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KYM Pony General VII: Live Free or Twi Hard

@Equestria Girls It’s showing near me! OF COURSE I’M SEEING IT! I’m terrified about how it will turn out. I don’t know if I will be able to take 90 minutes of that. BUT Granny Pie said that wasn’t the way to deal with fears at all. >mfw If it sucks, I can at least make fun of it.

Viral Local News Celebrities: Are We Laughing with or Laughing at?

Is spreading and remixing someone’s speech patterns mockery? You’ve heard it said that imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. Linguistically, no form of speech is “worse” or “better” than another, and I think that AAVE (African-American Vernacular English) is beautiful, like some people think British accents sound nice, or what have you. Perhaps many of the people viewing this are having a good laugh at Charles’ expense. But I think it’s very possible for modern folk to enjoy his delivery...

Cousin Marriage.

A child born to related parents is more likely to have some kind of disorder, because it is more likely that both parents have similar recessive genes. Unrelated people have fewer genes in common, making their children less likely to exhibit certain defects. The question is where you draw the line. People can be third or fourth cousins and not even know it, so that’s probably okay. Marrying your sibling is definitely NOT okay. At some point, you have to make some arbitrary line between okay/not...

Alejandro's Murder Mystery Thread, Book X: Dusting Off the Shelf

I never liked this lake. Not enough trees, and too many mosquitoes. But it looks like they’re not the only bloodsuckers in our midst. I hear screams: and somebody points to the lake. “Holy crap! It’s BOB!” he shouts, pointing to something floating in the murky water. I approach, and it isn’t a pretty sight. Fresh blood is still coloring the water around him, the dark crimson mixing with the vomit-green algae in the still water. He’s been shot. “An arrow?” I wonder aloud, not even trying to contain my...

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