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Intuition is a funny thing. It appears in our consciousness without obvious deliberation and often doesn't even require any evidence.

However, psychologists don't think our gut feeling is magical, but rather a faculty in which hunches are generated by the unconscious mind rapidly sifting through past experience and cumulative knowledge.

Sounds interesting, but rather vague, no? So to find out more about the ways our psyche manifests itself, we at Bored Panda put together a new list of stories where people suspect something to be true but can't actually prove it.

From government conspiracies to rigged sports games, continue scrolling to check them out and if you want more similar observations, fire up our older publication on the same topic.

#1

Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) My smartphone is listening to me and pushes advertisements based on what I say.

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

I can prove this. This is not a conspiracy or anything like that. It's true.

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) Ancient civilisations were far more advanced than we're led to believe

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

Romans had underfloor heating and Aztecs had calculus. It’s not that they were more advanced, it’s that modern people refuse to believe that they are no smarter then our ancestors .

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) Donald Trump's behavior makes me believe he's in the early stages of dementia.

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) Well I remember savage beatings at the hands of my parents and siblings but now that I’m an adult everyone denies it they say it never happened and I feel my mind slowly slipping away, I think I’m crazy.

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

Gaslighting. I feel for this person. My friend has undeniable evidence of mistreatment, is trying currently to face their family, and bring met with flat denial. It is horrible.

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

Same. After a while, I decided to give up and just distance myself. Then they wonder why I won't come to their family events. That, and they're antivaxxers. Sucks, because I still like some of my siblings.

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

My mum used to burn me and 1 of my brothers with matches. She used to light them and blow them out then stick them on our skin. When my brother used to say anything he would get laughed at because our wonderful, hard working loving mother would never do anything like that so I never said anything for fear of being treated like him, I should have stood up for him I know and maybe we would have been believed but I was very young and didn't dare to. I have no contact with them now except for the 1 brother. Still haven't told anyone except him when I apologised for not speaking up at the time although I did used to defend him when they laughed at him. My whole family are gaslighters.

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

SAME!! same exactly ; father-burns-me-no-one-believes :( NO ONE EVER BELIEVES CHILDREN !!! PARENTS ARE ALWAYS ALOWED TO DO ANYTHING TO THEIR CHILDREN BECAUSE PARENTS WILL BE BELIEVED :( really what is f*****g more likely at this point 😡😡 my always-abusing father burning me!? or lifelong ugly burn marks appearing ALLONTHEIROWN!!!!???????????????? 😡 [at least your brother knows the truth and believes you you're not alone ; be here for each other! you two with this secret you two against the world which doesn't believe us 😔

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

I was abused and my attacker said it never happened. People will do that to deny that they did horrible things and make you out to be the crazy one. You know what you experienced. Don't let them tell you differently.

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

I don't know if you want to relive the experience but you might want to pen some memories down. My attacker is also trying to change my narrative. My friends have saved voice messages from after the incident and make sure that he isn't excused from what he has done. You know what happened, you are not crazy

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

Gaslighting and manipulation, making you think you're crazy is the goal. Get out of there, you don't have to let them keep messing with your mind just because you happen to share some DNA. Going no contact with family of origin is sometimes the best thing you can do to give yourself a chance at mental health.

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

Please remember that False Memory Syndrome is NOT A REAL THING. If you remember it, then it or something very like it happened.

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

There can be faulty memories of small details that don’t matter, but when it comes to childhood trauma, that is deep memory that gets replayed over and over.

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

This happens with my mother and sister. My mother was violently physically abusive with me and with my father to the point where she would sometimes do things like throw me across the room (I was a small child) and sometimes she’d use a knife on my dad. My sister (her biological child; I’m adopted) was the “perfect one” and never even got hit/spanked. I’m 40 now and my sister denies that my mom ever beat me or my father. My sister is shaping up to be even worse than my mom - she will get physical with me if she’s pissed at me, and is just as verbally and emotionally abusive as my mom was. If my mom wasn’t abusive, where did my sister learn this behavior…? (P.S., my mother also denies she ever abused me or my father or will downplay it as “I only hit you when you needed it”)

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

Well I got validation on this. My dad told me who would never put another kid through what he put me through. He said he thought I could take it. Also everyone is seeing what my stepmother put me through seeing how she treats her adopted daughter. It's gotten so bad she makes up stories about how we both plot against her and torment her.

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

Yeah people do that when you get older they don't want to remember something bad. Or they don't want to admit to something bad they have done in past.

FABULOUS1
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My ex did this and told our daughter that I was crazy and the things he did to me never happened. When I can clearly and painfully remember every time he hit me with a sock filled with sockets and all of the other horrible things he did to me. I honestly thought maybe it was a nightmare or something but it wasnt it happened even if he doesnt want to admit it.

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

my very alert mother at 90 say's the beatings at my fathers hands never happened. i asked her " how can you not, not remember? " she even set me up sometimes but she's my mom. we are great friends. it's just puzzling. my sister remembers. she would be in her room crying while it was going on.

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

This is also my reality. You're not alone. My mother to this day denies any wrong doing, abuse, cruelty or maliciousness on her part to me. It was always my fault, no matter what happened. I was the monster. Ever since my father passed, I have hated her more, but conflicted cos FaMilY is family. I'd rather have died along with him.

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

The phrase "family is family" is responsible for a lot of needless suffering. We are under no obligation to continue to have relationships with abusers - no matter who they are. Family, in the truest sense of the word, are people with whom we can share a healthy, loving relationship, work through problems together, grow together, and have each other's backs when needed. You can create this family with a significant other, and/or friends. Continuing to allow abusive people to make you feel fearful, uncomfortable, or resentful is self-abuse. You don't owe an abuser a damn thing...not your time, not your love, not your energy, and certainly not your well-being.

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

I feel this to the core. Not physically abused but emotionally and mentally abused by my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, other students, teachers, administrators, etc. Everyone I talk to about it denies it happened or that it is still happening. It sucks

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

Of course they'll deny it happened. I was also beaten with a heavy leather belt. I never confronted my parents as an adult because I know they'd have gaslighted me.

1Zs Girl
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope you dropped these people out of your life and found good people to surround yourself with. They dont deserve you and I hope karma deals them the hand they deserve.

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

I'm sorry this happened to you. Please talk to a professional and they will tell you that you aren't going crazy. Do this before your supposed family breaks you. You've obviously had enough of that from them and deserve peace of mind.

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

My mother is like that. Spent my lifetime up until a few years ago regaling people at social events with her "charming and amusing anecdotes" about throwing things at me when I was an infant, throwing me at walls, locking me in cupboards and rooms or outside in the rain when I was a child...and since my grandmother died has now revised the stories to say that it was not her that did those things but my grandmother and I must be confusing them. My sister is backing her up but that is to be expected as she does similar already to her children

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

So sorry that happened to you. I hope you can get help for what you have been through. What about your sister's children? These things often escalate so if she is doing similar things it might get worse. Hugs for you.

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

you're not crazy, your family is gaslighting you. when my brother would constantly hit me and suffocate me, even if i had photo evidence, he would make up an alibi that, i hate to admit, was believable. he tells me it's because of my adhd or my bad memory of whatever s**t he can dig up because he's the youngest and has my parents favortisim (is that even a word-?) and honestly, i believe him too. but if you are being gaslighted then tell someone please

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

My own experience. Sometimes I do question my sanity and my memory. My Mom and my 2 younger sisters remember him as a wonderful husband/ father and will always love him. I remember him as a tyrant and a monster. I really believe that they have "un-remembered" a lot of what happened because that is their way of dealing with the trauma and maintaining their love for this man. My older sister is the only one left who remembers it the same way I do. He almost killed me, her and our brother when we were teens (brother is now deceased).

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

I feel this. My mom was cruel to me. Other relatives have confirmed. She acts like I made it all up and she's still cruel to me to this day

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

I feel for you, my mother had an issue with drug and alcohol addiction and when my sister and I were younger, it got so bad that we both had to be hospitalized for malnutrition....years later we brought it up and were told that never happened and she never had issues with drugs or alcohol....even when we showed her our hospital records, she still denied it....

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

My dad claims he never beat my brother and I. Glad I have my bro and mom to tell him, yes, you did beat your sons.

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

No one wants to admit how cruel past generations were.

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

I remember my aunts and my grandma on my mother’s side being extremely heavy smokers. Even their kids, my first cousins smoked as young teenagers and their moms, my aunts didn’t care. Now they deny smoking. What a joke! I clearly remember them smoking heavily.

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

Had the same thing happen. My own mother de ied anything ever happened even with ohot evidence, police reports, etc. Unfortunately, I was forced to decide if I could live with that kind of gaslighting - firm no - so I cut her off 20 years ago. Best decision I ever made.

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

My mother (who caught my brother strangling me with a phone cord) had the nerve to sit on my bed years later and tell me to my face that it never happened.

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

My own mom did this to me about my dads abuse. I still have to push back on her attempts to make it seem less bad bc she feels guilt for just letting it happen so many years.

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

Anyone who's gone thru this please seek help. A good therapist can really make a difference and improve your life!

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

Then I left. 3 months later the call came that she was dead. Later found out she had a large amount of alcohol in her system and prescription drugs as well. I said thanks for telling me she was gone and hung up. Then the calls started from all of my aunts and even her brother, who ra*pe*d me when I was 8 and my mother said I must have forced him to do it. They were calling all hours of the day and night to tell me it was all my fault she was dead. I ended up having to change my phone number and I cut of contact with all of them. That was 30 years ago and still have no contact.

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

My mother did that to me.. Whip me with the buckle end of a belt. After she killed herself when I was 18 I got the blame for it from my whole family because I'd been to see her 3 months previously after she got released from rehab for the umpteenth time and first thing she said when she saw me was to tell me to go buy strong alcohol. I told her no and that she shouldn't be drinking. She replied that her doctor had said it was OK to have a social drink when having something to celebrate and it was a celebration because I was there. Told her that no doctor would tell an alcoholic who had been to rehab multiple times it was OK to have a social drink. She started screaming at me all the stuff I'd heard from her my whole life. I hate you and I wish I'd had an abortion when I found out I was pregnant with you because you ruined my life by being born. I turned to her and said this was the last time she would see or hear from me again. She had destroyed my childhood.

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

This make me feel very sad, when people are not recognized as the victims that they are and their traumas are belittling by others that had not faced something like that!

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

That's gaslighting, and it's a form of psychological abuse. Cut them off, those people are toxic.

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

They are gaslighting you! Trust your gut instinct! It's telling you the truth!

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

I wasn't abused but there are a lot of things from my teenage years my parents think happened one way and I remember a completely different way. Interestingly my siblings and friends remember the same things I do.

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

My mom remembers her dad as a wonderful father, but my aunt remembers his as horrible abusive to everyone. I don't know who is right.

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

You are not crazy. I remember occasions of this too but, when it's not happening to them, they don't remember it (siblings I mean)

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) That I got my job as charity and therapy. I came back from a combat tour a total wreck. I stayed at my uncle's home for a month and I was already drinking too much and couldn't sleep without nightmares, the kind where you wake the house up from yelling and punching air. My uncle owned 4 restaurants and soon had me working in two of his kitchens 70 hours a week. I threw myself into the work because I had no social life; in six months, I was kitchen manager at his busy 24/7 restaurant. I did an excellent job but unc paid me 50% over the local scale. I think he hired me initially just to keep me out of trouble.

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

It may have started as 'charity' its not anymore. You worked hard.

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) I once started a small bar in the city. We were doing really well. Then in a matter of months I got absolutely distroyed by the police. Every day they were there looking for the smallest infrigment of any code. If some one was smoking less then 6 meters from my door I would hear about it. If some one had an open beer within a mile, i would hear about it. We were constantly told to keep the live music down even though there are literally no residential neighbours, NONE. Eventually we closed down.

Within a few weeks of this happening I realized that the other people that owned a bar near by had had a serious decrease in sales since we opened and since they had been a long time contributor to the local political scene I think they got the cops to shut us down.

No proof. Just a hunch.

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) Apple is sabotaging my phone so I buy the new iPhone. The same day the iPhone X dropped my phone started have minor problems.

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

They did get done for that at some point didn't they? Got found out to be slowing older Apple phones deliberately?

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) World leaders and the world’s richest people have hidden bunkers all over the world they can hide in if things go tits up. It’s a secret club and we ain’t in it.

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

Again. Not conspiracy, but fact. If end of days or similar happened, world leaders are ready

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#9

I'm convinced there are definitely "sea monsters" out there. The ocean's so big I'm sure there's at least one large, undiscovered, sea creature out there.

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

Considering that more than 80% of our oceans are unmapped, I would say that there is a very good chance that you correct. Btw does Cthulu count as discovered or undiscovered?

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) That the NSA has stopped several terror attacks.

They told Congress they never have, but I believe it's actually a cover-up. Can you imagine if they admitted they stopped, say, 5 major terror acts in the last 6 months?

Woud that make you feel safer? Of course not. It would scare the shit out of us and destroy tourism to major cities.

I think Men In Black put it best:

"Man, we ain't got no time for this cover-up BULLSHIT! There's an alien battlecruiser about to---"

"There's always an alien battlecruiser! Or a Korillian Deathray! Or an intergalactic plague that will wipe out life on this planet. The only way these people get on with their happy little lives is they do not know about it!"

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

You are correct. My cousins husband was in the the CIA and he can’t say much but what he would tell me is: for every one we know about them stopping, there were at least 10 we don’t know about. So we know of about 1/10 of the attempts at terrorism. He also said, he knows the stuff we don’t want to know about. He promised we’d know more upon his death.

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) So I worked at a certain venue for a while, and the owners liked me, so they kept me around despite me being a slow learner on the job (waitstaff).

The venue got brought a few months ago, and the new owners have a totally different vision for it. Some of the old staff stuck around, including myself, but many left.

I strongly suspect that I was given a job at the new venue as a request of the old owners. I don't fit the mould of the people they hire at all, and I really got the impression that they weren't sure what to do with me at the start.


I may never know, but I'm pretty thankful to the old owners regardless.

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) Astronomer here! I very strongly suspect there is life beyond Earth in the universe, and there’s a good chance it exists elsewhere even in our solar system. I can’t prove it however, but would be astounded if it wasn’t the case- life is just a chemical process when you get down to it, so why would that process be so unique as to happen only once when we see all the ones we can measure repeat all over?

I also suspect though it will be nowhere near as exciting as most people think it will be, due to Hollywood films. Rather, it will be like finding water on Mars- speculating it’s there, finding the first evidence that it may have existed at one point, and after a ton of intermediate steps concluding there is definitely water on Mars. First we will probably find a chemical signature from an exoplanet that may be from life or have another explanation, then something more solid, and then with all the steps on the way after years a conclusion that life exists elsewhere in the universe. Not very Hollywood, but very in line with how science works!

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

I just remember someone saying that if Earth was the only life in the entire Universe, what an incredible waste of space it would be.

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) I seriously suspect that people get more reckless and angry when the weather is hotter. I just can't find a way to prove it without being Mr Burns and blocking out the sun.

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

This is absolutely true. Good weather brings more assholes out onto the streets or public areas. They never come out when it rains. This is why I always hate sunny weather and love rain

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Colonel Mustard

with the Lead Pipe

in the Conservatory

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Life doesn't end when we die. Everything else in this world is recycled, why wouldn't our consciousness also be?

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

I like this one. Science says that energy never disappears, it just changes form. So what happens to the energy that is our consciousness when we die?

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Public Schools purposely don't teach finance to most of their students. If they did, very few would agree to the conditions of their student loan notes, which would lead to a decline in college matriculation and in general make the school look bad.

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

Retired business teacher, high school here. Do you know how many times I tried to teach budgeting, or savings accounts for future needs, 401K's, interest rates, credit cards........? Most of the time it was met with "I don't need those things till I'm old." I tried to relate how they would need all these things the minute they walk out of their childhood home. "Daddy will help me if I need it." Yes, it was an affluent section of Connecticut. Even the parents say they don't need to know this right now. WHEN??????????!!!!!!!!!! I have had a few come back and thank me. That is what kept me going.

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Jennifer Lawrence faked her trip walking up on the Oscar stage, and faked her trip again the next year on the orange cone in order to sell her crafted quirky, girl-next-door persona

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

Nope, for several reasons: 1) On the first trip, she was wearing a sponsored dress (Dior). It would be a bad advertisement for Dior. 2) In an interview Liam Hemsworth said that J-Law had been tripped on multiple occasions behind the camera during their Hunger Games promotion. He said those trips were genuine, she was a very very clumsy girl. 3) There was a story of J-Law tripped again on a pre-shoot talk show. She forced the studio to delete it, but the studio crew talked 😂

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) That my coworker is deliberately trying to drive me insane.

I bring lunch with me to work most days, and Every day,without fail and no matter what I have for lunch, she comes into the staff room at lunch and says in her nasaly voice "oohh that smells good! Can I have some??"

Same joke, every single workday.

So finally, one day, I brought in one of my normal lunch staples, and also brought a little extra for her to try. She came into the staff room and said her normal "oohh that smells good! Can I have some??" to which I pulled out a pyrex dish and offered her some. She seemed to recoil a bit, like she was simultaneously surprised and disgusted. She paused for a minute and said "oh...no thanks I'm heading out for lunch" and quickly walked away

Next day at lunch she was right back to "oohh that smells good! Can I have some??"

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Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) That my sister is my half sister.

There's a bunch of s**t that makes me think she resembles and has habits like somebody my mother "knew".

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That I got fired from my job because the boss was friends with a family I had a falling out with. Guess when their son sexually assaulted me it was suppose to be my fault. But I can't prove it and they won't say.

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#21

I believe my father might have been killed by his wife. We had no real proof other than the words of that lady's former friend. Once he died we realized everything had been taken out of my name and left to her.

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#22

That the "shuffle" feature on my iPhone isn't random at all. Far too often I'll get the same artist back-to-back, or even two songs from the same album right after the other. I suspect Apple pushes some bands that either have new albums, or are touring in my area soon, to subliminally promote the artists.

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

This has been proved already as true as a pure random generator wasn’t believed by people, as repeats were seen as not random. So they created a “random” generator that removed previous numbers from the list.

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#23

Starbucks is burning the s**t out of their black coffee in a plot to make us all pay more for sugared up and flavored drinks.

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#24

That we're not alone in the universe.

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#25

There's bleeding edge technology not available to the public and perhaps only available to a selected bunch. I mean, touch screens were invented in the 70s, but didn't become popular until the 00s. Yes, they were more expensive to make back then but still. F**k knows what they've invented now.

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

This has always been the case with technology. Some things just never get cheap enough to commercialize before some other solution/work around is found. IBM created mass holographic storage systems decades ago, but they never met the markets needs or prove points. Laser discs/cd-roms were invented by the military decades before commercial application and costs allowed thier use.

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#26

That the NBA is rigged. I don't think they want specific winners per se, but I think they want to ensure that there are superstars to drum up business. To that end refs always favor the big name athletes.

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Don't even
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah just look up videos of king baby taking 5+ steps yet no travel call, or while dribbling carry the f**k outta the ball.

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#27

That the heads of organizations like the FBI and CIA are not the real heads and the real ones are way more secretive

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

You have to understand that the "heads" of most government agencies, state and federal, are basically politicians. Few know little, if anything, about the actual functioning of the agency. Yes, other people are actually running things...not because they are clandestine, but because it is just their job to do the business of the agency.

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#28

I believe two of my coworkers are having an affair, based on the way they act around each other, and they keep it secret because one of them is married.

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#29

That the milk corporations really want dominance over the breakfast beverage market.

1. I once read that the dairy companies petitioned/bribed/lobbied whoever made/remade the food pyramid to have a significantly noticeable portion dedicated solely to "Dairy".

2. I once saw a "got milk" ad that was pretty much a personal attack against almond milk. I always wondered why they would spend resources just to reduce the name of a minor competitor

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#30

That there is no difference in the effect from different alcohols. Saying "whiskey makes me sad" "red wine makes girls angry" "tequila makes clothes come off" etc is all (I believe) Pavlovian.

If you are at a crazy party, people tend to do tequila shots. SO, you assume that tequila shots make you crazy. If you got in a fight with someone while drunk on gin, you will associate gin with anger. Same goes for the rest of them.

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

Yeah this has been studied and is correct. Alcohol depresses higher brain function, so your brain stops inhibiting your emotions. Therefore alcohol acts as an emotional amplifier, it doesn't give you the emotion to start with. Probably a confusion of cause and effect - sad people drink "sad" drinks, get sadder &c

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#31

I strongly suspect that the football coaches at my high school talk to teachers to “help” their players’ grades.

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

Of course they are. You can’t go to school for 7 hrs a day, practice for 3hrs and then also have time for study on top of that?! That said, what you learn in class (without homework and study) should be enough to give you a passing grade anyway, just not an honours one.

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#32

That Russia is underhandedly pushing a war between North Korea and the United States. I believe Russia intentionally interfered in our election to get Trump elected, knowing he would be impulsive and easy to provoke. Now Russia is encouraging and funding North Korea to provoke the United States. I believe we are on the verge of World War 3.

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

Russia is not a big funder of North Korea. That job is being done by China, the only country it has with economic ties.

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#33

That my Dad was a covert agent for the CIA. I don’t want to reveal too much but he had a job that frequently took him around the world. We even lived overseas several times while I was growing up. He often was working as a “special science advisor” for the US Dept of State when overseas. There were just enough oddities that didn’t add up. I asked him once and he laughed but never answered the question. Unfortunately he died a few months ago so I’ll never know.

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

I know wha it's like to not have a parent with secrets. I'm sorry for your loss.

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#34

Every time I get refused for promotion at work, it's not because of my ability or interview technique, but because the people they do choose fit their clique better, so they give them the promotion and keep giving me the work.

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#35

Tom Cruise has killed someone for Scientology, or was present when Miscavige killed someone. I think he knows what happened to Shelly.

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

Doubtful he knows. He's rich sure, but he's just a p**n to the scientologists. They want to milk him for as much money as they can, so they'll limit his influence in hopes he'll just keep pumping in more money to gain more influence.

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#36

That some people wait around until they see someone sitting or parked by themselves and then go sit or park close to them.

I don't know what their goal is but it happens so many times there has to be something going on.

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

They're criminals. If nothing happens it means they didn't see any opening.

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#37

That late at night, when I pull up to a red traffic light with no cross traffic, it forces me to sit and wait until a car on the crossing road approaches, so that when it lets me through it can make that car wait -- like the light isn't doing its job unless it's impeding someone.

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#38

I go to a "prestigious" art college in New York. Based on the talent here, I feel like all the applicants are just automatically accepted despite what their acceptance rate says online.

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

well in the states, universities are businesses, so obviously they want as many customers as possible, so it depends on how many applicants they get vs how many places they have. If they have fewer applicants than places, yes, they will accept anyone.

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#39

That USS scorpion was sunk by the soviet navy. Officially it was lost in an accident but the circumstances was fishy.

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

Wasn't this one traced back to a defective torpedo in the end? Negligence or something if memory serves.

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#40

I have a strong yet paranoid feeling that the life I am in right now is not my actual life.

I believe in alternate time lines and by believing in that also believe it's possible to accidently walk into the wrong timeline and back again. It's long to explain and I want to keep this short but I have too many memories that I know for a fact happened that the people around me have no memory of that I strongly think i have somehow crossed into the wrong timeline and that somewhere another me is just now finding this out.

I could also just be delusional. Maybe it's bad memory? Maybe there's something wrong where I think dreams are facts? I dont know.

I just strongly know something isn't right and I can't prove it.

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Laura1985
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Honestly, I would get that checked out by a proper psychiatrist. This may be a symptom of schizophrenia.

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#41

That my mom got rid of my cat when I was on vacation few years ago. The cat mysteriously disappeared halfway through the time I wasn’t home. My mom would always complain about cats hair(it was a Persian) and how she didn’t like it

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

Hope you got rid of your mother. If one of my pets disappeared while in someone's care, I wouldn't even care why, they'd be dead to me.

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#42

The government knows a lot more about things in our universe then they're telling us.

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

The government? The "government" is the federal courts system, the legislatures, administration of Medicare and Medicaid, the IRS, the National Parks, the EPA, etc..Yes, there are a few thousand scientists funded by the federal government who know a whole lot more about the universe than they share with the general public...not because it is secret, but because the general public does not care and, God knows, they could not understand.

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#43

Ajit Pai has a cocaine habit.

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James016
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Ex chairman of the FCC, corporate shill and has a very punchable face

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#44

That for a few years in the 90s Stephen King's wife was ghost writing his books.

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

Nah. He was just on a lot of drugs and alcohol. He’s admitted it himself XD He’s very open about the things he did in the past. Also, people change. Their writing “voice” may change. His books from the 90s are different from his earliest works written in the 70s, and they’re different than his modern (post-00s) books. Yet the intrinsic factor that makes him Stephen King is present in all his work. (I might just be a teensy bit of a Stephen King fan. XD I’ve read all his books and short story collections multiple times. My dad gave me The Waste Lands when I was 10 and I was hooked for life…)

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#45

Someone Asked, “What Do You Strongly Suspect But Have No Proof Of?”, And 30 People Spilled Their Thought-Provoking Theories (New Answers) A man ruined my career to save his own a*s and his boss backed him up by deleting the data. The latter was basically a veiled threat implied to me by the boss in a private 1 on 1. Sort of like a, “sue if you want but the recorded evidence is deleted”.

Didn’t think too much about it at the time but it should’ve been a major red flag.

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#46

All over Chicago there are billboards for hair growth treatments using Brian Urlacher with hair as the selling point. I strongly suspect like he was never bald and just shaved his head for football. That man has us played with the long con.

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

I have a theory about that too : If the richest man on earth is bald - and stays bald - while having all money end resources, I believe that there is indeed not cure for that.

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#47

that gallowboob is a shared account at a social media company. as an approved content partner, they basically submit stuff and give it a starting karma of a few thousand points so that it goes right to the front page which benefits reddit too.

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

Wha...? Some kind of explanation please... Every word is in English, but the whole is Gibberish.

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#48

That Chael Sonnen took a dive against Anderson Silva. Twice.

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#49

Solange was Beyoncé and Jay Z's surrogate.

There, I said it.

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#50

I think my company hired me for the insurance money and are planning to send me off. I can't prove it but I strongly suspect it

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

As a company owner... What? I don't get insurance money to hire someone. Planning to send you off? That doesn't make sense either. If didn't want you, wouldn't have hired you.

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#51

I still think Hitler escaped before Berlin fell, surely someone with that much power and realising how futile the last few weeks of the war were that he wouldn't have a back up plan in motion?

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

Megalomaniac’s would never believe it could end badly and would therefore never turn tail and run. And no one liked him enough to pull him out.

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