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Justanotherkiwi21 , August de Richelieu/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For If you tell me the truth I won't get mad.

Final score:

135points

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Kobe (she) 6 months ago

That is why we say; if you tell me the truth, I won't get as mad as I would when you lie to me.

76points

DowntownRundown , Pixabay/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For Going to college will guarantee your future success.

Final score:

113points

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Floeckchen 6 months ago

Well it doesn't hurt either

20points

IGNISFATUUSES , Brett Sayles/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“I thought, what is something general many people want to know? What question might be interesting while not revealing anything about the person per se as well as anything on the internet that doesn't require some sort of account holder? Then I came up with the perfect question: ‘What's the biggest lie you've fallen for?’,” the redditor ‘WattAtWork’ shared with Bored Panda, revealing why they decided to pose this specific question to the online community.

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For That suppressing your feelings makes you a "man.".

Final score:

110points

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Mike F 6 months ago

It makes you a man with high blood pressure, possibly depression and with heart issues.

4points

Main-Ad-9287 , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For Life is easier after you grow up.

Final score:

91points

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Petunia Petal 6 months ago

Life is easiest as a kid, you just don't realise!

46points

Brianthepartyanimal , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

The OP seemingly took certain answers with a pinch of salt, though some stories the redditors shared did surprise them. “I, being new to Reddit after all (1 week, 1 day old account at the time of posting), have learnt quickly that the answers you get are often a mixture of jokes and truth,” they said.

“What stood out most, however, were all the comments about people's love relationships and their agreements about truth and lies. Many people have experienced their partner lying to them but believing it. I replied as best I could at the beginning of the post, before the comments piled up one by one, that they didn't fall out of sheer stupidity but out of hope for love.”

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For Don’t remember the biggest lie, but my dad has a bald spot and when I was a kid he told me and my siblings that he got it from going to bed while chewing gum and they had to cut it out the next day

You bet your a*s none of us ever went to bed with gum after that.

Final score:

87points

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Petunia Petal 6 months ago

Why on earth would you go to bed with chewing gum in the first place?!

37points

Fenix_Pony , Marc Mueller/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For "we support a healthy work life balance"

Btw manditory overtime everyday this week.

Final score:

86points

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Petunia Petal 6 months ago

Fixed it for them..." we support an unhealthy work life balance".

10points

Stampede_the_Hippos , Frank Cone/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For That each second between lightning and thunder is a mile. It was in my 3rd year of my physics degree before I learned my entire life was a lie. It's 5 seconds per mile btw.

Final score:

78points

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Any 6 months ago (edited)

3 seconds is a kilometre.

62points

solitaire4now , LinkedIn Sales Navigator/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“I think the majority of people on Earth fall for several lies every day,” ‘WattAtWork’ told Bored Panda. “It's mainly about trying to see beyond the lie and understand the intention of the lie. You should definitely not be broken by a lie you fall for. Let yourself build an information field instead.

“Sometimes it can also be about lying for your own good, but sometimes it can instead be about people not being trustworthy,” they continued. “I think the biggest lie I've fallen for is that my friends haven't talked behind my back.”

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For If you work hard and save you can own the American dream.

Final score:

78points

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Petunia Petal 6 months ago

If your American dream is to be a corporate slave.

44points

Wajina_Sloth , Alfo Medeiros/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#10

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For When I was a kid, we would often drive a town over to visit my cousins. One of the roads passed through some ponds, one of which had a perculiar looking branch that had fallen over.

I always noticed it, would point it out to everyone in the car, and one day my dad said it was a “crocomigator” as a joke since we had just watched some Crocodile Dundee before heading out.

In my head it made sense, I knew how alligators could lay dormant for months at a time with a low heart rate, so the fact it wouldnt move just meant he was hibernating.

Years go by, parents split, my dad passes away, still look out for this crocimigator, get to high school, still looking out at the pond to look at this fallen tree not really remembering why.

Then one day, I am like 19, my mom, brother and I are driving on the same road, I instinctively check the pond and its not there. The memories flooded back and I say “god damn it”.

My mom asked me whats wrong and it took me a bit to stop laughing, but I explained the story of the “crocomigator” and we all laughed at how silly looking log in the water and my dad managed to trick me for years.

Final score:

70points

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ShaZam 6 months ago

Awww ... that is a sweet lie

20points

Mind101 , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#11

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For That focusing on education, rather than on developing social skills and meaningful connections, will be enough to lead a fulfilling and prosperous life.

Thanks mom, you had the best intentions.

Final score:

60points

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BewilderedBanana 6 months ago

As with everything else, balance is key. Says the banana who would rather stay home by himself or with just his partner 99% of the time :)

36points

Copytechguy , SHVETS production/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Author of The Truth About Lying: Teaching Honesty to Children at Every Age and Stage, Prof. Victoria Talwar, pointed out that people lie for a variety of reasons, which can be thought of as a spectrum. “On one end are lies that are completely self-oriented—told to benefit the self—followed by lies for self-gain (to escape punishment or negative consequences). Then there are reputational lies told to make people think well of the liar, then the lies that are more other-oriented, and towards the other end of the spectrum—lies to be polite, lies told to protect others or their feelings, eventually reaching altruistic lies where there is a potential cost for oneself but benefit for another human,” she explained in a recent interview with Bored Panda.

#12

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For 'I'm not having an affair, I think I'm asexual'.

-- My ex Wife who certainly was having an affair, and not in the slightest bit asexual.

Final score:

57points

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Moosy Girl 6 months ago

Gee I think I’m doing this asexual thing all wrong! :p

19points

SnepButts , Samson Katt/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#13

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For "He's just a friend, it doesn't mean anything. ".

Final score:

55points

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SupaCab 6 months ago

This hits home hard for me, being gas-lit for a year does wonders for your mental health.

27points

Gl00myL3tt3rhead , Karolina Grabowska/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#14

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For “I’ll pay you back.”
$9000 in the hole later… still haven’t been paid back.

Final score:

55points

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Thee8thsense 6 months ago

If you loan a friend money, best to consider it a gift. That way, if they pay you back, great, but if they don't, you are a great gift giver.

45points

Illusion-M , Vika Glitter/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

According to Dr. Talwar, most people only lie occasionally—they may lie for self-gain or because they can achieve their interpersonal goals through deceit—it rarely ever becomes a habitual, chronic behavior. “Only very few people—less than 5%—are prolific liars; most people tell the occasional lie. Those that do lie, though, may tell lies more frequently and are also likely to tell bigger lies with bigger consequences.”

#15

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For My sister convinced me that I was adopted.

Final score:

52points

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Rachel Pelz 6 months ago

Cruel b***h. The appropriate rebike might be "well at least they really chose to have me", but that's hard for a kid to come up with.

31points

RoyalInfernoASR , Samer Daboul/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#16

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For Decaf removed caffeine from my body

ETA: yall I know what it is, I believed decaf was a way to remove caffeine from the human body. BELIEVED.

Final score:

48points

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Anne Roberts 6 months ago

Dies the human body store caffeine? Don't think so

6points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#17

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For I ignored my studies because I thought the world is gonna end in 2012.

wagdy-fouad75 Report

Final score:

48points

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BebeR 6 months ago (edited)

Sorry but anyone that believes in these doomsday prophecies are not very bright. Doubt this person would have done well in their studies anyways if they bought into that nonsense. (Late edit: Assuming OP was not a child at the time)

75points

Zealousideal-Soup429 , Budgeron Bach/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“Most of the time, we consider lying not a desirable behavior. The reason for this is because it erodes an individual’s credibility and it erodes trust,” Prof. Talwar pointed out. “Those that lie frequently often have difficulties in their social relationships; to be considered a liar is a terrible indictment in our society.”

#18

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For I believed that whole s**t of “if you both have braces and u kiss they’ll get stuck together” until i actually kissed someone with braces and they were like “u know that’s fake right”.

Final score:

44points

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Stardust she/her 6 months ago

People have gotten stuck though so don’t risk it

3points

KatSaidWhat 6 months ago

Or improve your technique.

2points

Evelyn Fox 6 months ago

12 years old, both of us had braces. We both panicked big time whilst attached by the teeth.

1point

Graham Berry 5 months ago

Worse ways to be stuck.

0points

Wes Ouzts 6 months ago

This was true in the early day (but rarely) of those nasty wired braces. Cuts were common in the 1960-70's.

1point

Diana Sampson 3 months ago (edited)

This actually happened to a good friend of mine when she was in middle school. It was a first kiss for both of them and their braces locked. Fortunately, they happened to have the same orthodontist. Her mom drove them to his house, put them on the front porch (still stuck at the smile), rang the bell, and went back to the car to wait. They knew where he lived because he was also their bishop. She still turns red when it comes up now, 30 years later!

0points

J. Allan 6 months ago

Black n decker p****r wreckers.

0points

Alternative_Cash_736 , Gül Işık/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#19

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For That getting a Masters in a STEM field would get me a great salary job!

Final score:

43points

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Verena 6 months ago (edited)

MINT in German, Beta-vakken in Dutch. Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics. Well, the chances of getting handed such a job on a golden plate without any activities from your side are pretty much low. But during that Master, students do usually meet potential employers. During internships, on fairs, visits to companies... It also depends on your specific field and knowledge and your plans for your life.

18points

lost_with_no_hope , Gary Barnes/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#20

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For Ex wife telling me how disgusting cheaters are and how they are succumb of the earth. Guess why I am divorced.

Final score:

40points

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Thee8thsense 6 months ago

Never surrender! Never succumb!

35points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#21

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For That a fat guy in a red suit travelled the entire world in one night in a sleigh pulled by magic flying reindeer delivering presents to all the good kids. But only the good kids, bad kids can get bent. And he knows who is who because he's *always watching*.

sev45day , cottonbro studio/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

34points

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Sue Denham 6 months ago

You want to keep on getting a stocking filled with presents? Smile, nod and pretend you still believe.

37points

Nemoty_animates06 , Aarón Blanco Tejedor/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#22

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For "You're gonna scare the fish away shut up".

Final score:

34points

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arthbach 6 months ago

No, this one is true. But only the shortened version has been given. The full version is, "You're gonna scare the fish away. If you don't shut up, I'm going to throw you in the river, and that will definitely scare away the fish."

61points

Any_Complex_3502 , Leah Newhouse/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#23

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For I was catfished for like a year because i was young and stupid.

Final score:

34points

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Mia Hamsa 6 months ago

Young and inexperienced.. not stupid.

40points

DabNbeyondNormalUse , Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#24

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For I got told I love you by a girl I had a crush on once but apparently she loved everyone else too.

Final score:

33points

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similarly 6 months ago

There's all kinds of love. I've had people tell me they love me, and I know it's not romantic. And there are people I love just like family.

18points

Zestyclose_Ad8755 , Matheus Bertelli/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#25

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For I convinced my sister that the word "Mormon" was a very bad word. I was 11.

Final score:

30points

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Justin Tyme 6 months ago

It is a very bad cult.

64points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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#26

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For When I was a kid, my siblings convinced me that Medusa lived in our attic.

Free-Industry701 , Jeswin Thomas/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

30points

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SupaCab 6 months ago

My uncle convinced me that there were cannibals' at the park near his house when I was 7, which then resulted in my refusing to ever sleep over there. Well played uncle, well played.

18points

BoogieSmools , Gül Işık/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#27

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For “Would you like to buy a magazine subscription?”.

Final score:

28points

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UselessKnowledgeFont 6 months ago

That's like getting a landlines call before we had caller ID. Dude tried claiming there was a problem with our "Windows PC." The Indian sounding guy was super thrown off when I told him there weren't any in the house. Didn't mention that with only one exception the only computers ever in the house were made by Apple

9points

ColorfulGarland , Rockstar Games/Youtube Report

#28

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For Once as a child they told me that in GTA Vice City there is a secret code for winter to appear, and I even wrote it on a piece of paper, and for a long time I thought that I was simply entering the cheat code incorrectly...

Final score:

24points

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Stryker Tyger 6 months ago

Why were they letting a child play a GTA game?!

20points

AceLamina , Vojtech Okenka/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#29

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For "Click this link for free ROBUX".

Final score:

24points

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Rachel Pelz 6 months ago

Robux??

5points

justinothernerd , Polina Tankilevitch/Pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#30

“If You Tell Me The Truth I Won't Get Mad”: 30 Netizens Share The Biggest Lies They Fell For That a seven foot tall rabbit would break into my house during the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, and leave eggs everywhere.

We’d go to the mall to see the Easter bunny and my mom would be all “that’s who leaves the eggs in our house!” Scared me so much tbh.

Final score:

23points

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moggie63 6 months ago

The only Easter bunny I have ever seen in the UK was on an episode of Vicar of Dibley.

20points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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What’s the biggest lie you’ve fallen for?

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KimB 6 months ago

My dad used to say never play with your belly button because you can unscrew it and your butt will fall off...I believed this until I was about 10 I think lol

9points

Papa 6 months ago

Mine told me that if I played with fire I'd pee in the bed at night.

6points

Pittsburgh rare 6 months ago

"l have commitment issues due to my past traumas so l want to take things slowly" all while travelling his very committed (and unknown to me) girlfriend to London to meet his mum and friends. Slowly only referred to going public, he apparently didn't have problems with going fast physically. Scummy pos.

6points

Steve 6 months ago

I promise I won't cUm in your mouth.

5points

Evolbeky 6 months ago

One of the biggest lies, lol. Right after just the tip

0points

Thee8thsense 6 months ago

People are intrinsically good.

5points

TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago

my dad once showed me the middle finger, and told me that it ment "i love you". this was in first grade. my mom once told me that if i cut my hair, my curls would go straight. and now, not only do i want a shorter haircut, but now my curls are straighter than i am

3points

Tobias Reaper 6 months ago

i love you

3points

TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago

oh jeez D:

0points

ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago

Damn.

0points

KimB 6 months ago

0points

pemdas927 6 months ago

I grew up in a small town and my sister had me convinced there's no such thing as black people. I had never seen one in real life. She reminded me I watched Star Trek w/ our dad and knew blue people aren't real. And this was around the time Michael Jackson went from black to white. I believed her until I was in high school.

2points

Annie 6 months ago

Funny one: when I was 7 & my brother was 14, he & his friends found some rolling papers and rolled up basil or oregano "joints" & went into the backyard to "smoked" them. He saw me spying on them, so he had me come outside & take a drag off one, then told me if I ever told on him for anything ever again he'd tell my mom I smoked marijuana. I didn't find out until I was in my 20s that it wasn't marijuana, nor did it ever occur to me that HE would've gotten in trouble for giving it to me!

2points

KatSaidWhat 6 months ago

Nothing about swallowing pips, pulling a face when the wind blows?

2points

The Original Bruno 6 months ago

No nation-building, no amnesties and no bailouts. Not in Bill Clinton's wildest dreams did he think he could accomplish for the Democrats what George Bush did.

0points

Comfortably Numb 6 months ago

I asked a friend if they knew what hoobastank as a name was before the band. He said "the 'h' in Jesus H. Christ. And I believed it 😬

0points

Sky Render 6 months ago

Biggest lie I ever believed was that there was nothing strange going on between my legs. (There's a lot strange going on down there!)

0points

MaggieMay85 6 months ago

Oh my! Does yours have teeth too?!

3points

Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 6 months ago

That America is a good country. That hard work, talent and determination mean something. They dont. The system is rigged and corrupt beyond any hope of repair.

-2points

Donna Peluda 6 months ago

A Jewish woman, who was married but never had sex got knocked up by a ghost and spawned a child who wrote a book

-2points

TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago

0points

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KimB 6 months ago

My dad used to say never play with your belly button because you can unscrew it and your butt will fall off...I believed this until I was about 10 I think lol

9points

Papa 6 months ago

Mine told me that if I played with fire I'd pee in the bed at night.

6points

Pittsburgh rare 6 months ago

6points

Steve 6 months ago

I promise I won't cUm in your mouth.

5points

Evolbeky 6 months ago

One of the biggest lies, lol. Right after just the tip

0points

Thee8thsense 6 months ago

People are intrinsically good.

5points

TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago

3points

Tobias Reaper 6 months ago

i love you

3points

TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago

oh jeez D:

0points

ZuriLovesYou 6 months ago

Damn.

0points

KimB 6 months ago

0points

pemdas927 6 months ago

2points

Annie 6 months ago

2points

KatSaidWhat 6 months ago

Nothing about swallowing pips, pulling a face when the wind blows?

2points

The Original Bruno 6 months ago

No nation-building, no amnesties and no bailouts. Not in Bill Clinton's wildest dreams did he think he could accomplish for the Democrats what George Bush did.

0points

Comfortably Numb 6 months ago

I asked a friend if they knew what hoobastank as a name was before the band. He said "the 'h' in Jesus H. Christ. And I believed it 😬

0points

Sky Render 6 months ago

Biggest lie I ever believed was that there was nothing strange going on between my legs. (There's a lot strange going on down there!)

0points

MaggieMay85 6 months ago

Oh my! Does yours have teeth too?!

3points

Fox with a Dragon Tattoo 6 months ago

That America is a good country. That hard work, talent and determination mean something. They dont. The system is rigged and corrupt beyond any hope of repair.

-2points

Donna Peluda 6 months ago

A Jewish woman, who was married but never had sex got knocked up by a ghost and spawned a child who wrote a book

-2points

TheForrestGreene (he/they/it) 6 months ago

0points