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The subreddit has grown a lot since its creation on November 1, 2016. Now, it has over 890,000 members and is steadily approaching the 1 million mark. Not to mention all the similar subreddits, like r/woosh.

True, the Internet is so full of lies and "fake news", sometimes it's hard to tell if what you are looking at is sincere or not. But often, it is pretty obvious that the person who posted something was making a joke and others didn't get it. Maybe it was a bad joke – but it is still a joke nonetheless, and it is our job, as smart people who use the Internet, to recognize it. Or accept our mistake and move on if we don't.

What An Idiot

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447points

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DforDorothy 4 years ago

🤦

193points

Interestingly, humor is found in all cultures and at all ages, and in recent decades experimental psychology started viewing it as an essential, fundamental human behavior.

Historically, psychologists framed humor negatively, saying it demonstrated superiority, vulgarity, Freudian id conflict, or a defense mechanism to hide one’s true feelings.

People-Missed-Jokes-Funny-Posts

Final score:

432points

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Scagsy 4 years ago

Good response

176points

But research on humor has evolved, viewing it as a character strength. Positive psychology, a field that is dedicated to what people do well, states that humor can be used to make others feel good, to gain intimacy, or to help buffer stress. Together with gratitude, hope, and spirituality, a sense of humor belongs to the set of strengths positive psychologists call transcendence; they help us connect to the world and provide meaning to life. Appreciation of humor correlates with other strengths, such as wisdom and love of learning.

So remember, it's perfectly normal if we don't get a joke or two. However, it's a whole other story if we don't find anything funny.

Well In That Case

Final score:

417points

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Olivier Caissy 4 years ago

Oh well!

188points

A Very Rare Black Kangaroo

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383points

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Sue Hazlewood 4 years ago

I love it when they name call, makes their stupidity even funnier.

375points

A Simple Pun...

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382points

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Sue Hazlewood 4 years ago

What a drip

311points

Sharks Have Toes

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360points

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Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 4 years ago

You go in the water and tell the shark to its face yourself.

248points

People-Missed-Jokes-Funny-Posts

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301points

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Elizabeth Molloy 4 years ago

Beside the point, I know but, how NEEDY is this photo? Get over yourself 'celeb' we're all worse off than you.

235points

Monday 4 years ago

what I wouldn't give to be quarantined in a house like that....

53points

Jarno Flinkers 4 years ago

I'm so sad I can't spend all of my millions outside. Boo-frickin-hoo

29points

Steve Haigh 4 years ago

The most amazing thing about the pandemic is how it has made a load of celebrities seem even more out of touch and narcissistic than they already appeared to be.

20points

Miklós Nagy 4 years ago

Wasn't the later half of the covid pandemic all about how celebs and trash media wanted back the attention from scientists?

20points

Astrid Nineor 4 years ago

Look up Nortug, a Norwegian celibrity, people feel sorry for him for driving on drugs...

11points

Marnie 4 years ago

I agree with others. This is just a selfie. Nothing in the photo that we see here indicates Ellen is feeling sorry for herself.

10points

Paige Garberding 4 years ago

Without knowing the context for that pic, it's premature criticism. Assume much?

6points

Lisa Johannesson 4 years ago

How bizarre is your comment, calling someone out for posting a selfie someone else used to make a joke. She's perfectly entitled to post a picture of herself with no makeup on.

6points

imagae 3 years ago

I don’t know the back story on this.

0points

Marky Mark 3 years ago

Show some sympathy. That week her private jet was getting maintenance and she had to fly to St. Tropez in 1st Class on Emirates like a normal millionaire.

0points

Rustyn Birch 4 years ago

Yeah, and I think that's why a lot of folks that go the celeb route are incredibly needy and crave that kind of unnatural (approval from thousands of people they don't even know) feedback from the world. Very strange.

0points

Dorothy Cloud 4 years ago

Amen to all the "rich people" out there than try a pity trip.

0points

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Vanta Black 4 years ago

"Feel bad for me! I'm mean to people, I live in a huge house, and my wife is really hot!"

7points

Jette Wang Wahnon 4 years ago

Never could understand this Ellen Show thing...People willingly set themselves up for humiliation,ridicule and downright sadistic «fun« at their expense while screaming hysterically with joy? and jumping up and down,all in the hope of winning something or other.Are Americans really that desperate?...the woman is vile....Oprah is kind.....Oh,and the photo,maybe she stepped on some Lego..

6points

Billy The Kid 4 years ago

i can see the resemblance though

6points

Imma 4 years ago

I think it must be very difficult to be that stupid, I mean like how they get through the day? And do they know that they are that dumb? 🤔

4points

ArhomR 4 years ago

Looks like LMN to me.

4points

Parmeisan 4 years ago

OP?

1point

thememyselfandi 4 years ago

Will the real Slim Shady please stand up?

3points

Raven DeathShade 3 years ago

Yes, I'm the real Shady, the real Slim Shady.

2points

Quazmodic 4 years ago

I've just had a realization! (I'm a bit slow) Lesbians seem to tend towards not making themselves attractive, sort of brown paper bag, boring neutrality, while gay men seem to go a**e over tit opposite and try to make themselves stunners! I now await the outrage at making that very generalised, possibly non politically correct, but nethertheless (generalized) factual observation for the sake of flapping my gums in the comments section.

3points

Dragonfruit'nrollerskates 4 years ago

I accidentally read the first one as ellen and I thought the point of the joke is that she turned into Eminem.

2points

Davor Jelacic 4 years ago

Goes to show how someone you thought was a decent person in this s****y world, turns out to fit right in.

2points

Mike Tamlyn 4 years ago

Before we even get to who it is, clan we please just take a moment and admire the s**t grammar. "what's it's". FFS!

1point

jessica's chemistry teacher 3 years ago

like srsly tho clan we pls

0points

Leesa DeAndrea 4 years ago

Money is no guarantee of happiness. Rich people feel low too.

1point

Rainbow Panda 4 years ago

...

1point

backatya 4 years ago

I believe he was making fun of E because he looks like Ellen

1point

Scagsy 4 years ago

I still can't believe the level of daftness exhibited by some chumps. lol

1point

Tymek Marcinkowski 2 years ago

Ellen looks like if you order Eminem off of Wish.

0points

Lily Luna Potter 3 years ago

Who is Eminem??????

0points

Patty Leaton 3 years ago

money money

0points

TropicalPanda 4 years ago

Shady aftermath of 2020!!!

0points

Marci Jones 4 years ago

And, that's the problem...Referring to them as celebs.

0points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago

ROFL!!! But what did Eminem do to deserve such an insult?

0points

Mike Rodrick 4 years ago

Really? I couldn't have guessed!

0points

Vicki Perizzolo 4 years ago

hahahahaha

0points

Bobby Stahr 4 years ago

ha ha ha ha ha

0points

Granny 4 years ago

Haha

0points

bryguy 4 years ago

Guys, guys, I can't wait to tell you, I know something!! Listen listen!! Oh it was a joke? huh?

0points

autism genius 4 years ago

i dont get it

0points

John Hitchmough 4 years ago

That’s compensation face

0points

John Hitchmough 4 years ago

A prime example of compensation face

0points

Matthew Smith 4 years ago

That's actually quite funny.

0points

Mildred Thompson 4 years ago

What happened to ELLEN? I wish her nothing but THE BEST ALWAYS. She looks so sad - or tired . We all have THOSE moments - if we are human.

-1point

Jill Emburey 4 years ago

No sh*t Sherlock!

-1point

Rose Brien Harrington 4 years ago

Why on earth would she want her picture taken looking like that?

-2points

Hodor! Hodor? 4 years ago

Is that the real slim shady?

-2points

Racists These Days...

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289points

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Scagsy 4 years ago

Holy fudge! How dumb is you?

138points

#10

Ahhh This Guy

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285points

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littlesaresare 4 years ago

"probably"

417points

#11

People-Missed-Jokes-Funny-Posts

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Blue Cicada 4 years ago

Exhausted parents put their toddler to sleep.

219points

#12

Small Brain: Blurring The Name Of The Dumb Person / Big Brain: Cutting It Out

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266points

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Peppermallow 4 years ago

The proof that its false is that the earth behind him isnt flat

367points

#13

No Kidding Huh

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251points

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Scagsy 4 years ago

Thanks for that. Much appreciated. Said no-one. Ever.

200points

#14

But How Did They Shoot Themselves If They Are Dead?

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246points

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DforDorothy 4 years ago

Wooosh...

122points

#15

People-Missed-Jokes-Funny-Posts

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243points

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Fish Boden 4 years ago

Educate yourself. I'm weeping.

225points

#16

The Best Trickery

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Olivier Caissy 4 years ago

Ghost level 99.

173points

#17

It's Spanish Though!

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229points

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Olivier Caissy 4 years ago

“ English, m**o , do you speak it?”

115points

#18

People-Missed-Jokes-Funny-Posts

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225points

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Scagsy 4 years ago

Damn, I really thought that could actually slow time down

194points

#19

People-Missed-Jokes-Funny-Posts

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215points

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Debi Blackshaw 4 years ago

Sigh.....

159points

#20

3 In 1 Folks

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212points

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Scagsy 4 years ago

OMG We gonna need a bigger boat

251points

#21

What An Idiot!

Final score:

187points

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autism genius 4 years ago

don't call anyone r******d.

360points

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

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#38

People-Missed-Jokes-Funny-Posts

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122points

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Viviane 4 years ago

Is the number pronounced "too-too" or "two-two"?

129points

#39

Ice Flavored Water

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Carrie Laughs 4 years ago

Crunch water.

62points

#40

No This Is Definitely The Reason

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99points

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Vic 4 years ago

Excuses excuses!

86points

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What do you think ?

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Ivo H 4 years ago

Everyone sometimes don't get a joke, it's no big deal. But what bothers me most is how eager are some people on the internet to start insulting others.

78points

N G 4 years ago

What's rather depressing is not that people can't get a joke, it's that there are so many people who don't even realise it's a joke, that it's possible to make a funny comment that's not meant to be taken seriously. Its reached the point where satire/parody is being broadcast as news after only a few out of context shares. So the fact that it's a joke at all is lost. And insulting someone for either not getting the joke - or insulting someone by missing the point in the first place - is part of the "intelligence wars". It's all a bit distressing really. Who has some pictures of cute cats to make the world a better place?

46points

BusLady 4 years ago

And the term "r****d." That's not neccessary.

12points

Olivier Caissy 4 years ago

When someone doesn’t get a joke and ask, you are right they should not be insulted. But when someone just want to spread their ignorance than I have no problem calling them on it.

4points

Diablo Ramierez 4 years ago

Whatever loser

-2points

Julie 4 years ago

It is possible that some replies are intentionally responding as if they don't get the joke, taking it a step further. Although feigning ignorance is an inside joke for one...it's still funny tho..

31points

Marci T 4 years ago

Re: #14, Is anyone else going to address the fact that the Christ the Redeemer statue is in Brazil, where they speak Portugese, not "Spanesh?" LOL!

6points

Irma 2 years ago

Please be joking

0points

Amber Young 4 years ago

Marci T what

-2points

Mike Payne 4 years ago

Marci T haha

-2points

sasch-gromow2015 4 years ago

Marci T ?

-2points

SanchaTheSeeker 4 years ago

r/woooosh

5points

BusLady 4 years ago

I hope nobody took me seriously. Lol

3points

Rainbow Panda 4 years ago

Some were funny.

2points

Irma 2 years ago

Read the comments under the pics. Some are gold

0points

Stan Chung 4 years ago

without speech intonation its hard to get the joke. some of these are pretty lame.

2points

duboisbnb@hotmail.com 4 years ago

Stan Chung ?

0points

bryguy 4 years ago

People are so quick to jump on anyone's inaccuracies that they pay no mind to the fact it may have been intended as a joke. Everyone's just gotta be the first to comment when something isn't quite right "look at me, I'm so smart, I proved you wrong!" and in the end they look like the dumb one.

2points

Mme de Poppadom 4 years ago

Curious how many of these instances of missing the joke are due to neuroatypical-ness. Maybe that's where a simple "woosh" would suffice, as Mnr vanderHeiden suggests.

2points

⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟ 4 years ago

Wow, that's kind of ableist, not gonna lie. Just because someone's not neurotypical doesn't mean they can't understand humour. And believe me, plenty of neurotypical people don't understand our jokes.

2points

Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago

A few of these might be from people with a more subtle sense of humor. Which kinda dampened my sense of superiority.

2points

Thomas brennan 4 years ago

worse than not getting the joke is someone not getting a joke then making a joke on top of the original joke which is a less subtle and dumber. Ive heard this called "joking the joke" and it is a staple of dumbasses who think they are smart on Twitter

2points

Aly Cat 4 years ago

r/woooosh

1point

Kitty Fenerty 4 years ago

Hardly surprising that some many people are so dumb; Trump is In office! 🤦🏼‍♀️🥴😂

1point

Cathy Davies 4 years ago

😆, I don’t always get the jokes but when I do it cracks me up🤣

1point

Pablo 4 years ago

Cathy Davies good

0points

pakuka 4 years ago

Cathy Davies like

0points

AndieMorgan 4 years ago

Cathy Davies no

-1point

Mshauri Mazuri 4 years ago

People who are correcting the damn joke might be so proud of themselves thinking they were genius were in truth, the joke was on them.

1point

TimesNewLogan 3 years ago

If "I think, therefore I am"... the how do so many of these people exist?

0points

Dino_Nuggies 3 years ago

These were actually funny memes lol

0points

! ? 3 years ago

I love r/woooshing people.

0points

シ *’-BLOODLUST-‘* シ 3 years ago

I laughed so hard while I was reading this lmaooo

0points

⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟ 4 years ago

On tumblr someone once posted that 'I love you' in French is pronounced "permets-tu", which is a reference to the book Les Miserables by Victor Hugo. Some people responded saying that it was actually je t'aime, and insulting the op. It still cracks me up to this day.

0points

Mary Peace 4 years ago

Why did the comments on this have so much bad language and comments that had to be hidden? Far worse than any of the other threads.

0points

Barbara Baldwin 4 years ago

I missed a lot of them. I'm 70

0points

Mary Peace 4 years ago

I missed quite a few, I'm 62 so not far behind you! But some I thought about and I didn't want to know.

0points

Quazmodic 4 years ago

I know 30% of the world's population aren't the sharpest pencils in the box, but it just looks worse when you pile them all into the one schoolbag. lol

0points

Mumof1 4 years ago

It's scary that these people actually exist!

0points

Danielle Renee 4 years ago

so many people are either dumb or have zero sense of humor

0points

Sandra Westh 4 years ago

I laughed so hard

0points

VVlladUA 4 years ago

Sandra Westh love

0points

Bacony 4 years ago

I hate how BoredPanda removes the titles from the posts after a while, it makes finding your comment even harder.

0points

shado 4 years ago

I-Remember...2ba333.jpg

0points

Gary Frewin 4 years ago

What is really scary is these people are allowed to reproduce!

0points

AustinWWW 4 years ago

Gary Frewin easy

1point

flonket 4 years ago

Gary Frewin follower

0points

Jace 4 years ago

Most people shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce.

0points

xpunkcatx 4 years ago

Gary Frewin easy

0points

Billy The Kid 4 years ago

this is the effects of the virus. dont blame them for being FKN STUPID!

0points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago

You know how you can be somewhere sitting still or moving around and all of a sudden, out of the blue you feel a breeze pass over you? It's not Mother Nature... It's posts on the Internet going over your head. Examine your brain.

-1point

Chinmaya Jena 4 years ago

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AndieMorgan 4 years ago

Chinmaya Jena yes

-3points

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Ivo H 4 years ago

Everyone sometimes don't get a joke, it's no big deal. But what bothers me most is how eager are some people on the internet to start insulting others.

78points

N G 4 years ago

46points

BusLady 4 years ago

And the term "r****d." That's not neccessary.

12points

Olivier Caissy 4 years ago

When someone doesn’t get a joke and ask, you are right they should not be insulted. But when someone just want to spread their ignorance than I have no problem calling them on it.

4points

Diablo Ramierez 4 years ago

Whatever loser

-2points

Julie 4 years ago

It is possible that some replies are intentionally responding as if they don't get the joke, taking it a step further. Although feigning ignorance is an inside joke for one...it's still funny tho..

31points

Marci T 4 years ago

Re: #14, Is anyone else going to address the fact that the Christ the Redeemer statue is in Brazil, where they speak Portugese, not "Spanesh?" LOL!

6points

Irma 2 years ago

Please be joking

0points

Amber Young 4 years ago

Marci T what

-2points

Mike Payne 4 years ago

Marci T haha

-2points

sasch-gromow2015 4 years ago

Marci T ?

-2points

SanchaTheSeeker 4 years ago

r/woooosh

5points

BusLady 4 years ago

I hope nobody took me seriously. Lol

3points

Rainbow Panda 4 years ago

Some were funny.

2points

Irma 2 years ago

Read the comments under the pics. Some are gold

0points

Stan Chung 4 years ago

without speech intonation its hard to get the joke. some of these are pretty lame.

2points

duboisbnb@hotmail.com 4 years ago

Stan Chung ?

0points

bryguy 4 years ago

2points

Mme de Poppadom 4 years ago

Curious how many of these instances of missing the joke are due to neuroatypical-ness. Maybe that's where a simple "woosh" would suffice, as Mnr vanderHeiden suggests.

2points

⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟ 4 years ago

2points

Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago

A few of these might be from people with a more subtle sense of humor. Which kinda dampened my sense of superiority.

2points

Thomas brennan 4 years ago

2points

Aly Cat 4 years ago

r/woooosh

1point

Kitty Fenerty 4 years ago

Hardly surprising that some many people are so dumb; Trump is In office! 🤦🏼‍♀️🥴😂

1point

Cathy Davies 4 years ago

😆, I don’t always get the jokes but when I do it cracks me up🤣

1point

Pablo 4 years ago

Cathy Davies good

0points

pakuka 4 years ago

Cathy Davies like

0points

AndieMorgan 4 years ago

Cathy Davies no

-1point

Mshauri Mazuri 4 years ago

People who are correcting the damn joke might be so proud of themselves thinking they were genius were in truth, the joke was on them.

1point

TimesNewLogan 3 years ago

If "I think, therefore I am"... the how do so many of these people exist?

0points

Dino_Nuggies 3 years ago

These were actually funny memes lol

0points

! ? 3 years ago

I love r/woooshing people.

0points

シ *’-BLOODLUST-‘* シ 3 years ago

I laughed so hard while I was reading this lmaooo

0points

⚞ Katniss Everdeen ⚟ 4 years ago

0points

Mary Peace 4 years ago

Why did the comments on this have so much bad language and comments that had to be hidden? Far worse than any of the other threads.

0points

Barbara Baldwin 4 years ago

I missed a lot of them. I'm 70

0points

Mary Peace 4 years ago

I missed quite a few, I'm 62 so not far behind you! But some I thought about and I didn't want to know.

0points

Quazmodic 4 years ago

I know 30% of the world's population aren't the sharpest pencils in the box, but it just looks worse when you pile them all into the one schoolbag. lol

0points

Mumof1 4 years ago

It's scary that these people actually exist!

0points

Danielle Renee 4 years ago

so many people are either dumb or have zero sense of humor

0points

Sandra Westh 4 years ago

I laughed so hard

0points

VVlladUA 4 years ago

Sandra Westh love

0points

Bacony 4 years ago

I hate how BoredPanda removes the titles from the posts after a while, it makes finding your comment even harder.

0points

shado 4 years ago

I-Remember...2ba333.jpg

0points

Gary Frewin 4 years ago

What is really scary is these people are allowed to reproduce!

0points

AustinWWW 4 years ago

Gary Frewin easy

1point

flonket 4 years ago

Gary Frewin follower

0points

Jace 4 years ago

Most people shouldn’t be allowed to reproduce.

0points

xpunkcatx 4 years ago

Gary Frewin easy

0points

Billy The Kid 4 years ago

this is the effects of the virus. dont blame them for being FKN STUPID!

0points

Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 years ago

-1point

Chinmaya Jena 4 years ago

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AndieMorgan 4 years ago

Chinmaya Jena yes

-3points

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