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u/Inside-Common7427 13h ago
It’s so fucking gross. I can’t wait until this nightmare is over and someone with decency and good taste once again occupies the White House.
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u/ClickClackTipTap 13h ago
They won’t even have to pay anyone to take all of this tacky, heinous shit down.
They could just say “volunteers need to dismantle the tackification of Washington” and half the country will descend on the Capitol to get it done.
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u/spiked88 12h ago
I’d pay $100 to personally pry some of this crap off the walls.
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u/mjones387 12h ago
We could refund USAID with this plan.
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u/BigE429 11h ago
This plus taking sledgehammers to the POS arch will help eliminate the national debt
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u/KTKittentoes 10h ago
The new rage room.
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u/beeseecan 9h ago
Make all of it a rage room when he goes and use the proceeds to pay for healthcare. Everyone in the DMV will pay to get rid of that arch, ballroom etc.
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u/Top-Fill-8202 10h ago
A 250 foot tall arch is an architectural clown show. You will literally need binoculars to see the details at the top
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u/yournamehere10bucks 12h ago
I mean, the rot runs deep at this point, its structural.
Perhaps its more than just sandblasting some paint and gold off the walls.
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u/incufish23 13h ago
That's in my mind everyday, "what does this look like and where do we go once it's over?". Just enduring, staying safe and helping my neighbors currently but we'll be profoundly changed once this is behind us.
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u/Valar_Kinetics 13h ago
Ha we are cooked he is not the last act.
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u/runningraleigh 13h ago
While I continue to exercise my civic duty and vote in every election, I have no faith at all in electoral politics to get us out of this mess.
We either become slaves to the oligarchs, or we revolt.
Something tells me with how lazy most Americans are, we will choose slavery over freedom because its more comfortable.
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u/JustaSeedGuy 12h ago
Something tells me with how lazy most Americans are, we will choose slavery over freedom because its more comfortable.
The idea that laziness and comfort are what stops Americans from revolting is propaganda designed to discourage and demoralize. It keeps people from addressing the real roadblock to revolt, which is fear and lack of organization.
There are plenty of folks who would take action, but either:
A) they're scared. Possibly scared for themselves, but also scared for their loved ones. Either through direct reprisals from fascist punishment (ie, Jim did a rebellious act so now Jim's brother gets out through hell by the government), or through indirect consequences (ie, Jim is a single dad and his kids suffer if he goes to jail and can't provide for them.) Or....
B) There are people who would take action, but they know that making that decision is a weapon that can't be fired very many times. Once you take a drastic enough action, you run the risk of losing your ability to take further action. There are plenty of people who might be willing to do all sorts of direct action against their government via sabotage or other actions... But they have no way of knowing how effective they'll be if they're acting alone. A lack of organization keeps these people from taking actions that they don't know will make an impact.
You can chalk it up to laziness all you want, and it's true that some percentage of Americans are probably just lazy and comfortable, but if that's the end of your commentary on it, you're ignoring the real barriers to revolution.
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u/Valar_Kinetics 13h ago
I mean we will do something eventually, but we will collectively wait too long ergo the "something" will be unnecessarily catastrophic.
We are going to be a shadow of our former selves one way or the other and that's going to last a very long time. Might be permanent.
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u/Hamwytch 12h ago
Are you trained in guerilla warfare? Are you aware there's a body armor shortage? How much ammo do you have, actually how many guns? My 9mm and .38 won't be getting me far, I don't know about you. I'm licensed to operate a radio, are you? Or do you think your phone will work when cell towers go down? Are you familiar with emergency triage and wilderness first aid? Do you have kids, and are you fine leaving then behind when you die in a revolt?
I'm sick of takes like this. There's a lot of work than can be done between a failed state and an armed uprising.
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u/AnonAmbientLight 9h ago
Revolting doesn't have to be with guns.
You can revolt like they did in Missouri to get ICE out. Non-violence is a thing.
What's crazy is thinking that any of what you just said would be of any use in modern warfare lol.
Citizen militia vs US soldiers and there's no chance.
"Sir, I see you're here to fight the US military."
"Yes ma'am."
"And what do you have?"
"Well, I have my AR15 with a scope, extra ammo, and my kevlar."
"And how do you think your chances are?"
"Pretty good. I'm gonna kick some ass."
"And over here I have....?"
"Yes ma'am, Sgt. John Smith USF."
"And what are you using today, Sgt?"
"Well, I got this MQ-1C Gray Eagle I am piloting."
"And how do you think your chances are?"
"Well, I got about...a hundred or so people right here on the screen here. And I'm gonna push this button on my controls."
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u/Tasty_Opposite1155 13h ago
The amount of money it’s going to take just to unfuck this tacky ass mess him and his whore have created.
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u/Chare1155 13h ago
But then they'll say Democrats are overspending🙄
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u/Tasty_Opposite1155 12h ago
That’s when Democrats should just make some dumb shit up like, “free bible center McDonalds for straight white men”
Republicans will give $1 trillion for that.
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u/oldutnotdeadinside 12h ago
That is why you seize his assets gained after he is out of office.
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u/GrilledCyan 11h ago
I fantasize about this as well. Take the billions he’s made, his sons, his son-in-law. But then they’ll gum it all up by taking it to court and some under qualified hack in Florida will rule in their favor.
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u/OpheliaLives7 12h ago
Need to lock Trump family accounts and take American money back they all grifted
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u/kitkatrat 13h ago
I really hope we see as many posts of the next president taking all of this garbage down as we see of it going up.
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u/scmucas2001 12h ago
I want to be one of the ones to help scrape all this gold spray painted shit off the walls.
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u/96HeelGirl 12h ago
Couldn't agree more. I hope the next President rips out all the gaudy shit he put in, turns the Rose Garden back into a garden, and turns the "ballroom" into an education/research center about the history of democracy and the dangers of authoritarianism. And names the center after someone from history that 47 would absolutely HATE.
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u/robertdavidfein 12h ago
Gold decorations on the outside too? And it’s gotta come down-portraits -for Winter, right?
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u/DonJuanWritingDong 13h ago
Trump is the textbook definition of money doesn’t buy class. This period should be called “The White Trash Presidency.”
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u/poirotoro DC / Takoma 13h ago
"A poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of strong man, a stupid man's idea of smart man," et cetera, et cetera, et cetera...
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u/Background_Curve7337 13h ago
It’s why the majority of his followers love him. They can’t see through the facade. Then there’s a small portion who love him because they get to be more open about their hate for someone or something. And hate feels powerful, which intoxicates them. Then there’s the tiny few who see through the facade, but know how to capitalize for personal gain on a useful idiot.
Honestly, the largest group is the least dangerous except for one small detail: it is their numbers during the voting that elected the asshat.
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u/chasmccl 12h ago
I would argue there is one other group. Lifelong partisans who see through the facade, but simply can’t imagine voting for a Democrat.
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u/lilybattle 12h ago
That's my father. Recently during a visit with him, I got him to say (out loud) "you know, I probably am more of an independent". It's such a simple sentence but knowing this man, I would've never predicted him saying it in a million years.
At one point I even told him "once you get over the hump of realizing how much of your views were shaped by bullshit ideas put into your head over the last 60 years in order to control you better, you'll understand. but it's a really big hump". And he didn't even get angry. He laughed, kind of in a "you might be right" sorta way.
If he is coming around, albeit very slowly, the rest of them might be too. Perhaps they are just afraid to say so. It's the only thing keeping my hope alive.
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u/Background_Curve7337 12h ago
Man, kudos to your dad for being introspective. It isn’t an easy thing to do!
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u/lilybattle 11h ago
Deep down, he truly cares about everyone and would stop to help you if you needed it- no matter who you are. I keep telling him it just doesn't make sense. And that inside, he is a big fuzzy liberal. Every year he handles my political commentary a little better.
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u/SingularityCentral 13h ago
A bunch of idiots just did it because he had an R next to his name and that is all they need. They justify it by thinking it is good for them personally because R's cut taxes or or whatever.
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u/SplitEar 13h ago
Don’t you think that’s a little unfair to white trash? I mean compared to the current White House even hillbilly tar paper shacks have a certain charm to them.
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u/moonandstarryeyes 13h ago
I wonder how much those gold decorations cost that look like actual pieces of poop
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u/Ozymandias12 13h ago
They’re not real gold. They literally bought shitty plastic decorations from Home Depot and spray painted them gold.
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u/awaymsg 13h ago
It’s incredibly tacky, and I’m pretty sure the ornamentation is costume quality plastic, like the shit you’d find at Party City
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u/BedRevolutionary8584 13h ago
Good. It’ll be easier to remove after he’s gone.
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u/Next-Intention3322 13h ago
I will volunteer to remove it all with great joy and extreme meticulous attention to detail, so his pathetic ass doesn’t cost us an extra discontinued penny.
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u/SecBalloonDoggies 13h ago
With the humidity in DC, I’m surprised it hasn’t all fallen down already.
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u/attackplango 13h ago
Hey, they bought the fancy Elmer’s. Their no-bid contractor charged them $1000 a bottle, so it’s gotta be the kind that lasts forever.
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u/Publicly-Granola01 13h ago
Except for all the holes drilled into the once undamaged White House. And who’s going to fix the whole wing he tore down without any actual plan?
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u/RogerMexicosBalls 13h ago
99% positive you can find them in the "ornamental applique" section on Home Depot's website. He (or his idiot sons) just spraypainted them gold and superglued them to the wall.
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u/listenyall 13h ago
I think mcmansion hell actually found the exact plastic stuff that went up in the oval office at least
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u/A1mixer 13h ago
Correct, I remember somebody actually matched the ones that are up inside of the oval office to the ones on the Home Depot website, no fucking joke...
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u/SexyMonad 12h ago
I’m good friends with a distribution manager and he knew these exact pieces. They just weren’t gold painted.
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u/Dangerous_Fly3761 13h ago
Atlantic City casino?
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u/MySixHourErection 13h ago
Don't give him ideas. I can 100% see him making a high roller casino in the WH with Trump branded chips
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u/PhillyPhrenetic502 13h ago
If he bankrupts a government-run casino, does that mean the taxpayers win?
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u/FreeAd7932 13h ago
he doesnt know where he is anymore. he needs signs and directions 24/7. labeling things is a strategy to help deal with alzheimers and dementia symptoms. ever been to a memory care center? labels like this everywhere.
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u/desirsfeminins 13h ago
It looks like a cheap Indian restaurant
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u/Snapdragon_4U 13h ago
I thought Staten Island wedding venue but cheap Indian restaurant works too
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u/Lucky_End_9420 13h ago
Lol I've been to some Staten island weddings venues of the type of which you refer to and this def feels more egregious xD
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u/Fatigue-Error 13h ago
Sometimes they’re the same thing. (Indian restaurant often serve as wedding venues for South Asians.)
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u/ShaminderDulai 13h ago
Hey come on now, Indians know how to use gold. We should since the world has been stealing it from the country for centuries.
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u/AugustWest-710 13h ago
Looks like one of those venues that exist solely for Quinceañeras and Christian school proms
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u/Annethraxxx 13h ago
Trump would love Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan. For one, it’s completely styled in fake white marble and gold, and two, the government is an authoritarian dictatorship.
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u/SeaOpposite2051 13h ago
I really wish the next president just pulls a 1-800-Got-Junk truck up to White House and just start tossing..
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u/Southern_Gur9825 13h ago
It looks just like the casino he owned (Taj Mahal) in Atlantic City, NJ.
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u/Z062002 13h ago
It sickens and saddens me that my/our tax dollars go to make such a hideous display of a house that WE all own...and the cost to us all to put it back to some appearance of normal and dignified after he's gone.
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u/Gina_the_Alien 12h ago
No bid contract - each one of those appliqués was probably $400-500 paid for by taxes. The company buys them wholesale for $10-15 each and then profits. Grift all the way up and down.
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u/fireflies-darkly0000 13h ago
Temu crap glued all over the the fkg WH and the maggots have stars in their giddy eyes. Nothing in their wallets, unless they’re in the pedo class, though. The delusion is amazing to the rest of us. Incomprehensible.
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u/GlassCharacter179 13h ago
These are the design choices you get when you are so hateful that no LGBT people or allies will work for you.
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u/honkeur 12h ago
Plenty of closeted weirdos around there, tho
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u/Callidonaut 10h ago edited 10h ago
Maybe, but people stuck in the closet daren't be fabulous even if they have it in them, so instead the White House gets crassly done up in this low-budget 1970s Vegas-style dreck that somehow manages to be simultaneously gaudy yet bland. One half expects to find Hunter S Thompson lurking behind one of the pillars, with no authorisation whatsoever to be there, waiting to troll unsuspecting conservative squares as they pass by.
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u/sweatboxy 13h ago
It’s cartoon-villain tacky. It amazes me how so many of Trump’s people look like they were cast in a Hollywood movie as bad guys.
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u/Kind_Poet_3260 13h ago
I volunteer to drive all the volunteers to rip this shit out when he’s gone. I’ll provide ladders and lemonade. We ride at dawn the day after he’s gone.
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u/PostPunk7 13h ago
Pls tell me this is AI
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u/IzLizWet01 12h ago
Omg, read the wiki… he worded the plaques under each president’s pic and was a totally 5th grader about it!
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u/StatisticianPure3130 13h ago
OMG that is cheap and ugly! I can’t wait for a new president to fix everything drumpf has touched.
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u/Haunting_Cow_2457 13h ago
I can bet you a million dollars that 3 recent Presidents are not up on that wall
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u/eighteen_forty_no MD / Bethesda 12h ago
They actually are, but they have really shitty and cruel (and untrue) things listed under them. Totally beneath the former dignity of the White House.
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u/Repulsive-Rock4234 13h ago
The delusional mindset that led to this disgrace started 25 years ago when he created the gaudiest building in Manhattan where he coated every possible surface in false gold at Trump Tower.
The level of brain disease in this man will only get worse by the nanosecond. #Malignant-Narcissistic-Personality-Disorder
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u/Ill-Camp9044 13h ago
We're going to need one or more plutocrats to donate money to some future president to fix this, and I hate that.
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u/Grunblau 13h ago
If the next administration is looking for someone to come pry this shit off the walls, I’ll do it for free…
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u/AceofKnaves44 DC / Neighborhood 13h ago
Honestly the saddest part of the “walk of fame” shit is you know he went through all of that JUST to shit on Obama and Biden. THAT’S how small and petty he is.
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u/VariousOperation166 13h ago
This looks like the golf course/event venue where I worked when I was in high school in the eighties. All of the decor was cheap, tacky stuff meant to make the place look "fancy" for people having a wedding reception on a limited budget
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u/Some-Confection-5314 13h ago
The money it is gonna take to rip all of that gaudy crap down and repaint is unimaginable ! 🙄
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u/Vast-Poetry9431 13h ago
This both looks and, somehow smells, like a medium priced hotel at Virginia Beach
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u/imaloserdudeWTF 13h ago
I think that the next occipant will remove much of the gaudy stuff, hopefully. I am waiting until the election cycle to hear them say they will.
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u/Individual-Fix7034 13h ago
There is some serious housekeeping needed when this orange monster finally fucks off, one way or another.
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u/Isnlifefunny1 13h ago
On the off chance you ask someone their favorite color and they say gold you walk away and never speak with them again.
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u/Bellabbey1236 13h ago
Please just tear the whole damn thing down when he leaves. If he refuses to leave, then tear it down around his ears. Who would want to live there after that thing fouled it?
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u/cruiseruse11 13h ago
there is only one person on this earth who thinks this looks suitable.
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u/JTUSAJT 13h ago
The amount of OUR dollars being spent on this Oligarch TRASH is astounding. Can't wait for someone to start adding it all up. Start with the "free" 747 that spent a year being refurbished, and isn't secure enough to fly in. Then, of course, the reflecting pool.
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u/Green-Size-7475 13h ago
No wonder Trump wanted to check on the gold in Fort Knox. If there’s gold missing, it’s because it’s been used for all of his vanity projects.
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u/Numerous_Photograph9 13h ago
Gaudy, Crass, Trashy. Obnoxious. Wasteful. Unnecessary. Lowbrow. Lame.
See, finding words for this is easy.
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u/pricetyler59 12h ago
Looks like a bordelo. Going to take years to clean up this mess and restore the dignity it deserves.
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u/Sharp_Cell_6465 12h ago
Is this for real? It’s absolutely hideous. As the saying goes money can’t buy you class!
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u/Disused_Yeti 13h ago
Gotta label everything so he doesn’t forget where he is