Picture the scene. It’s 2014, and you’re an awkward high school freshman with a heavy Tumblr habit. You’re sitting in your room, adorned with decor that reveals your Harry Potter house and a dedication to the SuperWhoLock fandoms. A well-thumbed copy of The Fault In Our Stars lies on the bedside table. You’re at your …
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15+ People Who Failed Catastrophically At Using A Keyboard
Back when punching letters on a machine was a legitimate skill, typing used to be a respected career choice. It took real dedication and education to be able to string out sentences with accuracy and speed. Things couldn’t be more different now. Now that everyone and their dog has their own personal screen, standards have …
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15+ Weird, Funny And F’d Up Childhood Journal Entries
While adults might take the cake when it comes to full-blown narcissism, there’s truly no group on earth better at being self-centered than kids and teenagers. When you’re growing up, it’s hard enough figuring out who you are without everything else that’s going on at the same time. As a result, it’s no wonder that …
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Suspicious “Quotes” That Give Words A New Meaning
Mastering written English is a difficult endeavor. With all the grammatical rules and different languages it steals from, speaking it can be hard enough. However, add putting pen to paper into the mix and there’s a whole new rulebook to contend with. Many pedants out there have raged against the mistakes that people frequently make …
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This Hilarious Twitter Thread Is Roasting The Way Male Authors Describe Women
Thank you, Literary Twitter for starting our new favorite hashtag challenge. The fun stems from the #OwnVoices hashtag, which addresses the voices of marginalized communities. The hashtag naturally had its critcs; among them was a male author that insisted he was living proof that men are capable of penning realistic female characters. After Gwen C. …
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Twitter Divided After Guy Gets Upset At Wife Writing A Book
There are plenty of important factors to maintaining a healthy relationship, and near the top of the list has to be trust. When our partner makes a promise to us, we probably hope that they will keep it. Sometimes, though, the situation is a little more complicated than that. This seems to be the case …
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15+ Sassy Times Owners Responded to Restaurant Reviews
While Covid-19 is certainly not over, we are seeing some major changes where restaurants are concerned. Many review sites have abandoned grading systems for restaurants. Instead, they focus on the food, writing thoughtfully about the businesses that are not struggling. It’s clear that food establishments are at the mercy of customers and gastronomic publications. Unfortunately, …
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Brave Dietician Reviews Brach’s Turkey Dinner Candy
Some things shouldn’t exist. And we can say without a shadow of a doubt that Brach’s ‘Turkey Dinner’ candy corn bags fall into that category. As a passionate hater of all things candy corn, this confection’s existence shakes me to my core. And yet, it piqued my curiosity in a different way than Bertie Bott’s …
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30+ Fresh Tweets That Just Hit Right
We’ve got to hand it to the masterful minds of Twitter. Against all odds, be they pandemics or elections, there’s always some jokester churning out short and sweet gems filled with relatable comedy or utter absurdity. We like a healthy mix of the two. But for all the goodness, wading through the political diatribes and …
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Roasty Memes & Posts About How Men Fail To Write Women
It’s incredible how growing up it seemed that many female characters (except maybe Charlotte of Charlotte’s Web) in literature, television, or movies fit into some pretty specific molds. Not much has changed. Some are misogynistic (why must we talk so much about boobs?) and some just misguided – but most shallow, flawed, and frankly, insulting …
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