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Bragging is a part of life. Even saying you never do it is probably more of a humblebrag than a true statement. Research shows that women, young people, and those with a higher education tend to brag more online. And we can shame them all we want, but we have to admit: some show-offs do it in pretty hilarious ways.

Some people come up with fake stories so ridiculous, that the Internet has no other choice but to share them and laugh. The Instagram page Totally True Story collects such instances and pokes some good-natured fun at the Internet's peacocks.

So, if you're looking to have a laugh at some 100% true stories that no doubt have happened, scroll down and see what these big-timers have come up with!

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#1

Text post from kaynanarie sharing a totally true story about a religious aunt and a blessed cross encounter.

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G A
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4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good. Can't stand the sanctimonious religious.

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    Text message conversation revealing an accidental coming out story, one of the totally true stories that happened recently.

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    Dragons Exist
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The only one on the list that actually sounds true, given that this is Tumblr

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    #3

    Text screenshot showing a walking downtown encounter described in totally true stories that happened, highlighting an unusual street comment.

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But you'll probably want to omit that line on your Tinder profile. 😂😂

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    #4

    A salt line on a pathway to a door with a story about a pizza delivery avoiding crossing it in these totally true stories.

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    #5

    Alt text: Humorous story about a grade 8 PowerPoint presentation on whooping cough that made the presenter laugh nonstop.

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    #7

    Text post describing a bizarre true story involving trading raw honey, a parakeet's corpse, and an antique cello.

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    Sally Moen
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd like to see the necklace made of parakeet bones

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    #8

    Photo of a man with his arm around two people, illustrating a totally true story about Captain America's dad.

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    Kenneth Smith
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is actually possibly legit. No way to know if she's his patient for sure, but the facts check out.

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    #10

    Text story about punching a guy for making offensive jokes, shared as part of true stories that happened with a coffee background.

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    Family's_disappointment
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    4 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once did that to a person. The only difference is that you punched, but I slapped (in public - we're at a birthday celebration). Because honestly a slap is far more humiliating than a punch. And I wanted to humiliate him more than hurt him. (P.s. I really, like genuinely believe public humiliation is far worse than a pain given in private)

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    #13

    Text post about a funny encounter in Wyoming, shared as part of totally true stories that happened.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't think there were enough people in Wyoming that two people could accidentally meet

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    #15

    Text post sharing a funny customer voice story, part of totally true stories that 100% happened.

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    Colleen Glim
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Welcome to retail. “You fecking son of a… *spins around* Yes sir. How can I help you on this lovely day *while smiling sweetly*

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    #18

    Screenshot of a funny story from a social media post about a boy’s witty reply, included in true stories collection.

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    Lady Eowyn
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like most of these, amusing even if not true.

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    #19

    Text story about a childhood concert experience backstage with Chemical Romance, a true story that happened.

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    DaisyBee
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “And then years later, I ran into him when he ran into a bookstore to escape paparazzi and he remembered me and now we’re in love”

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    #21

    Text post about accidentally driving to Norway and staying for dinner, one of many totally true stories that happened.

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    michael Chock
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to drive an extra hour on the interstate through Wyoming US, because I missed my exit and that's how far the next one was.

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    #22

    Tweet about a funny true story of a dad racing to Walmart and getting a police escort after speeding.

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    Motivated sloth
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wasn’t the first one of these stories the daughter racing her dad to a pizza place for dinner? I mean, making it up is ridiculous to begin with but being the person that steals the other persons bs has to be worse.

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    #23

    Blind professor story about lights off during exam, highlighting unique aspects of disabled life in totally true stories.

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    NJ P
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why didn't you just ask to turn on the lights?

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    #25

    Text conversation sharing a totally true story about a mom overreacting by canceling a trip and accusing of selling documents.

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    Asmodeus Hare
    Community Member
    4 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom abducted me from work one night to go to Disney when I told her I could not go because I had work in the next day.

    MygrandsonscallmeNia
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your mom, is a saint compared to mine. Mine, was a brutal monster, and that's the nice way to describe her. Luckily, she's burning in hell where she belongs.

    Nosirrow
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mothers are the worst. Mine insisted I'm anorexic for 20 years bc I didn't like her horrible cooking. At 11, I had to take a syrup for appetite. But the foods I liked were deemed too expensive. Her sweets a*******n wasn't too expensive, strangely.

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    #26

    Text post about a funny sleep-talking story involving algebra and a humorous definition of polynomial in true stories.

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    LakotaWolf (she/her)
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My ex does the sleep-talking thing. One time he was asleep and I was awake, and he started talking about a magical pen that he claimed to own. We ended up having a very long conversation about this alleged magic pen. When he woke up later, he didn't remember any of the conversation XD

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    #27

    Funny text post about a mom’s prank with holy water, part of totally true stories that happened shared online.

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    Janelle Collard
    Community Member
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    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your mom has a great sense of humor. :)

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    #29

    Text post describing a true story about coming out as trans in a gay-friendly church setting.

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    Melinda Flick
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Holy moly, the WRONG place for her to be a B!

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    #31

    Screenshot of a Tumblr post sharing a true story with captions about a 13-year-old calling out insults on Xbox Live.

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    PeepPeep the duck
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I weirdly heard teenage boys talking a lot like this in Townsville qld - I pretended not to listen but also couldn’t stop as it was the complete opposite of what kids in my day that age (2001) would say and think, refreshing as.

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    #32

    Text post sharing a totally true story of a lawyer helping a client divorce her cheating husband, her ex-boyfriend.

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    Jalunney
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    4 months ago

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    #33

    Text post about an intimidating middle-class family staring at someone for putting mac and cheese on a baguette.

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    Rick Murray
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mac and cheese on a baguette? Why is this weird? It's like a posh version of spaghetti hoops on toast.

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    #34

    Text story about a boy who stole a dog as an excuse to get a phone number in totally true stories collection.

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    PhaseWitFact
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's how a lot of people ended up dating before the Internet.

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    #36

    Tumblr conversation sharing a totally true story about fan fiction and marriage from unexpected discoveries.

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    #37

    Text post describing a totally true story of a surprising encounter at a nightclub with a biology teacher.

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    UKGrandad
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jeez, take a frigging breath! Ten 'and's in one sentence?

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    #38

    Text story of a true event showing a humorous encounter and roast from the President, fitting totally true stories theme.

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    General Anaesthesia
    Community Member
    4 months ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    President Obama roasted a cheating "businessman" at a White House Correspondents dinner. It didn't end well.

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    #39

    Chalk pastel drawing of a banana with a cherry on top, creating a humorous still life fruit artwork.

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    Rick Murray
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm impressed. I don't think I could manage a stick man holding a stick banana with a dot for a cherry.

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    #42

    Person in kitchen holding broccoli with a happy expression, illustrating a funny totally true story moment.

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    Text post describing a funny and heartwarming true story about a family vacation and a pizza delivery.

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    Text post humor about a protective dad and a mix-up involving fruit snacks, from a collection of true stories.

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    fly on the wall
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought that the bathroom is even more sacrosanct than the confessional at church?

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    #45

    Text message about a hospital worker who left a dead body unattended to avoid using the elevator, a true story shared online.

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    Stephanie Did It
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Actually, a better solution than taking the elevator after chucking the body down the stairs.

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    #48

    Screenshot of a totally true story about lying about age in World of Warcraft leading to college acceptance.

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    Jaya
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But not everyone finishes high school at 18, there's quite a lot of variation in age. So OP could have just said they were still in their last year of high school, and if questioned about it, a much easier lie would be "Oh yeah, I started primary school a year later than other kids".

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    #49

    Text post about a friend sending celebrity crush photos causing a hospital heart rate reaction in true stories.

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    Undercover
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jeez, just had to do a 24h heart- and pulse monitoring. I talked to my bf on the phone abt some shittyy tourists that behaved like animals on the bus and got all fired up. Then it dawned on me that the docs will now have to wonder why my results are suddenly so fuckked up in a matter of minutes 😳😬🙈

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    Screenshot of a funny Tumblr post with a joke about a doctor saying someone can live to 100, related to totally true stories.

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    #51

    Text post about a student loudly comparing Hurricane Maria and 9/11 during class, an example of totally true stories.

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    Dragons Exist
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Less people care about Hurricane Maria than 9/11 because the former was weather and the latter was a purposeful terrorist attack, this is just peak Tumblr stupidity

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    #52

    Text post about a true story where a friend called the police for help and ended up flirting with the officer.

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    sh30joy
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not funny. Supposedly she wasted police resources, & he behaved inappropriately. But it's not true anyway.

    #53

    Text conversation sharing a funny totally true story about a hickey causing trouble for a Marine in uniform.

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    Byron Black
    Community Member
    3 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I got indicted for that, actually, during an anti-VN War protest in Fresno. "Destruction of United States Government Property": while all the onlookers and media expected me to destroy it or burn it, I ate my draft card with catsup on it. It was the same draft card that Mohammad Ali had signed at a protest in Century City some time before. The maximum sentence could have been a five'n'dime but I squirted out of the country, and charges were dropped seven years later. I actually offered to give them back the card after it had been processed inside of me but they declined the offer insolently.

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    #55

    Patient shares a hospital story about anesthesia, confusion, and a nurse using a rubber glove as comfort in a true story.

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    Text story about a nurse and patient interaction included in totally true stories with new pics collection.

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    Text post sharing a totally true story of a dad's dramatic coffee dad joke, featured in totally true stories.

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    Poppy
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is an old joke, I heard Monty Python tell it in a live show in the 1980's

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    #58

    Screenshot of a funny and totally true story from a text post about a Walmart cashier comforting a customer.

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    Deta Rossiter
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    still does not beat the guy i saw buying Tomato Juice and a new Toilet brush at 7.30 am on a saturday morning

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    #59

    Text post about a funny true story where a mom procrastinated her birth to have breakfast at IHOP, highlighting real-life stories.

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    Text conversation sharing a totally true story about a teacher with a monobrow interacting humorously with a student.

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    G A
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ask him if he has mononucleo...oh, you know.

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    #61

    A funny story post about confessing to a crush, featured in a collection of totally true stories with new pics.

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    Screenshot of a humorous text post sharing a totally true story about a funny misunderstanding with music and video games.

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    #63

    Text conversation about drinking a shady Mexican Coke bottle with the original recipe, featured in totally true stories.

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    Binny Tutera
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mexican Coke doesn't have coc aine, just lots of cane sugar

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    #64

    Alt text: Text story about a unique relationship moment from true stories that 100% happened shared online.

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    Family's_disappointment
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is so cute 🥰🥰🥰. Just made my single life even worse than it was before (sarcastically speaking)

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    #66

    Text post about a camera operator’s funny true story at a music festival, part of totally true stories collection.

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    Tom Brincefield
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And the Secret Service moved to the side and politely let him through.

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    #67

    Text story about a coming out moment involving pizza and family reactions from totally true stories that happened.

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    UKGrandad
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    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read 'came out as lesbian to the family' and thought it was an official title. Then I read the rest and now I think I was right.

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    #68

    Text story about a tractor battery theft, a note promising repayment, and a surprising twist in true stories that happened.

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    michael Chock
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    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You couldn't sell everything I own for the price of superbowl tickets.

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    #69

    Text post about a funny misunderstanding shared in a collection of totally true stories with new pics.

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    #70

    Text story about a packed train after a pride parade where passengers started singing Journey together.

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    Dragons Exist
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh god, instead of "and everybody clapped" they went to "and everybody started singing" what the he‍ll

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    #71

    Text conversation showing a student sharing funny, true classroom moments in a story from totally true stories that happened.

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    Mike F
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had forgotten how funny EVERYTHING was when you were in HS.

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    #72

    A 14-year-old defies age stereotypes by choosing Led Zeppelin CDs, sparking a manager’s support in a true story.

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    Miriam Insidecor
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    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cashiers should never comment on what people are purchasing.

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    #73

    Screenshot of a social media post sharing a totally true story about accidentally joining a Mexican gang.

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    #75

    Screenshot of a social media post sharing a totally true story about a confrontation in a religion class.

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    Lyone Fein
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, in the eyes of the church and in the eyes of god are two different things yeah?

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    #76

    Text post about a husband teaching English Lit class with a totally true story that surprises his students.

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    Ace
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is part of the plot to Rocky Horror. Dr Frankenfurter creates Rocky, his perfect man, who then betrays him by getting off with Janet.

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    #77

    Text conversation about recognizing a fan fiction due to smut, a funny and overwhelming true story moment.

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    Family's_disappointment
    Community Member
    4 months ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wowwwwwwwww This is definitely something I wish would happen to me. (It's a honest joke)

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    #78

    Teen girl looking out a window with captions about My Chemical Romance, part of totally true stories collection.

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    #80

    Text post recounting a true story of street harassment during a walk outside Forever 21, showing quick witty response.

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