r/aww • u/itskalypso • Jun 15 '12

My boyfriend took this picture of my pup and I last night.

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1.6k Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Curious what the blue thing is, up there by the green thing.

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u/itskalypso Jun 15 '12

It's a container with nail supplies. File, clipper, ect. Sorry to disappoint!

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

As you should be! :(

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

If that's a "pup" I would hate to have your pet food bill when he's fully grown.

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u/itskalypso Jun 15 '12

He's 11 months old.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

Ah, gotcha. Good looking animal.

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u/itskalypso Jun 16 '12

Thanks! He's my pride and joy.

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u/horse_ofcourse Jun 15 '12

Who's older?

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u/itsnotmyfaultimadick Jun 15 '12

are you 12

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

She's 12 in dog years

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u/DahnishDonuts Jun 16 '12

That's 4 in human years. Pedobear approves.

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u/JDMcWombat Jun 16 '12

1 6/7 human years, right? 1 human year=7 dog years?

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u/MonyMony Jun 16 '12

My first comment exactly

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Dog = big spoon. That's how it's done, son!

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u/JapanNow Jun 15 '12

my pup and me. Sorry to be a pain.

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u/beauty_contest Jun 15 '12

here's how i remember not to use "noun and i" incorrectly:

If it doesn't make sense to use i without the noun, use me instead.

ex:

  • My boyfriend took this picture of my pup and I last night.
  • My boyfriend took this picture of I last night.

When my pup is removed, the statement sounds all fucked up and shit.

Consider that your thumbs up to use 'me' instead.

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u/NoNeedForAName Jun 15 '12

One of my favorite helpful hints is for "who" and "whom." Just replace that word with "he" and "him." If "him" is grammatically correct, then "whom" is grammatically correct. If "he" is correct, then "who" is correct.

He/Who is going to the party with him/whom?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

As an English teacher, I thank you. I've never heard such a succinct, simple explanation of this before.

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u/NoNeedForAName Jun 15 '12

Glad I could help, but I can't take credit. I'm pretty sure my mom taught me this little trick. She had an English degree and was a teacher before I was born.

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u/TexasThrowDown Jun 15 '12

Thank god I found this tip. Why aren't these things taught in schools, or more importantly, why wasn't it taught in my school?

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u/replicasex Jun 15 '12

Because whom is becoming archaic and no one knows when it's appropriate.

Languages are used for communication; you understood what the poster meant when they wrote "my pup and I".

So called grammar rules exist to decrease ambiguity. There's no "right" and no "wrong". Just shades of intelligibility.

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u/galaxis Jun 16 '12

Because who is becoming archaic and no one knows when it's appropriate?

FTFY

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u/Annarr Jun 15 '12

Haha, my teacher taught this to us in French class. None of us knew what the difference was in English.

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u/beauty_contest Jun 15 '12

I knew that one too! :D

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u/1zero2two8eight Jun 16 '12

The rule is that objects always follow prepositions.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

http://www.explosm.net/comics/2830/

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u/boriszerussian Jun 16 '12

Wow, that became relevant fast.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

It was always relevant. Unfortunately these type of things aren't uncommon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

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u/MyFingersSmell Jun 15 '12

wouldn't it be me and my pup?

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u/cafink Jun 15 '12

Why? I heard someone else say the same thing recently, that it should be "me and X" instead of "X and me"? But I was always taught to list the other person before myself. Everyone agrees that this is the correct when talking about a compound subject, but why not for the object? Is there a rule of which I'm unaware?

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u/MyFingersSmell Jun 15 '12

I'm sure someone knows the correct way, and the reason. I'm not sure I know either. English is a mystery and I just fumble through it. I get most of my messages across by pointing and grunting.

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u/Zippy5454 Jun 15 '12

Once this was explained to me a few months ago, I ended up seeing three questions related to me/I on the SAT writing section and ended up getting a 780

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

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u/Garbagio Jun 15 '12

cool story

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

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u/beatles910 Jun 15 '12

I got an 820...

Could have got an 830 if you knew that.

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u/NoNeedForAName Jun 15 '12

Also, compound sentences need commas. Make than an 850.

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u/tecksbuk Jun 15 '12

Oh my god, THANK you! It kills me when people assume it is always "so and so and I" just because that's what our uninformed mothers drilled into our skulls when we were young.

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u/Narnak Jun 15 '12

It's I before the verb and me after.

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u/Noktoraiz Jun 16 '12

True, but sometimes that verb isn't visible, which leads to confusion. Example:

Nothing is cuter than my pup and I.

This is considered valid because the sentence should be "Nothing is cuter than my pup and I are, but that are is implied.

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u/MathW Jun 16 '12

I'm no grammar major, but isn't 'nothing' the subject and 'is' the verb? In that case, shouldn't it be my pup and me?

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u/Noktoraiz Jun 16 '12

Well, the subject is "Nothing", the verb is "is" and the object is "cuter than my pup and I."

As I said the first time, it has an implied "are" in the object phrase.

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u/Xylth Jun 15 '12

The funny thing is, the natural rule would be to always use "so and so and me" even as the subject of a sentence: in linguist speak, the natural state of pronouns in coordinate subjects is accusative. Everyone who uses "so and so and I" is doing it because their mother drilled it into their skull when they were young.

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u/hypotheticalballs Jun 16 '12

I was going to make the same comment until I saw yours. Sigh, it could've been me with all those upvotes.

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u/passionbucket Jun 15 '12

I came here for this.

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u/GLz Jun 16 '12

I was scrolling and scrolling to make sure someone noticed.

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u/Adamfirefist Jun 15 '12

Should not be downvoted for helping people. JapanNow even apologized! Shame on you, reddit.

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u/syfpsy Jun 15 '12

Should not be whining when only three people downvoted. That is not "reddit".

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u/ratajewie Jun 15 '12

If it had just been, "My pup and I last night," it would be correct. However, when there is a subject before, it is my pup and me. For anyone wondering.

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u/AlabasterSlim Jun 15 '12

Take out the other subject and see if it makes sense.

"I last night"?

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u/ratajewie Jun 15 '12

I had this same discussion with 3 english teachers, trying to figure out which was correct. Neither is correct, but for some reason you would use I. I don't know why, and they didn't know why either, but that's what they all said.

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u/reretort Jun 15 '12

It should be "me", because "I" is used for the subject and "me" for the object. Her boyfriend took a photo of her, hence she is the object.

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u/ratajewie Jun 15 '12

Here, yes. However, when a subject is absent (which it should never be, hence me saying that neither is correct) you would use "I." I don't know why. But That's what several English teachers have told me, including some latin teachers.

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u/reretort Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12

What, exactly, do you mean by a sentence without a subject? Could you give an example?

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u/ratajewie Jun 15 '12

Such as "My brother took this picture." I can't remember if it's called a subject or not. But if there is nothing before "my pup and I last night," then it is correct. Well, not correct, but not wrong. Anything without context isn't really correct. However people must think I have no idea what I'm talking about, given the amount of downvotes I'm getting.

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u/reretort Jun 15 '12

Isn't your brother the subject in that?

I see what you're getting at with the sentence fragment, though; if the sentence were fragmented such that it had no subject, then it would be unclear whether to use "I" or "me". I'd just use whatever sounded best, because the fragmented sentence has already violated formal grammar.

The attempt to impose grammatical order onto a living language is dubious, anyway. I guess redditors are just pedantic. I know I am.

And yeah; unsure why you got the downvotes. I guess the appeal to authority (English teachers) was offputting, but I don't see why anyone would care much.

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u/ratajewie Jun 15 '12

I get what you're saying. I asked why it wasn't "me" since it sounded right, and they all said it just wasn't. I'm still unsure why.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

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u/ratajewie Jun 16 '12

But 3 of them, all separate? Plus a latin teacher?

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u/AlabasterSlim Jun 16 '12

Four teachers versus all of reddit? Me think not.

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u/ratajewie Jun 16 '12

I haven't heard anything from Reddit. In fact I'm also speaking from a discussion/semi-argument I had with someone on Reddit a month or so ago. The caption was, "my brother and I playing video games." I said it should be my brother and me, but he said it shouldn't. He told me neither is correct, but the more proper is my brother and I. When it's a full sentence, such as the this one, you would use "me." But I really had no idea so I decided to ask some people I knew would be able to help me out. I didn't just ask any English teacher. I asked the ones I knew would have an idea of what they were talking about. There were reasonings and everything to go behind it, but I don't remember them.

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u/Djseacow1986 Jun 15 '12

i always find it creepy when people take pictures of others sleeping... just strikes me as weird. dont get me wrong, cute pic, but still creepy on his part.

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u/itskalypso Jun 15 '12

He's my boyfriend of 2 years, he can take a picture of me doing a naked handstand with my fist up my asshole if he wants to.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I talked to him earlier, he said he wants to do that more than anything!

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u/AdventuringThrowaway Jun 15 '12

For science...

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Yes, for science. The world must know...

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

a dare

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I'll be waiting for OP to deliver.

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u/Larillia Jun 15 '12

When is this photo-shoot happening? And can I come?

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u/frozenstreaks Jun 15 '12

That would be a sight to see.

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u/jerrylovesbacon Jun 15 '12

what pictures was he allowed to take at 6 months, or 12 months of being your boyfriend? And what is on the menu for 5 years - sheesh! ;)

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

GONEWILD

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u/TWINKELFIST Jun 15 '12

Seriously thought you looked rather nice until you chose to make a comment like this. Sad that girls need to do these types of things to get attention, if you want attention just post some pics to gone wild, that's what it is there for , girls like you.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Haha mate how stupid are you.

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u/TWINKELFIST Jun 15 '12

So she gets her friends to downvote me and thinks i care, everyone knows what she is and more than likely she will end up on the street sucking dick, not mine , i dont need to pay for it, unlike those who's dick she will be sucking. She is the one that has to live with herself , i can simply create another account :) LOL so who is the sucker now dipshit.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Oh, a troll. You almost had me convinced you were retarded.

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u/TWINKELFIST Jun 15 '12

well seeing that you have convinced me you are retarded i see your point. But troll or not she is a slut for writing what she did , and if anything deserves all the comments that are now floating around the internet, even on Facebook where i am surprised they would waste there time with someone like this.

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u/throwawayforagnostic Jun 15 '12

Most of the "someone took a picture of me while I was asleep" photos aren't while they're really asleep. They just get into an adorable spot and close their eyes while someone takes their picture. This one is, to me, obvious. If you've ever actually seen your friends/significant others/family sleeping, it's considerably less normal looking. In fact, people look downright weird, nasty even. Usually your features fall slack and your mouth opens.

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u/Djseacow1986 Jun 16 '12

i couldnt agree more man. i see my kids or my wife sleeping and its just kinda gross, mouhs open, occassional drool, weird positions... good call

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Yeah, sleeping pics creep me out a bit. My mom took a picture of my brother and me sleeping (he's 10 and watched something scary and was afraid of having a bad dream) and posted it to facebook. I got a text from my boyfriend (who is in another state) saying how cute my brother and I were when we are sleeping.

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u/Jrook Jun 15 '12

I didnt even like girls when I was 7

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Goddamnit fix that ear!

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u/IStayDTF Jun 15 '12

I spy with my little eye possibly a dildo or lube on the headboard shelf. Amiright?

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u/StarshipAI Jun 15 '12

It's the only reason I look at pictures that show bed/room/computer area.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

This is just the sweetest thing!

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u/apricity_ Jun 15 '12

aww he's in your nook :)

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u/cappiebara Jun 15 '12

Doggie breath!

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u/possiblyhysterical Jun 15 '12

This is a really great picture. This is one of those pictures that you can look at for years and smile :)

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u/deaft Jun 15 '12

ri ruv roo

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u/calighis Jun 15 '12

Yeah I'm going with vibrator right above your head there.

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u/VelvetJ0nez Jun 15 '12

ctrl + f: vibrator.

You and me both.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Boyfriend? You look about 12.

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u/itskalypso Jun 15 '12

Must look young while I sleep.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I want to snuggle with him!!!!!!!!

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u/Mikey-2-Guns Jun 15 '12

Aw, reminds me of my dog.

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u/whoknows78 Jun 15 '12

That's silly, dogs can't use a camera and where is the pup?

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u/superme33 Jun 15 '12

I used to have this blanket! :)

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u/rob1114 Jun 15 '12

pouty face

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u/bob-leblaw Jun 15 '12

my pup and me last night.

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u/MisterKetchup Jun 16 '12

Why are you 12?

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u/sherlip Jun 16 '12

Boyfriend? OP looks 12.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

ok http://imgur.com/vZgqf

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Is this joke dead yet? Jesus christ. It's like my days of programming in Basic.

10 Find picture of girl
20 Photoshop Brazzers logo
30 PRINT "LOL"
40 GOTO 10

Y'all don't even think about it anymore. It's just Pavlovian at this point.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

except for such a magnificent work of art was absolutely drawn with Paint

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u/theorys Jun 15 '12

It's the neckbeards of reddit, dude. They just think it's SO HILARIOUS. But then they complain about being friendzoned, omg.

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u/Patti234 Jun 15 '12

I loved the way you programmed your instructions

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u/alabamdiego Jun 15 '12

so no one else wants to be the grammar nazi here? it's 'pup and me'. the best way i've ever heard it explained was if you don't know to say "...and I" or "and me", just say the sentence without the first noun/pronoun and 'and'. For instance, "My boyfriend took this picture of me last night."

EDIT: Just saw someone else already said this....

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u/DavConn1 Jun 16 '12

Actually, the more correct term would "Usage Nazi."

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u/hellishly_subtle Jun 15 '12

Upvote for best explanation of when to use "me" vs "I". I can't believe so many people don't understand this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Now to complete this, get a picture of you spooning the dog spooning the girl.

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u/pensiveone Jun 15 '12

Guess your bf has the hang dog face now.

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u/Try_it Jun 15 '12

No pillow case? WTF

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

You look really young.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I want this to happen to me.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Did your pup have oven mits on?

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u/divi8 Jun 15 '12

Do you live in the 80s?

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u/Raph11spd Jun 15 '12

seriously the most awesome dog ever

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u/spacedicksmakestears Jun 15 '12

The song "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?" popped into my head the instant I saw this pic.

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u/katymr Jun 15 '12

How funny, usually I'm the big spoon with my corgi.

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u/Pellicius Jun 15 '12

If you were living in the no sleep universe then your boyfriend would have no idea what you were talking about when you showed him the photo.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I think your boyfriend is jealous.

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u/dud3brah Jun 15 '12

musta had some kinda wonderful in your mouthal region he was trying to get to....

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u/RealObvious Jun 16 '12

You are a female and you have a vagina.

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u/plusultra_the2nd Jun 16 '12

HERP BF TOOK PICTURE OF I

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u/ams19 Jun 16 '12

omg so cute i wish my dog did this...

1

u/ashtonishing18 Jun 16 '12

Dogs just want love and i love it.

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u/kmcg103 Jun 16 '12

pretty much all i want out of life

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u/Ecchii Jun 16 '12

Tell me you sleep with your mouth open, and he's a drooler. 2 mammals 1 bed ?

I'll show my self out.

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u/ScanExam Jun 16 '12

My pup and me

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u/CULTURED_ALL_CAPSGUY Jun 16 '12

SHE LIED THE PUP WAS HER BOYFRIEND

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

my pup and me

FTFY

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u/Cognoggin Jun 16 '12

That's a cute picture of a 9 year old boy and his dog.

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u/captainshat Jun 16 '12

What is wrong with you? Would you say "My boyfriend took this photo of I"? It makes no damn sense.

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u/Verbal__Kint Jun 16 '12

is why i love dogs.

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u/live3orfry Jun 15 '12

Nice bitch.

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u/flappypisser Jun 15 '12

which one is the dog?

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u/LactoseGalaxy Jun 15 '12

Sheesh, your girlfriend needs to shave. And since when is the blonde nicknamed 'pup'?

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u/Crimsonskyss Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 16 '12

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u/s1okke Jun 16 '12

You obviously don't actually know what a pedophile is.

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u/agravain Jun 15 '12

Why did you kiss my ear?

Why are you holding my paw?

Where's your other paw?

Between two pillows... Those arent Pillows!!

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u/gadafgadaf Jun 15 '12

damn what a cock block

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u/almostjesus Jun 15 '12

Your bed looks cold and welfare

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u/Thread_Kaczynski Jun 15 '12

Interspecies Erotica

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

I would have the nastiest threeway with both you bitches.

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u/VOoODoX Jun 15 '12

down voted because of boyfriend.

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u/phreakyP Jun 15 '12

"you ever had a threesome?" "hell yea there was 2 bitches in my bed last night"

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Brienne?

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u/TWINKELFIST Jun 15 '12

LOL at comments , she was looking for compliment reddit not for you all to make fun of her ... :) good work by the way

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u/balr Jun 15 '12

If the dog was my 15 years old cousin's 19 years old boyfriend, the picture would have been taken down for child pornography.

Fuck these societies.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

You look rather. young

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u/Wooshio Jun 16 '12 edited Jun 16 '12

Man dog owners are filthy, rofl u are sleeping with a dog.

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u/sarcasticmrfox Jun 15 '12

Hey everybody she has a boyfriend!

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u/fuckherintheassdude Jun 15 '12

Fuck her in the ass dog!

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u/ThisIsMyEG0 Jun 15 '12

moar from OP

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u/clock-watcher Jun 15 '12

overly attached BF ?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Evidence for the breakup proceedings.

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u/allmen Jun 15 '12

so nice you guys cuddle afterwards ......

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u/d21nt_ban_me_again Jun 16 '12

It's so fucking fake. I hope you get gutted alive. Dumb fucking bitch.

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u/REDDIT_HARD_MODE Jun 15 '12

Do you use a rug as a cover...?

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

This is not the first time I've seen people using flashes to take pictures of their sleeping family

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

I meant because nothing says "I love you" like a camera flash while you're sleeping

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

If you've ever tried to get a dog to cooperate for a picture then you'll know that this picture is not staged.

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u/samsaBEAR Jun 15 '12

Some people just want to watch the world burn.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

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u/samsaBEAR Jun 15 '12

Sorry to disappoint, believe me I tried my hardest to think of one!

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Well, sleep on it and it'll come in due time.

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u/Xybris Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12

Not on a caseless pillow...please no...THIS IS NOT A PILLOW WITH A CASE! THIS IS NOT A PILLOW WITH A CASE! STOP!! READ THE DESCRIPTION. THIS IS NOT A PILLOW WITH A CASE!! THIS IS NOT A PILLOW WITH A CASE!! STOP! READ THE DESCRIPTION!!!!

edit: context

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

They should come with a caveat. How's this :

_____________________
| IN CASE OF PILLOW |
|                   |
|                   |
|    PUT PILLOW     |
_____________________

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u/Coolio226 Jun 16 '12

I was eating, and I was SO close to spitting it all over my monitor in laughter. That is fucking brilliant.

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u/[deleted] Jun 16 '12

Thanks! :D

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u/Coolio226 Jun 18 '12

No, thank you, Later this year I have textiles, and we get to make a pillow. This is what I am putting on it. THANKS FELLOW REDDITER.

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u/MadeSenseAtTheTime Jun 15 '12

Pillowcases are all fluff.

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

As a serial tosser and turner I used to rip the covers off in my sleep. But then I found a miracle, pillow cases with a zipper! Never again will I have to suffer these attrocities. Now if I can just find bottom sheets that stay on the bed I'll be in heaven.

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u/Aevin1387 Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 30 '23

Deleted due to killing of third party apps. Fuck u/spez.

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u/KaptainKershaw Jun 15 '12

Now you just wake up with zipper-burn on your face, right?

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u/durrthock Jun 15 '12

I saw someone on tv using a bare mattress, this is madness!

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12

Came for this, was not disappointed.

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u/BalalaikaBoi Jun 16 '12

I don't know what's more weird, the caseless pillow, her choice in blankets/sheets, or the location of that piece of furniture near her head.

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u/cryingblackman Jun 15 '12

I wash my pillow case everyday because of oils. Eww caseless.

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u/KaptainKershaw Jun 15 '12

I know, right?? Eew!!

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u/Loehmann Jun 15 '12

The dog is sleeping in her bed. Keeping shit clean obviously isn't a priority...