Kyle L (bruxist)
@haikugoat.bsky.social
wannabe linguist+tutor • social meaning, semantics/pragmatics, philosophy, film, lit, animals, mental anguish • San Francisco boy —> Massachusetts man
The 28th floor hotel lounge has infinite free drinks included as part of our reservation and I have intense FOMO
November 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The 28th floor hotel lounge has infinite free drinks included as part of our reservation and I have intense FOMO
Why is this appliance (toilet) taunting me with its superior Japanese skills, my self-esteem is bad enough already
"Oh your ass hasn't been taken through the car wash? AND you're bad at Japanese?!?!? You filthy barbarian"
"Oh your ass hasn't been taken through the car wash? AND you're bad at Japanese?!?!? You filthy barbarian"
November 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Why is this appliance (toilet) taunting me with its superior Japanese skills, my self-esteem is bad enough already
"Oh your ass hasn't been taken through the car wash? AND you're bad at Japanese?!?!? You filthy barbarian"
"Oh your ass hasn't been taken through the car wash? AND you're bad at Japanese?!?!? You filthy barbarian"
Back on the West Coast and in SF for the first time since June, and let me tell you, the NorCal foliage and soil and breezy humid Pacific fog really hit different than Boston lol
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Back on the West Coast and in SF for the first time since June, and let me tell you, the NorCal foliage and soil and breezy humid Pacific fog really hit different than Boston lol
I'm in Providence and I found a lil baby river?
October 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I'm in Providence and I found a lil baby river?
Hell yeah, I finally have a purpose! When dyou need it by? It won't be anything fancy. Here's a mockup that took me like 2 minutes to make. The real version will be hand-drawn and maybe have our guy perched on roof of a building looking down at a sketchy vacant lot labeled prejacent or something 
October 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Hell yeah, I finally have a purpose! When dyou need it by? It won't be anything fancy. Here's a mockup that took me like 2 minutes to make. The real version will be hand-drawn and maybe have our guy perched on roof of a building looking down at a sketchy vacant lot labeled prejacent or something 
This is still my favorite, though a bit of a stretch
"As the girls reported, wearing black would have been too radical a statement, so they chose pegging as a more moderate sign of independence"
— Eckert (2019)
"As the girls reported, wearing black would have been too radical a statement, so they chose pegging as a more moderate sign of independence"
— Eckert (2019)
October 22, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This is still my favorite, though a bit of a stretch
"As the girls reported, wearing black would have been too radical a statement, so they chose pegging as a more moderate sign of independence"
— Eckert (2019)
"As the girls reported, wearing black would have been too radical a statement, so they chose pegging as a more moderate sign of independence"
— Eckert (2019)
I feel like linguists should just embrace it at this point, as our microculture
October 22, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I feel like linguists should just embrace it at this point, as our microculture
Sent my parents this pic and joked that the look I was going for was "Gulag Reject". Behold my mom's amazing response.
INSTEAD OF LABOR CAMPS THINK OF ORGANIZING LABOR lmao
INSTEAD OF LABOR CAMPS THINK OF ORGANIZING LABOR lmao
October 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Sent my parents this pic and joked that the look I was going for was "Gulag Reject". Behold my mom's amazing response.
INSTEAD OF LABOR CAMPS THINK OF ORGANIZING LABOR lmao
INSTEAD OF LABOR CAMPS THINK OF ORGANIZING LABOR lmao
I finally ate food, things are on the up-and-up (slightly).
Behold the Depressed Man's 3 PM Baltic Breakfast:
Behold the Depressed Man's 3 PM Baltic Breakfast:
October 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I finally ate food, things are on the up-and-up (slightly).
Behold the Depressed Man's 3 PM Baltic Breakfast:
Behold the Depressed Man's 3 PM Baltic Breakfast:
I hate myself and am dying inside but at least the frogs were nice enough to pose with me (and at the Boston Common Frog Pavilion, no less)
October 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I hate myself and am dying inside but at least the frogs were nice enough to pose with me (and at the Boston Common Frog Pavilion, no less)
nvm this is my masterpiece
October 7, 2025 at 8:58 PM
nvm this is my masterpiece
the birthday card I made for my mom this year!
October 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
the birthday card I made for my mom this year!
my proudest work i think
October 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
my proudest work i think
I somehow ended up with way too many books at rebab
October 7, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I somehow ended up with way too many books at rebab
current mood
(also: looking forward to seeing 'One Battle After Another' tomorrow or Wednesday!!!)
(also: looking forward to seeing 'One Battle After Another' tomorrow or Wednesday!!!)
October 7, 2025 at 4:25 AM
current mood
(also: looking forward to seeing 'One Battle After Another' tomorrow or Wednesday!!!)
(also: looking forward to seeing 'One Battle After Another' tomorrow or Wednesday!!!)
stealing this rehab's markers cause fuck 'em
October 7, 2025 at 3:42 AM
stealing this rehab's markers cause fuck 'em
I can very much relate
October 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
I can very much relate
The one exception being the goat passage from 'Assertion'.
This is a picture of me being spontaneously mobbed by non-linguistic antecedents for my anaphors.
This is a picture of me being spontaneously mobbed by non-linguistic antecedents for my anaphors.
October 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The one exception being the goat passage from 'Assertion'.
This is a picture of me being spontaneously mobbed by non-linguistic antecedents for my anaphors.
This is a picture of me being spontaneously mobbed by non-linguistic antecedents for my anaphors.
made myself a satanic altar in my room at rehab
October 4, 2025 at 1:55 AM
made myself a satanic altar in my room at rehab
behold the powers of the un-LLM-ed human mind
September 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
behold the powers of the un-LLM-ed human mind
this is, naturally, my favorite philosophy of language paper title ever, and doubles as a soothing mantra I can repeat to myself now and then
September 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
this is, naturally, my favorite philosophy of language paper title ever, and doubles as a soothing mantra I can repeat to myself now and then
Reserved at my local bookstore, to be released on Monday
September 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Reserved at my local bookstore, to be released on Monday
