i fucking hate dating nerds one single time i wore a star wars shirt to see a dude and he was like, “wow are u wearing that to impress me” and i said, “star wars episode 4 was seen by approximately 110 million people during its initial theatrical run in 1977”
Congratulations. You’re dating people who for the longest time have been putting up with bullying, mocking, and scorn for most of their lives. That kind of shit stays with people. So imagine their surprise when they see a member of the opposite sex, who I’m assuming is really attractive in comparison to most people, wear attire that reps nerd culture. Which even though is accepted by the masses (if you’re reasonably attractive) is still rare. Now I’m not saying that you’re not allowed to be scornful I’m just saying expect it and don’t be surprised when you hear it. Ok? OK.
why i dont date fucking nerds: exhibit B
Bolded emphasis mine. Gross.
Stands on nearest chair: ATTENTION MALE NERDS. YOU ARE NOT SUFFERING FROM A SHORTAGE OF FEMALE NERDS. THERE ARE VAST NUMBERS OF US, AND WE RARELY HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING EACH OTHER. YOU ARE WITHOUT FEMALE COMPANY BECAUSE YOU ARE WHINEY ASSBABIES WHO THINK YOU OWN THINGS BECAUSE YOU LIKE THEM, AND BECAUSE YOU SOMEHOW THINK YOU SUFFER BULLYING WHEREAS GIRL NERDS SOMEHOW NEVER DO. STOP PRETENDING YOU GET TO BE ASSHOLES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A “TRAGIC PAST” OR YOU WILL DIE ALONE. IF YOU THINK GIRL NERDS DON’T GET BULLIED IT’S LIKELY BECAUSE THOSE GIRLS DON’T WANT TO TALK TO YOU, BECAUSE OF THIS SORT OF ATTITUDE.
also: fucking no one mocks nerds anymore. Game of thrones is the most watched show on tv, everyone and their mom is playing video games, dungeons and dragons is more popular than it’s ever been.
if this was a white male teacher it would be a completely differently headline
I’m so fuckin sick of people acting like that others’ personal lives done in the privacy of their homes are harmful to children. KIDS DON’T CARE!!!! I hope other people stand up for this woman and help her get her job back.
Agreed 100%. Teachers are one of the few jobs that has ridiculous standards to uphold, since we interact with kids.
Yet I can work with white men who literally make creepy comments about their students (especially girls and/or out-queer kids), who talk about really inappropriate topics with female colleagues, who make really sexist comments about their own spouses, and bring their relationship troubles to the fucking classroom. And I’ve never once seen these guys (in any school I’ve been in) get hit with so much as a fucking warning.
But teachers who aren’t men, aren’t white, and/or aren’t straight get slammed when we do anything outside of work, on our own time, and out of the view of children. And our society makes a lot of this shit taboo, which is ludicrous. Teachers who engage in sex work or writing erotica novels are not bringing that to class; the kids don’t fucking care.
(And the kids who do care are the ones that go searching that shit up intentionally as a means to mess with your at-school life. You know, the students who engage in harassment campaigns.)
Fuck’s sake. If I hired for my school, I’d offer her a damn job. (But I’ve got so much not nice to say about that situation at the moment.)
TLDR: You want to police my Out of Work Life? You fucking pay me for my Out of Work Hours. Otherwise, kindly keep to my 9-5 life and fuck off.
i have a cat named The Lady and my favourite thing about her is that she manages to have this very petite, delicate face while also being incredibly fat so every time she goes downstairs i just hear like.
THUNK THUNK THUNK THUNK THUnk thunkthunkthunk
and then my mother in the softest, most delighted voice going “oh, hello my wee lady!”
vampires but their eating habits more strongly resemble those of bats.
imagine: gorgeous extravagant wealthy man. pallid, a little sickly looking with sunken eyes and high cheekbones. he wears all black, throws lavish parties that he hardly appears at, something about him is eerily charming. he’s never seen in the light of day, or at the local religious centers. one night, you’re staying at his manor after a particularly wild party, and you see him running around, erratically chasing a moth, which he catches in his mouth. he looks at you and swallows it, then vanishes into the shadows.
One that struck me as kind of funny, in a “familiar enough word that I never really thought about the etymology” way. Especially since the Scots “skitters” coming ultimately from Norse skíta somehow passes for MUCH more polite back home than saying somebody has the shits. 😉 When that is still precisely what you’re saying.
Apparently “skitters” is another one that made it into Geordie and Yorkshire dialects, too.
Hadn’t even thought of it in terms of the Anglo-Saxon sk->sh shift before, though I’d noticed other examples especially from Dutch.
I actually wondered about that one after following a link to “Inflections and putting spaces where they don’t belong” for modern Swedish( http://goo.gl/MpLWIk ), with “Skit gott” vs. “Skitgott”. 🙂
Reminded of this one again. Maybe my favorite borrowing.
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