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Many people get away with dropping ill-advised comments on the internet. But from time to time, you will have one person who humbles them with the perfect clapback that isn’t easy to forget, let alone recover from. 

The following screenshots show what that perfect response looks like. It doesn’t have to be downright insulting, but just enough to deliver a burn sick enough to require some ointment. 

If delivering the perfect response is something you want to work on, perhaps you can learn a thing or two by scrolling through this list.

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    #2

    Thankful Family

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    Iva Kazalova
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This Chris Lund is a rock star, that’s his second post in this thread

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    Receiving negative comments is inevitable for anyone who has gained recognition online. And while taking them personally may be a knee-jerk reaction, you can also look at them as a positive. 

    PenFed Credit Union Chief Marketing Officer Gaurav Bhatia even went as far as saying that criticisms should be perceived as a gift.

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    #5

    Apparently You Can’t Be Friends With Just Anyone

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    Helena
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Patrick Stewart is best friends with Ian McKellen. That's all you really need to know.

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    #6

    Offering Proof They Never Intended

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    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also who they thank when a doctor performs a life saving surgery

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    As Bhatia tells Forbes, people who take the time to respond, regardless of their tone, typically care or are, at the very least, interested in what you have to say. Therefore, listening to their feedback is the least we could do. 

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    #7

    The Greatest Gift A Female Can Give A Man

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    Helena
    Community Member
    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I do not understand the obsession with virginity. So gross.

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    #9

    Apparently, God Was The One Skipping Happy Hour

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    Earonn -
    Community Member
    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just once I want these plastic Christians to admit that their god also ki.lls and maims, since they claim him doing the good stuff.

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    But since this article is all about crafting the perfect comeback, let’s shift our focus to that. One way to deliver that ultimate clapback is to not think too much about what you’re going to say. 

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    As comedy teacher and improv consultant Belina Raffy tells Mental Floss, “You’re taking yourself out of unfolding reality if you think too much.”

    #11

    Jerkules Strikes Again

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have you even read the bible Kevin? If you [harm] a lady, you pay to their father or husband. They were not equal, they were property..

    WubiDubi
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kevin went bat s**t but not in a cool way, like Jack Nicholson.

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    Tams21
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I really wish people would spend 10 seconds of their time researching something before posting it.

    Rali Meyer
    Community Member
    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sometimes google is as fast as 0.3 seconds for 20 results! It's called search engine. Use it

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    Earonn -
    Community Member
    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For everyone else: "Larry the Cat" is a fun account on behalf of the "Chief Mouser" at the seat of the Prime Minister of Britain. Larry has seen many PMs come and go. Recommend to give him a follow on X (bah!) or BlueSky

    UpupaEpops
    Community Member
    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read both the Bible and the Quran. Multiple editions and translations of both, actually. There's nothing worse in the Quran than what can be found in the Old Testament, and it's actually *more* progressive on the legal rights of women than the New Testament is. Not that I, as a woman, would want my rights dictated by *any* religious text, but just food for thought.

    CP
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Christianity teaches that women are property.

    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having taken Women and Religion in college, not many do

    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Organized religion is the biggest scam ever perpetrated on humanity.

    L.V
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to live that guy as Hercules in my childhood. Then I grew up and had to hear all the drivel he's spouting. Such a disappointment!

    Travis Sinclair
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obviously. God wrote the book on equality -- the bible. Look how equally people live in its area of origin. Good stuff, Kevin! Don't let reality dissuade you!

    Dwayne Hicks
    Community Member
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He is constantly dumb, I will give him credit for that.

    WubiDubi
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First time someone is No.10 roasted someone. They normally self roast.

    Richard Smith
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the nonsense I expect from a Greek demigod like Hercules...

    John Monteith
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    1 Corinthians 14:34-35: States that women should "keep silent in the churches" and "not permitted to speak," suggesting they should ask questions to their husbands at home. 1 Timothy 2:11-12: Commands women to "learn in quietness and full submission" and prohibits them from teaching or exercising authority over a man.

    JoeTheBro
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kevin bro smh. The reason why priest and other members of the clergy (deacons, cardinals, popes etc.) is because they act “in persona Christi” in the person of Christ, and since Christ was male as a human, those who are in the person of Christ are female.

    NJ P
    Community Member
    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So then you support are women's rights, Kevin?

    Patricia Manteuffel
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    might want to take a look at a bible

    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    5 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That dude is as dumb as a sack of hammers. I mean seriously unintelligent. The teacher always handed his test back face down.

    Lady Eowyn
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a pity he turned to be such a d*******g. I liked him in Hercules and Andromeda.

    Virgil Blue
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Two of the most important plot points are blaming a woman for eating a fruit and punishing her and all off her descendants with pain. And the guy got off light. The other was impregnating a girl without giving her a choice for the greater good. Yeah, equal treatment

    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The biggest plot point is “so-called”God created humans with a sense of curiousity and then put a very important tree in the middle of the garden and said “don’t eat the apples.” Are you serious?! It was doomed to fail from the start

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    turk
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kevin Sorbo is such a spectacular t**d of a lifeform.

    Sam Trudeau
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was one female pope, actually

    KatWitch57
    Community Member
    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since then; the new pope has to sit on a chair with a hole in the seat, so that a young male priest can have a grope to prevent another female pope.

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    Mr. Jones
    Community Member
    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This idiot probably can't read. The bible is laden with r**e, incest and misogyny. Nothing like those idiot faux Christians who haven't read the bible. And it s***s when they encounter someone like me, spiritual but not Christian, but I studied the bible in college to know what was being used against me all the time.

    Chewie Baron
    Community Member
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good ol’ Larry!

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    #12

    It's Not Us, It's You

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    cerinamroth
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be glad that women want equality and not revenge.

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    Many of us strive for “perfection” when it comes to delivering the knockout punch of a response, and we tend to criticize ourselves too much. To silence that inner critic, experts advise against thinking and just shooting from the hip. 

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    “In the heat of the battle, you just go for it,” freestyle rapper Lex Rush said in the same Mental Floss interview, noting how dropping rhymes on the mic is like a “stream of consciousness” where she has very little control over what she is saying.

    #13

    That Backfired

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    Feathered Dinosaur
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ouch, get that woman some Aloe Vera for that burn

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    #14

    Marriage Rates Drop

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    HangryHangryHippo
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Letting that frontal lobe to fully mature sounds like a good thing too!

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    #15

    God vs. Humanity

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    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds good. Can he be more selective next time? I have a few locations in mind

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    Quickness is also key to delivering the ultimate comeback. Sure, it’s not as imperative as it is when crafting a perfect response in real time, face-to-face. But as social media expert Scott Talan states, “speed is integral to wit.” 

    “If you’re trying to be witty and have that reputation, then speed will help you,” he said.

    #16

    Pronouns Are An Integral Part Of English

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    Daisydaisy
    Community Member
    Premium
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "You pinecone"! Some people think of the most deliciously withering insults!

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    #19

    Someone Failed History Class

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    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And if it wasn't for an asteroid you might be a dinosaur

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    #21

    The Super Bowl Half-Wit Show

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    Feathered Dinosaur
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know who or what Bad Bunny is and I'm too lazy to run to Google

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    #22

    Started Realizing

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    cerinamroth
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh, yes. My husband is only just starting to get this too. He agreed that of course a friend of our daughter's could come over after school in 20 minutes. He went back to work. I had to stop work, hoover, clean up and tidy (I'm working two jobs, day and night atm) and be there to answer the door, provide snacks, check they had their hats, scarves, gloves when they went out and that the friend had everything with her when she left after arranging a pick-up time with the mum. My husband would say it was not necessary to hoover and clean up but he's not the one that bears the social penalty for such things - it has been proven time and again that women bear the social penalty for an untidy/dirty home.

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    #23

    Found In A Twitter Thread About Overworked Starbucks Employees

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Some of the best times I can remember"? 😶

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    #24

    It Is, But I'd Take The $100k

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    CK
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Send me 100K and I'll let you know which is better.

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    #25

    On Understanding Math

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    Rali Meyer
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    okay, 8 hours left. I suppose I can learn a new language on the way to work and back

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    #26

    What Is This New Fangled Email You Speak Of?

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    Corvus
    Community Member
    18 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Outlook is actually pretty easy to use... this guy only makes himself look like a fool. Also, it's not "new" software at all - I remember using it back in the dial-up era!

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    #29

    Well... Nobody Is Perfect

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Atleast she's holding aloe to her head already?

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    #31

    Yeah Just Wanna Know

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    WindySwede
    Community Member
    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And how many bugs does it come with?

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    #32

    Paycheck To Homelessness

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    Earonn -
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That could have been said about the average German under Hitler, too. Nobody made excuses for them. And yes, if you ignore warnings from all over the world and don't work on the problem while it's small, solving it later might be painful. Americans also could support each other, or ask us for help.

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    #34

    Never Been On Birth Control

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    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sure her attitude works well enough for that

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    #36

    Betrayed By 'Cuteness'

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    Helena
    Community Member
    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If someone offers you a jacket the only real consideration is your faith in their hygiene.

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    #37

    Logically Laid To Rest

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    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    19 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    😂😂😂wait a sea food place doesn’t sell lobster WHAT in the fresh hell kinda place is that ,

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    #39

    They Say He’s Still Running

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    NapQueen
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my Dad was a teenager, he took a girl to see a movie in London, but he didn't really like her in the end. They were on the Tube and as the doors started to close and beep, he legged it and left her there!

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    #40

    Always Has Been True

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    Billo66
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    Premium
    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's someting that feels Lithuanian? Recycling the same memes for 10 years.

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    #41

    On Getting Social Security

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    Geoffrey Scott
    Community Member
    17 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Keep up that line of thinking and your wish will be fulfilled. Once again, a benefit that has existed for 90 years is in trouble by those who refuse to fight and do not grasp the concept a 401k can be halved overnight, but Social Security even if reduced, would still be there. But then that would require effort to hold your elected Rep accountable to your expectations. BTW, at 30...Social Security Disability is more worth it than me at 63.

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    #42

    It Was Too Easy To Pass On This One

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    Apatheist
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I left a hotel that had no mirrors. I couldn't see myself staying there.

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    #43

    Ouch, This Was Perfect

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    ggus44
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If they have the need to tell you that, they are not over you.

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    #44

    That Was Brutal

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    Erm Actually…
    Community Member
    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least he didn’t have a short fuse about these things.

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    #45

    Gx Got No Chill

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    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got my wife a new XPS laptop for Christmas. It has a dedicated Copilot button where the right control key used to be. First thing I looked up was how to disable or remind it. Remember the bixby button that Samsung force fed down everyone's throats? Yeah, the Microsoft button should do the same and disappear

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    #48

    Elite Finish

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    Mike Rodrick
    Community Member
    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hey, you wanted equal rights but not equal responsibility?

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    #50

    Now Do You Understand Why?

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    Zephyr343
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hmmmmmm idk. Daycare for our 8 month old is $2400 a month. Formula is $158 every 2 weeks. Vaccines cost $1400.

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    #51

    "Carrying Food Is A Feminine Trait"

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    Auntriarch
    Community Member
    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We've still got my great grandfather's lunchbox. It's only got a bit of coal dust in it now, but it used to carry his "snap" down the pit

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    #52

    You Absolutely Cannot Sit Here

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    Roxy222uk
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Also, that is not a gala, that is a ball.

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    #54

    Insulting And Somehow Also On Topic

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    SCP 4666
    Community Member
    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They put the rectangle in...the square hole

    #55

    Admin Being Ruthless In My Local Fb Group

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    Lotekguy
    Community Member
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some comedian pointed out that we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway. Given that, why should anything make sense?

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    #57

    Just A Catfish Getting Cooked

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    Crystalwitch60
    Community Member
    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now that’s CRUEL ! 🤬no one’s worthless !

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    #58

    We All Need A 12-12 From Time To Time

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    WubiDubi
    Community Member
    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think military time, that scares Americans, may be useful here.

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    #59

    Back To The Crying Board

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    Fat Harry (Oi / You)
    Community Member
    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's just holding out for a world-class university, like Hull.

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