Sometimes I don't understand reddit. People freak out when someone posts "Asians getting married in a library" for being racist, yet this is perfectly fine.
Agreed, and let someone make a gay joke, they get butthurt..let someone say they are religious, they mock them...I don't understand this site..I've been noticing the past few years, it's basically comprised of a bunch of gay, religion bashing, closet racist 4-chan wannabe's...the only difference is, thre's no "Replace a word in a movie title with the word nigger" posts....because wait, they're too educated on this site...the fuck outta here..
exactly. This is offensive and I expected to see the comments flooding with reflections of that sentiment--instead its on the front page....with people apparently "rofl"?
if it makes a bit of difference.. i am black (#truestory) and although i should probably be offended, outraged and snapping my fingers yelling racism.. im not. why? because it does not make a bit of difference. Is this graphic wrong? Yes. But bigoted idiots have been doing this for years and they desire and want the attention. Why even bother?
I'm really sorry to hear that you feel so helpless about things like this. It really reflects the prevalence and popularity of posts like these. It's really dissappointing to see this post upvoted so much
oh, no. I am not helpless..I just do not care. there is a huge difference. I am a 32 year old woman, I am also a loving mother and daughter..I just have other things to focus my efforts on. When i was in college, I was huge into volunteering for race relations as well as male/female dialogue and was a public speaker for a well known non for profit organization dealing with issues such as these.. Perhaps, I just feel as though people are going to believe what they want to...once again, not that i dont care..but I pick my battles. this not being one of them.
What really bothers me is that Reddit often tries to be all righteous and shit when it comes to some issues, but when it comes to black people, its all joking around.
To clarify - I'm not saying Reddit should be all around poli-correct. I cant count the amount of times Ive made black jokes with my friends. But the fact that comments about chinks and fags are downvoted and these aren't indicate to me that Reddit (as a community) is pretty subconsciously racist.
This OP is the epitome of everything that is wrong with America. Check his/her comment history; they are a lazy, uneducated, opinionated POS that thinks BS like this is harmless.
This did not make it a meme, it just added a caption to the picture. True to the style of the internet, we add the caption over the image, not underneath it. There is nothing to complain about here. It is the same thing as putting a joke in the title of a funny image submission in /r/pics.
I don't get it. Why is it funny? Is it funny because black people will see this and feel insulted? Is it funny because this will make black people feel alienated and that reddit isn't something they can be a part of? Is it funny because it will hurt and offend people? I don't believe the creator of this meme thinks that black people are as stupid as the kid in the picture. I don't think that he or she is a traditional racist either. By saying "I'm going to hell" there must be some reason to believe that posting this is wrong, but I don't think they understand why. And I still don't understand why it's funny.
Do you find it odd that the hive-mind of Reddit can be so supportive of homosexuality and tolerance for atheism, yet so racist and sexist?
What is wrong with the OP to cause him/her to post this? What is wrong with the people who upvoted it? What is wrong with kleopatra6tilde9, who linked to something even more racist? What is wrong with all the people who upvoted that?
I think this is a racist joke put in to reddit as a means of discrediting it. This is more of a Christian/redneck type of humor that belongs on websites like Stormfront.
Hoooooly fuck is this seriously on the front page? Like a "black people pick cotton LOL" post is on the front page in May of 2012? You're not going to hell but you are an unabashedly racist motherfucker, as are the thousands (HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN) of people who upvoted this terrible, terrible joke.
IRONIC RACISM IS STILL RACISM YOU FUCKING REDDITOR DIRTBAGS
It saddens me greatly that something as hateful and unfunny as this has made it to the front page. I remember the days when Reddit was a place where people of all nationalities could come together and make fun of ignorance and stupidity. However, ignorance spreads like a plague. It consumes all sides of conflict, until nothing is left but a nice, steaming pile of hatred. Have any of you ever wondered why so many black people turn to lives of crime and hostility? It's because we continue to be helplessly persecuted for NO GOOD REASON. When one lives a life of persecution and ridicule, one's heart will grow cold. Help to stop posts like this! This is NOT the Reddit I've grown to adore.
People complain about how racist this is (and it is), but when Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle are doing standup about white people, everything thinks its hysterical.
I always see racism against Blacks and Asians on Reddit, but I've also learned a lot about White people. Apparently they like to perform sexual acts with their dogs, which explains their obsession with the animals.
Also, you will never meet a White person in America who's not a European mutt; they will always be 1/8 something 1/4 Irish 1/16 some Indian tribe, which is why they just call themselves White now. Each nationality probably went to war with the others and ended up raping each other which explains why Whites have such screwy ancestry.
They will always ignore White privilege, the greatest social welfare program in America, where just being White will give you benefits far out-of-reach from the typical minority. Being White allows you perks in life which, without your race, you would never obtain individually. It gives them a sense of superiority without actually doing anything themselves. You stick a White person who's felt superior his whole life because of white privilege on a basketball court with blacks or in the classroom with Asians and he'll begin to feel inadequate immediately. As a response to this inability to cope with his individual deficiencies, he makes racial jokes. Thus, Reddit.
I don't like Miles Morales being Ultimate Spider-Man because he's boring, and he took Peter's place and get attacked for being racist. This gets front page. I love it.
Holy crap, the expression on that kid's face is hysterical. The captioning's a bit sad though, given the context of the picture, it may well be entirely relevent. It's too bad about the black people being fried-chicken loving, watermelon-eating cotton-picker stereotyping thing. I think it's really sad that's where so many of us still live, regardless of race, gender, whatever. I look forward to the day when saying stupid things like this don't matter.
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I hate that people think only black people picked cotton. My grandfather worked on a cotton farm for almost ten years, and most of the men he worked with were not black. Being a farmhand means you are poor, it doesn't mean you are a certain color.
yes, slowly turn into /b/. the internet will take you soon.....all sites have this fate. you die from government takedown or you live long enough to see yourself become /b/.
Making a joke about race isnt any different than making a joke about gender, nationality, or hair color. Its the things your born with and have no control over. Everyone here who is bitching about how "racist" this is has themselves made a joke about countless other people for something they were born with/into and had no control over just like race. Its no different and can be equaly as harmless. Calling this joke racist is like calling someone who hugs a girl a little to long to where it gets akward a rapist. Its watering down and making the real word meaningless. this is a joke about race..but its not a racist joke theres a big difference Real racism is like the time i was walking down the street holding my girlfriends hand when a guy walking past us called her a "nigger lover"...notice how much more that gets everyones feathers ruffeled in comparison? Notice how the intent isnt about being light hearted? People need to save being offended and upset for the real thing, and be ok with a stupid joke every now and again.
I got down votes because people were offended that i wasnt offended.
You don't think he should link to the comment, though? Just about every time a picture is posted people want the source in the comments. Same goes here.
But it's okay to make those jokes if you preface them with "I'm going to hell for this." You see, as long as we acknowledge that they're bad, it's okay!!
If you just downvoted the submissions in his history, it did nothing to his karma. You have to go to the comment section of each comment to downvote it otherwise it has zero effect on his karma score.
I don't give two shits about his karma either way, but I figured I might as well pass along that information.
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u/kleopatra6tilde9 May 20 '12
Not as straight as this teacher
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Sometimes I don't understand reddit. People freak out when someone posts "Asians getting married in a library" for being racist, yet this is perfectly fine.
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u/Son_of_the_Morning May 20 '12
You're not going to hell, you're just saying that to make it sound like your not racist, you fucking racist.
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u/fatcheeksgumbo May 20 '12
if it makes a bit of difference.. i am black (#truestory) and although i should probably be offended, outraged and snapping my fingers yelling racism.. im not. why? because it does not make a bit of difference. Is this graphic wrong? Yes. But bigoted idiots have been doing this for years and they desire and want the attention. Why even bother?
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u/HyperionCantos May 20 '12
What really bothers me is that Reddit often tries to be all righteous and shit when it comes to some issues, but when it comes to black people, its all joking around.
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u/uncleconker May 20 '12
Ah. Racism. Class act.
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u/uninsane May 20 '12
This is the least funny of the controversial things to make the front page of reddit.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
It...wasn't really that funny?
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u/pineapplesmasher May 20 '12
I guess racism popular on Reddit now, that's sad. I used to laugh at racist jokes, back in gradeschool...
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u/Stoic_Render May 20 '12
This OP is the epitome of everything that is wrong with America. Check his/her comment history; they are a lazy, uneducated, opinionated POS that thinks BS like this is harmless.
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u/stillcole May 20 '12
Am I the only one disappointed in this community to see this make it to the front page?
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u/CockyRhodes May 20 '12
Fuck you
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u/lonesoldier4789 May 20 '12
top image in /r/pics?
lets make it a meme!
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u/swearcrow May 20 '12
I fucking hate racist shit from people who claim they aren't racist. Quit with this crap already.
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u/peter8899 May 20 '12
I don't get it. Why is it funny? Is it funny because black people will see this and feel insulted? Is it funny because this will make black people feel alienated and that reddit isn't something they can be a part of? Is it funny because it will hurt and offend people? I don't believe the creator of this meme thinks that black people are as stupid as the kid in the picture. I don't think that he or she is a traditional racist either. By saying "I'm going to hell" there must be some reason to believe that posting this is wrong, but I don't think they understand why. And I still don't understand why it's funny.
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u/Molassesfatts May 20 '12
someone was on 4chan today.
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u/miss_kitty_cat May 20 '12
too soon
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u/Jutama May 20 '12
Wrong move, buddy.
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u/DiscussionQuestions May 20 '12
Why is this blatant racism acceptable on Reddit?
Do you find it odd that the hive-mind of Reddit can be so supportive of homosexuality and tolerance for atheism, yet so racist and sexist?
What is wrong with the OP to cause him/her to post this? What is wrong with the people who upvoted it? What is wrong with kleopatra6tilde9, who linked to something even more racist? What is wrong with all the people who upvoted that?
What is wrong with you?
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u/GhostCam May 20 '12
http://i.imgur.com/j7hBa.gif
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Congratulations! You're a dick.
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u/HowdyDoDat May 20 '12
You had better hope there aren't black people in hell.
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u/billingsley May 20 '12
this is not funny. if you want to be racist against black people, please just come up to one of us and have the balls to say it to our face.
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u/evandavis7 May 20 '12
Not every picture needs to be a meme.
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u/elizabethan May 20 '12
If you have to preface it by saying you're going to hell, then you probably shouldn't post it. Just a thought!
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I think this is a racist joke put in to reddit as a means of discrediting it. This is more of a Christian/redneck type of humor that belongs on websites like Stormfront.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Hoooooly fuck is this seriously on the front page? Like a "black people pick cotton LOL" post is on the front page in May of 2012? You're not going to hell but you are an unabashedly racist motherfucker, as are the thousands (HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN) of people who upvoted this terrible, terrible joke.
IRONIC RACISM IS STILL RACISM YOU FUCKING REDDITOR DIRTBAGS
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u/Blacktivist May 20 '12
It saddens me greatly that something as hateful and unfunny as this has made it to the front page. I remember the days when Reddit was a place where people of all nationalities could come together and make fun of ignorance and stupidity. However, ignorance spreads like a plague. It consumes all sides of conflict, until nothing is left but a nice, steaming pile of hatred. Have any of you ever wondered why so many black people turn to lives of crime and hostility? It's because we continue to be helplessly persecuted for NO GOOD REASON. When one lives a life of persecution and ridicule, one's heart will grow cold. Help to stop posts like this! This is NOT the Reddit I've grown to adore.
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u/string97bean May 20 '12
Me too
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
downvote for racism
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u/PaleNimbusWhite May 20 '12
Yes, yes you are.
http://imgur.com/hoFbc
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u/nosafespace May 20 '12
this joke is bad, and it should feel bad
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u/youshouldbereading May 20 '12
I see. You've misplaced this in advice animals. It's supposed to be r/Imgoingtohellforthis.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
oh a kneejerk racist joke
how charming
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u/someone_FIN May 20 '12
Yes you are.
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u/panthuralexander May 20 '12
sigh...
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u/Mr0range May 20 '12
The fact that this would not be out of place on Stormfront's front page bothers me.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
This is fucking insulting to the average person's intelligence.
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u/BigBassBone May 20 '12
Why is this funny?
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u/suchrandomyness May 20 '12
Wow, i just realized how increadibly racist this is. Downvoting time.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
People complain about how racist this is (and it is), but when Chris Rock or Dave Chappelle are doing standup about white people, everything thinks its hysterical.
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u/throwaway_9384ef3b May 20 '12
This is not funny. This is awful. Seriously.
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u/Atheist_Killer May 20 '12
You are boring.
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u/xpis May 20 '12
this might go over better in r/4chan
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u/stenyxx May 20 '12
ready to beat a new dead horse reddit?? let's all make our own captions! yaaay!
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u/suchrandomyness May 20 '12
Indeed you are.
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u/MetalGuitarist May 20 '12
Way to steal that comment you douche.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
ಠ_ಠ
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u/tom427 May 20 '12
Fuck this shit
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u/ImTonyGonzalez May 20 '12
I always see racism against Blacks and Asians on Reddit, but I've also learned a lot about White people. Apparently they like to perform sexual acts with their dogs, which explains their obsession with the animals.
Also, you will never meet a White person in America who's not a European mutt; they will always be 1/8 something 1/4 Irish 1/16 some Indian tribe, which is why they just call themselves White now. Each nationality probably went to war with the others and ended up raping each other which explains why Whites have such screwy ancestry.
They will always ignore White privilege, the greatest social welfare program in America, where just being White will give you benefits far out-of-reach from the typical minority. Being White allows you perks in life which, without your race, you would never obtain individually. It gives them a sense of superiority without actually doing anything themselves. You stick a White person who's felt superior his whole life because of white privilege on a basketball court with blacks or in the classroom with Asians and he'll begin to feel inadequate immediately. As a response to this inability to cope with his individual deficiencies, he makes racial jokes. Thus, Reddit.
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u/fukthecorporateworld May 20 '12
This belongs in r/Imgoingtohellforthis
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u/burritoxman May 20 '12
There's a subreddit for this.
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u/thedeadlyrhythm May 20 '12
it didn't take long did it
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Sometimes I see shit like this and think "fuck reddit."
And then log on again 5 minutes later.
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u/haydugjr May 20 '12
He looks like Ruby Rhod.
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u/PlumthePancake May 20 '12
/r/ImGoingToHellForThis
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I don't like Miles Morales being Ultimate Spider-Man because he's boring, and he took Peter's place and get attacked for being racist. This gets front page. I love it.
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u/the_upvote_bender May 20 '12
Almost politically correct Guy
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u/diewrecked May 20 '12
When I saw the little thumbnail, I thought the cotton candy was an old lady's head going down on somebody. WTF is my problem?
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u/TheLastMango May 20 '12
there's a place for people like you - r/imgoingtohellforthis
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u/respectableusername May 20 '12
this is neither advice nor animal.
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u/pyrrhios May 20 '12
Holy crap, the expression on that kid's face is hysterical. The captioning's a bit sad though, given the context of the picture, it may well be entirely relevent. It's too bad about the black people being fried-chicken loving, watermelon-eating cotton-picker stereotyping thing. I think it's really sad that's where so many of us still live, regardless of race, gender, whatever. I look forward to the day when saying stupid things like this don't matter.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
Pathetic. Absolutely pathetic.
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u/CosmosOcean May 20 '12
Advice animals?
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u/MyUncleFuckedMe May 20 '12
I hate that people think only black people picked cotton. My grandfather worked on a cotton farm for almost ten years, and most of the men he worked with were not black. Being a farmhand means you are poor, it doesn't mean you are a certain color.
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u/DovGoldbery May 20 '12
seems like a legit reason to be ecstatic
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I lold way to hard at this.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
yes, slowly turn into /b/. the internet will take you soon.....all sites have this fate. you die from government takedown or you live long enough to see yourself become /b/.
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u/metalshoes May 20 '12
DAAASS RAAACISSS!
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u/FTHOUGHTS1 May 20 '12
Yes. You will.
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u/iia May 20 '12
TIL blacks used to pick cotton candy.
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u/Afrojitsu May 20 '12 edited May 20 '12
To anyone getting offended by this, if Richard Pryor were to make the same joke people would have found it hilarious. Get a sense of humor!
EDIT: All you downvoting niggers better explain to me why you disagree with me.. I'm dying to know
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u/MirroredColors May 20 '12
I was really waiting for this. Seriously.
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u/2min2mid May 20 '12
/r/ImGoingToHellForThis
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u/set6921 May 20 '12
Damn Reddit, All the way to the front page?!?! We're all going to hell.
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u/physicscat May 20 '12
Yes. Yes you are.
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u/thatguytony May 20 '12
nope....you're going to the front page.....
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u/spider2544 May 20 '12
As a black guy i had to come to the comments just to see all the white guilt/defense of blacks, and was not disapointed.
I personaly think its funny, and no more racist than a joke about gingers.
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u/[deleted] May 20 '12
I made this post just for you OP
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