name, you're an older sibling, you have a cat, art was your favorite subject, you have kissed your friends, you really like at least one field of science, watch nature documentaries, you drank from the hose, you've been involved with the production of a musical but you never listened to hamilton, have at least one stick-n-poke, drink coffee every day, you have a favorite houseplant, prefer little and big spoon equally, have a dietary restriction, have dyed your hair green, or have been somewhere that you don't speak the language

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