Moviegoer, movie lover. PNW denizen. Word nerd. Ich spreche ein wenig Deutsch. Handy on a trivia team. he/him, cis First issue soon! The Kinogänger, a newsletter about moviegoing: https://buttondown.com/scarequotes Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/xrvhttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mllpehrbzk2aHappy birthday to America's Copyeditor, @bcdreyer.social, who prefers not to close up the word "copyeditor."11 May 2026 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllpehrbzk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mllm6nkpok2a"Dumbocrats" was old hat when I was a kid talking to my Republican grandparents 45 years ago. No juice to it at all. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllm6nkpok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlj5mg4ufk2tLouder for the people in the back: IF YOU WANT SENSE, YOU’LL HAVE TO MAKE IT YOURSELF. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj5mg4ufk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlk7y5hq222aCurious about what counts as "escaping our generational cohort," because this Gen-X casual music fan loves a lot of the proposed winners in the first post. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 02:27 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk7y5hq222ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlk6ufvlds2v“Ugh Bluesky keeps nagging me about alt text” Just put the goddamn alt text in there. It’s not hard.11 May 2026 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk6ufvlds2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlj5mg4ufk2tLouder for the people in the back: IF YOU WANT SENSE, YOU’LL HAVE TO MAKE IT YOURSELF. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 May 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlj5mg4ufk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlhjwbwzpk2iNot a hot take, but Casablanca still fucking rips. https://static.klipy.com/ii/d7aec6f6f171607374b2065c836f92f4/cb/e8/MtGKU11n.gif?hh=345&ww=498&mp4=6MP3cdC7kTxigT&webm=HaAT9eCb5AXYw6ba10 May 2026 00:47 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhjwbwzpk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlgqwbq2o22fEvery conversation about lexicography and dictionaries makes me wonder what it would take to produce a descriptivist etiquette guide. Or even a Dictionary of American Regional Etiquette.09 May 2026 17:19 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgqwbq2o22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlgowfdzb22aYou know I'm a language nerd because I'm riveted by the details of how the dictionary pros at Merriam-Webster overhauled their online edition to produce the latest print version. A dream content design project. https://www.merriam-webster.com/word-matters-podcast/an-introduction-to-merriam-websters-collegiate-dictionary-twelfth-edition09 May 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgowfdzb22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mletu34ibs2aMY NAME IS DONALD TRUMP NOT A GOLDEN CALF LOOK ON MY WORKS, YE MAGA, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 May 2026 23:06 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mletu34ibs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mleoyu3ov22aIf I called you up, do you think you could deliver my soul?08 May 2026 21:40 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mleoyu3ov22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlcdvprwrk2athe @becauselanguage.com discord was discussing this recently. Who thirsts, in the thirst trap? The predator or the prey? (Or, as I maintain, often both.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 23:16 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcdvprwrk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlc343scfs2aSo: the bullet, but not the ballot. [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc343scfs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mlc2ztjho22aJust thought to search my messages. Earliest one from my son describing something as "peak" is from October 2025, so sounds just right for a word on the upswing. (Son is in high school so probably outside the most generative slang years now.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 20:37 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc2ztjho22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3ml7zx5wkpc2yWhat does a quiz all about Jameses look like? Here’s the LearnedLeague one-day special I wrote. Ran yesterday, now available for anyone to check out. https://learnedleague.com/oneday.php?745807 May 2026 01:12 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7zx5wkpc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3ml56zqolyk2aLoving Lore Segal's novel/memoir Other People's Houses, about a Jewish girl's life in England after the Kindertransport. Other one I loved recently: Bel Kaufman's Up the Down Staircase, a fictionalized account of a woman's first year teaching. Recommended! Both of them! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 22:05 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml56zqolyk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3ml2oenw5vs2aBread and Jam for Werner [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 22:02 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2oenw5vs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mkxo7wninc2cI have embraced my Gen-X destiny and started watching Rockford Files reruns03 May 2026 17:21 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxo7wninc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/scarequotes.com/post/3mkwaqv64lk2tI want the episode of the Dick Van Dyke Show where the Petries go to see Mary Poppins.03 May 2026 03:47 +0000at://did:plc:d6qdsedi2upsda2hxmxlphce/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkwaqv64lk2t