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There’s a fine line between designs that are jaw-droppingly original and ones that are truly awful. Unfortunately, a lot of people tend to lean heavily on the latter side of the line, so the world’s filled with design atrocities that will make you cringe. So bad they’re good? Nah. So bad they’re the worst.

The Crappy Design subreddit with more than 2.3 million members is home to the worst designs ever and we bring you the newest ones to scare your artistic friends with. Even if you know next to nothing about good design, you’ll intuitively shy away from some of these design choices. Scroll down, upvote your fave crappy designs, and let us know in the comments which ones you loved to hate the most.

When you’re done, have a look through Bored Panda’s earlier posts about the Crappy Design community here, here, and here.

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2 Butts 1 Plant

2 Butts 1 Plant

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I needed to take a moment to realize that those are the palms of a person's hands.

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A Scene From An Indian TV Show

A Scene From An Indian TV Show

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

I mean to be honest this looks close enough. It's a movie, unless there are doctors watching nobody will know the difference

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Previously, Bored Panda spoke to the Crappy Design moderators to learn more about their community.

“The original motivation for the subreddit was to point out crappy designs. Nowadays, most subscribers probably come here for entertainment,” the moderators told us that a part of their followers is there just to have fun and gawk at truly ugly design decisions.

“However, it is common to have meaningful discussion here on why or why not something is crappy design,” they pointed out that some of the members actively participate in in-depth chats.

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Idk I'm European

Idk I'm European

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

Those who can't afford health care in the US will be driven to suicide. So sad...

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Renate Stargardt
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's only suicide, when you want to die ... not when you only have two options: rob a bank to pay for medical treatment, or die, because you can't afford it.

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Anna Kalita
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is not American healthcare... this is a pharmacy in Sosnowiec, Poland.

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renee brack
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I live in Australia. We have Medicare for all - healthcare funded by taxes. You can also choose to pay for private cover so you can choose surgery dates and doctors. You can also choose doctors on Medicare. There is more choice on Medicare than private health insurance. What this means is that the country as a whole is healthier. And it's kind. Taxes should pay for health and education. Insurance should die like the profit driven policies of the 20th century. The 21st century is about ethics and with less money around - that's what we need. & I'm done :)

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Stephanie Did It
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I strongly suspect that your Medicare and ours in the US are similar in name only. I thought it meant that when you reached eligibility age, your medical expenses were covered. Nope. First you have to enroll with one of a dizzying variety of insurance providers who all cover different things for different costs & copays. Then you wait to see how much you owe AFTER they settle with your medical provider. It's a huge game of roulette and you still end up owing big medical bills.

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Orionpax75
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

True story my MRI of my entire spine in Florida was $13,288 for 30 mins inside a tube! Thankfully my insurance covered it. But just goes to show America's healthcare system is a f****n joke and robbery!!!!

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ISAAC HARVEY
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have brain cancer as well as epilepsy, and as of this writing, need an MRI every six months. They last about half an hour and I also need an IV, which is never fun. I believe one MRI for me costs more than $10,000. If that isn't enough, I also take an anti-seizure medication every 12 hours.

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Bob Belcher
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yup, the fact that many still feel basic healthcare is not a basic right is astounding. We desperately need to ban lobbyist.

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Kady Maree Mcgrath
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

America needs to get their c**p together they need affordable healthcare for one thing and then the list goes on and on

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

As if to say for affordable health care we must hang together...or separately. You choose.

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Jewell Martin
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see a racist interpretation, but that also looks like a cocktail glass to me.

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Elga Konietzny
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

PLEASE PEOPLE LEAVE POLITICS OUT OF HERE<<<<<GIVE US A PLACE TO FORGET FOR A MOMENT<<<<<<<<<<I I FEEL SO SICK AND TIRED OF IT ALL

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K Witmer
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had to call an ambulance bc of an asthma attack and my bill was 4000$ none of it covered by my insurance. My asthma meds are 342$ a month and that's w insurance wo it it's over 1000$. I think they want asthmatics and diabetics to die bc we cost them more than a few dollars to stay alive

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Mishte Tine
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Because Alladin’s lamp makes so much since. As Rafiki said, “Look harder.”

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Rabbit Carrot
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That’s how many feel after seeing their health care bill in the US. So glad I live in a country where it’s free and I don’t have to think about bankruptcy for a broken toe.

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Anna Kalita
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How does it work? I live in a country where I'm charged 20% of my pre-tax paycheck as extra "healthcare tax" and I will see a doctor in September. I signed up in July. Oh, and I signed up for an eye doctor in January, for next January!

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Paola Lona
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

too be fair tho they said till death do us part well now you are ripped apart

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Liz-ard
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

😂😂😂 The designer didn’t though that through and the hospital put it up without reacting!!!

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Paige Garberding
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes, the American health care system hangs too many of us out to dry. Ahhhh, capitalism. :-((((

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Anja Schmidt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I cross my fingers for you, dear americans, that you get health care, too !!!

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Oskar vanZandt
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Healthcare costs can be deadly in many countries... many millions of people globally cannot afford to have their health looked after properly.

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Mya Lugar
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why do the man and child have two legs and the woman only one?

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DKS 001
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't even afford the insurance offered by my employment. so I don't have any.

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Craig Lee
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You need to be unemployed to get health care, that's the issue. ObamaCare sure made things great huh?

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

That caduceus should have a serpent around a winged staff not a martini glass.

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Anna Kalita
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Caduceus is two serpents on a staff and it was attribute of Hermes. You're thinking of the Rod of Asclepius. And the symbol displayed here is Bowl of Hygieia, meaning it's a pharmacy. (There's also relatively new symbol with serpent wrapped around a letter V - for veterinary)

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

Obamacare solving something? Nothing but taking from the more financially fortunate - which just encourages people to not get a job and stay living off of the government because why get a job if you don't have to? Anyways, weird symbol for anything, really.

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This Captain Of The Submarine In My English Book

This Captain Of The Submarine In My English Book

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Founded back in 2011, the community has flourished over its 9-and-a-half-year existence. Just a year ago, the Crappy Design subreddit had 1.7 million members and got more than 2 million page views each month. Those are huge numbers to be fair. However, since then, the sub has gained an additional half a million new followers.

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But let’s hop back to what makes product designs good or bad. For instance, researcher Don Norman writes in his book ‘The Design of Everyday Things’ that good design is upfront and honest about what the thing does. No hidden purposes for Norman!

At the same time, he says that designs have to look beautiful and uncluttered while pushing the boundaries of what a particular object means to us. So we have to be innovative but simple while avoiding clutter and mediocrity. Quite a challenge, wouldn’t you think? No wonder there are so many bad designs out there.

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They Said You Will Be In The Front Page, But Didn't Mention What The Title Of Next Article Going To Be

They Said You Will Be In The Front Page, But Didn't Mention What The Title Of Next Article Going To Be

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People Wearing Face Masks Looking Like Monsters

People Wearing Face Masks Looking Like Monsters

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

The thought of running into people who looked like that would keep me at home...permanently.

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Meanwhile, the Interaction Design Foundation stresses that bad designs are often overloaded with useless info and make us waste time to figure out what the thing does and how it works.

So if you’re designing something, make it as intuitive and simple as possible—after all, you wouldn’t want to create something messy that’s bound to end up on the Crappy Design subreddit, would you?

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They Stopped Construction On The New Burger King In My Hometown Because The Building Is Backwards. They Put A Whole Building Up Backwards!

They Stopped Construction On The New Burger King In My Hometown Because The Building Is Backwards. They Put A Whole Building Up Backwards!

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Black One Is Salt, White One Pepper

Black One Is Salt, White One Pepper

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Welcome To “The Cut” Forest Recreation Area. This Font Threw Me For A Loop. Delete If Not Allowed.

Welcome To “The Cut” Forest Recreation Area. This Font Threw Me For A Loop. Delete If Not Allowed.

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Hiding Money Inside Something That Could Easily Wind Up In The Fireplace

Hiding Money Inside Something That Could Easily Wind Up In The Fireplace

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I Can't Read The Article About Pointless Monthly Subscriptions Without Buying A Monthly Subscription

I Can't Read The Article About Pointless Monthly Subscriptions Without Buying A Monthly Subscription

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Blobfish Supra

Blobfish Supra

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

These only appear weird due to different waterpressure in the deep where they are designed to operate from. In their natural habitat it's a normal looking car. Only bloats on the surface when exposed to less pressure than they are supposed to exist in

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I’m Having An Aneurysm Just Looking At This

I’m Having An Aneurysm Just Looking At This

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Accidental Venn Diagram

Accidental Venn Diagram

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL Our values barely overlap trust, partnership, innovation, and performance. We're just a bunch of lying, backstabbing, shortsighted never do wells.

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What's The Worst That Could Happen?

What's The Worst That Could Happen?

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Finally A Deal That Suits My Acquired Taste

Finally A Deal That Suits My Acquired Taste

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No Broken Legs I Know Of

No Broken Legs I Know Of

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We Don't Need That Corner, I Guess...

We Don't Need That Corner, I Guess...

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Can Someone Tell Me What This Jacket Is Actually Made Of?

Can Someone Tell Me What This Jacket Is Actually Made Of?

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

Layer 1: 70% polyester + 30% polyurethane; Layer 2: 56% polyester + 44% viscose; Layer 3: 100% polyester.

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Complex Oral Care

Complex Oral Care

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How come no one said anything before it became a sign? Or am I the only one with my mind in the gutter?

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This "Muddy Waters" Poop Dress I Found On Depop

This "Muddy Waters" Poop Dress I Found On Depop

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In Turkey, We Have Footpaths With Embossed Yellow Tiles To Help Blind People.

In Turkey, We Have Footpaths With Embossed Yellow Tiles To Help Blind People.

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Almost Perfect

Almost Perfect

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

If those windows were centred on that fairly ugly building it would cease to be art and look like a prison.

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I Mean, Of All The Design Choices, You Chose This

I Mean, Of All The Design Choices, You Chose This

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

Ok... this is either to discourage clients to use the toilets so that you don't have to spend money cleaning them, either to not spend money cleaning the toilets because the clients won't see the difference.

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These Bathroom Stalls

These Bathroom Stalls

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

The see through glass is bad but what about the lack of space for your legs... and other parts of the body... like face. It will be sooo close... most likely pushed against the glass.

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A Leaflet I Found In Work

A Leaflet I Found In Work

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Every Day I Am Thankful To Live In The Land Of The Because Of The Brave USA Free

Every Day I Am Thankful To Live In The Land Of The Because Of The Brave USA Free

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Enjoy A Nice Massage In A Moving Car With Your Eyes Closed

Enjoy A Nice Massage In A Moving Car With Your Eyes Closed

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

I'll cause an accident, but that's okay. I'm all relaxed due to my massage.

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Went To The Park To Shoot Some Hoops Today...

Went To The Park To Shoot Some Hoops Today...

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A Solar-Powered Streetlight Under A Bridge In Hong Kong

A Solar-Powered Streetlight Under A Bridge In Hong Kong

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A Photo With Keanu Reeves

A Photo With Keanu Reeves

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I Thought She Peed Herself For A Sec

I Thought She Peed Herself For A Sec

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The Braille On The "Alarm" And "Stop" Button On This Bus Are The Same

The Braille On The "Alarm" And "Stop" Button On This Bus Are The Same

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White Wolf
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In all fairness, doesn't really matter which one you push, the driver will stop.

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Because Why Pave The Actual Pathway

Because Why Pave The Actual Pathway

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

Is that a stone d**k in the background? Town planners are on meth here.

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#50

This Ad Bomb That’s Guaranteed To Wake Up My Baby

This Ad Bomb That’s Guaranteed To Wake Up My Baby

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

just install "ublock origin" browser extension and almost all ads on the internet will be blocked including youtube...

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