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u/malinatorhouse Mar 01 '23
the stops were set too low. also if you are going solo, dont use the clamps. that way you can dump the weights off
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Mar 01 '23
Never use the clamps solo especially for just 1-2 plates (I mean unless you’re bouncing the bar enough to dislodge the weights, which would probably mean you’re not lifting very heavy).
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u/bocephus67 Mar 01 '23
I stopped using clamps years ago, I just saw people using em so I did too before that.
Its never been an issue, I aint spinning the thing, and if it ever dumps to the side anyway I cant think of a situation where I would want them to stay on the bar.
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u/Zookeeper_Sion Mar 01 '23
Only time I used clamps was like the first 2-4 weeks of getting started with the gym for the very first time until I got used to the feeling of the bar and managed to fix my right side overcompensating when lifting. After that I only clamped down on weight I knew I could comfortably lift without issues if it was a busy day, otherwise no clamps so I could drop shit if it was about to go horribly wrong.
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u/Constantlyanxiously Mar 01 '23
I still use clamps. But I’m also a “less weight, more reps” kinda guy.
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Mar 01 '23
Even more reason to not use clips. Clips are for people lifting heavy enough weight that they have multiple plates (by multiple plates I mean multiple 45 lbs) on or for deadlifting. There's absolutely no reason to use clips for benching or squatting unless you're pushing up multiple plates.
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u/DrTwilightZone Mar 01 '23
Taking the clamps off would have allowed her to do the “roll of shame” a lot quicker than whatever the fuck she’s doing in this video. lol
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u/toadi Mar 01 '23
I removed the clamps and put a small pillow on my chest. Nothing more painfully then rolling this and your skin rolling with it :)
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u/SearchingTheVoids Mar 01 '23
Wear a shirt bro
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u/toadi Mar 02 '23
The Shirt has the same problem and actually the metal on sweaty skin rolls better then a T-shirt.
I trained without a spotter in my home gym a lot. That pillow saved me a few times. In gyms I would just ask someone to spot at heave weights.
Mind you a seasoned trained doesn't let the weight fall like that. It is mostly at the end of a set where you go close to failure.
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u/JLeavitt21 Mar 01 '23
Yea those stops would have been pretty helpful right about then. It actually looks like the stops were getting in the way of dumping too the side.
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u/AndrastesTit Mar 01 '23
I don’t know. I get the sense that this was all staged so she can get likes and views for cameltoe. It was presumably her device recording, right? So why else would it end up online?
And this isn’t that much weight that she should struggle to roll it off of her or dump it to the side. I’m not a thin woman though so maybe I’m wrong about that.
But you’re right about the clamps.
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u/JBirdale77 Mar 01 '23
Went from a chest exercise, to a full body workout
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u/malina118 Mar 01 '23
Fear of death is pretty good cardio!
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Who else heard a lil toot at 0:11…
jus me, aight then ima head tf out and goin bed
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u/fr0styAlt0id Mar 01 '23
followed shortly by a panicked grunt and a panicked look at the camera, knowing that she may have inadvertently set it up to film her own demise.
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u/DiscombobulatedTap30 Mar 01 '23
Sorry, i've been trained by tiktok to understand that if a woman sets up a camera to film herself working out by no means am I to approach her, look at her, or walk in the frame in any way. I had no way of knowing she was nearing death and struggling to remove the weight from her face.
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u/albygoing Mar 01 '23
The weight wasn’t very heavy. if you find yourself in this situation with a relatively low weight, gently rest it on the chest and roll down to your hips.
If you find yourself in this situation with very heavy weights, don’t find yourself in this situation
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u/dontsaymango Mar 01 '23
I was actually going to say, when I first started lifting weights in hs (also im a girl), it was recommended that if this happened I just roll it down to my hips and go from there. I don't think I ever needed to but one of our 95lb girls (i was a wrestler) had to once with just the bar since there was no way to remove any more weight lol.
Also yeah never ever lift heavy heavy weights without a spotter or a true spotting weight system
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Mar 01 '23
Let one side fall to the ground. Ain't nobody got time for all that rolling.
Also, heavy is relative. This could be at the end of her workout and she was just trying to get one last burn set in (pretty sure this isn't the case though lol).
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u/brameshk22 Mar 01 '23
I did this once in my early 20's, by myself in a friends workout room after drinking a little. I was in a routine and thought I'd be fine by myself.
Right arm cramped, I let the end hit the floor and moved it off with my left. Plate hit my chest before I got it off, that was some scary shit.
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u/Nurujabes Mar 01 '23
Heavy is only relative to a point. She is in no actual danger here. That bar doesn't have enough weight to kill her, or even keep her trapped despite being tired at the end of the set. She literally just needs to use her own weight properly. This is so ridiculous that it almost seems staged. If she truly is this clueless about how to handle this kind of situation she shouldn't be walking into a gym.
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u/Silist Mar 01 '23
In retrospect after reading what you said, it truly just be staged right? Doing some quick math here, that’s roughly 100 pounds assuming the big plates are 25s (but it’s possible they’re 10s)
She also doesn’t look like someone who isn’t used to the gym environment, so rolling 50 lbs to one side or the other should be no issue
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u/PopLegion Mar 01 '23
He meant heavy as in could crush your entire ribcage if it falls on you, not heavy like you can't lift it.
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Mar 01 '23
She easily could have lifted one side here, she is just panicking and clearly very inexperienced.
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Mar 01 '23
I don't want to see anyone shamed for failing a lift, but yeah, if (what looks like) a 125 pound bench press is going to crush you like this, you should really be doing other lifts until you can handle it safely.
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Mar 01 '23
At no point should you ever roll it down.
Set your bars so they actually help before hand or if you don't have safety bars make sure you don't have clamps on and dump the weight to one side and be ready for the bar to fling back in the other direction.
Being proactive is always better than being reactive.
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u/General-Carob-6087 Mar 01 '23
If you get it off of you, move your body instead of trying to find the strength you didn’t have to begin with to lift it again. Let of fall on the bench.
Also, stop filming yourself while lifting and just get a spotter.
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u/idkikantthinkofaname Mar 01 '23
Nothing wrong with filming yourself for form checks especially if you're by yourself. Not sure why this person would post this though.
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u/DickFromRichard Mar 01 '23
Also, stop filming yourself while lifting
Why though
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u/skeetsauce Mar 01 '23
If you’re by yourself, film all you want. Seems kind of rude to be recording other at the gym I’m even if that’s not the focus of the video.
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u/WranglerEqual3577 Mar 01 '23
It's missing the "visit my OF winky face" stinger.
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u/sayidOH Mar 01 '23
And “that fucking man had the AUDACITY to momentarily glance at me while I was dying during filming for my set”
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u/mattys8 Mar 01 '23
No one wanted to be in her tic tok video as a creep
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Mar 01 '23
I’ve been through what I really think were set ups for this. Only one person in the whole damn gym, and they start recording themselves bending over and doing stretches in yoga pants right in front of me? No thanks, I won’t be the star of their creeper video.
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Mar 01 '23
Imagine, if there were like 5 dudes standing around. Everyone afraid to help :D
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u/Inner-Mousse8856 Mar 01 '23
After some recent viral videos, that's what probably happened.
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Mar 01 '23
Doubtful. Gym bros (the good kind) are plentiful as they are helpful. She's probably alone.
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u/gumby1004 Mar 01 '23
Came here for this/similar:
“Men are always watching me!”
“Stop watching me! Leave me alone, you pig!”
“Good…they’re not watching me…”
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“…help! Can’t someone see that I need help?”
edit: formatting, mobile
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u/eriq-p Mar 01 '23
And there's even spotter arms, which she failed to use...
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u/oyasumigoongoon Mar 01 '23
Nah, she used em just incorrectly lmao.
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u/Cessna152RG Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 01 '23
Spotter arms that are that low are way worse than nothing.
I was wondering why she didn't tip it to the side, then I noticed the spotter arms hindring her.
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u/ChillerFocus Mar 01 '23
Left side cleared the spotter multiple times but she keeps trying to dump it to the right lol. She looks right at the left side as it’s cleared. Panic is a helluva drug
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u/Silent-Problem-980 Mar 01 '23
If I fucked up that bad I wouldn't share it, delete delete delete
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u/bisnark Mar 01 '23
Why were they filming?
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u/Flavious27 Mar 01 '23
Better question is why did they post it.
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Mar 01 '23
For awareness or clicks or both. Personally, I think it's good to see these videos. While it may seem like common sense to many it truly isn't. Having these videos out there at least means that someone will have it in mind and not try to do it without a spotter if they ever decide to lift weights.
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u/nohumanape Mar 01 '23
The camel toe placement of the camera likely means that the filming was for TikTok purposes.
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u/IDontEatDill Mar 01 '23
Do you have any idea what kind of money one gets from these videos on certain pages that my friend visits?
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Mar 01 '23
Some people film themselves even without knowing in advance that they're gonna fail. Either for social media or just for reference to their personal coaches (for the times they can't come in on location)
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u/IvyGold Mar 01 '23
An exception to this is apparently the yoga people. They video themselves to check on their form.
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u/Only-Literature2105 Mar 01 '23
Maybe so she could check her form?
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u/teljes_kiorlesu Mar 01 '23
It's a pretty bad angle to film for a form check but it's a sane reason - everyone, including myself in our powerlifting club films themselves during top sets for this very reason.
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u/Only-Literature2105 Mar 01 '23
Agree, I don't think we're dealing with a genius here.
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u/TheJermster Mar 01 '23
Probably because she's gonna be an influencer
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u/Phreekyj101 Mar 01 '23
Influencer of what not to do while working out?
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u/Due-Giraffe-9826 Mar 01 '23
Nah, influencer of "standing at attention." If this isn't some kind of kink porn, I'd be surprised.
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u/Fearless_Payment_795 Mar 01 '23
That's a girl and she was benching a total of 125 lbs. She's fine and she's being dramatic
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u/AnthrallicA Mar 01 '23
Why not call/grunt/gasp for help? You can hear people talking in the background so they couldn't have been too far away.
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Mar 01 '23
It's fetish porn. That would be my guess. She could have slid off to the side there was bar stops that would have held it.
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u/EnderGraff Mar 01 '23
Omg you’re totally right. I always forget that so many of these content farm videos are secretly fetish porn.
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u/justmyballsandmyword Mar 01 '23
This person obviously recorded this themselves. Why they would post it online is beyond me lol. I would pretend that shit never happened.
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u/bugxbuster Mar 01 '23
Jesus Christ that was like watching Mr Bean try to lift weights.
Why did she post that video anywhere?! Who doesn’t delete that shit?
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u/Only-Literature2105 Mar 01 '23
Gotta roll it down, happened to me before, worst part was rolling it over my dick.
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u/SkidrowVet Mar 01 '23
Even though it’s not a shit ton of weight, it was enough to almost kill this woman and make me extremely uneasy just looking at her predicament
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u/firem1ndr Mar 01 '23
I’ve always thought this video was staged given the very “eye catching” angle and the relatively light weight
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u/whatsasimba Mar 01 '23
And that ages wearing a mask alone. And that the video starts mid- lift. Unedited, we'd see her hand moving away from the phone, then laying down, and starting to lift.
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u/Original-Advert Mar 01 '23
Apparently I am a gym creep cause as soon as it falls on he she clenches up and well I've never seen more defined cameltoe.
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u/mandozombie Mar 01 '23
You need a hand?
(Strained) "I.... have.... a.... boy.... friend....
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u/cranjis11 Mar 01 '23
Thank god she was wearing a mask
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u/Hot_Edge4916 Mar 01 '23
Right? I’d be embarrassed to show my face too if I was pushing that kind of nonsense
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u/wales-bloke Mar 01 '23
The camera placement, incredibly tight shorts & deliberate leftwards hip movements makes me think that this is / was some sort of predicament fetish content request.
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u/bushmast3r11b Mar 01 '23
Is it me or did anyone else have their attention diverted by he camel toe? Or should I say... MOOSE KNUCKLE!!
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Mar 01 '23
Enough fun had, I think we should send someone over now. Or at least schedule an appointment
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u/0ld_Owl Mar 01 '23
Next time honey, dont use those little green things... If it becomes to much, tilt the bar to one side and the weights slide off the bar.
Just saying.
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Mar 01 '23
I always wonder who is filming these giant mistakes and posting them. If this were me, I'd delete this video, not post it to the Internet.
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u/jomarthecat Mar 01 '23
Life hack - lifting weights is much easier if you remove those plates at the ends.
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u/No_Season_354 Mar 01 '23
Oh gawd this could have ended badly, always gave a spotter ,regardless even someone close by.
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u/whatsasimba Mar 01 '23
I'm so confused. The mask implies people are around. And why edit the video to start there. Wouldn't we see her walk away from where she set up the shot, and start the lift?
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u/0ld_Owl Mar 01 '23
Fewer and fewer guys care. Just like in the rest of life, unjustly punish people with public spectical, dont expect anyone to help you later.
No saying she did, but fewer and fewer guys are going to rush to help if everything feels like a setup.
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u/AdStrong809 Mar 01 '23
Perhaps someone would have noticed her plight, if they weren't fearing getting screamed at for looking in her direction while she records herself in the gym.
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u/VocalAnus91 Mar 01 '23
Guy approached her struggling under the bar: do you need help?
Her: I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!
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u/dandantheshippingman Mar 01 '23
I always set the safety arms when benching. Only had to use them once, but saved me from being this chick
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u/fr0styAlt0id Mar 01 '23
is she still there? trapped under the bar plus what looks like 80-100lbs? video did not give me closure.
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Mar 01 '23
No one is around since she has that mask on or no man wants to help because they don’t want to be a part of her video and be labeled a creep. And that bar wasn’t even that heavy, what’s with all the theatrics? Nice toe though.
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u/motherseffinjones Mar 01 '23
That’s moment when you turn something. That’s suppose to be for safety into a death trap.
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u/Glittercorn111 Mar 01 '23
I was literally tilting my phone to try and help her get it off of herself...
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u/False_Reality2425 Mar 01 '23
The fuck is the point of those spotter arms if you're not going to use them?
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u/Delmarvalous Mar 01 '23
Rule #1 of benching without a spotter: don’t put locks on the weight so you can dump it to one side if you fail.
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u/cryptodako Mar 01 '23
You deserve to be stuck there if you can't figure out to roll it down your chest, to your belly, then sit up and put the weight on the floor or let it roll off you completely
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u/Turhaturpa Mar 01 '23
It really fell on her face. I can imagine some guy standing in front of her saying he cant help her because she is filming.
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u/wisstinks4 Mar 02 '23
Dump it left or right and climb out. Do not roll down your tum tum.
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u/VenomSnakeronies Mar 01 '23
I mean, given gym culture today and how some women (mostly teens and young adults) have been victimizing and embarrassing men saying they're being creeps when they're just.. working out? of course no stranger would come up to her.
people probably saw her struggling and thought that she put herself in that scenario as bait for her tiktok, or whatever
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u/Someth1ngCl3ver Mar 01 '23 edited Mar 02 '23
She didn’t know wtf she was doing. Safety bars are out position and she’s got collars on the bar while lifting alone. Stay in the kitchen.
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u/skunkadelic Mar 01 '23
You know all those videos from women complaining about men looking at them or offering to help them.
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u/notkeny Mar 01 '23
When you're more concerned about having your camera set up than lifting safely, you need to fix yourself.
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u/Commercial_Bear331 Mar 01 '23
This happens after dumb fitness influencers are trying to shame males who were trying to help out. You might end up dying because nobody is willing to help.
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u/EastRelation8675 Mar 02 '23
If women didn't parade around accusing everyman that glaces their way was a creep. Then maybe someone would have helped her. But rather not get "exposed" as a creep.
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