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22. The BuzzFeed writer who confused “copy editor” with “copy writer.” These embarrassing errors happen because companies are too cheap to hire copy editors.

When I was in 2nd grade a kid fell asleep at his desk. My classmates immediately pointed it out to the teacher (like she hadn’t noticed), and instead of punishing him her response was “don’t tattle” and “if he’s sleeping it’s because he needs sleep, leave him alone.” It’s stuck with… Read More

I can’t see the tweet she’s referring to either, the Buzzfeed App is super glitchy when it comes to embedded tweets.

When he says “it broke” I thought he meant the car too (since he was looking toward the dashboard). I remember wondering why he bought a car in 7th grade!

I remember thinking hickies were freckles since Rizzo says “I have so many hickies I look like a leper” while powdering her face. When I referred to my freckles as “hickies” in front of my classmates I realized I was waaay off.

Look up “womp womp sound” in YouTube. In cartoons, this trombone sound would play when someone failed or something unfortunate happened. In everyday life, people might say “womp womp” to mean “bummer” or “that stinks.”

My parents did the color-coded thing for me and my siblings. My brother was blue, my older sister was red/pink, my younger sister was yellow, and I was aqua/green. We always knew which toothbrush, hairbrush, sippy cup, etc was ours. Funny thing is I asked all my siblings recently… Read More

I wish the film had more Stormy (who was perfectly cast!) and kept the scene where they all got snowed in. Also not a fan of the choice to set the film on the west coast instead of Charlottesville. Why would anyone pass on a chance to set a film in the Blue Ridge Mountains?

In Community, Gillian Flynn and Allison Brie were both 26 when it premiered, but Flynn played 28-year-old Britta and Brie played 18/19-year-old Annie

That raw milk story was in my local news, it was just a stomach bug that was going around and probably not related to the milk (people at the statehouse who didn’t drink the milk got the bug too). But TV news loves a sensational headline. I agree raw milk tastes great!