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

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swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
internet-worthy obsidian jew
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
brass factory reset button boltzmann
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/27/25
but yet you know nothing of it
odious adulterous candlestick maker son of senegal
  05/27/25
Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
hyperventilating cruise ship
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
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True Detective season one
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Bespoke Cumskin
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Best answer so far
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Frisky Jap
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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rough-skinned telephone
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
costumed old irish cottage
  05/27/25
(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
deep corner volcanic crater
  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/27/25
How to train your dragon
brass factory reset button boltzmann
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social network.
Massive Vigorous Stead Partner
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Wolf of Wall Street
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Bespoke Cumskin
  05/27/25
Mostly an 80s movie though.
swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/27/25
Speed
boyish business firm national security agency
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/27/25
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Bespoke Cumskin
  05/27/25
Nigger Feet
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  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
Topaz soul-stirring public bath brethren
  05/27/25
The Diaper
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Bespoke Cumskin
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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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swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
spectacular range
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
House-broken avocado home genital piercing
  05/28/25
Good one
swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
pearly incel office
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Bespoke Cumskin
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1L's Ambition
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Road Trip
boyish business firm national security agency
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this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
outnumbered lake school
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Bespoke Cumskin
  05/28/25
Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
Motley lemon idiot
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
emerald ladyboy
  05/29/25
Im a Curator
Motley lemon idiot
  05/29/25
Three Kings
rough-skinned telephone
  05/28/25
1999
Motley lemon idiot
  05/28/25
One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
pearl azn filthpig
  05/28/25
Black Hawk Down
crawly hairraiser orchestra pit
  05/28/25
this
sienna garrison
  05/29/25
Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
hyperventilating cruise ship
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
Diverse crackhouse
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
swollen seedy locus really tough guy
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
sienna garrison
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
boyish business firm national security agency
  05/29/25
tyvmft
sienna garrison
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
Aqua antidepressant drug
  05/29/25
Harry Potter
Pumonymous
  06/03/25
The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Todd Driskill
  06/03/25
Good one
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
  06/03/25
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Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong
  06/03/25
tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
Brother Peter Dimond
  06/07/25


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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: internet-worthy obsidian jew

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

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: brass factory reset button boltzmann

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: hyperventilating cruise ship

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Talented walnut university



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: odious adulterous candlestick maker son of senegal

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: hyperventilating cruise ship

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=2E#48967267)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: House-broken avocado home genital piercing

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48964686)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: marvelous cordovan brunch selfie

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

Best answer so far

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966429)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: sienna garrison



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Frisky Jap



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: Talented walnut university

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: rough-skinned telephone



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: costumed old irish cottage

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: deep corner volcanic crater

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

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=2E#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: brass factory reset button boltzmann

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: Massive Vigorous Stead Partner

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: Geriatric hell useless brakes

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: sadistic plaza



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

Mostly an 80s movie though.

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: boyish business firm national security agency

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

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

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



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: brass factory reset button boltzmann

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Topaz soul-stirring public bath brethren

"period" is a gross word.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966412)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Talented walnut university

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

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.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Talented walnut university



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: sadistic plaza



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: judgmental rose mad-dog skullcap

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966468)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: spectacular range

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

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



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

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=2E#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

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=2E#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: House-broken avocado home genital piercing

Same for Napoleon dynamite

Technically set in 2003 but rural Idaho was still in 1990

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48966880)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: pearly incel office

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: 1L's Ambition



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: boyish business firm national security agency

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: outnumbered lake school

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967167)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: Bespoke Cumskin



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: Motley lemon idiot

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: emerald ladyboy

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969811)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: Motley lemon idiot

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: rough-skinned telephone

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: Motley lemon idiot

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: pearl azn filthpig

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48967320)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: crawly hairraiser orchestra pit

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: sienna garrison

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: hyperventilating cruise ship

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48970015)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: Diverse crackhouse

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

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



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: swollen seedy locus really tough guy

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969800)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: sienna garrison

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969841)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: boyish business firm national security agency

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969890)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: sienna garrison

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: Aqua antidepressant drug

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48969850)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: Pumonymous

Harry Potter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48982501)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Todd Driskill

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=2E#48982587)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Good one

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48983011)



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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW)



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond

tv show but derry girls.

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

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2E#48994100)