Private Clown

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
sabertoothwalrus
noctumsolis

When I think about American attitudes to parenting there's something that always comes to mind, but I don't know whether it's a real thing. All my life in American films and TV I've heard child characters addressing their dads as "sir" or being told off for not doing so.

Is that really a commonplace thing in American families, or is it just a shorthand way of showing that the character is a shitty dad?

calling dads sir, in the US

It's real and I've seen it first hand

I it's how I was raised

shitty-dad shorthand

it's real outside the US

Vanilla extract

noctumsolis

There's still time to increase the sample size!

im Canadian so cannot weigh in. just curious
aromanticgoldfish-deactivated202
tooies

how is the word "cellphone" pronounced

chel-po-ne (CORRECT and GOOD answer)

kaey-poen (WRONG and BAD answer)

something else (????????)

see results

tooies

was originally gonna go with "dog" but decided to go for a longer word with more "reasonable" mispronunciations instead, but that ended up backfiring and now like half the people on this post think i actually pronounce it like this. guess you could say it was a bit of a. a b. it was a

tooies

it was a bit of a self-own

tooies

READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS

  1. why might op have said that she wanted to choose a word with "more 'reasonable' mispronounciations"? what could the quotes around "reasonable" indicate? why did she say mispronunciations instead of pronounciations?
  2. op writes that the post "backfired" and now "half the people on this post think i actually pronounce it like this." what might the word "backfired" mean in this context?
  3. what words could "self-own" sound similar to, and how could that relate to the rest of the post?
datonerougecookeh
sheepory

I wore a red checkered shirt today and my coworkers are roasting me RELENTLESSLY for it

sheepory

"which picnic table did you pick that up from?"

"you're making me crave some french fries"

"woahh is that like. A chip truck uniform."

"you're transporting me to an italian restaurant..."

sheepory

The shirt in question btw:


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[image id: selfie of op that cuts out their face and below their waist. They are wearing a large oversized checkered red and white collared mens shirt with short sleeves. End id.]

mugenfinder

Is this you?

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lycanthrop-ee
namek-deactivated20190919

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today you, tomorrow me.

cipheramnesia

I think about this post constantly because while I haven't pulled over to do roadside assistance, I would also be terrible at doing roadside assistance. I would bring nothing helpful to anyone but I think that's not the whole point.

These guys are the right guys to help in the right places. When I'm the right person to help in the right place, that's when today it's me. It's not just about changing a tire it's helping someone with a heavy bag or giving useful directions or holding a door or helping to move or whatever. The thing you can do right now for someone that is a useful thing to do.