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21 Wordy Memes for Literate Writers Struggling With Writer's Block

Emmy Pratt

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Reader discovers AI prompt in his recently-purchased travel book, realizes the whole book is a fraud: 'Absolutely worthless'

JR Atkinson

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Teacher conspires to 'lose' 60 student essays because she doesn't want to grade them: 'I got through 3 of them before I contemplated dumping them all in the trash.'

Emmy Pratt

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Employee snoops through and writes in her coworker's notebook, gets offended when she asks her to stop: 'She said I was overreacting because it was just a notebook and not anything sensitive.'

Emmy Pratt

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Insecure 21-year-old poet blames 22-year-old friend for her critiques: 'Maybe you're just less qualified to judge writing'

Remy Millisky

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Reader discovers the used book he bought online is underlined in pencil: 'It said it was in good condition. I feel like I've been scammed.'

Emmy Pratt

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14-year-old refuses to delete her fanfiction despite her parents' insistence that it'll look bad to future employers: 'I’m a 40-year-old accountant who reads fanfiction on my phone during my lunch break. Employers don't care.'

Emmy Pratt

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Marketing agency fires employee for AI usage after they signed a contract that forbade them from using it for work tasks: ‘His work from the past two weeks, also AI‘

Lana DeGaetano

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16-year-old promises to give her mom 25% of her earnings if she ever became a published author, mom holds her to that promise 6 years later: 'She threatened to sue me over it if I ever did get published.'

Emmy Pratt

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College student gets even with 'smug' professor who refuses to give them class notes: 'I came up with my simple malicious compliance'

Remy Millisky

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'Can we do 4?': High school sophomore students complain to teacher asking them to write 5 complete sentences

Ally Perry

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Lawyer submits 75 case files full of mistakes in 1 day to get back at bosses: 'No matter what they did, their system didn't work'

Remy Millisky

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7th grader melts down over English teacher making him read a book of his choice and write an essay every month: 'This is Honors English in 2025'

Emmy Pratt

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19-year-old daughter is tired of being her non-English speaking parent's sole translator, refuses to keep carrying the load alone after her older brother returns from living abroad and is excused from helping: 'My parents act like he's the golden child'

Emma Saven

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‘"I'm not going to refund something I gave you"’: Customer demands a refund for an e-book she purchased from a freelance writer 3 years ago , then resorts to calling the writer and her husband in the middle of the night for the cash

Lana DeGaetano

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Mom allows daughter to be fired from family business, expects her to work as her secretary for free: 'She keeps telling me it's my duty'

Ally Perry

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