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You know the guy in your office that is terrible at his job but has also been there forever, so nobody can tell him shit? Yes, I said he, because there’s an 84% chance it’s a guy. And he hates everything new. Which is fine, because everyone hates him too. And the general response to any fuckshit he does is, “ugh, that’s just Tyler being Tyler.” Let’s call him Tyler. And yes, Tyler, because there’s a 94% chance that he’s White. And Tyler is annoying, but mostly just that. Because Tyler might not like that your assigned lunch hours got changed recently, or that you need special characters for your log-on password. But then, there you are, just doing your day to day tolerating Tyler fuck shit when Shanice got promoted, and everybody was like, “good for her.” But Tyler starts off his commentary like, “I’m for affirmative action and all…” and the whole office is like WHOA Tyler! Because 1) You didn’t want to stereotype Tyler, but you knew fam. You always knew. And 2) Because, contrary to his icebreaker comment, Tyler is neither ok with, nor does he actually understand affirmative action anyway. Tyler also doesn’t see color and once compared the Affordable Care Act to slavery. Gamers United, who launched a Change.Org petition against Ubisoft this week, is basically the version of Tyler that likes first person shooter games. Look at this shit, yo. LOOK AT IT. Nothing says “wrong side of history” like the use of “miscegenators” in your argument. I wish I could say that Tyler is just …
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William Evans
William is the Editor-In-Chief, leader of the Black Knights and father of the Avatar. With Korra's attitude, not the other one.
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