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Oct 15
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We Get /srs With Meet the Mess

How To Be Less Old
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What a blast! We had such fun joining the ladies of Meet The Mess Jen Lancaster & Karyn Bosnak to unpack the Taylor Swift The Life of a Showgirl reactions. Our resident youth correspondent, Sarah, also crashed the party with her sharp (and very Gen Z) insights.

A little about the Meet The Mess hosts: Jen is a prolific NYT best selling author, and Karyn penned the novel-turned-film What’s Your Number? starring Anna Faris.

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In addition to “Taylor Talk” we discussed tone indicators on Reddit —-

Did you know what those slashes were all about?

/s: Sarcasm. Used when a statement might be misunderstood as serious.

/srs: Serious. Used to indicate that the following text is meant to be taken literally.

/gen: Genuine. Used to show sincerity or authenticity.

Jen brought up that “sure” was voted the worst text response. Little did she know that a “sure” text is one of the only things we get our panties in a bunch about — as a partnership. And by we, we mean Deanna. Emily means it with love and light and Deanna receives a “sure” as a shot to the heart. Just today Emily “sure’d” her and they needed to do some repair.

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