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40 Unexpected Real-Life Plot Twists That Might Surprise You More Than You Expected
Real life is more like the plot of a novel or the screenplay of a movie than you think. We’ve got awesome protagonists (that’s you, dear Pandas!), intrigue, mystery, and… unexpected twists. After all, what’s a good story without a proper twist? A story that makes the audience gasp, and brings a smile to their faces.
Well, our team here at Bored Panda has traveled over the hills and far away, across the far reaches of social media, to find some of the best real-life stories with twists you likely won’t see coming.
So make yourself a big mug of tea or coffee, grab some biscuits, get comfy, and scroll down to have a good time. Remember to upvote the stories you enjoyed the most, Pandas. And if you’ve got any real-life plot twists to share with us, the comment section is waiting for you with open arms. (Or it would if it had any.)
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#1
Id row 3 years ago
Plot twist: He heard her phone ding when he sent it, turned around and saw her stalking him, which caused major drama.
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Insert Generic Username 3 years ago
My dog loves watching TV, especially if animals, Mario (from Mario Bros), wyverns, and Morgan Freeman are involved. She loves watching me play Skyrim, LoZ:BotW, any Fallout game, etc. She HATES robots and black animals, which is apropos because she's a black Labradoodle 😂😂😂 she barks ferociously when she sees robots or black animals!
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
Throw a fossilized dog in lava once and they and their whole species will hate you for eternity.
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Eunice Probert 3 years ago
My cat Luna watched "Black Widow" from start to finish and really seemed to enjoy it.
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PenitentEyeball (She/Them) 3 years ago
I just imagined someone doing one of those witch laughs lol
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Cyndielouwhoo 3 years ago
Once I was checking out at a store with only pads, chocolate and a very large kitchen knife (it was on a great sale)... the cashier looked at the stuff on counter and at me and said "Honey, he ain't worth it!"
Insert Generic Username 3 years ago
IDK about this one, I've seen it posted by different people on different platforms so I'm not sure who it originated with. Kinda seems like a "sure, that happened" scenario but who am I to say?
RedMarbles 3 years ago
Agreed. It has that feel but it's also not too hard to believe it happened somewhere. I appreciate that you expressed skepticism without confidently declaring it as fake like so many so eagerly do about relatively innocuous stories.
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Luke Andersen 3 years ago
Don't put in a tampon. You will look even scarier dripping with blood.
While some people thrive when dealing with unforeseen circumstances and easily adapt to the unexpected, others have a harder time. Far from everyone has a good and easy time dealing with surprises. And some real-life plot twists can be quite shocking, in the worst possible sense. Not everything is as light-hearted and fluffy as on social media.
Plot twists, while great in books and movies, might not lead to the same enthusiasm and adoration when they happen to these people in real life. Unpredictability isn’t for everyone; however, life is unpredictable, so we have to learn to deal with it.
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ZAPanda 3 years ago (edited)
For those who are interested in random factoids. Aardvark is from Afrikaans, our local version of Dutch. It literally means earth pig. "Vark" is cognate with the archaic modern english "Farrow" meaning a litter of pigs. It's pronounced Art-Fark, not Art-Vark.
Yort 3 years ago
For those interested in random facts, “factoids” actually mean things that are false but sound like facts, it does not meant small, quick facts.
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Gabrielle Riley 3 years ago
I read this elsewhere on BP, he had a picture and the letter, and it was the coolest thing ever 🥰
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Ozymandias73 3 years ago (edited)
Smooth as the caramel in his drink. Well played sir, well played. Now the question is, did it work?
#6
Katy McMouse 3 years ago
The only thing a neighborhood cat ever did for me was steal the toast right off of my high chair tray. Every morning.
marianne eliza 3 years ago
Open window, no screen. Anything that walks, flies, crawls, or slithers, can come on in.
During an earlier in-depth interview, Bored Panda spoke about how to live with the fact that life can be unpredictable at times, whether for good or for ill, with psychologist and wellbeing consultant Lee Chambers. He went into detail about building emotional and mental resilience so we’re able to weather any surprises or plot twists that life throws at us.
#7
Aria Whitaker 3 years ago
That is horrifying...must have been terribly painful! Great she still has that lovely smile :)
Luke Andersen 3 years ago
Bunk beds are scary! I'm sure you are not the first person to break bones because of them.
Sylvia Potts 3 years ago
I cracked my head open from falling off a bunk bed
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Thomas Jones 3 years ago
When I lived in the dorms, I mounted my bed on a loft-rack. Put the bed about 5.5' above the (tile) floor. One night, after a particularly alcohol fueled party, as I was sleeping in my bed, I rolled and fell to the floor. Asked startled looking roommate "what happened". He said "you fell". I passed back out and woke in that same spot, the next morning, without so much as a bruise
#8
October 3 years ago
My granny was allways complaining on the phone that nobody would come and see her. I'd usually hear people talking in the background and ask her to turn down the tv. Invariably it would turn out the voices weren't from the tv but from familymembers visiting her ...
Luke Andersen 3 years ago
Uno Reverse Card! A grandparent who doesn't want to talk to their grandchild!
Insert Generic Username 3 years ago
My paternal grandma would just come right out and say she didn't want to talk to or see me.
#9
Night Owl 3 years ago (edited)
Priorities. Asking the important question here :)
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"As human beings, we have a desire for certainty and routine that keeps us feeling safe and able to plan what lies ahead in an organized manner. When unpredictable situations or accidents impact us, it can be traumatic, and we will likely feel a sense of disappointment, frustration, and loss," the psychologist told Bored Panda.
#10
K Witmer 3 years ago
Grandma was alive when women weren't allowed to have their own bank accounts or credit cards unless their husband signed for them. It only became legal in the US for women to have their own money in the 1970s so I understand why she felt this way. My grandma used to hide cash all over her house. In books under the carpet sewn into her coats. It was good she did
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
My best friend who just passed away, her husband discovered she had 2, at 2 different banks. She was always excellent at keeping secrets. I didn't even know.
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Qibli of the SandWings 3 years ago (edited)
I don’t think anyone is lol 😅
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Joe Reaves 3 years ago
You're welcome to buy me a washer dryer for christmas. Of course, it will now be my personal washer dryer. I will only be washing my clothing in it and if anyone else wants to use it they will need my permission and to do something for me in return ...
Ace Girl 3 years ago
One year my Dad gave my Mom a toaster. That was a bad year for the WHOLE family.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
The dignified way to respond to that is to buy him a vibrator so he can go... himself.
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Gwen 3 years ago
The only time an appliance makes an exceptable gift, is if it is specifically asked for, but you should also get them something else as well!
lazy panda 3 years ago
My husband got me a KitchenAid hand mixer (amongst other things) for my first birthday that we were together and I nearly cried from happiness lol
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Vanessa Richardson 3 years ago
My ex husband bought me a carpet shampooer for Christmas one year. I never once showed interest in having or needing one. So glad he is my ex🙃
Id row 3 years ago
This only works if the woman actually asked for it. I put a kitchen garbage can on my amazon wish list that I forwarded to my husband for x-mas gifts to me. He got all but the can and said he just couldn't bring himself to buy me a garbage can for x-mas, lol. I get it, but I actually wanted it!
Chrissa Gordon 3 years ago
I understand this, please buy me the boring necessities so I can buy myself the fun things.
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AnxietyRiddenMom 3 years ago
Unpopular opinion, I would absolutely love a washer and dryer for any holiday
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
Yes, me too. Few years ago my husband asked me what I really really wanted for my birthday. I said I wanted to spend a lot less time doing housework. After laughing, he asked what I hated most. That year I got a washer - dryer, new hover and new iron. It's way more money than I would expect for a birthday because it's for both of us. It bought me a lot more time to do things I enjoyed. Nothing wrong with getting a person what they want.
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Memere 3 years ago
Oh, been there! I got married at 19 (very stupid move!) & the wedding was November 20. First Christmas together & my gift from new husband: a STEAM IRON. That was it. Nothing else. His mother suggested it so I could keep all his shirts ironed. To top it off, the in-laws gift to me? An IRONING BOARD, to go with the iron. The marriage lasted almost 3 years, but half of that time we were separated.
similarly 3 years ago
I think the reason why appliances are not a good "gift" for a spouse isn't really because it's useful or utilitarian as opposed to something thoughtful or romantic, etc. I think it's because a marriage is a partnership, and if I gave something like an "iron" to my wife for Christmas, it would be like saying "Here! This is YOUR job!" Appliances are bought together and shared. Buy your spouse a gift that's just for them.
#12
Id row 3 years ago
My husband asked me if I was mad at him the other morning and I said no, why? And he said when he came in to bed last night, I yelled, "You woke me up for this sh*t?!?" I have no memory of that, lol.
Shara Kranz 3 years ago
I dreamed that my husband was having an affair. He said that he woke up after I slapped him. He asked what he did, and I apparently told him that he knew exactly what he did!
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Luke Andersen 3 years ago
I regret to inform you, there will not be a buffet. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Coca-Cola 3 years ago
That is nothing compared to my husband who was finally home after 6 months of on site police academy. We were newly wed, only married for about 8 months, 6 of which he was in this academy. Middle of the night he sits straight up in bed, salutes and screams “SIR, YES, SIR!” Then lays down and goes back to sleep as I pick myself up off the floor.
Jasmine Hufflepuff Henderson 3 years ago
My grandfather did something similar when he was a Green Beret as an E4. He was learning the Metric system and teaching another troop and he was dreaming about and yelled in his sleep "WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU?! YOU STUPID TROOP?!" My grandmother woke up and told him he was dreaming.
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"It is important, however, that we embrace the fact that the world can be unpredictable and uncertain, and become more tolerant of this being a reality,” the expert noted that unpredictability might not be what many of us like. But we still have to learn to accept that it exists as a phenomenon.
#13
Steve Fischer 3 years ago
We dads can be surprisingly there for our kids even when they don't expect it
#14
Space Whale 3 years ago
🚨EMERGENCY 🚨EMERGENCY 🚨 SHREK ALERT GET THE CONCEALER
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Magoomba 3 years ago (edited)
Many years ago I found out about something called ‘give backs’ that somebody once told me to ask for if I go to a sporting event or concert alone. They are season tickets or vip passes that somebody has ‘given back’ because they can’t attend for some reason. Just ask if they have any ‘give backs’. Most of the time they’ll say ‘no’ but over the years I’ve gotten courtside seats, box seats, and other choice seats to a lot of events, especially sports, at face value just by asking.
Nancy Marroquin 3 years ago
How do those work? Do you still pay full price? (Rural moving to big city in August! Wondering how things work)
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Steve Goodman 3 years ago
Absolutely … Thank Odin! He was watching out for them!
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Kai David 3 years ago
Just an odd factoid. An ex-con can have all the kids he wants despite being an ex-con. Now if an ex-con wants to adopt a child, he is disqualified due to being an ex-con. My sister died and I was adopting him. I am an ex-con so I could not adopt him and there is no other family. So my nephew is in the government system of dysfunctional child services and there is nothing I can do. I am also the father of three kids.
SoozeeQ 3 years ago
That's messed up, Kai. I'm so sorry. Is there anyway around this? Child advocacy or something? That's so sad, that he's not able to be with his only biological family.
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Wondering Alice 3 years ago
My cousin's husband saw a photo of a little girl he said looked just like how he imagined my cousin would have looked at that age. We all said he was completely wrong, she looked nothing like that. But the pair felt love at first sight and went on to adopt. But 15 years on - she does now look just like her mum.
RandomBeing 3 years ago
Took me a couple reads to understand but now that I get it: Ohmygosh that so sweet!
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K Witmer 3 years ago
My husband said he knew he was going to marry me the first time he saw me. He saw me through one way glass. I couldn't see him. We ended up being in the same hazmat class and he made sure he got a seat next to me while his heart was pounding out of his chest. He didn't tell me this story until a while later and he described what I was wearing the first time he saw me. Very sweet. Been married 22 yrs this April.
Steve Fischer 3 years ago
Same thing happened to me in class at UCLA. Beautiful girl sits next to me, we talked during class, and afterwards walking out I was going to ask if she wanted to go for some coffee. But a guy runs up to her and thinking that was her boyfriend, I said I'd see her later. Forward eight weeks and me not going to class, I was studying in a library I had never been in before for a final, when I hear this voice say You're studying the wrong stuff. The girl I went to the library with said You should study with him. He's a lot of fun. Long story short, she's my daughter's mother.
Will Lanni 3 years ago
Boy meets girl. Girl seems to have boyfriend but maybe doesn't. Weeks later they meet in a library. Then either they have a baby together or girl's mother shows up and tells girl to study with boy. You can make this part up.
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
If that was a crime we'd have to triple our number of prisons (though we already have more than we need).
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Zoe's Mom 3 years ago
I don't know folks; doesn't sound real. Crashing THROUGH glass doors and no one was hurt?
Yort 3 years ago
And the cost of replacing the glass doors is way more than whatever amount that canceled check was. I’m with you, this story sounds fake.
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Your boss is a douchebag but don't ever do something like that again. No amount of money is worth your life and that goes double when it's not your money. As your story shows, you never know who the guy you're chasing might be and what he might be willing to do to get away.
Sally Appleton 3 years ago
Probably one of those restaurants where a skipped check comes out of the waiter's paycheck too
Black Pearl 3 years ago
Well f**k him then. He doesn't deserve a worker as good as you anyways.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago (edited)
Hope that cop recommended you for a job with the PD, you went to the academy, and became a cop—-and please be one of the good ones. It’s a career with a good pension plan.
Sarah Parker 3 years ago
What a complete tool. You're better off not working for such a tit. X
#18
Paul Davis 3 years ago
When a male customer of one of our female support staff did exactly the same thing as in this story, she was creeped out and the customer was not allowed to work with her again.
Clark 3 years ago
It's adorable and funny, unless it's a guy doing the same exact thing, and then it's creepy.
In the psychologist’s view, in the case of negative, even traumatic, unpredictable experiences, it isn’t always easy or straightforward to see if the individual will turn everything into greater resilience. In other words, some bad experiences don’t always lead to growth in some individuals. In other cases, however, it can have a galvanizing effect.
#19
Id row 3 years ago
Ok, that's f*cking brilliant. I thought that was going to end with him saying he was making his will and trying to see who would be there for him in his time of need and writing out anyone who didn't offer to help.
Orange Is Aging 3 years ago
I tried to watch the video. There was a moment if intense frustration
Magoomba 3 years ago
Years ago I moved to a rural state & noticed a local ritual that I never figured out until somebody told me. Most of the guys in the group were well-to-do farmers who would gather and chew the fat. I noticed that whenever someone would join the group and was asked how they were doing they would all go into some kind of sob story about how broke they were despite the fact that it was obvious by their new trucks that they were not. I finally asked one of them why they feigned poverty and they confessed “so nobody else would hit me up for a loan or at least get me to pay for the drinks”.
#20
Yort 3 years ago
Not really, the guy was like 15 years older than her, he might be closer in age to her mother.
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SykesDaMan 3 years ago
And it doesn't end here apparently! From the twitter thread: "Gets worse: Was telling a buddy about my humiliation and how I declined the introduction. He said 'Wait, was her name Jenny?' which I confirmed. He goes, 'Dude, her mom is gorgeous, she was a fitness model and is a wealthy realtor'. Real Life Plot Twist x2"
Id row 3 years ago
He's mid 30's going after early 20's women? He needs to stop being a creep and date women who are more age appropriate. No wonder she wanted to fix this guy up with her mom. That's more appropriate.
ToGo 3 years ago
Have to agree. I'm pretty open minded but this whole person in their 30s+ going after early 20s just makes my skin crawl. There's an exception to every rule but for the most part early 20s and 30s are worlds apart. Icky.
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Miles Mawyer 3 years ago
You know what: I'd totally be cool with that. I've learned my lesson. I'd much rather date someone older than me, than younger.
zillyzallie 3 years ago
If he's mid-30s and she's early 20s, he's likely much closer in age to mom than her, whether that disappoints him or not.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
So basically, you’re that older guy hanging ing out in the bar and hitting on all the young girls. Like he has a chance. You do know there’s essentially a teenager’s worth of difference in your ages, don’t you?
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QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago
Next step: he does this enough and gains control of the world
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Oh, Henpecked Hal... hilarious regardless of how absolutely untrue your story is. 3YO with sentence structure and concrete thoughts, nice try.
Orange Is Aging 3 years ago
And you seem like a liar. @HenpeckedHal has so many of these stories that now I find them hard to believe
"Post-traumatic growth isn't always simple to explain or utilize, but often the adversity we face can create a precedent for what we can overcome, help us to see what we need to be grateful for, and give us an understanding of the support we do have,” psychologist Lee explained to Bored Panda.
#22
QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago
I’d shove a whole bag in my mouth they’re so good
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Hannah Edwards 3 years ago
Do they put crack in those things or something? It’s impossible to just have one and you can’t quit any time you want.
Ophelia Butz 3 years ago
There's a plot twist in the joke. The last thing I was expecting was gummy bears!
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Brandon Jones 3 years ago
Another joke. C'mon, people. Don't tell a story that never really happened.
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Nadine Debard 3 years ago
When we married, we opened two personal and independent accounts and put the same amount. I would never hide money from my husband but I understand that it could be a thing in some situations (and I feel sorry for those women).
Susan Mercurio 3 years ago
My mother told me always to have money to get home with if my date went south. It was called "mad money" in the 1950s.
Lori Everard 3 years ago (edited)
Do it, do it now! It will give you a sense of confident autonomy to never be forced to accept anybody's BS and mistreatment of you, no matter who they are. ps. I am a gramma.
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Yort 3 years ago
BECAUSE TEENAGE GIRLS WHO ARE MAKING STUFF UP LIKE TO TYPE IN ALL CAPS
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Chris Hooley 3 years ago
Sorry, is that sweet or creepy? Without more info, too much the latter.
Mia Bjørnstad 3 years ago
Wasn't this one also posted on another article, about things that are obviously fake..? 🤔
Collette Francis 3 years ago
2 years later to the day and I'm wondering if they ever did go further than a drink
“A big part of opening the door to grow from our struggles is finding acceptance and taking ownership over what you can control and finding healthy ways to express the negative emotion that comes with challenges that test us," he said.
#25
ShadowStalker36 3 years ago
Dad taught me to accelerate into a turn, teacher told me to stop doing that
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not me but my sister - she was on the school bus, which was stopped, when our dad passed it blowing through the flashing lights and extended stop sign. All her friends were like "sister_name, wasn't that your daddy?" Poor girl was so embarrassed and she gave Dad a very stern 5th grade talking to when he got home.
IlovemydogShilo 3 years ago
This is why my dad wouldn't give me driving lessons. He had picked up so many bad habits over the years that they had become normal to him that if he taught them to me without realising and I thought they were the right thing to do, I'd never pass my driving test.
NugsLunaMochi 3 years ago
That’s why my husband won’t teach the kids how to drive bc he KNOWS 😂
#26
Rijkærd 3 years ago
...avoided getting hit by a bicycle only to get hit by the garbage truck...
SykesDaMan 3 years ago
Nice try to hide nepotism!!! The office manager was actually the mother! XD
Id row 3 years ago
I learned this lesson the hard way, too. Someone at work asked me if I went to school with this guy. I searched my brain and what my stupid self said was, "Is that the guy who kind of looks like a plucked chicken?" And she said, "That's my brother." That was over 20 years ago and I still feel like an idiot when I think about it.
Lois Matelan 3 years ago
A friend of mine back in the '60s went to a job interview, having submitted a resume with just her initials (as you did in the 60s so they wouldn't know you were female.) The somewhat surprised manager interviewing her started by saying, "What does 'K.S.' stand for?" She responded, then, noticing HIS name was on her schedule as "V.C.," asked, "What does 'V.C.' stand for?" He said,"Well my first name is Virgil, but of course I don't go by that." She said, "Virgil? That's not so bad. I mean, it's not like 'Clyde' or anything." His middle name was Clyde, which was what he used.
Yort 3 years ago
Why did the office manager ask your middle name and then why did you decide to go on a rant about it on your first day?
WildHoneyPie 3 years ago
Ha, this happened with my sister. She was talking to a co-worker who started ranting about how she hated the name Ira. My sister "That's my grandpa's name". So she tries to save face by saying that the only worse name is Claude. "That's my other grandpa's name"
DuchessDegu 3 years ago
I don't like my first name but I never say it's horrible, I just explain that where I'm from it's a veeeeery common name, and there was always at least 5 other girls with the same name in school, so I got used to be called by my middle name. Saved face more than once!
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TyrantrumGogoat 3 years ago
The night my grandma died I saw her in the couch, it scared me so bad!! Thinking about it now I really want to see her again.
Lee also revealed to Bored Panda what strategies helped him when he had to learn to walk again. "Using journaling and talking about how I felt played a significant part in my recovery when I had to learn to walk again, and gave me the space to grow to become mentally stronger as a result,” he opened up.
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QibliOfTheSandWings 3 years ago
Granny’s always prepared to kick ass in the apocalypse
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Lol, for those who need to know, Surrey is a 'nice' county in England where all the people who make their money in the City live.
Shawnee Gaffney 3 years ago
It’s funny you say that - I grew up in Surrey BC Canada and it has a rep for shootings - quite the opposite of the England version!
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Jackie Nettleton 3 years ago
I think that there’s some amazing grandma’s out there that took no s**t from anyone
Memere 3 years ago
Grandma sounds like my aunt - she's always been a bit of a packrat, and has said she is going to hide all her money (in cash) in all her stuff just so her kids will have to go thru every single thing she owns to find their inheritance. That way they won't just park a dumpster out front & toss everything!
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Marek Čtrnáct 3 years ago
Wouldn't the house NOT burning down be a better miracle?
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Casey Burns 3 years ago
My friends car caught on fire and the only thing that didn't burn was the bible in the back seat.
Sawyer Kidder 3 years ago
… but all the presents were iPhones so they were destroyed (sorry, I can’t help myself sometimes)
sonofabass 3 years ago
Sounds fake. It'd take a while for the fire to get through the ceiling/floor, and pop the waterbed.
advice5cents 3 years ago
Fire could have started in their room. It doesn't say.
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SykesDaMan 3 years ago
And he made you think it was a coincidence! He has dozens of drawings made, sold to people that he followed for years to select those he liked, and then found a way to approach them in a non-suspect way. After a period of time they got used to his "style" after looking at the portrait everyday, so they felt a familiarity when seeing him that makes them think that they were vibing with him. The rest is compatibility! :p
Paul Davis 3 years ago
I'm surprised someone would pay for that drawing. Makes me suspicious of this story.
Stijn Kraft 3 years ago
I saw my ex girlfriend at a concert (Sleepy Sun, if someone's curiuos) before I knew her, recognizing her (super recognizable) boots. Cool story, you'd say. Short after that concert, also before she met me, she went to another concert (Black Angels). We met online and were together for 6 years. After me I 'got' her a girlfriend (she met the girl through me). Turns out that girl was at the same concert. My ex took a selfie, her new girlfriend that she got together with 7 years later, was visible in the background.
“It is also important to reflect on all the hurdles you've overcome, so you can see what skills and lessons you've learned to apply in the future, and adversity often helps us to see what really matters, and gets us closer to knowing our values and purpose."
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Leslie 3 years ago
And now, you’ve survived cancer, and we can all laugh about it...Hallelujah!
Grace Walsh 3 years ago
Yes celebrate! Her treatment stopped last year and I’m sure she is putting that dryer to good use now! It’s been just over a year
Lsai Aeon 3 years ago
Congrats! And a hairdryer doesn't become unuseful when you don't have hair. I used mine as a personal heater in college since personal heaters were banned. curl up in bed, pull your knees up so the covers make a little tent, tuck the front end of the hair dryer under the tent and turn it on for a few minutes. Bed nice and toasty warm!
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Raena Celis 3 years ago
Ooh! I did that! All because I honestly was walking to the direction where I thought I parked my car, then realized I had to save face by acting like a friend was parked waiting for me then left, so I had to walk back to my car.
Monkey Spunk 3 years ago (edited)
I do the "surprised expression, click fingers, spin around and walk back the way I came whilst shaking my head".
Ivy la Sangrienta 3 years ago
Yup. Done that many times! Or act like "I forgot something" to turn back. Why are we like this?! No one else actually cares or notices.
Alice Platzer 3 years ago
I just facepalm at myself and turn around. Those who see may maketh what thou wilt.
Fieke Engelen 3 years ago
That's sad! Why? You made a mistake and rectified! I do that all the time, should I worry???
Carol Henderson 3 years ago
I've reached the age where I don't care - I'll just laugh and turn around. I like this age.
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foxking 3 years ago
i hav a cute black kitten, never had bad luck because of him
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T. D. Bostick 3 years ago
Well, bee stings on the back of your throat are definitely bad luck.
Black Pearl 3 years ago (edited)
Hol up, if it was a bee then it died. So.... Is there just a bee in his throat now?
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Eunice Probert 3 years ago
Not really. It's just that they lived in a time when women had to ask permission from their husbands to have a bank account and have money of their own. When men could easily divorce their wives and not have to pay them anything. And when male domestic violence was not thought of as a crime. So keeping money secret could be a life saver.
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Joanne Lawrence 3 years ago
An allowance to "run the house." So let me guess, grandpa got to do whatever he wanted with the rest of the money? No wonder we literally created laws to keep men from gambling away the deed to the house without his wife's permission. 😂 But for real, it sounds like it would have been more efficient to do things the other way, like let her give him an allowance since running the house should use up a larger chunk of the money than anything else...
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SykesDaMan 3 years ago
My next door neighbor who is a friends with the neighbor in the apartment right blow mine was ringing at my door and impatiently so! I wondered what the emergency was. But I still opened the door with an open mind, and she hurries inside my apartment with some takeout... Realizing mid-step that she has her friends door but with her own floor and that isn't how it works! I never seen someone leave so quickly leaving her apologizing words floating in the air behind her. No need to say I laughed but still tried to make it an "It's-OK-we-all-make-mistakes" laugh to not embarrass her even more! :)
Bender Bending Rodríguez 3 years ago
What? She didn't even share takeout. Now that's rude.
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New Everywhere 3 years ago
I got the wrong key to view an apartment! I unlocked the door to a terrified, defensive man. I'm so glad his reflexes were just slow enough for me to start apologizing profusely. We both went down to the office like "What.The.Actual.F*ck??"
Id row 3 years ago
Ack, I did this. Had a hotel room with sliding doors that opened to the pool. Went from the pool to my room through the sliders and noticed shoes that weren't mine. After a minute of confusion, it hit me. I wasn't the only room with sliders to the pool. Luckily, I was able to scram without being seen.
Memere 3 years ago (edited)
I got into the wrong car once. It was late at nite & I had to run to the store. Parked on the street with a couple of empty spaces next to my '89 Plymouth Voyager van. 15 minutes in the store, & I left & hopped into my mini-van. Got in & reached for my water bottle & it was gone. Confused, I looked around for it & realized I was in someone else's van! My van was just to the right. The really weird thing was that my key unlocked the wrong van, but they were the exact same model & same color inside & out!
Ganta S 3 years ago
My ex's father was studying in 70s in Poland, it was time when polish universities accepted students from Africa, but in the student houses Polish and black people weren't mixed together, there were so called white and black floors. So my fil walks back to his room drunk, from some party, doesn't switch the lights on, but there's someone in his bed, so he angrily kicks him out the bed and out of the room and goes sleep. Next morning he wakes up and he's the only white guy in the room. Turns out it was wrong floor as you probably guessed. I wonder what this poor soul went through, he had to sleep on the corridor.
Wendy Melissa 3 years ago
I once did something similar but took a quick nap before realizing that someone else had bags in the room. Front desk had given me a key to an occupied room.
advice5cents 3 years ago
My biggest nightmare realized. I got the house wrong when working a graduation party. Other guests let me in. I guess it's better that I didn't startle anyone, but I was AMONG them for more than a minute before the host told me they hadn't hired a bartender. "Uh, and a farewell to you all!"
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Ivana Bašić 3 years ago
Making you clean was a jerk move, but doing the same to a 75yo woman is disgusting. She's 75, do the work for her at least once a year (but don't call it a present, that's gross).
Monday 3 years ago
Whether you clean your house now or later, it has to get cleaned at some point. Assuming they brought the food and drinks with them OP just rearranged things they'd have had to do eventually anyway.
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Imogene Cargeaux 3 years ago
Weird how they make the two women clean for the party... THATS FOR THEM! Sounds pretty sexist if you ask me.
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Joseph Kastorff 3 years ago
NBA player couldn't just tip you the $60 since you obviously didn't (and wouldn't) have change for a hundred while delivering pizza? Cheap ass m**o...
Lucus Adams 3 years ago (edited)
Then the robber showed up and tipped him $30 because he felt bad about the NBA player tipping him $1.68. The police showed up to arrest the robber but instead everyone started clapping.
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Rijkærd 3 years ago
And all of a suddenyou had the entire restaurant to yourselves ....no waiting to get seated...well played kiddo well played
Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
When I was about that age Mum and Dad took me to a restaurant and I threw up all over the table and ruined everyone's meals. I still remember how embarrassed I was.
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
When I was that age we had a pull cord for the light in the bathroom. So when I was visiting a relative in hospital I pulled the red emergency cord in the toilet. My mum was so embarrassed - I still think that one was on her though.
QuokkaVibes 3 years ago
When I was 3, we were travelling somewhere and my father was busy talking to a hostess at check in while my mum was with me. My father turned around and asked my mom a question. She looked away for probably...7 seconds. My stupid ass saw a window of opportunity and crowled 30 cm to the right and pushed the most beautiful red shiny button I had ever seen (the size of my face) that I was eyeing for an hour. In an istant the area of the airport shut down and 10 armed soldiers came rushing in. It was a panic button and it was 2 months after the Oklahoma bombing. My parents had a fun half an hour afterwards. They tried to act cool but I still had my chubby hands on the button. They contemplated the idea to adopt me out ahahahahaha
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RandomBeing 3 years ago
To sew the seeds of confusion and to occupy a piece of somebodies mind forever
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whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
My boss once attended a family reunion at a public place, and started flirting with a girl he met. The girl turned out to be his cousin. I sang him Sweet Home Alabama when he told me this story.
ZAPanda 3 years ago
Many years ago a guy I was friends with discovered we were cousins and said, "S**t now we can't have kids". We're both boys.
DE Ray 3 years ago
I also had a crush on someone who turned out to be a (third) cousin. We never really spoke so I didn't know until I was introduced at a party. By her girlfriend.
Littlemiss 3 years ago
I could walk past 90% of mine and not know. Our family is far from close
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Anton Kider 3 years ago (edited)
Na... BS. Which king and when...? No bodyguards ? On his own...?
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Me Oh My 3 years ago
But good karma, because now we know that the man was a dickhead.
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CrunChewy McSandybutt 3 years ago
They come from a time when husbands has 100% control of the family finances and wives had to ask for an allowance. Secret bank accounts saved a lot of marriages (and probably stopped a few homicides).
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Okay, I just looked it up and that is one weird looking (but still cute!) dog.
Florencia Renedo 3 years ago
My mini Dachshund always scares people with his huge dog bark. I love it! :D
Na Schi 3 years ago
Whatever other race you breed with a dachshund, the result will always have the little dachshunds legs - absolutely ridiculous looking. (At least the ones I've come to meet: collie/dachshund, rottweiler/dachshund and another mix I can't recall but also looked hilarious)
Isabel Care 3 years ago
Mum was a lurcher, dad a dachshund. Long legged dachshunds produced. Some needed operations to fix their legs as they didn't mix the two types in a way that worked.
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Bartender: "What's wrong, buddy?" Ex BF: "My girlfriend left me, man." Bartender: "That sucks. Here, have a glass of pinot noir. It's on the house." Ex BF: "I dunno, I don't really... hey, this is good stuff!"
Saphyre Fyre 1 year ago
You had a bf and fell in love with another guy you met once at a wine tasting?
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Joe Reaves 3 years ago
It's harder for them to run away if you hit them with your car first lol
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Paul Davis 3 years ago (edited)
How does even the dimmest adult human being not know peas from broccoli?
Candia Lee 3 years ago
Canned peas are disgustingly overcooked. Try frozen new peas. Cook them in water so they don't dry out and turn tough; I nuked some w insufficient water and they were wrinkled and too cooked.
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Stannous Flouride 3 years ago
Most bills never get more than 50 mi/80 km from their place of issue.
Sawdust 3 years ago
I'd forgotten till now: There's a website to crowdsource tracking individual dollar bills by their serial number. wheresgeorge.com
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Lauren Caswell 3 years ago
Then you are most definitely not a slytherin, no nope rope or nope rope antidote for you
Couldnt_Find_A_Good_Name 3 years ago
I love how the potterheads are just everywhere lmao
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Persephone 3 years ago
A lot of anivenin is cultured in horses and sheep; many people who receive it, go on to be allergic to them.
Memere 3 years ago
Baby Copperheads are more dangerous than the adult! The immature ones don't yet have the muscle control over their venom sac & will unload all the venom. If a baby copperhead bites you, you're getting an overdose.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
The talk about a refrigerator running diverged into some dirty sexy talk?
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Sandra Libertad 3 years ago
Once I was on a subway station and a homeless ex drug addict came begging for money. I was about 16 years old and told him that I did not even had money for a coffee, he offered to me part of the money he had. I kindly refused .
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SykesDaMan 3 years ago
Yeah! I'm not buying it! R.T Caldwell uncovered your secret, and now you're trying to make people not read it... Nice try!
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Chinmayee Kalghatgi 3 years ago (edited)
Plot twist: she is a member of the reptilian army and has 1 trillion dollars
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Maybe nobody bothered to ask her about her life while she was still around?
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Sally Appleton 3 years ago
"Hey, vote for me in the next election. Nice c*ck by the way."
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Paul Davis 3 years ago (edited)
I call shenanigans on this silly story without some semblance of supporting information. Have never heard of a police helicopter pulling someone over even for robberies, and how would that even work? I can find only one story of a crazy cop doing something remotely like that, and the person they came after was stationary in a big empty parking lot.
Vanessa Richardson 3 years ago
I’ve heard of speeders being clocked by air—air guy radios down the information to an officer in a cop car, who then pulls over the speeder— but a helicopter is on a whole different level!
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Donkey boi 3 years ago
When I was 4 I got run over by a quick-fit mechanic. He became good friends with my parents after visiting me in hospital a lot.
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Monday 3 years ago
I was hoping the plot twist would be that the friend and the son got together instead.
PenitentEyeball (She/Them) 3 years ago
I know right? Like ones gay, ones bi, it sounded obvious what would happen!
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Katie Lutesinger 3 years ago
Great, another addition to my list of things to have nightmares about later. Thanks a lot, jerk.
Yoga Kitty 3 years ago
Not too unusual. Sometimes it takes some time to... um... locate all the missing pieces - therefore they send the "part with the head" in advance to hopefully keep it alive long enough to attach everything else later on.
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Not Proud British 3 years ago
The only way they would still be alive is if the head was still attached to the torso. So it's possible that all their limbs had been wrenched off. Unlikely but possible.
Yort 3 years ago
Yeah it just said “the half” so that would generally imply the torso had the head and some other part was in the other ambo, probably the legs.
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Bobby 3 years ago
"Room to Live" was a videotape narrated by retired state trooper, highlighting importance of seat belts. Only story I remember was of prom night accident, trooper kneeling in roadside ditch comforting teenage girl. She was crying because she promised her mom to be home on time. She wanted him to tell her mom she was sorry for breaking promise. From hips down, girl's body was missing. Paramedics arrived later, said there was no way that girl lived long enough to talk to him. Yet, she did.
Julian Llanganate 3 years ago
I'm more concerned about the hospital billing, 2 ambulance rides for 1 person?! With the crappie US Healthcare system, I bet the guy said the second half wasn't his, just to save some $$$
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Anne1000 3 years ago
My hair got darker and curly when I entered my teens. I still have one lighter lock of hair.
Leslie 3 years ago
My eyes change color with every emotion, but only my kids know what emotions...
Memere 3 years ago
My pupils dilate when I get angry, so my eyes look black!
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I somehow lost alot of weight and managed to become super strong when i started puberty
Wednesday 3 years ago
That's so funny - mine were blue until I was about 17 then they sorta went nuts - blue, grey, green, orange and brown depending on light, the color I'm wearing and mood - not like solid colors but rings and flecks.... Still a dark blue outer ring and usually like an army green...
Ines Olabarria-Smith 3 years ago
Not puberty but my super straight hair is curly!!! Drives me crazy!
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Ophelia Butz 3 years ago (edited)
Man, I love Detroit but we really need to get our sports game together. THIS SEASON a guy on the Detroit Pistons did a routine easy pass. . . to nobody. Literally nobody. He threw it out of bounds for no reason and gave the other team the ball.
Steve Goodman 3 years ago
And now he gets paid big money to talk about other teams and players… normally failing to see the irony of him criticizing QBs and players that are much better than he is.
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Zaza 3 years ago
As if restaurants keep tabs of every time a specific person brought a kid to the reastaurant. Sure. Very plausible story /s
Rage of Aquarius 3 years ago
If they were regulars, it could easily have been noticed.
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Paul Davis 3 years ago
Had she ever at any point bitten off this guy's nose? Just wondering because that would be straight from Chris Farley's character in the movie "Dirty Work"
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whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
So many badass grannies! If I ever make it to old age, I hope I'm one, just like Betty White!
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
My now husband took me to meet his gran almost as soon as we started dating. She instantly started giving me instructions about how to feed him and was very clear I should take all his wages and leave him just enough to have a little fun, but not enough to get into trouble until I had trained him well. She told him to marry me as quickly as possible before I realized he was getting the better deal. I didn't take her advice - 20 years on, we manage food and finances better together - he did though. I really loved his gran though her advice seemed for an other age, she made me feel cared for instantly.
Load More Replies... Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago (edited)
Years ago my friends and I went to see the Rolling Stones on their Steel Wheels tour. One of us was extremely "frugal" and wanted to get last minute tickets being sold from posts in the newspaper. When we got to the Cotton Bowl are seats were w a a ay back from the stage behind a large concrete pillar. My other friend thought I was going to push this woman down the stairs. (I never liked her in the first place). We saw this guy walking around talking to the few other people there. He was wearing a lanyard. He was looking at tickets, taking them and giving them new tickets. When he got to us, he looked at them and said "You really don't want to sit here, do you? Here. I think you'd rather sit here." Gave us new tickets. 8 rows from the stage!!! Turned out so much better than we thought and I didn't go to prison for murder. All in all a great evening.
Emhimad Swenia 1 year ago
when i was small i told my mom i wanted to see my grandma she took me to the car with my brother who covered my eyes, when i was put in front of her i was so excited because it was the first time i ever see her ,then when my brother removed his hands it was a grave with my grandma's name on it.....was the worst day ever
Katinka Min 3 years ago
While everybody is celebrating these smart grannies, I am just sad abotu the amount of opression they lived under - and many women still do, today. Yes, they coped with it, but, Jeez, what a life where you are totally dependend on one man :(
whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
So many badass grannies! If I ever make it to old age, I hope I'm one, just like Betty White!
Wondering Alice 3 years ago
My now husband took me to meet his gran almost as soon as we started dating. She instantly started giving me instructions about how to feed him and was very clear I should take all his wages and leave him just enough to have a little fun, but not enough to get into trouble until I had trained him well. She told him to marry me as quickly as possible before I realized he was getting the better deal. I didn't take her advice - 20 years on, we manage food and finances better together - he did though. I really loved his gran though her advice seemed for an other age, she made me feel cared for instantly.
Load More Replies... Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago (edited)
Years ago my friends and I went to see the Rolling Stones on their Steel Wheels tour. One of us was extremely "frugal" and wanted to get last minute tickets being sold from posts in the newspaper. When we got to the Cotton Bowl are seats were w a a ay back from the stage behind a large concrete pillar. My other friend thought I was going to push this woman down the stairs. (I never liked her in the first place). We saw this guy walking around talking to the few other people there. He was wearing a lanyard. He was looking at tickets, taking them and giving them new tickets. When he got to us, he looked at them and said "You really don't want to sit here, do you? Here. I think you'd rather sit here." Gave us new tickets. 8 rows from the stage!!! Turned out so much better than we thought and I didn't go to prison for murder. All in all a great evening.
Emhimad Swenia 1 year ago
when i was small i told my mom i wanted to see my grandma she took me to the car with my brother who covered my eyes, when i was put in front of her i was so excited because it was the first time i ever see her ,then when my brother removed his hands it was a grave with my grandma's name on it.....was the worst day ever
Katinka Min 3 years ago
While everybody is celebrating these smart grannies, I am just sad abotu the amount of opression they lived under - and many women still do, today. Yes, they coped with it, but, Jeez, what a life where you are totally dependend on one man :(
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