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Deep down, many people feel like they could actually make it as a comedian. While this is a widely misguided concept for the majority of the population, a simple scroll through the comments section on a random post will show that there is a lot of untapped talent out there. 

The “Murdered By Words” Instagram page gathers the hilarious and sometimes savage comments people have left under other people’s posts. So get comfortable as you read through, upvote your favorites and maybe try your own hand in the comments section below. 

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    Littleminnow1
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    isnt nateral selection supposed to work now

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    While we do think of comment sections as an innovation of the Internet age, in one form or another, they have existed since at least the 1500s. In what now we would call Germany, it was common practice (at least among the literate) to “post” one’s ideas in public places, often to literal posts.

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    The most famous example of this is probably Martin Luther's Ninety-five Theses, nailed to the door of the All Saints' Church in Wittenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany in 1517. Of course, this would only be the practice of people who could read and write and had the time and resources to buy parchment and ink. The internet is ultimately the tool that brought mass commenting to the majority of the population.

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    lily jones
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good thing he has a bottle of water sitting right there on the table, he'll need it for that burn

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    sadmrguna
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gah! This one annoys me sooo much. The purpose of masks is not to protect the wearer, but the people around the wearer. I suppose that explains why selfish people mostly don't wear them...

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    While internet forums are generally older, the first “comments section,” as we might call it these days was created in 1998, for the digital edition of The Rocky Mountain News. This publication was a real trailblazer, as it also featured one of the first “advice” columns, where readers could ask questions. 

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    Astro
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the angrier and more frustrated we all get.

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    This, perhaps, is what inspired them to open up the publication to reader comments, as a means of creating engagement and loyalty. This practice would soon become the norm, as newspapers, magazines, fan pages, and the first attempts at social media all began allowing people to share their thoughts on a post, article, or page.

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    Bob Brooce
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not the first time something like that happened, and often the victim thinks the undamaged bible is proof of god.

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    Astro
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So what does bronze mean 💀

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    lily jones
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She might wanna jump in the ocean to get some water on that burn (sorry I promise I'll stop now)

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    Now, comment sections are so common that there are entire genres of content based on asking for interactions. From posts that are just questions, to people “selecting” things from “what house you prefer” to favorite brunch items, people do love to share their two cents. This has spawned an entire cottage industry, like the list here, of finding and sharing the best comments.

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    Bear Hall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sad, very sad when a culture, a whole nation just disappears, dissolves, and all is left a sappy story with a grain of truth in the middle. And the genes of the people unrecognizable for the eye.

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    LauraDragonWench
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knew it had to happen eventually. Gun control? No f*****g way! More taxes? Hell yeah!

    Danny Boy
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In all fairness to anti gun control folks, they aren't really all that pro tax... generally it's the people who believe in collecting money to help the common good that also tend to want to limit monstrous individuals from the slaughter of their peers.

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    Mimi La Souris
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you know, I have to make a confession, since I played pokemon, I want to throw pokeballs on everything I come across and that moves. please, send help, video games ruined me

    Nitka Tsar
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Since minecraft I want to build stuff….. lol

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    Cyber Returns
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They should make gun owners pay tax on each gun owned and take a mandatory annual gun safety test and an annual Psyche evaluation

    Danny Beem
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am an NRA lifetime member, and a 2nd amendment absolutist. Before you shout me down, although I am not sure about the safety test you promote, I am in favor of your psyche evaluation idea. Many, if not all school shootings could have been avoided with good mental health practices. Also... we already are taxed on each guy we own - we pay sales tax on all of them that we purchase.

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    Astro
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What the actual

    David
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a firm grasp on the difference between reality and video games. I've played Call of Duty, never shot anyone in real life. I've played Skyrim but I've never yelled FUS RO DAH in a crowded shopping mall. And the irony as it pertains to school shootings - is that most video games do not allow you to harm children. That is a line that even some pretty gory video games do not cross.

    LiuLiu
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that is because guns don't kill people, people kill people --- SMH

    Jeffrey Kusch
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every thing but the guns, right...

    wHiTeOuT!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Parental figures could play a very significant role also

    Johnnynatfan
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is only in PA not the federal government. Makes sense considering our government cant get out of its own f*****g way let alone actually pass some gun laws to help prevent mass shootings

    Bear Hall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wrong, they were already taxing the guns and ammunition. And coffins.

    I am Egg!!!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh yeah, because thats gonna stop any of it 🙄

    I am Egg!!!
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just a bunch of rich people getting rich off of tragedy. again.

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    Andrew Bridge
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What video games were causing the ones in the 80s?

    ShellsBells
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Duck hunt. Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! was the reason kids got into fights, and Frogger was the reason kids played in traffic.

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    Miki
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes. School shooting are problem around the globe! For example: here, in Poland we had around three in last few decades! It's all fault if violent games!

    Minimal Effort
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes! In my country we too have video games and there's been...omg....zero school shootings! It's almost as if its guns that kill people not video games! But I'm sure Danny Beem will say something to the contrary...

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    DB
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh look, someone found a way to turn a horrible thing into a joke.

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    1 year ago

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    Oh look. Someone found a way to impose their performative outrage for likes.

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    JSMart26
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    gun manufacturers have been profiteering off of fear for a looooooong time now

    Ken_Jane
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No seriously. America, are you okay?

    Dan St John
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If we put a 10,000% tax on guns and ammo, that might slow down the slaughter.

    Danny Beem
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would effectively ban guns. Covered by 2nd Amendment!

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    Ethan Shotts
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Violent video games may be related to violence, however, some studys have shown that they don't lead to violence, let alone school shootings, and may even be an outlet. https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/violent-video-games-and-young-people.

    Id row
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Make the cost of a bullet $5,000. "I've got one on layaway! When I pay it off, I'm coming for you! I'll see you in a year or so. Maybe longer!"

    CryingChildKinnie
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What if we just made GUNS ridiculously expensive?

    Danny Beem
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would effectively ban guns. Covered by 2nd Amendment!

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    axle f
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ....that darn greedy government.

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    Duckie Measles
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    1 year ago

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    Your ignorance alone is proof that abortion should always be legal. Get off the internet and skydive into an active volcano you literal piece of garbage.

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    BlueBlazer999
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    1 year ago

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    How many times do the competent people need to tell you this… violent people play violent games, not THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

    David Crisford
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    1 year ago

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    I've been saying it for 40 years now. Violent games create a violent mindset. Prove me wrong.

    Becky Samuel
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The science is clear on this one. You have been proved wrong on every possible metric. Your beliefs do not constitute truth.

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    1 year ago

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    Just make violent games illegal. Simple.

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    Indeed, if something has the option to add comments explicitly turned off, most people immediately wonder what exactly happened here. From trolling, and cyberbullying to intensely heated discussions, the anonymity of the internet often doesn’t exactly make for the most civil posts on controversial topics. 

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    Willem Andries Oosterhof
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And how does that work for the rest of wildlife on God's created earth??!

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    Malek Basata
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They need to be in prison, cooking for prisoners

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    BrownTabby
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Memo to US restaurants: Apologies for not being clearer when I said you need to “fücking communicate”. If you’re not willing to say what that commenter said, at least say “in the USA we pay our servers $2.something per hour and the tip is to cover the rest of their pay.” If tourists call you barbaric for that, remember that locals also call you barbaric for it. :)

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    A number of media outlets have actually closed down their comment sections over the last few years for these reasons. Vice Media closed theirs in 2016, as did NPR. IMDB closed their discussion boards (but not user reviews) a year later. In all of these cases, difficulty with moderation was the number one issue. 

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    Two_rolling_black_eyes
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Plan A is to save the bees. However, Plan A isn't going very well. Plan B (or Bee) is what you come up with as a crappy alternative in case the main one completely fails. Someone has to make the survival nutrition bars in case a hurricane shows up before a hurricane shows up. Someone needs to figure out a work around in case all the bees die before all the bees die.

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    Moderation is a tricky subject because the entire point of a comments section is to share a diverse set of opinions. After all, if literally everyone believed the same thing, there would be no need for anything but the initial post. However, as it so often happens, a small group of people can ruin things for the rest of us. 

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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Save yourself some money and buy a one-way ticket.

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    Astro
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    $9125 is a quarter a day for exactly 100 years.

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    Malek Basata
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    9th century Saxons have pathetic heat endurance skills compared to 7th century Bedouins

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    Research suggests that people who feel that their opinion is already widely supported tend to stay silent and often don’t even look at comments. This is perhaps why comment sections on any debatable topic can look so extreme, it’s only the folks with marginal views that take the time to write out what they think. 

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    Rizzo
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I would have to wear such a thing I would stop posting selfies where it is visible.

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    As is quite easy to imagine, once you get a forum full of folks with the most extreme opinions, conflict is almost inevitable without strict moderation. Since that requires hiring dedicated staff and developing a constantly evolving policy around what is and isn’t allowed, it’s not surprising that so many pages have slowly decided to forgo comments entirely. 

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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Thank goodness that time is over Edit: I meant the quarantine

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    Google has been working on AI tools to help moderate, as it would appear there is a (sadly) growing market. However, a more human-centric approach has existed for a while, that is, the user-flagged comment option that you can even find here. In other words, comments that break the rules are simply reported and/or downvoted by other readers. 

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    lily jones
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's already got a knack for the dad joke... wait does that mean....

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    Fynne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just wait until she opens it and find all the selfies it took

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    Hannah McCoy
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is why people need to watch their mouth on social media!!!

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    LauraDragonWench
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought sunglasses were part of the uniform? Did I get my information wrong?

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    Full of Giggles
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    1 year ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This coming from the same morons who tried to cut my farms’ electric predator fence and set my livestock free into the middle of the damn desert in July.

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    Nonna_SoF
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Having a robust public transit system so I don't need to drive everywhere?

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    Fynne
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They don’t have the dexterity to hail a cab

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    Edison Lima
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As the song said, you can't always get what you want.

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    Malek Basata
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WHO. TAKES. CARE. OF WENDY'S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT

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    Astro
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The longer I look the angrier I get

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    Mimi La Souris
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    to be honest, he is right, the kind of look parents give when they talk about their perfect child

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    cyclonick295
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The fact that he will type "boomer" in its entirety and refer to the other word as the "n-word" speaks volumes about which is worse. They're not comparable in any way, shape, or form.

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    lily jones
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He gonna need it for that burn (sorry I couldn't not)

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    Astro
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As someone who hates dodgeball because I broke my glasses once and thus always got picked last in high school gym class: I agree! Cancel dodgeball! Inhumane! Torture!

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    Lavern Defazio
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Self made? Is that a real thing? No bank loans? No personal loans?

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    Vasana Phong
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Definitely not true, if this was the case then he wouldn’t have a beard either

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    LauraDragonWench
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, at least you already have something cooling for that burn, even if it's not the right size. 😄

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    Malek Basata
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ngl if I see this guy from a 10 mile radius I'm dissapearing

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    Teutonic Disaster
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's not wrong tho. And with the way cost-of-living expenses go, that's actually some smart personal economizing.

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    Bear Hall
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, when I fall in the shower I try to grab anything and everything.

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    Haley Hansen
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not to sound like a loser, but a gender studies course can be taken by anyone for a humanities credit, they don't have to be majoring in it. that said, i took one and it was actually a very informative class! it wasn't what i expected

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    SadieCat17 (she/her)
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    1 year ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry, but Chick-fil-A renounced any right to be funny by being run by pieces of s**t

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