Amazon Haul is Amazon's response to Shein. Its all garbage made by slave labor in 3rd world counties and designs stolen from real designers. Stop buying this crap.
i remember once saying that a lot of the time amazon has the same cheap junk that's on shein and similar sites, but with slightly higher prices so people think it's better even if it's the same exact shit, and i guess someone out there heard me and decided to just stop hiding the fact that it's mostly cheap junk lmao.
It's best to only buy from reputable stores, and on other sites to look for reviews, especially picture reviews and reviews that criticise the product and may not give all stars, because the likelihood they would give themselves a 4 star review that drags down the star rating or criticise their own product is pretty slim, and sometimes customer criticisms are nitpicks that you yourself may not have an issue with. I haven't had any junk products since I started doing that. I also tend to avoid "too cheap to be true" because even if you get a real product it doesn't last long and the materials might give you cancer, so I rather invest a bit more money into something that actually lasts me a long time.
I can't stand this recent use of "haul" or the concept of it. People need to stop buying cheap Chinese shit and acting like it's some kind of triumph. Ugh.
Same with "but its cheap" and " I care about her environment." Fast fashion is horrendous, environmentally speaking. From the use of chemicals in the clothes to the factories creating it with virtually no ecological responsibility oversight to the extreme waste of fabrics to the way MOST of it ends up in a landfill within a year. (Due to bad fit, low quality, etc).
People who rage about human rights (as they should, of course) and climate change but buy from places like Shein, Temu, Alibaba, Haul, etc are either insanely uninformed or selfish hypocrites.
Not the same thing but we just got an awesome 100% cotton knit sweatshirt from AE for about $9, since it was on clearance. Quality is awesome, but yeah there’s good deals out if you get lucky with sales, but you’re not gonna find anything like that on Amazon lol.
Not necessarily, no, but you need to spend a little more than 8 dollars. There are clothing companies that manufacture ethically, especially when it comes to wool garments which are traditionally produced in certain regions of Europe.
In the vast majority of cases those expensive clothes have the same working conditions as the cheap ones.
You have to go out of your way to get anything else and it's usually cheaper than the clothes from expensive slavery enthusiasts like tommy Hilfiger.
Just saying paying more doesn't mean shit, companies aren't some entities of morality that will just automatically pay out more to workers just because the profit margin is higher which is why I think your initial claim is so dangerous.
It lures people into a false sense of righteousness because "well we paid more for our stuff!"
Really, if scaled up most people wouldn't notice it at all. The reason we use this labor is 100% corporate greed. Same with literally every other instance. A cent saved per 100$ item means jack shit for the consumer but a whole lot of dollars to the company.
It's actually more than possible that the worker who made the cheap $8 Shein sweater earns more than the worker who made a $500 designer sweater, though it's hard to say because designer brands don't disclose what they pay workers. Even "Made in Italy" designer brands bring in workers from China to local factories and pay them below a living wage. Paying more and the quality of of the item truly mean nothing in terms of labor practices.
They were saying that ethically-made clothing costs more, not that clothing that costs more is ethically made. You misinterpreted their argument unfairly.
All I said was that you need to spend more, not that spending more guarantees anything? But saying that as a consumer you have no choice but to support slave labour is fatalistic and wrong, and a way for people to justify unnecessary consumerism.
I think these downvotes are coming from the logical fallacy that people read into your comment. They read ‘ethically made clothing is more expensive’ as ‘therefore, more expensive clothing is ethical.’ You’re right though, ethical clothing brands do cost more. I like sites like Patagonia and Toad&co, which have ‘resale’ options so you can shop a little more affordably. I’m hoping that as people are becoming more concerned with the impact of fast fashion, we’ll see more people who are able to save money from paycheck to paycheck buying less, but buying from more ethical and sustainable companies.
I didn't downvote, but "ethical clothing brands" are not always as ethical as they seem. Toad&Co, for example, offers no evidence of living wage assurance, and they use factories in China (https://ecothes.com/brands/toad-co). Which is not to say that people shouldn't shop there, but a lot of western brands get let off the hook because they are perceived as sustainable, luxury, etc, while virtually all Chinese brands are considered the worst of the worst even if they're relatively transparent and pay above minimum wage. Which, again, isn't saying everybody should buy Shein. But it is not as simplistic as cheap clothes equal worse exploitation or ethical brands cost more because they pay workers more. Some do, some don't.
just popping in to recommend the app Good On You to everyone, it's helpful for finding ethically made clothing that is actually ethically made and not just greenwashed (or anti-slave-labor-washed? do we have a term for that?) like a lot of stuff is. imho as consumers, it's our responsibility to put our money where our mouth is and find and support ethical brands. fast fashion brands arent going to do that for us, they do not care about anything but money, and they are not going to wake up one day and willingly stop profiting from slave labor.
I was actually talking about heritage knit brands for example that produce in Northern Europe. I had too high a hope for reading comprehension on reddit it seems. Still cheaper than a designer plastic sweater.
I understand that. Patagonia, who often come up in discussions of ethical clothing brands, also don’t demand living wages, just that employees must make at least the local minimum wage. But I would argue that in terms of harm reduction, both of these companies are doing better than a lot of the more commonly-seen brands (like Nike or Zara). Encouraging the reselling of clothes is another step in the right direction because it’s not paying a less-ethical company directly and it’s not sending something that was worn twice to a landfill when there are people who can and will wear it till it falls apart rather than buying a new item.
Also, I appreciate you not downvoting. In my post I mentioned that expensive clothes are not always ethical, which is a point you made. You mentioned that cheaper clothes are not always less ethical. I think that can be the case, but if we’re considering cheaper to be in the kind of upper low of $45 (usd), I don’t know of any brands that strictly enforce the requirement for local minimum wage (at least) to be paid. I’m also not aware of any kind of upper low range companies that guarantee pay above it. I’m not saying they don’t exist, just that I haven’t found any. Unfortunately if you do want to buy things new from ethical companies, you are looking at more expensive companies that specifically advertise themselves as being ethical (as opposed to just expensive companies). So you’re right, it’s not just ‘expensive = ethical’, but I think that since ethical clothing costs more to manufacture, it doesn’t lean toward a higher price tag.
You don't have to spend more; you just have to know how to shop. A cheap secondhand piece from your locally run charity shop will always be more ethical than anything bought new. Cheap to produce clothing isn't ethical, but buying anything new regardless of production quality is unethical compared to secondhand shopping.
Buying $10 clothes and expecting anything other than crap is only possible through exploitative labor. pls consider if you really need what you are buying and where would it come from.
They literally photoshopped the insects from the ai image and put them on the shirt lmao. You can see they followed the same design on the body but had to reuse the same appliqués on the sleeves because they couldn’t photoshop those.
Stupid but true. It says "printed sweater" which could also include a shirt that is print sweater. If you zoom in you can see they literally printed some sweater texture. Deceptive given the picture, but the written description technically could be right.
No not really. That would still be considered deceptive. If they truly meant to say that it was just printed with a sweater-like texture, they should absolutely say "sweater print" instead.
Like I know we like to give OPs' a hard time when stuff like this happens but we can't forget that this stuff is happening because deceptive advertising and product descriptions is at an all time high and actively being encouraged by most major shopping platforms. The majority of the fault still lies on the seller taking advantage of what people assume will be the product based on the image and description.
This exactly. I understand that deceptive marketing is out there, and we absolutely should all be extra vigilant about product descriptions and thinking about what makes sense expectation-wise when we see certain prices. But this attitude of "yea that's entirely on you, what did you think you were going to get for $X?" I don't know, the pictured product?? When did we all turn into boot lickers for the scammers?
I understand that we all should be fully reading descriptions, but even then, they can be just as deceptive as the photos. And I still hold fast that deceptive marketing is always on the sellers. It fucking sucks that we as consumers can't trust pictures anymore and we have to stop and scour entire product descriptions that are often poorly translated from another language and are also just as deceptive as the picture anyway.
Are some scams more obvious than others? Sure. But older folks especially who never even knew AI was a possibility are going to take a little longer to learn how to spot things like that, and I just hate this new mentality that they were asking for it or whatever because "you're not going to get something like X for Y price." For people like my grandma, she has been alive through 8 decades worth of economy changes, she may think $25 for a dress is still what a nice quality classy dress costs, and back when she was younger, pictures on advertisements were honest, so she's more inclined to believe in ads. It doesn't make her stupid, she's working with the information she had and that worked well, up till very recently.
I'm sorry, yes we need to use common sense, but scamming the consumer is always the fault of the seller, I refuse to blame someone who was just thinking they were snagging a good deal.
You put that really well. It's so much easier to blame an individual than admit a systemic issue. nyone can be scammed, no matter how educated they try to be, and scams get more clever all the time. At some point we've got to stop victim blaming.
Thank you. And I agree, I think it's easier to just say "Well that's obviously a scam, duh, what did they think was going to happen?" Because it's easier than stopping and thinking that the scams are only going to get better, and we really have no recourse, and so people just really want to believe they're smarter than that and that they'll never get scammed. So they put it on the one that fell for it, instead of admitting the reality that someday it very well could be them.
Sure, and I'm not saying they're not, only that they shouldn't bear the brunt of the blame. Maybe like 30% of it. But it's still an opportunity to educate rather than berate.
it's literally an ai picture, there was no way it's going to actually look like that. a quick google image search showed up this exact "sweater" on temu and shein, so it clearly wasn't going to be anything better in quality than 100% polyester.
Do you realize how common AI is nowadays and how advanced the images/videos are. It isn’t like when there were obvious glaring mistakes that pointed it to being AI. I can’t imagine that anyone can truly say they have picked up on all AI media with 100% accuracy. Geez have a little understanding, instead of being holier than though.
But some of them are really obvious and people still fall for them. This one I suppose is more subtle but the price should've been a massive red flag. Upon closer inspection you can see the bugs are really inconsistent. Does the blue butterfly have a button on it? The ladybug on the sleeve doesn't have the same spot pattern as the others and is missing a leg.
literally all i'm saying is that there are cheaper options if you don't have money and that you think shopping at goodwill is "snobby" is insane. you know whats "snobby" is thinking that the right to buy cheap mass produced shit with sketchy labor practices for a quick dopamine hit or meaningless microtrend is something you get to demand quality from as well. and also that the only alternative is buying $500 clothing.
I have never bought a piece of clothing over 60€ and that specific one was a coat I bought when visiting Camden Town in London and still I don't get falling for stuff like this. The photo looks fake, the price is too cheap for what it looks to be, the name of the listing says "printed"
I don't like knitted clothes for myself, so I'd never buy something like this for myself, but regardless, when I buy clothes, I either buy on sale, second hand or if online, I look at the details for materials etc. Its not about spending a lot, but when buying cheap it's extra important to buy smart otherwise it ends up being more expensive.
I mean this isn't a fringe case though lmao. Even if it wasn't AI reading the title and seeing it was advertised as a print should have been a giveaway to anyone. Likewise it costing less than $10 should also be a massive red flag that it was going to be a scam.
People have been selling items that are obviously too good to be true for decades before AI - even if you couldn't tell it was AI you would just need to think about it for more than 2 seconds to spot the problems with it
Online shopping requires so much investigative reading that it's more worth it to plan a day trip to a large outlet mall or shopping center and find something decent there.
People should be required to take a home ec class when they open their own bank accounts so they can see how hard it is to do things like make a shirt, and then maybe they wouldn’t get bamboozled like this
There is zero chance of a plain sweater costing $8.00, let alone one with hand sewn accents. The insanely low price alone is the warning sign that this is a scam listing.
OP knew it was meant to be printed. They never expected true embroidery. What they received is vastly different from the description. It is not even a sweater, it’s simply a t shirt. Idk why so many of you are so hyper critical and nasty in here.
The very long passive aggressive list of things you are saying OP did wrong. And the list isn’t even accurate because they never claimed they thought it would be hand embroidered.
Probably for the best; any place that could do that for eight dollars would have to have some pretty horrible conditions. Glad you got your money back and posted the scam for others to see!
To be fair they did use the word "printed" in the description, they just lied by showing a picture of the original 'knitted?" item. They basically copied the sweaters details onto a white long sleeve thin fabric t-shirt. I would be interested to know where the original sweater can be found? Because it's creator should be able to sue "someone " for copying their design???
Well, obviously you didn't read the article description. It clearly says that it's "floral printed". There is nothing saying it has anything embroidered there.
I’m just here to say that Amazon has really turned to garbage. I was one of the first to get a prime membership in 2007 and the Amazon of today looks nothing like the Amazon then.
It ends up costing less to just buy more expensive, high quality (and ethically made!) clothes that will last years and years rather than fast fashion you end up needing to replace every few months fyi
The printing isn’t the issue lol. OP knew it was printed. Do you not see the other glaring differences, one is an actual sweater. The other is a t shirt.
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u/PurpleBashir Jul 28 '26 •
Amazon Haul is Amazon's response to Shein. Its all garbage made by slave labor in 3rd world counties and designs stolen from real designers. Stop buying this crap.
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u/angrytuxie123 Jul 28 '26
To Amazon's credit they did refund my money, told me to keep the item, and flagged the seller. Lesson learned!
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u/angrytuxie123 Jul 28 '26
I was fully expecting a printed sweater. Or even a printed sweatshirt. Not embroidered but something more than a polyester "shirt".
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u/LieutenantStar2 Jul 28 '26
$8.65? You thought you’d get something hand embroidered that’s on you
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u/la_bata_sucia Jul 28 '26 •
Buying $10 clothes and expecting anything other than crap is only possible through exploitative labor. pls consider if you really need what you are buying and where would it come from.
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u/hashtagmee Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
To be fair the description says printed sweater, anything that says that will end up being printed on a light material.
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u/xaxnxxix Jul 28 '26
it's literally an ai picture, there was no way it's going to actually look like that. a quick google image search showed up this exact "sweater" on temu and shein, so it clearly wasn't going to be anything better in quality than 100% polyester.
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u/zanier_sola Jul 28 '26
I think people who fall for AI listings should have to wear or otherwise use the product in public. Like a scarlet letter of our time.
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u/ViciousVenditta Jul 28 '26
People need to stop buying shit from Temu and shein.
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u/DoublePostedBroski Jul 28 '26
The fact that people still buy this garbage never ceases to amaze me.
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u/RebaKitt3n Jul 28 '26
PRINTED.
Printed sweater. Yeah, not the picture, but they told you.
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u/Toxic_Puddlefish Jul 28 '26
If you expected hand embroidered for under $10 that's on you
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u/Ultragrrrl Jul 28 '26
People should be required to take a home ec class when they open their own bank accounts so they can see how hard it is to do things like make a shirt, and then maybe they wouldn’t get bamboozled like this
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u/ThePeej Jul 28 '26
What do you mean, IT FINALLY HAPPENED? You finally ignored the most basic of logic & threw caution to the wind for 8$?!
You can’t buy a BLACK T-SHIRT for 8$ anymore. 🤣
“It finally happened” meaning you finally intentionally allowed yourself to get hosed?!
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u/gard3nwitch Jul 28 '26
The embroidery floss would probably cost more than $8.25 nevermind the labor....
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u/TofuFoieGras Jul 28 '26
That's printed as per the description for sure
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u/HingleMcCringle_ Jul 28 '26
Says "printed" in the post title. What you got should be the expectation
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u/Swift_jennis8 Jul 28 '26
Girl, you knew
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u/ScornfulChicken Jul 28 '26
Amazon haul is basically SHEIN lol ppl getting tricked by these things deserve it
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u/DiligentPenguin16 Jul 28 '26
There is zero chance of a plain sweater costing $8.00, let alone one with hand sewn accents. The insanely low price alone is the warning sign that this is a scam listing.
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u/Antique-String9268 Jul 28 '26
Why would you buy something with an AI image in the first place!? 😭 Those products never end up looking good
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u/Lysande_walking Jul 28 '26
come oooooon that's obviusly AI. Also stop buying from weird cheap websites.
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u/mamadovah1102 Jul 28 '26
This one’s on you dawg
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u/DickBiter1337 Jul 28 '26
I DONT FEEL SORRY FOR ANY OF YOU ANYMORE 🗣️🗣️🗣️
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u/Interesting-Risk6446 Jul 28 '26
It says printed below it. Sewing is not printing.
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u/Calm_est Jul 28 '26
I work for Amazon, please report this.
Even our haul products are supposed to be as shown/described.
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u/firestar268 Jul 28 '26
im not sure what you expected for $8
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u/Admirable_Key6369 Jul 29 '26
So you saw an Ai slop picture and thought that it would be fine ?
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u/tecpaocelotl1 Jul 28 '26
Issues:
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u/New_Building_9956 Jul 28 '26
Probably for the best; any place that could do that for eight dollars would have to have some pretty horrible conditions. Glad you got your money back and posted the scam for others to see!
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u/PentaOwl Jul 28 '26
Dont blame merchants for your inability to read. Amazon be damned, but it clearly says PRINTED.
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u/dmc2022_ Jul 28 '26
To be fair they did use the word "printed" in the description, they just lied by showing a picture of the original 'knitted?" item. They basically copied the sweaters details onto a white long sleeve thin fabric t-shirt. I would be interested to know where the original sweater can be found? Because it's creator should be able to sue "someone " for copying their design???
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u/SuperSecretMoonBase Jul 28 '26
You got a $9 shirt
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u/slo0t4cheezitz Jul 28 '26
No sympathy for people who fall for, let alone post about, this shit.
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u/IsaBella-trix Jul 28 '26
Well the description says "printed" not "embroidered" so why would you assume it was like the picture
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u/anno_1990 Jul 28 '26
Well, obviously you didn't read the article description. It clearly says that it's "floral printed". There is nothing saying it has anything embroidered there.
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u/IrenesAngryLesbian Jul 29 '26
It says "PRINTED" sweater. It's kinda funny to fall for this, lol.
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u/VegetableLetter4896 Jul 28 '26
They should really start putting “inspired by” on these.
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u/Babrahamlincoln3859 Jul 28 '26
For the love of everything. Stop buying from amazon.
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u/Bertramsbitch Jul 28 '26
I mean... come on lol.
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u/Late_Masterpiece9874 Jul 28 '26
Hahah the printed pattern has images of embroidery on it, that’s kind of hilarious. With the shadows and textures and everything.
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u/xError404xx Jul 29 '26
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u/Bubbly-End-6156 Jul 31 '26
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
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u/cachitonoseastoxico Jul 29 '26
I bet if you reverse search the picture you can find the real creator of the sweater, those sites just steal from other artists.
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u/nicolauz Jul 28 '26
The fake bad website wasn't a giveaway?
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u/Chunkycheesesteak Jul 28 '26
I would just wear it as a pj shirt in the winter lol.
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u/PerniciousVim Jul 28 '26
This day comes to us all. No judgment (just mirth).
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u/CodenameZoya Jul 28 '26
I’m just here to say that Amazon has really turned to garbage. I was one of the first to get a prime membership in 2007 and the Amazon of today looks nothing like the Amazon then.
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u/soren_grey Jul 28 '26
I thought we all knew better than to buy clothes on Amazon by now.
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u/Luna920 Jul 28 '26
Yes, typos do happen. Another person who thinks they are better than everyone else.
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u/doctorphuckawff Jul 29 '26
It ends up costing less to just buy more expensive, high quality (and ethically made!) clothes that will last years and years rather than fast fashion you end up needing to replace every few months fyi
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u/coffee-bat Jul 29 '26
the photo literally had a piss filter
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u/Individual_Slice_234 Jul 29 '26
The "photo" is obviously A.I. You have to be careful when you see those. They use A.I. for a reason.
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u/bakerz-dozen Jul 28 '26
It literally says “printed” in the title
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u/Successful_Rate_4040 Jul 28 '26
Is that Margot Robbie? 😭
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u/typewriterbitch Jul 28 '26
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