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What comes to mind when you think of a dystopian universe? is it Dali-esque surrealist landscapes or is it a more realistic world like 'The Handmaidens Tale' or '1984.' Well, according to the late Brtish academic and cultural theorist Mark Fisher, we are already living in a present-day dystopian society and folks - it is very boring.

The term 'boring dystopia' was coined by Fisher in 2015 and refers to the subliminal coercion that abounds in a capitalist society. So subtle that unless you're looking, you might not realize these problems with society are actually already happening. Charlie Booker's Black Mirror is the closest fantasy depiction of this theory, with his episodes questioning how far is too far when it comes to our evolving technology and how close we are to the dystopian future.

However, for real-life examples of this theory, and social issues coming together with, it look no further than the sub-Reddit titled 'A Boring Dystopia,' which is dedicated to sharing images that are disturbingly unassuming. From the poster that reads "Sleep deprivation is your drug of choice. You might be a doer," or a bus passing by with bold black letters stating, "You don't need therapy you just need a new car," the following photos may make you question every society problem in a different light.

Scroll down below to see the Orwellian thread of signs on problems with the world!

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Peak Bureaucracy (Happened In Toronto)

Peak Bureaucracy (Happened In Toronto)

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Boring Dystopia

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Ben Smith
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Tell you what...it's difficult to limit screen time for kids, but it's so very important.

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I Guess We Just Have To Get Used To This

I Guess We Just Have To Get Used To This

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#4

Drink Soda To Help Fight Diabetes

Drink Soda To Help Fight Diabetes

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You Must Be Noteworthy To Take A Selfie At This Spot

You Must Be Noteworthy To Take A Selfie At This Spot

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Look At All That Freedom

Look At All That Freedom

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Reminds me Henry Ford "A customer can have a car painted any color he wants as long as it’s black”

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Healthcare Described In One Picture

Healthcare Described In One Picture

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chi-wei shen
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Based on the ATM symbol ("bankomat" on yellow background with Raiffeisen logo) and the uniform of the paramedics it is from Croatia. The photo dates back to September 2016, and the Photographer's name is Sandra Krunic. The original title of this photo said something about American healthcare, which doesn't fit.

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Boring Dystopia

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Ben Smith
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was actually done to combat theft near a rail yard where cargo from trains was being frequently stolen. This is a fantastic example of a person using social media to twist the facts to suit their own agenda.

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Tobias Meiner
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Society' does not 'impoverish' people. Inequalities are very rarely the result of deliberate action. Furthermore, being poor does not make you a thief, being dishonest does. There is nothing dystopian here.

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Ohio Hands
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also a great example of dissociating personal responsibility with disparities in society. How very SJW of you.

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RaY1
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

We all make our own decisions.....regardless if society is less fair to some individuals, we all still can make choices to better our situation. Just because something is "easy to grab", doesn't give you the right to. Matty boy can go shove his "dystopia" statement right up his a*s.

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Gerry Higgins
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

'Poor' does not have to equal 'thief'. There's a choice there. Some make the right ones and overcome being impoverished. Others don't.

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Kiki
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Stop teaching your kids that it's okay to take things that aren't yours and you wouldn't have this problem. If they stole from the truck, that was entirely their choice. All you are doing is implying that the only thing keeping your kids honest is lack of opportunity. Is that really the image you want for your kids?

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Noël Vose
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Here's a Vox story that explains the issue. You can decide what you think based the article or any other you chose to look up, ok? https://www.vox.com/2018/8/7/17661240/video-chicago-police-bait-truck-nike-norfolk-southern-apology-englewood-black-neighborhood

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Freya the Wanderer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There are two ways to look at this. The kids willing to steal shoes, or the police setting up a trap for them. Who are the real villains?

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birdhouse
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes this was kinda sleazy. However steeling is steeling. It's not yours, you didn't pay for it, so leave it alone.

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Moe Less
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This person does not understand the term "entrapment." Big surprise.

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Stannous Flouride
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Chicago PD has a well-documented history of thuggery and racism but this ain't one of them: https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/08/09/chicago-bait-truck/

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Little Menace
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So if you are underprivileged you don't need integrity and you can do whatever you like with no consequences? No wonder they steal and loot at every possibility, no wonder actually someone wants to catch them at all costs. Have some pride, stealing is low.

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Oerff On Tour
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Entrapment is a procedure that gets the case thrown out of court immediately in CIVILIZED countries.

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Joseph Peter
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the, everyone's a victim, clown world, entrapment is synonymous with dindunuffin.

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Taras Berestyuk
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aaah i'm reading the comments and looking at the caption, and I want to cry.

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Liz Sahlin Johansson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How is it said...”if you won’t do the time, don’t do the crime”? You can survive without shoes so. If it had been food and the kids were hungry THEN I would have been angry at the police. But that’s just MY opinion...

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David Martin
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean...don’t get me wrong, I don’t advocate entrapment. But on the other hand...maybe don’t steal the Nike’s?

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Jse Tolteca
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually this is against the law on many countries, is called promoting crime, and please people be real this is plain racism and is so rooted on us society just look at some comments.

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Jse Tolteca
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually on many countries that is against the law is like you are promoting crime, and please people be real this is just plain racism, is sadly so embedded on us society just look at the comments

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Ann Person
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

But... technically they weren't doing anything illegal UNTIL THE COPS TRIED TO GET THEM TO DO SOMETHING ILLEGAL

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Michèle Gyselinck
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, for goodness's sake. Aren't their prisons full enough already?

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red rabbit
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was young, many years ago in San Francisco, the teamsters I knew were stealing and selling the merchandise all the time.

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sharron lynn parsons
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

WOW, I am stupid, at first I thought this was a good deed shoes for the kids !!!

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Pamela Scott
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Okay Ben Smith Thank you for supplying the details. Wish I had seen your post before putting this one up!

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The criminals are the ones who are the victims here? This is virtue signalling at it's finest.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You who say "I don't steal. I'm no thief", you lie. If you do anything personal at work, you steal time from boss. If you ever eat grape in store before you pay, you are thief. If you take pen from work or from store or from anywhere you didn't buy it, you steal. Big thief, little thief. ALL thief!

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Odette Boisvert
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this makes me vomit all the way... tell me it's not true!! PLEASE???

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Kiki
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nobody forced the kids to steal. Would it be alright for them to rape a truckload of scantily dressed women just because they are there? Would that be considered entrapment? No. Because they are fully aware that rape is wrong. Just like they know stealing is wrong.

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Jodi Ellis
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

how is that legal, seems like entrapment. But I do not know all of the laws.

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Danielle
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"The key aspect of entrapment is this: Government agents do not entrap defendants simply by offering them an opportunity to commit a crime. Judges expect people to resist any ordinary temptation to violate the law. An entrapment defense arises when government agents resort to repugnant behavior such as the use of threats, harassment, fraud, or even flattery to induce defendants to commit crimes."

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Michèle Gyselinck
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's disgusting. At first I thought they put the sneakers there so the kids could have them, but to arrest kids after tempting them?

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Thomas Turnbull
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is entrapment it would not stand up in the courts of the UK.

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Monette Mestas
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

“For if you suffer your people to be ill-educated, and their manners to be corrupted from their infancy, and then punish them for those crimes to which their first education disposed them, what else is to be concluded from this, but that you first make thieves and then punish them.” ― Sir Thomas More, Utopia

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only way race enters this is the fact they are running shoes that can be used for races. It's police vs people who stole s**t. Why does everything have to be about race?

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Lol. There is a special place in Hell for twisted people that came up with s**t like this... Torture of Tantalus.

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M O'Connell
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Were are we planning on keeping the people who nonchalantly steal merchandise?

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Jesus - why not just leave food out and arrest the hungriest who eat it

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Dan H
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why not leave your doors open so people can come in and take what they need?

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If I do not have enough inmates in my privately run prison - then what the hell am I supposed to do? I have a business to run! Besides: in the land of the Free they can have all the freedom they want as prisoners with Free food, Free housing and even working for Free. Got anything to say about that!?

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#11

"How Can We Decorate Our Lobby To Look Refined While Still Being Utterly Devoid Of Character?"

"How Can We Decorate Our Lobby To Look Refined While Still Being Utterly Devoid Of Character?"

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And people who decided this didn't think that this would make a perfect joke?

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Quick Reminder That We've Been At War For 17 Years. Sure, People Are Sent To Fight And Die Every Day, But It's Just Old News, Right?

Quick Reminder That We've Been At War For 17 Years. Sure, People Are Sent To Fight And Die Every Day, But It's Just Old News, Right?

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You've always been at war. The USA is a warmongering country. Does that even surprise anyone at this point?

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Kurt Cobain Was Not Diagnosed With A Mental Illness And Leave A Suicide Note For It To Be Turned Into A Fashion Trend

Kurt Cobain Was Not Diagnosed With A Mental Illness And Leave A Suicide Note For It To Be Turned Into A Fashion Trend

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American Airlines Announces Pay Raises For Pilots And Flight Attendants, And Investors Balk

American Airlines Announces Pay Raises For Pilots And Flight Attendants, And Investors Balk

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Investors want to get all the money, while putting in none of the work. It's the workers' labor that creates value, which brings in the money. It makes sense they should be paid appropriately.

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Mass Shootings Are Now So Frequent That President Trump Just Copies-And-Pastes His Condolences

 Mass Shootings Are Now So Frequent That President Trump Just Copies-And-Pastes His Condolences

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Education For Your Kids? Not Important. Buy Our Expensive Car Instead

Education For Your Kids? Not Important. Buy Our Expensive Car Instead

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Trump's Official Survey Doesn't Include Any Negative Response Options

 Trump's Official Survey Doesn't Include Any Negative Response Options

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Teaching Kids To Read Via Logos

Teaching Kids To Read Via Logos

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know why but to me this seems to be more vulgar and immoral than the last porn movie I watched.

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Totally Normal And Fine

Totally Normal And Fine

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S**t Like This Just Happens Constantly Now

S**t Like This Just Happens Constantly Now

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Liquidation Sale

Liquidation Sale

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

not as bad as 'things to do before you die' why not 'things to do while you're still alive' much more positive.

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Plastic, As God Made It

Plastic, As God Made It

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Didn't George Carlin say that the only reason Earth hasn't killed us is that it can't make plastic and needs us to do it?

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Gun Show This Weekend

Gun Show This Weekend

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's been documented that after a mass/school shooting, gun sales actually go up. How sick is that?

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Teachers Gifted Supplies For Their Classrooms ...on A Talk Show

Teachers Gifted Supplies For Their Classrooms ...on A Talk Show

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Late Stage Capitalism

Late Stage Capitalism

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Chyppa Homer
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Shouldn't the simple fact that you're out of blood, solve ALL your problems ? Including housing ? Just a tought

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Be Happy

Be Happy

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah, if you don't smile, an exec will immediately bolt from his office and grin at the door for you :D

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Jaywalkers Under Surveillance In Shenzhen Soon To Be Punished Via Text Messages

 Jaywalkers Under Surveillance In Shenzhen Soon To Be Punished Via Text Messages

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

how is this surprising? did you really think they were developing this kind of technology just for your social photo tagging to be easier? come on.

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#33

I Withdrew Some Cash And The Receipt Has The Most Dystopian Bloody Thing On It

I Withdrew Some Cash And The Receipt Has The Most Dystopian Bloody Thing On It

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I'm Sure The Sermen Drew Some Comparison With Following "False Prophets"

I'm Sure The Sermen Drew Some Comparison With Following "False Prophets"

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Zenozenobee
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't think this challenge honor the Christ... Poor Him, it must be tiredsome to be loved by idiots.

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It’s Really Hard Watching Other People Live Out Your Dreams

It’s Really Hard Watching Other People Live Out Your Dreams

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ille102
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is probably obvious to most, but the reductress is, just like the onion, a satire site :) just so you know

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You Don't Need Therapy

You Don't Need Therapy

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Bleeding You Dry

Bleeding You Dry

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Zenozenobee
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Giving your blood is a good thing, having no choice but selling your blood sucks

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Aligned With The Holiday Spirit

Aligned With The Holiday Spirit

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Tobias Meiner
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And? This can be a police parking lot, military base, impound lot, a mint etc.

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#42

You've Heard Of Elf On The Shelf, Now Get Ready For

You've Heard Of Elf On The Shelf, Now Get Ready For

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#44

The Important News

The Important News

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's an update. Bus probably fell from the cliff, crashed on a cemetery, and they are keeping the viewers up to date on how many victims they keep finding under the wreck. Chips look tasty though :D

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This Escorting Website Features A Live-Updated Student Debt Clock

This Escorting Website Features A Live-Updated Student Debt Clock

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Happiness Within Reach

Happiness Within Reach

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#48

Back To School Shopping

Back To School Shopping

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#49

Facebook Served Me An Ad Inside Of A Private Chat

Facebook Served Me An Ad Inside Of A Private Chat

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#50

Their Main Concern Isn't Population Changes, It's Diaper Sales

Their Main Concern Isn't Population Changes, It's Diaper Sales

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