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Disclosing our secrets reduces stress and helps us come to terms with our behavior. So the fact that some of the most powerful people or institutions in many cultures encourage people to admit their transgressions is no coincidence. Nor is the huge number of followers behind the Twitter account 'Fesshole.'

It enables people to anonymously confess "their sins" and countless have already turned to it for a shot at internet absolution. So let's see if we can give them exactly that, shall we?

We at Bored Panda compiled some of the wildest submissions 'Fesshole' has recently received, so put on your confessor hat (or pick up a scepter, whatever works for you), and continue scrolling to check out what some evil-doers have been up to.

For more, click on our older publications on 'Fesshole' here and here.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... put a cat down, just because you move? Seriously, I hope this sad excuse of an attempt to be a halfway human POS never had any fun in its life again. Fück these people, whatever treats some sentient living being, who likely loved that thing, like that doesn't deserve its feelings to be taken into account anywhere, and if, then only to make sure it hasn't any chance to have fun.

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In The Secret Life of Secrets, Dr. Michael Slepian, the Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Associate Professor of Leadership and Ethics at Columbia Business School, explained that we can draw a line between secrecy and privacy by considering secrecy as an intention to hold specific information back, and privacy as a reflection of how much we broadcast personal information, in general.

Generally, people who are more private require closeness before they let you in. Yet those who are less private may be happy to disclose personal information, not just to friends and family, but to coworkers, acquaintances, and even people they’ve just met as well.

You may not want to discuss your sexual experiences at work out of concern for privacy (and for what is appropriate), however, this is very different from wanting to keep some specific experience a secret. In both cases, you are taking control of your personal information, but for different reasons.

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"Aside from sex, money is another example of something you may not talk about but may not be intentionally keeping secret," Slepian wrote. "You might not talk about your paycheck out of concern for privacy, rather than wanting nobody to ever know what it looks like."

"At the same time, there may be other specifics you intend to keep hidden, such as a particularly unwise financial decision. These examples help us see that privacy and secrecy can coexist, and there can be gray area in between. So, can we ever really separate them? Yes, and the person who knows best—whether something is private or secret—is you."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

... and did you get yourself checked out? Because if your wife didn't even remotely recognize the smell (and yes, she knows the normal smell), there might be something wrong with you, too.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who cares if your dog is ugly. Dogs can be amazing and also ugly at the same time. You can't become a neighbourhood menace just because someone thought your dog was ugly.

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During his research, Slepian discovered that the more immoral we consider a personal experience or action, the more it feels like a secret, rather than something that is merely private.

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He also found that the more we think others would find the information relevant to their own lives, the more something unsaid feels like secrecy instead of privacy.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aw, I get why you did this. My mum died 13 years ago and my dad this year. I miss them both terribly every.single.day.

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He learned this from a study involving 1,000 participants in committed relationships. "I asked the participants to think about something they had not disclosed to their romantic partner," the psychologist said.

"This was easy for them to do. We all have many such things, ranging from the consequential to the mundane. Some of the things people hadn't disclosed were acts they considered highly immoral, like cheating on their partner and misrepresenting their past. The participants said that these felt very much like secrets. But other things did not seem immoral. For example, one participant told me he quite enjoys having the apartment to himself, and doesn’t mind when his partner is away for the weekend. In fact, it makes him quite happy."

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"Another participant told me that her partner doesn’t know how much she spends on yarn. These things didn’t feel like they mattered all that much, and so not mentioning them didn’t feel like keeping secrets," Slepian noted.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well now I'll never stop wondering what franchise that was and whether I've seen ET Ballsack.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

a lot of times my to do list is things I have done. instead of a never ending list of demands... I am faced with a list of satisfaction ( and I can see I have actually accomplished a lot)

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Slepian said people are often wondering if they're more secretive than the average person.

"When we start talking about tendencies for secrecy, we bump right up into personality psychology," he said. "A common way of measuring personality is to ask about five broad traits: Openness (open to new experiences and to things being complicated), Conscientiousness (organized, disciplined), Extraversion (enthusiastic, social), Agreeableness (polite, eager to please), and Neuroticism (the less polite word for high negative emotion; many prefer to call this “low emotional stability” instead)."

(If you ever need to remember this information straight away just remember the acronym OCEAN.)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I answer my front door without my trousers on. The visitors quickly decide if I am someone they wanted to see.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It would be seriously satisfying if someone filmed this. I'd email it to the prick everyday for as long as I needed to feel vindicated (or until the baastard had a mental breakdown - whichever came first).

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"My research finds that someone who is more secretive (whether having had many experiences from the list or just a few) tends to be less extraverted and less emotionally stable, but more conscientious," Slepian said.

Additionally, the profile of a person more likely to get involved in the kinds of situations that people keep secret is that of someone who is open, extraverted, and emotionally stable, but less agreeable and less conscientious.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This IMO has little to do with IQ. If you never learnt, you cannot do it. Good luck learning (says the woman who replaces the laces with elastics because she just can't be bothered).

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What do you mean "if you never learnt, you cannot do it"? Isn't that the opposite premise of learning a new skill?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People who quote their IQs don't realize that a) nobody cares and b) it is a flawed evaluative tool that has been debunked many times.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is true. There are new tests every so often and it's a very flawed testing.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned to properly tie my shoes at age 45. My step-dad taught me to tie my shoes when I was five, but I spent the next 40 years trying to figure out why they constantly came untied. I even asked several people over the decades if they tied their shoes differently, but we couldn’t see any differences in our techniques. It turns out that if a right-handed person teaches a left-handed child, and the left-handed child ends up doing the first part left-handed and the second part right-handed, that difference will be hard to spot, but it will make a terrible knot. Thank you, YouTube. Six years later and I’m still excited that my shoes stay tied all day long!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you, now I don't feel so bad that my left-handed, 12 year old grandson is having a hard time learning how to tie his shoes. We'll try another method that works for left-handed folks.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't buy into IQ testing, but arguably the most intelligent kid at my high school (well booksmart) was the only person that wore velcro shoes (he wasn't physically challenged in any way). He also could never understand how to open the combination lock on his locker, so I'd always have to help him multiple times a day. We only became friends because we were the only two who chose Latin for our language credits, and since it was only two of us we got pretty close, even finishing Latin IV by mid-junior year (not because I'm particularly intelligent myself, but because we got exclusive attention), so started on Classical Greek for the remainder of HS... I was a fairly big dude (6'4" before graduating) so I like to think he avoided any potential bullying because I had his back. I know he went on to graduate Harvard Law (and definitely wasn't above lower-middle class financially, and not a legacy) - pray he's doing well! Great guy, just socially very awkward.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I only made it to Latin 3. I did a year of Ancient Homeric Greek, also. I don't know if that's Classical Greek or not.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Working in education I have to explain to so many people that measured IQ and certificates do not transfer most of the time to common sense or life skills.

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband is getting old now, and bending over to tie his shoes makes him dizzy. I would tie them for him whenever I could, but he wakes up and leaves for work hours before I’m awake. So he bought work boots that lace BUT also have a zipper on the side so he can put his foot up on a chair, slip into them (he pre-tied them), then zip them up instead of tie them. Fricking clever of him, I have to say.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

IQ is a useless measure anyway. Many smart people have trouble with tasks that require dexterity, ‘lived’ knowledge ( not found in books) and/or practice. Mostly either because they believe they don’t need that practice or their carers ‘forget’ to teach them how to do those tasks.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, I'm right up there with you. See, kinesthetic movement is very independent from technical intelligence. I was a "bright" kid but I was 7 before I could tie my own shoes. It took me a solid week to get it down. I learned to ride a bike faster. Sometimes that's just how it goes. Be more lenient with yourself.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Anyone who matters doesn't mind, and anyone who minds doesn't matter."

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There’s a lovely guy Rob Kenney on YouTube who makes videos “Dad, how do I?” as his father left when he was 12

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't believe the 150s IQ. Sorry, but if STEVEN HAWKING had an IQ of 160, this guy is certainly and definitely not in the 150s. Cool lie bro. How embarrassing...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not necessarily. The IQ points in n different countries are tallied or measured in different ways. My IQ is 154 and I'm in the too 95 percentile in my country. I don't consider myself bright at all, in fact, I struggle to learn about anything which doesn't interest me.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

AAAAWWWWW....you never to old to learn, well done :)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm curious - did your folks emphasize academics to the loss of practical skills, or did they just wear slip on shoes?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone says I tie my shoes backward. My Dad taught me, I watched him and did what he did. I guess it's backward because I was across from him, watching.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I dont see an issue with that, if you got your first ones then it can make sense, unless you are gifted with knots then id be confused

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I score great on that kind of test and didn't learn how to tie my shoes until sixth grade. I realized everyone had been teaching it wrong. The bunny goes around the tree but it does NOT go thru the hole. Im still mad.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We need to make you the head of some department or a head project manager or something in that realm. No real life experience? Like you don't know at all about how things work. Yeah, a promotion is waiting for you. This is America. The 45 year old guy who knows and does way more then you doesn't deserve the promotion. No no. This is capitalism at its finest!!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of the shortest TED talks is Terry Moore showing the correct way to tie round shoelaces so they stay tied. It will change your life! https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_how_to_tie_your_shoes?language=en [I've shown scores of people all over the world how it's done and feel like I've made a small mark on the human progress.]

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"On an average shoe with six pairs of eyelets, there are almost 2 Trillion ways to feed a shoelace through those twelve eyelets". And several ways to tie the knot.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Life skills and book learning are totally separate things. Best of luck!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

High IQ doesn't always equate to mastery of mundane tasks...keep at it, mate!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like autism to me. (Or some kind of neurodivergence) Don't get down on yourself for such trivial things. You are literally wired differently, and clearly excel at plenty of other things

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is why you don't brag about your IQ or, worse yet, that you're a Mensa member.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My x would buy the kids Velcro closing shoes so they struggled with actually tying their shoes as well. The fact that you're learning on your own shows a lot about the type of person you are 😁

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing to do with IQ I guess, if you're not used to it. I'm sure you'll learn it in no time...

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Get velcro and make it easy on yourself! Life it too precious to be lacing shoes . . .

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a 45 year old with a 150+ IQ and odd gaps in my knowledge, I can attest to this. All that means is that we learn faster and retain more. We do not magically know things that we never learned.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

it's intelligence quotient. a quote of projected potential of intellect. it does not infer at any point that the said potential will be fulfilled. it just means they have said potential.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. It's always the simplest of tasks and thought that are totally lost on the genius of society

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

some super intelligent people may have problems with basic daily activities like the one in the post and they don't have to have asd

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I watched YouTube videos to finally learn it and be able to teach it to my daughter. LOL

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Growing up with Velcro. Next you need to learn to read an analog clock?

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a TED Talk on how to tie your shoes! Madlad deadass got up in a conference room full of top tier geniuses and executives and told them they're trying their shoes wrong!!

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As a kindergarten teacher, my wife taught a one-armed student to tie his shoes.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Americans should probably look into the history of the IQ test. It isn't looking for what people think it's looking for. And the original creator of the test would be blown away knowing what the American educational system thinks it is. It was specifically designed as a way of determining which children needed additional resources to keep from falling behind. It was not intended to be a measure of intelligence. You can be bloody brilliant and have a low IQ. And you can have a very high IQ and be a total bung head. There's a professor at the University of Pennsylvania (an Ivy League school), who has an interesting story about how he was denied access to a lot of resources growing up because he tested with an IQ score of 78. But he's a brilliant tenured professor, published a ton of books, and has been the recipient of the MacArther Genius Grant. The irony of course, is that his low IQ score should have been the reason to get him additional resources, not just assume he can't learn.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man if I had a nickel for every time one of my friends said their kid was diagnosed as 'gifted'... It just feels as a scam.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My genius son watched YouTube videos to find different, more creating ways to ties his shoes. They always look cool.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I once worked with a genius (in a college part time job) who could work out how to stack tins.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not uncommon xD I've also started to wear laced shoes only after high school.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Agree. I had the same reaction when my son was diagnosed with autism. But yesterday, we were driving past a new development of houses near a pond. I pointed to it and asked him if he knew why it was a bad idea to build houses so close to a pond and he responded with "Tidal waves?" We laughed for about ten minutes before I said "mosquitos."

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1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Get them a new dog that you love! (This is clearly a joke, chill)

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very good! I had a non-stick pan that I was very protective of. My mother knew she couldn't use it, and never did. Then she had a friend stay over who offered to cook, and used My Pan, and utterly ruined it. She didn't even offer to buy a new one because in her mind it was still good. My mom got me a new pan, but I'm still hurt.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

next time: put a child in "fake" command (steering wheel), and take a picture of the people faces

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Peng = very attractive for those like me who didn’t know what that meant lol

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's the same when employer fake competitor for the job opportunity you apply for... "yes, three other people are in the pipe for the same job...", just to ensure you will not ask for too much money and/or advantage

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think there might be something wrong with the connection between my eyes and my brain. I've been seeing things from the corner of my eyes that aren't there and reading words that don't exist. Three times I read "A child kept licking my seat...". I'm beginning to wonder if this isn't just a weird glitch that will straighten itself out.

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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was a kid I actually asked my mother what happened to the coins people threw into the fountain at the mall, and she said "the people who clean the fountain get to have it". An answer which I still quite like to this day.

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