#Anecdote

Paul Bernal

PaulbernalUK

A short free press anecdote, that might be apocryphal but I got from a source that is usually impeccable. During the Cold War, a Soviet delegation went to visit the

Sandra Lindsey

SLindseyWales

I really don't get the fuss made by places as "Birthplace of [famous person]". I mean, if they actually grew up there & referenced the place as being influential on

John Cotter

John_Cotter

/1 Personal anecdote: my dad, who voted against Ireland joining the EEC in 1972 and against every EU treaty revision thereafter, confirmed to me during the week that he is

👑 King David 👑 | Arsenal Headmaster

HeadMasterDFA

Red-pill ideology is helpful for men who aren't intuitive with social cues, body language, and non-verbal communication like facial expressionsFor some men, that does not come naturally and they need

Martin Belam

MartinBelam

I've deleted that thread about the dating app because fuck me I cannot spend the rest of the day getting nit-picking replies from people quibbling with the methodology of an

John Feinstein

JFeinsteinBooks

Today's anecdote: If I told this one before, forgive me, but Brian Sloan's on my mind this morning after Jerry's death yesterday...After Indiana lost to Cleveland State in NCAA first

Siberian Fox

SilverVVulpes

this is even more alien to me than the 'former gifted child' discourse. depression functional? lolwutI had medication for about a year-something for recurrent depression episodes and never again after,

Nicky MacCrimmon

nickyrannoch

Will I be spending lock down Saturday making a thread of every reference to the state of Gaelic in Perthshire parishes from the Old Statistical Account 1791-99? In the meantime

Noble Brown🗡

Sociopathlete

Had a conversation with my cashier at Wal-Mart todayI asked him how he was holding up, knowing how busy retailers have been of late"I'm pretty good; just glad I have

nolly nolly

NOLLSSS

conservatives talk about erasure in the humanities but call out every male teacher in their bullshit manifesto except their non-male teachers lmfao if you arent racist, nothing about your professor

John Feinstein

JFeinsteinBooks

Today's anecdote: First time I met Arnold Palmer was at Bay Hill in '94 working on 'A Good Walk Spoiled.' Had asked Doc Giffin, his right hand man, if I

Jeannette Ng 吳志麗

jeannette_ng

Eye-opening little anecdote from a friend who ran a table top game for his all male gaming group: He genderflipped every character in the pre-written module, resulting in an all

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m_kayIadawn

This is how I found out so many of the random people that I follow on here think that vehicle vs. pedestrian jokes are funny, it’s not funnyhttps://twitter.com/carazelaya/status/1317889997995954177 It’s the

Katherine Arden

arden_katherine

Want to hear something I learned from high school theater (thanks Mr. Pollock) that helped me hugely as a writer? Advice: Don't tell people what they're supposed to be feeling.

bly wallentine

blywallentine

"Believe in science", "science is true": Think of all the violence & oppression which have been justified by science throughout history. I am wary of any institution which demands faith

luciddreamr

luciddreamr

I remember watching an ep of the 1st 48, a Black mother trying to find justice for her child, no one would listen..not police, nobody n she said “If no