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What are the best 1990s period piece movies? (I.e., made after 1999, set in 90s)

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Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
buff alpha old irish cottage
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
Floppy self-absorbed national half-breed
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I still watch Film
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Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration
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but yet you know nothing of it
hideous area
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
odious bbw
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
passionate spruce philosopher-king
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True Detective season one
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Best answer so far
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
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There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
Floppy self-absorbed national half-breed
  05/27/25
social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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marvelous cream becky
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration
  05/27/25
Speed
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Nigger Feet
Floppy self-absorbed national half-breed
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"period" is a gross word.
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The Diaper
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I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration
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Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
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  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
passionate spruce philosopher-king
  05/28/25
Good one
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lilo and stitch for the same reason
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Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly ...
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  06/14/25
Road Trip
opaque irradiated fortuitous meteor
  05/28/25
this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
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marvelous cream becky
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Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
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Im a Curator
geriatric center scourge upon the earth
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Three Kings
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1999
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
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Black Hawk Down
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this
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
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I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
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the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
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I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
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Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Cordovan curious set voyeur
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
opaque irradiated fortuitous meteor
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tyvmft
Cordovan curious set voyeur
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
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Harry Potter
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
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Good one
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
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It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: buff alpha old irish cottage

Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1991.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: Floppy self-absorbed national half-breed

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: odious bbw

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Azure Insecure Turdskin Locus



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: hideous area

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: odious bbw

Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure I know about Film.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48967267)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: passionate spruce philosopher-king

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: slimy thriller menage preventive strike

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: marvelous cream becky



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Cordovan curious set voyeur



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Massive underhanded rigpig plaza



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Azure Insecure Turdskin Locus

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: marvelous cream becky



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Beta vivacious cuckoldry



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: Adventurous Gaped Crackhouse Marketing Idea

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Appetizing twinkling heaven boiling water

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

There are not a lot - certainly no great films.

Add The Fighter and Spring Breakers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: Floppy self-absorbed national half-breed

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: snowy tripping business firm

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: bateful pocket flask

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: gold at-the-ready tank



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: marvelous cream becky



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

Mostly an 80s movie though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966409)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: opaque irradiated fortuitous meteor

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP’s criteria.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966424)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: marvelous cream becky

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Floppy self-absorbed national half-breed

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Flirting famous landscape painting base

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Azure Insecure Turdskin Locus

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: marvelous cream becky



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about the vanishing future. The internet has made it so the 90s never left. There’s no clear break with the past like Nirvana ending the 80s. So the era continues to live on in the culture (e.g. Friends and Seinfeld still Top 5 tv shows by hours watched) preventing us from developing a collective Nostalgia for the 1990s.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Azure Insecure Turdskin Locus



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: marvelous cream becky



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: gold at-the-ready tank



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: marvelous cream becky



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: Grizzly site striped hyena

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: Turquoise aggressive newt ticket booth

Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966568)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their times (Clerks is great), but the 90s are massively underexplored by people from another, later time reflecting on the historical era and what it MEANS now that culture has some distance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthetic and is based on Rogen and Stone’s high school years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: passionate spruce philosopher-king

Same for Napoleon dynamite

Technically set in 2003 but rural Idaho was still in 1990

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Vibrant Patrolman

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: marvelous cream becky



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: Bat-shit-crazy parlour



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Date: June 14th, 2025 10:02 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

Those tankard bracelets and Deb’s hair are incredibly 90s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#49014596)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: opaque irradiated fortuitous meteor

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Frozen windowlicker

this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our memories of problems in teh 90s. the late 90s movies (office space, american beauty, fight club) were all about the purposelessness of american life and culture.

kind of hard to reset a 90s film knowing what is going to happen

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: marvelous cream becky



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: geriatric center scourge upon the earth

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Violent shimmering giraffe

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: geriatric center scourge upon the earth

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Beta vivacious cuckoldry

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: geriatric center scourge upon the earth

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Sienna Office Rigor

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal fishy trailer park antidepressant drug

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Cordovan curious set voyeur

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969956)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: odious bbw

I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera around then, it was 180.

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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: swashbuckling elite messiness library

the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48969260)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discussing

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Cordovan curious set voyeur

Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the tech used

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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: opaque irradiated fortuitous meteor

No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using the number pad for texting. Also Alec Baldwins character mentions the Patriot Act

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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: Cordovan curious set voyeur

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: concupiscible coral indian lodge tattoo

The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Creek.

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: buck-toothed translucent lettuce new version

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: White contagious public bath generalized bond

The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - the drama with Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ, not the documentary one.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Silver up-to-no-good brunch internal respiration

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Violent shimmering giraffe



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Titillating hall

tv show but derry girls.

wife insisted i watch it. i thought it would suck but it’s 180

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Date: June 8th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: buck-toothed translucent lettuce new version

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Titillating hall



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