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Those who say nothing is infinite clearly haven't considered human ignorance. Luckily, the subreddit r/facepalm has plenty of examples to convince them.

This online community (which also calls itself the 'Gallery of Inexplicable Stupidity') unites over 6.4 million members, and they're constantly sharing the dumbest statements and actions they've witnessed both online and in real life.

So continue scrolling to dive into delusion, and if you want to explore it more when you're done, check out our previous publication on the same subreddit.

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    #2

    “Muh Guns!!!”

    “Muh Guns!!!”

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

    So often miserable people want others to be miserable like them. The gun toting gun lobbyists of the US will never see that if the public don’t have guns they can’t shoot each other, themselves or family members, even by accident.

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    If, however, these pictures get to you now and make you want to click away, I'll argue to go even further, turn off your browser, put away your phone, and disconnect. After all, it's the weekend.

    Sure, taking a walk outside without scrolling might seem dull. But you might be surprised where you can end up if you allow your mind to roam free. "Boredom is a symptom, not a condition. In other words, no one is born bored. It arises due to certain conditions," Manhattan-based psychotherapist, speaker, and author Sean Grover told Bored Panda.

    "Underneath boredom is always frustration. When frustration is met with passivity, boredom is a natural outcome," Grover, who has 25 years of experience working with patients in group therapy in clinics, schools, and health centers, said.

    #3

    Let's Go Spend 10k On Jewelry

    Let's Go Spend 10k On Jewelry

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

    A home, enough food and access to a decent education and free healthcare. This is possible for everyone but the rich ones really want to keep the plebs in their place.

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    #4

    Kids Solve All Problems

    Kids Solve All Problems

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

    Meanwhile mature adults who want children have a VERY difficult time trying to adopt.

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    The psychotherapist said that boredom is often close friends with feelings of hopelessness and helplessness. And the best way to cure it is a counterintuitive one—surrender.

    "Boredom can trigger enormous creativity when we tune in to the underlying frustration and come up with creative solutions," Grover highlighted. "Many inventions came out of tackling boredom and resolving it."

    #6

    I Know Right

    I Know Right

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    #7

    That's The Point Of The Book

    That's The Point Of The Book

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

    Are all schools now going to exclusively stock See Spot Run and The Very Hungry Caterpillar? Or are those stories going to make people uncomfortable also?

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    #8

    They Are Turning The Fricking Lions Gay

    They Are Turning The Fricking Lions Gay

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

    "Homosexual" behaviour is far more widespread than people (largely detached from and ignorant of the natural world) know. Which makes claims of such activity as "unnatural" rather pitiful if not hilarious.

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    #9

    Immigrant Prisoners Are Lease To Be Slaves

    Immigrant Prisoners Are Lease To Be Slaves

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

    Unfortunately true. Remember the chain gangs? One can only hope that this modern version at least involves some degree of choice by the convict and some recompense, but it's a very slippery slope.

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    To illustrate this point, the psychotherapist provided a real-life example. "I work in therapy with a young man who was working from home during the pandemic. He became incredibly bored with his daily life. Through exploring his feelings in therapy, he decided to start playing the piano again."

    "He began practicing, and later joined a jazz quartet."

    "Now it is one of the most rewarding things in his life. He plays in clubs throughout Manhattan and invites his friends."

    #10

    Which One Of The Many Mass Shootings Are We Talking About?

    Which One Of The Many Mass Shootings Are We Talking About?

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

    I'm sorry I have to admit when my friends were discussing a school shooting, I asked which one. Now when I hear shooting I just ask was it USA. If yes then it's another day, outside I'm interested a little more. It's a bad thing to say, but you have shootings literally every week in schools and I cannot keep up. My country had one shooting, one bullet was shot from hunting rifle. In the last 32years. How? And we also have teenage prisoners, and vandals, and murders but nothing compared to USA. Most of our killings are drinking gone wild and one dies. It's not perfect but guns are not allowed and police cannot shoot the criminal in the back of the body, cannot do fatal shootings. Why do you allow this? Also how come you allow insurance companies decide who gets to live, if you expect doctors to act under oath they gave. You literally make the doctors profession invalid when giving treatment decision to nonmedical persons in stuffy office looking to hit commission

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    #11

    People Are Total Morons

    People Are Total Morons

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

    I had this talk with my mum last year. If this had to be done now a days, 100% people wouldn’t turn lights off

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    #12

    Yeah, Imagine That

    Yeah, Imagine That

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

    Shocking - a politician exposed a s a hypocrite! Australians have a joke: Q How do you know a politician is lying? A His lips are moving.

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    #13

    Blindly Playing Yourself

    Blindly Playing Yourself

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    James G. Currie
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yet anouther person who can't tell the difference between Communism and Socialism... >sigh<

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    As Grover pointed out, that whole thrilling journey started from unpacking boredom and coming up with a creative solution. Something that has become increasingly rare in our loud world.

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    With stimulation right at our fingertips, our tolerance for being bored has greatly diminished.

    In fact, two-thirds of American adults routinely look at their phones even when they're not making a sound.

    #14

    You Had One Job

    You Had One Job

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

    I found it interesting when in 2014, a web portal inverted this trend when they published an article about the wedding of Amal and George Clooney: "Internationally acclaimed barrister and human rights activist Amal Alamuddin marries an actor (...) (http://www.thebusinesswomanmedia.com/amal-alamuddin-marries-actor/). The simple invertion of the expected roles showed the absurditiy of defining people only through their partners when they are impressing in their own right.

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

    Her name is Hellen Njeri. It appears that she's also an accomplished journalist and activist.

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

    I'm sorry, but Clarence and Ginny Thomas are an exception to that rule. Two bad apples feeding off each other.

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

    Let me fix that for ya. Hellen Njeri Mwangi says Don't Identify us by our Husbands.

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

    You know you will have made some slight progress when it becomes "Boniface Mrs Mwangi's husband".

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

    FOr a moment in Uganda, there was a law who forgive the press to use the real name of wives... Only the "someone"s wife" was authorized. And for non-married women, it was "someone's daughter"

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

    Can't help but wonder if the article author is a misogynistic anti-feminist man who did it on purpose. Seems unlikely that someone wrote the title like this accidentally.

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

    Replying to Mimi la Souris, I agree with what you said, but in this case, given the subject of the report, they really should have had their wits about them

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

    But they often only became noteworthy because of their husbands. No one would give a c**p about Michelle Obama if her husband wasn't president

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    2 years ago

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    I think it’s more about notoriety than sexism. If her husband is a celebrity, his name will attract more attention, it’s marketing. I’ve already seen the opposite, men describe as : "...says -famous actress-'s husband"

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    #15

    Our Economy Is Devastated

    Our Economy Is Devastated

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

    The phrase "the Nazis are back" makes me think of a horde of zombie Nazis

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    #16

    Exhibit A

    Exhibit A

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

    You had a minute and a half of commercial to book it. You had to stand as close to your destination as possible while still being able to see the tv, and then sprint. The absolute joy of getting back in time is a feeling I will never be able to replicate.

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    #17

    This Is Getting Really Sad Now

    This Is Getting Really Sad Now

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

    As a secondary school teacher for 25 years, if you worked out the hourly rate for teachers mathematically, we would be on less than 16 dollars per hour.

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    In one study, published in the Academy of Management Discoveries, researchers lulled a group into boredom by instructing them to sort beans by color while they gave another group a far more interesting craft to do. Afterward, each group was directed to come up with good excuses for tardiness. The bored group bested their counterparts on both the number and creativity of ideas, as evaluated by objective outside judges.

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    #18

    The It Crowed

    The It Crowed

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

    Been there, done that. 2 hrs to switch on a power outlet for an IBM 3274 control unit (1980s), which i had been assured 'yes, OF COURSE we checked that!.'

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    #20

    We Did Everything But

    We Did Everything But

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

    too many thinking life saving things like wearing a mask and washing your hands = control

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    How Is This Possible

    How Is This Possible

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    Another study concluded that boredom motivates people to seek out novelty. Our minds simply wander when we're bored, and we think of new things to try.

    The goal, according to Grover, is to dig into the boredom and ask ourselves what is the message it's sending us. "Are you creatively stagnant? Are you lonely? Does your body need exercise? Are you engaged in enough stimulating activities? Are you trying new things?" the psychotherapist said there can be many.

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    #22

    Give The Restaurant An Award

    Give The Restaurant An Award

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    2 years ago

    This comment has been deleted.

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    #23

    All This Time I Thought It Was Avocados, Not Greed, Causing Unaffordable Housing!

    All This Time I Thought It Was Avocados, Not Greed, Causing Unaffordable Housing!

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

    Don't mind me. I'm just covering up a comment of a greedy landlord and wage depressor.

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    System Failure

    System Failure

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    "I encourage people to explore boredom in therapy and consider it a message from their own subconscious," Grover said. "The message is often that they want to lead a more satisfying life."

    "Then, pursue new passions with gusto!"

    #26

    That's The UK Parliament...

    That's The UK Parliament...

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

    That’s the House of Lords. They get £300 just for turning up and subsidised lunch. The government however still did not want to help the huge number of poor children with free school lunches.

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    #27

    Priorities People!!!

    Priorities People!!!

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

    Screw the poor! Who needs them! Except when we want fries with our burger and we want sh!t cleaned up.

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    #29

    The News Is Always Accurate

    The News Is Always Accurate

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

    Someone isn't doing their due diligence. Or so little happens around there that the paper is desperate for content.

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    #30

    Yes, I Am Saying That

    Yes, I Am Saying That

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

    It's crazy to live in a society where school shootings are so frequent that you simply cannot conceive that it can be different in other places

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    Foreign Scripts

    Foreign Scripts

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

    And even if it hadn't been maths, what would've she done? I assume that on a plane going from country A to country B, there are also people coming from country B, that might speak in a different language...?

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    #34

    Would That Be Standing Up Or Lying Down? That's The Important Question

    Would That Be Standing Up Or Lying Down? That's The Important Question

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    #36

    I Desperately Want The Backstory Behind This

    I Desperately Want The Backstory Behind This

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

    Let them find it out themselves - that's the way Nature selects the fittest.

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    #37

    I Prefer To Get My Diet Coke At Home

    I Prefer To Get My Diet Coke At Home

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    A, "Virtual Track Train"

    A, "Virtual Track Train"

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    #40

    Ah Yes $4k Rent

    Ah Yes $4k Rent

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    #41

    These Darn Spoiled Kids Today, With Their "Need To Eat At Regular Intervals" Or Whatever, Smh

    These Darn Spoiled Kids Today, With Their "Need To Eat At Regular Intervals" Or Whatever, Smh

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

    Yeah! Lets hurt the poor! Let's kick them when they are down! Let's make their lives more miserable!

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    #44

    When You Take The Job Before Reading The Job Description

    When You Take The Job Before Reading The Job Description

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

    I wonder if the children in the school felt any reluctance as they were being shot?

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    #46

    Gluing Themselves To Table Is So Brave, Wow

    Gluing Themselves To Table Is So Brave, Wow

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    May Be They Are Lazy

    May Be They Are Lazy

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

    Pay millennials and everyone else a living age, then people can buy the unnecessary c**p that capitalism needs us all to do.

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    #49

    That Didn’t Take Long

    That Didn’t Take Long

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    #50

    That's Right, Poor People Always Spend At Least $8,185 On Their Outfits! This Was Spotted On One Of Those Dumb Entrepreneur Instagram Accounts

    That's Right, Poor People Always Spend At Least $8,185 On Their Outfits! This Was Spotted On One Of Those Dumb Entrepreneur Instagram Accounts

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

    I think that whoever made that comparison misunderstood the point. Rich people don't wear brands with visible logo, that's true. Wearing a full-matching Adidas suit makes you look cheap, that's true. But the clothes rich people wear are extremely expensive, for they are tailored, fitting, and made with the best material.

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    #51

    The Entitlement

    The Entitlement

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    My Father Will Hear About This

    My Father Will Hear About This

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

    Aside from the security betrayal, it doesn't matter if your password is the same as someone else's.

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    #53

    A "24h" Fitness Closed Without Checking And Locked A Man Inside

    A "24h" Fitness Closed Without Checking And Locked A Man Inside

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

    isn't it the perfect occasion to use the gear while blasting your favourite music out loud, swimming without a swimming trunk, testing every single sport without judgement, and basically do all the things you would do if you had your own personal gym?

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    #54

    Pure Political Theatre. Putin’s “Unscheduled” Live Emergency Meeting With His Security Council Was Broadcast At 5pm. Sergei Shoigu & Sergei Lavrov Watches Both Say 11:45

    Pure Political Theatre. Putin’s “Unscheduled” Live Emergency Meeting With His Security Council Was Broadcast At 5pm. Sergei Shoigu & Sergei Lavrov Watches Both Say 11:45

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    #55

    This Fast Food Employ Got Fired For This:

    This Fast Food Employ Got Fired For This:

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    #56

    Shameful!

    Shameful!

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

    And all it took was one secret film of Donald Trump cavorting with escorts and enjoying water sports.

    #57

    How Would You Like To Pay Today?

    How Would You Like To Pay Today?

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

    Dexter is an old Beagle! I love you Dexter, you good good boy :)

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    #58

    You Won't Say...

    You Won't Say...

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    #59

    So I Came Out The House At 5 This Morning And I Saw This Bloke Leaning On A Wall With A Walking Stick

    So I Came Out The House At 5 This Morning And I Saw This Bloke Leaning On A Wall With A Walking Stick

    I thought he must be out of breath. Just went back out and he's still there I shouted mate you alright? No reply, so I walked over to check on him and its a trampoline net hanging over the wall

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    Backfired

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

    Are you a younger teenager who enjoys classical music, Tolstoy, and gardening? Great! I hope you have a great time! Are you 30+ and watch anime, play video games, and read young adult fiction? Excellent! Drop me some recommendations! Are you of any age ever and enjoy things you like? YOU RULE!

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    #61

    They Might Want To Reserve A Judgement On That

    They Might Want To Reserve A Judgement On That

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

    I'm a man, should I rub my man juice over my face after I shave?

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    #62

    Guy Asks For Money To Remove His Face Tattoo, Forgets To Keep The Same Font In Later Video

    Guy Asks For Money To Remove His Face Tattoo, Forgets To Keep The Same Font In Later Video

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    #63

    A Girl At Work Drew What She Thinks The Map Of The USA Looks Like. She's Almost 30 With 2 Kids. The Nc Public School System Has Really Failed Her

    A Girl At Work Drew What She Thinks The Map Of The USA Looks Like. She's Almost 30 With 2 Kids. The Nc Public School System Has Really Failed Her

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

    I think out of all of these and most posts like this lately this made me pretty sad. Education is so important and essential and for this country to supposedly be the Greatest in the world makes it worse and makes me embarrassed to live here half of the time. Pay Teachers the wage's they deserve, fund school programs, give free lunches. Teachers are treated like c**p enough as it is not only by some students but mostly the parents. All they did was want to help educate these kid's and help them and they are not being paid enough and are treated horribly. So sad man

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