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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

There are homophobic street preachers outside the Westin. Apparently I've achieved full Auntie, because one approached me with his bullshit literature. I turned my head slowly and looked at him with resting bitch face, no words. He recoiled, backpedaled, and said "you just had to say no thank you!"

aug 30, 2025, 7:16 pm • 1,468 86

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trudl.bsky.social @trudl.bsky.social

Brilliant. Going to practice and that move!

aug 30, 2025, 8:31 pm • 2 0 • view
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paulshinbone.bsky.social @paulshinbone.bsky.social

After this week, I would have been hard-pressed not to knife the bastard.

aug 30, 2025, 7:30 pm • 6 0 • view
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DisDerp @disderp.bsky.social

That’s the spirit! 😂😂😂

aug 30, 2025, 7:35 pm • 3 0 • view
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Michael Roberts is categorically not building machetebots @vivtek.com

Doing the work of the angels.

aug 30, 2025, 8:12 pm • 6 0 • view
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quiltbyhand.bsky.social @quiltbyhand.bsky.social

Go get ‘em Auntie! I hope to emulate your vibe in similar circumstances.

aug 30, 2025, 9:29 pm • 3 0 • view
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Orry K @msbak.bsky.social

You did the ABSOLUTE right thing. People like this do not take a nice"no" for an answer.✊

aug 30, 2025, 7:30 pm • 8 0 • view
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Luci-Lu @obdami.bsky.social

Dang, you sound like a rough customer.

aug 30, 2025, 9:28 pm • 2 0 • view
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@staceylee @staceyleemw0923.bsky.social

Nice!

aug 30, 2025, 9:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Will Caron @willcaron.bsky.social

“No thank you” how about “fuck off bigot”

aug 30, 2025, 11:47 pm • 1 0 • view
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bloviant.bsky.social @bloviant.bsky.social

Good for you!!

aug 31, 2025, 12:54 am • 1 0 • view
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lavendrlvrny62.bsky.social @lavendrlvrny62.bsky.social

But you did without uttering word🤌 🫶 👊 Bravo 👏 😌

aug 30, 2025, 8:23 pm • 4 0 • view
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Cyndeebee @cyndeebeee.bsky.social

The stony stare… The withering look… It’s been rumoured that it has the power to bring Alpha men to tears.

aug 31, 2025, 12:06 am • 3 0 • view
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🔥🗽🔥SoCal Redhead🔥🗽🔥 @vlf79.bsky.social

And he couldve "kept his hate to himself rather than spread it making our nation so sick."

aug 30, 2025, 10:50 pm • 5 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

🤛

aug 31, 2025, 12:08 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jeff Harwood @j2thesh.bsky.social

You were nicer than I would have been.

aug 31, 2025, 12:40 am • 1 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

Next time I'm going to add, "You should be ashamed."

aug 31, 2025, 12:07 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ken Forbus @kforbus.bsky.social

Nice. One tactic I use is to look puzzled and quietly ask “you can see me?”. Plenty of time to move on.

aug 31, 2025, 8:56 pm • 0 0 • view
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ListenLinda 🇺🇸⚽🏳️‍🌈 @only23togo.bsky.social

Ha! Good RBF is like having a superpower. 😊

aug 30, 2025, 8:45 pm • 1 0 • view
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Merc Fenn Wolfmoor @mercwolfmoor.bsky.social

The cackle sound I made… my cat is looking in like “wtf”. But anyway, high five 😎

aug 30, 2025, 10:40 pm • 2 0 • view
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Josephine Robertson @josephinerobertson.com

My mom has that face without evening TRYING and I am working at developing it!

aug 30, 2025, 7:50 pm • 4 0 • view
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WanderdOff @wanderdoff.bsky.social

Go you!

aug 30, 2025, 7:43 pm • 1 0 • view
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LeftPeggers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇵🇸 @leftpeggers.bsky.social

aug 30, 2025, 8:51 pm • 2 0 • view
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Liz 🧡 🇺🇦🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸 @circaliz.bsky.social

👏

aug 31, 2025, 12:43 am • 1 0 • view
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maskcrafter.bsky.social @maskcrafter.bsky.social

Ah! The power of the resting bitch face is not to be underestimated. It rekindles ‘Mother’s Disapproval’ 🤣🤣🤣

aug 31, 2025, 2:49 am • 1 0 • view
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mjfgates @mjfgates.bsky.social

Blast him! Blast him with your laser eyes!

aug 30, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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Amii @amarae.bsky.social

I love that "You didn't have to be rude about it!" Attitude people trying to systemically eliminate us have. Bitch fuck you, you're trying to say my existence is illegitimate consider yourself lucky I'm not more bold than that or there might have been a brick involved.

aug 31, 2025, 1:53 pm • 3 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

That!

aug 31, 2025, 1:58 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kali 333 @katwomankali.bsky.social

Fuckers! Good job, Auntie!

aug 30, 2025, 8:30 pm • 1 0 • view
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realitycheck01.bsky.social @realitycheck01.bsky.social

Your resting ‘bitch face’ must be a sight to behold … never lose the magic.

aug 31, 2025, 12:46 am • 1 0 • view
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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social

i learned the stare at age 6 and got into so much trouble at school but turns out it's an important talent to have in life as you get older

aug 30, 2025, 7:51 pm • 52 1 • view
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Bo Bolander @bbolander.bsky.social

"well no the child didn't SAY anything, just ... looked at me"

aug 30, 2025, 7:52 pm • 45 0 • view
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Facts Not Fakes @cuetheclowns.bsky.social

As a kid, I got smacked in the face more than once by my parents for giving them “that look.” Didn’t even really know I was doing it. Now I’ve honed it into a useful life skill. 😁

aug 31, 2025, 12:50 am • 1 0 • view
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C Cameron @ccameron.bsky.social

You're in your baba yaga years? (And brava!!)

aug 31, 2025, 5:28 am • 2 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

Guess so! Gonna work it!

aug 31, 2025, 12:06 pm • 2 0 • view
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Pacific Blues @better-2b-blue.bsky.social

You did say no thank you. Only more efficiently and effectively

aug 31, 2025, 5:48 am • 2 0 • view
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JCM Berne; author of Wistful Ascending @jcmberne.bsky.social

Ah, enjoy the Westin. It's my happy place (couldn't do DragonCon this year, did WorldCon instead).

aug 30, 2025, 9:09 pm • 2 0 • view
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Palamedes @palmedes.bsky.social

Well Done!

aug 30, 2025, 10:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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LeadfootLauriej @leadfootlj.bsky.social

Excellent work !!!!!

aug 31, 2025, 1:08 am • 1 0 • view
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Desert Dog Dad @caristocratico.bsky.social

Give ‘em hell!

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aug 30, 2025, 10:46 pm • 7 0 • view
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Nathalie @spacedlaw.bsky.social

Well done!

aug 30, 2025, 7:22 pm • 3 0 • view
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Irritable Yet Soporific @psychopropane.bsky.social

I'd have tried to convert him to Quakerism.

aug 31, 2025, 8:12 pm • 0 0 • view
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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social

I aspire to this level of RBF.

aug 30, 2025, 8:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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BleedingBlue🟧 🌊🌻 @jenjrbskb523.bsky.social

... and YOU just had to NOT approach me with your nonsense "literature"...

aug 31, 2025, 6:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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George Spiggott @gspiggott.bsky.social

I am an emissary and may not be assailed!

aug 30, 2025, 10:44 pm • 0 0 • view
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Kpow💥 @kpow70.bsky.social

🥰🥰welcome sister to the hood😂

aug 30, 2025, 11:41 pm • 1 0 • view
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Tina G @twocatsnme.bsky.social

I’ve been told that I have a really intimidating RBF. I’d love to use it like that!

aug 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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Tina G @twocatsnme.bsky.social

Nice! 💕

aug 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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Steven Angermann @sdamackay.bsky.social

Where might I attain such Uncle RBF powers?????

aug 30, 2025, 8:09 pm • 3 0 • view
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TXDede & MinkaTXDoggess @txdede.bsky.social

Resting bitch face is just a tad bit less than a scowl. Most men can scowl pretty well, so you could go with that.

aug 30, 2025, 8:23 pm • 1 0 • view
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MoolticlassGeek @moolticlassgeek.bsky.social

Kin to the school bus driver voice!

aug 30, 2025, 7:51 pm • 2 0 • view
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EcoHacker @ecohacker.bsky.social

aug 31, 2025, 10:49 am • 1 0 • view
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Kai TechnoLust (he/him) @technolust.bsky.social

I remember those guys! They have no sense of humor.

aug 31, 2025, 12:51 am • 3 0 • view
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kikime2.bsky.social @kikime2.bsky.social

You could teach a seminar in that. Or give a Ted talk. My only good one is when I'm approached by Scientologists, I say, "I've been com-eved." That's like being excommunicated. They're not supposed to talk to you. Though I did once give a lesson in the Tao Te Chung to a Mormon missionary.

aug 31, 2025, 2:24 am • 3 0 • view
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Be Love ❤️ @beloveky.bsky.social

I can see the scene! 🤣🤣

aug 31, 2025, 1:17 pm • 1 0 • view
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alex fox @alexfox.bsky.social

the power of RBF cannot be understated

aug 30, 2025, 7:25 pm • 10 0 • view
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Sweetiesue1111 @sweetiesue1111.bsky.social

WooHoo!! Great job!!

aug 31, 2025, 10:30 am • 1 0 • view
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the8tregirl.bsky.social @the8tregirl.bsky.social

The Westin where? I wanna go practise my stare🙄

aug 30, 2025, 10:12 pm • 1 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

Atlanta. I'm at Dragon Con!

aug 30, 2025, 10:19 pm • 2 0 • view
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the8tregirl.bsky.social @the8tregirl.bsky.social

Not near me! I’ll have to look for my own group of dangerous idiots to stare down😉 Well done you, btw.

aug 30, 2025, 10:21 pm • 3 0 • view
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C. L. Polk @clpolk.com

AN AUNTIE HAS ASCENDED

aug 30, 2025, 8:01 pm • 50 0 • view
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Dan Po @dan-po.bsky.social

I agree. These folks are not owed polite anything from us.

aug 30, 2025, 8:05 pm • 5 0 • view
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Gogopoet @gogopoet.bsky.social

aug 30, 2025, 8:25 pm • 3 0 • view
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Scott Silver @hihosilver28.bsky.social

Congrats on Auntie status!

aug 30, 2025, 8:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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feraldive @drichards915.bsky.social

No, you absolutely had to give him the dirty look.

aug 30, 2025, 10:30 pm • 2 0 • view
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Nicole Gugliucci @ DragonCon @noisyastronomer.com

Thank you for your service ❤️❤️❤️

aug 30, 2025, 9:56 pm • 6 0 • view
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Beachbatcher 99 @beachbatcher.bsky.social

Boss level RBF power unlocked 🙌

aug 30, 2025, 8:21 pm • 6 0 • view
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Hater Tot @hatertot27.bsky.social

Deadly 🪶

aug 30, 2025, 11:06 pm • 1 0 • view
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Amy @saturnbeth.bsky.social

If looks could kill…🤣 Love that!

aug 31, 2025, 10:36 am • 2 0 • view
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Chloe Birney @zivademeter.bsky.social

Mazel Tov; thou hast peaked.

aug 30, 2025, 8:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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Knox Onwood, Drag King @knoxonwooddragking.bsky.social

Well done 👍 Bravo! 👏

aug 31, 2025, 1:26 am • 1 0 • view
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Matando @strelsky.net

The homophobic preachers can fuck right off, but I'll give you an "amen" for your nonverbal response. Even better, I'll give you a "hell yeah" to go with it.

aug 30, 2025, 11:00 pm • 3 0 • view
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A Faerie in Fal’halaen @falhalaen.bsky.social

aug 30, 2025, 8:00 pm • 2 0 • view
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Marilyn Rude @marilynrude.bsky.social

They expect you to be polite… they have the self awareness of bathing cat.

aug 30, 2025, 7:22 pm • 7 0 • view
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Bill Bodden @b1llz1lla.bsky.social

Clearly, you didn’t have to say ANYTHING to put the fear of his God in him. Well done!

aug 30, 2025, 9:46 pm • 5 0 • view
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culturedropout.bsky.social @culturedropout.bsky.social

Bonus points if his hair started smoking.

aug 31, 2025, 9:13 am • 1 0 • view
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culturedropout.bsky.social @culturedropout.bsky.social

👏 👏 👏

aug 31, 2025, 9:11 am • 1 0 • view
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lostangelas @lostangelas.bsky.social

Lol the Scientologists passing out personality quizzes on the street corners of East Hollywood eventually became afraid of me for a similar reason 😒😏

aug 31, 2025, 5:24 am • 6 0 • view
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Mike @tesladrivenmike.bsky.social

I once argued politely with one of these people and pointed out all the logical inconsistencies and hypocrisy found on the Bible. It was a lot of fun… for me at least. You should try it.

aug 31, 2025, 1:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

I had a panel to get to.

aug 31, 2025, 1:31 pm • 1 0 • view
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Karl @battlscarredbear.bsky.social

👍✊

aug 30, 2025, 9:37 pm • 1 0 • view
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Bullix @bullix.bsky.social

Him: “You just had to say no thank you!” You: “well, now you know how the gays feel about you 😐”

aug 31, 2025, 7:34 am • 2 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

Precisely

aug 31, 2025, 12:05 pm • 2 0 • view
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Bullix @bullix.bsky.social

I love this btw

aug 31, 2025, 2:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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Meg Frank @peripateticmeg.bsky.social

this feeling is so delicious

aug 30, 2025, 7:38 pm • 10 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

❤️ Yes, I am a woman in a skirt with long hair and a wedding ring. Also, fuck you, you antisocial fuck.

aug 30, 2025, 7:39 pm • 27 0 • view
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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social

Femme feminists FTW.

aug 30, 2025, 8:06 pm • 12 0 • view
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Lady Tina Murphy @tinamur.bsky.social

"No thank you" never works with that type.

aug 31, 2025, 6:56 am • 1 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

I hope he wakes up at 2am wracked by shame.

aug 30, 2025, 7:16 pm • 243 1 • view
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withinreasonvmd.bsky.social @withinreasonvmd.bsky.social

That would be nice, but assumes that they are capable of human emotions.

aug 30, 2025, 7:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Olden Cranky 🇨🇦 @olden-cranky.bsky.social

That kind never does, sweetie.

aug 31, 2025, 11:00 am • 0 0 • view
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Roby @roby-zz-dahlia.bsky.social

Good for you. Being polite to those who threaten our way of life is so yesterday.

aug 30, 2025, 7:21 pm • 2 0 • view
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ferunando @gureito.bsky.social

sadly, i think shame is beyond them. i would settle for cold sweats after a nightmare about being cornered, accused of something they have no idea what it is /pensive-shrug

aug 30, 2025, 7:26 pm • 2 0 • view
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social

I hope he wakes up at 2 am wracked by food poisoning, but that's just me

aug 30, 2025, 7:29 pm • 111 1 • view
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Jesper Haglund @jesperhaglund.bsky.social

And that someone's replaced the bible in his hotel room with a Tom of Finland artbook.

aug 30, 2025, 7:38 pm • 40 1 • view
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Sinister Sabine @sabinev5.bsky.social

Or, hear me out, all of the above.

aug 30, 2025, 7:39 pm • 39 0 • view
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Syl @suddensyl.bsky.social

🤣 Perfect! They’d probably ruin the book though. The pages would be stuck together.

aug 30, 2025, 8:05 pm • 1 0 • view
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Nazg🍉lista @nazgulhead.bsky.social

The lord (or lady) acts in mysterious ways

aug 30, 2025, 7:46 pm • 1 0 • view
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social

More wracking is good for these people. There's been a dearth of wracking.

aug 30, 2025, 7:48 pm • 9 0 • view
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Kate Elliott @kateelliottsff.bsky.social

Indeed

aug 30, 2025, 8:01 pm • 6 0 • view
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Victoria Rose Martin @vixterina.bsky.social

I like the way you think

aug 31, 2025, 10:32 am • 1 0 • view
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Sagittarius A* @sagastar.bsky.social

people like that lost their capacity for that years ago, sadly

aug 30, 2025, 7:17 pm • 3 0 • view
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Meredith 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @smoemeth.bsky.social

I go through life aspiring to appear in the dreams of young children who annoy me on airplanes.

aug 30, 2025, 8:40 pm • 2 0 • view
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Anna Roid @anna-roid.bsky.social

In my experience they can't feel shame.

aug 31, 2025, 4:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Kohala @kohala.life

You did very well.

aug 30, 2025, 7:52 pm • 2 0 • view
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MamaJava☕️ @mamajava.bsky.social

My hero(ine)!

aug 30, 2025, 8:09 pm • 2 0 • view
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Marguerite ⚖️🐾🐜🐍🦉🐋🌸🌳 @candyworks.bsky.social

I need some of your rbf. It’s handy. I could put someone in their place even while I’m chewing.

aug 30, 2025, 10:38 pm • 1 0 • view
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the Craftorialist 🧵🧶🍉 @goodlinnet.bsky.social

🤣

aug 31, 2025, 12:22 am • 1 0 • view
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Vivian Shaw @ceruleancynic.bsky.social

I like doing the mad blank stare and then smiling slowly, if I have time and can be bothered, but the death glare is also a quality choice.

aug 30, 2025, 9:03 pm • 19 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

Yes indeed

aug 30, 2025, 10:20 pm • 5 0 • view
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✨Karma Vigilante✨ @kitty93.bsky.social

I love you

aug 30, 2025, 8:01 pm • 3 0 • view
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Harry Turtledove @hntdove.bsky.social

Brava!

aug 30, 2025, 9:04 pm • 14 0 • view
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Whitney Blankenship, Ph.D @wblankenship.bsky.social

My version is the teacher look; equally effective. If needed follow up with the teacher voice.

aug 30, 2025, 11:42 pm • 1 0 • view
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KaliDestroyer @kalidestroyer.bsky.social

You’ve unlocked a new power

aug 30, 2025, 7:17 pm • 13 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

I like it.

aug 30, 2025, 7:18 pm • 11 0 • view
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R Sitze @rd.sitze.net

My kids dread that face so much....

aug 30, 2025, 7:21 pm • 3 0 • view
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Victoria Rose Martin @vixterina.bsky.social

After reading the comments, I realize I must master this technique

aug 31, 2025, 10:34 am • 1 0 • view
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Cleaning out My Purse @shadowfax451.bsky.social

Well done!

aug 30, 2025, 7:48 pm • 2 0 • view
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chi-87.bsky.social @chi-87.bsky.social

Go Auntie! Go resting bitch face!

aug 31, 2025, 3:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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kmalidore.bsky.social @kmalidore.bsky.social

Good for you!!!

aug 31, 2025, 1:42 am • 1 0 • view
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Bruce Arthurs @brucearthursaz.bsky.social

"I swear, guys, she had eyes like a phaser dialed up to 11!"

aug 30, 2025, 9:22 pm • 6 0 • view
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Anodyne Handle @tommyg.bsky.social

More power to the Aunties!

aug 30, 2025, 8:09 pm • 8 0 • view
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Mercurywoodrose (code name for decades) @mercurywoodrose.bsky.social

Oh, that’s beyond auntie power. You might wanna reach out to Wanda Maximoff to get some pointers on how to wield this.

aug 30, 2025, 7:20 pm • 14 0 • view
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debhu.bsky.social @debhu.bsky.social

As a lifelong cat person, this strongly suggests feline 🐈 behavior. Tap into that!

aug 30, 2025, 10:18 pm • 5 0 • view
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Gani 86 47 @eseating.bsky.social

I need to like this twice.

aug 30, 2025, 8:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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John Martin @johnandjennyjohn.bsky.social

Take as many as possible and bin them. I do that to the Gideon Bible.

aug 30, 2025, 7:40 pm • 3 0 • view
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LivingTheDream @totallyblue.bsky.social

He should be happy you verbally didn’t belittle him and make him feel smaller than he already is 🤣🤣

aug 30, 2025, 10:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Carl Dershem @carldershem.bsky.social

Well done!!!

aug 30, 2025, 11:41 pm • 1 0 • view
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pjhrose.bsky.social @pjhrose.bsky.social

I think you said "no thank you" quite eloquently.

aug 31, 2025, 12:10 am • 2 0 • view
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Anna Roid @anna-roid.bsky.social

I have a great RBF! Just look at my profile picture. Unfortunately I also am a medium-sized Asian woman and people don't take said RBF seriously.

aug 31, 2025, 4:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social

I believe in you!

aug 31, 2025, 4:53 pm • 1 0 • view