Sunday, June 14, 2020

Woman Says Baby's Name Will Lead To Bullying


This woman asked people on Reddit whether she was wrong for saying a baby's name would result in the poor kid being bullied in life. Folks in the comments section seem to be expressing the opinion that she wasn't in the wrong for sharing her well intentioned thoughts on the matter. You be the judge. 

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Text - AITA for criticizing my cousin's baby name? Not the A-hole Hi! I (21F) have a married cousin, 'Cass' (30F) who has always been sort of holier-than-thou in our family just because she is the oldest, rather successful and first to settle down. She is pregnant with her first child, a son, and has announced the name. Both are family names, and the middle actually is after our grandfather. The name would be perfectly fine if it wasn't for the surname. The initials of the name is M.O (ie if the

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Text - I saw the obvious red flags in the name, and texted her saying, 'Are you sure about the baby name, just say Mo Leicester out loud.' She replied, 'yeah it's a lovely name, anyways we're just calling him mo, he'll be called by his first name at school.' I left it after that, as she's pretty hard to argue with - until she posted a picture of a babygro with Mo Leicester emblazoned across it. I then texted her, 'your kid is really gonna get bullied when his classmates can put two and two toget

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Text - business. they also said i should shut up because it's fAmily NaMes, and we should be thankful that the family is being 'honoured.' My aunt even had the nerve to tell me that I was jealous as I was single and Cass had her husband at my age. I really don't care about being single by the way. My sisters also think the name is ridiculous, and so does Cass's brother, who tried to talk to her husband but he thinks the name Mo is 'cool' as every boy should have a sports hero to look up to. so y

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Text - jigsawsandroses • 1d NTA oh lord poor kid. if they wanna call their kid 'mo' when their surname is Leicester they shouldn't be suprised if the kid gets bullied. I get that that's not your kid, but your concern is in the best interest of the kid. your aunt also sounds like a piece of work.

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Text - elsie223 • 1d • Partassipant [3] OOF that is unfortunate. I was all ready to say it's never good to criticize a new parent's baby name choice but in this case, NTA, that nickname last name combo is gonna be terrible

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Text - immafuturemama • 1d The first thing I thought about when I named my kid was what did it sound like / is it rude? I had to give up a nice middle name out of fear for my daughter getting an ASS initials. You have to do that out of kindness as you can be judged for your name and everyone deserves an equal start in life. NTA.

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Text - AGirlHasNoThrowaway • 1d • Asshole Enthusiast [8] NTA. I had a similar situation come up when I was pregnant. My ex has a very unfortunate last name. It is spelled slightly differently, but the last name is De Cock. Literally pronounced (da-cock). My favorite baby name for a boy has always been Holden. But, with that last name, I had to make the choice to protect my kiddo from needless bullying by changing the name. Some people say it's just a name, it's no big deal, kids will find anythi

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Text - MandeeLess • 1d NTA. Show her the episode of IT Crowd where Jen is dating a guy named Peter File lol.

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Text - skizethelimit • 1d • Partassipant [1] Well, you tried your best for that kid. That's all you could do. Now just drop it. (but you can practice your "I told you so" face for when the kids is a teenager and starts complaining abut being named "molester". NTA

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Text - LoveAudrey • 22h Tbh, you're NTA for pointing it out. My first and last initials are A.S., and my parents were going to have my middle name be Sophia before their friend frantically called them, telling them to try monogramming a towel. Maybe that makes me biased, but l'm super grateful to not have my initials be ASS.

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Text - StayclassyK_C • 23h NTA. I'm stunned that more people don't remember the world is a brutal place before naming their children. You did her a service.

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Text - Trvlgirrl • 23h NTA. I have a friend with an unfortunate last name who married a man with an equally unfortunate last name. They decided to hyphenate their daughters last name resulting in an absolutely cringeworthy surname. Her first and middle initials are IC. Her last names basically equate to female felatio. When I pointed it out, they didn't care at all, saying it would build character. I dropped it and never said another word but I def lost some respect for people who don't care the

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Text - papiyawn • 1d • Partassipant [4] NTA normally l'd say stay out of it but there is a definite problem there. Do they truly know that it sounds like molester and they just don't care or has no one said it outright to them?

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Text - River_Song47 • 1d NTA. There was an episode of the IT Crowd where Jen dated a guy named Peter until she couldn't take his full name anymore. Peter File. Parents who love their baby won't set them up for harassment.

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Text - Prof_Lava-Hot • 1d NTA. You're trying to do the kid a gigantic favor here. She's TA for trying to name her kid that.

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Text - Tapusi • 1d NTA. You mean well, but at the end of the day, the parents have the final say. Does your country allow people to legally change their names if they don't like it? If so, how hard can it be?

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Text - NinjaSarBear • 1d NTA it shouldn't be an issue but it is because kids are monsters. They've been warned and I would remind them when, not if, it becomes an issue

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Text - chellis8210 • 22h NTA, people really need to think about this stuff, my sisters friend had the surname Hunt, her first name was Kristin, the kids picked up on K Hunt pretty quickly, to make matters worse, she herself has had a child, no father in the picture, so same surname, and has named her daughter Ophelia Krystal. That's correct. Ophelia K Hunt. She's only 2 right now, but god, how do you not notice?

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Text - sugaredsnickerdoodle • 23h NTA, it wouldn't be an issue if they just called him by his first name or even a nickname of the first or middle, but I've honestly NEVER heard of people taking just the first two initials and making a nickname out of that. Very weird. Not relevant but I feel like I saw a similar post, don't remember if it's on here but it was someone who named their kid Liz Anya and everyone was telling them they need to change it because they never realized they basically name

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Text - CinderRebel • 15h NTA. My half brother is called Yordick ( no idea if that is the spelling i honestly dont know him) and the new woman wanted him to go to our primary school. We immediately said no cause maybe in Mexico he will get away unscathed but he definitely not survive being in an English speaking school. We literally started talking to my dad to explain why this was a horrible idea. He does not speak english but he understands it. I have no idea how he thought this would work.

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Text - GenuineSenpai • 15h • Asshole Enthusiast [9] NTA. I was bullied my from elementary through highschool because of my name first and last name (I'm Hispanic). My last name is Anes and I always heard Anus from kids. But it's still not as bad as that name. That poor kid is going to probably have a terrible time at school. His parents are setting their child up to be bullied by not thinking about the effects that a name will have through different phases of his life.

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Text - Dredgen-Wrath • 1d NTA, Oh boy that kid is gonna have a bad time in like 8 years.

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Text - Myrania • 23h NTA - though I thought I would rule differently when I had only read the title

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Text - sarahjd82 • 20h NTA - When I was naming my babies, the baby name book (I'm sure that dates me) had a section in the very front about things to consider while naming your baby. Among those possible pitfalls were how the name and associated nicknames would pair with your last name. Kids can be cruel, especially when they have such a rich vein of teasing to mine.

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Text - Glasgowghirl67 • 20h NTA, My oldest nephew ended up having the initial SIN, my uncle died just before his birth and they honoured him with his middle name. He has no issues due to this because he finds it funny and his middle name isn't used in his day today life but in this case they are insisting his nickname is Mo and are not considering the impact it has on this child. You were honest about your feelings and the burden it can have.

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Text - ringdings_n_pepsi • 19h NTA. That poor, poor kid. Kids were already making this joke when I was in elementary school 20 years ago about a boy named Morgan in my class who shortened his name to "Mo." and his last name wasn't even close to something like Leicester or whatever, but he still got called "Mo Lester." Kids are cruel and you gotta take that into consideration when naming your babies.

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Text - UKRedditLurker • 19h NTA - I know in theory we shouldn't care what other have to say and so on but come on... you 100% did the right thing at least pointing it out.

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Text - Recent-Horror • 19h NTA. Amy Schumer just had to change her son's name because no one pointed out it sounded like "Anal Fisure". This one is so much worse! I would be very grateful to be honest. We didn't use my grandmothers name as a middle name because the same type of thing happened. It's no ones fault but I think it's incredibly short-sighted for her to not see the problem!

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Text - fullcupofbitter • 19h NTA I don't understand parents who don't consider how the names they give their children can cause them a lot of unnecessary stress in grade school... My step bro and SSIL literally slaved over trying to find the perfect names for their girls so they couldn't get bullied for their names... I mean kids are creative and you can't always think of everything, but just the effort they made was very touching... And neither of them even have names that are out of the ordina

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Text - CaptainTrips1919 • 18h NTA if mom is upset now just wait til she hears what her poor kid is going to go through in school. Their teasing will put your mild protests to shame.

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Text - alwaysbeenawkward • 17h NTA, even if the name hadn't been so obviously terrible. I don't know why everyone acts like criticizing a baby name is so rude and inappropriate. You would think she would want her friends and family to give her honest feedback. She is being very unreasonable by getting mad and crying just because her cousin dislikes the baby name she chose. I hope it's just hormones and she isn't normally like that.

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Text - 06rockstar • 17h NTA Now, mo is a pretty cool nickname. I wouldn't mind having it if my namedsounded anywhere near that. However, if your last name sounds like lester it's probably for the best that you don't go by mo

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Downstairs Neighbors Won't Turn Down Music, Get Nuked From Orbit


Those neighbors weren't ready for the sheer, bone rattling power of the concert speakers. It's hilarious picturing them trying to resist, building up the courage to play their music, and ultimately getting shut down again and again/ 

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Text - r/ProRevenge u/greyspot00 • 1y + Join 2 Downstairs neighbors wouldn't turn down "music," nuked them from orbit. Was suggested to cross post from O r/MaliciousCompliance I was inspired by a recent post to tell my own bad neighbor story. Can't think of a better place to post it. Flashback to 2014... or so I moved out on my own in 2013 and moved into an old house converted into a 2 floor apartment, directly across from my future in-laws.

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Text - The downstairs neighbors were loud. BLARING music at all hours (yes, all of the hours), wouldn't cut the grass or take out the trash on our shared schedule. Crappy neighbors, but never bothered me directly. The guy was pretty chill when sober and would turn the music down a little when I texted him. He was okay until his girlfriend moved in. Now add shouting matches to the mix, and all of the sudden my requests to turn down the music makes him turn it up. I can barely walk on my super-thi

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Text - I told her that we can't expect them to remain silent when she's ready for bed, we need to be reasonable, but the wall rattling music needs to stop during the night. She hated it during the day, but I told her there's nothing we can do then, so she would go to her parent's house a lot during the day. I talked to neighbor-guy, he said "yeah man that's cool" but it turns out the girlfriend wasn't having it and his attitude then changed to "yeah well it's our house so you can go F yourself i

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Text - So I did the only thing I could do. I fought fire with fire, and maliciously complied with the law to the T. I could only report them for noise after 11:00 PM. I now forget the morning hour when the noise could start, but I believe it was 9:00 AM. My dad has these huge old concert speakers in his garage. Professional grade, black leather bound, 5 feet tall and 3 feet wide, and a pretty nice, vintage stereo/ amp.

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Text - He has two, but my apartment was so small I sadly only had room for one. We replaced our coffee table with this thing, laid face down onto our thin, office carpet. Tired of his crap tunes, I tested this Geneva Convention-breaking device when they weren't home. Holy cow. I had to take everything down from tables, counters and shelves because they would shake off. I prepared audio files to feed the stereo. I was giddy like a kid with a new Christmas toy. I turned it on when I left for work

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Text - On day 2, I found a pile of manure on my doorstep, but it didn't faze me. I cycled between sine/saw/square waves in clashing chords, marching music (Washington Post March on loop), preaching clips (they weren't just atheist, but outspoken anti-Christian, so it was a must), the most stupid songs you could think of (Captain Planet theme song, Chicken dance, etc). This poor old house rattled in ways I didn't think possible. The vibrations from the sine wave would make your vision blur. I eve

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Text - He needed a few more days to let it sink in. Plus I had so much fun putting it together. They complained to the police and the landlord. There was nothing they could do since I wasn't doing anything wrong. I didn't even hear music during the time of peace to follow. It was so quiet. They would build up their courage and try again every few weeks when I wasn't home, but my wife was. I then showed her how to tame the beast so she could let it loose while I was away. I had to give them a spa

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People's Dumbest "High Risk Low Reward" Moments


People will do some incredibly dumb stuff and take some pretty big risks for almost no reason. We've all had those moments where we've thrown the odds to the wind for some trivial purpose, like free-climbing up the side of a building just to retrieve a Frisbee. A lot of times we frankly don't get paid enough o put ourselves in as much danger as we do. What's for sure is that some people just don't give a heck.

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Text - somebitchsthrowaway 42.5k points · 3 days ago EN I once followed a young homeless man I just met because he wanted to show me where he was staying. It was nighttime and he invited me down into a dip in the trees. We walked through a dark section of forest then he showed me some rocks and small caves with a couple beds set up. Then we left. I literally followed a stranger into the dark woods because...curiosity? Suicidality?

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Text - Basic_W1te_boy 39.1k points 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago F I once climbed an old truss bridge to get some neat pictures of myself, i climbed under it and sat on the beams beneath the bridge, i climbed the the very top, i hung off the edge of the bridge above several rocks. Once i got done and showed the pictures to my friends and they said they sucked.

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Text - ngl6 34.9k points · 3 days ago· edited 2 days ago & 10 More Walking into my house as a confident 15 year old with a cigarette in my mouth telling my dad things where gonna change around here.

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Text - Knowing_ghost 30.7k points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago F 3 Taking a year in a program I wasn't interested in to try and get a girl, who turned me down instantly. Edit: I wasn't horny, I was lonely... and we were good friends prior, not so much afterwards as shit got awkward; it was also my second year, so I did get a useless degree I never claimed for my trouble (social science)

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Text - CheekyBlind 29.0k points · 3 days ago 9 3 Climbing up a water tower when drunk to find a friend. Turns out said friend was not even lost. He was yelling at me from the base of the tower

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Text - Happyvibe5 21.9k points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago F Balanced on the top rung of a six meter ladder to change a light bulb at work.

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Text - bndboo 18.5k points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago Sent my boss a glitter bomb, never told anyone who sent it. The whole organization, thousands of people, know it happened, boss flipped out when glitter went everywhere. I'll never tell anyone.

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Text - ProfethorThnape 16.9k points · 3 days ago I was in band in high school, I had a friend from middle school that was also involved in athletics at the time and the two of us were outcasts among the greater band nerd population and often got talked down to, which even our instructor would join in on from time to time. At the time flipping backpacks was popular (taking things out of the backpack, flipping the backpack inside-out, returning the items to the bag and zipping the bag back up). On

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Text - If we got caught and reported the instructor 100% would have suspended us, so we were on extra edge and right as we were wrapping up the substitute locked eyes with us from across the room and realized what was going on and decided to pretend nothing happened and we completed the mission right on time. The class was very pissed as the lights flicked on and they saw what had unfolded. The substitute came back for a class later that year and talked to us saying he had to actively try not to

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Text - Stauen 16.3k points · 3 days ago I stole every wheel off the chairs in my high school's computer lab as a joke during a 20-minute break. I still have one of them. Probably could've gotten expelled just for a slightly funny joke and a useless chair wheel.

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Text - JimmyReagan 15.2k points · 3 days ago I skipped class after a standardized test. Literally the afternoon teachers were showing movies and doing nothing and I decided it was smart to get in school suspension to sit behind a warehouse and nap with with my dumbass "friend"...

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Text - PapaOoMaoMao 15.1k points · 3 days ago Whilst building a house, the second floor had an I beam that extended our into nowhere that needed to be painted with rust protection paint. The floor had not been installed yet and the joists were still going in. To save time, I shimmied out to the end of the beam and started painting. Every breath of wind made the whole thing sway. Just my movements made it wiggle a fair bit. Nearly took a six meter swan dive to a concrete floor about 12 times. I c

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Text - SugoiBakaMatt 12.9k points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago I used to dive in ponds at golf courses to collect the lost balls and clean/sort them to sell back to the courses. It's unbelievable just how many snakes, alligators, and leeches live in those things. I made less than minimum wage (around 6ish at the time) and had countless close calls with critters. However, the most dangerous creatures on golf courses are old people. They do not give a fuck if you're working, they will absolute

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Text - Churonna 12.5k points · 3 days ago My friends and I used to target and steal those signs that said "If you are caught stealing you will be prosecuted". Many illegal things were done and many hundreds of thousands of dollars of stuff was ignored to steal increasingly difficult to obtain paper signs.

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Text - mingk 409 points · 3 days ago Licked raw chicken to prove not all chicken had Salmonella.

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Text - Cow-Brown 7.1k points · 3 days ago I swam in the Zambezi when I was drunk on a tiger fishing trip. Still can't believe I was that stupid. For those that don't know, its infested with hippos and crocs, known for taking people.

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Text - starvalentinobeatz 6.7k points · 3 days ago Had a major gambling addiction at 19. Saved $1600 so that me and my family could put a deposit down on a rental home. We were getting evicted out of our apartment the next day. Had the move all set up and ready to go in the morning. Just had to pay the deposit and we would finally have a nicer place to live. At about 2am on the night before the big move, I decided to go to the casino. Completely fucking stupid move. Ended up losing my 40 dollars

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Text - I did this 15 fucking times. I have less than 100 in my checking account. It's now 6am. I am completely fucked. My entire family is going to be homeless because of ME. So I figured fuck it, if my entire life is ruined, I have no use for the last bit of money in my account. What's another spin on the slots gonna do? Well, when I sat down for the final time at the machine, I win 800 dollars on the first spin. A couple spins later, I win another 800 dollar jackpot. I won back all of my 1600

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Text - Smeggywulff 5.1k points · 3 days ago Told this story before but it's been a while. My friends and I used to break into expensive looking houses and use their showers. This was in the late 90s when ridiculous showers were in vogue and we wanted to know if they were actually any good (for the most part they were not). We never stole anything (well, except water). We brought our own towels and toiletries. We were very careful about who we "hit" and made sure they had set schedules and no chi

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Text - T3st03 2.4k points · 3 days ago Wasting 2000+ hours for playing competitive multiplayer game. At the end, nothing i got other than hurting my eyes, brain, and my emotion.

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Text - IngloriousCavatappi 2.1k points · 3 days ago During an all-nighter study session with my college roommate we decided we wanted to get some McDonald's. It was around 1am, so we left all of our stuff in a common study room (laptops and all- wtf) and got in my car. It was pitch black, super foggy with my lights on, and raining to top it all off. I couldn't see more than a foot in front of my car so we were driving 10mph down the highway on no sleep. After less than 5 terrifying minutes we de

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Text - Black_kalla 1.3k points · 3 days ago I was a free intern for a flower shop. One day there was a shady person walking in the store basement. Somebody said he stole something from the shop and fled to the basement. The shop was in an apartment building, street level and the basement led to all over the building. So they said to me a 16 y/o girl to go to the basement and check the situation out. Well I was young and dumb and went. Thank god I found no one.

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Text - PurpleEnterpriseNX01 1.2k points · 3 days ago Jumping onto a bus that was pulling away from the bus stop without closing its doors. The bus is every 10 minutes.

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Text - Brendo200122 746 points · 3 days ago · edited 2 days ago Slept in a tent at an abandoned asbestos mine. Was able to see some of the asbestos all over the ground. View wasn't bad in the morning though.

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