The Bridge

two bugs

3:03 PM

Trying to solve this error has led me to the dark corners of the internet

mytech.website

What a generic URL

Yuuki

@twobugs ageneric.url

fredley

curl c.url

Rapitor

@twobugs

Forza 6 - Gameplay (60fps) [1080p] TRUE-HD QUALITY

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two bugs

Forza 6 looks so good

Kevin van der Velden

Hmm, I can kinda see the paper robots point with the userscript that completely hides an ignored users icon

two bugs

3:09 PM

Why does it have to come out at the same time as MGS5 :(

Kevin van der Velden

Or stylesheet, whatever

Rapitor

it's 2 weeks later

Kevin van der Velden

I keep wanting to look

Rapitor

that's plenty of time to get through MGS

Yuuki

So, I think my grass is melting.

Rapitor

3:11 PM

texas?

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki that sounds... interesting

Yuuki

Yeah. East Texas is in the middle of a heat wave.

I think we're reaching 110+ Fahrenheit around noon regularly.

Kevin van der Velden

(43+ celsius for the not-americans)

That's... not a good temperature

Rapitor

@Yuuki with or wihtout humidity/rain

Yuuki

Yes, global warming is the only explanation for the fact that people lived in Houston before the invention of A/C. Well, other than ALIENS.

@Rapitor Houston is one hour away from Galveston, so we're fairly humid.

Houston used to be a swamp.

Some part still are.

And after a hurricane, some parts become swampland again.

Why is this becoming so popular?

Even worse.

Kevin van der Velden

3:16 PM

How is that even legal?

Unionhawk

It probably isn't, or Texas is how

Yuuki

Part of it is just enforcement.

Unionhawk

It's simple, you pull over that dude.

Yuuki

Also, it's a "culture thing".

> Thank you!
Took the words out of my mouth. I'm so tired of listening to people bitch about this. It's a culture and a hobby for others.
But the moment someone talks shit about craft beers or how stupid cross fit is everyone joins the circle jerk.

Ugh.

two bugs

How is it a culture

Yuuki

3:18 PM

Craft beers and cross fit don't make me absolutely terrified to go out on the highway.

two bugs

I don't even

Unionhawk

Yes you're very cultured

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki Craft beers and cross fit don't endanger the lives of others

two bugs

@KevinvanderVelden but muh freedom

If I ever see that in Michigan I am going to write so many letters to my congressman until they're banned

You know what? Why wait.

Unionhawk

Also, wheel spikes are decidedly less delicious than craft beer (but probably more delicious than crossfit)

MBraedley

3:21 PM

@Yuuki How is this even legal?

Unionhawk

Again, it either isn't or it is in Texas

Yuuki

It seems to be popular mostly in Texas.

And somewhat locally confined to Houston.

two bugs

I just can't even wrap my mind around how this can be a culture

"We put stupid shit on our wheels. Join us in stupidity"

Kevin van der Velden

6 mins ago, by Kevin van der Velden

How is that even legal?

INB4 by several minutes =p

Chippies

GUYS, my SD card reader used to work and now it doesn't. WHAT GIVES?!

MBraedley

3:23 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Not a reply, therefore doesn't exist

Tim Stone

I guess at least no one will park too close to you.

two bugs

@TimStone Or adjacent to you

Kevin van der Velden

@MBraedley first message after his, totally counts

Yuuki

I'm tempted to buy a cheap long wire bike lock just in case I run into one of those next to the only parking spot available.

I can't park? You can't leave.

Unionhawk

I'm sure if that causes damage to your car when they leave, they'd be at fault unless Texas is a no fault state

Yuuki

3:28 PM

No, no. Lock the extended rims together.

Unionhawk

And unless they're uninsured motorists which seems likely

fredley

@Yuuki wut

two bugs

Insurance should charge extra for those ridiculous wheel spikes, if anything

I would be very surprised if they aren't correlated with higher accident rates

fredley

Just attach any old bike lock to them

Jason Berkan

@Sterno Needs better editing. Or a point that is trying to be made.

fredley

3:30 PM

Even a padlock would probably cause quite a lot of damage

Unionhawk

It's probably not worth engaging

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Why don't you find out what happens to your squad in Mass Effect 3?

Right, I did have the extended cut DLC installed, but it doesn't give you any info as to what happens about your squad in Mass Effect 3, only previous squadmembers as far as I remember, all you know is that they crashland on a tropical planet, and either put up Shepard's name on the memorial wall...

NUFF SAID

@fredley I just know this is Houston.

I swear I've seen this car before.

Also, be very suspicious of a restaurant named "Fish Place".

Martin Sojka

3:36 PM

I can think of only one answer to someone who writes this on that machine, and fittingly enough it's also from someone Blessed.

ARE YOU RETARDED?!?!?!

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5pike

fredley

They're called 'Swangas', apparently

5pike

Reminds me of those ridiculous Mexican shoes

fredley

@5pike ?

5pike

fredley

3:41 PM

@5pike wat

5pike

yeah

fredley

Also this image came up when searching for mexican pointy shoes

Martin Sojka

... also this.

(At least those guys had a good excuse.)

fredley

This is definitely the worst

Yuuki

@5pike Well, I hope I'm not being racist, but I do see those rims most often on Long Point and such (area with a larger distribution of Mexicans and Hispanics).

Then again, it's become popular with everyone now.

Saw a old white guy on the freeway with swangas.

Martin Sojka

3:45 PM

@fredley You know, there's also this link. It allows for statistics. Which is a fancy word for "numbers". And numbers are sexy.

fredley

@MartinSojka neat

Martin Sojka

"14019 total clicks."

Unionhawk

Did the Lybian government finally take action against bit.ly?

Yuuki

@Unionhawk They would if they existed.

Huh. Double entendre.

Unionhawk

Dammit

Well you know who I mean

Yuuki

3:53 PM

1) Libya is in collapse, the official government is not really in charge. 2) That's not how you spell "Libyan".

Unionhawk

Yeah, yeah

Yuuki

IIRC, Libya is a failed state at this point.

Unionhawk

Well I know at one point they were pissed off at bit.ly for using their TLD

So... apparently orange wine is a thing. I don't know how I feel about this.

Yuuki

Limoncello is delicious so I imagine orange wouldn't be bad either. Though it's a liqueur rather than a wine.

Unionhawk

No, orange as in color not fruit

Yuuki

3:57 PM

Oh.

Martin Sojka

You can make "wine" out of most anything vegetable ... Like, the crazy Hessians around here just love their apple wine.

Yuuki

@MartinSojka How is that distinct from apple cider?

Martin Sojka

@Yuuki It's Hessian. Also it's called "Ebbelwoi".

Yuuki

> One of the most widely produced non-grape fruit wines is cider, or "apple wine,"

Huh, so it's not distinct from cider.

Martin Sojka

Technically it's likely to be nearly identical to cider, but don't tell the Hessians that.

Unionhawk

4:02 PM

Arg why can't Int64.Parse("13.00") work I don't want to change that to Decimal >_>

>_>_>_>

sigh I guess I need to rethink my formatting methods. Dangit.

user15026

smashes head against wall

user15026

4 more shifts til vacation (that includes today)

user15026

:D

fredley

@AshleyNunn 3 more sleeps?

Martin Sojka

@Unionhawk Int64.Parse("13.00", NumberStyles.AllowDecimalPoint) ? (Don't have a C# compiler handy to check though)

user15026

4:05 PM

@fredley 3 more sleeps, 4 more work :D

Yuuki

@MartinSojka Well, I was going to do something far more stupid, but that sounds good.

Unionhawk

brb trying this in the immediate window

@Yuuki The less stupid solution to me sounds like "why is this number which is always just an int in every other context acting as a 3 precision decimal string in this context"

And the more less stupid way to do it may be to roll all of my number formatting methods into one package

Yuuki

var nums = "13.00".split('.'); if(Int64.Parse(nums[1]) == 0) return Int64.Parse(nums[0]);

Yeah, it's mega-stupid.

Unionhawk

Since I'm just putting it back together as a string later, it doesn't matter, so Decimal.Parse(x) may be the way to go

(it's the whole "given an int string, want a nicely formatted int string back" problem: "1000"->1000->"1,000")

Yuuki

string parse(string input) { if (input == "1000") return "1,000"; }

Porblem sloved.

Unionhawk

4:11 PM

More like Int64.Parse(intX).ToString("#,0"); but, sure

Jason Berkan

If your framework can't return a formatted number, get a new framework.

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Yuuki

@Unionhawk Or you could always just use return GitGud();

Almost typed GitGuid();

MadMAxJr

What happens if GitGud(); returns false?

Unionhawk

THEN ENGLAND WILL DRIFT OFF TO SEA

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk England is already in the sea.

Jason Berkan

4:15 PM

@Unionhawk .ToString("N0"); is better for internationalization purposes.

Kevin van der Velden

@Unionhawk Sssh, don't tell him that

Unionhawk

@JasonBerkan I mean, it can, and it's not too complicated. Except when the system decides it's appropriate to store something like "123213942.000" in a field specified for "int" -- wait, that is a decimal field for some reason in this context. The hell?

Further testing is required to see what the heck is going on here.

fredley

@Yuuki return new Guid.get()

Meanwhile

cc: @StrixVaria

StrixVaria

@fredley I was going to make this joke before but I fucked up my link and everyone cared more about that than the link itself.

two bugs

Update: I bought two Red Bull cans because it was $4 for one or $5.50 for two

fredley

4:25 PM

@StrixVaria You put in abc.xyz?

StrixVaria

@fredley I needed to give context before the eventual joke.

fredley

@StrixVaria you are bad at jokes

StrixVaria

@fredley Yes.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Rhythm Tengoku The Best Plus, how to get to 100 "Nori-kan"?

So, I know like no one plays this game anymore, but I just got it. Really, I doubt anyone here has played this game (since there are like 0 questions on it). So, I'm currently at 88 "nori-kan". I'm not sure the badges would give me this "nori-kan", but even if they did, I would be at 96 "nori-kan...

rhythm-game rhythm-tengoku-the-best-+

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Q: No narrator voice during cutscenes in Borderlands on Xbox

I have issue with lack of narrator voice on Xbox 360 version of Borderlands (first one, without any DLC). Claptrap in menu screams finely, buttons click, guns fire, music plays, Brick screams, Hunter coughs out his lungs while jumping... Just no narrator in cutscenes, no angel voice etc. Xbox 36...

xbox-360 borderlands

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Q: "At the Summit of Apocrypha" - No books to place on the pedestal

I'm on the last stage of At the Summit of Apocrypha, where supposedly the books collected during the previous chapters must be placed in the correct pedestals. However, upon interacting with any of the pedestals to select a book to place, the only option present is "None". Even after reloading...

skyrim skyrim-dragonborn

fredley

@StrixVaria Probably best to steer clear of jokes in future

StrixVaria

4:26 PM

@fredley Ok, time to just be dead serious all the time forever.

I think I might start explaining jokes again so that I can learn.

That's not the same without @OrigamiRob, though.

two bugs

I'm trying to give away one of the cans but none of my coworkers want it

and I think drinking two red bulls would probably kill me

Unionhawk

@StrixVaria RIP @OrigamiRob

fredley

@StrixVaria What I would like to see: animated chart of participation percentage breakdown by user, over time

StrixVaria

@fredley Sounds like a project.

fredley

@StrixVaria Too much

And besides, scraping that much data would cause problems. Unless there's a dump somewhere?

two bugs

4:30 PM

In light of @fredley's recent Lifehack success I feel like I should actually work on personal coding projects and actually get them to a releasable state

But I'm really lazy and just play video games all the time

GnomeSlice

Can't flag in mobile

fredley

@twobugs You too can become a Lord of Life Hack

GnomeSlice

Can you add me on skype and explain to me please ? :D benja.min12 (chat porpouse) — Berza 2 hours ago

StrixVaria

@fredley data.stackexchange.com?

two bugs

Okay. Beginning Red Bull journey. If I die, tell my story.

GnomeSlice

4:31 PM

Is personal info allowed in comments like that?

badp

@twobugs wat

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Sure, if you want to publicly broadcast your personal info, we can't stop you.

Yuuki

> 2/10, would not drink again. - The Story of @twobugs

badp

I'm pretty sure you don't have to DRINK it.

Unionhawk

There once was a man named @twobugs

badp

4:32 PM

that would be torture.

StrixVaria

It's "too chatty" or whatever, though, so still probably could justify deleting it.

two bugs

@badp I bought red bull because of Destiny promo.

Unionhawk

Then he drank a red bull and died the end

badp

@twobugs take the code, trash the poison

some things smell more foul that redbull. but there aren't many.

two bugs

That's what a wiser man would do

Yuuki

4:32 PM

@badp No, it works like the weird water fountain thing at the end of Half-Blood Prince.

two bugs

but I paid $5.50 for this poison

Unionhawk

@twobugs, fortunately, is not a wiser man

Yuuki

He has to drink to get the verification can to get the code.

two bugs

Good timing on that @uni

fredley

@StrixVaria I'm getting the data dump

Unionhawk

4:33 PM

How to do chat-data projects: 1) Trick @fredley into doing it for you

3

Yuuki

But, like Half-Blood Prince, he'll try to enter the code only to realize that it had been switched out at the last second by some random dude that'll be glossed over as a minor plot point in the next book.

StrixVaria

> There once was a man named @twobugs
All over the job Red Bull he lugs
He offered it around
But no takers he found
So now all the Red Bull he chugs

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Coronus

@Yuuki @twobugs is Dumbledore?

fredley

There once was a mod named Strix
Who played many dirty tricks
One Friday he banned
A user who planned
To post a big picture of... Rebecca Black

@Coronus Hello

Coronus

@fredley Good morning!

Yuuki

4:41 PM

2 hours ago, by Unionhawk

E for effort F for failure

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Why does Minecraft pe crash every time I try to upload a skin?

I play mcpe on my iPad mini ios 6 version 0.11.1 and every time i try to change my skin the game crashes even before it takes me to photos. Thus, I can't change my skin. Help please??

minecraft-pocket-edition

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Q: Looking for a specific version of Bubble Bobble

I remember playing a version of Bubble Bobble on PC when I was young around the year 2000 (give or take a few), but can't find any trace that this game actually existed. You could choose between 4 dragon characters like in Bubble Symphony, and shoot bubbles to trap enemies before popping them. H...

emulation

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Q: How do I find out which replays go up to a certain level?

I'm looking for an old replay that I would like to show to my friends, but I can't find the one. I'm interested specifically in the replay where I reached the Necrodancer boss level, but I don't know which one that is. The game only shows the date of the replay's start, but not the score or up to...

crypt-of-the-necrodancer

fredley

> There once was a user called Gnome,
who often rode the bus home.
While on there he'd make
a note: "For duck shake,
God donut, back to worm".

11

Rapitor

pancake art... really good pancake art

user15026

@Rapitor This makes me want pancakes

fredley

> There once was a tyrant named @badp,
who... Fuck.

2

two bugs

4:55 PM

Great, I have to contact red bull to even redeem this dumb code

I'll probably die before they get back to me

badp

@twobugs wat

Yuuki

@Rapitor I was about inb4 until I realized that I posted that in a different room.

@twobugs AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Rapitor

lol

two bugs

@badp It tried to make me log into my bungie.net account and there was an error with the redirect or whatever. I tried to log in normally and now it wants me to contact support

Yuuki

user15026

5:01 PM

@twobugs That sounds delightfully complex

Yuuki

The best part about this gif is that I just Googled "wipqozn socks" to find it.

3

two bugs

I managed to pawn off the second can on a coworker so I probably won't OD

Trying to explain this situation to my coworkers is pretty cool

Trip report: 30 minutes in and I am still alive

user15026

Reasons to not use the email service from your ISP - if you forget the password, you gotta call me to change it.

Jason Berkan

And @AshleyNunn makes your temp password a random pony name.

djsmiley2k

because gmail is better...

user15026

5:04 PM

@JasonBerkan No no, it's not a temp

two bugs

@djsmiley2k But Google is evil, and surely my ISP isn't!

user15026

Whatever I make it is your forever password, til you forget it again or ask me to change it

djsmiley2k

yes. evil. yup

user15026

(and we don't keep records, so every time you forget, we have to change it, which shocks people.)

djsmiley2k

because you don't also own an apple phone, made in china by small children, and some nike clothing, made in india by some small children, and eat food from neasle. who kill small children...

@AshleyNunn well that's good to know :)

two bugs

5:06 PM

@AshleyNunn To be fair, it's good that you don't keep records

djsmiley2k

Password security, you're doing it RIGHT.

user15026

@twobugs Oh, I know that, but our end users are like "why can't you just write it down"

djsmiley2k

Does it tell YOU the password Ashley?

two bugs

I would hate to think my password is sitting somewhere in plaintext

djsmiley2k

I guess you give it over the phone?

As you can't email it? :/

Jason Berkan

5:07 PM

@AshleyNunn From now on, write down every password you reset on a sticky note and cover your cubicle with them.

user15026

@djsmiley2k Nope. If I use the randomizer, it tells me til I say "save" then I am SOL because that's the last time I see it. If I hand type one, god help you if I make a mistake, or we have to change it all over again.

two bugs

Do you get to pick the new password? If so, you should change it to either something hilarious and embarrassing or something secure

user15026

@twobugs Why not both?

two bugs

@AshleyNunn This is why you're a mod and I'm not :)

user15026

I can either pick one, ask the user to pick one (and suffer the frustration of them picking something super insecure), or get teh randomizer to do magic

djsmiley2k

5:08 PM

@AshleyNunn and your calls are recorded right?

two bugs

DumbIdiotWhoForgotPassword69 is what I would give them

user15026

@djsmiley2k I assume so.

Yuuki

@twobugs Well, the number should count up every time they forget and ask for a password change.

djsmiley2k

doh

two bugs

@Yuuki There we go. Added security!

Maybe the bad guys will guess DumbIdiotWhoForgotPassword68, but they'll be stumped next time

Lazers 2.0

5:10 PM

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Q: Minecraft: building a tower of arbitrary height from inside

I recently built a tower/obelisk type structure by supporting my character's self on a single stack of blocks, building this scaffolding stack underneath myself as I went up and breaking it down from the top after I was done. This seemed like an incredibly risky and failure-prone strategy, and I ...

minecraft

Jason Berkan

Since my e-mail is my reset ability for absolutely everything, I would be scared to death if all I had was a single password to protect me.

djsmiley2k

you had any 'unfortunate' generated random passwords?

user15026

@djsmiley2k Not so far, because it doesn't really make words

djsmiley2k

fair enuf

badp

@JasonBerkan "1234567" for your email password is the internet on hard mode

friends don't let friends play the internet on hard mode

James

5:17 PM

Hehe

Love how I have gotten 70 points now from a closed question

Jason Berkan

I find it extremely ironic that iCloud works better on my work Windows computer than on my home Mac.

GnomeSlice

Man, Insomnium are fucken good

Texenox

5:38 PM

Do you ever suddenly get ashamed at the things you do?

Also, hi.

GodEmperorDune

Just finished that what is code article... Now I find I missed the whole bridge poetry session

@Texenox yes, I get ashamed at the things you do

Texenox

@GodEmperorDune hwat

could you fukken not

two bugs

@Texenox Well I spent $5.50 on red bull for a video game promo, so no. I no longer possess the human emotion of "shame"

Texenox

@twobugs hwat

GodEmperorDune

I am not sure if you are trying to troll us with these bold misspellings

Unionhawk

5:42 PM

please hold

GodEmperorDune

@uni holds

Texenox

@GodEmperorDune I don't think you quite know what trolling is, then.

GodEmperorDune

Unionhawk

DJ Snake - Turn Down For What (MO BUTT PROPANE REMIX FT. HANK HILL)

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enjoy.

Yes.

Yes

SaintWacko

No

Unionhawk

5:45 PM

Ok

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk nah that version sucks

Unionhawk

You're probably right

Texenox

SO I JUST MADE THIS

GodEmperorDune

@Texenox after doing the math, I was trolling before you were born... Still not @sternold though

Texenox

Damn, I can't upload it.

Hold up.

Stupid mobile...

Unionhawk

5:47 PM

Jul 17 at 2:45, by Unionhawk

ISP

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GodEmperorDune

@uni strongbad is weak and not funny

Unionhawk

@GodEmperorDune NO U

Texenox

I GOT IT AND I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE I WENT TROUGH THIS TROUBLE.

Jason Berkan

I don't know. "How do you type with boxing gloves on?" never gets old.

Unionhawk

why is this nonsense

what have you done

look at what you've done

Texenox

5:49 PM

:^)

@Unionhawk I am, and I'm damn proud.

user15026

Okay then.

two bugs

Hearthstone expansion does not appear to be releasing today :(

I just want to open the 50 packs I bought

Yes, I may have a problem

Unionhawk

Probably

Jason Berkan

Expansion? And I just restarted playing Hearthstone again.

StrixVaria

@Texenox Does anyone understand what this is?

Unionhawk

5:51 PM

I mean, you bought a red bull for the sole purpose of a destiny thing

Let's be honest

Texenox

@StrixVaria It's my take on @Frank's "Good morning, Bridge".

Unionhawk

Dear. God.

user15026

@Texenox Why.

Texenox

@AshleyNunn My brain works in weird ways.

GodEmperorDune

@Texenox that's fine but you don't need to broadcast it with weird gifs

5:53 PM

101

@Texenox This has still explained almost nothing of my confusion.

Texenox

@GodEmperorDune I wanted to do the Good Morning Bridge thing!

Unionhawk

@StrixVaria It's added to mine

Texenox

@StrixVaria AUGH

GodEmperorDune

@Texenox that's frank's. Eventually you will have your own thing

Coronus

5:54 PM

@Texenox But instead you did the Frighten Bridge with Confusing Gifs thing.

SaintWacko

@Coronus Well, maybe that's his thing

Texenox

Great. I guess I'll have to adopt that, then.

Thanks, @Coronus...

user15026

@Texenox Or you know, just do your own thing, preferably without random gifs

GodEmperorDune

You could also do the lurk before leap thing

Coronus

@Texenox Wait, what? I just stated the obvious. Don't you blame this on me..

GodEmperorDune

5:56 PM

Contribute useful and relevant tidbits to chat

And learn what we find cool and what we don't.

StrixVaria

School can't start back up soon enough.

Texenox

Aaaand that brings the "Times I Made Bridge Hate Me" counter to about four.

That's it, I'm fucking done, I want out.

two bugs

I... uh... what?

Just relax, man.

Texenox

I'm tired of being the one who always pulls shit that makes people get tired of me more.

djsmiley2k

lol you don't know hate

you didn't see what happened to @GnomeSlice

Rapitor

5:58 PM

i say keep doing it

it entertains me

djsmiley2k

He's still not recovered.

GodEmperorDune

@Texenox the solution to that is to not pull random shit

Unionhawk

@Rapitor status-not-helping

Rapitor

your face isnt helping

Unionhawk

Accurate

Texenox

5:59 PM

@djsmiley2k Wait, what happened to @GnomeSlice?

djsmiley2k

Don't talk about that.

Texenox

I...

Rapitor

did @GnomeSlice post porn again

djsmiley2k

Don't remind him

two bugs

I don't think anyone here dislikes you @Texenox. They might be frustrated, but just relax and chill for a bit and it'll blow over

djsmiley2k

5:59 PM

it was the dark times.

The mods hate me

Texenox

Buh.

djsmiley2k

for skirting around issues such as religion, constantly

well not hate;

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