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The Library => Haley Center Basement => Topic started by: GH2001 on August 11, 2014, 07:26:59 PM
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Robin Williams apparently hangs himself at 63.
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http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/11/robin-williams-dead-commits-suicide (http://www.tmz.com/2014/08/11/robin-williams-dead-commits-suicide)
Robin Williams has committed suicide.
The comedian killed himself in Tiburon, in Northern California.
According to the Marin County Sheriff's Office ... authorities found William's body inside his home. They say he was found unresponsive.
He was unconscious and not breathing and the coroner suspects suicide due to asphyxia.
Williams was last seen alive at his house at 10 PM Sunday night.
Robin went back to rehab last month to focus on his sobriety. We're told alcohol was an issue
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I feel like someone just punched me in my childhood.
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This really really sucks. Damn it man!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I feel like someone just punched me in my childhood.
yes...guy was a talent.
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It's blowing my mind how many memorable movies he's been in.
Patch Adams
Aladdin
Good Will Hunting
Good Morning Vietnam
Mrs. Doubtfire
Dead Poets Society
Jumanji
Hook
Plus a host of others....
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Pull up some footage of him on Carson in the 70's and 80's before he was a HUGE star. Guy was a riot. He had Carson laughing more than any other guest I personally saw on his show.
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“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.â€
― Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms
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I loved him in Mork & Mindy. Rip
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Happy for Robin and sad for his family. He fought off the demons till he could go no more. Phenomenal really how functional he was given the severity of his disorder which was both a gift and a curse. His loss is worthy of a North American holiday.
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Thousands with sever PTSD and nobody gives a shit. One dead actor/comedian and the whole country acts like he was their brother...
There is help out there. Especially for those with money. If they choose not to fight it, why make them heroes. The heroes are the ones who continue to fight every day.
I liked his work, but I'm not a fan of his last act.
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Thousands with sever PTSD and nobody gives a shit. One dead actor/comedian and the whole country acts like he was their brother...
There is help out there. Especially for those with money. If they choose not to fight it, why make them heroes. The heroes are the ones who continue to fight every day.
I liked his work, but I'm not a fan of his last act.
Hard to tell not being in his shoes. I don't understand depression for no apparent reason. But it happens.
Reason for the outpouring is because everyone knew who he was and he seemed like an otherwise happy guy with a few demons he was trying to battle. The guy was a talent and brought laughter/joy to a lot of people. I think folks are just in shock here. Like THS, he is a lot of many people's childhoods and its painful to watch a guy who made his living off being funny, take his own life.
Most people that have PTSD, I do not know personally. I have no insight into who they are. Not sure I can have the same correlation with someone I don't even know of.
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Hard to tell not being in his shoes. I don't understand depression for no apparent reason. But it happens.
Reason for the outpouring is because everyone knew who he was and he seemed like an otherwise happy guy with a few demons he was trying to battle. The guy was a talent and brought laughter/joy to a lot of people. I think folks are just in shock here. Like THS, he is a lot of many people's childhoods and its painful to watch a guy who made his living off being funny, take his own life.
Most people that have PTSD, I do not know personally. I have no insight into who they are. Not sure I can have the same correlation with someone I don't even know of.
I have no issue with folks being shocked and saddened by his death. I will miss his talent also. But there are people out there wailing and saying they are devastated. How can you be devastated over someone you did not know.
And yet, there is no outpouring of personal devastation for any of our troops who come back and cannot rejoin society due to serving their country.
I do know someone suffering from PTSD. They cannot function in the world. So they just stay inside all of the time. But they have not given up. And God willing, I pray they keep fighting it. Yet many kill themselves daily..and nobody notices.
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Have learned that PTSD is not limited to combat veterans though that's what we most often associate it with and
I don't equate Robin's demise with heroism.
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Hard to tell not being in his shoes. I don't understand depression for no apparent reason. But it happens.
Reason for the outpouring is because everyone knew who he was and he seemed like an otherwise happy guy with a few demons he was trying to battle. The guy was a talent and brought laughter/joy to a lot of people. I think folks are just in shock here. Like THS, he is a lot of many people's childhoods and its painful to watch a guy who made his living off being funny, take his own life.
Most people that have PTSD, I do not know personally. I have no insight into who they are. Not sure I can have the same correlation with someone I don't even know of.
As someone who is aware of PTSD, I would say that it is different than depression. PTSD has triggers points that can send someone off in many different directions, some get mad (video of marine a while back ago who went off on a guy who cut in front of him in his car), some get emotional spent over little things. I have lost it over a squirrel getting run over.
Talented individual who made people laugh, had demons (don't we all)
Took chicken shit way out.
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As someone who is aware of PTSD, I would say that it is different than depression. PTSD has triggers points that can send someone off in many different directions, some get mad (video of marine a while back ago who went off on a guy who cut in front of him in his car), some get emotional spent over little things. I have lost it over a squirrel getting run over.
Talented individual who made people laugh, had demons (don't we all)
Took chicken shit way out.
CCT was comparing them. Not me.
I was just defending people's reactions to his death.
I can sit back and say it was chicken shit, but we weren't in his shoes. We say that from the perspective of being in a right state of mind too. Easy to back seat drive it from a sane position.
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CCT was comparing them. Not me.
I was just defending people's reactions to his death.
I can sit back and say it was chicken shit, but we weren't in his shoes. We say that from the perspective of being in a right state of mind too. Easy to back seat drive it from a sane position.
So you are saying Tony Stewart killed Robin Williams?
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CCT was comparing them. Not me.
I was just defending people's reactions to his death.
I can sit back and say it was chicken shit, but we weren't in his shoes. We say that from the perspective of being in a right state of mind too. Easy to back seat drive it from a sane position.
I was not comparing the two diseases. I was comparing the overall "give a shit" that people have toward people with each.
I feel nothing for Robin Williams. He copped out.
I feel for those that have PTSD due to service. they did their job for us and it cost them mentally. I worry about young men in their early twenties who do not have a prayer of having a normal life.
But if you look out on the interwebs, you'd think millions of people just lost a family member.
It just seems odd. And to me, a bit misplaced.
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I was not comparing the two diseases. I was comparing the overall "give a shit" that people have toward people with each.
I feel nothing for Robin Williams. He copped out.
I feel for those that have PTSD due to service. they did their job for us and it cost them mentally. I worry about young men in their early twenties who do not have a prayer of having a normal life.
But if you look out on the interwebs, you'd think millions of people just lost a family member.
It just seems odd. And to me, a bit misplaced.
I'm in total agreeance with this.
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I was not comparing the two diseases. I was comparing the overall "give a shit" that people have toward people with each.
I feel nothing for Robin Williams. He copped out.
I feel for those that have PTSD due to service. they did their job for us and it cost them mentally. I worry about young men in their early twenties who do not have a prayer of having a normal life.
But if you look out on the interwebs, you'd think millions of people just lost a family member.
It just seems odd. And to me, a bit misplaced.
Some of it is social media. People can twit, instagram, facebook, whatever, and often express the same ZOMG over anything that the rest of the social world is going all ZOMG over. Makes people feel like part of an event that's going on elsewhere that in reality is not anything to which they personally have a connection. It's a fascinating case study all in and of itself - I hope some sociologist is making notes somewhere. I myself try very hard not to join in the "RIP" parade because I think it is... not hypocritical, that's not the right word... but kind of self-important, or "Judy Joiner" or whatever. Like following the crowd in an effort to feel good about oneself. Lutz was different - I was really devastated by that. But actors and such don't move me the same way. I don't know them or have any personal connection to them.
Yes, I will miss his work. I have always loved him.
Yes, I think that suicide is a cop out. I feel sorry for him, that this was the only way out he could see. And am sad for his family.
And yes, I know personally that depression can be crippling and make you think nasty thoughts. It's sad that he acted on them.
But life moves on.
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Some of it is social media. People can twit, instagram, facebook, whatever, and often express the same ZOMG over anything that the rest of the social world is going all ZOMG over. Makes people feel like part of an event that's going on elsewhere that in reality is not anything to which they personally have a connection. It's a fascinating case study all in and of itself - I hope some sociologist is making notes somewhere. I myself try very hard not to join in the "RIP" parade because I think it is... not hypocritical, that's not the right word... but kind of self-important, or "Judy Joiner" or whatever. Like following the crowd in an effort to feel good about oneself. Lutz was different - I was really devastated by that. But actors and such don't move me the same way. I don't know them or have any personal connection to them.
Yes, I will miss his work. I have always loved him.
Yes, I think that suicide is a cop out. I feel sorry for him, that this was the only way out he could see. And am sad for his family.
And yes, I know personally that depression can be crippling and make you think nasty thoughts. It's sad that he acted on them.
But life moves on.
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Personally I blame it on Southern Culture.
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Personally I blame it on Southern Culture.
All of our racism finally got to him.
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All of our racism finally got to him.
Jesus love rasist and suiciders.
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Personally I blame it on Southern Culture.
Auburn killed Robin Williams?
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Auburn Tony Stewart killed Robin Williams?
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Auburn Tony Stewart killed Robin Williams?
I believe I already established that
So you are saying Tony Stewart killed Robin Williams?
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Racing killed Ward Jr....and Stewart's car was the weapon?
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It's blowing my mind how many memorable movies he's been in.
Patch Adams
Aladdin
Good Will Hunting
Good Morning Vietnam
Mrs. Doubtfire
Dead Poets Society
Jumanji
Hook
Plus a host of others....
I thought he was funny but I liked him more as an actor than comedian. I think he was a better actor than comedian. A great talent, indeed.
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Personally I blame it on Southern Culture.
on the skids?
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The appropriate response is:
"Shazbat"
For all it matters Mork was an okay show but "introducing" the character on Happy Days was an 'well, we already jumped a shark' abomination and compelling evidence of just how far that once good show flew off the rails.
Was he a comic genius? I dunno. He had some mildly amusing movies. His best role was as the genie in Aladdin because he was able to free wheel with few limits. He was quick witted and good at impressions. But genius? Not for me to say. Because I'd say no.
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He was quick witted
I'm thinking this is the part that makes him a genius as a comedian. Not only that he was quick witted but that he took this to a higher level that most. I have to think that some of the off the wall comic relief he let loose also had to do with him being considered bipolar. If in fact he was bipolar, thoughts carry a whole new meaning of reality. There is my 2 cents.
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http://youtu.be/v9g1yRXF8I8 (http://youtu.be/v9g1yRXF8I8)
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Go ahead and jump. Gene keepin' it real. from foxnewz dot to the I am a gay twerker that has no balls!!!! I also have no idea how to use the quote function to post stories, so I annoy the piss out of others. I like male genatalia in and around my mouth.
Gene Simmons is not making many friends this week. First he went after American immigrants who don't speak English, and now the KISS rocker has some beyond strong opinions about those struggling with depression.
"Drug addicts and alcoholics are always, 'The world is a harsh place.' My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don't want to hear f**k all about "the world as a harsh place." She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life," the 64-year-old told SongFacts.com. "And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, 'I'm depressed, I live in Seattle.' F**k you, then kill yourself."
Unfortunately, he didn't stop there. "I never understand, because I always call them on their bluff. I'm the guy who says 'Jump!' when there's a guy on top of a building who says, 'That's it, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to jump,'" Simmons continued. "Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the f**k up, have some dignity and jump! You've got the crowd."
His timing couldn't be worse seeing as the beloved Robin Williams committed suicide on Monday after years of struggling with depression himself. Needless to say, Simmons' remarks were not so well received, especially by one of his fellow rockers.
Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, 55, commented on the shocking quotes during his radio show "Sixx Sense," saying, "I like Gene. But in this situation, I don't like Gene. I don't like Gene's words. There is a 20-year-old kid out there who is a KISS fan and reads this and goes, 'You know what? He's right. I should just kill myself.'"
He added, "For people who are depressed, there is a way out. There are many, many ways out…Don’t listen to people who don’t know what they’re talking about."
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Go ahead and jump. Gene keepin' it real. from foxnewz dot to the I am a gay twerker that has no balls!!!! I also have no idea how to use the quote function to post stories, so I annoy the piss out of others. I like male genatalia in and around my mouth.
Gene Simmons is not making many friends this week. First he went after American immigrants who don't speak English, and now the KISS rocker has some beyond strong opinions about those struggling with depression.
"Drug addicts and alcoholics are always, 'The world is a harsh place.' My mother was in a concentration camp in Nazi Germany. I don't want to hear f**k all about "the world as a harsh place." She gets up every day, smells the roses and loves life," the 64-year-old told SongFacts.com. "And for a putz, 20-year-old kid to say, 'I'm depressed, I live in Seattle.' F**k you, then kill yourself."
Unfortunately, he didn't stop there. "I never understand, because I always call them on their bluff. I'm the guy who says 'Jump!' when there's a guy on top of a building who says, 'That's it, I can't take it anymore, I'm going to jump,'" Simmons continued. "Are you kidding? Why are you announcing it? Shut the f**k up, have some dignity and jump! You've got the crowd."
His timing couldn't be worse seeing as the beloved Robin Williams committed suicide on Monday after years of struggling with depression himself. Needless to say, Simmons' remarks were not so well received, especially by one of his fellow rockers.
Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx, 55, commented on the shocking quotes during his radio show "Sixx Sense," saying, "I like Gene. But in this situation, I don't like Gene. I don't like Gene's words. There is a 20-year-old kid out there who is a KISS fan and reads this and goes, 'You know what? He's right. I should just kill myself.'"
He added, "For people who are depressed, there is a way out. There are many, many ways out…Don’t listen to people who don’t know what they’re talking about."
I like Gene, but he's way oversimplifying it here. Sixx is right.
And a better rocker anyway.
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I like Gene, but he's way oversimplifying it here. Sixx is right.
And a better rocker anyway.
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Talent wise...not even close.
If were talking dressing up as demonic cats in leather and spitting out fake blood in high heels with bottle rockets going off? Sure...KISS wins that one.
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Talent wise...not even close.
If were talking dressing up as demonic cats in leather and spitting out fake blood in high heels with bottle rockets going off? Sure...KISS Kaos wins that one.
ftfy
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If were talking dressing up as demonic cats in leather and spitting out fake blood in high heels with bottle rockets going off? Sure...KISS wins that one.
Meh, not that one either.
(http://leatherrebel.com/website%20pics/wasp%20pics/wasp-live.png)
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Meh, not that one either.
(http://leatherrebel.com/website%20pics/wasp%20pics/wasp-live.png)
Who ironically had an influence on a shitload of good bands
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Who ironically had an influence on a shitload of good bands
They really did. I went back through listening to some of their stuff about a week or so ago and there was some solid metal in there.
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It always angered me when people committed suicide, sometimes it still does....but if there is one thing I've learned in the last few years is that we don't know how to cope with mental illness. No real strides in the medical field except trial and error with different kinds of prescription drug cocktails. Now, there are people who take the "easy" way out...for stupid reasons like bankruptcy or divorce or a fucking break up and that is bullshit. But for people with depression, I think it's a different ballgame. Suicide would be unfathomable to you or me, but their brains don't work like a normal person's. Just my thoughts.
But whatever his reasons were or weren't, I don't think he took the coward's way out. Long history of drug and alcohol abuse....but he put that belt around his neck stone cold sober. I think that was his fuck you to those demons.
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It always angered me when people committed suicide, sometimes it still does....but if there is one thing I've learned in the last few years is that we don't know how to cope with mental illness. No real strides in the medical field except trial and error with different kinds of prescription drug cocktails. Now, there are people who take the "easy" way out...for stupid reasons like bankruptcy or divorce or a fucking break up and that is bullshit. But for people with depression, I think it's a different ballgame. Suicide would be unfathomable to you or me, but their brains don't work like a normal person's. Just my thoughts.
But whatever his reasons were or weren't, I don't think he took the coward's way out. Long history of drug and alcohol abuse....but he put that belt around his neck stone cold sober. I think that was his fuck you to those demons.
Well put.
He also had Parkinson's. Hard to get inside the mind of someone with disorders like that and see things how they are seeing them.
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I honestly used to feel the same about anyone who committed suicide unless I knew they were facing some long, painful road to death from an illness. I've been facing some demons of my own lately and my stress level has reached a boiling point. I get how things like stress and depression can dominate your life. But suicide is just not something that's ever even remotely crossed my mind as a "way out". I would think your daily life would have to be sheer torment with no end in sight to consider that as an option.
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I honestly used to feel the same about anyone who committed suicide unless I knew they were facing some long, painful road to death from an illness. I've been facing some demons of my own lately and my stress level has reached a boiling point. I get how things like stress and depression can dominate your life. But suicide is just not something that's ever even remotely crossed my mind as a "way out". I would think your daily life would have to be sheer torment with no end in sight to consider that as an option.
I don't think whether to drive the Bentley or the Rolls classifies as demons.
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I honestly used to feel the same about anyone who committed suicide unless I knew they were facing some long, painful road to death from an illness. I've been facing some demons of my own lately and my stress level has reached a boiling point. I get how things like stress and depression can dominate your life. But suicide is just not something that's ever even remotely crossed my mind as a "way out". I would think your daily life would have to be sheer torment with no end in sight to consider that as an option.
I have heard that big cigars are a good way to break a dick sucking habit.
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Depression, anxiety, early stages of Parkinson's, history of drug and alcohol abuse, no telling how many rounds of antidepressant/SSRI's (that may or may not permanently rewire the brain) during his rehab stints or treatment for his depression and anxiety. Sounds delightful! I think we should all give a try!
He seemed to genuinely like making people laugh. I wonder if his spastic ways of always going into funny voices or acting like he had ADD was his way of distracting his mind from the demons he faced. Everyone copes in different ways. I think he was a truly screwed up individual and it finally got the best of him. I can't fathom suicide, but I am not going to sit back and call someone a coward when dealing with those issues either.
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Depression, anxiety, early stages of Parkinson's, history of drug and alcohol abuse, no telling how many rounds of antidepressant/SSRI's (that may or may not permanently rewire the brain) during his rehab stints or treatment for his depression and anxiety. Sounds delightful! I think we should all give a try!
He seemed to genuinely like making people laugh. I wonder if his spastic ways of always going into funny voices or acting like he had ADD was his way of distracting his mind from the demons he faced. Everyone copes in different ways. I think he was a truly screwed up individual and it finally got the best of him. I can't fathom suicide, but I am not going to sit back and call someone a coward when dealing with those issues either.
I have no idea of the issues he faced.
He took the coward way out, What he did was selfish. He eased his pain while causing a great many people more pain than anyone should have to endure.
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Depression, anxiety, early stages of Parkinson's, history of drug and alcohol abuse, no telling how many rounds of antidepressant/SSRI's (that may or may not permanently rewire the brain) during his rehab stints or treatment for his depression and anxiety. Sounds delightful! I think we should all give a try!
He seemed to genuinely like making people laugh. I wonder if his spastic ways of always going into funny voices or acting like he had ADD was his way of distracting his mind from the demons he faced. Everyone copes in different ways. I think he was a truly screwed up individual and it finally got the best of him. I can't fathom suicide, but I am not going to sit back and call someone a coward when dealing with those issues either.
Nor am I.
There are umpteen different degrees of bipolar disorder and I'm guessing he fought like a fucking champ as long as he could in spite of what anyone else might think. In his mind it was okay to end his life NOW.
There is no one size fits all in this life and his own children seem resigned in acceptance of their father's demise even though most of us cannot fathom suicide as an option. And odds are they themselves will carry some form of the disorder at some point in their own lives if not already.
Sometimes it's ones belief system that keeps them alive-but how strong is it and for how long?
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I don't think whether to drive the Bentley or the Rolls classifies as demons.
You've never been faced with this quandary, have you?
Didn't think so. Until you've walked in another man's Armani's....
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We all have our down days. When I'm feeling a little blue, I like to come on the x and look back through all of the hysterically funny quips and jokes that I've posted on here to brighten up my day.
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I have heard that big cigars are a good way to break a dick sucking habit.
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