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I thought it was a MLism related to @astrid, but I've recently learned this is not the case.
But other than that, I have no idea.
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Ratchet SET is related to ML. I thought it was astrid. Not plain old ratchet, as an adjective.
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I made up a story in my head that it was a typo for wretched but, like o said, made it up
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Ratchet SET is related to ML. I thought it was astrid. Not plain old ratchet, as an adjective.
LOL. Yes, I know this now. But I didn't a few weeks ago.
And you're right. It was astrid.
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The youths. I hate it. My boss uses it in an attempt to be funny and all he does is annoy me.
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It's in the pop song Selfie.
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