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Our planet is home to billions of people with unique quirks and traits – and every single one of us holds different opinions. 

Is eating breakfast for dinner acceptable? How essential is a college education? Is social media creating a toxic culture or helping us stay connected? Is Shrek the best-animated movie ever? The list could go on and on, but you get the gist.

Some might argue that being overly opinionated is somewhat frowned upon – however, everybody perceives life in their own way. Distinct opinions foster debate – and debate is great, as you get the opportunity to view the world through someone else's eyes:

“What is the smallest, pettiest hill you'll still die on?” – this web user turned to one of Reddit’s most thought-provoking communities, wondering what seemingly unimportant beliefs people are willing to defend, no matter what it costs them. The thread has managed to receive over 14K upvotes in just a matter of days, as well as 14.5K worth of comments and intriguing examples. 

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45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What No one wants to hear your phone conversations in public. NO ONE.

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

Some years ago a woman on the train was discussing her vaginal yeast infection with someone on the phone. Why would you think that's a good idea?

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Beyonce is overhyped

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

    I agree. Don't understand the big deal about this over over over produced woman. She's made a few danceable numbers, but that's the extent of it in my book.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What If today is Monday, then the upcoming Saturday is considered “this Saturday” not “next Saturday”. “Next” would be two Saturdays from now.

    Fight me.

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

    Upvoted for the 'fight me' comment. No fight. Just bow of respect

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    #4

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What It’s common courtesy to wait for someone to come off the elevator before entering.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Put your goddamn shopping cart/trolley in the corral

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

    Yes, don't be a bum. Don't be lazy. Don't say it's someone else's job. Just do the considerate thing and put the damn cart back.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Adding 's at the end of a word does not make it plural.

    I've seen it in ads. I've seen it on signs. I've even seen it on a flyer someone wrote advertising their services as a writer.

    People walk around like it's normal! Out in the street! Saying that they have 14 chicken's! Like monsters!

    I will die on this hill over and over until my assembled corpses make it into a slightly bigger hill.

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

    Corrected it "I will die on this hill over and over until my assembled corpse's make it into a slightly bigger hill."

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    #7

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Throwing your cigarette butts is littering.

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

    This is absolutely NOT PETTY! Birds have been found to be picking up cigarette butts & trying to feed them to their young, or using them as nesting material.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What When a kid has a birthday, only HE gets to blow out the candles! It INFURIATES me to my very soul when I see other kids try to blow them out. The only thing worse is when adults LET THEM.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What I don't care how you pronounce them, but it's written "could/would/should/might HAVE", not "could of".

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What The toilet paper roll goes over not under!!!

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    #11

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What It’s “I couldn’t care less”
    “I could care less” doesn’t even make sense.

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    #12

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Being late, making others wait, or any other method of wasting another’s time, is stealing the most valuable, non-retrievable, irreplaceable thing in their life.

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

    THIS. As I’ve gotten older and watched the previous generation start to shuffle off this mortal coil, have beaten the big C in my late 20s and began to lose a few friends too early, I resolved that my time is the most valuable thing in my life. I semi-jokingly tell people that disrespect my or others’ time that I value it at a minimum of $60/hr. Stealing other peoples time is the worst. Not appreciating them when they gift you their time is entitled & inconsiderate.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What It is possible to look at something on a grocery store shelf without blocking the whole aisle. Looking at you, shoppers in a certain Aldi this afternoon …

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

    I’ll never forget this… once I was trying to pass a man and woman with their cart at the end of a very long aisle. They were in the very middle. I couldn’t go around on either side of them. I said, “Excuse me.” No one budged. I thought perhaps they didn’t hear me. I said it again a little louder. The man looked at me and went to move the cart, but the woman grabbed it and said to him, “When I’m done.” That’s when I became “done.” I walked over to their cart, shoving it aside and pointing to the man with her, I said, “He may have to wait until you’re ‘done,’ but I don’t! I’m ‘done’ being polite. Move it!” She stared at me dumbfounded, while he told her, “You deserved that.” She looked at him and said, “Shut up.” And I continued shopping.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Don't talk with your mouth full of food.

    Maybe it's just me, but I don't want to see partially chewed food in your mouth.

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

    or smacking your mouth when eating ..makes me want to physically throttle someone .....

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    #15

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What When I have time approved off from work and something goes wrong, no it is not my responsibility to log back on and take care of it.

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

    I walked away from a job because my arrogant supervisor would never leave me alone. Calling and texting all hours..never got time away from the job.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What That you need to let people off the f*****g subway before you get on. My guy, you will get on - let me off first!

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    #17

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Big groups who won't make way on the sidewalk. If you wont move I will walk right into you.

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

    I will refuse to move and will be the one who walks right into the middle of the flock .

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    #18

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Cologne (and perfume) should be discovered, not announced.

    Stop weaponising that s**t by bathing in it.

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

    Got a terrible migraine tonight, took a lot of medication so the headache was gone in the morning. I still felt like throwing up, but I did not want to stay home. In the hallway at work a woman walked in front of me who absolutely REEKED of sone terribly sweet perfume. That did not help with my already upset stomach...

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    #19

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Use the left lane for passing and then get back into the doggone right lane. Grew up in Germany where that's enforced on the Autobahn. American left lane hogs drive me nuts, especially when they go five miles under the speed limit. What's the friggin' point?

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

    In Sweden there is a fine if you hug the left lane. Only problem iis that there is no one to enforce trafic laws.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Bank of America charged me $2 for a miscellaneous charge, in 1997. I called to ask what it was for because there was no reason. The lady on the phone said, well, I can't tell you because it is miscellaneous. I asked her to then please reverse it and she refused.

    I pulled all three of my accounts from them and moved them to a credit union and ever since, full stop refuse to have a damn thing with that company.

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

    I had my debit card declined at a gas station on a pay day, when my check was auto-deposited. Bank of America was right next door, so I popped inside. The teller very loudly berated me, saying my account had a hold put on it because I’d been “depositing” checks I’d written… immediately taking cash out of my account, knowing the checks were no good. The bank was giving me the cash, assuming the checks would clear. And I’d amassed more than $4000 this way. And the bank was going to press charges. By then, every customer in the lobby was staring at me, like I was scum of the Earth. Thoroughly embarrassed, I told the clerk to check again. Check MY account again. To look for those supposed deposit/withdrawals. Her face said it all. And in a low voice, that no one else could hear, she said, “I’m sorry. There’s obviously a mistake.” Loudly, I repeated, “YOU SAY YOU’RE MISTAKEN? IT’S NOT ME DOING THESE THINGS?” I withdrew all my money. Closed my account. And will not do business with them.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Scrolling through TikTok/Reels/whatever with your volume up in public or semi-public places (transit, waiting room, restaurant).

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

    I hate this behavior. And what's up with walking around with the phone on speaker having a conversation? NO ONE cares what you are saying. Just put the phone to your ear like a normal civilized person.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Piqued my interest.
    It’s not “peaked”

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

    I used piqued once in a conversation with a co-worker. Mind you, she had a college degree & I don't, but the woman had no idea what that word means! I had to rephrase my remark to "it caught my interest" before she understood.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Fish is meat.

    I had one friend who would not let it go and argued that it was not and it was ‘just fish’ so much that it became a running joke.

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

    It should be very simple, if it was alive and is now dead, it is meat, eating it means you are not vegetarian. no buts ands or ifs.

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    You “lose” a bet. You don’t “loose” a bet

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

    I am so glad this is listed. It is my absolute number one pet peeve. Why is it so often wrong?!

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Don’t wave me through the 4 way stop to “be nice”, just take your goddamn turn.

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

    This, I dislike it when people give me the right of way when I don't have it. It confuses me and other road-users. I do not expect it, I expect I have to wait my turn, and then someone waves at me that I can go first, and I get confused and feel like I should hurry, and then if I go, I pay less attention to other stuff (like someone crossing the road next to me). There are exceptions - when it is really busy and you're on a side road, and there is no gap in sight to turn on the road as well. But not when there is no real need.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What If you open the microwave before it's done clear the timer so the next person doesn't have to try figure out why it's not starting.

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

    I caved and finally created a BP account just so I could up vote this one.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What The meteorological phenomenon is "lightning", NOT "lightening"

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What When you're inside it's the floor, when you are outside it's the ground.

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    Saying “irregardless”, despite the fact it’s in the dictionary (albeit, as a “nonstandard”), makes you look and sound like a f*****g moron.

    “Regardless” does the job. It means “without regard”. So adding the prefix “ir-“ is goddamned redundant.

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

    Irregardless of your point, irregardless is still a correct term and can still be used irregardless of your feelings.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Sidewalk and hallway traffic should move like road traffic. Stick to the side of the sidewalk or hallway based on the direction you are going. I will not move out of my way for you if you are walking on the wrong side.

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

    Also make note of the part of the world you are in! We don't all drive on the right side!

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    It is a PIN, not a PIN number. PIN stands for personal identification number.

    Just like it is an ATM, not an ATM machine.

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

    Should I use my PI number when I am at the AT machine?

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What "6 a.m. in the morning."

    No. Just no.

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

    Just use 24hr clock. 06:00 = 6 am. When talking, it's 6 in the morning or 6 in the evening. (and when writing, we write 18:00 but say 6)

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Before placing a ziploc bag in the refrigerator or freezer, squeeze the air out of the bag. I don't know why my wife doesn't, and one day I'll have to make a choice.

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

    I hope this guy and his ziplocs will be very happy together.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Do not ask questions you know the answer to. "Are you crying?" no sharon I am just sweating through my eyes, that's why I look so upset.

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

    One very notable exception: for "will you marry me?" you should already know the answer and don't have much business asking it if you don't.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What An apology should be used when you are genuinely sorry, not as absolution; it should also not be expected to be forgiven, either.

    Edit: As a Canadian, I'll concede that I do use "sorry" several times a day in the most seemingly mundane of situations, but trust me; I am sorry I am in your way.

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    Don't reach over and honk the horn while I am driving.

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

    Stop the car and kick them out. A passenger road raging on 'your behalf' is stupid and dangerous.

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    The checkout at the store should read "10 items or **fewer**"

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

    If the item is counted, use "fewer." If the item is measured, use "less."

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What So many people, movies and TV shows misuse the phrase “divide and conquer”.

    It doesn’t mean “to split up and attack on multiple fronts”, which is a horrible idea for military strategy on the grand scale of armies.

    It means to divide your enemy, and conquer them one by one.

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

    Keep your enemy fighting amongst themselves so you can defeat them. Classic British colonial strategy.

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    Cereal then milk. What kind of heathen would do it the other way around.

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

    The only time I put the milk in first is when I don't have much left, it's easier to judge how much cereal the milk will hold.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What I can't stand every movie/game title or band/artist name being acronymized these days. What the hell is TLAT? SWTROS? When you say BTS are you talking about the musical group or behind the scenes of something? Its like learning a new language.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What The Oxford comma.

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What If the earth was flat why don’t they have penthouses on the borders

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

    If the Earth was flat there would be nothing at the border/edges because cats would have pushed it all off

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    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What In the business of dangling someone with a rope around their neck until they die, it's "hanged," not "hung."

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

    But what if the hang man (or hang woman, hang person?) did a good job of hanging the criminal, the criminal would be well hung?

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    #44

    "Begs the question" does not mean "raises the question" or "brings up the question," even though it's recently been used that way often.

    It's a specific term for a logical fallacy (basically, circular reasoning) -- because rather than arguing the question, you are begging that it be conceded. "You're begging the question," means you're using the point you're trying to prove as an argument to prove that very same point.

    Edit: Folks, I get it. "Raises the question," is now a common usage, language is determined by use, it's not prescriptive, etc etc. Please, let me refer to you to the title of this thread and ask you why you didn't *expect* shallow pedantry. If we can still get pissed about 'irregardless', we can still be annoyed by this.

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

    Why do you believe the bible is true? Because the bible says so.

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    Rudolph is not a core member of Santa's reindeer team. The song specifically says "then ONE foggy Christmas Eve... Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh TONIGHT."

    why would Santa risk being noticed with a red light of a nose if he didn't need to? Rudolph is like the brights on your car, you only need them when you need to.

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

    That was just the beginning. Rudolph was with them after that point every Christmas Eve, because Santa's no dummy. I don't need fog at night to put my headlights on. It just has to be dark. Then Rudolph and Clarice had kids and a couple of them had the same birth defect, so today Rudy Jr. is guiding the sleigh. Duh. rudolph-an...fca4ed.jpg rudolph-and-clarice-62f3d5afca4ed.jpg

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    #46

    It’s vulva, not vagina.

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    #47

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What Danny needs to f*****g replenish the fridge downstairs. You take a soda pop, YOU REPLENISH.

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    #48

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What when someone says "also as well"

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    #49

    45 Of The Pettiest Beliefs People In This Online Group Would Stand By, No Matter What My mom was in the wrong when she said my prom date shouldn't wear black and red together because those colors tend to look whorish.


    Edit: for those of you trying to picture it. the dress was black lace, and pretty short. My date wore bright red lipstick and pumps.

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