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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

Just because someone always asks: No, I would not post a similar picture of a woman with a magnificent ass for us to crudely objectify. No, I have no coherent ethical system to draw on here.

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Ken Yee's avatar

As a straight guy, I am genuinely sorry I do not have the appreciation of this objectively fine ass the way that others would (and are!), and I've been trying to figure out how to express that without being a jerk, but I am fine, apparently, doing so as a reply here, because eff the patriarchy and all that. Also: happy doggy!!!!!!

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

I just! What is he doing at the gym? How much is genetic? Is he a living Tom of a Finland drawing?

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Lucy Smyth's avatar

Nicole, that’s a hockey ass.

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Lucy Smyth's avatar

As a Canadian you should know this!

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

Also, I am amazed that his uniform can accommodate both dat ass and his trim waist simultaneously.

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Cath's avatar

It's the moment that belt has dreamed of.

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Caroline's avatar

HAVE you ever googled the Spanish legion

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Julia's avatar

Oh my god those uniforms! The deep v shirt. Definitely designed by Tom of Finland.

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mcbee's avatar

I just... what... hmmf.

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

I also love that some members of the cop subreddit actually cared about the handcuffs.

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Adam Jacobi's avatar

It’s like they used the Captain America machine on only his ass.

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HermioneDanger's avatar

Where can I get pants with a tensile strength that high because they are DOING WORK

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

that was one of my top-ten questions about this photograph

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Sally's avatar

paddy wagon

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Ken Yee's avatar

Coworker just swung by, asking why I had a picture of this ass up. "It's a fine ass," I replied with the same definiteness in my voice that I use for work stuff. "Indeed," she nodded in agreement and moved along.

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SAF's avatar

My man has no ass and this photo sustains me.

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Ames's avatar

*cap voice* “That is Belgium’s ass”

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Nicole!!'s avatar

Is this praxis?

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Caroline Delbert's avatar

♫ prax that ass up ♫

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

I encourage these puns. We've had a bad year.

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Caroline Delbert's avatar

puns of steel

encouraging me is a mistake!!!

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NOT ON HERE's avatar

I had norovirus over Christmas and it prevented me from being obligated into toxic family time and all I could think was "Nicole Would Appreciate This"

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

That is a REAL "good news/bad news" scenario!! Also, I miss you.

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NOT ON HERE's avatar

I miss you too!! I missed the livestream of the wedding--seems like it was fantastic. Your legs looked great.

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Lisa Marie's avatar

Cops *are* bad but I saw one so ridiculously, traditionally handsome working the lobby of Radio City Music Hall on Christmas eve, I plotted an entire Christmas movie around him in my head right then and there, so I appreciate this post.

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

(Please feel free to talk about your holidays or anything else you want, talking about the cop's butt is entirely optional.)

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Rebecca dePencier's avatar

My mom is here for the holidays and she brought my beautiful dog (who no longer lives with me due to Life being Like That) and I didn't realized I missed him so much and today he got to meet everyone at my work and it was a true holiday blessing!

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Rebecca dePencier's avatar

I wish I could attach a photo because he's a beauty but just imagine a large and good boy

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Glynis's avatar

Can you imagine what it would be like to just be going about your business and all of a sudden this man, a cop, APPEARS? I don't know how I would react.

Happy new year, all! Hope those who celebrated this week had a wonderful holiday. We dressed my puppy up as Captain America and had him go after a Thanos toy on Christmas, so good times were had by all.

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Beejoli Shah's avatar

Me, ready and willing to lick the gooch or ideally suffocate trying

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Eve Eisenberg's avatar

We miss you on the bird app. There was a particularly amazing thread that came thru the TL the other day...it would’ve tickled you pink AND outraged you b/c of the BEHAVIOR (not of the OP, of a person he was tweeting about). At one point, a gay man literally closeted himself during a Christmas party to spill the hottest of tea about a former flame who was AT THAT VERY PARTY *with* with wife on whom he had cheated with the selfsame gay man!!

it unfolded in real time. anyway, we missed you.

https://twitter.com/dxnielandrew_/status/1209629234601373699?s=21

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Ken Yee's avatar

I miss Nicole on "the bird app," too, but then I started thinking, the bird app is really quite a cesspool. I may make these open-thread posts my social-media home for a while, if that is ok

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Eve Eisenberg's avatar

i mean, not a bad choice

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Mo's avatar

Except it was church and he didn't know the guy had a wife and kids

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ryan's avatar

His ass: I am nawt a fahckin cawp

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Carrie O.'s avatar

DOGGO. BUNS. Merry Christmas to us and this duo!

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Sarah L's avatar

That dog looks so happy

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

He loves his thicc dad.

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Elizabeth's avatar

I would also be so happy if I were that close to an ass of that magnificence (or to a dog of that magnificence but let's focus on the butt here)

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Cat Cafe's avatar

Doggo: THIS IS MY MAN, REGARD THE GLORIOUSNESS OF HIS ASS, I AM HERE TO PROTECC IT BUT IN THE MEANTIME I SMILE IN APPRECIATION OF A GLORIOUS ASS

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Tina Jeffery's avatar

I keep wanting to say something witty and cutely sexy, but then I look at the photo again for inspiration and just come up with: "My...my... my...."

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Andrea's avatar

I mean sure that's a great ass, but the real star of this newsletter is your very specific identification of the somewhat obscure dog breed. 8-year-old me is delighted.

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Ken Yee's avatar

The only reason I know about the breed is from the TV show PERSON OF INTEREST. "Bear" was a favorite character on that show!

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Mo's avatar

Some racist a**holes have taught me that you can find someone sexy without respecting them at all.

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Bunny's avatar

Oh, Nicole - always thinking of us and wanting us to see/have nice things!

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

I'm here for YOU.

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JennSavage's avatar

Wow!

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Rabi'a Elizabeth B's avatar

I'm in Buenos Aires right now and let me tell you, there must be a stringent fitness requirement for the local cops. But I find a lot more cis men attractive here than I do in the States, so I might be biased.

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Christine's avatar

You are not wrong. Argentina is unfair to other countries.

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LizTaylorsEarrings's avatar

I bought a limoncello panettone for Christmas Day at my sister's for us to try and we ended up skipping it (we had... 4 other desserts) and she claimed it for her breakfast and I'm not still bitter about not having tried it. Don't know what you mean. And it's not like it's sold out so I couldn't get another one. Definitely not upset and eating cookies that AREN'T LIMONCELLO PANETTONE.

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Deena Barrett's avatar

Reminds me a bit of the shot of Christopher Meloni leaning against a lamp post that I somehow can’t post here.

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Karen Hopper Usher's avatar

I have Googled “Nicole Cliffe Letterkenny” to see if you have ever weighed in but came up empty. Shall you ever?? BC 1) the word “pupper” is forever changed for me and 2) I have been very curious to see what you would make of it.

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

I have never watched it!

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Lisa Marie's avatar

I also need Nicole to watch Letterkenny and weigh in but I also feel like maybe I should be glad she doesn't? It may be too much like being home for her. And I would be devastated if she hated it.

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Karen Hopper Usher's avatar

Same! Very curious to see if she would like it, would feel terribly sad if she did not. (My sister and her SIL are obsessed, my BIL does not like it, my husband does, my parents do not. Very hit-or-miss IME.)

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Lix Hewett's avatar

Nice. Good doggy. He seems happy and that's all I care about.

I'm gonna say what I haven't said to anybody yet: my father's been in the hospital since Dec 21, and I'm glad we had Christmas Eve without him. I avoid having meals with my family because he always pisses me off, so that was great tbh. We may get NYE dinner without him too! I don't want him to have cancer or anything - it could be a gallstone OR cancer, apparently - largely because of the mess he'd leave us in regarding the flat - he's abusive, don't judge me - but not having him around is a fucking joy.

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Lix Hewett's avatar

and he's been real nice every time i've called in and no one has guilt-tripped me about not visiting yet so SHRUG

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Sarah's avatar

Difficult family solidarity.

A few years ago my parents Exploded (not literally) in a way that made it very easy for me to decide "for the foreseeable future I will not be coming back to my home town for the holidays." In the aftermath of the Explosion, my first thought after I stopped shaking and crying, was how relieved I was to know I wouldn't have to go "home" for Christmas. Now I have quiet, low key Christmases with my boyfriend and his mom and no one ever screams at me about how ungrateful and horrible I am.

I'm wishing you peace, enjoyment, and space for yourself in this difficult time. And not having to have abusive dickweeds ruining your holidays.

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Lix Hewett's avatar

Yeah, I completely feel you on that. It's been okay, but I've flounced from dinner a couple times because of my sister's boyfriend (when my father wasn't around) and on Dec 31 because of my father's smoking. I lashed out a bit and took the champagne with me. But we had a very nice New Year's Day dinner, and then yesterday my *mom* of all people was in a rotten mood yelling and insulting everybody. This is the real problem with this stuff; it's possible to have a nice time, but you never know where the landmines are.

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Margaret's avatar

I’m trying to signal boost this because it hurts my heart: a renting family facing eviction on Jan 1. Elderly couple, wife at home with daughter acting as her caretaker, husband recently lost job, savings lost to medical debt... just a pile of troubles. If anyone could help I & they’d be very grateful.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/x6jtt-stop-eviction?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet

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Lizzie C's avatar

Christmas was awful. I feel awful.

That puppy looks real happy, though

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Deena Barrett's avatar

Off topic, but I saw you in the wedding live stream and you looked magnificent.

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

THANK YOU. I loved my formal shorts! Also the wedding was so so so lovely and I cried throughout the entire ceremony, which involved Grace's dear friend Paul playing his guitar and singing "The Rainbow Connection" and us joining in after the key change.

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Ames's avatar

I tear up just hearing The Rainbow Connection anywhere; this would have made me a bawling wreck.

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Cesarina Fuortes's avatar

I took a ballroom dance class in college and we often waltzed to The Rainbow Connection. I teared up every. single. time.

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Katie M's avatar

It was so lovely to be able to see a little glimpse on the Internet. It looked like such a perfect day for them

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Siobhann Bellinger's avatar

Agreeeeed

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Annette Rojas's avatar

Cops make my clit run and hide behind my kidney, but I will allow that he has a very fine doggo. Thank you for showing him to us!

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

I always feel bad for cop doggos, they would absolutely refuse to participate if they understood about the carceral state.

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Annette Rojas's avatar

Doggos deserve good jobs! Working dogs are always so happy. 💖

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Nicole Cliffe's avatar

GOOD JOBS FOR DOGGOS is my campaign slogan.

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Mo's avatar

Dogs are like people they get so much joy from feeling needed.

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Lauren Gilbert's avatar

I am in Utah! I am about to ski! For the first time in 15 years, my best friend is going to laugh a lot.

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Courtney's avatar

Ah! I am so mad that these (especially this good Doggo boy) have been filtering to spam! But so happy to find them. Thanks for doing these open threads, I want to pay to subscribe but I can’t now. Hopefully in the spring!!!

Anyway- this dog is a good boy.

I’m reading the Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, it’ll be my 105th book of the year if I finish! I am proud I have kept up with my reading this year through law school 2L. I am hopeful to keep it up next year too. Say Nothing is on my list as well but WOOF I know I’m going to just sob.

I don’t believe in hard New Years resolutions, so this year I’m going to try to be better about treating myself to little luxuries to make my life a little easier.

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eric's avatar

suddenly i’m a dog

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Kate's avatar

I got a miniature kit for Christmas & I finished it today! I’m thinking about designing & selling my own dioramas now. https://www.instagram.com/p/B6oonHYlOkc/?igshid=1h7z0h7eqr3rr

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Catherine McGuire's avatar

Is that a Malinois or is it a Terverun

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Jmm1's avatar

Had a lovely Christmas where we stayed home (both of our parents live 2+ flights away) and then went to our friends gathering, who then gave us PLENTY of leftovers to eat in the coming days! It’s supposed to get very very cold so here’s hoping a trip to hot springs is in our future!

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