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unverifiable_facts t1_j5k2zw7 wrote

Is anyone else sick of the “CT sucks” trope used by both former and current residents?

I went to a comedy show Saturday in Branford and half the jokes from 3 comics were shitting on CT and it’s towns… it’s very lazy comedy.

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Pruedrive t1_j5k4uwn wrote

Yup.. it's lame, hacky, and unoriginal. If you think this place sucks, I'd say leave, and go find your place, if you can't find the good here, then why stay? It's so weird people just hang about shitting on the place, but do nothing to change that. Also, I'd say the people who think CT sucks, either don't try hard enough to make it not suck, and it's mostly on them and their disposition on life in general.

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Nigel_IncubatorJones t1_j5lsezp wrote

I think most people that live here that say Connecticut sucks haven't lived in other states.

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transplant42622 t1_j5leuvy wrote

Yes if they hate it so much then they should go find the door. Maybe there's a certain sort of person who would say that no matter what state they lived in. They could pile up their vanity plates from each one.

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5o88cu wrote

You came in winter you bozo. What place outside of Florida is nice in early January?

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5oc347 wrote

December through March is FOUR, and our December are usually quite mild.

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5ofx3s wrote

I live a very busy and fulfilling life to the point where the weather outside is irrelevant. I think you may have a bigger underlying issue if you can’t entertain yourself because it’s dark and cold out.

Edit: also did you just cite one, specific year to try to prove your “6 month winter statement?” You realize a one-off doesn’t back up your argument. I’m glad you left CT, it likely brought up our state’s intelligence level.

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5oig2v wrote

Of course it counts… but you are citing a one-off as if it’s every year… you know that’s not how you debate, come on man

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5omggp wrote

Yea… it was an example. You first stated that CT has 6 month long winters. I corrected you, and you gave AN EXAMPLE of ONE YEAR where it was a long winter, when statistically, the majority are not like that. You’re moving goalposts to fit your argument.

Your Florida is 100% showing moron

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5oisg7 wrote

Yes I am incredibly bland because I am content with where I live and I know how to have fun and entertain myself independent of temperature and weather. You’re a bozo! Please don’t even come back to CT to visit!

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5om93f wrote

Fishing is just about the most boring activity you can do 🤣

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5ommzk wrote

I’ve given you no indication of my hobbies. It really sounds like you’re projecting. Enjoy your red neck infested MAGA swamp you bozo

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5oneqz wrote

Ahahahahaha dude for someone who claims they are having such a lovely life in shithole FL, you’ve got the time to search my post history (not even my main account) to try to troll me?

1.5/5 troll.

You must really hate your life if you’re projecting like this.

Edit: checked your page and saw your pic… yeah man I doubt you’re ever from CT. You look like an inbred FL man. You’ve found your home!

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5onpnh wrote

Yeah man… enjoy… fishing LOL… and eating out your cousin. Bozo.

FL bozo upset on Reddit because he doesn’t know how to count

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5oo69o wrote

Imagine being so insecure about your only hobby of fishing, you gotta troll other people online because they put you in your place about your shitty math lol

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5oog0v wrote

It’s funny that you continue to stray further and further away from the original topic of 6 months vs 4 months for CT winters… you’re so butthurt about being wrong… look how defensive you’re being

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5ot6l5 wrote

Yes… they can and do… but the majority don’t. I’ve made this point like a dozen times… idk why you can’t get it lol.

Tell us again how great your FL life is while you sit there and troll a state you don’t live in. CousinFuckerLarry

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jdloyola t1_j5l4fcp wrote

I don’t mind ct sucks jokes as long as it’s good.

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degenerateautist69 t1_j5l4pfs wrote

It’s funny amongst friends and social media, but professional comics? That’s kinda cheap. Maybe one or two quick jabs but like… write a real set.

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and_dont_blink t1_j5m0lzg wrote

are you implying comics picking on CT is like picking on the kid riding the shortbus licking the window

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Jaymez82 t1_j5k5jha wrote

Nope. After all, it’s highly accurate. Nothing good about the state that really matters. Well, aside from the current non winter.

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5k6qio wrote

  • Statistically one of the safest places in the world on several metrics, including natural disasters, dangerous wild animals, and more.
  • Progressive-minded people (mostly).
  • Strong Medicaid system compared to other states.
  • Easy access to the Northeastern United States with two major cities within 2 hours.
  • and in my personal opinion: the geography and nature of CT/New England is much prettier than the majority of the United States.

But hey, keep being miserable.

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kesagatame-and-Chill t1_j5k6xj9 wrote

>isasters, dangerous wild animals, and more.
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>Progressive-minded people (mostly).
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>Strong Medicaid system compared to other states.
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>Easy access to the Northeastern United States with two major cities within 2 hours.
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>and in my personal opinion: the geography and nature of CT/New England is much prettier than the majority of the United States.

You just listed the reasons, outside of employment change I moved here.

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Jaymez82 t1_j5k8029 wrote

High cost of living

High taxes.

Too crowded.

The people.

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PopeWishdiak t1_j5k8nmx wrote

Then move. Unless you're incarcerated, nothing is stopping you.

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Jaymez82 t1_j5k93b2 wrote

I’m looking for a place with decent weather.

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unverifiable_facts t1_j5kegkx wrote

Do you even understand what cost of living is? Yes it costs more to live in a better place where there are better, higher paying jobs.

The taxes is the only thing we’ll agree on, but for me, it’s offset by all the positives.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

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MaoWasaLoser t1_j5l2r5x wrote

Breaking: better places are more expensive.

If you want cheap, you're free to move to some shithole like Alabama. Just go.

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Jaymez82 t1_j5l3k2f wrote

If it weren't for the hurricanes and humidity, Alabama would be a dream place to live compared to CT.

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MaoWasaLoser t1_j5l4v78 wrote

Yeah higher crime rates, way worse schools, lower income. What's not to love?

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Jaymez82 t1_j5l50x1 wrote

The only part I don't love is the bible thumpers and their reaction to Roe.

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MaoWasaLoser t1_j5l7d1c wrote

Well that ties into the education, but you value cheap over everything apparently, so that's going to limit you.

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IolausTelcontar t1_j5me0md wrote

Ahh yes, coming from someone who likely has never stepped foot in Alabama.

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ThePARZ t1_j5o8r59 wrote

I moved from CT to AL and back to CT. AL sucks so much harder than CT. Hope you don’t have kids - those low Alabama taxes mean some of the worst schools in the country.

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BronzedAppleFritter t1_j5k0vh0 wrote

Maine let residents get anything they wanted on license plates for a while. It was super trashy and rednecky. They just started enforcing certain rules again.

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nkw1004 t1_j5khyug wrote

I lived there for like 3/4 months a few years ago and bought a car and registered it there. Its 25 for a vanity plate, I was trying to get “polack” but they blocked it so settled for “kilbasa” lol

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French-Freys t1_j5kk8sw wrote

Trashy?? I thought it was funny and pretty wild they’d allow that lol

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BronzedAppleFritter t1_j5kll8w wrote

I'm not denying it can be funny, because it definitely can be. But having a license plate like PUSSYDR or BUKKAKI or what have you is real trashy, too.

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Ecto-1A t1_j5lm3uj wrote

Yeah I saw a mini van with Maine plates that said MILF FKR recently

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French-Freys t1_j5klt3h wrote

Well yeah it obviously depends on what you get I guess. The fact that it happened is kind of fun as opposed to trashy is all I meant

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Cinderjacket t1_j5n3xai wrote

I’ll have you know PUSSYDR is the best gynecologist in Maine

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CassCat t1_j5koeod wrote

>super trashy and rednecky

Uh, that might be the best description for a good chunk of the state. Not all, obviously, but those do who match that description seem to celebrate it.

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DirkWrites t1_j5lz01n wrote

I thought it was a summary of the LePage administration.

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King_O_Walpole t1_j5q2nsd wrote

Good stay out of Maine

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BronzedAppleFritter t1_j5qad0x wrote

I just visited this summer and don't plan to go back again anytime soon haha. I was around Portland and it was decent, but it also mostly felt like a less interesting, more dirtbag Cape Ann.

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King_O_Walpole t1_j5qebjz wrote

Yeah Maine Isn’t for little bitches, so I could see why you wouldn’t enjoy it.

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BronzedAppleFritter t1_j5qhpmn wrote

You mean like the little bitches who pop into day-old comment threads about trashy Maine license plates so they can tell people to stay out of Maine? lol

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King_O_Walpole t1_j5qmcje wrote

Connecticunt

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BronzedAppleFritter t1_j5qmtbo wrote

I'll take that over thinking it's OK to wear Bean Boots with a blazer haha.

I will say that if you're trying to convince people to not go to Maine, you're doing a good job.

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King_O_Walpole t1_j5r3c33 wrote

Idiot thinks Bean Boots are good boots lol.

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BronzedAppleFritter t1_j5r9rvz wrote

Where did I say Bean Boots are good boots? All I did was imply you guys are too hickish and dull to know how to dress well. You're not doing so hot in this exchange haha.

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SnooBunnies7461 t1_j5jzbvy wrote

I was following a vehicle from Maine yesterday. The plate said Work Sux. I wanted to follow that vehicle forever knowing my new best friend that I hadn't met yet was driving.

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kesagatame-and-Chill t1_j5k76ao wrote

Imagine having the free time and energy to hate something like a "state." Imagine having the free time and energy to get a license plate that expresses that hate. Kinda sad.

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PopeWishdiak t1_j5k8ryl wrote

Imagine spending your hard-earned money on a vanity plate just to shit on a neighboring state. How sad is that?

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kesagatame-and-Chill t1_j5k97pz wrote

As I said in another thread, most people who hate taxes don't understand them and usually live way beyond their means (big car payments, big house payments, a boat). They tend to blame their own poor financial decisions on the state. I am not a fan of the taxes I pay in CT, but I get it. More annoyed by how much of my federal taxes go to other states. Which are usually the ones these people want to be like.

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BankshotMcG t1_j5l50q0 wrote

Maybe they're just not a fan of the entire central time zone.

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Mountain-Hawk9155 t1_j5qg3t6 wrote

I mean…I was born and raised in Florida and just left this summer, and trust me, I hate that state and it takes no time or energy…it just is.

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merryone2K t1_j5k7uz7 wrote

Have to wonder what sort of butt-hurt this person suffered in Connecticut, or maybe their ex lives here. There's a reason they're called "Maine-iacs".

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Blicero1 t1_j5lfiqk wrote

Very possibly it's just general discontent with tourists, which Maine has to deal with a lot. I'm sure there is a Fuck MA one out there as well.

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otnyk t1_j5lbp6a wrote

Bob Stefanowski's truck he leaves at his hunting camp

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BoofTheShroom t1_j5k9a5a wrote

Imagine holding onto that kind of hatred towards a state ? Anyone unhappy and complaining can hit the highway. The state is and would be better off without you. The people who feel the need to do stuff like this, I promise you live in a prison of their own frail minds

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Mountain-Hawk9155 t1_j5qg91y wrote

I will always hold onto my hate of Florida and if you ever had to live there, you probably would too haha

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AGK47_Returns t1_j5l18kc wrote

I for one think it's funny. Then again I have a bit of a love-hate relationship with this state, your opinions may differ.

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puftreelivefree t1_j5kj23r wrote

being a commercial plate, the cost of registration in maine is half of what it is in connecticut, so their statement makes sense

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Aware_Interest4461 t1_j5m6zt4 wrote

OT but I really appreciate like for the most part everyone on this thread is keeping it positive about CT. It’s so easy to go negative no matter where you live. I feel like the person that this license plate clearly has issues beyond this State 😒

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negal36 t1_j5muur3 wrote

Registered in Maine, living in Connecticut.

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CTchimchar t1_j5niyxo wrote

As someone from CT but go to school in Maine

It's a complicated relationship here

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BankshotMcG t1_j5l4szf wrote

I am led to once again ask in 24 hours: what the hell is going wrong up there in Maine lately?

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keepitupxxx t1_j5lqpe9 wrote

Coming from Maine is what makes it even worse🤔

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Alexaxas t1_j5lt1kb wrote

Oh yeah? Well, Fuck ME!

No wait! I mean…

Damn…

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Cinderjacket t1_j5n4c2t wrote

Maine is a glorified logging company

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MerillWarden t1_j5n4h1j wrote

You're not getting any work here.

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nboyle378 t1_j5n926g wrote

What a Mainiac 🤔

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Low-Dragonfly-5352 t1_j5o8x15 wrote

Maine is supposed to be red necky and slightly trashy. It’s the backwoods. What’s your excuse for the trashy rednecks that populate CT?

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moosebeak t1_j5pesag wrote

I genuinely don’t get it. There are assholes everywhere. Yet reading the state subs, there seems to be this intense hatred for CT in particular in northern New England. Yet I don’t personally know a single person who doesn’t love and appreciate the state of Maine and treat it - all of it, its natural areas, its residents, the towns - as a respectful guest should when they’re there. Same with VT and NH. Who are these people from CT who are going around giving us such a bad reputation? Most of us are just normal people living our lives.

Also I don’t know where this idea comes from that CT is all Yankees fans. The majority of people I know are Pats, Sox and Bruins fans. Maybe it’s just the part of CT I’m from.

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uuuge t1_j5lxfxf wrote

What's ironic here is that a lot of CT residents register their vehicles in Maine because they save on vehicle tax compared to CT and the state is so backwater that their DMV still hasn't figured out how to fix the problem. It's been happening for like 30 or 40 years..

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david_lo-pan t1_j5mip4u wrote

So Maine gets the registration fees and excise tax payments, Connecticut gets the wear and tear their roads. Sounds like the DMV figured it out 30-40 years ago.

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uuuge t1_j5mj396 wrote

Yeah, and the CT resident still saves a lot of money. Doesn't really matter where the money goes, you don't get it back. Sweet dirt roads all over Maine, btw.

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david_lo-pan t1_j5mks3s wrote

Doesn’t matter where the taxes and fees generated go? Dirt roads? Huh?

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uuuge t1_j5mmsc0 wrote

Not only is the registration fee hundreds of dollars cheaper on average, maine doesn't require an emissions test, and insurance is much cheaper as well, sometimes a thousand dollars cheaper per year or more.

As I said before, Maine is so backwater that whoever I'm arguing with lives in such an isolated bubble they have no idea how the world works.

Relax and fire up that wood stove.

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david_lo-pan t1_j5moeel wrote

My point is what incentive does Maine have to fix this “problem”?

If I had a wood stove it would have been fired up weeks ago. A man can dream…

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uuuge t1_j5mpvb0 wrote

I guess it's win win then? I wish I had a wood stove too with the price of oil.

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j5neefb wrote

You sound like an entitled CT asshole.

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uuuge t1_j5nhg0w wrote

You sound like a backwater Maine asshole

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j5nibga wrote

Northeast VT, but let’s be real not much of a distinction. Just cracking up about you thinking our DMV’s are somehow losing from a bunch of flatlanders giving us their money, and telling us to go “fire up our wood stoves” like it’s an insult.

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uuuge t1_j5njbvk wrote

Never said anything about Vermont, so the "our" dmv comment is incorrect. Not sure why you're trying to get in to the conversation about Maine. Says a lot about Vermont though.

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Outrageous-Outside61 t1_j66y35r wrote

I mean, Maine and Vermont have the same DMV “loophole” hence why I mentioned Vermont. I also said DMV’s as in plural, so no, my comment was not incorrect.

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Mountain-Hawk9155 t1_j5qgo7z wrote

Wow how much are your taxes? I got a shock when I moved from Florida to Maine with a three month old car that I just paid taxes on in Fl when I bought it, and had to pay almost $800 in excise tax to register it in Maine.

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BRD8 t1_j5m06v5 wrote

Damn he kinda right

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