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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 1h

I'm in a bitter protracted legal battle over the title "Mr. Worldwide"

Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 1h

Not lost on me that my boss is a big fan of AI and she knows that I'm very much not, and look who she comes to when there's a problem!!

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 1h

My coworker used AI to make a clinical trial recruitment flyer and it's obviously horseshit so now it apparently falls to me to fix it :-)

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 5h

There's this persistent (willful?) misunderstanding of what people mean when they point out something is a "social construct," it's not that they think crime, elections, gender, money etc. can just be disregarded lmao

a woman is sitting at a table with a glass of wine in front of her .

Alt: Nicole Kidman explaining via gesticulation

media.tenor.com

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 22h

I love the Grindr spam messages that open with “Salut” they make me feel so cosmopolitan

SpongeBob in Paris accessorized with a chic beret

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 22h

Wanna get together and just breathe really deeply and regularly for ~7 minutes on the sidewalk?

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 23h

Having the kind of day where I’m actually grateful cigarettes are unjustifiably expensive 💆‍♂️💆‍♂️💆‍♂️

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 1d

People are always saying this to me, actually!

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 1d

Lol you are very demure about your left-handedness!! I think it's only come up very organically

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 1d

I love New York bc I can't tell if that middle-aged man in a three-piece pinstripe suit and straw boater hat is wearing a costume or if that's just how he dresses

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 1d

If I were left-handed I feel like I would bring it up allllll the time

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Benj @benjrainwrite.bsky.social · 1d

Plus the implications for his apartment size, like I know *I* don't have somewhere to store that many 12-packs!!

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