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    Homer Potvin reacted to Naomasa298's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    Dickens wasn't necessarily being critical of his society, he was being realistic in his portrayal, especially based on his own...
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    Hey hey. I've been kicking around ideas to expand the forum lately and wanted to return to social media. This was part of the original...
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    Homer Potvin replied to the thread The tomboy trope.
    Zillions of cops here. The females always have their hair up in buns. Not sure what is or is not mandated, but I know that no dress...
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    Homer Potvin replied to the thread Today I learned....
    My corollary to all that--particularly to the students of the world--is don't be an idiot, a fool, or a sucker. If you think anything...
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    Homer Potvin replied to the thread Subversion in Writing.
    I can kind of see that, but was he looking to subvert the institution at the time or just commenting on it? I'm not 100% sure it...
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    Homer Potvin replied to the thread Subversion in Writing.
    Like Nao said, there's the subversions of tropes, which is modern, and regular subversion, which is older than dirt. They're two...
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    Homer Potvin reacted to Naomasa298's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    Those are two different types of subversions. They're doing two unrelated things. One is a subversion of tropes and clichés. You set up...
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    Homer Potvin reacted to Trish's post in the thread The tomboy trope with Like Like.
    I don't think the tomboy thing was only associated with short hair. I was consistently considered a "tomyboy" in the oughts and my hair...
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    A lot depends how your original document is formatted. If you're pasting from Word, and you're writing using the default formatting...
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    We've all been there, trying to copy and pest a text into a workshop post only for it to be completely messed up upon being pasted. This...
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    Homer Potvin replied to the thread The tomboy trope.
    I think that one's dead, Jim. Gender fluidity has probably obviated the effect. Girls wanting to do boy stuff or affect a look that...
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    Homer Potvin replied to the thread Today I learned....
    I couldn't find the clip, but there was a gag in Righteous Gemstones where the money went in a bank style tube up to John Goodman's...
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    I remember keys, and the hide-a-keys! Back before your phone could sub as a key. I stuck mine under the rear bumper. Very handy.
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    In theme, I recently got piano lessons. Or I will have recently gotten piano lessons after I go to guitar class tonight and sign up. I...
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    Homer Potvin replied to the thread Plans for the weekend....
    Gonna sort through some forum stuff. We have a bunch of ideas and conceptualized projects from when we opened that we never really had...
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