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I gotta include the role play exercise b/c it's bonkers. Who is this for? Why is it all about "spanking the monkey" at work?
Exercise 2: Role Play In this exercise, you’ll practice using the idiom “spank the monkey” in a conversation with a partner. Choose one person to be the boss and one person to be the employee. The boss will confront the employee about being caught “spanking the monkey” at work. Boss: “I need to talk to you about something serious. I received reports that you were caught ‘spanking the monkey’ during work hours.” Employee: (respond appropriately) Boss: “This behavior is unacceptable and will not be tolerated in our workplace. If it happens again, there will be consequences.” Employee: (respond appropriately) Practice this role play several times, switching roles each time.
November 8, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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Doing important writing research
Practical Exercises for the Idiom “spank the monkey” Now that you have a better understanding of the meaning behind the idiom “spank the monkey,” it’s time to put your knowledge into practice. These practical exercises will help you master using this idiom in everyday conversation. Exercise 1: Fill in the Blank In this exercise, you’ll be given a sentence with a blank space where the idiom “spank the monkey” should go. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. I can’t believe he was caught (blank) at work! A) sleeping B) eating C) spanking the monkey D) working. Correct answer: C) spanking the monkey. The boss was furious when he found out his employee had been (blank) on company time. A) napping B) playing games C) spanked the monkey D) taking calls. Correct answer: C) spanked the monkey. I heard John got fired for (blank) during his lunch break. A) smoking B) chatting with coworkers C) spanking himself D) watching TV shows on his phone. Correct answer: C) spanking himself Sarah couldn’t concentrate on her work because she kept thinking about (blank). A) her upcoming vacation B) her favorite TV show C) spanking the monkey D) her to-do list. Correct answer: C) spanking the monkey Exercise 2: Role Play
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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@thomasav.bsky.social 1) Not a Dem 2) Not even an American 3) I've neither said nor do I believe that a better world is not possible. I just don't think Michael Hobbes criticising the New York Times is what's holding us back here. 4) You can disagree with me, just don't do this kind of shit to me.
Tommy Valdez (@thomasav.bsky.social) I love it when Dems say shit like, "A better world isn't possible," so they can justify not trying. Quote tweeting: Jasmijn (@jasmijnwellner.nl) The NYT has 11.9 million subscribers, and many more regular readers (I couldn't find the numbers for that in less than five minutes). Most of those aren't leftists or even particularly progressive. If all leftists and progressives stopped talking about the NYT, it would not even make a dent (2/2)
October 28, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Alternatively,
Abolish ICE
September 27, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Release the Epstein files
September 27, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Hell yeah!
Lesbian pride flag (the orange-pink version with seven stripes)
September 11, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Far right groups and individuals are supporting the new flag-raising movement, including Conservative and Reform MPs. Edited from the original by image manipulation, as if it were an essay graded by a teacher.
September 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Alright, that's enough internet for me.
Two BlueSky posts. The first reads: "I’m still on Twitter but on a bunch of occasions recently I’ve seen viral posts that quickly get overrun by paid for blue checks pushed to the top of the pile who rant about “race mixing” or “the Jewish question” or gay marriage. It’s not really useful for making new friends." The second is a reply by Thomas Chatterton Williams that reads: "Social media beyond maybe IG is not for making friends"
August 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Excuse me?!
Excerpt from Wikipedia, reading: "In 1893, Howard Kelly, a gynecologist and pioneering urogynecologist, invented an air cystoscope which was simply a handheld, hollow tube with a glass partition.[1] When the American Surgical Society, later the American College of Surgeons, met in Baltimore in 1900, a contest was held between Howard Kelly and Hugh Hampton Young, who is often considered the father of modern urology.[2] Using his air cystoscope, Kelly inserted ureteral catheters in a female patient in just 3 minutes. Young equaled this time in a male patient.[3] So began the friendly competitive rivalry between gynecologists and urologists in the area of female urology and urogynecology. This friendly competition continued for decades. In modern times, the mutual interest of obstetricians, gynecologists, and urologists in pelvic floor problems in women has led to a more collaborative effort."
July 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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The Democratic party to trans people:
Extreme close-up of Barack Obama's face, from the "then perish" meme
June 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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BlueSky you can't get my hopes up like that
Screenshot of BlueSky trending topics. A zoom blur makes everything unreadable except "Trending" and "Stephen Miller"
June 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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A screencap from Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed. Fred Jones is looking angrily at the camera. The caption says "I Think Coolsville Sucks"
June 11, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Text: "Talk of an epidemic may be overblown, but"
April 28, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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There's a setting for it. You can literally call the default branch whatever you like!
A screenshot which reads: Default branch name for new repositories main GitHub's default branch name is main. You may want to change it due to different workflows, or because your integrations still require the historical default branch name of master.
April 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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A red coloured picture of Barack Obama
January 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Same happens on Tumblr, where it is called "pissing on the poor".
A tumblr post by user drakensberg that reads: "The reading comprehension and overall common sense on this website is piss poor." User poupon reblogged it and added: "how dare you say we piss on the poor"
January 21, 2025 at 5:14 PM