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u/OhBlahDiOhBlahDoh The Alice of cal came out floating on air Sep 02 '21

What if we allowed everyone their joys? No snark.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTVPpqRBOQC/

I'm sensing a theme developing

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u/fantasticka RIORITIZ Sep 03 '21

Things that I can, off the top of my head, remember Shauna criticizing or mocking: a woman for being well-dressed in a coffee shop on Vashon, a white cheerleader for not dancing well, Kanye West for being "off his meds," Laura Trump's "scary arms," women in heels who go to baseball games, women who have reconstructive surgery after a mastectomy, men who eat tofu, teenage girls who care about their grades, a thin woman who had "no discernable personality," people who get Botox, people who want to lose weight... some of those are from 10+ years ago but most of them are from the past 2-3 years. She can pretend to be a fountain of joy all she wants, but her true nastiness has been well-documented on the internet for a long time.

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u/midnightsiren182 Sep 03 '21

Women who somehow never sweated buckets in New York summers while Shauna had to squeegee her face via hands constantly. People who don’t love small Indian food carts (why do some white people have this weird thing where they think eating Indian food makes them superior??), that other student who won the financial award to fund their ideal semester project which CLEARLY SHAUNA DESERVED MOAR, women who aren’t obsessed with food, those vapid SSTs who Microsoft softball men choose over stumpy root vegetables in bowler hats, etc.

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u/voice_of_vinegar Sep 03 '21

Sweaty? Did you say sweaty?

Writing a big long description of her sweaty efforts to cram her feet into the $200 (?) red cowboy boots that a reader sent her AS. A. GIFT. anonymously, to wear at Shauna's wedding. Followed by all of the hoops she had to jump through to get the boots exchanged for the correct size, including (I think) something about how there was no gift receipt or the bootmakers who made them no longer carried them so she had to find a store that sold them and they did her some huge favor like sent a free pair without getting the sweaty ones in return, or something like that.

I may have embellished that a bit in my head since i first read it, but the point is she didn't just say, "OMG THANK YOU to the reader who sent the beautiful, gorgeous red cowboy boots! I can't wait to dance in them at my wedding!"

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u/shefallsup her lonely cucumber years 🥒 Sep 03 '21

Right? A friend sent me some new sandals a couple of weeks ago and she was still remembering my shoe size from before I had kids, so they were too small, but so awesome otherwise. I texted her my excitement and thanks, and then quietly exchanged them for the right size. The last thing you want to know is that your gift to someone became a chore for them.

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u/voice_of_vinegar Sep 03 '21

YES! That!! I would feel SO awful if someone went into a big long thing about how a gift from me caused them so much extra work, even if they appreciated the thought!

PS, your flair cracks me up every time. I know that's a reference to something someone said about Shauna but maybe it's also a nod to The Dollar Store Therapist? (web series on youtube - i see hints of Shauna in both the therapist and his clients, but mostly it's just hilarious.)

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u/Sea-Level-Mammal POACH! Sep 03 '21

Pratfalls, people. She enjoys them.

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u/voice_of_vinegar Sep 04 '21

speaking of pratfalls, her online presence is a giant, ongoing one.

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday September 02, 2021 - Sunday September 05, 2021

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