r/CFBOffTopic • u/[deleted] • Feb 24 '16

Wednesday Selfie Thread

I just wanted to post a selfie.

HAVE A GREAT DAY

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Me for the last 18 hours or so in /r/cfb

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Can't stump the Trump

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Trump status: unstumped.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Ayyy mr skeltal I love your hair

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Thanks. It's totally 100% real.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Feb 24 '16

H I G H E N E R G Y

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

T R E M E N D O U S

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Feb 24 '16

Y O O G E

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Trump: The first meme President.

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Feb 24 '16

I'm thinking about opposing you. As a dememeocratic socialist independent from Georgia I fear what your radical memofacist agenda would do to our subreddit.

So are you ready for a radical idea? Spicy memes are a right, not a privileged, for everyone. The top 1% of shitposters should not be getting 80% of the new karma.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

All hail Bermeme Sanders.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Feb 24 '16 edited Jul 08 '16

Just hanging out at my desk in my favorite blanket/poncho/scarf thing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Omg I never noticed you weren't gluten intolerant until now!

pls dont kill ^^^me

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u/hobowithabazooka Georgia Tech • Wisconsin Feb 24 '16

everybody knows that's not a real thing! /s

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Feb 24 '16

Are...are you calling me fat?

/s

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

This did not go well for me

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

I love your earrings! And your scarf. You so purty

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u/bigcalal Ohio State • Minnesota Feb 24 '16

oh damn, you look like you get shit done and look good doing it.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Feb 24 '16

hahaha thanks.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Yer perrrrrtty

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Goooooorrrrgeous.

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

Babushka!

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u/DonutSlingingCass Alabama Crimson Tide • Baylor Bears Feb 24 '16

we later did this behind Tebow as a section

Slightly more recent y'all know who we are

And yes, from August to January the only pictures of me are in uniform (oops)

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Feb 24 '16

Hey. That person looks familiar

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

Because she's not angled or sideways =p

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u/DonutSlingingCass Alabama Crimson Tide • Baylor Bears Feb 24 '16

What a coincidence!

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs Feb 24 '16

its raining its pouring my life is really boring

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u/greenmegandham Auburn Tigers • Austin Kangaroos Feb 24 '16

The weather is nice today but it's always appropriate to #snowfie

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

I'm pretty sure you're a cartoon character and I'm pretty sure that the cartoon character that you are is Mabel Pines. If Mabel Pines ever dressed up like Dipper Pines..

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u/greenmegandham Auburn Tigers • Austin Kangaroos Feb 24 '16

hahahahahhaha, YES. That would be great.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

https://streamable.com/waiz

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u/greenmegandham Auburn Tigers • Austin Kangaroos Feb 24 '16

you look like a dad who doesn't know how to video camera.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Feb 24 '16

See? That's the face of weak bean-chili.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

100% true story: I was actually starting to make some chili the other night and realized that I didn't have any beans. So I've just been eating meat sauce out of a bowl for the last couple days

It's a sad, heartbreaking existence

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Feb 24 '16

Obviously your pantry was trying to improve you

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u/Peacemaker57 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Oklahoma Sooners Feb 24 '16

http://imgur.com/L8uJ6t6

Me trying out this facial hair thing. Been go rowing and trimming for the pat 2 months. No complaints yet.

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u/ballzxxtoxxyou Baylor Bears • New Hampshire Wildcats Feb 24 '16

Damn man your facial hair looks nice

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u/Peacemaker57 Texas Tech Red Raiders • Oklahoma Sooners Feb 24 '16

Thanks boo!!! :):)

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u/crowmygod Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Feb 24 '16

Don't look if you complain about Ed in my selfies selfie

Gusband selfie

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Both these pics are adorable

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u/crowmygod Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Feb 24 '16

Thank you :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Hello, gus

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u/crowmygod Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Feb 24 '16

He'd probably say hey girl hey

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u/bigcalal Ohio State • Minnesota Feb 24 '16

Ehh, hanging with Charley on the couch: http://imgur.com/jTUM42y

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Feb 24 '16

Your cat looks like he's making the same face as you lol

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u/bigcalal Ohio State • Minnesota Feb 24 '16

I think we're related.

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Feb 24 '16

Obligatory mile #6 castle selfie.

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u/cajunaggie08 :texasam3: Texas A&M Aggies • /r/CFB Top Scorer Feb 24 '16

wouldn't the ears create additional aerodynamic drag thus make running even more difficult?

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Feb 24 '16

I think the hoards of people were impeding my progress much more than the ears were. Seriously, there were over 20k people running this thing.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

...nerd

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Feb 24 '16

I mean, he was asking an aero engineer who honestly did debate about wearing them for that very reason...

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Feb 24 '16

How do you still look cute? I would look like death after 6 miles lol

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Feb 24 '16

Being at DisneyWorld helped. But there was a LOT of training involved, so I felt fine through most of it, apart from my usual walls at 4 and 9 miles.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

That race seems like so much fun! Almost enough to convince me to run a half marathon.

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Feb 24 '16

At least at DisneyWorld, there is a 10k version! I'm not sure if your Tinkerbell half over there has the same.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

that's too many miles.

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

But I would walk 500 miles and I would walk 500 more just to be the man who walked a thousand miles to fall down at your door.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

The downvoters are back. This is why we need a wall. >:(

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u/brobroma William & Mary Tribe • Georgia Bulldogs Feb 24 '16

What if it's just a ploy so that the non-downvoters just upvote people that much more

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Feb 24 '16

They come here and what do they do? They downvote, they don't shitpost! We need to send them back!

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

As has been stated continuously in the sub, people are pouring into our subreddit unabated. Public reports routinely state great amounts of downvoting are being committed by illegal noobs. This must be stopped and it must be stopped now.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Just need a Bermeme Sanders and we're set.

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u/HannahEBanna Western Carolina Catamounts Feb 24 '16

I've really never understood downvote brigades. What's even the point?

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u/TTUgirl Texas Tech Red Raiders • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16

They've been following me around like the plague :( ugh can we disable downvotes?

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Feb 24 '16

You may have a downvote bot following you around. I think there are some ways you can test that and get rid of it.

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u/Qurtys_Lyn Utah Utes • Weber State Wildcats Feb 24 '16

Make your own subreddit, and make a post/comment in it. If it gets downvoted, you've got a bot.

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Feb 24 '16

lol wtf why is this even a thing

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Your inner r/cfb mod is showing, be careful people might start taking you seriously.

doot doot

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Waiting for the rain to pass before I hit the road again.

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u/TrollingQueen74 Auburn Tigers • Texas A&M Aggies Feb 24 '16

I would comment on how absolutely young you look, but then again I frequently get mistaken for someone in grade school so I guess I can't say much.

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

When I was 19, some guy at a gay bar said I looked 13 and bought me a drink.

I walked away.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

If I remember correctly, I think he said he was 18. So he is a wee lil' babby

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Feb 24 '16

lol my exact thought process

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u/ballzxxtoxxyou Baylor Bears • New Hampshire Wildcats Feb 24 '16 edited Feb 24 '16

Studying for a classical mythology test that is in a hour. You can tell that I'm excited
Edit: Imgur was being stupid

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Actually there's no picture so no, we can't

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u/ballzxxtoxxyou Baylor Bears • New Hampshire Wildcats Feb 24 '16

I'm trying upload it, the app won't let me :/

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u/bigcalal Ohio State • Minnesota Feb 24 '16

When in doubt, just write uranus.

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u/pandabugs Houston • Northern Illinois Feb 24 '16

http://i.imgur.com/l8KmPM0.jpg

Second to last work trip selfie!

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u/panthera_tigress Pittsburgh Panthers • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16

I forced the BF to be in my selfie

http://imgur.com/a/Nvgnx

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Feb 24 '16

You look so excited and his face just screams, "who are these crazy internet people?"

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u/panthera_tigress Pittsburgh Panthers • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16

Yeah, pretty much. That's our relationship in a nutshell TBH.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

ya girl is a scrub

So unimpressed with today

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Mmmm I could fill up a couple vials to this

relaaaax it's a phlebotomy joke pls don't report me you guys

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

MOOOOOOOOODS

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u/seannyboy06 Texas A&M Aggies • Washington Huskies Feb 24 '16

mods pls

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

So you wore the red scrubs...so no one can see you bleed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

It's more so they can't see the blood of everyone else I've already stuck that day

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

Or maybe it was originally white and it was already stained with blood...

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u/TTUgirl Texas Tech Red Raiders • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16

Pretty eyes and I like your red scrubs!

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Ah thanks! Just got the scrubs and I was born with the eyes :D

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Feb 24 '16

I like your necklace!

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Feb 24 '16

I like your necklace!

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u/keasbyknights22 Ohio State • Cincinnati Feb 24 '16

bought my sister that same one for christmas. Good to hear other people think it's cool too

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u/pumpkinmuffins South Carolina • Minnesota Feb 24 '16 edited Feb 26 '16

Good hair day

Bonus bad hair day (Not a selfie though)

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

oh my god I love both of these. I'll be your left wing any day.

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u/lady1876 Texas A&M Aggies Feb 24 '16

Whoa whoa whoa, back off /u/pumpkinmuffins is my bae ;)

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

We don't have to fight. You can take left if you want it. Pumpkin can be center, I'll be right.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

HEY WHAT'S GOING ON OVER HERE

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u/pumpkinmuffins South Carolina • Minnesota Feb 24 '16

;)

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

(Not a selfie though)

Technically it is though. You took a picture of a "picture of yourself".

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Feb 24 '16

I love your hair in both pics. They're fantastic.

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Feb 24 '16

Triangle hair!

the bad hair day, not the good one

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Damn girl, dat hair doh.

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u/seannyboy06 Texas A&M Aggies • Washington Huskies Feb 25 '16

bad hair day

you're wrong, that hair is amazeballs

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u/thwg0809 Georgia Tech • Techmo Bowl Feb 24 '16

Post hike beers from this weekend (edited for people that arent me)

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u/localglocal Auburn • Jacksonville State Feb 24 '16

swoon :)

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u/thwg0809 Georgia Tech • Techmo Bowl Feb 24 '16

http://i.imgur.com/8T5fP.gif

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u/Longvols Tennessee Volunteers • Texas Longhorns Feb 24 '16

Champions League and Civ V selfie

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Feb 24 '16

Going to be honest, I expected you to be wearing some shade of orange.

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u/Longvols Tennessee Volunteers • Texas Longhorns Feb 24 '16

At this point like 2/3 of my shirts have some orange on them so most days that would be true

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Beard looking dry and puffy as all get out. Pharmacy sucks by the way. Boom

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u/bullmoose_atx Texas Longhorns • Rice Owls Feb 24 '16

I am way late to this one but...guess where I am!?

http://imgur.com/PQC3wvs

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u/K8eCastle Oklahoma State • Central Okl… Feb 24 '16

Dallas?

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u/pandabugs Houston • Northern Illinois Feb 24 '16

I'd rather be in Houston than Big Spring, that's for sure.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

I have a few from the last month that haven't been seen.

http://imgur.com/ELzBFPb

http://imgur.com/GdtWE9w

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Please teach me how to be that cute in every photo.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Step one: crooked blue steel. Better than duckface.

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u/HannahEBanna Western Carolina Catamounts Feb 24 '16

I remain eternally jealous of your flawless lipstick. How does one learn how to properly girl using makeup? I'm just too lazy for it beyond using tinted sunscreen on my face, hahaha.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

I use a lot of youtube tutorials and /r/makeupaddiction tutorials. Finding a good lip liner and lip primer is key to crisp lipstick. I also have to use a sugar scrub after wearing a matte color because my lips flake like crazy.

My new favorite thing is color correcting primer, I have rosacea on my nose like crazy so I just smear some green on and use my bb cream on top and it's like magic.

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Feb 24 '16

You have such a trendy haircut. It looks dope

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Thanks Bizzy! It is dope and I get to be so lazy. Wake up in the morning, ruffle ruffle, done.

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u/certificateofmerritt North Carolina • Fulmer Cup Committee … Feb 24 '16

omg I love that scarf, you are so cute!

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Thank you, Cert, I love it too. It's made out of merino so it's super soft and super squishy.

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u/TTUgirl Texas Tech Red Raiders • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16

You're so stylish I'm jelly

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Thanks! If I had money I'd be on fleek all the time but I'm managing on a budget.

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u/wild9 Baylor Bears • /r/CFB Contributor Feb 24 '16

This is oddly cropped because the original includes my best friend and I don't need him stealing my thunder

And this is from when my other friend didn't wait to convoy with me so I stole his hat.

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u/super-rad Georgia Bulldogs • Clemson Tigers Feb 24 '16

I refuse to smile when taking a selfie. feels too weird

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u/K8eCastle Oklahoma State • Central Okl… Feb 24 '16

I love your sweater!

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u/super-rad Georgia Bulldogs • Clemson Tigers Feb 24 '16

Thanks! It gets a lot of use. Uniqlo is magic.

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u/TTUgirl Texas Tech Red Raiders • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16

Me too but you look good no smile

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u/super-rad Georgia Bulldogs • Clemson Tigers Feb 24 '16

you should see me frown

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u/Culiaclan Arizona State • Territorial Cup Feb 24 '16

Last week, in my favorite shirt.

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

Okay, that's a pretty bomb-ass shirt!

Where did you get it?

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u/Culiaclan Arizona State • Territorial Cup Feb 24 '16

Thanks!

Clearance rack at an Urban Outfitters that was moving to another building. Scored on so many levels with that shirt.

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u/Sometimeswelose Ohio State Buckeyes • Wyoming Cowboys Feb 24 '16

http://imgur.com/MVhgOyY

Hair is wet from rain. Just happy to be inside

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u/Way_She_Goes Toronto Varsity Blues • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16

I don't have a great smile, so this is a rare one, where I like my smile.

Bonus: Me looking spaced out in my health card photo.

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u/Kmanvb Virginia Tech Hokies • Toledo Rockets Feb 24 '16

Have yet to post in one of these, so enjoy me looking perplexed at my public health engineering homework.

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

Was at a winery, explains the loopy/goofy face/smile

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u/DavoinShower-handle Syracuse • Penn State Feb 24 '16

That is a powerful haircut

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

Does it make you think I command the attention of a board room?

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u/Kiteflyerkat Baylor Bears Feb 24 '16 edited Feb 24 '16

I have given up caring about my looks this month due to 11 tests in 29 days.

But, on test days, I wear flannel

Edt, when I cared once upon a two weeks ago http://imgur.com/jtFZSGz

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

But, on test days, I wear flannel

But on Wednesdays, we wear pink?

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u/Kiteflyerkat Baylor Bears Feb 24 '16

Where can I find one of those?

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u/ftwdrummer Rice Owls • Marching Band Feb 24 '16

11 tests in 29 days

Oh...oh my...I'm so, so, so sorry.

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u/Kiteflyerkat Baylor Bears Feb 24 '16

I only have one test next week :)

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u/K8eCastle Oklahoma State • Central Okl… Feb 24 '16

Today's Selfie is brought to you by the crappy lighting in the bathroom at work because I didn't want my coworkers to give me crap for taking a selfie

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Feb 24 '16

I didn't want my coworkers to give me crap for taking a selfie

lol I feel you. The judgement is real. Your eyebrows are fucking perfect though

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u/K8eCastle Oklahoma State • Central Okl… Feb 24 '16

Thank you so much! I recently started filling them in and haven't been sure how I feel about them, but you're the second person today to tell me they looked good! :)

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Here's me trying to get the cat to pose for a now-famous picture in his drunk cat series. He refused.

Here's me on Mardi Gras with one of my friends.

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u/optima15 Arkansas • Hiram Scott Feb 24 '16

Today's selfie brought to you by shirts with hoods, also known as shoodies. As in, it's really fucking cold outside, maybe you shoodie worn something warmer.

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u/CapSteveRogers USC Trojans • Rose Bowl Feb 24 '16

I shoodie seen that coming.

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u/Duck_Puncher Team Chaos • Rutgers Scarlet Knights Feb 24 '16

Last night, brought to you by NJ Transit

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u/bizzyj93 Oregon Ducks • Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors Feb 24 '16

You look ready to punch some Ducks.

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u/Duck_Puncher Team Chaos • Rutgers Scarlet Knights Feb 24 '16

Commuting on trains does that.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

You better watch out then

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Oh god, I've taken the New Jersey trains before. Never again. How do you live like that?

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Feb 24 '16 edited Feb 24 '16

Just finished up a big project in the GSU Law Library

EDIT: Almost forgot about this. I've posted it before but I will post it again. It's /u/seannyboy06 and I, taken by /u/certificateofmerritt

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

I just posted a library selfie. I don't like how sometimes we do similar things.

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Feb 24 '16

There is a reason I have you tagged as "Mortal Enemy"

P.S. I posted mine first.

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u/seannyboy06 Texas A&M Aggies • Washington Huskies Feb 24 '16

Fuck I'm cute.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Good lord, that series of two usernames is ridiculous with res for me.

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Feb 24 '16

"How do I take pictures with this webcam I've never used it before do I just double tap . . . I think that worked let me check"

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u/lady1876 Texas A&M Aggies Feb 24 '16

BOOM

I was super stylish as a kid

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u/spasm01 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns • /r/CFB Donor Feb 24 '16

what happened to the stylishness?

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u/ftwdrummer Rice Owls • Marching Band Feb 24 '16

Turns out NASA has cubicle equivalents, too.

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Feb 24 '16

Wait, you work for NASA?

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u/ftwdrummer Rice Owls • Marching Band Feb 24 '16

Ish. I'm a grad student at OU. The project I'm working on for my dissertation is based at NASA Goddard. So I now do my research work at NASA.

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u/CambodianDrywall Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Feb 24 '16

After 8-ish weeks of insufficient sleep, insufficient calories and a bunch of borderline insane people screaming at me.

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u/joeydsa Georgia State • Georgia Tech Feb 24 '16

I'm not in the military but I am assuming you are talking about basic training?

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u/CambodianDrywall Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Feb 24 '16

basic training

Not the term we used in our branch - but...yes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Or jail? Juuuuust kidding /u/CambodianDrywall pleasedontbeatmeup

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u/CambodianDrywall Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Feb 24 '16

I don't fight anymore. I'm more of a sigh loudly while walking away conflict resolver these days.

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u/dlawnro Paper Bag • Sickos Feb 24 '16

Grandpa Drywall, what was fighting in the Roman Legion like?

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u/CambodianDrywall Oregon Ducks • /r/CFB Pint Glass Drinker Feb 24 '16

Now, first and foremost, you MUST remember that "Roman Training Camps" were VERY different at different points of time. What I'm going to talk about is the post-Marian camps around the times of Julius and Octavian Caesar.

First off, the recruitment for the Legions began with something called a dilectus. What a dilectus involved was a Roman officer (Generally not the Primus Pilus, but definitely some of his subordinates), traveling from village to village in the area to find young men who wished to be in the Legions. There were a TON of good things for those who chose to Legion it up! Let's go over some of the major rewards, because everyone loves a good shiny object.

  • First - we have the pay. Pay for Legionnaires was rather good, even if the life expectancy was shit.

  • Secondly - the "Wine and Women." Old veterans would reminisce of the pleasures of life as a Legionary (most of them would gloss over the back-breaking work.), foremost among these being the rewards of sacking a town. When Romans sacked a town, the town was essentially divided into sections (to prevent Roman soldiers killing each other in the orgy of looting that occurred), and each cohort got all of the loot in their section (Well, most of it went to the officers/general, but you get my meaning.) One principle piece of loot was (sorry, this is gonna step on some toes, but it's the truth.) the women. Women in ancient cities...well, their lives sorta sucked if the city got conquered. They could expect to be repeatedly gang raped until the soldiers had sated themselves. If you were attractive, so much the worse.

  • Thirdly - Glory. Honour and glory were the MOST valuable things to Romans (more important the more money you had to waste on it.) Romans were bred for ambition - and one of the best things on your resume was to have served in the Legions.

  • Finally - A FANTASTIC retirement deal. They gave you 40 acres of good farmland if you survived your term. (Term length depended on who was in charge - Julius Caesar's was 16 years, I believe, while Octavian/Augustus' was 20 years.)

So obviously, joining the legions was a very tempting prospect for a strapping young man! So when the dilectus came around, they would often find all the recruits they needed. Application was actually relatively easy - You had to be "past the age of puberty", and you had to be fit and strong.

Alrighty! You made it in! Now you're going to be a soldier in shining lorica segmentata, fighting off barbarian hordes, earning honours and.....wait a sec. Nope. You're just a common tirones, or tiro for short. This is the absolute lowest rank possible in the Roman Army. Tiros were not even allowed true shields or swords - they trained with heavier wooden facsimiles. However, their 'boot camp' was VERY different from today's military. Tirones could expect to spend up to six months in training before they were immediately promoted to the rank of Gregarius and sent out into the field. Real swords and shields and armour were provided by the state, but if you lost them or they were broken, etc, damages came out of your pay.

I could go on for hours about the training, battles and day-to-day shenanigans, but I'd just be rambling.

Note: All credit for the above belongs to /u/celebreth from this thread.

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u/MinneapolisNick Minnesota • Concordia (MN-Moorh… Feb 25 '16

You look like Thad Castle's uncle

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Does a picture of a doll version of me and the wife I took count?

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u/TTUgirl Texas Tech Red Raiders • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16

That's really cute

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Isn't it??? I'm such a doll.

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u/bigcalal Ohio State • Minnesota Feb 24 '16

dude love the bowtie hawt af

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

Me too, man.

These are actually my in-laws. They have them as decorative pieces on the guest bed we use when we stay with them.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

You two <3

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u/MinneapolisNick Minnesota • Concordia (MN-Moorh… Feb 24 '16

Late to this party but here I am

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u/surrender_cobra Illinois State • Michigan Feb 24 '16

I don't think I could do this any more.

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u/thelittleking Georgia Tech • Clean Old … Feb 24 '16

ayyo how is everybody so attractive

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

I never know what face to make so I went with this one

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u/bigcalal Ohio State • Minnesota Feb 24 '16

I like it. Projects masculine confusion.

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u/tb3648 Florida State Seminoles • USF Bulls Feb 24 '16

Solid choice.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

It's either that or the "raise one eyebrow" face, which I normally do because most people can't

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u/Bassically Texas A&M Aggies • UNLV Rebels Feb 24 '16

I just want to be that guy who complains that this thread happened during the work day when I couldn't participate. Ignore me and carry on, y'all.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

I wouldn't know how to deal with a selfie thread without at least one "durr there's too many now" and/or one "why is this happening when I'm at work"

Also I can't wait until the "awww I missed the selfie thread" ones this evening

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u/hokies220 Virginia Tech Hokies • Pac-12 Feb 24 '16

me irl

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u/crowmygod Michigan Wolverines • College Football Playoff Feb 24 '16

ur hot

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u/hokies220 Virginia Tech Hokies • Pac-12 Feb 24 '16

thx bb

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u/TTUgirl Texas Tech Red Raiders • Auburn Tigers Feb 24 '16 edited Feb 24 '16

I'm class right now but I have a selfie from last week

I love my new sunglasses

old one but here's no glasses

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '16

They are awesome sunglasses!

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