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We all have strange and irrational fears, but few of us make a living off them like Fran Krause.

The LA-based cartoonist, who we previously wrote about here, has added new comics to his Deep Dark Fears series, and they're just as morbidly delightful as the last batch. Krause has gained a cult following on Tumblr thanks to his knack for illustrating the most paranoid corners of people's minds, and his work is almost entirely based on user input. Some of the comics turn ridiculous phobias into humorous imagery, while others deal with serious trauma.

The lifeblood of the project is how universal it is. It shows the fears that so many of us share, and encourages us to embrace them. Check out some of the latest Deep Dark Fears below, but make sure to leave the light on.

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    Lemur
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's smart, but also a lil creepy. Who would ever do that?

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    MeiMei
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    THIS! I always position my bed affixed in a wall and every night when I sleep I always make sure that I am glued to the wall. I am afraid that creepy monsters will grab me by the hand or foot and take me to their dark kingdom. I thought of this even under my bed there is no space for monster to squeeze in because its full of "sentimental stuff".

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    Natasha L
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a bit too detailed for my liking

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    Jose Baeyens
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes my migraines get so bad I wish I could just switch off.

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one is interesting. It's a ghost story, but the fear is not really towards ghosts, it's towards your own self. Fear of neglecting someone you love.

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    Laily F. Noor
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    everybody who has very sick family member, has this fear

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    Mick and Lee
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Understandable given how fast time flies. Can't believe we're already into Feb for example.

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    Bella Rose
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or maybe they're protecting you from something terrible

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fear is of being possessed, rather than killed. My mind alone is already too much for my poor little brain sometimes, it would be torture to have another soul trying to hack in.

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    Stille20
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OMG! Your sister was super evil... and clever

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    Natasha L
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh great, how am I meant to sleep tonight?

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    Pi...
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not just her phone that's dead! X(

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    dirty don
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Someone says,If you die,You will get in some kind of cinema,And you'll see everything that you had done in your whole life(at just one moment),And then you blackout。

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    Małgorzata Nowak
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    once i was dreaming, that i was dreaming and i woke up in that dream and i told my dad about this, then i woke up for real, i was so confused and asked my dad if i already told him about this xD

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your memory is not wiped out. At least not everyone's. My mother had an eye surgery and she "woke up" in the middle of the process. And the doctors couldn't tell, they almost thought they lost a patient, because it took longer for her body to start showing signs of conscience. She could tell us "kids" how she could see and hear them almost panicking over her, and how badly she wanted to shout "I'm alive and fine!". Then she had thoughts of patients in a coma and that were decided for anesthesia.... I'm so glad my mom has been doing fine all these years after that experience and that the surgery was actually successful and her sight was restored.

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    Derek Hellam
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You are the "other" version in their universe, who survived :)

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    Master Markus
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yes, the plot to every movie about the rapture. Also, brings up a problem with teaching kids fundamental religious beliefs.

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you set the lighting to the lowest point, the difference is not that big anymore. Actually, I even can't look at my phone in the dark with its settings set on high brightness levels. It hurts too much.

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    Raluca Iftime
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I will have this fear for ever :( I must know where is my soulmate

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    Bender
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    jesus christ. that's a f****d up thing to say to a kid.

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    Lemur
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    oh no, that happend to me once. I was like: oh s**t!

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My hands would feel all prickly for blood circulation reasons if I kept my hand up my neck during the whole film...

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    Guy Lachance
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then you might not want to watch National Geographic's Mysteries of the Unseen World...

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    Master Markus
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You'd definitely start smelling before that.

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I agree with Spinaap. But I wanna add that this little bitter-sweet anecdote is a good example to give when you're trying to explain about the harm of someone being over-protective.

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    Alex K
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    lol i love that the artist put horus as god

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    Daria B
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh my, this one reminded me of that certain time when... It's a long story, but I wanna tell it, so, I'll try to keep it simple. Sometimes in S. Korea, the siren goes off as part of a military training (because technically, the war is not really "over", right?) for citizens to run to the shelters. Nobody cares about it nowadays, and people just ignore the siren, but the first times I heard it, back when I just moved to the country, from my Safe European Home, it was too hard to pretend I'm not freaking out. One day the siren went off while I was taking a daily nap home alone. Recently it has been a good while of not hearing those sirens.

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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No wonder this person has so many fears with parents like this.

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    dirty don
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you think those eyes look like the socket.

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    Regina Kearns
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    don't tell the kid you have something more to be worried about!

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    Jim
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good habit if you ever go camping, i've spent an hour setting up the perfect safe spot for a tent. saved our lives last year when we had a late night wind storm and four old growth cedar trees came down. They all feel exactly where I thought they would so being a bit neurotic can be a life saver.

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    Phishcat
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I kinda do this but I worry that everything I think in my head, I'm actually saying out loud. And I can think some pretty horrible and mean thoughts....

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    Janine
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's gonna make your life real complicated.

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    Jim
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The dog makes me sad and proud at the same time.

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    Evie Heaven
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I cut my eyebrow when falling down when kid, my father offered me a drink to calm me down. The problem he offered me to drink something red (guess some cherry juice or smth like that) - I cried even more because I was sure my blood was falling into the cup and that's why it is red, and I am offered to drink my own blood. Don't remember much, but the red drink and being sure that it is my blood.

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    Mick and Lee
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It IS a super loud noise when you flush. Fast too. It always makes me jump.

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    Jeanne Deaux
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was an accident with a girl almost scalped on an attraction. It was horrible.

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    Shana
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So don't walk around while eating them? :P

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    Christina Eneroth (Eneroth3)
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've had several nightmares about how my beloved stuffed animals are being mixed up with identical stuffed animals (from the same factory) that aren't them :'( .

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    Liat Cohen-Shakked
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's why they instruct you to not eat anything that needs chewing for a while after. You might also accidentally chew your inner cheek.

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    gedwards1
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm more worried about how you would find that out!

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    Master Markus
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think they'd snip off, but they could break your bones and it would hurt like all hell.

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    Jeanne Deaux
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hence qhy you should always concentrate on the road instead of the lights in front of you. If they need to suddenly brake the change of lights will grab your attention anyway, particularly at night.

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    Cara
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's exactly how I feel, but with shoes!!!

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    Bunzilla
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The worst is having a nurse who doesn't know what she's doing. I had one nurse who SCRAPED the insides of my vein with the needle. Another who grazed a nerve in my arm! Took me a little over a week for my nerve to heal after that. Ugh.

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    Natasha L
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And this is it! The drawing somewhere!

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    Cassie Arndt
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    when it takes too long to surface I'm afraid I'll never get there, that I don't know which way is up anymore. more so in the ocean. swimming is scary

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    Too Lazy To Care 🐼
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One time I came home to my house with my mom (we both temporarily lived in a room together that had cheap rent) and we suddenly discovered a cigarette on the floor. Neither one of us smoked.

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    Lorena Pena
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I love those floor tiles they look so cool at night

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    Kahlo Smith
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like not only is that really smart-- this is kind of cute <3 I like the idea of taking good care of a life you'll have to live.

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    Skunk Drunk
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take a selfie and make a work of art!

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    Stevie Rivers
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I lock my doors when I'm driving so crazy people can't jump in at a red light.

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    Jeanne Deaux
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have this fear daily. I always had a bad memory and fear that this defect will get worse with age sooner than later.

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    Jim
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    why you should never shower during an electrical storm, you become part of the grounded circuit. Also partly why metal drain lines are usually pvc now.

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    Ana Noegel
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is something they mentioned on multiple occasions when I was studying cooking... for exactly this reason. You can lose a finger, you can slash your hand, etc. I even jump back slightly so that it doesn't possibly stab or slice through my shoe. I can just wash a knife if it falls. If I cut myself, I have to thoroughly wash and dress a wound (even if it's not serious), clean the station, and throw out the food I was working on.

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    Jim
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to talk to a shadow woman when I was a child, still not sure if it was a dream or overactive imagination.

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    Bunzilla
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Naw. If anything, you'd crash the BACK of your car into a tree :) Falling back down the hill. .... Or another car.

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    Stevie Rivers
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worry I'll sneeze while driving and get in an accident while my eyes are closed

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    Bunzilla
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Trim your branches! xD They'll scratch the glass!

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    Evie Heaven
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is why it is good to wear eyeglasses instead of contact lenses. You are safe at least from this thing.

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    Jim
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is super mean, scars for life mean.

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    Alex Luiggi
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would be awesome if this happened to Trump with his dorky red hat

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    Stevie Rivers
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some crazy chick once told me people with glasses are more likely to get brain cancer because our glasses amplify the wireless waves from the Internet. I was at work and she was a customer who thought I needed to know this.

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    Jo Hos
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Smart idea! It can actually happen...not pretty...or you can just cut the back of the ring!

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    Jeanne Deaux
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Congrats, you have your own movie: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3013018/

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    Marla Buonodono
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Short of the heart explosion, i had this dream all through collage and for years afterward.

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