Entries Tagged as 'a matter of taste'
our anonymous submitter lives in what she says is a typical college apartment, one that is “not decorated according to any theme.” and yet, in a transformation a college freshman taking lit 101 might describe as “kafkaesque,” one of her roommates has been replaced by your [fill-in-your-own-ethnic-stereotype-here] grandmother.
adds our submitter: “these weird towels wouldn’t dry […]
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Tags: a matter of taste · bathroom · smiley · towels · university · wisconsin
this oh-so-subtle note was posted by mary’s former boss, “a pathetic professor in a backwater institution” where 90% of the graduate students happened to be korean, japanese, or chinese.
“nevermind that he doused himself with great lashings of brut in an attempt to jazz up the bald-up-top-ponytail-in-back look he had going on,” mary says. “there were […]
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Tags: a little insensitive · a matter of taste · clip art catastrophe · fish · microwave · office · smell · spelling and grammar police · university
chonny lives in manhattan apartment with three spirited roommates, and they enjoy, on occasion, knocking back a few glasses of wine for an impromptu roomie-bonding sing-a-long. “one night around 10, after a particularly taxing day, we decided to bring the vibe down with a little peter gabriel,” chonny says. “as we all belted out ‘in […]
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Tags: a matter of taste · music · neighbors · new york
writes an anonymous submitter in new york city: “so, my mom bought me this doormat that says ‘leave.’ ya know, haha, funny joke, like the ones that say ‘go away.’ well, apparently my neighbor didn’t find it too humorous.”
adds our submitter: “some back story: the woman has lived in the apt across the hall for […]
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · a matter of taste · etiquette · kids today · more aggressive than passive · more like crazy · neighbors · new york
as a little weekend bonus, here’s a mind-boggling little gem from our sister site, wrong kmiller. (not really passive-aggressive, but…aggressively disturbing.)
UPDATE: we can all breath a sigh of relief: no animals were harmed in the making of this post. john, the e-mail’s author, has fessed up that this e-mail was indeed a prank-cum-guerilla-marketing ploy. (such […]
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Tags: CAPS LOCK · a matter of taste · dogs · e-mail · guilt trip · sex sex sex · spelling and grammar police · that shit is disgusting · wrongkmiller