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I think society would be better if more people dressed like Pokémon gym leaders more often.

Elim Garak invented Gaslight Gatekeep Girlboss

Names matter. Translating (or, especially, transliterating) names badly result in texts which make less sense and are less memorable. Here are half a dozen better translations so you can pick up on the wordplay and look smart in front of your friends.

Dustin was the first person crafted from clay in the TaNaKh. You could also call him Sandy or — if you really stretch it — Terrence.

Livvy was Dustin’s second partner after his first rejected him because he wouldn’t let her be on top.

Joshua was the messiah described in the Christian good news, though if you want to use his full title, it’s Greasy Josh.

Rocky founded Joshua’s temple, which is the progenitor of the Catholic and Orthodox churches.

Wideboy authored The Republic and is credited as the father of the Western philosophy.

But please: make sure always to use your newfound understanding irresponsibly.

I aspire to one day offer a player or reader clues revealing an insight with one hundredth as much bone-chilling horror as when the Alvarezes finally understood the implications of the worldwide layer of iridium at the K-T boundary after the peak biodiversity of the Permian.

Why is every single emu in the entire world a monsterfucker? They're all more into their human zookeepers than other emus? How? Why‽

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Don’t tattoo “DNR" on your chest. Nobody is going to delay CPR for even a second unless you have the state-specific signed, dated, & notarized paperwork handy, and even then it's probably not going to be noticed unless someone is waving it in the rescuer's face and advocating for you.