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Left: Samuel Taylor Coleridge, circa 1815. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Right: J. Cole, circa 2013. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Clear Channel)

Mental Floss pairs famous literary first lines with rap lyrics:

SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE/J. COLE In Xanadu did Kubla Khan Pay dues like a hair salon (“Kubla Khan”and “The Last Stretch”)

ROBERT FROST/2PAC Whose woods these are I think I know Creep with me through that immortal flow (“Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” and “Thug Passion”)

VIRGINIA WOOLF/WALE Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself Fall in love with defeat, throw my endeavors on the shelf (Mrs. Dalloway and “The Artistic Integrity”)

OK, just one more:

ALLEN GINSBERG/2PAC I saw the best minds of my generation Destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked See me and hope I’m intoxicated or slightly faded (“Howl” and “Ain’t Hard 2 Find”)

Brilliant.

-Nicole

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I'm not abandoning this blog, but for awhile I will be using twthsndfrtn.tumblr.com - if you have any desire to talk to me (ha) I'll be there

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Aussie Builders surprise public with loud empowering statements in new Snickers Australia Ad.

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Lana Del Rey - 5 Lolitas (What happens when you layer all four demos and the album version)

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Isabelle Dalle. 

store

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good morning class, today we’ll be learning about how life is arbitrary and unfair. i didnt even read any of your essays but you all failed

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My sexuality is “im not fucking you, so don’t worry about it”

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do u ever look at girls and just sigh because you’re really gay like really fucking gay

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there are people who know me irl who think im straight and thats really funny to me

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twenty one pilots-jar of hearts by christina perri cover

(its not autotune its a vocoder)

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WHY CANT EVERY CHARGER FOR EVERYTHING THAT EXISTS JUST BE THE SAME SHAPE AND SIZE

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1. Beata Wilczek 2. Mac Katter 

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DO NOT GIVE OR GET ANY VACCINATIONS FOR YOURSELF OR  YOUR KIDS………..

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Historical Prevalence of the Singular "They": Why any teacher/snobby english major telling you otherwise is Very Very Wrong

In Jane Austen’s writing

FROM THE LANGUAGE LOG AT UPENN

BOY HOWDY LOOK AT ALL THOSE REFERENCES ON THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE

From the NYT (barely reliable source, preferrable to find another)

WOW LOOK EVEN SHAKESPEARE DID IT

… so basically prescriptivists can go fly off into their magical binary land or whatever