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Word Search: Hetero Pessimism

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Jan 31, 2023
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Sally lives in the UK. Her work has been featured in a Korean magazine about queer people and their pets and a book about haunted prisons. She never intended for any of this to happen.

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  • Kate
    January 31, 2023 at 4:27 am

    I was having a bad day until now, what a timely reminder that it could be so much worse haha

    great puzzle

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  • Laneia
    January 31, 2023 at 5:51 am

    extremely called out by The Notebook and lite beer

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  • maybird
    January 31, 2023 at 5:58 am

    my middle school science teacher was a straight person who was not okay.

    in the middle of class one day, he announced that his favorite band was “maroon four,” then insisted this was the correct name because “ONE OF THEM DIED!” (he yelled most of his declarative sentences.)

    this was 2003, so we could only be mostly sure he was lying until we got to a class with computers.

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    • Deli Twotone
      January 31, 2023 at 10:05 am

      Truly Not Okay on so many levels.

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  • Caitlin
    January 31, 2023 at 11:38 am

    the last two i found were man cave and she shed. feels poetic

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  • Gina
    February 2, 2023 at 2:01 am

    bleak

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  • Marin
    February 2, 2023 at 4:10 am

    Beige is the saddest colour. Funnily enough only a few days ago I was saying (in a room full of queer folks) that beige is a colour I’ve never worn & would never wear. Feeling quite validated here!

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  • MJ
    February 7, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    4 minutes 10 seconds!!! This has to be a new record, because I’m horrible at word searches. Under 5 minutes is fantastic for me; I’m so so happy!!!!

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