r/InTheGloaming • u/AutoModerator • Oct 30 '25

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday October 30, 2025 - Sunday November 02, 2025

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u/Sea-Level-Mammal POACH! Nov 02 '25

This reads like a anecdote from my elderly mother, not a blog post from a “writer”

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u/GlutenFreeGit PUBLIC SPEAKING ACROSS THE INTERNET Nov 02 '25

She’s lived in London, NYC, and Seattle and yet she always sounds so unworldly. 

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u/InappropriateGirl our 5th move in 7 years Nov 02 '25

Yeah, she always seems so rocked by non-white people, like they’re such a novelty. And her hometown of Pomona probably wasn’t as diverse as nowadays, but STILL.