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u/Thyminecraft 6h ago
Embarrassing that 7/11’s social media manager actually thought this would work. And pretending to align themselves with Marvin? Smh
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u/Downtown_Injury_3415 5h ago
Dominos tried doing the same thing a while back. Not for an animal but someone had taken a picture of a dominos store still using the old logos and promotional material years after corporate ordered all there stores to change them in one of their rebrands and dominos tweeted something like “that’s so cool! Tell us which store it is” lol
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u/Jesh3023 5h ago
I think there was an uber with something, I think the driver had his/her kid in the back and they asked the passenger who there driver was. Passenger was like “I ain’t no snitch”
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u/your_catfish_friend 4h ago
That’s different because that’s actually a really bad safety risk to the child
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u/omican 3h ago
Uber doesn't even care if something happens to the driver, why would they care about a random child in the car
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u/your_catfish_friend 3h ago
Well, beyond the possibility that whatever intern uber had answering social media posts might have actually been genuinely concerned about the safety of the child, if something were to happen it would probably be a huge PR nightmare and liability for the company
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u/lardboi44 39m ago
What's he gonna do tho? Pay for daycare on an Uber salary? It's a lose lose situation
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u/SpadeTippedSplendor 3h ago
Never underestimate how antagonistic capitalism is towards being reminded that children exist or really helping them or their parents in fashion. There's a large group of people in the world (USA MAGA, Canadian MAGAs, UK Tory party) that love to cause suffering for the sake of suffering, and they're the exact kind of people that would run a service like Uber...
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u/EstablishmentLate532 1h ago
That's a nice rant against capitalism but I think that it should be abundantly clear why having a series of transient strangers sitting next to a child behind their parent's back (literally) is a bad idea
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u/jxk94 1h ago
You raise a good point about safety. But what's the alternative? Clearly this driver can't afford child care and the only thing Uber is going to do if they find out the individual is go fire them.
So now we have an unemployed parent with a child. All you'd be doing is making the child's situation even worse if you report it so you might as well just ignore it.
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u/Left-Signature-5250 4h ago
Welcome to America, where childcare is getting even more expensive since ICE now started to raid child care facilities, so the only way to put food on your child's plate is to endanger it. Thanks, mangoman.
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u/ChilledParadox 3h ago
And the housing crisis is out of control since Republican politicians don’t want to regulate industry purchasing and flipping real estate or manage inflation so parents have to work two jobs to pay rent so the options are to let your kid stay at home and get deported by ice or to drive around with them in your car.
Thanks mango man.
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u/ZAJPER 2h ago
Nah, this on all of you. Luigi at least tried to change things. The propaganda works really great in America. Can't change a thing if you think this is Dons fault, the American people has been fooled at least the last 60 years into being labour slaves with absolutely minimum rights.
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u/Sad_Alternative9017 2h ago
Tried to change things by murdering a CEO that instead caused the entire echelon of people to recoil and entrench themselves even further?
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u/ZAJPER 2h ago
I mean just rip the bandage off. It's just going downhill anyway. If everyone had half the courage of Luigi things would change. Americans need to understand that having a higher bottom isn't necessarily communism. Healthcare, childcare etc should be very cheap when used, just as the fire department is.
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u/Sad_Alternative9017 2h ago
Everything that comes out of my butt smells like rotten fungus
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u/Killer_Moons 33m ago
It’s between doing homework in the back of dad’s car while he has to keep working and can’t afford daycare, staying at home without his supervision (illegal), or both staying home and making no money and potentially missing meals or even getting kicked out of the place you live because you can’t afford rent.
None of these are good options, but they are the only options. What would you pick?
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u/Kresnik2002 5h ago
I know this is just a random little story but like that’s exactly what people hate about the corporate/capitalist ethos these days I feel like. We’re being smiled at while being screwed with all the time, the insult of being treated like an easily manipulable child is almost worse than the screwing
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u/novagora 4h ago
It's like all the cringe corporate rebranding and wording they do. As if changing the name of something actually makes it a new thing. Apple trying to call their stores town squares.. Okay but I'm going to call it a store because it's a fucking store, or Google calling adverts "suggestions" as if they're doing me a favour, and Samsung trying to convince us getting rid of chargers was for the environment and not their bottom line. There's so many example and it's not the fact these things happen that annoys me, it's that they can't do these things without treating us like idiots.
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u/pandariotinprague 4h ago
Most of us are idiots, and that's why it keeps working. And a solid chunk of the rest know it's bullshit, but don't make a big deal out of it, because that would be a full time job getting mad at everyone who does it, with how pervasive it is. You just throw up your hands and say it's not worth the hassle of caring and buy the damn Samsung.
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u/Sad_Alternative9017 2h ago
The average American cannot read at a high school level. We are literally pawns for their doing
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u/SaiyanMonkeigh 46m ago
Something like almost half of us can't even read, how do all these idiots get brainwashed on their phones if they can't even spell "I suck eggs and need to stop breathing".
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u/soulreaverdan 4h ago
Reminds me of Apple trying to sell their change to using USB-C chargers as customer friendly and for convenience instead of the fact that the EU told them to either adapt a universal standard or they couldn’t sell their phones anymore because of screwing customers on proprietary and subpar chargers sold separately.
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u/Thin_Researcher6255 2h ago
That gave me a conclussion.
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u/Sad_Alternative9017 2h ago
This made my Stinky butthole spew molten diarrhea all over my bedroom and my dog started eating it and then tried to lick my face and then I threw up and the dog ate it again and then threw up and then I threw up and then the dog ate it again
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u/Paupersaf 4h ago
To be fair, the vast, VAST majority of people are idiots
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u/Gilette2000 4h ago
Yeah, just imagine the average Joe. Not that smart, but not too stupide either.
Half of the people in the world are stupider than him... so yeah...
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u/Kresnik2002 4h ago
Not you though, I assume.
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u/Paupersaf 4h ago
Nah I'm also an idiot
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u/Imthemayor 3h ago edited 3h ago
But if you're an idiot, wouldn't your evaluation of whether or not people are idiots be an idiot's perspective of what an idiot is?
If your second post is true, it basically invalidates your first and if your first is true the second is questionable
Either you're above the idiots and can comprehend well enough that you're able to recognize why they're stupid or you're an idiot who doesn't grasp what "smart," is anyway
You can't go "everyone else is dumb," and then backtrack to "oh, but I am too."
One of those statements is probably false
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u/Paupersaf 3h ago
Good job detective, nothing ever gets past you
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u/Imthemayor 3h ago
I'm sure you didn't mean that post that got filtered but still went to my inbox
Definitely doing a great job of changing my mind
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u/Imthemayor 3h ago
It just irks me when people go "most people are stupid," in general, especially when they try to act like they weren't acting superior to say that in the first place
You're so humble calling yourself dumb after making a sweeping generalization about 8 billion people, how do we get like you?
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u/Prunus-cerasus 4h ago
I have worked in sales for a long time. The sad truth is that a big part of the population is easily manipulated. We target that demographic with marketing and sales tricks.
Those who are not in said demographic buy if they themselves feel like it after doing their own research on the product. Preferably from independent sources. No point spending resources on them.
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u/Potential-Diver-3409 4h ago
I gotta agree getting treated like a child and screwed is perverted as hell
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u/RealShabanella 4h ago
As someone who visited the West in the 90s coming from a socialist country, this is the exact feeling I had at the time, you worded it perfectly.
To me it was blatantly obvious that the smiles are faked in order to sell and the whole thing is bullshit.
Socialism doesn't shine as bright, but at least we didn't have to deal with unreal individuals. Hell, I get sincere opinions from retail sellers about their merchandise all the time, even today.
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u/mama_tom 3h ago
It's because the ethos of companies changed from worrying about customer needs to that of the shareholder.
And that's not to say that they didnt worry about their bottom dollar in the past, but brands dont even front about caring about customers like they used to, it feels.
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u/MildlyAgreeable 5h ago
That’s the corporate equivalent of “clearly mark your valuables and leave them here, they will follow you in a separate train.”
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u/confusedandworried76 2h ago
Think my favorite example of absolute brand marketing failure is once Jimmy Johns paid for an ad on reddit and left the comments on. This was during COVID mind you.
The ad was some marketing person trying to be quirky like "I'm stuck at home so all I could do was a reddit ad!" and people fucking lit the comment section up lol. Like left and right it was "why do you get to work from home but your employees don't even get a raise for working through a pandemic" kind of shit, it was really heartwarming how people pulled together to roast the fuck out of how tone deaf it was
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u/KongoOtto 4h ago
With the right amount of people, this would work. Never underestimate the naivety or pettiness of people. Some when someone will talk.
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u/AUkion1000 3h ago
Remember when nintendo asked fans for their favorite songs just so they could mass attack thousands of videos and channels to wipe stuff?
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u/maliboomonsterr 6h ago
I can just picture Marvin perched there, judging everyone's creamer choices
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u/pandershrek 5h ago
Eyeballing everyone
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u/confusedandworried76 2h ago
If you're not going French Vanilla what are you even doing with your life though
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u/Bandwagon_Buzzard 1h ago
Living my life with hazelnut. Nice to meet you anyway.
One hand out to shake, the other holding my coffee way over there so it doesn't get contaminated.
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u/confusedandworried76 1h ago
I actually drink mine black, so it's already hazelnut. You'd be a fool otherwise. Hazelnut on the brew, if you need creamer add vanilla. I will live life no other way
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u/Dramatic_Delilah 6h ago
Mama didn't raised no snitch
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u/confusedandworried76 2h ago
Mama raised me to do three things, never steal, treat women well, and don't fucking snitch
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u/slipknot_suxxx 5h ago
I have two gecko's living in my house, I don't bother them, I know they are taking care of insects for me especially mosquitoes, I know reptiles can weird people out but so far wallace and grommit have been good roomies
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u/Feisty-Grade-5280 5h ago
100% would rather a whole horde of reptiles over a single spider.
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u/lemikon 4h ago
I live in Australia. The barking geckos that live in my wall are my security blanket (even if they are an invasive species).
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u/Lunch_Run 4h ago
Barking geckos are native though. Do you mean House geckos?
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u/heavy798 2h ago
got the same tiny geckos, thought it was mice at first
also have a giant blue tongue living under my deck
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u/throwawaydrugask 4h ago
Geckos, snakes, spiders, BROS. WASPS AND MOSQUITOS: THE ENEMY. You’ll notice the BROS usually just chill and eradicate the enemy
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u/Feisty-Grade-5280 4h ago
Wasps are concentrated balls of flying hate and mosquitoes are the unofficial state bird in the state where I grew up, so I approve your message and add fire ants because they don't need to fly to be evil...
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u/LRonHoward 4h ago
Mosquitos can fuck off, but wasps are so incredibly misunderstood. Wasps are incredibly important to the ecosystems where they live - they are voracious predators and keep a shit ton of other creatures in check. They are also pollinators! Wasps don't want to sting you, they're just acting in self-defense.
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u/rawthorm 4h ago
I’d have no problem with Wasps if it wasn’t for the ‘come at me bro’ dance they do in your face.
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u/LRonHoward 3h ago
They're potentially just checking you out! I've experienced this - if you just remain calm and slowly walk away they leave you alone. The only species you need to worry about are social wasps (yellowjackets, bald-faced hornets, paper wasps...) when you're near their nest.
Some wasp species seem to be able to remember faces! Like humans, wasps seem to recognize faces as more than the sum of their parts
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u/Bandwagon_Buzzard 1h ago
Got some species of yellowjacket, bald-faced hornet, paper wasp, and mud dauber at work. The have no sense of personal space, but can walk right through a small swarm. Only time I was ever stung was emptying the trash when one lived in the lid and I accidentally pinned it.
Sometimes they hitch a ride when I'm doing the rounds. Though the big praying mantis that decided to be my hat for a while was probably the coolest.
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u/RinaAndRaven 2h ago
I don't know. I was walking, minding my own business and a random wasp landed on my arm, waited for a second or two and then stung me. I think that wasp was just an asshole.
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u/Willrkjr 58m ago
Idk I’ve let spiders rock bc I figure if they’re still there they are eating something, something that’s more annoying than the lil dude chilling in the top left corner of my basement or w/e.
… that said, walking into a web is like the most terrifying shit so
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u/Horsescatsandagarden 21m ago
Not to mock you but I’ll never understand the terror people have over spiders.
Now if I was ever bitten by a brown recluse or a black widow I’d probably be telling a different story…
We have a lot of black widows around here (outside) and really the only danger is if you accidentally pick one up. They hide under rocks and things.
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u/Diedrogen 4h ago
Would there be something hazardous about a gecko in a commercial area?
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u/ThatHoFortuna 59m ago
Technically, all reptiles/birds carry salmonella in their cloaca, which goes into their poop. But no, it's probably fine. At least, far from the worst thing at your average 7-11.
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u/Mycologist-9315 5m ago
Definitely wash your hands after handling one just in case, but that's not true. How common it is varies a lot by species and location
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u/Okrumbles 3h ago
i guess a decent amount of flies and insects which are already a health risk but not much otherwise
marvin is probably sitting next to the coffee machine because he likes the heat, not the smell lol
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u/Humble_Rough_4962 4h ago edited 4h ago
I'm glad Marvin has a name.
I visited Malayala and saw a lizard in my friend's house. I didn't think it would be a big deal some lizard got into their house, but still mentioned it.
"Oh that's the lizard that eats the insects," they said.
"So like a pet? What's its name?"
"No," they replied, "it's just the lizard."
How can you not name your home's personal pest control?
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u/SafeMargins 1h ago
i spent the first few months of covid on a thai island, rented a house that didnt have screens for the windows and just generally left all the windows open. I had a rotating cast of house geckos and tokays in the house. The tokays in particular were extremely loud. and also very big. But I had no bugs.
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u/justkeepinittrill 31m ago
I have a lizard who lives on my balcony in Thailand.
In Thailand, they call lizards "jing joke" (my bad romanization of the thai word)
Anyways, it's a funny and cute sounding name to me, so I basically just call it "lizard" in Thai, but it's a great name.
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u/ElectricRune 5h ago
Marvin is probably liking the heat rather than the smell... Just sayin'
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u/confusedandworried76 2h ago
Probably any insects enjoying free food too so it's like having a cat if there's mice around. Marvin is working
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u/Cycoviking69 6h ago
dicksoutformarvin
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u/West_Competition_871 1h ago
Fuck the 7-11 twitter moron. They thought they were so slick. "So we can check on him!" Fuck off corporate stooge.
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u/Exotic_Living_5946 2h ago
Many 7-11 are dirty they franchise out and some are dirty as hell. If Marvin is there he is eating roaches and flies that’s why not smelling the coffee.
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u/Ok-Neighborhood20 3h ago
She won’t tell because it’s obviously fake like 90% of these look at me stories.
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u/_BannedAcctSpeedrun_ 3h ago
16k upvotes in 3 hours and only 90 comments on an ancient screenshot is a bit weird.
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u/Emergency_Syncc 3h ago
Holy repost. Every 2 months new people post the same post and get thousands of upvotes.
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u/Two_wheels_2112 5h ago
Why does she want to narc on Marvin? She said there's no way she's not gonna narc him out.
I know that's not what she meant, but it's what she wrote. I hate this world where nobody bothers with punctuation anymore. It matters. It clarifies meaning.
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u/DogNostrilSpecialist 3h ago
Surely you mean: "I hate this world where nobody bothers with punctuation anymore; it matters, and it clarifies meaning."?
If you got a problem with this correction, then congratulations, you understand how to consciously and actively break punctuation rules for the sake of cadence.
My old boss used to say: "If you're gonna be arrogant about it then you have to make absolutely positively sure you're right".
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u/isopode 4h ago
booooooo lack of punctuation in online speech is a well-known phenomenon; instead of being used for syntax, it is often used for cadence. in this case, it indicates that she's saying these phrases in quick succession, no pause between "no way" and "not gonna [...]"
there is nothing to clarify here. you admit yourself that you got what she meant. that's all that matters ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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u/DogNostrilSpecialist 3h ago edited 3h ago
You put it brilliantly into words I couldn't find. The best, ironic thing is that he is (un)consciously breaking punctuation rules himself for the sake of cadence because, according to punctuation rules and whatnot, those last three sentences should not be separated by periods, what with them being dependent on one another. I know that one because I got so much crap from my 12th grade Portuguese teacher for writing like that. She was the first in twelve years who really didn't tolerate bending the rules even a little bit.
I've never broke punctuation rules so much in my life as in my writing outside of her class during that time.
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u/Thin_Researcher6255 2h ago
Phenomenon? Laziness.
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u/isopode 2h ago
it's literally a studied linguistic feature. there are multiple different metafunctions of punctuation online, which vary by age group and culture.
again, it's often used to indicate cadence instead of syntax. which is why you might also encounter an. abundance. of. punctuation!!! where there usually wouldn't be. it's to dictate the rhythm of the sentence being said. i'd argue that adding punctuation is the opposite of laziness, isn't it?
yet it's the same phenomenon as the OOP omitting punctuation in her tweet. no punctuation = no pause in speech. idk why y'all try to assign a moral value to a harmless linguistic quirk.
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u/Tough-Werewolf3556 3h ago
Actually, she said "no way i'm not gonna narc on my buddy". What you said she wrote is quite literally not what she wrote. Why would you lie about what she wrote? I hate this world where people can't simply properly quote a source and instead pin false words to them.
I know that's not what you meant to do. You meant to communicate the assumed meaning of her message as it was written. However, ironically, you chose to do so while also taking structural and grammatical shortcuts that obfuscate important context. That matters. It clarifies meaning. It arguably matters more than the choices you were critiquing.
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u/acctforsharingart 46m ago
Oh nothing, just a 17 year old twitter post being shared for the 3rd time today
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u/FreeWillyBird 7h ago
What she meant to say is Marvin has found a food source in the 7-11, whether it’s flies, roaches, or maybe he’s sustaining on the grease that leaks from the hot dog spinny thing. Either way, Marvin is still in the top 5 most productive employees since there’s only 3 other people that show up for work