Old Posts for New Subs: Mawkish, Vituperate, Prurient

Sep 19, 2024

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Enjoy a few older posts from the filthy easy archives (now with chatgpt 4-0 images!)

A humorous and slightly awkward scene where a nerdy guy, wearing glasses, a plaid shirt, and a bright yellow Minions backpack, nervously hands a Valentine's Day card to a stylish, attractive girl who appears uninterested. The guy has a shy, hopeful expression, while the girl, dressed in trendy clothes, looks disinterested, glancing away or showing a bored expression. The background is set in a casual location like a school hallway or park, with Valentine's Day decorations such as pink and red hearts. The atmosphere is playful, yet slightly uncomfortable.

Mawkish- appealing to emotions in a sappy, cringe-inducing way

Ex: The mawkish card that he presented to her on Valentine’s day had a picture of them both side by side next to Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, who had a speech bubble that read, “I just had an idea, you ditch your boyfriend and go out with me instead, bazinga!” He knew it was a longshot. The worst she can say is no, right? Wrong. The response the card elicited from her was more along the lines of, “Sheldon is gay in real life, by the way, and you must be special needs if you think I’d ever leave my boyfriend to go out with somebody who wears a minions’ backpack. You know what, now that I think about it, you are special needs, aren’t you? I’m thinking about the minions’ backpack a little bit more now and it makes total sense.”

A claymation-style scene of a construction worker, inspired by Bob the Builder, getting frustrated with a female assistant on a construction site. The characters are made of colorful clay, with exaggerated features like big round heads and blocky hands. The worker wears a yellow hard hat, blue shirt, and a tool belt, his clay face scrunched up in anger. The assistant, in a pink shirt and green hard hat, looks apologetic, holding a rolled-up blueprint. The background includes a clay construction site with partially built structures, tools, and materials, all in a fun and tactile claymation style.

Vituperate- to berate with abusive language

Ex: Bob the Builder returned home after a long day at the construction site, threw his bag down on the kitchen table, grabbed a Coors Light from the fridge, and then settled down in front of his TV to watch the game. He was just starting to relax when Wendy began to vituperate him for several incidents on the job site, beginning with him giving Roley the go-ahead to flatten out the tarmac in the alleyway even though a strung-out meth addict lay motionless there beside the dumpster. “You let Roley flatten out that…that man that was just lying there! Bob, do you have no morals!? I would expect this type of behavior from the goddamn machines, but not from you, Bob, a person with an actual brain, or so I thought.” *Bob takes a long swig of his beer, all the while never averting his gaze from the TV screen* “Wendy, I can’t do this right now. WE’RE NOT ABOUT TO DO THIS RIGHT NOW, OKAY!” *Bob fires the TV remote across the room. It whizzes by Wendy’s scalp and clatters into the wall behind her with a massive thud* “Now you listen here, Wendy. You let me run my business because that’s exactly what it is. MY business. It’s not called Wendy the Builder, now is it? So why don’t you just go upstairs, plug in your headphones and go have a nice cry to that Lana Del Rey shit while I sit here and watch the game. Okay, honey? You think you can do that? You think you can give Bob some fucking peace and quiet for a couple minutes? Great, that’s what I thought. And make something edible for dinner for a change, will ya?”

A humorous scene at a parent-teacher conference where a kid is nervously sitting while being scolded by a teacher, but the kid is wearing an anime-inspired outfit. The outfit includes a bright, colorful jacket with exaggerated designs, styled hair, and accessories like headbands or gloves, clearly referencing anime characters. The parents, dressed casually, are sitting nearby, looking concerned. The teacher, dressed professionally, is standing and pointing sternly. The background shows a classroom or office setting with desks, chairs, and educational posters, creating a tense but playful atmosphere.

Prurient- lewd; perversely interested in sexual matters

Ex: The prurient content of Benji’s notebook was discussed at great length in his parent-teacher conference, much to the dismay of his parents. *Benji’s mom, Gianna, in disbelief* “I just can’t believe it… our own son drawing Naruto characters with giant, veiny dicks in class…with this much skill and detail! You’re right, Mrs. Johnson, this is a wake-up call! It’s a sign that he needs to be taken out of this school and sent to an art school right away! To think that my husband and I, being the great parents that we are, could ever have been so naïve as to our son’s artistic potential and true, unrealized calling, is quite alarming to us indeed!” *Benji’s dad turns to his son, flashes a thumbs up, and says quietly under his breath, “Unreal depiction of epididymitis in the Sasuke drawing, it’s just the right amount of swelling. You think he got a bacterial infection in his fight versus Gaara? It’s totally possible, I just hadn’t considered it until now.”

Old Posts for New Subs: Mawkish, Vituperate, Prurient

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