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Ugh, you’re one of THOSE…

The colloquial use is only better when it enhances understanding of what you’re trying to say. Mixing up eg and ie does the opposite and every time you mean figuratively but say literally, an angel is waterboarded.

In conclusion: stop torturing angels.

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For preserving the least toxic and most culturally relevant Tumblr heritage posts.

Image descriptions and plain text captions of written content are expected of all screenshots. Here are some image text extractors (I looked these up quick and will gladly take FOSS recommendations):

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Please begin copied raw text posts (lacking a screenshot that makes it apparent it is from Tumblr) with:

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