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Ex-Blue Jay – Josh Thole never really filled the hole he left, while comparing Syndergaard to R.A. Dickey is a little disheartening.

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The author is a professional linguist – presumably he knows full well. He’s pandering here, and the reader should feel insulted.

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  • People who don’t share my taste in music, specifically:
  • People who claim any Kanye album is subpar
  • People who dismiss T.I. on the basis of a couple of singles from 2008
  • People who don’t appreciate Wayne
  • Black Thought stans
  • Wu Tang stans
  • New school fans who think it’s edgy/cool to say that Pac is trash
  • Having to explain my jokes to boors
  • Bud Light
  • People who think you need to dress a certain way to lift
  • When people ask me to freestyle the second we meet
  • Tentative album release dates that bear no relation to reality
  • Rappers who rap along with their own recorded voices live
  • People who sculpt their eyebrows
  • People who go to clubs and don’t dance
  • Weed junkies who are in denial (95% of them)
  • Every mainstream political stance (and most fringe positions)
  • People who can’t cook (sorry, but it’s not that hard)
  • The ultra-PC bureaucrats who run this website

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In California, you can get a learner’s permit at 15 ½, which lasts for five years. While that didn’t help Kendrick escape the life of poverty right away, (other than robbing a house and getting away with a vehicle) he used that experience later on. His major label debut was a retrospective tale of him as a 17 year-old, and it’s infamous for the van he “borrowed” from his mom, that’s also featured on the deluxe album cover.

Kendrick also released his first mixtape at 16 (as K-Dot.)

https://youtu.be/_PveJXa5ReI

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