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Trust me, cringe is addictive. Once you cringe over [insert a wish-wash subject of debate] or the anti-vaxxers and get that sweet aftertaste from the sheer absurdity, you want a second hit. ‘Cause cringe is real and everyone loves it, from me, you, to 1.2 million members of the “Cringetopia” subreddit.

And there’s an infinite source of things to recoil from in laughter and embarrassment because the world, like the people in it, and like the subreddit itself, is colorful. As the community’s description says: “In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because I am enlightened by my intelligence.” You may even get a philosophical drift on your way to the cringe journey.

So get ready to swim in the ocean of biased opinions, naive beliefs, less than logical statements, and anything in between. Be sure to upvote the cringiest posts down below and check out part 1 of this post.

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Dude Probably Begins Posts With "Females Of Reddit..."

Dude Probably Begins Posts With "Females Of Reddit..."

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Gatekeeping... A Language?

Gatekeeping... A Language?

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

It's Thursday and I thought I would go a whole week without seeing a post about a dumb American

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To find out more about this insanely popular community, Bored Panda reached out to the “Cringetopia” subreddit's moderator Fjallmadur, who was happy to share some insights.

“We started this subreddit to break away from the politics and hate that CringeAnarchy was becoming saturated with. /u/IAmMrPositive founded this subreddit and brought along me and a few other CringeAnarchy moderators who were tired of the mess that place had become,” the moderator recalled.

Fjallmadur added: “He basically made it a full-time job promoting this place in relevant subreddits and building this community from the ground up while telling people that this subreddit was going to be a place for everyone to come together, put politics aside, and just cringe at the people doing really weird and awkward stuff that they post online.” Today, it has turned into the one of the most regularly active subreddits on the entire site.

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W H I T E P E O P L E A M I R I G H T!!!

W H I T E P E O P L E A M I R I G H T!!!

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

Do people not realise that “skin” is literally the wrapping paper of your body. It’s nothing more than that. The pigmentation was decided by evolution as it it light or dark depending on what side of the world your ancestors lived given hotter countries have people with darker skin so the sun can’t burn them. Likewise colder countries people have lighter skin as the sun isn’t there often

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When asked what the term “Cringetopia” refers to, the moderator explained that it’s exactly what it looks like, “an amalgamation of the words 'cringe' and 'utopia.'” Moreover, “It's a place where any cringe that doesn't break our relatively lax community rules or Reddit sitewide rules is allowed.”

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The moderator of the community sees cringe as inherently subjective. “What makes one person cringe, another person may think is entirely normal,” he said and continued that “My take on it is that we've all done stupid stuff that we look back on and cringe about, and looking at these people is a good way to relive that feeling, even if it's not the exact situation that we've been in ourselves.”

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The Youth Baseball Team Had To Put These Signs Up Because Of The Amount Of Karens Acting Like Karens

The Youth Baseball Team Had To Put These Signs Up Because Of The Amount Of Karens Acting Like Karens

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Shakuhachi Master Piled On By Sjws For Being White

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News Channel Body Shaming, She Doesn't Even Look Bad

News Channel Body Shaming, She Doesn't Even Look Bad

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Fjallmadur also added that “we laugh at those folks, feel second-hand embarrassment over what we see, and share it with others, but I think that it's ultimately a way for us to empathize with the people who are being featured on this subreddit.”

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And although there are “some bad apples in the bunch,” according to the moderator, “we're not about bullying or spreading hate at all; it's all just for entertainment and understanding other people at the end of the day.”

Turns out, the subreddit has a bit of a bad rep from other communities because “they feel like we're bullying people,” but Fjallmadur stressed the fact that their community is exactly the opposite. “Our community is all-inclusive, as you can see from our wonderful mod team, and I feel like we do a pretty good job as a whole to enjoy the light-hearted picking while avoiding actually hurting anyone,” they concluded.

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A Divorcing Couple Dividing Up Their Beanie Baby Collection In Court, 1999

A Divorcing Couple Dividing Up Their Beanie Baby Collection In Court, 1999

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This Is A Classic "Ooof" Moment

This Is A Classic "Ooof" Moment

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

Using someone's picture without approval is level 1. Tagging them wrong is level 2. Tagging them grossly inappropriate to get own likes is the final level.

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Stole This From A Discord Server I’m In. Other Kin On Tumblr

Stole This From A Discord Server I’m In. Other Kin On Tumblr

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Notice At An Anime Convention

Notice At An Anime Convention

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The Meme Itself Isn't Cringe. I Mean The Article Part

The Meme Itself Isn't Cringe. I Mean The Article Part

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

Hahahahaha... it's like this story when they banned some dude from speaking his own language because a word sounded like n****r. (and yes, I'm black from africa and have zero whiteness in me, I can say n****r)

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Lisa Still Hasn't Enightened Them

Lisa Still Hasn't Enightened Them

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

It's a secret plot to get people to accept trans fats in their cookies

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A [friggin] Child

A [friggin] Child

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

How. Omg i hate people so much sometimes, its so hard to be tolerant when people are so harmful

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Airsoft

Airsoft

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

"I fought for this country. And by that I mean I yell at minorites when I go to Walmart. Look at this smoke canister! It's Trump colour! 'Murica!"

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Alternative Medicine At It's Best

Alternative Medicine At It's Best

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

Isn't urine something the body gets rid off because it is toxic to the body

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

Not exactly. It's not that we produce toxins, it's that too much of nitrogen rich substances will damage your organs, so the kidneys clean the blood from the excess. So urine isn't toxic BUT that's not to say it's good for you. The myth is it's sterile but that's not true at all, and in contact with air will grow even more bacteria. So putting pee in your eyes, unsurprisingly, will likely give you a nasty infection that could potentially make you go blind.

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

The internet would make us smarter they said, Age of Information, they said....

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

Well, it's never happened to me, but that's possibly because I'm not stupid enough to put urine in my eyes, FFS.

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

Ok so wait... WHAT?! I seemed to have missed the point as to why a grown woman would be dropping her your into her friggin eyeballs?!

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

I think there was this idiotic thing going around saying that urine will make your eyes bluer? Something like that

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

Whyyy would she even try this? Someone explain pls, I am SO confused. Wow.

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

Who knows! My husband's great grandmother swore that a drop or two of urine in the ear would clear up any earache. Desperate times= desperate measures lol.

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

No dear, no one else is dumb enough to do what you’re doing. You need to see two doctors. One for your medical condition, and one for your mental condition.

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

If she keeps this up she will irreparably damage her eyes, in the worst case go blind. But hey, she has the right to be ignorant of her own stupidity, isn't she?

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

She should try using someone else's pee and see if that changes anything. Hey, that's how I trouble-shoot code at work. Using someone else's pee helps me fix variables and loops. (It's too early for me to make sense)

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

Drinking urine can introduce bacteria and toxins into your bloodstream. Pouring urine into the eyes can also introduce bacteria and toxins which could cause infection and damage vision.

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

The stupid s**t uneducated people are doing to themselves is mind-boggling

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

This is what they say about every "detox" and "cleanse", that all the symptoms you get are just your body pushing out the bad energy/illness. This is worse than most though.

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

It's the AMMONIA, you imbecile. On the other hand, ancient romans collected piss streetside so they could make their laundry whiter. So instead of gargling your eyes with it, put some in the wash.

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

that made my eyes water just reading it....ewwwwww

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

Yes urine is generally pretty sterile coming out. But it's an incredibly perfect growth medium for bacteria so she's literally inviting bacteria to infect her eyes. And apparently keeps refreshing the nutrients for those lucky germs.

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

Why on Earth would anyone put urine in their eyes? what is wrong with those people? never heard of it (and glad about it) before.

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

Nah just keep pissing in your own eyes till you are blind or septic. Will be entertaining to watch.

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

This is officially a WTF moment. I hope that person isn't permanently damaging their eyes.

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

nevermind that detoxing (this variety, not actual detoxing from like, drugs or alcohol) is bogus anyway, she probably ended up blind

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

I've heard about urine therapy and don't know if it works for anyone, but I can vouch for its efficacy in the garden, if your soil is NITROGEN-DEFICIENT. Just dilute it so you don't get leaf burn. Within a day or two, you'll see spindly plants become more green and robust.I love how nature has made a closed loop cycle for what our bodies deem to be "waste."

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

Self-treatment by pouring urine in one's eyes is NOT alternative medicine. People that use examples of idiocy to poke fun at alternative medicine are just as ignorant as the "antivaxxers" they yowl about. As far as "urine therapy", until the early 20th century, some medical conditions were treated with urine (like earaches) and those treatments were very much part of Western Medicine. Components of urine are widely used in prescription drugs today. I'll bet you think the use of leeches is quack medicine, don't you?

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Mumof1
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah right, so you put toxic waste (whic is what urine is) into your eyes and wonder why're they're reacting to it?!

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

Please, God, please kill all the stupid people. I could use the better parking.

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

Try ACV, even purer, get even redder eyes, maybe even go blind, but, y'know, it's organic, so it's fine.

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

Who told her to do that? If she loses her vision will she sue herself for putting pass in her eyes

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tato33uk
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

People, listen up! Pee stinks, just flush it down the toilet. If you want to be healthy and detox, eat your veggies and drink plenty of water. Stop the non-sensical idea of alternative therapies.

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

Hmm, i wonder why she's discharging puss and not pus. Kind of odd

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

Who would even begin to believe putting pee in your eye is a solution to something???

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

somewhere way back when somebody started the "urine is sterile" MYTH>>>raised its' ugly head here

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

What train of thought could have led o doing such a cursed thing?

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

That is now the most disgusting thing I have ever heard. What's next?! Fecal matter in hair for a conditioner?

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Female Dating Strategy Man... They're Calling This Fragile Masculinity, Not Knowing That He Was Knowingly Doing That To Make Fun Of His Own Height

Female Dating Strategy Man... They're Calling This Fragile Masculinity, Not Knowing That He Was Knowingly Doing That To Make Fun Of His Own Height

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

Or, just like tall guy reporters and even women have to spread their legs to be around the same height as someone they are interviewing. It just looks better on Tv and doesn't distract from anything if the frame is centered

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Gen Z Army For Ever

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

Do they need the doctor's appointment after picking up that tear gas canister?

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The Virus Only Affects Women, Obviously

The Virus Only Affects Women, Obviously

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

Religion is a problem most of the time... believing in something is nice, but more often than not, people have different theories for everything

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What Legs???

What Legs???

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I Mean, I Understand Being Protective Of Your Daughter To A Point, But Come On...

I Mean, I Understand Being Protective Of Your Daughter To A Point, But Come On...

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

That is f****d up id just not date that girl if shes ok with that kind of extreme. I guess maybe im weird about guns coz they are uncommon as here, not even police carry them unless special circumstances, but i dont think one pointing at someone is funny it seems so unsafe. Not to mention the dude is clearly uncomfortable/not ok with it

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Boomers, Am I Right?

Boomers, Am I Right?

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If I Had To See This, So Do You

If I Had To See This, So Do You

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More Of A Sad One

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Why… Just Why...

Why… Just Why...

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

HOW DO HUMANS HAVE THIS LITTLE COMPASSION, I CANT WITH SOME PEOPLE

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Losing Weight Is Fatphobic

Losing Weight Is Fatphobic

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

Oh I didn't realize that! So taking care of myself has to do with you how?

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I Wonder If This Has Ever Worked

I Wonder If This Has Ever Worked

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He Looks So Depressed

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

What is this world coming toooo?! Why did I scroll down this far?!?! Ahhh!!!

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How Dumb Do You Have To Be?

How Dumb Do You Have To Be?

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

If you're dumb enough to put a phone in a microwave while it's on, you deserve to have your phone broken.

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This Feels Really Smug

This Feels Really Smug

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

Chiropractor needs to just put a mask on the tables face hole, but still beside the point I just can't understand why people think it's not real or that masks are bad

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The Baby Would Rather Be Deaf

The Baby Would Rather Be Deaf

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

I take issue with the idea of a baby's consent here. All decisions for a baby is against their knowledge and consent. No one consents to being born. That's not problematic, that's literally how babies work. If a toddler says they don't want to change diapers ever again, letting them decide that would be abuse. Just take care of babies and don't scar them and they'll be fine. Consent is a super important topic but it really means something else when it comes to babies.

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Restore A Saved Game To Restore The Weave Of Fate, Or Persist In The Doomed World You Have Created

Restore A Saved Game To Restore The Weave Of Fate, Or Persist In The Doomed World You Have Created

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

Nikocado Avocado still has time to turn back. He's going to a dangerous place in the future.

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