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@jonbakos.bsky.social

Assoc. Professor of TESL and Linguistics at Indiana State University. Sociolinguistics.

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I've honestly thought of South Park as just lazy - name literally anything and its stance is "I SHIT ON IT!!!!" I've treated the creators as low-effort numpties who just run the same filter on everything. I don't think it matters to them a lot what the target is, but that's hardly a defense of them.

24.07.2025 17:39 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Because the pollsters and 'strategists' want Republicans to win

24.07.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Big difference without the thousands of goose-stepping Elon-bots

12.07.2025 15:06 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Directed by Otto Fremenger

09.07.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Now he's going to climb TWO MOUNTAINS

AT THE SAME TIME

01.07.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 32    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know, there's some media where it's definitely OK to just get highlights. SNL usually has like ten funny minutes throughout an entire season. Having to sit through the entire thing just to see them would be mind-numbing

27.06.2025 14:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I think there's going to be a bubble burst for some social media sites because they're hiding that their 'users' are mostly bots, and the ads they sell aren't being seen by many humans anymore

09.06.2025 11:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you talk to Caesar he has a really in-depth explanation of why he set up the Legion as it is and the reasoning behind everything he does. It's of course all monstrous, but it's interesting to see that there's a very coherent driving philosophy for everything.

09.06.2025 01:24 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When I was in Shanghai, it was really common in snack sections of stores with other dried fruit, and then the fruit markets carried the fresh ones.

13.02.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lions all the way

13.01.2025 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
12.01.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Final #LSA2025 meal: cheese boat at Saami Somi. Delicious

12.01.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's Mostly Sunny in Philadelphia
#LSA2025

12.01.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Yeah, I was pleased that it wasn't some Terminally Online Only or highly political word

11.01.2025 23:38 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
I can't bear the thought of rawdogging Thanksgiving tomorrow. What should the rules for a Macy's Parade drinking game be?

It's semantic broadening from unprotected sex to more generally going into something with no protection or prep. Don't know how long it's existed, but this Reddit post from a year ago talks about 'rawdogging Thanksgiving' - ie spending it without drinking

www.reddit.com/r/Xennials/c...

11.01.2025 21:10 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rawdog Simulator Buckle up. Lock in. Endure the flight. Put your mind to the test with Rawdog Flight Simulator

Those of you saying this isn't the real meaning, you're right. That's why 'Rawdog Simulator' is about having unprotected sex with planes

www.rawdogsimulator.com

11.01.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice

11.01.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

That's been my understanding, yeah. That they just walked in without any prep or protection

11.01.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I personally like the quantifier branch

"have Some Ohio State University"
"A Few Ohio State University"

11.01.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Given these options we've decided to just let Michigan remain champions and call a mulligan on this year. We're sorry, we're sorry, we'll do better next time" - Charlie Baker, NCAA President

11.01.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Rawdog Simulator Buckle up. Lock in. Endure the flight. Put your mind to the test with Rawdog Flight Simulator

let's all celebrate by playing rawdog simulator

www.rawdogsimulator.com

11.01.2025 01:20 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Rawdog is the American Dialect Society's 2024 Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025

11.01.2025 01:19 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brat has won Most Fun While it Lasted Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025

11.01.2025 01:10 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Unserious has won Most Likely to Succeed Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025

11.01.2025 01:04 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lock in has won Most Useful Word of the Year! #woty #lsa2025

It ate

11.01.2025 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Brainrot has won Digital Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025

11.01.2025 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Luigi has won Political Word of the Year! #woty #LSA2025

11.01.2025 00:40 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Rawdog has won Informal Word of the Year! #woty #lsa2025

11.01.2025 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

'the X I Xed' is Most Creative Word of the Year! #woty #lsa2025

(Ex: the gasp I gusped)

11.01.2025 00:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It's that tiiiime again🎢 #woty #lsa2025

11.01.2025 00:02 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

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