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As long as people throw around some questionable bits of wisdom like it's no big deal, we have the unofficial karma police, aka ‘murderers by words.’ Except murder by words has nothing to with violence, weapons, or blood, which makes the act inherently peaceful, yet brutally powerful.

It’s because the fight is fueled by words, but not by any words. I mean witty, well-argued, and solid arguments that pierce straight through misinformation, fake news, and any other online BS that's so prominent these days. The targets can be anyone from Covid deniers to anti-vaxers to flat earthers and extreme right Trump supporters who support the Capitol riots or similar bursts of terror. And when the words come back, they do so with double the initial power.

Thanks to the prominent corner of Reddit known as the subreddit “Murdered By Words,” the karma evening selection of putdowns, clapbacks, and counter-arguments are in to show that everything you utter in this world can come back to you. Psst! Part 1 of the post with people who got brutally shut down is available here.

#1

You Dense Mother ---!

You Dense Mother ---!

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#3

Beautifully Pointing Out How Jack Doesn’t Know Why A Vaccine Is

Beautifully Pointing Out How Jack Doesn’t Know Why A Vaccine Is

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Previously, comedy writer Ariane Sherine told Bored Panda that when it comes to witty comebacks, they can be both planned and totally spontaneous.

"I've definitely come up with comebacks that are spontaneous. For instance, I told my daughter that if she didn't behave, I'd give her inheritance to a donkey sanctuary. She said, 'You wouldn't,' and I came back, 'You bet your ass!' But though I hadn't used that comeback before, I clearly had knowledge of the pun and might have used something similar in the past."

But not every comeback is equally powerful. The ones that make us thank the lord it’s not us who received them have to be well-timed, super-fast, exceptionally witty, and totally understandable to everyone. If it’s super complicated or said at the wrong time, or worst, in the wrong place, you can get scolded with an agonizing moment of silence.

#4

Dammit George!

Dammit George!

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

How unusual to actually respect people outside of your own household...?!?!

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#6

Apparently She Was A Raging Dumbass Five Years Ago, Too

Apparently She Was A Raging Dumbass Five Years Ago, Too

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

I'm very much against violence towards women, but Katie Hopkins might have turned out to be a more worthwhile human being if she'd been punched in the face a little more often for saying things like this.

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#8

Room Temperature Iq Is My New Favourite Insult

Room Temperature Iq Is My New Favourite Insult

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#9

Maybe She's Just Not Getting Any

Maybe She's Just Not Getting Any

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#10

I Proudly Served In The Gay Wars Of '07

I Proudly Served In The Gay Wars Of '07

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#11

All Of A Sudden “Law & Order” Doesn’t Apply?

All Of A Sudden “Law & Order” Doesn’t Apply?

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

I love this chicks reply. This woman was told multiple times to stop or they WILL SHOOT HER!! Just because she was a woman and in the service does not mean she does not need to comply with the law. My niece is retired from the Marines and I would say the exact same thing if she were dumb enough to do what this woman did, thankfully my niece has common sense. It sucks she was killed but she broke into a FEDERAL BUILDING WITH SECRET SERVICE AND POLICE AND MILITARY OFFICERS!!!!

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#12

Pray Away The Gay

Pray Away The Gay

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

I guess it will take another 200 years before idiots understand that you can't "pray the gay away." But "therapy camps" are indeed perfect locations for gay people to meet each other. And it's true: Covid deniers often are homophobes, racists, sexists and white supremacists who also believe in practically every conspiracy theory they can find.

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#13

Such Delicate Snowflakes

Such Delicate Snowflakes

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

Kindness is the easiest and the hardest quality depending on who has to show it

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#15

I Think You Will Survive The Vaccine

I Think You Will Survive The Vaccine

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

Nobody knows what's in a hotdog either, but I bet they've eaten one of those.

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#16

And Now, For Something Not Involving Politics

And Now, For Something Not Involving Politics

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#19

'murica, Heck Yeah!

'murica, Heck Yeah!

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

In America, the customer is expected to pay the workers through tips.

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#20

Hits It Right On The Nose

Hits It Right On The Nose

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

Morons! Why hide the name? They have put it on a public forum. Everyone should who the person is.

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#21

The Nerve Of The Man!

The Nerve Of The Man!

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

I can’t wait for this guys reaction to Trumps biography then. Sure it’ll be written in crayon and printed on orange paper but that s**t will have a million i’s in it because it’ll be all me, me, me.

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#22

Who Need Vaccine

Who Need Vaccine

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

I've said this before but I guess I'll say it again: No thanks, I don't need birth control cause I'm not pregnant.

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#23

The Part About Pilot's Salary Surprised Me

The Part About Pilot's Salary Surprised Me

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

In Luxembourg, teachers and most of state essential workers (bus drivers etc) are paid between 4000 and 7000 euro a month. An it’s formidable

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#25

Murdered By The Movement They Were So Eager To Have

Murdered By The Movement They Were So Eager To Have

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

I like opening hidden comments, mainly so I can just down vote them.

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

Look at it this way. If someone walks in to your place of business drops their pants and takes a crap on your floor you can kick them out. You aren't required to provide them with service. The former president, the QAnon conspiracy nuts, and white supremacist took a s**t on the floor of twitter and twitter showed them the door.

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

Why are all the Trumpers acting like Trump was blocked from using the Emergency Broadcast Channel? It's Twitter! You should not be getting your news from Twitter!

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

This is NOT the law in California, and Republicans had nothing to do with it. Initially, any business could refuse service to anyone for any reason or for NO reason. What changed was that it became illegal to refuse services on the basis of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, religion, disability or national origin. Same is true of hiring and firing decisions. This is also true in most, if not all, of the other states. (And I saw to it that both my gay brother in law and my gay nephew knew this.) Sorry for the rant, California attorney here, and misstatements of the law are like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

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Colin Mochrie At Its Finest
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

BOOM. and Tomi Lahren can disappear into thin air and I couldn't care less. She is an idiot.

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

Private businesses should all be making a point of who they refuse service to. That way it's way easier to avoid doing business with them. If they aren't allowed to that, it means I'd probably be supporting some people I'd otherwise avoid like the plague. It's like public funding of people running for office. I don't want to help elect people I wouldn't vote for.

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

It's pretty simple to look this info up. If you don't want to do the work there are boycott lists!!

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

Lol, the nail polish emoji is new to me and I like its feel.

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

While i dont like the fact a gay couple was refused service. I still think a private business can serve whoever the hell they want.

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

I don't think it can be that simple. Private businesses should be able to deny business to people who are rude or nasty, or try to commit fraud, or in any other way disobey the basic rules of decency laid out by that business and the law. A private business should not be allowed to refuse to serve someone because of something they have no control over, that's discrimination and it goes against basic human rights.

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

I wish we had access to a tiny kermit drinking tea emoji. . .but nails will do

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Himiko Toga
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Man o think this is the most comments that got down voted on a post I’ve seen before

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

Actually NOT. Gay wedding cakes are pure bigotry based on religion. Trump was kicked off twitter for 12 hours as a warning. He came back and continued the same liesand got kicked off permanently.

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

Oh Man!!! This I love!! People lost their s**t when he got banned!

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

Covering up someone covering someone else up. Stop with the stupid covering up comments BS.

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Mickie Shea
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3 years ago

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As a man of business I buy from whom I want and sell to those I want. Red hats paint me extreme liberal. I be lik'n the sound of progressive.

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Lisa Chambers
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3 years ago

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Selective censorship is more cunning, more draconian. Like covering up the names in the tweets except the ones you hope to roast by adding members to your little fake angry mob.

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Mark Johanen
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3 years ago

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So liberals brought law suits and tried to destroy a baker for not wanting to participate in a gay wedding, when the gay person could easily have walked down the street and gotten a cake from someone else, but they now say that a near-monopoly should have an absolute right to censor anyone they choose because "they're a private business". Isn't that the height of hypocrisy? It's amazing how liberals have the sudden new respect for private enterprise, now that a private enterprise is taking the liberal side against conservatives.

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3 years ago

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The best part of these smug comments is that not a single person here seems to actually understand Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission.

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Wouldn't You Like to Know
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3 years ago

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Only problem with the response is that the state destroyed the bakers in the process. Hardly free speech.

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

So I guess the moral of the story is that it doesn't pay to be a homophobic religious bigot.

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

Because they're snowflakes and get their feelings hurt just because they care more about money than people.

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3 years ago

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Liberals be like...I love power and will shut you down, cancel, destroy you for disagreeing...watch the dislikes now.

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

It's not about disagreeing. It's about blatantly spreading false information. Lies that led to radicalization and violent actions. It's about consequences for actions and choices.

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3 years ago

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Except it's still illegal in many places to deny anyone service if they play the race or homosexuality card.

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I think there should be a difference between a mom and pop place and big company like Twitter or Amazon.

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#26

It's Simple Logic, And Therefore Completely Unfathomable

It's Simple Logic, And Therefore Completely Unfathomable

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#27

Found In The Window Of My Very Small, Very Red, Upstate NY Town Hardware Store

Found In The Window Of My Very Small, Very Red, Upstate NY Town Hardware Store

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#29

I Wonder If Op Ever Saw That, But Nevertheless

I Wonder If Op Ever Saw That, But Nevertheless

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

the fact that the dude has 6.9k upvotes but the person who clapped-back only has 1.1k upvotes is very sad.

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#30

Millennials Are Killing The... Baby Industry

Millennials Are Killing The... Baby Industry

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#31

Better Hope His House Doesn't Catch On Fire!

Better Hope His House Doesn't Catch On Fire!

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

Well, I wouldn't have been surprised if the firefighters sent a bill in the US...

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#32

They're Complaining About The Wrong Type Of Female Armour

They're Complaining About The Wrong Type Of Female Armour

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

This was probably the stupidest complaint about Star Wars I’ve seen, and that’s saying a lot

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#34

How The Turns Have Tabled. Trumper (Red) Gets "Triggered" And Blindly Defends Ashli Babbit

How The Turns Have Tabled. Trumper (Red) Gets "Triggered" And Blindly Defends Ashli Babbit

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

She is absolutely a terrorist. And a douchebag. And now she’s dead. Stupid is as stupid does.

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#35

1) Open Mouth 2) Insert Foot 3) ??? 4) Profit!

1) Open Mouth 2) Insert Foot 3) ??? 4) Profit!

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#36

Red Is An Investor Who Keeps A Doctor On Staff, So You Know He Knows What He's Talking About

Red Is An Investor Who Keeps A Doctor On Staff, So You Know He Knows What He's Talking About

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

Seriously, people should wear masks at flu season. I’ve never been so healthy as I was the last year. When I get sick it can drag out for months (I’m not exactly healthy) and I have disabled friends who could die from a cold. If anything, Corona proved that we should keep in wearing masks and washing our hands, even after it’s over

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#37

Oh Boy, Alanah Pearce Didn't Hold Back

Oh Boy, Alanah Pearce Didn't Hold Back

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#38

Ben Franklin Was A Smart Fella

Ben Franklin Was A Smart Fella

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

World population 1820 around 1 billion, 2020 nearly 8 billions. Partly thanks to vaccines.

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#39

I'm Betting Corgis Taste Like Chicken

I'm Betting Corgis Taste Like Chicken

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

Why shouldn't we pay people to exist? None of chose to exist, we were all forced into life whether we wanted it or not if you really think about it.

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#41

It's My God-Given Right To Spit On Other People

It's My God-Given Right To Spit On Other People

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

Be gentle. You can't expect a person such as this, to strain the few brain cells they actually possess by thinking, do you?

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#42

Chinese Government Celebrates Their Human Rights Accomplishments

Chinese Government Celebrates Their Human Rights Accomplishments

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

👉 The entire f*cking west of China is a political mess. (edit)👉Just look at Chinese Traditional Medicine for ONE second.

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#43

Wth Are Light Language And Sacred Geometry?

Wth Are Light Language And Sacred Geometry?

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#44

How Much Could A Private Island Cost, $10?

How Much Could A Private Island Cost, $10?

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troufaki13
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

These people only thrive because other people give them the power. Take that away and they have nothing to offer to society

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#45

Lions Don’t Wear Masks

Lions Don’t Wear Masks

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