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The power of screenshots should have taught us a lesson about thinking twice when posting something. Whether it's a questionable statement or potentially regretful photo, we always have time for a second of reflection before pressing ‘share.’

Some people, however, are clearly oblivious to the fact or don’t see it to be such a big deal. The result is hilariously dumb posts combined with a healthy dose of absurdity, and sometimes, trolling.

Below we wrapped up a solid collection of the funniest and most questionable things people got caught (shamelessly) sharing online.

Most of us, from time to time, are guilty of oversharing things on social media. From personal details to work rants and live location, it seems like we sometimes lack a filter of what and what not to share. And while we may indeed delete the posts and photos we regret posting, not everything can be reversed.

In fact, sharing too many private details about your life can be really dangerous and we reached out to Daniel Markuson, the cybersecurity expert at NordVPN, who shared some very useful insight about it.

“From your social media accounts, especially Facebook, hackers can gain information about you and use social engineering attacks such as phishing, whaling, baiting, or pretexting to hack you,” Daniel told us.

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Moreover, he said that they can use your information to impersonate you or even steal your identity. “Oversharing on social media makes the process of gathering information about the targeted person easier. And by sharing information about their family, users also put their loved ones in danger,” he explained.

“Although it’s fun to post vacation photos and let everyone know you’re having a cocktail on a sunny beach or skiing on a high mountain,” Daniel said, “it sends a clear signal to burglars that your home is empty.” The cybersecurity expert argues that those who really need to share their photos should at least wait till they are back home, and their home is not empty anymore.

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

Bless her heart. I am going to give her benefit of doubt she didnt get enough sleep night before or they changed title/post after she commented. Hope she figured it out.

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

Mrs Jenkins goes to see a lawyer. "What's the issue, Mrs Jenkins?" he asks. "I want to divorce my husband." "OK then, we need some grounds for divorce," says the lawyer. "Does your husband fail to provide for the household?" "No, to be fair, he's always been good at that," she says. "What about cruelty?" asks the lawyer, "has he ever struck you?" "Christ no, I'd beat the s*it out of him." The lawyer has a think. "Ah, what about infidelity? Has he ever been unfaithful to you?" Mrs Jenkins grins. "I think we've got him there!" she says. "I know for a fact my last baby wasn't his!" - Puckoon, Spike Milligan

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We also wondered if we can actually post photos of friends without asking them. Daniel said that posting a photo of another person without their permission is a no go because “it breaches their right to privacy.” “Some people like to keep their life away from the internet and they should be allowed to do so,” he said.

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

Why the quotation marks, since he definitely is one. I love a good WOOSH!

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Most people nowadays have a very active social media presence. But not many of us consider what kind of information about ourselves we give out to social media platforms and what they do with it.

“Data like your email address, name, day of birth, likes, or even the place you live is valuable for social media platforms. Once you willingly give away data by agreeing to a platform’s terms and conditions, it belongs to them,” Daniel said.

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

Looks a pregnant woman: "Can someone explain to me how they got the baby through the small hole?"

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Moreover, “social media platforms can share this data with their partners, sell this data to third parties, or even transfer your data to countries with less user-friendly privacy laws.” Which, of course, is the last thing you want them to do.

The good news is that there are a couple of things people can do to be more private on social media. First tip from Daniel is to not overshare and only provide the necessary information. “You don’t always need to provide your address or date of birth to create accounts.”

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The second tip is to “use strong passwords, don’t reuse them, and keep them safe in a password manager, like NordPass.”

Daniel’s advice is to make sure you don’t use social media on public devices. “But if you do, always remember to log out when you’re done.”

Another useful and simple trick is to disable geolocation data on your apps. Moreover, make sure you never trust suspicious links, even if you get them from your friends. And last but not least is to set up 2-factor authorization where possible.

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

Who's going to break the news about dolphins to them? Bagsy not me! 🤔

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

I showed someone in my class this person on another post of someone rejecting wikipedia after it said dolphins are mammals. He said that the person was right, (which is clearly wrong,) and I explained how he was wrong. Then his friend (who likes to brag about how much smarter he is than me) said I was wrong. I showed them google to show how wrong both of them were, and they both said google was wrong. Now I can't trust him saying he's smart

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

Nobody tell him about dolphins or whales, we'll never hear the end of it...

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

So wait. Does that mean you live in America whilst your family is in Sweden? And you never wondered why they sent YOU there? o_O

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

Bet they are one of those Americans that have distant relatives in Sweden but still call themselves 'Swedish' every chance they get. Like on St. Paddys Day, everyone is suddenly 'Irish' etc.

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

Cannot defend. Must open new tab to find more cat videos.

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

Both the people in this are dumb. Bats are big wooden sticks, not an animal.

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

Now I learned you don't need to have a bad school system to be stupid

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

Talk about DUMB... One suspects that the Yall hints at the writer's education (ejukashin) level...

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

Better to say nothing and be thought a fool than to say something and remove all doubt

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

and people think that cholate milk comes from brown cows! HOW STUPID CAN WE GET!?!?

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

I though you had to feed a cow chocolate and then shake her up to achieve the delicious concoction.

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

Oh. My. God... I just can't 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

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

I love that this could have so easily been fact checked but nooooooo, the person just had to show their stupid off to everyone.

Paias Tani
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, wrong. Bats are dogs. Just look at their doggy canine face.

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

Bats are tooootally birds. Officially have no hope for this country 🤦

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

That'd be "the kettle calling the pot 'belly'd" (-always loved that line from Post magazine ages ago, rarely get a chance to use it)

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

Ha hahahahahahaha bats are not birds my friend, 👍 are u dumb??🧐🧐🧐🧐

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

someone needs to spend about 15 minutes on Google - -or better yet - the Bat Conservation website... or even the Audubon website... what a maroon.

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

Bats are mammals as they do not have a feathery coat like most birds, but a rough leathery one, and they do not lay eggs but give birth like mammals. See even a Highschool student knows more than you.

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

reminds me of that calvin and hobbes run. BATS AREN'T BUGS. XD

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

You run with that all the way back to Sweden. No need to import stupidity to America. We have more than enough idiots here already.

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

Remember in Calvin and Hobbes when Calvin writes a last-minute paper on bats, and he doesn't know what kind of animal they are so he guesses they're bugs, and when he starts to read his report, the whole class goes "BATS AREN'T BUGS" together!? 😂 Well, they aren't birds either. Sorry, person.

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

Bits are birds 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 getting close to finding the leader of the oxygen thieves

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

no, '''Despite sharing wings, bats and birds are different in almost every way. Anatomically, bats are similar to other mammals and actually share a lot of the same skeletal structure as humans, including having five digits. Bats have fur, birds have feathers. Bats have teeth, birds have beaks.'

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

WHAHahahahaa.. and crocodiles are fish because they spend their time in the water... right?

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

I‘ve just learned that bats are the only mammals capable of true flight. Other mammals like the flying squirrel can only glide.

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

It's either they're dumb believing you or you're dumb teaching them wrong.

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

Mammals confined to only the ground. Gonna blow his mind when he hears about seals and whales and other water-faring mammals lol

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

What about the platypus? He might have a complete breakdown if he knew.

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

This shows how much Smarter the people in Sweden are, they knew the original poster belonged in America.

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

That's new! I've never heard anyone claim "bats are birds" before and I was bored enough once to watch the documentary about the "birds aren't real" movement...

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

Obviously he's wrong, bats are lizards (this is a joke please don't @ me(

C.O. Shea
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There's a reason the family didn't fuss about their departure.

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

The fact of dolphins and whales being mammals will blow his mind! 😂 P.S. nobody say anything about platypus

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

I forgot this, the best way to blow this dumb bunny to pieces is tell him about duckbill platypus.

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

It scares me that people can be the ignorant . I'm being nice and not saying dumb.

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

...damn does that mean whales are fish? Oops, my bad

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

Bro I fr just thought it was an innocent mistake until he said they were birds

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

I don’t think ya’ll’s amati came from Sweden. More likely, Bubbaville , Alabama! When ya’ll marrying your cousin Cindy Lou ?

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

I think we might need to talk about whales and dolphins next, but maybe we should keep the platypus for another day.

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

I wonder what he would say if I tell him whales are mammals.😂

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

Words fail me often enough. Then a week later I suddenly fall awake at 4 A.M. with that word in my head. To be forgotten again before breakfast.

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Can’t be twins if not identical

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

I literally have identical twins who dont look identical. I guess they aren't twins after all. 😂

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Wait, mayo isn’t just made from plants?

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

That’s technically true. He doesn’t like eating animals because he helps them! That makes sense.

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

tell me this trick. I'm starting late but I'd settle for 2500.

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What about, school cool food wood fool + many many more

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The things you see on the neighborhood page is just mind blowing sometimes

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

I would totally take that job. That'll be $3,000US and you'll never hear the devil again.Results in 4 hours or whenever I lose interest. I got these devil canceling headphones that will continue his treatment. Money back for referrals.

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I have got to know what he thinks potato chips are made out of

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Homophobia from conservative parents

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

My mom failed me. Whole time I was growing up she totally forgot to tell me to hate people who were not like me. /s

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

Ok, time for America's favorite game show 'Satire, Drunk or Stupid?' For the statement on your screen, was the poster a) Engaging in Satire b) Had a few too many c) Stupid beyond all reason

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No one ever plans for anything, apparently.

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Tell me you have no reading comprehension without telling me you have no reading comprehension

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Behold! The definitive “dinosaurs aren’t real” slideshow

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Commenting on a picture of lightning

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Man gets mad for people standing next to him, drinking at a bar

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

I’m gonna say this is a talk to text fail that they didn’t catch, because my talk to text constantly says Roman numerals for ramen noodles. I guess I kind of appreciate my phone thinks I talk about Roman numerals so much at 3am while watching “Um, Actually”. It makes me feel less judged.

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The solution to not being lazy is *unknown*

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

Dunno about health problems but it's true they were imported from the Americas, as were potatoes, peppers, corn and other stuff. Though it took long for them to be accepted. The man who introduced potatoes in France had to resort to ruse, posting armed guards around the field so people would think they were valuable. Potatoes did help reduce famines in Europe though actually all parts of the plant except the tuber are in fact poisonous. Its closest European cousin is the Belladona, or Nightshade, which is deadly.

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Please respond to this

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

Why? If they screw up and you accuse them of doing a bad job, they’ll just blame Obama.

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This man actually believes this too

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I hope this person is joking

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

Maybe it's a kid trying to sell it? I wouldn't call this stupid unless I knew this was an adult posting it.

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Constipating

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