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Johto
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I'm not sure what sort of man I would have been today if this had happened.
🚨 𝗡𝗘𝗪: Mikel Arteta came VERY CLOSE to becoming NEWCASTLE UNITED manager in 2019, just months before taking charge of Arsenal!
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley was determined to appoint Arteta and was willing to offer him an EXTRAORDINARILY LONG CONTRACT to convince him to join.
Arteta was SERIOUSLY TEMPTED by the opportunity and even tried to assemble a coaching staff for the move.
However, concerns over the squad, the pressure of replacing the popular Rafael Benítez and difficulties assembling his preferred staff contributed to the move falling through.
Arteta eventually REJECTED Newcastle and joined Arsenal just months later.
— @TeleFootball
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the internet is so funny bc the same cycle happens every few months, white ppl overuse aave terms they saw on the internet for months and then try to gaslight us all by saying “everyone says that! it’s not aave” as if we weren’t there LMFAOOOOOO
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
The phrase “piss/pissing me off” (annoyed/angry) is attested in American English by the 1940s in military and literary sources, not AAVE.
grammarphobia.com/blog/2016/08/p…
greensdictofslang.com/entry/m4fwgny
Negus retweeted
you first! 50% salary reduction for MPs, cap expenses at bare minimum levels, scrap food & booze subsidies in the HoC and abolish the second home allowance, you can get trains to work and pay for them yourselves, like the rest of the public. we’re all in this together, aren’t we?
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Guys will abuse players constantly, have no issue with calling them fat - as in literally 99% of football fans have made that kind of joke about a player before, then when the script is flipped they now have their HR-approved replies of “This is so disappointing 😪”. Shut up man
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When AJ Dybantsa got a C- in a class his father called his AAU coach and told him he was not to play in the next game under any circumstances
Ace and AJ drove 6 hours from Brockton to Philly, he warmed up like normal, and when the game started he sat on the bench the entire time
AJ cried on the 6 hour car ride back home
(nytimes.com/athletic/7649979…)
