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Libbyquote:One girl this troper knew in high school solved her particularly vicious Libby problems very succinctly. Ever see a 4 foot eleven girl wail on a decent-sized group of high school girls? All at once? With a good amount of cussing? And left at least three in tears? In the school cafeteria with tons of people watching? And get away with it? Pockets quote:This troper would like to point out that fashion sense does not equal personality. Some of the nicest people he knows dress in the goth style just because they like the clothes (and in truth having a bajillion pockets on your pants can be seen as beneficial) while some of the nastiest people he knows dress in what would be considered casual wear. Fashion is just another form of art. Nice quote:This troper revels in being as such for her group of friends, to the point it's acknowledged. In fact, one friend once compared the two of them to Spongebob and Squidward. She attempts being the same for her family, but most often it fails, as the rest of the family usually snarks back. Scary thing is, she used to be known as the nice one of her friends. Turns out reality happened and she got sick of being stuck in her friends' stupidity. Snarky quote:This troper is in the same boat as your brother. Unless you're a member of my Nakama, you wouldn't know my sarcasm if it smacked you upside the head with a rubber chicken. I'm told it's because there's no sarcasm present in my tone of voice, but I'm convinced it's because almost nobody, especially at my hellhole of a school, is intelligent enough to understand my sense of humour when I get particularly snarky. Fire quote:This troper, while a fire chief, had to deal with a pre-teen who had intentionally set a snowmobile on fire. Said kid's parents were trying to excuse it as a simple childish accident gone awry. Having been in a really bad mood for assorted reasons, I didn't want to lose my temper, but apparently the death glare came out and, within minutes, the kid was crying and promising never to do anything like it again and the parents were working out a deal to pay the owner for damages. A local police officer present asked if I could be borrowed next time they had an interrogation.
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Khazar-khum posted:
What's sadder, a troper pretending to be a fire chief or an actual fire chief posting this on TV Tropes?
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# ? Aug 13, 2016 15:36 |
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Boywhiz88 posted:watched the video and the guy yelling is insane. Would not be surprised if he was carrying a gun just to coax dood into fighting him and then having to use "self-defense." Oh I totally agree. I just really laughed at the image of a biker knocking someone out, throwing his bike through said person's car....and nobody does anything?
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# ? Aug 13, 2016 16:44 |
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Xen Tricks posted:What's sadder, a troper pretending to be a fire chief or an actual fire chief posting this on TV Tropes? Yes
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# ? Aug 13, 2016 16:48 |
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Khazar-khum posted:This troper would like to point out that fashion sense does not equal personality. I think it's telling that they think this is a helpful statement.
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# ? Aug 14, 2016 00:32 |
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Leninboarrir posted:Oh I totally agree. I just really laughed at the image of a biker knocking someone out, throwing his bike through said person's car....and nobody does anything? Then he kicked the unconscious guy.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 16:02 |
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Victoria, B.C., Canada: Downs and ups on an anniversary trip —or, How we were denied entrance to Victoria's most famous garden for dressing too decently, yet still managed to find many lovely flowers in much better places quote:Anyone who knows the slightest thing about Gabriel and me should have some idea of the typical clothes we wear every single day. I was wearing my blue striped print dress, covered decently from my ankles to the top of my neck. Gabriel was wearing a suit. Naturally, we were both also wearing hats. (I honestly can't even remember the last time I went outside and off the tiny property attached to my own home without a hat. Hats are just part of being dressed to go outdoors in Victorian culture.) quote:When Bryan's boss arrived, unlike Bryan he had both his first and last names on his name tag: Jake Tomlinson. He introduced himself as John. quote:As John was escorting us out I couldn't help noticing that the vast majority of visitors freely wandering the grounds without molestation were wearing tank tops, flip-flops, and spaghetti-strap dresses. Meanwhile, Gabriel in his suit and I in my ankle-length dress with high collar were being ejected —effectively for dressing too decently. It seemed so ironic I asked John Tomlinson if it was Butchart policy to make Muslim women remove their hijabs. I don't think they should have been thrown out just for dressing funny, but this is written in such an obnoxious way that I can't believe any of it even happened. ghost emoji has a new favorite as of 20:14 on Aug 16, 2016 |
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Listen, I like playing dress up as much as anyone, but these people are loving retarded. I wish we could kick them off the planet.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 20:18 |
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Who the gently caress let that woman publicly speak to that man in such an uncouth manner? Her man should be ashamed of himself for not controlling her better
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 20:58 |
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That is really sad. I mean, I don't believe it, but he could turn it into a decent short story if he wanted.
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ElGroucho posted:Listen, I like playing dress up as much as anyone, but these people are loving retarded. I wish we could kick them off the planet. looking at the pictures in the link I can see why they were asked to leave. They honestly look like they're cosplaying or something. The dude's suit looks loving stupid and unprofessional as well.
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quote:Almost as soon as we got outside, we were approached by a large Muslim family —father, mother, grandmother, and lots of adorable children, all the women in hijabs. They stopped us and told us how nice we looked, and the father (whose English was the best) asked if they could take our picture. Of course we told them they could, and they were incredibly sweet and kind to us. Jesus Christ.
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ghost emoji posted:
These people are the worst people.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 22:35 |
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quote:This was not what we had dreamed of; this was not what we had come for; and this certainly was not what I had been willing to spend the equivalent of a week's worth of grocery money on. This is sticking out to me because she made a huge goddamn deal about how much money this trip was costing them. Buying the groceries to make a week's worth of dinners for two, plus some boxes of granola bars or whatever for snacks, costs me like 60 dollars tops
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 22:35 |
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Elblanco posted:looking at the pictures in the link I can see why they were asked to leave. They honestly look like they're cosplaying or something. The dude's suit looks loving stupid and unprofessional as well.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 22:35 |
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Holy poo poo yeah they look awful.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 22:42 |
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:This is sticking out to me because she made a huge goddamn deal about how much money this trip was costing them. Buying the groceries to make a week's worth of dinners for two, plus some boxes of granola bars or whatever for snacks, costs me like 60 dollars tops It seems from their website that they try to make at least some of their meals at home, but I'm pretty sure they'd go for the higher-priced organic and free-trade ingredients. They also have pictures up of snacks they've bought, which come in those old-timey tins that you pay out the rear end for.
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Jayme posted:It seems from their website that they try to make at least some of their meals at home, but I'm pretty sure they'd go for the higher-priced organic and free-trade ingredients. They also have pictures up of snacks they've bought, which come in those old-timey tins that you pay out the rear end for. welp.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 22:48 |
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hyperhazard posted:You weren't kidding. They both look like they are suffering from 19th century disease That lady's nose looks like W.C. Fields, she should lay off the sauce.
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ghost emoji posted:
I gotta concede that it's kind of lovely that they got kicked out for what they wore. Unless this is something that has historical actors or the staff wear a similar style of clothing, it really isn't justifiable. That said, I'm almost assuming they were kicked out for a legit reason and are making a comment they overheard one of the staff saying into the center of the issue.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 23:15 |
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Khazar-khum posted:
This happened. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqYV-GLnxQU
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 23:22 |
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I don't know about Butchart Gardens, but a lot of places don't allow costumed people in because other visitors assume they're representing the park (can't wear a furry costume at theme parks, for example). Victorian clothing is odd enough that I can see administrators being wary. I highly doubt it went down the way she said - they sound utterly insufferable and she's way too dedicated to being completely in the right over the evil John Tomlinson.
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# ? Aug 16, 2016 23:28 |
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i have to sympathize if i saw a bunch of those people in my perfectly manicured garden, id break out the insecticide as well
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TheKennedys posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MW9Nrg_kZU Superman is high as gently caress.
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# ? Aug 17, 2016 00:25 |
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the This Victorian Life people are huge douchebags who are basically cosplaying idealized versions of what they think Victorian People were like, and then getting super buttmad when people go "why are you dressed like that"
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shelley posted:the This Victorian Life people are huge douchebags who are basically cosplaying idealized versions of what they think Victorian People were like, and then getting super buttmad when people go "why are you dressed like that" I assume they cosplay as racist, misogynist, classist, and every other "ist", right? Since being a historical nobleman was basically prissing around whilst hating and condemning anyone different
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Nckdictator posted:This happened. I think I've met someone this insufferable exactly once.
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:This is sticking out to me because she made a huge goddamn deal about how much money this trip was costing them. Buying the groceries to make a week's worth of dinners for two, plus some boxes of granola bars or whatever for snacks, costs me like 60 dollars tops If you run the numbers on the gardens' website, they were in for about $240 CDN/$180 USD.
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Aphrodite posted:Then he kicked the unconscious guy. And then he rides off in the bike he...threw through the car's back window. Aleph Null posted:That is really sad. I mean, I don't believe it, but he could turn it into a decent short story if he wanted. I find it more creepy than sad. Like, apparently dream-girl (literally) couldn't exist without the presence of that guy. Ytlaya has a new favorite as of 02:19 on Aug 17, 2016 |
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I wasn't sure about posting this in case the person really is in a bad relationship, but (1)their subsequent replies to people on their post has me convinced this is a troll, (2) the family history is written like snippets of a bad historical romance setting up the heroine's badassery, and (3) no sane person crafts and delivers a dénouement like this to their spouse in the first place. So here you go: Next week on a very special episode of Outlander posted:An open letter to my husband who yelled at me in public: I don’t care that you’re in therapy. I don’t care that you’re “working” with your therapist to think before you speak. I don’t care to hear your excuses, logic, or reasoning. I don’t care that you’ve “come a long way” because yelling at your wife in public is humiliating, degrading, embarrassing, and made me ashamed to be with you, to be your wife, and of myself.
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# ? Aug 17, 2016 02:23 |
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Butchart Gardens is one of those silly places that takes itself super seriously. Their etiquette rules asks you to keep quiet in all areas of the gardens. But it also says no costumes, so that wasn't arbitrary at least. Their ticket page also says "Please note: costumes, period style or historical dress not permitted." but that looks to be a response to this story since it's not there in older snapshots. It always said no costumes though.
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ibntumart posted:I wasn't sure about posting this in case the person really is in a bad relationship, but (1)their subsequent replies to people on their post has me convinced this is a troll, (2) the family history is written like snippets of a bad historical romance setting up the heroine's badassery, and (3) no sane person crafts and delivers a dénouement like this to their spouse in the first place. Anyone who feels the need to write so many words about how awesome and incredible they are (especially if all the specific stuff is just about their family and not them directly) just comes off as incredibly pathetic. It's like you can smell the lack of self-esteem.
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quote:My daughter starts middle school tomorrow. We've decorated her locker, bought new uniforms, even surprised her with a new backpack. But tonight just before bed, we did another pre-middle school task that is far more important than the others. I gave her a tube of toothpaste and asked her to squirt it out onto a plate. When she finished, I calmly asked her to put all the toothpaste back in the tube. She began exclaiming things like "But I can't!" and "It won't be like it was before!" I quietly waited for her to finish and then said the following:
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# ? Aug 17, 2016 05:01 |
drat, that story could have gone so many different funny directions with a different author.
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# ? Aug 17, 2016 05:20 |
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Someone who names their kid Breonna probably actually did that
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# ? Aug 17, 2016 05:20 |
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I was excepting some creepy Jesus-y "keep your virginity" story
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Farmland Park posted:I was excepting some creepy Jesus-y "keep your virginity" story Quote posted:Decide tonight that you are going to be a life-giver in middle school. almost the opposite really.
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# ? Aug 17, 2016 06:18 |
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puck puck goose posted:Someone who names their kid Breonna probably actually did that So is it pronounced closer to Brenna or Brianna?
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# ? Aug 17, 2016 07:11 |
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You will never ever regret making this choice (that I am ordering you to make at every opportunity)
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Farmland Park posted:I was excepting some creepy Jesus-y "keep your virginity" story Yeah it really surprised me that that's not what it ended up being, especially with the "can't put it back, it won't be the same as before"ish lines, with I guess the toothpaste representing her "purity" or something. Anyway it probably would have been just as effective to just tell her to "be good/nice", with the added bonus of not wasting an entire tube of toothpaste (unless they read the lifehack thread and plan to make it into breathmints).
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