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Film Tropes

LOL! This is an amusing thread of people pretending they are experiencing popular film tropes and visual metaphors… Source

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Spell Slots vs Cantrips as a Disability Metaphor

exigencelost shared this great concept for spell slots vs cantrips from Dungeons & Dragons as a disability metaphor. It’s a variant on the Spoon Theory…

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Dead Metaphors

This is a very interesting language history post about dead metaphors and malapropisms. A malaprop is the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding…

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Han Solo Did Not Sign Up For This

LOL! This post about how in Star Wars Han Solo was basically an Uber driver who was just giving some teen and his uncle a…

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Representation Metaphor

Representation matters. This little story is a really great metaphor for representation of LGBTQ+ people and BIPOC in mainstream entertainment: Source: pikkulaku

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Cat vs Bear Metaphor

LOL! homunculus-argument made a good point using a metaphor about a cat vs a bear. Some situations in life are like when a cat chases…

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Arguing Over a Tit Size Metaphor

LOL! This is proof that people on the internet will argue over absolutely anything! Check out this heated discussion over misunderstanding this tit size metaphor:…

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What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger

luulapants posted this story about having a disagreement with their dad about the adage “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.” The metaphor they came…

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Being a Woman Is Like Being a Cyclist

This is a good metaphor for being a woman. Being a woman is kind of like being a cyclist in a city where all the…

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The Orphanhammer 2000 Orphan-Crushing Machine

Anosognosiogenesis tweeted this colorful metaphor about America’s heartwarming human interest stories involving an imagined orphan-crushing machine. If you question the machine, it must be because…

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