Ivanka’s 35, which can only lead one to conclude that Donald Trump believes she is an airplane.

Please tell me you are talking about Area 51

oh, I know this! They do it to avoid it being automatically turned into an emoji image. I guess to maintain the purity of the colon-parenthesis combination.

Does everyone remember back in the ‘90s when local news would run segments trying to explain things like l33t speak to parents? Remember how out of touch and cringeworthy that all was?

This is actually a pretty easy explanation. Most social media places have emojis now, so :) turns into one. A backwards smile means it can actually show up as an oldschool text smile. (:

Could be musky in their? Teenagers seem to think if they cover their funk in body spray or febreze the pits and swing it around in the air that it’s technically washing it.

I’ve seen the bar/dance floor setup before, but only at 18+ nightclubs. Having that at an under-18 club is...ew.

They have different reasons for doing it -- after all teenagers are major followers. However according to my 13 year old step daughter, she doesn’t want facial recognition apps automatically tagging her on social media. She wants to choose where her pictures goes. Somehow I think it’s just the ‘cool thing to do’ for a…

I am black. I have been to Medford (Ashland is really the college town but Medford is seedier and right next door). Can confirm; if you don’t mind being objectified it’s like being a bear in a salmon run.

oh my god, someone help, I have fallen down a hole of narcissistic teen trends.

What’s the deal with them making smiley faces backwards. For instance:

It seems to just be girls doing it - it’s probably supposed to be cute and coquettish, or something. Like how Japanese girls (stereotypically) cover their mouths when giggling?

I had a group of friends in the late 90s (all black guys—this is relevant) who used to drive every other weekend from Sacramento to fucking Medford, Oregon, to go to an under 21 nightclub (I don’t remember if the minimum age was 18 or 16, but I think 18). When I inquired as to why in the fuck they would drive like 5…

The most logical conclusion to which I arrived is that they recognize that facial recognition is A Thing and that pictures on the Internet never go away, so by hiding their faces they can hopefully prevent embarrassing questions in future job interviews.

Ah, yes, the Bane pose.

Not all of them. Some have to dig the mass graves.

But he is though?

he didn’t direct the patriot, so you’re off to a pretty bad start here

Lots of directors have stuff like that anyone can nitpick, but they are in fact just nitpicks. These aren’t major enough to detract from the film or direction as a whole.

Nah, he actually is a good director. There’s plenty to give him shit for, no need to make up falsities.