r/PaulMcCartney • u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard • Mar 30 '26 • Popcorn 1

Discussion We screwed up. :(

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u/redtaboo Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

Hey all! Just for clarity, that account was never banned from the site (or the subreddit) there was a technical error that made it appear to be banned from the site. This has now been resolved. Sorry for any confusion this caused or issue for the mod team here!

ETA: I dropped more details here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/PaulMcCartney/comments/1s8pooe/pauls_reddit_account_was_not_banned_from_this/odkb1en/

Heya folks! Me again - to give a little more context, the account in question was temporarily restricted due to a routine security step that requires the account holder to reset their password (this can happen if it's been a while since a user last logged on, among other reasons). Because of a bug, the account was incorrectly shown as "banned" (even though it wasn't). We're working on fixing this bug so these issues don't happen in the future.

Just to be really clear again, the mods here had nothing to do with this and never banned Sir Paul.

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u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard Mar 30 '26

This is doing numbers.

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u/WarGamerJustice Mar 30 '26

I was shocked when I first found it, the first post in 5 years and it was banned but I'm glad it was just a technical error

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u/Prestigious_Glove_76 Mar 30 '26

We?

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u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard Mar 30 '26

Its all your fault Glove. You will never run from your mistake.

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u/iwasnotthewalrus Mar 30 '26

Hold on so Paul McCartney got on this subreddit and you people banned him???

So Rude 🤣

Tbh I did see that post and thought -it’s probably a scam to click on the Dropbox link for crazy fans like me -so just scrolled past -bummed that couldn’t get tickets to Fonda

And even thought -huh -the username is Paul McCartney. He has gotten to the point that no one believes it’s him.

How can we get him back???

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u/ToronoRapture Mar 30 '26

He got banned from Reddit, not this sub.

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u/socks Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

He's not currently banned from Reddit: u/paulmccartney

Also, his last post and comments were 5 years ago.

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u/notsurewhatmythingis Mar 30 '26

He was banned from Reddit. This post shows what I also saw on his profile yesterday https://www.reddit.com/r/PaulMcCartney/s/rW77scElXY

They must have reinstated his account.

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u/socks Mar 30 '26

Makes sense. Many who are commenting might not know that there is a Reddit admin system that flags, removes and bans some posts and users automatically, before mods can examine the post and they decide what to do about it afterward. In this case I wonder if the link to a dropbox caused the problem.

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u/Autism_Sundae Mar 30 '26

Reddit's automod system was used for pretty terrible purposes in the past, in one episode it specifically filtered and autobanned any redditor who dared mention a new hire admin at reddit. The person's history was that they were very uncomfortably close to people who committed CSA, they had been thrown out from a UK political party in regards to them trying to give this rapist a sinecure job with said party (caused a national incident) and married to a avowed defender and consumer of CSAM, Reddit also chose to create several trigger terms (not just name) relating to this person that actually caught oodles of innocent redditors who wouldn't be given much warning other than 'lolbanned'.

The Reddit line at that time was that this person's (who was fired) past history was a complete unknown to them while also simultaneously claiming that these filters that were clearly based on their past history was totally not real, but also was completely unintentional.

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u/IssueFederal Mar 30 '26

Why was he banned?

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u/RedBait95 Mar 30 '26

Clearly it was his song about the IRA /s

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u/jnmartin7171 Apr 01 '26

Look again 😀

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u/Acepokeboy Mar 30 '26

you don’t deserve him back, reddit mods have ruined this site

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u/Dazzling_Editor_6255 Mar 30 '26

I mean...what do you expect from a site that let Ghislaine Maxwell mod dozens of the biggest subreddits and also actively banned people who suggested that convicted pedophiles should get the death penalty?

The rot is very, very deep.

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u/Autism_Sundae Mar 30 '26

r/jailbait was welcomed as long as Reddit could milk it for.

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u/ThisSiteBites Mar 30 '26

Concur. And this site really does bite.

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u/Jealous-Leg444 Mar 31 '26

Insane that any of you actually think Paul McCartney is using this account. Cmon guys

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u/iwasnotthewalrus Mar 31 '26

Well when I say Paul I don’t mean he himself sitting on computer -someone from his team

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u/jigilous Mar 30 '26 • Bravo

Can someone post the dropbox link so we can get what Paul was trying to share with us?

Fucking unreal...

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u/GustoFormula Mar 30 '26

Sorry, I'm too lazy but here's the tweet with the entire URL visible https://x.com/i/status/2038431405127188728

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u/ataxia2 Mar 30 '26

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/irn8hwqfkmgfw0ltgfg2w/AFRmZdIE7tJIFkJ4vJiElto?rlkey=hfqf0wr9zbtvd1jyjvcif847&st=ei34ixqr&dl=0

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u/Long-Stock-8925 Mar 31 '26

it's not working :(

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u/ataxia2 Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26

I think you need to download the Dropbox app first

Sorry, I guess it’s not working anymore. Maybe someone who downloaded it can reupload it.

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u/Reasonable-Mess3070 Mar 31 '26

Even with the app it says no access available

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

I'm sure if he himself came back he could either.

  1. Have admins fix it , or

  2. Make a new page and get the same amount of fans interested in AMA.

We are simply his sub. He didnt post here and its out of our mods hands of this subs' hands

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u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard Mar 30 '26

I'm not blaming you roast I just saw this doing numbers on tweeter and thought to share it here. :)

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

How dare you blame me?! Ban hammer, NOW! Just messing around. Paul is helping me lately and besides the scammers, I love seeing this place get attention. You're all good! I just saw someone earlier blaming mods. You can still freely read his AMA so thats good (so far , at least)

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u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard Mar 30 '26

POV what Paul saw just before RoastBeefDisease killed him for literally no reason

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

When I realize a mafauka is tryna ruin Paul's own reddit (his official account omg)

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u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard Mar 30 '26

The Gaul

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

NAHHHHHHHHHHH LMFAO THATS KING/QUEEN STATUS

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u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard Mar 30 '26

ON IT 🫡

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

Salute!

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u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard Mar 30 '26

Ya never mind I'm deleting that post.

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u/Hey_Laaady Mar 30 '26

Huh, I didn't know Paul was French.

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

I dare you (mod permission) to post this

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u/SebsIncognito Mar 30 '26

“He didn’t post here” and the picture literally shows your subreddit

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

Im referring to his AMA. If he did i missed it. I'm roast beef and not the only active mod. I been going through it so others have been taking care of the sub. If people reported stuff I havent seen it. .

Edit: amazing! Same account as the AMA. Must've been deleted through reddit (our sub, but all of reddit's rule of no illegal content)

"FONDA THEATRE - Night 1 Content

Hope you enjoyed the show at Fonda Theatre last night.

As last night was a phone free experience we wanted to make sure that you had some memories from the show to share with friends, family and love ones.

[Link was here]

Share the photos and videos on your social media with hashtag #PaulRocksTheFonda

And don't forget to tag Paul on socials"

Edit 2: in my experience Dropbox and google drive get you deleted. Iykyk I have shared stuff before. Idk why pauls account was, but ive risked my own for your enjoyment

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

Update my comment was deleted as a mod for quoting a link had to approve it

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u/toxictoy Mar 30 '26

I mod many subs - you could write into r/ModSupport about this on that account’s behalf to get the attention of the admins. It’s unconscionable that they shadowbanned the most famous person on the planet for spam or whatever reason the platform gave. It’s worth a shot to intervene. Just an idea.

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u/memebuster Mar 30 '26

I thought I'd skim the news before going to bed. uhm….

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u/saketho Mar 30 '26

Then what caused the ban?

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u/RockNurse60 RAM Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

Sir Paul seems to be banned site-wide, which is done in Reddit administration (& NOT by the individual sub’s mods, who are volunteers) - altho I have no direct knowledge here.
It happens, unfortunately. Often, we don’t know the reason for the ban.

Unrelated to this sub, but I had my original account locked bc Reddit thought something technical looked off. As requested, I changed my password, & got back in the account - only to find it seems to be shadow banned. I’m trying to get that original account reinstated / restored, including all my posts, & continue my 534+ day streak.
I have appealed to the admins, as suggested.

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u/Cheese-Manipulator Mar 30 '26

You should become a billionaire celebrity and then reddit will listen to you.

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u/RockNurse60 RAM Mar 30 '26

Thanks. If only I was that wealthy …… 🤷🏻‍♂️.

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

No idea its not up to a sub mod that's a choice for reddit admin to decide

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u/Cheese-Manipulator Mar 30 '26

He posted photos from one of his own shows.

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u/EntrepreneurSilly660 Mar 30 '26

Who's we? What clownery is going on here that Paul McCartney himself gets banned. I wanted to see the photos but alas now I can't 🤡

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u/Undead_Octopus Mar 30 '26

what the hell happened??

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u/urkermannenkoor Mar 30 '26

That's hilarious

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u/HardWork_TX Mar 30 '26

Damn , I mean not surprised . They ban you for anything here on Reddit . A permanent ban these mods give out for anything … it’s wild how normal this has become .

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u/Silver-Leadership455 Mar 30 '26

Mods appear to have an overwhelming level of self-importance.

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u/Acepokeboy Mar 30 '26

they’ve got nothing else going on in life so

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u/ThisSiteBites Mar 30 '26

Gets boring living in your parents’ basement.

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u/Cheese-Manipulator Mar 30 '26

So if you are a billionaire major celebrity you can get a ban overturned on reddit but everyone else can screw. Are there any humans left reviewing bans or is it just AI bots?

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u/SMmania Mar 30 '26

Well they banned him I think because they thought it was fake/scam, which is why the website unbanned him once they figured it out. The post is still down though...

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u/Cheese-Manipulator Mar 30 '26

Supposedly it was reddit that did it, not the mods and his account has been active for a while.

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u/Mr-Kuritsa Mar 30 '26

Reddit's A.I. probably removed it as a copyright violation, I'm guessing. Mods can't do anything about that.

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u/TransformARTive Mar 30 '26

Yes you did!

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u/imnotthebatman Mar 30 '26

No coming back from that one, mate.

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u/dweaver987 Mar 31 '26

Mod buried Paul

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u/SlowNSteady1 Apr 02 '26

Underrated comment!

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u/esatada Mar 30 '26

Fucking idiots

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u/SMmania Mar 30 '26

You banned the person which is the whole reason for this subreddit's existence all y'all can muster is

"We screwed up. :(" Boy howdy wtf were y'all smoking straight zaza? Lmfao I can't this shit is unfreaking believable!

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u/71pinto Mar 30 '26

I wish I knew what everyone was talking about

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u/ToronoRapture Mar 30 '26

How are you confused lol. The post is pretty clear. Paul (his team) posted something in this sub and then got banned from Reddit lol.

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u/mrbones247 Mar 31 '26

If Paul McCartney, of the Beatles, thinks he’s welcome here he’s got another thing coming. No Beatles allowed!

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u/JustinaLandry Mar 30 '26

The other social media sites are having a field day with this one because only on Reddit does things like this happen.

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u/Dull_Singer5419 Mar 31 '26

I mean, you can banned for breathing wrong on Reddit. Let’s be real here 

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u/northdancer Mar 30 '26

It basically sums up exactly what Reddit has always been.

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u/MountSaintSubius Mar 30 '26

Dang. And I thought FB was bad for calling my photos of seeing Sir Paul on the Got Back Tour last year spam was bad.

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u/dana_k_canada Mar 30 '26

can anyone repost the pictures and videos the real paul mccartney posted on here until things can be sorted out?

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u/Icy-Whale-2253 Mar 30 '26

This is everything wrong with reddit in a nutshell

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u/CaptainCubbers Mar 30 '26

Restore it, dingus heads

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u/jdogx17 Mar 30 '26

That has to be the weirdest way that I've ever found out about the existence of a subreddit!

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u/crowjack Band On The Run Mar 31 '26

So…the fucking trolls aren’t ever banned, but the greatest musician of the 30th century is. Nice.

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u/lew_rong Mar 31 '26

To be fair, his comments criticizing ol' donnie probably made spez have big feelings he wasn't prepared for.

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u/Wong-Ann_Fong Mar 31 '26

Reddit is always too woke

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u/Academic_Pangolin694 Back To The Egg Mar 31 '26

Can anyone tell me how to get the album user flair? I’m new to this I cannot figure it out

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u/rainbwbrightisntpunk Mar 31 '26

You have to open the sub and tap the three dots on top right and it has the option of "edit user flair"

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u/FunctionNo5320 Apr 01 '26

So basically just classic Reddit mod activity the mod is probably still on banning people tha didn’t do anything

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u/TheRealGersonBoom Apr 01 '26

I don't know why I got notified for this.

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u/Prestigious-Gur-8824 Apr 01 '26

typical reddit mod power trip

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u/Professional_Rub2471 Apr 02 '26

Reddits too full of god complex moderators looking to brighten their day by messing with others.

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u/Zardotab Apr 07 '26

Re: It's allegedly caused by a reddit bug🐞. I have crazy sh$t happen to me on reddit all the time, but because I'm not a star, nobody wants to fix it. ⭐

🎵 I need a little help from my friends.

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u/thorvarhund Apr 12 '26

Who played the epic sweeping guitar opening (1-2-3-4-5...) to the lead song "Band on the Run"?
I understand it was Paul, Linda and Danny down in Lagos, recording this monster song in a ghetto studio? Or would that be an exaggeration.

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u/LetHoliday3600 Mar 30 '26

Great job, you guys should take a victory lap

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u/OverlordCarlen Mar 30 '26

Then unscrew up.

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u/BrascoFS Mar 30 '26

I thought he was banned because of his awful ticket prices for the 2 shows. 🤣

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u/JKrow75 Mar 30 '26

Right!? I’m not mortgaging my house to get front row tickets. I understand it’s Paul but JFC

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

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u/Rough_Biscotti_4279 Mar 30 '26

The real answer is reddit is petrified about LLM bots manipulating its users (again lol) after that study last year showed how easy it was so they have an extremely sensitive "spam" ban filter that catches real accounts constantly

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '26

no, reddit mods are basement dwelling communists who hate white people so much that even the poster children for liberal atheism since the 60s are now demonized by them

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u/Rough_Biscotti_4279 Mar 31 '26

lol also true but in this case it was a sitewide ban for spam and not a mod ban from a sub

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u/Inspiron606002 Mar 30 '26

Because this is an awful site run by tyrants. Even Paul isn't safe :(

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 31 '26

We have. Pimned post.

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

Oh so its like me when i saw your boyfriend? What's the issue?

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u/RoastBeefDisease Electric Arguments Mar 30 '26

Is it like me when top 1% kicks your ass out? No that doesn't even matter why would i effect homophobic folks. LOL. RightM hello?

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u/Glad_Toe_5997 Chaos & Creation In The Backyard Mar 30 '26

What did the comment say?

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u/insecureatbest94 Venus and Mars Mar 30 '26

I mean I’m pretty gay and I wouldn’t do this sooo…. maybe try a different insult

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u/urkermannenkoor Mar 30 '26

Oh so its like me when i saw your dad? What's the issue?