It’s good to know that we weren’t the only ones driven crazy by people who “axe” questions.
Okay, see, we talked about this linguisitic phenomenon in my grammar class. I don’t remember what it’s called, but it happens with other words, too - my professor used an example of “uncomfortable.” When you say it out loud, most likely, it sounds more like “un-comf-ter-ble,” thus mixing up the position of the r and the t, like how the k and the s are mixed in this speech pattern. However, not many people are out here acting high and mighty because someone said “uncomfterble” like they are with “ax,” and that has absolutely everything to do with academic biases - because “ax” is associated mostly with Black people (and occasionally lower-class whites), it’s viewed as “improper” speech, whereas most people, even middle & upper class white people who are thought to speak the most ~proper~ version of English, say “uncomfterble.”
And a quick Google search yields that even Chaucer used “axe” to mean “ask” within his writing. (Source) (Source)
tl;dr actually caring about whether someone says “ask” ~”correctly”~~ is rooted in racist & classist biases of language so, consider, not.
"bout to ding dong ditch sam pepper"
good to see that this guy is trying to catch the progressive positive attention wave by making fun of sam pepper, just like how he talked shit about nash grier when it was a hot topic
except oops, looks like someone doesn’t actually give a shit and just tries to play his audience like a fiddle
isn’t that awkward, looks like he just rang the doorbell of his own house by mistake
^^^
Reason why I no longer eat there.
At first I was thinking “but McDonald’s burger didn’t go bad”, but then my slow ass got the point.
But then what are we eating?
im losing my mind
My white friend’s mom made this exact meal when I spent the night in 10th grade. It felt like chewing on dust
oh
my
god
do poc not eat chicken and vegetables ?
Lmfao look at this comment
I’m so confused because this is a genuine meal in England? is this some inside usa joke i dont get or something
The joke is that ya’ll had the nerve to invade 90% of the earth for spices and then not use a single one.
http://vitaminw.co/culture-society/womens-history-questions-and-facts
Just a fraction of the cool stuff I learned when researching women’s history.
Rosalind Franklin did not just help. She actually discovered the structure before - Watson and Crick stole all the credit after building a stick and ball version of it.
I wonder how feminists will react to this
Probably ignore it then go back to making male tears mugs and gifs
Actually this is a very common idea among feminists
It’s something feminists have been talking about for years it’s called toxic masculinity and it’s one of the common threads among the topic of ‘Patriarchy hurts men too’. If fact the first time I read about toxic masculinity was on a feminist blog.
If you actually read things feminists talk about instead of straw manning them you might know this but OH WELL
johnlockinthetardiswithdestiel:
"I’m not a feminist but I believe men and women are equal"
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1d: *releases 50th album*
y’all: damn. i was really sure just can’t let her go would be on this album
avet:
avet:
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