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“if you’re looking at ur lap and laughing i know u’re on ur phone” first of all my lap contains dick and balls, historically the funniest things ever

school just took my dick n balls away and said i can have them back after class wtf

you post about wanting to "get that man pregnant" and yet you then complain about children existing. i dont think you deserve to get him pregnant. i dont think youd treat him well.

happy 100th birthday to the humble caesar salad

Cujo, a 20 year old black vulture with the American Eagle Foundation! Vultures can consume produce outside of carrion, with personal favourites, but she is a big fan of watermelon.

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@technofinch

hi did you know that ancient mesopotamians buried their dead under the floors of their own houses to always be close to them? i can't write a poem about this but by god i will write a master's thesis

hey, remember this? i just successfully defended this master's thesis and i'm now officially an archaeologist

nice cock but

no idea where i was going with this but i abandoned it at the most disconcerting moment possible

look actually calling things that aren't the brand name by the brand name is something corporations really hate. because if it becomes common enough they stop having the trademark to the brand name.

did you know trampoline used to be a brand name? true facts. the inventor wanted all the imitators to call theirs, like, "elastic platforms" or some shit (i don't remember the specific shit) so he could keep advertising The One and Only Genuine Trampoline (tm). and then we didn't. and now nobody remembers him or his trademark.

aspirin used to be a trademark of Bayer

Per Wikipedia: "Trademark erosion, or genericization, is a special case of antonomasia related to trademarks. It happens when a trademark becomes so common that it starts being used as a common name and the original company has failed to prevent such use. Once it has become an appellative, the word cannot be registered any more; this is why companies try hard not to let their trademark become too common, a phenomenon that could otherwise be considered a successful move since it would mean that the company gained an exceptional recognition."

Examples of genericized trademarks include:

Examples of trademarks that are at risk of genericization (so you definitely shouldn't use these terms; you don't want to take them away from the poor corporations, do you?):

Many of this list I was aware are trademarked names but some are wild. Allen wrench? Really? Fucking POPSICLE?? REALTOR????

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