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People who live in the big cities are definitely masters of eavesdropping. Sometimes they can't help it, accidentally overhearing conversations from complete strangers can be so funny, it's hard not to share them with someone else. Whether it's shaming others for the choice of their quarantine snacks or first dates that went wrong, there's plenty of amusing small talk happening in the streets.

And here comes the fittingly named Instagram account Overheard San Francisco. Like its big brothers, @OverheardLA, @OverheardNewYork and @OverheardLondon, it is dedicated to sharing the funniest eavesdropped interactions in San Francisco and the Bay area. Jesse Margolis started Overheard LA in 2015 after listening to a stereotypical conversation between two Angelenos at a health food store. Since then, the project has grown into a community with over 1.6M followers.

Keep scrolling to see some of the most hilarious quotes, upvote your favorites and leave a comment if you find them amusing! And after you’re done, don't forget to check our previous posts here, here and here.

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Buren
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4 years ago

Good boi!! I just hope that your ex' mom didn't mistaken it for, you know, someone, I mean, something else

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    Ivo H
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    4 years ago

    It's a little bit sad that the whole COVID situation became so much about politics and so little about the actual disease.

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    Nonexistant Shoelace
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    4 years ago

    LMAOOOOO

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    Allan Breum
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    4 years ago

    Lol!

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    Allan Breum
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    4 years ago

    Damn. That one is dead on.

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    13
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    So petty! So silly! I love it.

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    Pungent Sauce
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    4 years ago

    Good answer

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    Joanne O'Brien
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    4 years ago

    New OTP

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    Lord Mysticlaw
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    4 years ago

    I hate it when people comment on my shopping. Really really hate it.

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    Lee Macro
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    4 years ago

    Is that my book.....I can't remember

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    Beta
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That’s what I do now it’s like a hobby

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    Beta
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Honestly when it comes to food and drink I don’t care what I consume as long as it don’t kill me. I mean it will in the long run but it’s so worth it

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    Tyler Six
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    4 years ago

    I have been brunching through my entire life

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    Wouter
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    4 years ago

    Actual Californication!

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    Otter
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    4 years ago

    No, it's the heterosexuals who don't know what six inches looks like.

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    Beta
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    It’s blisssssssss

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    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Yes!

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    Jude Bennett
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    4 years ago

    That is hilarious

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    AndersM
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    4 years ago

    Clealy not the fashion police, who ordered the person to the floor. I would give anything to see that officers face after that reply.

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    rspanther
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    4 years ago

    Sounds perfect.

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    Jude Bennett
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    4 years ago

    OK but mom still looks the same in photo and in person.

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    glowworm2
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    4 years ago

    I LOVE it when random dogs come up to sniff me! It makes my day so much better.

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    Pernille Dyre
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    4 years ago

    Auchhh

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    Nonexistant Shoelace
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ohh damn.

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    Shika Louis
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    4 years ago

    God Dang it Eileen!

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    Beta
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I mean smart but dumb

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    Ola Polowczyk
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    4 years ago

    I'd rather have a good relationship with my stepchild than focus on what they call me

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    Chinmayee Kalghatgi
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    4 years ago

    At least she loves them so bad that she’s fine with them dating eachother instead of getting mad

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    BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing
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    4 years ago

    I have never wanted to witness something so much in my entire life

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    Candia Lee
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    4 years ago

    Roomie wondered why he got ads for my searches; I use his Amazon Prime.

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    ThEboRedEsTpANdA
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    'Hi, you look like you care about things'

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    Gerard Neaux
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    4 years ago (edited)

    The lyrics to the anthem of my life

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    Monic Krugell
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    4 years ago

    Had our first biggish lengthy "board room meeting" in a long time the other day. It was really very hard to have to look interested throughout the whole meeting and to not start doodling. :-)

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    Allan Breum
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    4 years ago

    Isn't Azkaban basically Alcatraz, just y'know magical..?

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    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I relate. The world was so nice and quiet.

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    Sue van Dis
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    4 years ago

    I'm cackling in my bathroom stall!!!

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    Irishwoman abroad
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    4 years ago

    Hahaha, excellent.

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    Andonis600
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    4 years ago

    Honestly I was surprised that the girl didn’t drop the boyfriend bomb.

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    Anne
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Good. Maybe there will be a change in the American diet with less added sugars and crap some day.

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    Nonexistant Shoelace
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Me coming out of quarentine.

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    Brunettechameleon
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    4 years ago

    I’m sure zodiac things are fun to believe in, but I personally don’t think it should be the decision maker of anything. But hey, that’s my opinion.

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    NsG
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Peternty leave

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    Atero
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Because having children is not some sort of an achievement. It does not make you smart, grown up or worthy something. It simply states what you are biologically capable of producing them. I often hear proud "but I'm a mother/father"... so f..g what? You live in a rented basement giving away half of combined income, and now you have a child to take care of for the next 20'ish years on top of your already f..d up life. Is that an achievement or me being to cynical?

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    Irishwoman abroad
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    4 years ago

    Excellent! 👏

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    Jayne Kyra
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    4 years ago

    Thus, a wine fridge.

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    Nonexistant Shoelace
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Uh o-o

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    BasedWang
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    This has been instagram, twitter and whatever else since their inception

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    Pumpkin Spice
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Hol'up-

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    rspanther
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    4 years ago

    Dog stalking, much better that people stalking.

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    Raven Sheridan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Intern as a human being.

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    Gerard Neaux
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    4 years ago

    I felt that

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    Nonexistant Shoelace
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    *cough* uhh-

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    Kyan Q
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    4 years ago

    damn ashley likes to gt silly w***y with bonjo the clown

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    Angelar
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    4 years ago

    Sounds like Southwest Airlines

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    Rod Egret
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    4 years ago

    Hilarious and so sad at the same time

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    Irishwoman abroad
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    4 years ago

    Great brush-off!

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    4 years ago

    Nothing wrong with this as long as they don't say it to the son. You can't pick family and some people are very hard to love. Most of the time through no fault of their own.

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    best turtle
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    4 years ago

    loyalty was never an option

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    Kona Pake
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    4 years ago

    Uuuuh… that’s nasty. We all know it’s orange.

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    SeaMonster
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    4 years ago

    Well, maybe it was a 2,018-year-old car

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    lara
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    4 years ago

    And being rude is considered a conversation in SF.

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    Allan Breum
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    4 years ago

    Indeed. Or better yet, find a girl that don't use an iPhone...

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    Jude Bennett
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    4 years ago

    I thought I was perfect until I woke one morning and I had improved. lmao

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    Me Oh My
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    4 years ago (edited)

    That IS kinda romantic tbh

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    Sue User
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    4 years ago

    I visited family and had to remove it because it kept going off.

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    best turtle
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    4 years ago

    samsung is so simple to use

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    Adrian
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    4 years ago

    Cured meats are SO bad for dogs and cats...

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    Andonis600
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    4 years ago

    That was actually perfectly done!

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    Banana Bear
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    4 years ago

    nooooo.... my tabs!! (i do need it tho)

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    JACOB CHRISTOPHER
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    4 years ago

    beans beans are good for your heart the more you eat the more you fart the more you fart the better you feel so eat more beans with every meal! :)

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    moose man
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    4 years ago

    jeez they havent updated yet? how old is macos yosemite?

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    Anne
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    4 years ago

    He'll need her number to send the screenshot though..

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    Otter
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    4 years ago

    There'd damn well better be! And PINE NUTS, not walnuts or pistachios!

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    Raven Sheridan
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    4 years ago

    That man knows how to live!

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    Anne
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    4 years ago

    Yeah.. she's probably influencing your phone though..

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    Raven Sheridan
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    4 years ago

    She got yacht taste on a ferry budget.

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    Stephanie A Mutti
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    4 years ago

    "not trying to be" But totally "succeeding at being one"

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    Kona Pake
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    4 years ago

    Avocado, straight, works for me.

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    rspanther
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    4 years ago (edited)

    No great loss they probably had fleas and ticks.

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    best turtle
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    4 years ago

    she scanned his cucumber without needing to see

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    lara
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    4 years ago

    Yes, let us raise MORE children who think society's rules do not apply to them.

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    Pumpkin Spice
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    4 years ago

    Ouch. Why nobody like Ohio. :(

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    Lilija Sløvic
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    4 years ago

    Life issues in 2021 at its finest

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    Ylva Edqvist
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    4 years ago

    Priorities…

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    Me Oh My
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    4 years ago

    Y'all remember that post on here a few weeks back? About Facebook being down? And how it looked like someone had *literally deleted Facebook* from the Internet? I'm not saying we found who did it, but..

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    Andonis600
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    4 years ago

    Isn’t beta a job? Or am I just dumb?

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    Jenni Joy
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    4 years ago

    love it!!!

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago

    Harsh!

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago

    Anyone using football metaphorically is a big fat N.O.

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    Mary Rose Kent
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    4 years ago

    OOPS!

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    Lord Mysticlaw
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    4 years ago

    Yeah but covid spreads through different bodily fluids

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    lara
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    4 years ago

    I do not understand nor "get" infidelity. It isn't a "sometime" thing. It is a commitment. I would NEVER do anything to hurt my husband, for any reason. I love him and that's all there is.

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    Gerard Neaux
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    4 years ago

    Things in order of importance, i agree

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    Yeah, you heard
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    4 years ago

    Who is Dolores? Never heard of him/her

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    Kona Pake
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    How about If your brother comes dressed as a baby.

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    Gin. No tonic
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    Not a popular opinion here, but electric cars are not great for environment either. They just pollute in a different stage of its existence.

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    Me Oh My
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    4 years ago

    Wait until after Coachella, then.

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    Jayne Kyra
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    4 years ago

    "Excuse me, was I speaking to you?"

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    ADHORTATOR
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    4 years ago

    I would start with the Vespa

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    Daniel Marsh
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    4 years ago

    Have too many years gone by to comment, "There's an app for that"?

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    Glirpy
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    4 years ago

    People list their salary online?

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