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All posts tagged

literal-minded

December 6, 2013

Like and Literally Make a Deal

by Charlie Geer
September 30, 2009

A Literal-Minded Corporate Executive Gives the Opening Address at his Company’s Sales Conference

by C.L. Mah

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May 25, 2023

A Day in the Life of a Woke Third-Grade Teacher, as Imagined by a Far-Right Politician

by Ashley Ingle
May 18, 2023

HBO’s Sensitivity Reading for Entourage

by Max Davison
May 19, 2023

You’re Going to Love Camping, According to Me, Your Outdoorsy Friend

by Emily Kling
May 18, 2023

Cat Food Flavors Made by Cats

by Tori Multon

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by Tori Multon
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Our Seventh-Grade Band Concert Tickets Are Now for Sale on Live Nation

by Jonathan Weisberg
June 1, 2023

You Think I’ll Buy That Just Because It’s Pride-Themed? Because You’re Right

by Jus Kaplan
June 1, 2023

An Open Letter to My Breasts on Their Working Conditions and Recent Complaints of “Burnout”

by Alice M. Phillips