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

I suspect that the 'porcelain empress' may have racist reasons for opposing inter-racial adoption, but there are some things to be aware of. First, if you are going to adopt a kid from a different culture/race, you need to preserve their connection to their culture of origin and prepare for them to have different needs. For a very basic example, a black child is likely to have much curlier hair than a white person is used to dealing with, so their parents will have to learn how to take care of it properly. The child may also have to deal with racism on an axis their parents don't have to. The parents should be prepared to support and protect their child when this happens. There's also cases of unscrupulous international adoption agencies taking children out of foster care (some of these children have loving parents who cannot take care of them at this time, and plan to take them out of care once they're back on their feet). It's not as simple as draumbouy makes it out to be.

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

Reminds me of a Slovak politician who wrote "why should gays adopt our children?" Why are your children in the system, Mr. Matovič then? He is a giant k******d.

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

Ughhhhhh I hate that so many people are against transracial adoption. It's true that when a white family adopts children of color, it is especially important for them to understand their white privilege first and to work really hard to understand the experiences of people who are not white, but that is no reason to NOT adopt children that need a loving home.

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I agree for you for most part. But I think that is not a white privilege, but a rich/wealthy privilege what you are talking about. Most rich people happen to be white, but is also plenty of black or asian people that are wealthy. The privilege is being born in a wealthy family, not your ethnicity.

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

Anyone who agrees with The Porcelain Empress can suck my d**k. As a Chinese person adopted by 2 lovely white parents, don't f*****g speak for me and everyone like me and our experiences.

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

When I adopt kids skin color is the absolute last thing I am gonna look for in a child and the last thing I am going to see. That child will enter my home loved and cherished no matter what. Now I just need to grow up.

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

Yeah this is dumb. I have two black sisters and they're fine (except for being my sisters, if course 😜)

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

I'm about done with racism. We're all the same, we can all live together. People need to get the sticks out if their butts and move on.

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

You can say that we're all the same - physically, but certainly not psychologically and morally.

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

If you asked the child(ren) adopted by people of a different race, I think you’d find they really could care less about the skin color of their parent(s). Even the kids too young to talk will strongly indicate, by their actions and body language, the same thing. And yes, you read that right, I said parent(s), the people who love them and are raising them to be good people, instead of letting them potentially suffer in multiple foster homes (some may be great, but there’s also a risk they won’t be), or with the parents who couldn’t—-or wouldn’t—-take care of them.

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

We’re all different shades of brown, so shut up and let children live happy lives

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

If white people didn't adopt non-white kids, there'd be a lot more kids without families. I once heard a black adoption agent say that black couples have turned down black children because their skin was "too dark" and wouldn't look good in family photos.

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

There is also criticism for white people who only adopt white kid.

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

Well there is a worrying ammount of black people that seems to really hate whites and finds excuses to insult us all the time. Like a coworker from my partner that is open about how "white women are ok to f**k but you need to marry a black one to keep the race". Its disgusting.

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

friends of my parents adopted 5 or 6 orphan from Haiti few years ago. they didn't care less of the color of their skin

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

Skin doesn't mater. As long as the kid's been raised in a nice household then thats all it needs. Love.

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

Ideally it should not matter. In most cases it can be overcome, no pun intended. A few malcontents may place culture over a loving home with room, food, and care.

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

Okey so it is better for a kid to not having parents than have parents with a diffrent skin tone? WTH is wrong with this person?!? I would not be surprised if he also believe that it is better for a kid to have no parents than having 2 mommy s/daddy's. Also if they have the same skin color as the child. Man, if I had to give away my kid for some reason, i would not even think about skin color to the adoptive parents. As long as the kid getting adopted by a loving family who are kind, understanding, supportive, make sure the kid have everything needed, that is what matters. If he mean something else he have problems for real.

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

A loving family is better than no family at all. A loving family takes no notice of race or colour, unless it is sunburn.

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

My doctor in the hospital was of East Indian descent. I asked if he was born in the U.S. or moved here. He moved here when he was 10 with the missionary family who adopted him. He had lived on the streets since his father died when he was six. I asked what the hardest part was about coming to the U.S. He said, "People who judge with no context." Blew my mind.

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

It's easy to sink when you don't know up from down or you'r butt from a hole in the ground.

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

so, once again we talk about colored and not colored people... but REALLY skin color does matter? if a "caucasian" remain at sea on boats for work a lot of years, and his tan become VERY dark, he's colored? a different "species"? ahh, what a shame all these years wasted talking about it...

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The concerns are real and have played out in real life. White people have no clue what it is to grow up non-white in a majority white society and therefore are not equipment to help their children handle what they are going to go through, or even acknowledge it. This doesn't mean they don't love their children to pieces and aren't able to be great parents in other ways. I don't know about the US but in the UK now social services are trying to better educate and support white parents of non-white kids (having had a policy of only placing children with parents of a matching ethnicity and finding that they were struggling to place kids) with all of this.

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

Agree with all of this! White parents should try their best to teach poc about their culture

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"parentless" gtfo white people love to split up families it's a war tactic

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

Okay! Can I have a full explanation of how 1) adopting a abandoned child is "splitting up a family" and 2) how this is a war tactic. What about black people who adopt white or asian or hispanic children? Is it a war tactic then?

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I actually recently saw a television show where a black guy said he was adopted by an all white family, and he found that a bad idea, and would have preferred to have been adopted by an all black family. So perhaps...

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

There are some challenges that can present when families have children of different races than the parents, but that doesn't mean that the adoptions shouldn't happen.

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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

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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

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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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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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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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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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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