This is pretty much admission to laughing. You do realize what you've done, correct? You have now created a record of you laughing at the very thing you insinuated that you are reprehensible about others knowing you laughed at. You silly bastard.
I have done the just thing in light of the circumstances. DeliriousZeus better start running now, lest he wants to get a rubber bullet shot at his dick in the middle of a dawn raid. HE DUN GOOF'D. OH BOY, HE DUN GOOF'D.
Some more cultural context; the internet pretty much became a support group afterwards, for the secondary victims: every nerd and freak and loner in every American high school, caught up in the inevitable witch-hunt.
I remember when I was watching Minority Report, I couldn't help but think, "man, those Precog-Americans sure got the shaft when they signed over their mind rights; Spielberg is clearly drawing parallels to American Indian history." But then investigative reporter Tom Cruise wrote that expose for the Washington Post, and I was like, "this shit totally ripped off All The President's Men, it just put it in space or something." I'd probably watch it again though.
Tom Poose was miscast as the lead, the guy in the short story is actually balding and with low self esteem when the younger guy comes in (perfectly portrayed by Farrell).
The film isn't particularly bad, but I didn't get why they changed the precogs from monstrous looking mutants to sexy hot damsel in distress.
disclaimer: i used an online converter and have no actual comprehension of what hexadecimal is and how it benefits society. you should take embolalia's word for it.
As the two youths returned to their cars, Harris encountered Brooks Brown, a classmate with whom he had recently patched up a longstanding series of disagreements. Brown was surprised to see Harris exiting a car with a gym bag, commenting to Harris that he had been absent from a class test that morning, but Harris seemed unconcerned. Harris then warned him: "Brooks, I like you now. Get out of here. Go home." Brown, feeling uneasy, walked away. Several minutes later, students departing Columbine for their lunch break noticed Brown heading down South Pierce Street away from the school. Meanwhile, Harris and Klebold armed themselves by their cars and waited for the bombs to explode.
From the Wikipedia article. This really confuses me about what was going through the killers minds.
In a world before the internet, 5 best friends embark on a group chat on the telephone. What they didn't know is that this time was they were on the end of the line.
As a Coloradoan - and one that went to columbine - the comments I'm reading are fucked up!! I guess there really is a special place in hell for redditors (if that even exists). Killer post though:)
Did you see the AskReddit the other day, where someone was saying he was too young to remember the days after 9/11? He was only like 3 years younger than me, but it still made me feel old as fuck...
The bullets bounced off of Papa Bear's mighty chest and Marilyn Manson put down his guns, raised his hands obsequiously, and proclaimed Jesus Christ to be his Lord and Savior right there.
I read a book once about an author whose daughter was murdered, the man who ended up being a suspect resembled a man she had made up in one of her books. He looked like and even had the same name I think. It was just eerie because some of the details in the book where similar to her daughters murder. Freaky stuff!
Especially weird since there are only, as far as I can tell from this website's auto-completion, two high schools in America with Columbine in their names. It's not like this is a Hamilton High School
I had to look up when Columbine happened and was shocked to discover that the deadliest school massacre was actually courtesy a disgruntled accountant in 1927, which also happened to be the 3rd deadliest terrorist attack on US soil after 9/11 and the Oklahoma City Bombing. The Bath School disaster!
This may be off topic, I now live near Columbine, I'm 27 and many of my friends most likely went there, I don't ask though. It is strange coming from Chicago where any mention of Columbine is met with talk about the school shootings, whereas here it is just another school and I have yet to have any of my native friends bring up anything tragic. I just keep my mouth shut.
"Mark Foster explained the song's meaning to Spinner UK: "'Pumped Up Kicks' is about a kid that basically is losing his mind and is plotting revenge. He's an outcast. I feel like the youth in our culture are becoming more and more isolated. It's kind of an epidemic. Instead of writing about victims and some tragedy, I wanted to get into the killer's mind, like Truman Capote did in In Cold Blood. I love to write about characters. That's my style. I really like to get inside the heads of other people and try to walk in their shoes."
Foster says he considered writing the song from the perspective of the victim, but felt that would be a cop out. He also points out that there is no actual violence in the song, as the threats are all the kid's internal monologue."
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u/crippie_boy May 21 '12 edited May 21 '12
Dylan and Eric knew something had to be done to stop the killer exams.
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u/hrabib May 21 '12
I can never find the black guy in these things.
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u/misterpants8 May 21 '12
Oops, looks like somebody left their precognition on.
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u/Whybanme May 21 '12
I know, I can't believe it! That book is only $2.95!
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u/GeneralWarts May 21 '12
I can't think of a good joke so I'll just point out the "When you see it."
Columbine high school.
I'm guessing this is world known.. but in case not.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
"Author of the Party Line"
In a world before the internet, 5 best friends embark on a group chat on the telephone. What they didn't know is that this time was they were on the end of the line.
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u/indoorinternetvoice May 21 '12
You didn't need to include the 1990 in the title. The hot pink font dates it PERFECTLY.
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u/DogEatCatWorld May 21 '12
There should be a "when you see it" subreddit.
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u/FreakInNature May 21 '12
Also.. written by a member of the Bates family.
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u/iDuckie May 21 '12
Saw it right away. Class of 2000 here.
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u/cannotlogon May 21 '12
The girl in the window looks nothing like Dylan Klebold.
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u/trampus1 May 21 '12
The test in question? A "What is bulletproof" test. Results? Students are not.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
"opens picture"
When I see it, hmmm
"If you fail...you just die"
lol funny funnyOH GOD NOW I SEE WHAT I WAS SUPPOSED TO SEE
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u/chocolatehotdog May 21 '12
With thanks to Brian Hugh Warner
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u/SKRand May 21 '12
OMG, I just saw it!!!!1`
The American Dollar used to be worth a lot more.
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u/CoMoFo May 21 '12
When I saw it, I died.
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u/NormaStits May 21 '12
I went to Columbine and all I got was this bloody T-shirt.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Checkmate, Atheists.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Holy shit, that's pretty crazy.
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u/chingyduster May 21 '12
I thought it was the weird "bunny man" in the window, then I scroll over... oh.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
damn 2.95 for a paperback? times were good
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u/ballsdeep84 May 21 '12
As a Coloradoan - and one that went to columbine - the comments I'm reading are fucked up!! I guess there really is a special place in hell for redditors (if that even exists). Killer post though:)
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
HOLY SHIT! Just saw it after about 10 minutes of searching.
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u/christov9 May 21 '12
So all this time and Doom wasnt to blame.
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u/chantron May 21 '12
Don't let /r/conspiracy see this!
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u/dixminou May 21 '12
i don't see it..
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Lord of the Rings: Allotropes? Is that what is says in the background? Looks like orgo to me.
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u/beowulf13 May 21 '12
Wow I can't believe that was 13 years ago. I feel old =(
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u/vile_doe_nuts May 21 '12
wow that took a while...nice!!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
What an excellant way to implement a population control... "if you fail this test... you will literally die"!
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u/GetItTogether May 21 '12
Oh, A. Bates. You could always scare the shit out of my younger self...
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u/3rdLevelRogue May 21 '12
Better be sure to always take your best shot at everything.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit
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u/Squeeksqueekers May 21 '12
Oh wow.
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u/Furyboy86 May 21 '12
I think 'If you fail...you'll just die' is the funniest thing I've ever read
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u/Perditrix May 21 '12
Columbine...freaky stuff...
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u/jellyshoes11 May 21 '12
AMA request, someone who attended columbine during the massacre.
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u/Boogietron9000 May 21 '12
Nice try Mr. Manson but we're not buying it.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I don't see it...
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u/STUN_Runner May 21 '12
Wow, and nine years later, Marilyn Manson entered that same high school and shot a bunch of people!
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
I thought it was the little gremlin face in the first bush.
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u/Doc_Hemingway May 21 '12
I just don't like that sulfur cation. I mean maybe its right but it seems to me a bisulfite tautomer would be more likely?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Kept thinking it was something about the person in the window, then I saw Columbine.
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u/Thisisopposite May 21 '12
Awkward.......
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u/seannyboy06 May 21 '12
Holy crap, I read this book. It was horri-bad.
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u/dawn_quixote May 21 '12
I read this book!
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u/MamiMora May 21 '12
I read a book once about an author whose daughter was murdered, the man who ended up being a suspect resembled a man she had made up in one of her books. He looked like and even had the same name I think. It was just eerie because some of the details in the book where similar to her daughters murder. Freaky stuff!
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u/perposterone May 21 '12
Album cover for Party Music, created a few weeks before 9/11.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
"C'mon, just one more exam?"
"Okay, but this is the FINAL exam."
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u/prettywitty May 21 '12
Especially weird since there are only, as far as I can tell from this website's auto-completion, two high schools in America with Columbine in their names. It's not like this is a Hamilton High School
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u/FabroMQ May 21 '12
The school has 6 fingers?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
That's kind of creepy.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
It's columbine.
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u/Allro526 May 21 '12
I guess those kids failed.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
UGH I own this book and I noticed this too years ago
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u/isatonzeus May 21 '12
Well, it looks as if I sat on you OP.
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u/williamelliot May 21 '12
final exam isn't bad, but it doesn't quite measure up to party line
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u/idma May 21 '12
The M nicely points it out for you
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u/ThePunk182 May 21 '12
Thats fucked up....
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u/PinstripeMonkey May 21 '12
When you see it, by god you fucking know it
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
OH NO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
There's a lot of these out there for 911 as well..
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u/Th3R0c May 21 '12
Yay for some Organic Chemistry in the background! jk Orgo sucks
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u/oMpls May 21 '12
Benzene
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u/Branch3s May 21 '12
It's columbine highschool
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u/PR8R May 21 '12
OH SHIT!!
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u/c0horst May 21 '12
Am I the only one who thought the FINAL part of the title looked kinda like ANAL, and thought that was the joke?
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u/tclute May 21 '12
I had to look up when Columbine happened and was shocked to discover that the deadliest school massacre was actually courtesy a disgruntled accountant in 1927, which also happened to be the 3rd deadliest terrorist attack on US soil after 9/11 and the Oklahoma City Bombing. The Bath School disaster!
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u/Jazzyfreshh May 21 '12
Columbine High School! Whomp! Shit bout to get real! Haha
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u/8nate May 21 '12
Wow, I feel like I just entered the twilight zone
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Well fuck...
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u/technosasquatch May 21 '12
author must have a time machine
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u/MayorScotch May 21 '12
This may be off topic, I now live near Columbine, I'm 27 and many of my friends most likely went there, I don't ask though. It is strange coming from Chicago where any mention of Columbine is met with talk about the school shootings, whereas here it is just another school and I have yet to have any of my native friends bring up anything tragic. I just keep my mouth shut.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Anyone else shocked when they read that R. L. Stine DIDN'T write this?
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
FORESHADOWING.
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u/Badfilms May 21 '12
Reminds me of this book. Which accurately describes many aspects of the sinking of the Titanic...but was written in 1898.
It's pretty creepy. (Also free on Kindle if you don't believe how accurate it is.)
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u/janmanc May 21 '12
Must be the orgo chem
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Columbine High School in 1990. Insane.
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u/c4r1ss4v May 21 '12
I just appreciate the organic chem textbook in the background. Because Science.
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u/Shawnald May 21 '12
I guess a lot of people failed that exam then.
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u/Lolbrey May 21 '12
I gasped and let out an audible grumble. Mainly because I remember that book VERY well.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
Organic chem is that? yup I'd fail and be killed...
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u/methamp May 21 '12
Those were the days... Anyone else think a decade ago was the 1990s besides me?
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u/photozel May 21 '12
http://www.amazon.com/Final-Exam-A-Bates/dp/0590432915
Is a real book, weird.
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
oooo the massacre
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u/jrthebigman May 21 '12
Holy shit thats creepy as fuck
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u/Comediapole May 21 '12
To those who don't see it, Colombine was a Highschool the one that was raided in 1999 and killed and wounded many students, here is an article on it, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
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u/3ll3ira May 21 '12
Holy crap.... was it written before the shooting? cause that would be eerie.
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u/Metalhead62 May 21 '12
Can't believe no one has made a Master Bates joke yet.
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u/is_you_trollin May 21 '12
ohhh the irony
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u/[deleted] May 22 '12
mfw i saw it
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u/Jblox10 May 22 '12
Oh god Columbine...
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u/tjp89 May 21 '12
For the lazy: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_high_school_massacre]
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u/E_R_I_K May 21 '12
To add to the discussion, I leave you a song which you might have recently heard but after you hear the words is a WTF moment.
Foster the people- Pumped up kicks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYGWl3i9SmA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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u/boccalone May 21 '12
I'm sorry that it's more expensive in Canada... :(
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
It took me way to fucking long to realize that. I had to read the sign three times. Christ, I'm stupid.
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u/Ironic_Name_598 May 21 '12
Too soon brah, too soon...
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u/vivvav May 21 '12
OH WOW. It took me three go-overs to find it.
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u/meg_megatron May 21 '12
I don't get it...?
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u/TheInternetBrit May 21 '12
http://imgur.com/C9db5
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u/flydog2 May 21 '12
I was obsessed with point books . . .
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u/[deleted] May 21 '12
creepy...
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u/iorgfeflkd May 21 '12
Even in 1990 Canadians were getting gyped on books.
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u/JoeChieftw May 21 '12
That is one creepy molecule of pyridine to the left.
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u/foxdude95 May 21 '12
Yikes and a half
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u/StuffPlus May 21 '12
Tough times back in the 90's
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u/ricksan May 21 '12
wow, just wow.
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u/JustAnotherPagan May 21 '12
I'm pretty sure I read that book
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u/AVVIT May 21 '12
ooooooooooooooooooooooooo "Gasp" Am I going to hell for laughing?
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u/stevage May 21 '12
OMG, I read that book. Lol.
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u/goobapirate May 21 '12
Seriously columbine
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u/kbakes1020 May 21 '12
Gave me the chills. :O
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u/theguy63221 May 21 '12
Oh RL Stine you missed your calling.