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Many of us have experienced the desire to present ourselves in a more favorable light to our significant others, bosses, and friends. It's natural, and there's no harm in it. Human pride can be a powerful motivator, leading us to act or speak in ways that may not truly reflect who we are. Some of these moments have been captured on the subreddit 'Not Like the Other Girls' in some funny and entertaining posts.

The subreddit has a thriving community of 860k members who share posts where people attempted to appear cool but came across as cringy. We've gathered a collection of our favorite ones so without further ado, let's dive into this cringe-fest and have a sneaky chuckle. Don't forget to upvote the ones that brought you the most laughter.

At times, we tend to think of ourselves as smarter, funnier, kinder, and paradoxically, even more modest than we truly are. This is called the Dunning-Kruger effect. But in psychology is it known as the Superiority Illusion.

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    This Probably Doesn't Fit Here But

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    Xandra
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This too, but all teenagers go through a "not like other people" phase because of normal developmental stages.

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    In 1995, McArthur Wheeler robbed two banks in Pittsburgh in broad daylight wearing no mask. He was identified from security cameras. When police asked him about it, he said he rubbed lemon juice on his face. It supposedly should have worked as an invisible ink. He tested it before the robbery by putting juice on his face and then taking a Polaroid picture - it showed no face. Let's just say this man is as good at robbery as photography.

    #4

    "I'm Not Like Other Girls I'm Sick In The Head"

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    Kiri
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel like some people don't realize that Jeffery Dahmer was a real person who actually murdered real people, and that families are still suffering from his actions and not just a fictional character that was on Netflix.

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    Some Of You Honestly Just Use Nlogs As An Excuse To Flex Your Inner High School Bully, It’s Nasty And Awful

    Some Of You Honestly Just Use Nlogs As An Excuse To Flex Your Inner High School Bully, It’s Nasty And Awful

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    She’s Got Like 6 Days To Eat All Of That

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    A few psychologists, Justin Kruger and David Dunning, were so intrigued by McArthur Wheeler's funny robbery story that they held a social experiment with psychology undergraduate students. They performed problem-solving tests using logic, analysis of grammar, and assessment of whether jokes were funny. Surprisingly, the results revealed that those who scored the lowest overestimated their performance. In their research paper, Dunning and Kruger wrote that "…people who are unskilled in these domains suffer a dual burden: Not only do these people reach erroneous conclusions and make unfortunate choices, but their incompetence robs them of the metacognitive ability to realize it." The phenomenon subsequently became known as the Dunning–Kruger effect, sometimes called ‘the unskilled and unaware effect.’

    It is also interesting that the Dunning-Kruger effect involves smart people underestimating themselves.

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    General Anaesthesia
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A short time ago, Bored Panda taught me that Colleen Hoover is the last author in the world that I would want to read. We are not the same.

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    #8

    Okay Then Make Friends With Girls Who Want To Do This???

    Okay Then Make Friends With Girls Who Want To Do This???

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    Susie Elle
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Me too, but then again I have girlfriends who would all rather do this so that solves that problem, but I also have girlfriends who would rather get their nails done which is fine and they can show me after or maybe I will go with them just for shits 'n giggles, who knows? It's like we're people.

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    Found One Out In The Wild

    Found One Out In The Wild

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    SSG49
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    1 year ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe I'm not trying to get married. Maybe I just want to enjoy life.

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    Unfortunately, the Dunning-Kruger effect is part of being human. The good news for us is that it can be remediable. "Paradoxically, improving the skills of the participants, and thus increasing their metacognitive competence, helped them recognize the limitations of their abilities," Dunning and Kruger wrote in their paper.

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    Tell Me You're Insecure Without Telling Me You're Insecure

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    A Facebook Gem Shared By A 14 Year Old Girl

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    Did You Win? Do All The Men Like You Yet?

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    Perceiving yourself to be better than you are is also linked to optimism. It is considered by many to be one of the most desirable traits to have. We just don't want that negativity. However, according to Leuven University’s Vera Hoorens and colleagues, it can come at a price: "It may make you look naïve, and you may be in for disappointment when your sunny predictions fail to materialize." 

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    Someone Actually Made This List On Twt

    Someone Actually Made This List On Twt

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    Apparently Only This Girl Wants To Get A House

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    Found One In The Wild

    Found One In The Wild

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    Laure
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you can't even spell the name of your "favourite" author or the character you relate to the most...

    Lakota Wolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    sterfan kong is my favirite auffor! text me if you like storfan krong as well! maybe we'll be friends! doubtful tho!!!!! /sarcasm

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    Emmydearest
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It reminds me of that tweet about the Cure. The teenager tells their dad "I'm really into this band, it's pretty obscure, you probably don't know them, they're called The Cure".

    Xandra
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel some of these are from young teens, and wanting to be special or different (up to a point) is a normal stage of development. It becomes cringey when adults post/ say things like these.

    Šimon Špaček
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate those "If you get this then MAYBE we can be friends". Unless you know "X", we cannot be friends and even if you do, maybe I will another weird thing to push you away. I have a lot of friends and with none we have those. "We cannot be friends if you cannot tell lucerne hammer from halberd". No, we can still be friends, we can talk about OTHER THINGS. We can talk about music, favorite beers, we can play board games, we can go canoeing,... Don't form your life around one thing.

    GnT's Mum
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well okay but it's her songs 1: Hello 2: That day 3: Trigger Happy Jack 4: Haunted 5: Wild I honestly could keep going and if you've never listened to them you should!

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

    the funny thing is that most of the alternative people i know (including me) weren't huge fans of the new wednesday show

    Stephanie A Mutti
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And then you watch the Barbie movie and realize ALL [almost all] women don't feel like they are enough either.

    Munchkin
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    12 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I never thought I'd get this triggered by a spelling mistake

    Moo
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People like this always made me so upset. Because I have always been hyperfeminine, I loved pink, and Barbie, and princesses, and everything that had to do with things like that. I grew up thinking that was a bad thing. My own peers made fun of me for liking pink. A color!! Society pits women against one another, so women reject feminine traits and say look at me, take me seriously, when they shouldn't have to. It just sucks

    Lillian Charter
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "IM NOT LIKE THE OTHET GIRLS!!" these days if ur like me and love pink u aren't like the other girlS

    Kat Hague
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wednesday? Edgar Allan Poe? Spelling correctly lets other people know that you know how to spell.

    Paul Lehberger
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    OK, it's Allan. I think that is a common mistake. This character's name is spelled Wednesday.

    Lea S.
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How old is this person? Wednesday Addams has been a thing since 1938.

    Entropy Clean
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, he watches you as you brick them into the walls, but that's not the same thing...

    Irene VU
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    “I always wanted to be like Morticia Addams… we are NOT the same.” OMG, SUPER CRINGE, although BLACK really is a happy color!

    Desiree Meredith
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Um... I've always loved Wednesday Addams... And, also Barbie. P.S- Barbie is a fantastic movie! Just Sayin

    Robert Beveridge
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎵 I always feel like... somebody's watching me... in the walls he's gotta be 🎶

    Sonja
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was so little she needed to leave out or change and this would be perfectly ok as a form of self expression. Had she just written: hello fellow Wednesday fans! I've always wanted to be like Wednesday Adams. I've always felt like her even before I knew she existed so when I saw the show I never felt more at home! Sincerely, from a person who loves Edgar Allan Poe as one of their favourite authors. PS: there's always someone watching you in the walls. (If you get this you are my people! Text me and maybe we can be friends. I'd hope so) The line between self expression and being a pick me/not like other girls girl is so slim but it's sharp. One is just telling what we like and accepting that it might be different from others, the other is putting people down for being different.

    Malfar
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like how Wednesday was portrayed in the old b/w show. Pretty much just a normal sweet kid by modern standards. Wearing black but not acting like a creepy gloomy murderous sociopath.

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

    I don't know that quote. I can't even find it when I search for it. I guess she does not have friends.

    Ross “Sarcastic Dad”
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wednesday. Wednesday. F**k, look at the squiggly red line under the word. It's f*****g Wednesday.

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    Another pitfall linked to optimism emerges when you become ensnared by the hubris hypothesis. According to the above mentioned Belgian scientists, it involves "comparing yourself favorably and explicitly with other people. This leads others to believe that you hold disparaging attitudes toward them because you’re letting them know that you think of yourself as superior. It’s a particular form of pride in which the claims you make about your worth come at the expense of acknowledging that of other people." 

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    Sergy Yeltsen
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Women shaming, degrading and abusing other women. If men were doing this, we'd be horrified.

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    Im Not Like Other Girls Because I Love Harassment And Have A Real Womb

    Im Not Like Other Girls Because I Love Harassment And Have A Real Womb

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    Black Cat
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's right tho, if she's OK with being objectified and sexually assaulted then she's NOT like other girls.

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    #18

    I Drink Beer, Not Fruity Drinks!!

    I Drink Beer, Not Fruity Drinks!!

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    So it's not positivity or negativity, arrogance or modesty that matters. It is the fine balance between all those things. Keep scrolling to see all those 'not so modest' people, as featured on r/notliketheothergirls. When you're done, feel free to delve into our previous posts about the subreddit here, here, and here.

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    Not One Of The Kardashians

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    So Cute And Quirky !!! Gross, Men Have Feelings? 😩

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    Just Why

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    ThatCapybara
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s bcz everyone else made smart life decisions. Xoxo, me, who once forgot my sneakers on a hike and regretted it immediately.

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    I’m Not Like Other Girls I Make Bone Broth

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    I Can’t Even-

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    Emmydearest
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She eats while doing cardio? And on top of that she exercises wearing a turtleneck, hair down, wearing earrings and a necklace that don't even go with each other? Mmm, that sounds...odd.

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    Ah Yes Calling All Other Women The “Competition” And Then Belittling Them For Who They Identify As And Where They Have Body Hair

    Ah Yes Calling All Other Women The “Competition” And Then Belittling Them For Who They Identify As And Where They Have Body Hair

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    On A Video About Andrew Tate

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    I May Be Off Base, But This Feels Super Shame-Y

    I May Be Off Base, But This Feels Super Shame-Y

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    Say What
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She's pretending those that wait don't come from cults that rely on purity culture for women that also don't believe in divorce. How silly.

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    Imagine Being This Desperate For Attention

    Imagine Being This Desperate For Attention

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    On R/Askreddit

    On R/Askreddit

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    Say What
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She calls women r******d while complaining they're b****y. She lacks self awareness.

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    Tiktok Comment Accusing This Girl Of Sexualising The Workplace Bc She Likes Dressing Up

    Tiktok Comment Accusing This Girl Of Sexualising The Workplace Bc She Likes Dressing Up

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    Jude Corrigan
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She isn't 'dressing up', she is making herself presentable for work. I hate this type of thing because I bet the critic, would still be critical if her nails weren't manicured or her hair blow dryed.

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    I’m Glad All The Comments Weren’t Agreeing With Her

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    Sanemi
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Dude I have pcos so I HAVE to take pills to regulate my cycle if not its so fked up that I will go like 5 months without it and end up crying because of the amount of pain I'm in when I get it so I'm sorry if my ovaries do not agree with your idea of using birth control pills or hormonal pills to regulate my cycle. How are you wild by doing this and me not? I'm just taking care of myself dude

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    She’s The Best You Guys

    She’s The Best You Guys

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    Can We Please Stop With This Crap Already??

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    Apparently Wearing Flats Makes You A Slob

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    Susan Bosse
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the 80s, I worked w a lady who wore stilettos every single day. She told me she couldn't wear flats or tennis shoes because it made her feet hurt due to wearing stilettos daily for so long.

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    “Im Not Saying Male Friends Are Better Than Female Friends!! Im Saying That Girls Are Predictable ”

    “Im Not Saying Male Friends Are Better Than Female Friends!! Im Saying That Girls Are Predictable ”

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    She Don't Cook Low Vibrational Food Boys 🤬

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    Lakota Wolf (she/her)
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why does she feel the need to talk about the smell of her future significant other's feces?

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    #45

    Imagine Being This Level Of “Pick Me” That You Create A Whole List

    Imagine Being This Level Of “Pick Me” That You Create A Whole List

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    xolitaire
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WTH is wrong with single motherhood? First abortions are made illegal, now it's also wrong if you actually go through with having the child?! MAKE UP YOur MINDS!

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    #50

    Comparing Other Women To Each Other Is Stupid, Not To Mention It’s Not “Classic” It’s Just Rude

    Comparing Other Women To Each Other Is Stupid, Not To Mention It’s Not “Classic” It’s Just Rude

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    Stary_cat
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Both aged beautifully and had different opportunities and life experiences.

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    #51

    My Sports Bra Is From The Men’s Section

    My Sports Bra Is From The Men’s Section

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    Kazza
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    1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m confused which half of her outfit came from the mens section- the sports bra or the high waist yoga pants?

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    #52

    You’re A Whole Woman Yourself, Bozo

    You’re A Whole Woman Yourself, Bozo

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