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Apr. 22nd, 2013 10:50 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
snarpI don’t want this to turn into some kind of a confrontation, but someone in this room posted their super-romantic fanfic chapter at 1:00 AM last night and left an obvious typo in the first goshdarn line. Maybe that someone should think about doing something about their sleep schedule. I’m just saying, man, let’s not make this a thing.
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People who say stuff like “let’s not make this a thing” and “I don’t want this to turn into a confrontation” are pretty much always being assholes, right? Like those are things you say when you’re making a remark you know is going to be inflammatory and want to signal “I will not take responsibility for my words.” These phrases indicate a conversational drive-by.
“Let’s not make this a thing but it is totes stupid that you are vegan.”
“Why, exactly?”
“Hey, I said I didn’t want to make this a thing!”
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People who say stuff like “let’s not make this a thing” and “I don’t want this to turn into a confrontation” are pretty much always being assholes, right? Like those are things you say when you’re making a remark you know is going to be inflammatory and want to signal “I will not take responsibility for my words.” These phrases indicate a conversational drive-by.
“Let’s not make this a thing but it is totes stupid that you are vegan.”
“Why, exactly?”
“Hey, I said I didn’t want to make this a thing!”
