Brooke Binkowski

@brooklynmarie.bsky.social

Yesterday I went on Twitter and saw someone say "Go back to Bluesky with all the rest of the former gifted kids" and wow just absolutely bodied

Jun 26, 2024 at 16:12 UTC

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Time Spinner @spinny.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:03 UTC

my god

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eustace @eustace.link
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:36 UTC

I'm in this tweet (and the subsequent skeet) and I don't like it 😭

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Publius Maximus (He/Him) @publiusmaximus.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:52 UTC

The "former gifted kids" are on Tumblr.

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Captain Hurley @zoonie.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:11 UTC

I was thinking just yesterday how,, we're not going to get a swamp of people on here, it's more that SN's are going to fragment in to different audiences and that's how it's going to be. Us = er, oh. Hello.

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Michael vs. 2024 @thepmann.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:22 UTC

They're right, but they still shouldn't say it

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@owenevans00.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 16:50 UTC

My people are here!

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Daniel J. Pool @gywair.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:04 UTC

Ouch, but hey that reminds me--I need to go take my bedtime naproxen.

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Tara @taraandchicken.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:28 UTC

The only reasons we are no longer gifted are 1) we hang out with each other now (small fish, big pond, etc), 2) existential dread made us drink, and 3) it's hard to maintain superiority in gardening, parenting, welding, embroidery, french patisserie, rhetoric/debate, finance and also our real job!

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Anastacya @anastacya.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:20 UTC

Ooooooffffffffff

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JessTerraformEarth 🌏 💚 🌈 💧 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇳🇿 @jessterraformearth.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 09:50 UTC

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Semi-feral Post Monger @dwaynefuhlhage.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:11 UTC

harsh, but fair

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Reply Guy @elandobbs.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:21 UTC

Load bearing “former” is a real elbow to the solar plexus.

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brightshadow is living más 🔔 @brightshadow.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:59 UTC

i mean--

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Orpheus Condescending @maryscottoconnor.com
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 09:03 UTC

I'll take it.

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Chip bitney @fragboner.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:03 UTC

Okay I’ve rangled the spider where do I send em!! Ouch right in my riddlin script

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💫Jaye Allison Ashtear🏳️‍⚧️🔞 @jayeallisonashtear.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:58 UTC

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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:13 UTC

How dare someone get so devastatingly real

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Rackle P. Tang 🦇 (she/her) @rackletang.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:12 UTC

Lol I am "twice exceptional" tyvm (which means I sucked at school but they thought maybe I needed a challenge but the challenge turned out to be my own brain)

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Erika Hall @erikahall.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:31 UTC

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Chris Jones @cjones47.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:42 UTC

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Timothée Poisot @ctrlalttim.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:20 UTC

oh wow ouch

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Andy Pearlman @apearlma.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:40 UTC

look, are you even allowed to say that here. all the collateral damage which doesn't target me at all. but i'm sticking up for everyone else!

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Jeff Mac @jeffmacishere.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:15 UTC

HEY

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Jennifer Rose @jenni4iowa.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:39 UTC

[x] I'm in this skeet and don't like it [x] I resent being called "former[ly] gifted"

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Thomas Fuchs 🔭🕹️ @thomasfuchs.at
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:59 UTC

lol

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furioso @papagarbage.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:20 UTC

ooof!

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Em, midly @lefttheprairie.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:26 UTC

gdi

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alber @captainacab.airbud.website
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:57 UTC

ouch

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Screenlight @screenlight.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:19 UTC

just jealous of me shouting Jeopardy answers at the TV

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Bsky Kreuger @lammatic.hellthread.vet
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:03 UTC

Jokes on them. I was that undiagnosed neurodivergent with a ~2.5 GPA and perfect test scores Also I made a hydrogen explosive, compressed air cannon and giant magnet ball while the adults weren't looking

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Bruce Fulton @dbfulton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:54 UTC

What do they mean FORMER gifted kids?

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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:23 UTC

Fuckin oooof

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Scott Zastrow @szstrw.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:15 UTC

Damn lol. Ouch

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Luna @lunalore.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:41 UTC

UNCALLED FOR 😅

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zeep @ektachrome.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:26 UTC

damn, roasted lmao

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Shaqsquatch @shaqsquatch.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:15 UTC

there was absolutely a round of SAT score discourse in the early days and to this day it baffles me nobody called that weird shit out

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Josh Dobbin @joshdobbin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:47 UTC

oof; this hits me right where I live

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@toomanyjakes.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:21 UTC

Dammit!

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it’s M the Autumn Owl 🍁🍂 @owlinautumn.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:54 UTC

Ow ow ow it me ow

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Aubrey Spacedeer @gayspacedeer.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:14 UTC

id rather be with the gifted kids ☺️ than the grifted kids 😎 YEEEAAAHHHHHHHH🎸

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Sapphic Film Nerd 🪶🥀🍉 @sapphicfilmnerd.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:29 UTC

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Raging Spirit @ragingspirit.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:23 UTC

But when did you know you are a former gifted kid? For me, it was in high school, when my physics teacher got frustrated with my progress designing an experiment involving Palm PDAs and said some things that are hard to properly translate into English. And you know what? I'm proud. Screw all of them

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Dom G 💖🥰💘 @domg.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:17 UTC

How dare. I mean, FORMERLY gifted???

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Trip Kirkpatrick @triplingual.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:13 UTC

GOT DAMN 🎯

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Bethany McCraw 💛🤍💜🖤🌈🌸 @bwellsmc.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:55 UTC

literally a post from just a few hours ago

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stan @stanthemanchan.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:10 UTC

They tested me for the gifted program. I failed.

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Dominique Ramsey 𓆣🍉 @euqinimodart.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 17:08 UTC

I can't believe they cooked me...

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Shoegaze Dad☭ @shoegaze-dad.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 06:01 UTC

Brooke, where can I hide?

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Devilish @devilishlydo.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:28 UTC

Yeah, very few people on Vichy Twitter were told that they were gifted as children.

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Dumbstash @dnlmsstch.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:24 UTC

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DJDynamicNC (he/him) @djdynamicnc.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:12 UTC

Resenting the implication that I'm "former" gifted. I'm still gifted, and it is still fucking useless lol

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amber @glitchsister.com
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 18:09 UTC

bullshit im still gifted

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illumi @illumi.me
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:13 UTC

okay wow that hurts

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Sporkicide @sporkicide.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:53 UTC

I’m torn between “godammit” and “oh that explains things”

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Yopp @yopp.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 05:45 UTC

My middle school used to prank me by putting me in the gifted math classes when I was terrible at math, I don't remember if I made a deal with a genie to get into them but I would pretend I had saxophone lessons twice a week just to escape and I would just sit in the library and read

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Rep. Eric Gallager (no "h"!) @egall.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:49 UTC

oof

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AQR @alexqryan.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:01 UTC

Jesus christ

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FREYA COMICS @jenpallante.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:22 UTC

Heard a guy on x say "I won't go there it's jusr racism and drama" and continue to post on x dot com

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@zendarva.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:31 UTC

They realize the gift is not having to put up with them right?

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PensiveGargoyle @pensivegargoyle.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 10:59 UTC

Ouch. It hurts because it's true.

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Lisa @lisathelibrarian.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:48 UTC

So they have heard of us!

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Geek Grammy @geekgrammy.com
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:12 UTC

Ouch, that one hurt. 😆

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Buffy Summers and Mr. Pointy @buffyann1998.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:09 UTC

Ouch.

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😺Dinogal💙 Road to 200! @sarahdrawstuff.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 16:21 UTC

Ok.... But what if I was never gifted?

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Ryan Crinnigan @spiritduplicator.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:42 UTC

big "'my kid beat up your honor student' bumper sticker" energy

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snipy @snipy.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:32 UTC

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it

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Dr. Wombat @aspyre.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:26 UTC

Is this an insult?

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gawdzie (potato, again) @gawdz0rz.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:36 UTC

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Alyssa Shulman @alyssashulman.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:25 UTC

>:(

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The Grim Reaper @thegrimreapernow.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 23:27 UTC

I thought you were gonna need me for a minute, that was almost lethal

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Moot Question @mootquestion.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:19 UTC

Ouch

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Lynn Gazis-Sax @empressnorton.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:15 UTC

That would be me. But I'm a former gifted kid who has probably done better professionally than the person who sent that tweet and is also doing well outside my professional life, so my feeling is, go ahead, insult me with my former gifted status.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:39 UTC

YOW

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Jacob @raoulduke1976.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 23:57 UTC

Gifted as in a 2.5 gpa?

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Justin Azevedo @arslegendi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:54 UTC

I mean, yeah, I went out of my way to avoid the 0.9-gpa fuckface bullies back in school, too, so I don’t know why that would change now.

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lorem ipsum @whiskeynachos.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:17 UTC

Harsh but fair.

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Necire Jaska @chuffaholic.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:29 UTC

I mean true but.....RUDE.........but true.

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Mike Martin @realmpmartin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:17 UTC

Oof

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scribblegurl @scribblegurl.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 10:18 UTC

Was that supposed to hurt?

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The Kath in the Hat 🏳️‍🌈 @kath67.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 04:20 UTC

Former gifted kids=People who read books for fun

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The Kath in the Hat 🏳️‍🌈 @kath67.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 04:18 UTC

I knew I’d found my crowd at last (btw I’m a former kid but still gifted)

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Carla @carlaelledee.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 09:16 UTC

🤣🤣💀

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The Right Reverend Mayhem @reverendmayhem.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:57 UTC

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aaron @hillenjoyer.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:30 UTC

ok but we’re not formerly gifted we’re just formerly kids

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TravvyJ 🇭🇹🇾🇪🇵🇸🇨🇺🇻🇪🇧🇴🇨🇩 @travvyj.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:48 UTC

Why you going on Twitter tho?

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NightOwl @nightowl.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:18 UTC

yeah it really sucked being smarter than everyone else now still am but know that i'm not! fuck em

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Helen Broom @helenbroom.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:13 UTC

My people.

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Emerson @saldemar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 05:12 UTC

I'm taking my Future Problem Solvers trophy and my special dedicated curriculum and going home

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tomstpatrick @tomstpatrick.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:11 UTC

Were you offended by that knuckle-dragger?

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Oldskoolguitar @oldskoolguitar.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:49 UTC

There's a difference between being right and being mean.

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Zeroisanumber @zeroisanumber.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 05:59 UTC

Alright, well, they got my ass.

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Toasty @toastyraptor.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:57 UTC

I like how that implies that Twitter/X is for the people who don't have any notable talents at all. 😂

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TubaPeter.com @tubapeter.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:22 UTC

Jokes on them. I was never gifted.

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⏱📋David Steinberg⏱📋 @zzyzx.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:35 UTC

I THOUGHT WE WERE FRIENDS!!!

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In An Octopus’s Garden… @cephaloctopi.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 12:18 UTC

We deserve a social club too!

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(X) JASON! @pressxtojasonwrites.com
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:27 UTC

too real

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Foxy ✨Gaming Witch✨🦊🏳️‍⚧️🍉 @foxynature23.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:00 UTC

you may be right, but you dont have to be an ass about it

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Stu Fleming @stuflemingnz.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 09:26 UTC

I am dying. This is extremely rude and accurate.

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CZEdwards @czedwards.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:15 UTC

Better than hanging out with the Math for Living and C- jock crowd.

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Nop (he/him) 🍉 PUSSY IN BIO @voxexsinister.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:06 UTC

Well, that's frighteningly accurate.

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Ashley Hankins Illustration 🌙 @ashleydoesartstuff.com
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:40 UTC

I almost spat out my tea reading this 😂 When they're right they're right lmfaoooo

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@dmlundeen.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 04:13 UTC

I feel seen.

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Heather in Chicago @heatherk.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:14 UTC

The AUDACI—okay fine

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🇱🇷kwh🇺🇸 @kwh561.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 12:34 UTC

😯

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Mark Maguire @markmaguireb.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 08:50 UTC

Take the compliment 😂

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Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:11 UTC

I have been saying bluesky really feels like Twitter circa 2009 - it’s not bad. 😅

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Grizzz @grizzzlay.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:51 UTC

lol holy shit

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Grigory Lukin (rhymes with "story" and "scene") @grigorylukin.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:49 UTC

Haters gonna hate. Potatoes gonna potate. 🙃

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ARadSkullMug @spitandtears.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:50 UTC

In that case I’m trying to figure out what Mastodon is though

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Full Mental Jackass @uncle6.org
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 01:46 UTC

I represent this remark

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BeefReeferLives @beefreeferlives.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:25 UTC

Kind of a backdoor compliment, really...

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c______z @boshyboo.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:15 UTC

How is that an insult when it's just demonstrably true?

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Jay Marose @jaymarose.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 03:24 UTC

It’s weird how that label loses its shine with each year. As an adult I went back to visit the coordinator of the districts programs. First question: “Did you go into politics? Told me you went into politics.”

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Temple Drake @templedrake.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 28, 2024 at 06:38 UTC

My parents didn't pay enough attention to me for me to have ended up in a gifted program.

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Elizabeth Tamny @etamny.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 04:09 UTC

🫠

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Tom Wrongbottom 🍦 @wrongbottom.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 02:25 UTC

X social
youtu.be/ynkmpDMSRvs?...

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Adeyinka Young @jonswift.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 14:02 UTC

“So leave us Nazis alone”

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batkaren @batkaren.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 15:47 UTC

The collective unrealized potential of this site lol

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It's Aunt Masha to you @mashamasha.bsky.social
[ View ] Jun 26, 2024 at 16:14 UTC

Ah that's why I feel at home on here. My whole family is nothing but former gifted kids. Side note, I'm pretty excited to finally see accurate information on Twitter of all places

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