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Editor @AreoMagazine Secular, liberal humanist. Mother. Doglover. Writing book about epistemology & ethics on the academic left Helen.pluckrose@areomagazine.com

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    Helen Pluckrose‏ @HPluckrose 11 Dec 2017

    "Your face is a cliché!' Things my teenage daughter yells at me when I'm just trying to give constructive criticism of her use of language.

    2:38 AM - 11 Dec 2017
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    • (((Nadim Jasani))) Laura Kennedy nevynxxx Godiva Mahoney (((ɹoqǝɹʇs ɹ ɔ))) Chris The Eclectic Charlie Warren Ferg Not-A-Nation Ball 🇧🇪
    16 replies 9 retweets 92 likes
      1. MarleneJ‏ @mjaeckel 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Time to break out an old tried-and-tested counterattack. “I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it!” 😈

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      1. Mike‏ @citation_needed 11 Dec 2017
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        your face is a meme!pic.twitter.com/csUd571ZIU

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      2. David Clifford‏ @djhc2 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        I couldn't get enough constructive criticism from my parents when I was a teenager.

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      1. Meowski Catovitch‏ @catovitch 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose @drethelin

        This is how it begins.pic.twitter.com/T5CQtbMRy3

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      1. JPSearle‏ @TmQuin 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        That was good. Mine has called me zebra-face the other day. (I have a black and grey beard.)

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      2. Frits프리츠Cartoons‏ @FritsCartoons 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Nice caption for a T-shirt.

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      3. Frits프리츠Cartoons‏ @FritsCartoons 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @FritsCartoons @HPluckrose

        (Hint for a Christmas present)

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      4. Greg Stevens‏Verified account @gregstevens 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @FritsCartoons @HPluckrose

        I approve of this message

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      1. Harold Weaver Smith‏ @hws5mp 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Well in all fairness Helen, the two-eyes-a-nose-and-a-mouth thing has been a bit done to death...

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      1. (((Nadim Jasani)))‏ @Nadjiggle 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        She's not wrong, though. Two eyes, nose, mouth. It's been done, Helen!

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      2. Marty B‏ @radiomartyb_b 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Some say “god gives us children so that death won’t seem so severe “

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      3. Marty B‏ @radiomartyb_b 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @radiomartyb_b @HPluckrose

        I have just become a grandfather a third time due to my youngest son & his wife. This fulfilling my ancient curse”may you have children of your own someday.”

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      1. Jon Klaesson‏ @scarface_83 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        "... and so she slowly realised that the power she once had held, had given way to nothing more than empty gestures of intimidation and swearing..." 😘

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      1. Liz Waters‏ @cdnwaters 11 Dec 2017
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        Next time it happens say, "Oh yeah? Well your eyebrows are a conjunction!"

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      1. Tom Derandere‏ @TTDerandere 11 Dec 2017
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        Teenagers drive the evolution of language.

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      1.  ❌ 🦇 Cy-Fi  🦇 ❌‏ @DjCyFi 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Ha I've used that, i like your kid

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      1. Agrafeuse‏ @BertheZeprofit 11 Dec 2017
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        How do you even put up with this shit?

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      1. Gary J-G‏ @Gary_J_G 11 Dec 2017
        Replying to @HPluckrose

        Odd isn't it how they never seem to grasp the idea of 'constructive criticism' until they reach 30ish.

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      1. Benjamin Stephenson‏ @Pathdom 11 Dec 2017
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        Is the irony lost on her?

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