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π˜π˜°π˜³π˜΅π˜Ίπ˜›π˜Έπ˜°β„’ | 1 years ago (raw) | export | reply | flag 
 I work with grown-ass'ed men who can't spell "valve", "hydraulic" or "crescent".

Men who say things like, "I don't like to read", and I tell them not to say things like that out loud, where normal people can hear them.
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That Glish SamiOh | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 Are these older men who dropped out of school young bc they had to bust their asses to help family/survive? Or are these participation trophies kids they refused to hold back?  My dad had a really hard time dealing with the embarrassment of reading issues and not having a diploma, so would act like a tough guy about it all to hand wave it away.
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ec94c48a | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @7502a322 My pet peeve right now is "aswell" and the grocer's apostrophe