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This is a link post WonderCon Cosplay video I made this!
Hey Everyone.
Comic con season has started for us this year and here is our first offering. Feedback welcome.
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This is a normal post She's gorgeous

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This is a normal post And probably mental

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This is a normal post She's female, not overweight, no sign of social awkwardness
therefore she's paid to be there.
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This is a normal post A flawed, but acceptably accurate conclusion.

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This is a normal post And male.

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This is a normal post who are the keynote speakers this year?

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This is a normal post Red Shirt Guy...again.

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This is a normal post Terry Fuckwit and Buster Gonad

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This is a normal post Had a quick look at the abstracts,
the paper from bloke dressed as Dr Robotnik looks very exciting
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This is a normal post As usual
these kids playing dress up look weirdly like adults, and the music's shit.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 11:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^ This
People pretending theyre dressing up as their favourite character, but in reality just want to be original on an fast motion/slow motion youtube clip somewhere.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 13:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm working at an event tomorrow where 100s of fully-grown adults will be dressing up as their heroes and getting very emotional...
not a very creative bunch, though: they'll all be wearing the same blue shirts (albeit with different numbers on the back)...
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This is a normal post I Like This
Ignore the misery guts.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 13:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post My 3 year old grandson asked if I'd take him to our local 'Cosplay' event. I said, 'Don't you think you're getting a little old for that sort of thing?'
He just shrugged his shoulders and replied, 'S'pose so Grampa', and turned away and carried on watching Paw Patrol on the telly.
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This is a normal post Lost Souls
and their alter egos.
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This is a link post doomed anvil
personally, I have always wanted to watch them crushing a hydraulic press with an hydraulic press, but I don't think anyone will ever suggest that.
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This is a link post Phenomenal

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This is a normal post Very good
I've been skipping this for a while based of the preview but it was well worth watching.
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This is a normal post WHAT'S IN THE BOX???!!?!?!?

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This is a normal post Clearly, the future Mrs. Robinson.

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This is a normal post Sounds like my old maths teacher

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This is a normal post This isnt getting the attention it deserves
Im going to sit back and give it 12 hrs til someone makes a decent song about it.
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This is a normal post Hi Dom.

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This is a link post I think this is a presentation of Bob Ross as watched through the mind of Bob Ross
Like a Being John Malkovitch sort of thing.

It really picks up from around 1:30 to the end.
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This is a normal post Well that induced a horrible mushroom flashback.
Thanks!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 22:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Me too, and I've never even had mushies.

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This is a normal post
Genuinely terrifying
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This is a normal post haha this is amazing

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This is a normal post
Don't get any ideas, your stuff is already mind-bending enough as it is (great work BTW)
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This is a normal post Do androids dream of electric sheep?
No, they dream of dogs and eyes.
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This is a normal post Hilarious and frightening at the same time

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This is a link post The Bony King of Nowhere I made this!
My second text adventure game is now live, hope you like it. Text adventure game in the classic parser style


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This is a normal post I love this kind of thing.
"On the wind you can hear a distant shout of what sounds like "Fuck yooouuuu..." coming from the pigeon's direction before it disappears from sight."

Pfffft
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This is a normal post thanks!

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This is a normal post Who names a dog "Dylan"?

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This is a normal post someone in my family
proper character, had to put him in the game
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This is a normal post I tried to kill the dog and the pigeon
I am disappoint.
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This is a normal post I anticipated most of the random violence and sexual assault
sorry to disappoint!
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This is a normal post Sexual assault of a pigeon?
You monster!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 23:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post I also tried to kill the dog...
and when it said "you cannot kill the dog" I assumed it was immortal and tried to worship it.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 21:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post My girlfriend has a recurring dream about a dog named Black Jim
Bit racist... I suppose it's not as bad as Nigger Ben or Jigaboo or something though.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 0:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post A dyslexic chimp I assume.
*throws excrement*
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This is a normal post I would like to like this
but after about 10 minutes, it stopped accepting input (Firefox in windows10 in case you're interested)
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This is a normal post Thanks for the feedback
issue with the game servers, best to log in so you can save, it's supposed to be being sorted out but beyond my control
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This is a normal post nice. how did you find the creation interface? Easy to use?

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This is a normal post Hi
Yes, it's made in Quest, basically a database - rooms, objects with attributes etc, there are default common fields that you can fill in, and to do more advance things you can use the code view and scripts. There is an online browser version (which I use) and an offline editor (windows only). The tutorials and forum are super useful:

textadventures.co.uk
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This is a normal post PS
be warned even the simplest game takes a lot of coding if you want the play to have any freedom of action, and beta testing is essential, trying to guess what people might try and do - or they way they might express it is very hard
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This is a normal post I knew I'd seen that title somewhere else before:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5DC1JWPv4Q
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 13:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well spotted!
Also a play on Theresa May's patronising speech about being a citizen of Nowhere if you consider yourself to be a citizen of the world/everywhere
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This is a normal post Enjoyable but....
No idea how to get vodka for the bloody mary
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This is a link post RIP: Don Rickles dead at 90, you moron!

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This is a normal post Sweet dreams Mr Potato head

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This is a normal post Mericans too keen on making
Surnames into first names. My dad warned me never to trust people with two surnames or two first names. Is useful for applying for fake documents, however.
Btw,what kind of person names their child after one third of a leading 1970s prog rock band?
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This is a normal post Are you referring to Lake Bell?

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This is a normal post This boils my piss as well.
But not quite as much as people who decide to use perfectly ordinary names but spell them like a dyslexic chimp.
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This is a normal post So goes the Ode of Jon Bob

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This is a normal post *throws excrement*

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This is a normal post
A little boy walks in to the lounge one Sunday morning while his dad is reading the paper.

"Where does poo come from?" he asks.

The father feeling a little perturbed that his 5 year old son is already asking difficult questions thinks for a moment and says:

"Well you know we just ate breakfast?"

"Yes," answers the boy.

"Well the food goes into our tummies and our bodies take out all the good stuff, and then whatever is left over comes out of our bums when we go to the loo, and that is poo."

The little boy looks perplexed, and stares at him in stunned silence for a few seconds and asks: "And tigger?"
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This is a normal post {:-D

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A little boy walks in to the lounge one Sunday morning while his dad is reading the paper.

"Where do I come from?" he asks.

The father feeling a little perturbed that his 5 year old son is already asking difficult questions thinks for a moment and says:

"Well, when a mummy and a daddy love each other very much, they get together and have a special kiss and cuddle. Daddy's willy gets hard enough that he can actually poke it all the way inside mummy, and he puts a special white wee full of little baby seeds deep into mummy's tummy. The special wee mixes with one of mummy's eggs that are hidden inside her special place, and so a baby grows inside her tummy. The baby mixture spends 9 months growing in her tummy before coming out of her front bottom as a new baby"

The little boy looks perplexed, and stares at him in stunned silence for a few seconds and asks: "Well, Emily at school says she comes from Nottingham."
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This is a normal post Bloody hairdressers I blame
Mr Paul, Mr Jonathan, etc.
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This is a normal post Basil Brush surely?

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This is a normal post Mr Jonathan
"Oh my God! Mr. Jonathan, it IS bigger and better!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmq7SfkY2Oc
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This is a link post Anyone for some Electric Avenue
GC be damned
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This is a normal post RIP Bob Marley :(

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This is a normal post 4 evar in our polygamy

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This is a normal post I'll Grant you that!

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This is a normal post It's high time someone did.

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This is a normal post Deep in my heart I abhor you. Can't get food for the kid
Oh no.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 18:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's clearly Terence Trent D'Arby, you massive racist.

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This is a normal post Electric Avenue SW9 was the first street in the UK to have electric lighting
That's all for today, fact fans!*




* - may not be all for today
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This is a normal post That's quite a coincidence

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This is a normal post And Wigan still waits

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This is a normal post There's a lamp post on the strand
Which still runs off sewer gas.
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This is a link post Goodness me links has been serious and political lately NSFW
So here's some sophisticated highbrow comedy to balance things out.

HA HA RIGHT IN THE KNACKERS.
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This is a normal post Something something bowled a googly

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This is a normal post

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This is a normal post Something something middle wicket

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This is a normal post something something deep mid-wicket

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This is a normal post Something something long off

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This is a normal post Something something third man

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This is a normal post Something something full arm toss

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This is a normal post Something something legside inswinger

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This is a normal post something something in the way she moves the sidescreen

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This is a link post Supreme Court tells crybaby truant holiday Dad to gie tae fuck.
Claims he can't afford a holiday during actual school hols. Correction, he can't afford the holiday he WANTS. Plenty of other holidays available, you cunt. Also, pieces don't go "up" in school hols. It's called peak and off-peak, and I can't believe that idiots fail to grasp this most basic of economic things. If anything, pieces are lowered in the off season to encourage bookings. Ooo, this got me proper riled, this has.
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This is a normal post I wanted him to win this case.
But I've got a vested interest.
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This is a normal post lol took his kid(s) to disney world and he's quibbling £60
if he didn't make that back in the off-peak savings he wuz robbed!
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This is a normal post Factor that in as part of the price of the holiday
Problem solved.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post This
it's a paltry fee, and there would be a certain joy in willfully paying it with a smile and still taking your kid out of school.

the irony of the whole thing is that he's taught his kid a really bad lesson in this whole process.
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This is a normal post From what I remember of the original story was that he objected to treated as a criminal for doing so.
To be clear the ÂŖ60 fine is a penalty notice given instead of prosecution because you've broken the law.
The local education could decided to take you to court instead where the fine could be much higher and you'll get a criminal record.

But it's a nice little earner for them as tens of thousands are issued each year. So they'll keep on fining instead probably.

So they are saying it's mega harmful to the child but won't use they're full powers to prosecute and try and stop it happening.
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This is a normal post his argument seems to be that his "rights" were taken away.

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This is a normal post I thought it was that the law could be interpreted several ways and he objected to be classes a criminal?
Also I was never taken out of school for a holiday and look and my fucking spelling!
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This is a normal post it's basically a parking ticket
I feel annoyed when I get one, but I won't be going to the supreme court to battle it out with the council.

I bet he's one of those nightmare dads furiously circling some seaside town on holiday looking for a place to park because he's too tight to use the pay and display.
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This is a normal post Well he took it to the local court who found in his favour.
This is because the council took it further.
Now it goes back to local court who can find him ÂŖ2500 and give him a criminal record.
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This is a normal post At the bottom of the article they have stats
which show 8 people were given custodial sentences. I'd cheerfully pay ÂŖ60 to avoid getting bummed off a murderer.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 10:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post per day, per kid....

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 17:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post He could have avoided this and also saved considerably more money If he just didn't bother having a kid.
"Oh darling, lets try and reinforce our relationship to each other by putting you through grueling physical and emotional distress for 9 months, then have a room full of people watch as you shit and piss yourself while your vagina gets irreparably damaged by the wonder of childbirth and then we're left with the privilege of raising the parasite that's just climbed out of your body for at least the next 18 years, where we will have a fraction of the freedom we used to enjoy and will likely spend tens of thousands of pounds of our money clothing it and feeding it because somewhere along the line we thought that having a child would be wonderful!"

"Yes, lets."
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This is a normal post Probably best you don't breed then...

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Excellent advice.
Thank you.
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This is a normal post You don't mind if I continue to breed though?
I find it quite rewarding.
Also when I get old I want someone to stop the care home staff from abusing me too much.
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This is a normal post If you don't have kids.
All that extra money would buy you some kick ass private care.
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This is a normal post Good luck hanging onto any assets you've acquired.
You'll be selling them all to pay for it.

At least I can put the house in the kids names so it's not sold off when it's time to starting wearing underpants on my head.
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This is a normal post I don't really mind.
I can't take it with me, and it's highly likely I'll outlive my partner. I'll have no use for all my assets once I'm dead. I'll just make sure I spend as much time as possible enjoying the shit I have while I'm alive :)
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This is a normal post You enjoy the poo, eh?
To each their own.
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This is a normal post Pooing is one of life's little pleasures
That everyone can enjoy, regardless of skin colour, religion or social standing.
Just look how happy this lady is, now she can poop again!
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This is a normal post "it's highly likely I'll outlive my partner"
Gerontophile or Murderer?

If the actual answer is something shitty, I apologise.
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This is a normal post I think that was 'un'likely.

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This is a normal post She suffers from SLE
Which has landed her with PCOS, Rheumatoid Arthritis and other bits and pieces so far. Chances are she'll live a normal lifespan, but she's definitely much more likely to develop a terminal disease and pop her clogs earlier than I am.
No need to apologise though, 95% of days are completely normal, plus she's a smoker so she'll probably get lung cancer before the Lupus kills her anyway :D
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This is a normal post Fingers crossed!
Not sure I'm doing 'supportive' properly.
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This is a normal post keep plugging away at the online dating...

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This is a normal post ^will die alone and unloved

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This is a normal post But at least I'll have loads of money left over to spend on a maid/carer.
And/or hookers if my wife pops her clogs before I do!
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This is a normal post

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This is a normal post yes, and bald

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This is a normal post Bald hookers?
#confused
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This is a normal post oh you'll change your mind
when you have kids of your own.
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This is a normal post Considering my partner is infertile, I think the chances of us having kids is pretty slim.
And neither of us have ever had the desire to reproduce anyway. I can barely look after myself and we've agreed that if we ever reach a point in our relationship where we're so bored that we think having a child might be the only way to salvage what's left, we should just split up.
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This is a normal post it's not about boredom
the ideal, is that you meet someone, and your combined experiences of the world are usefull to raise, or at least start, the next generation off with a good idea of how to function and how to improve.

it's rather selfish to think that this life is just for you and what you can get out of it, and not to think "if people where a bit more X the world would be a better place" and then work really hard (and parenting is hardwork) to instill those values in someone.

now, as i said thats the ideal, and humans aren't perfect so people end up having them for all sorts of terrible reasons and imparting alsorts of horrible things... which is why it's a responsibility of the kind, the nice, and the wise to have children, to impact the damage.

now obviously if your partner is infertile you have had that stripped away from you, but to then right-off the whole thing as a product of boredom, honestly, is churlish.
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This is a normal post I've felt this way ever since being introduced to the concept of reproduction.
It wasn't exactly 'stripped away' from me. If anything, it was an enormous relief to discover my partner was infertile (she had known for some time before we met) and that she shared my opinions on reproduction.

Are you really claiming that choosing to not reproduce is selfish? It's not up to the next generation to fix our wrongs. If that was the case, we'd never get anything done, because the next generation would just rely on the next.
Spend less energy on making kids and more energy on fixing the world if that's really your end game.
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This is a normal post ive got a couple of ankle-biters
I say to people thinking about them: "if you really want them, have them. But if you not sure then don't because they're a fuckton of work. But once you've bought the ticket then take the ride and try and enjoy it"
I'm a scientist at heart, so I enjoy testing out behavioural theory on them and treating the whole thing as a long running experiment, which it is in a way.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 1:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's selfish not to have children and fill their minds with your own opinions?
Righto.
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This is a normal post I've taught mine to hate the white man
and how to escape if you're confronted by a velociraptor (hint: They hunt in pairs)
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 1:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm not trying to convince you
taht not having a kid is something you should regret. But.

I had a fulfilling life before we had a kid. Now my son is the most amazing, interesting, puzzling, weird, cute little human and keeps me busy, entertained, wondering, happy and sometimes exasperated and sleepless.

Having a kid has meant all other things in life went on the back-burner: reading, skating, meeting friends, watching fantastic fiction. Because the responsibility to take care of my son takes precedence over and leaves little time for all the other things. But hey: its also a lot more interesting and rewarding then the other things.

Just saying. Someone should cheer for team parent in this thread.
I wish i had known it was this much fun 10 years ago, we might have had time to try for another one.
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This is a normal post
"Having a kid has meant all other things in life went on the back-burner: reading, skating, meeting friends, watching fantastic fiction."

This explains why my heart sinks when good friends announce they are having a kid.

They don't always go from interesting friend to dull acquaintance...
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This is a normal post Having a dog is pretty neat too.

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This is a normal post But you're right about childbirth
it is absolutely brutal
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This is a normal post There's no way you can say that for sure

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This is a normal post *stage whisper* HE WAS BEING SARCASTIC
or at least I hope to god he was
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post People have genuinely said this me, without a shred of irony.

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This is a normal post ^This

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This is a normal post
theoatmeal.com/comics/kids
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This is a normal post ^

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This is a normal post You get used to shit and puke very quickly.

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This is a normal post ^this

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post You get used to anything unpleasant pretty quickly if it happens to you every day
Prison, losing a leg...
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post One of those can only happen twice
Unless there's been a sudden improvement in transplant technology.
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This is a normal post .
Must feel like a hand-threesome without having to lie on them.
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This is a normal post I'm with you on this.
Holidays are a privilege, not a right.
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This is a normal post Can we also do one about Jeremy Fucking Corbyn. As someone who plans to send my kids to private school I think he's being a complete cunt for threatening to add VAT to private school fees.
I don't see why I should have to pay to feed poor children as well as paying for them to go to school, pretty sure its their parents job to feed them and if they can't then they should be sterilised so they can't make any more.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post As a rather well off parent that will be sending their kids to state schools I don't see the need to pay for my kids meals either
If you're going to add the tax at least use it to pay for something that's really needed.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post this has to be satire
or b3ta has turned into a very strange place.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just trying to encourage some healthy debate m8.
But seriously I really do hate poor people, they sicken me.
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This is a normal post OK, I'll bite
Private schools operate as businesses, so why should they not be taxed as such? The tiny amount of 'charity work' they do does not justify not paying VAT.

Near us is Eton and they own Dorney Lake, where the Olympic rowing was held. Dorney Lake is run as a profit center for Eton and they rarely give free access.

The amount of tax is tiny compared to getting Facebook or Google to pay what they owe, however.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:35, , Reply)
This is a normal post But increasing private school costs will mean less parents can afford to send their children there which in turn will increase the pressure on state schools.
It's a similar argument with private health care, people who can pay for their own treatment shouldn't be discouraged from doing so as it frees up NHS resources.

Using Eton as an example is not particularly helpful as they're not really representative of private schools in general.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post FEWER

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This is a normal post <climbs down from soap box>
Why do I feel like I've just fallen for an elaborate(ish) trick?
If correct, YOU MONSTER!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 18:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Yeah, I am sure they (you) can find the money. It is up to you isn't it, your child's education or that new 4x4? I am sure some will not be able to pay...but lets not pretend there will be a mass exodus. State schools can't get anymore fucked.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 10:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post In France
they stagger half terms and school holidays a bit, regionally. This means that they don't all overlap completely. This reduces the full extent of the demand for family holidays, thus the supply is greater, so the prices don't fluctuate as wildly as they do over here. Plus they all take the whole of August off and will only work a thirty five hour week. That's why their economy is booming and unemployment is so low.

However a simple idea that could help parents and their budgets like staggering school holidays will surely be vehemently opposed by the NUT as an abomination.

Also you clearly have no understanding of super basic supply and demand economics. You posit that the outcome of a variance is its cause. Batshit mental.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post half terms are staggered
they could definitely do with shifting summer one week or two in either direction.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post How dare you agree with anything I say Benny junior!

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahaha
oh...uh... I mean, I disagree with you!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's more like it.

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post no it isn't

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 17:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post You're getting the hang of this.
*pats head, slightly too hard"
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 17:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post no I'm not!

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 20:09, , Reply)
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Watch out, the snowflake will delete this soon!
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 0:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post he deleted it once already
although I did invite that
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 10:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post I agree with the bloke
I think this is an overreach in the powers of the state over the powers of parents. 40 years ago the state was trying to force children just to attend school, which seems reasonable, but fining someone over a weeks holiday seems overboard, especially when they allow things like homeschooling and religious education which to me have far more potential to fuck up (or literally fuck) the younglings, compared to a week in florida.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Rules is Rules
There is discretion from both the school and council. It is just tough luck if they don't apply it. These parents moaning about it...there are plenty of unfair laws go visit your MP and try to get them changed or face the consequences rather than stamp your feet about it.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 10:46, , Reply)
This is a link post So, two years in the making.. I made this!
This is the first hypertrailer / superteaser for our new album! A bit of strangely time-signatured instrumental funk to get you in the mood. Coming soon!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sounds great =)

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:36, , Reply)
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Cheers dude!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post Sounds great! #2

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:41, , Reply)
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:D
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post #3 in the mood

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:44, , Reply)
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Oh sheeeiiit!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post I like that
Sounds great
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:31, , Reply)
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Sounds good mister, have a click. Also, I always associate that footage with this
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 17:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nice! That's a belter!

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 22:12, , Reply)
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Love that, great sounds all round especially the bass (can you tell me what kit the bass player uses?)

Also let us know how to pay you fairly for the album when it comes out....
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 22:40, , Reply)
This is a link post Two Swedes reveal the secret to world peace

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post exceedingly cheerful and clickable

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post You may be a tad biased

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:53, , Reply)
This is a link post Public Service Broadcasting - Go!
a fine tune by the shiny button twiddling geeksters
inc. telemetry lyrics by NASA (control Go!)
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post Despite looking like they've dropped out of the hipster stereotype catalogue I really like PSB.
This whole album is brilliant.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Saw them live a couple of years ago when they came to Canada
The put on a pretty good show too.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 17:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Top band.
Lemon Jelly's worthy successor.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post Said it before and will say it again. I missing Lemon Jelly :(

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post time for some lemon jelly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXDtQcuA5Bo
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Here, for what it's worth, have my Apollo commentary mix from a few years back:
soundcloud.com/badgercatapultcabaret/armstrong
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 20:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well I liked it.
Some of that sounds binaural.
You using a 3D sound stage thingie?
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 8:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cheers matey!
It was all knocked up in GarageBand, nothing fancy.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 9:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nope
Fucking cunts the lot of them.

You hipster cunts will all burn with Jimmy and Rolf. You and your fucking beards.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 21:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post *strokes beard thoughtfully*

(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 8:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Lovely stuff

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 22:08, , Reply)
This is a link post It’s different from what you expected
GC says no suprisingly

Also worth watching
https://vimeo.com/207245808
and
https://vimeo.com/207244733
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 13:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post That was the 1 millionth most exciting thing I've seen in my life
You may have won an ipad
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:39, , Reply)
This is a link post Liberal Democrats 404 page
404 - File not found

404 - File not found

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 12:20, , Reply)
This is a normal post You sock it to them, you bearded sandal wearing wags,
with your homophobic Christian leader and your mighty mighty haul of NINE, yes 9, MPs.
Also, don't you morons want PR? Under that system, UKIP, who got almost four million votes in the 2015 general election would have a lot more MPs than you with your less than two and a half million votes.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32601281
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 12:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post Are you feeling ok?

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 12:50, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes. You?

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 12:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post I feeling fine btw, THANKS for asking.

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 13:42, , Reply)
This is a normal post anyone thinking of voting Lib Dem
should remember the 2010 election when Cleggy ran on a left of Labour ticket, then they jumped into bed with the Tories and did the opposite of what they campaigned for.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 12:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post Anyone who supports PR
Should remember what electoral system gifted the BNP two MEPs.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 13:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think that says a lot more about apathy to the EU elections than it does the system
Many countries make a pretty good fist of PR, typically where their political landscape isn't as adversarial as ours.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 13:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post If by "good fist" you mean ineffectual and bickering coalitions,
I couldn't agree more. PR is such a success in Belgium that they went without an elected government for nearly two years. Truly, democracy in action!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 13:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post the Dutch seem to do ok
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch_general_election,_2017
luckily they don't have to tolerate Geert Wilders as the official opposition
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes Benny junior. Geert Wilders & Co only got twenty seats in the Dutch Parliament.
A mere 13% of all seats available. Truly a victory for the liberals and their wacky voting system. Islamophobia has been soundly defeated in the Netherlands. Well, that's how it was portrayed by the BBC and Guardian over here. Fake news. 13%, Benny jr. They'd have got nothing like that under FPTP. It may not be perfect, but it acts as a disinfectant that kills off the lunatic fringe, which liberals and moderates need to remember when they start whining about Populism. PR is Populism in electoral form.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post calm down sweetie
I'm not advocating PR in the UK. PR clearly works for some.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post Clearly not in Belgium if you want a democratically elected government,
or Holland, unless you're happy about over ten percent of your MPs being openly islamophobic and racist.
Benny jr.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post *facepalm*

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Be fair.
PR has been fucking excellent for Italy. At least for lols and chuckles.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Speaking of 404, What happened to that thread below?
Mod or self destruction?
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 13:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post I had a flounce and make no apology for it.
Cumtwat, very much like his hero Ken, was taking a half truth, twisting it into a lie, and liberally sprinkling it with more lies. My favourite was that Hitler made a deal with Israel, a state that didn't exist until after his death. You lapping it all up and describing the bullshit and lies as "technically true" didn't help either.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 13:43, , Reply)
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(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Could you send me the facebook link again?

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ta muchly Mr Toast.

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:53, , Reply)
This is a normal post *Bows, wipes away tear*
I'd like to thank all the wonderful denizens of b3ta for their indefatigable love and support. It means so much to me, and I know just how much I mean to all of you.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Well I missed some of the later stages then.
I was just trying to get to the actual facts of where all this stuff came from.
Lady on the radio this morning from the Labour party zionist group didn't have a problem with the facts of what he said just that he said them.

But if were going to call some areas off limits can a mod have a word with Stu next time he chooses to attack people with autism? Because personally I found that fucking offensive.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:07, , Reply)
This is a normal post I found the whole thing pretty funny though.
Not precisely sure who I was laughing with, and who at, but I was a having good time.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Link-me-do!

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 20:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post You deleted a thread because you didn't like the way the conversation was going

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post Pathetic, isn't it?
It was becoming quite apparent people hadn't read the actual link, so the departure point of the thread wasn't what I had posted, so no, I didn't like where it was going because it didn't really start where I did. Which is also pretty pathetic, so I say we're evens.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post
He got owned again.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 18:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post what an absolute fanny

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post I deleted the thread, but I was, like, totally right, and not at all losing the argument
let me give you the imagined highlights in some alternate reality where my wildly innacurate assertions weren't comprehensively debunked. Seriously, are you still claiming you're right after deleting the thread so nobody can read your embarrasing blather? Seems a bit unsportsmanlike
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post I posted a link and came back seven hours later.
I did begin to engage with a couple of replies but realised it was a total waste of time within two minutes as it was crystal clear only a minority had read the link. So I impulsively thought I'd bin the whole thing. So there was no "blather" and no one had "debunked" my argument as I hadn't made one other than post a link I agreed with. Your suggestion I did all that is extremely unsportsmanlike.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post now, I could point out what actually happened in the thread, rather slighly unhinged take on it, but you'll probably delete this one
it puts me in mind of homer simpson recalling a party www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Oa6P7D2NQ
I mean, I enjoyed making the arguments and posting links to the evidence that supported them, I just didn't stop to consider that I was debating with a massive retard with a chip on his shoulder
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Go ahead, but just don't lie and claim I was heavily involved in the thread.
I posted three replies. None were replied to as they were only up for two minutes before I flounced. The first was to you. The entirety of it was: "no". The second was to you. It related to your claim that Hitler made a deal with "Zionist Israel". I aggressively and swearily pointed out that Israel did not exist in Hitler's lifetime, so you were clearly making stuff up. The third was to Cerebus, made more in sorrow than in anger.
EDIT: regarding your edit, we did not engage in an argument, you did not reply to either of my replies to you as they were not up for long enough. You are confusing me with someone else. Stop making shit up.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post Just let it go, Prufrock. As a thread-deleter you have zero credibility and what appears to be a terrible memory
if you want to have credibility then don't delete threads in the future. Losing an argument, deleting it and claiming you were right seems a very poor tactic, and it wastes a lot of peoples energy
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post You weren't arguing with me.
I know who it was but I don't want to stir things. I didn't lose an argument. I didn't get into one. Ken Livingstone is a cunt, and so are you. And no returns.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 16:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post i hope I wasn't out of line with that retard crack earlier
you appear to have a genuine neurodevelopmental disorder and I wouldn't have used that word if I'd known. I apologise, it was insensitive
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 17:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cunt.

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 17:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post
AHhh poor little snowflake!
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 18:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAVM_Xk_o9E
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 19:46, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah, but, here's the thing...
I was actually waiting for someone to respond to Pru's arguments then the thread disappeared.

You see, pointing out that Israel didn't actually exist until after Hitler had died did seem to be quite a good irrefutable argument, and I was genuinely interested to see where that went, then the thread vanished. Up until that point the whole thing was total dross.

So, while I agree that demolishing the thread was poor form, I also think Pru's analysis of it is actually spot on.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 20:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post It was poor form to bin it. It was rash and impulsive.
However as I say in my sig... and also people were defending Ken with his very own arguments that have been vehemently refuted as wrong right across the political spectrum so I thought what is the point? He's getting facts wrong and very badly misrepresentated that wotsit agreement.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 22:51, , Reply)
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Ahh pooor little snowflake. Did the nasty men on the internet hurt your fee fee?
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 0:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post As ever, a witty and intelligent rejoinder.
Keep 'em coming.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 0:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Just quoting you.
(, Fri 14 Apr 2017, 1:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thread deletion...
...bad, so very bad. Sad really.
(, Fri 7 Apr 2017, 10:54, , Reply)
This is a normal post What thread?

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Right Said Thread

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post Prufrock started one with a guardian link about Ken Livingston
I didn't read all the upset but there appeared to be a lot of it, I guess he was losing an argument because he deleted it
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 14:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Gosh, that's surprising.

(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 15:13, , Reply)
This is a link post Zaz: Oublie Loulou
[Edit] before I get accused of European virtue broadcasting.
I like French music. Zaz is great.
(, Thu 6 Apr 2017, 10:18, , Reply)
This is a normal post I was listening to her self-titled album earlier
I agree- she's fucking great
(, Mon 10 Apr 2017, 0:28, , Reply)

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