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When lightning strikes a lake why dont all the fish die?

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Shimmering Trip Generalized Bond
  11/15/25
Why doesn't it kill all the fish in the ocean? It's got more...
Burgundy concupiscible new version elastic band
  11/15/25
That’s salt water
Avocado corner partner
  11/15/25
Yeah that should enhance the effect of the lightning.
Burgundy concupiscible new version elastic band
  11/15/25
Lightning doesn't kill all fish because the electrical curre...
fighting people who are hurt factory reset button
  11/15/25
this is also how sharks got lazers and how electric eels wer...
embarrassed to the bone wonderful station
  11/15/25
Fresh water, sure because it's very dense. But ocean water i...
Burgundy concupiscible new version elastic band
  11/15/25
Ph wow. So youre saying the lightning only affects the surfa...
Shimmering Trip Generalized Bond
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Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask
  11/15/25
So if you are swimming and lighting strikes you should be ab...
White immigrant shrine
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Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask
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Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
  11/16/25
Ideally you jump out of the water. But if you dont have time...
Shimmering Trip Generalized Bond
  11/16/25
How I survived 180 days of biglaw tp
Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
  11/16/25
A dive is just a reverse jump, same kinetic energy
180 Tanning Salon
  11/16/25
Something about this poast-moniker synergy
Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
  11/16/25
Fish are able to absorb, store, and discharge small amounts ...
Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape
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Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask
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passionate spruce orchestra pit really tough guy
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passionate spruce orchestra pit really tough guy
  11/16/25
it's amazing how after all these years I still learn somethi...
Reinhard Heydrich
  11/20/25
Enjoy your trash fish
Bespoke honey-headed codepig
  11/15/25
niggers
Aphrodisiac Lettuce
  11/15/25
lmao at this schoolbus thread
soul-stirring mauve set
  11/15/25
We really like it here.
Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
  11/16/25
They do wtf are you talking about?
light slimy center
  11/15/25
Incorrect. Did you not read the thread?
Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape
  11/15/25
I don’t need to read the thread I’ve seen this o...
light slimy center
  11/15/25
You're witnessed all the fish in a lake die after lightning ...
Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape
  11/15/25
Obviously I’m being a little rhetorical it hasn’...
light slimy center
  11/15/25
And you weren't fudging the number of fish deaths even a lit...
Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape
  11/15/25
cr
Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask
  11/16/25
they all jump right before the lightning strikes.
jade swashbuckling philosopher-king
  11/15/25
it's not enough juice. that's like trying to power an entir...
Emerald Institution
  11/15/25
protective fish slime
territorial startled macaca heaven
  11/15/25
tp
Navy Violent University
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Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
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Twinkling private investor
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9838838388374783747782737388837378383
Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
  11/16/25
We had a golden whose FAVORITE pastime by far was leaping in...
Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
  11/16/25
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Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask
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Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
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https://youtu.be/C-TSvxZ40RQ?si=QsAT_JyuY5QoLmko
Burgundy concupiscible new version elastic band
  11/16/25
A lightning strike consists of one or more short duration el...
Jet-lagged orchid national
  11/16/25
Old man assuming lolyers know the Fourier
Stirring Hospital Stain
  11/16/25
For all the non engineers on the bort the Fourier transform ...
Jet-lagged orchid national
  11/16/25
Or pronounce it. This block of text would be much easier...
Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape
  11/16/25
Not the weirdest feature Rach's been asked
Stirring Hospital Stain
  11/16/25
damn I'll be happy if I can just remember who the President ...
passionate spruce orchestra pit really tough guy
  11/16/25
Sadly now late 70s. Hope to do 79 on New Year’s Eve pe...
Jet-lagged orchid national
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Impertinent curious locus wrinkle
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Reinhard Heydrich
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ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp
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kenneth play
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ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp
  11/20/25
fish instinctively jump at the right time
vivacious apoplectic piazza liquid oxygen
  11/16/25
Because they’re not grounded. If one of their little f...
smoky depressive
  11/16/25
fish have slimy skin that acts as a plasma shield
tats
  11/20/25
Pike can feel it coming back again
Patel Philippe
  11/20/25


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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: Shimmering Trip Generalized Bond



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49433803)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:24 PM
Author: Burgundy concupiscible new version elastic band

Why doesn't it kill all the fish in the ocean? It's got more electrolytes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49433845)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Avocado corner partner

That’s salt water

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49433849)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:25 PM
Author: Burgundy concupiscible new version elastic band

Yeah that should enhance the effect of the lightning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49433850)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: fighting people who are hurt factory reset button

Lightning doesn't kill all fish because the electrical current mainly spreads out along the water's surface, not down into the depths. Fish that are deep enough to be below the surface remain unaffected, while only those very close to the surface are at risk of being harmed. This is because water's conductivity causes the electricity to travel horizontally rather than penetrate deeply.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49433856)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: embarrassed to the bone wonderful station

this is also how sharks got lazers and how electric eels were invented

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49433895)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: Burgundy concupiscible new version elastic band

Fresh water, sure because it's very dense. But ocean water is significantly less dense, so the electrons should be able to penetrate deep

Edit I got it backwards fresh water is less dense

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49433899)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Shimmering Trip Generalized Bond

Ph wow. So youre saying the lightning only affects the surface because the water makes it only affect the waters surface. Very insightful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434056)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434337)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: White immigrant shrine

So if you are swimming and lighting strikes you should be able to dive and be okay?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434325)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:08 PM
Author: Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434338)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:59 AM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434962)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:01 AM
Author: Shimmering Trip Generalized Bond

Ideally you jump out of the water. But if you dont have time just dive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435091)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle

How I survived 180 days of biglaw tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435300)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:54 AM
Author: 180 Tanning Salon

A dive is just a reverse jump, same kinetic energy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435357)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:55 AM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle

Something about this poast-moniker synergy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435360)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 7:35 PM
Author: Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape

Fish are able to absorb, store, and discharge small amounts of electricity via their electrophores.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434238)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:09 PM
Author: Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434339)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 8:04 AM
Author: passionate spruce orchestra pit really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435092)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 4:05 PM
Author: passionate spruce orchestra pit really tough guy



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49436028)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:34 AM
Author: Reinhard Heydrich (✅🍑)

it's amazing how after all these years I still learn something new every day on xo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49445544)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:00 PM
Author: Bespoke honey-headed codepig

Enjoy your trash fish

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434320)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: Aphrodisiac Lettuce

niggers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434324)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 8:03 PM
Author: soul-stirring mauve set

lmao at this schoolbus thread

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434326)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 2:00 AM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle

We really like it here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434963)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:06 PM
Author: light slimy center

They do wtf are you talking about?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434628)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:11 PM
Author: Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape

Incorrect. Did you not read the thread?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434637)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:26 PM
Author: light slimy center

I don’t need to read the thread I’ve seen this on lakes a million times

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434668)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape

You're witnessed all the fish in a lake die after lightning strikes? And witnessed the event occur a million times?

Impressive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434676)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:32 PM
Author: light slimy center

Obviously I’m being a little rhetorical it hasn’t been a million times but it’s a well known phenomenon up here. We even have a phrase for it: “Lightning Dead” lakes. It can take years to reboot and restore a lake after a major lightning strike especially if it cascades through an underwater stump system. In those interim years, the lake is a real waste land.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434692)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:41 PM
Author: Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape

And you weren't fudging the number of fish deaths even a little bit by including batrachians?

I think this thread demonstrates that a combination of electrical spread on the surface of the water, electrophoric activity, protective slime, and carefully timed jumps keeps the fish very much alive during lightning strikes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434718)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:30 AM
Author: Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434947)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:12 PM
Author: jade swashbuckling philosopher-king

they all jump right before the lightning strikes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434638)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:20 PM
Author: Emerald Institution

it's not enough juice. that's like trying to power an entire city with an extension cord plugged into a home wall outlet. the power dissipates in accordance with current/voltage/time/area/etc. you would need a massive jolt of power to remain strong enough to kill stuff spread throughout a large body of water.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434650)



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Date: November 15th, 2025 10:25 PM
Author: territorial startled macaca heaven

protective fish slime

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434665)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 7:55 AM
Author: Navy Violent University

tp

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435088)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:42 AM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435325)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:43 AM
Author: Twinkling private investor



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435330)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:46 AM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle

9838838388374783747782737388837378383

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435340)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 10:47 AM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle

We had a golden whose FAVORITE pastime by far was leaping into swimming pools after tennis balls, rain or shine at any time of year, and always opted to fly through the air rather than use the steps on the way in 😹😹😹

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435341)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:07 AM
Author: Misunderstood Ladyboy Pocket Flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435386)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:29 PM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435962)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:53 AM
Author: Burgundy concupiscible new version elastic band

https://youtu.be/C-TSvxZ40RQ?si=QsAT_JyuY5QoLmko

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49434960)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:29 AM
Author: Jet-lagged orchid national

A lightning strike consists of one or more short duration electrical pulses. The fourier transform of a lightning pulse will show that much of the energy consists of high frequency alternating current. This is why when lightning strikes you hear static on an analog a.m. radio. In a conductor alternating current tends to flow on the surface in proportion to the frequency of the current and the electrical conductivity of the conductor. This is called skin effect. Salt water is much more conductive than fresh water, so the electric field around a strike will be more intense toward the surface and will spread out radially from the strike point. In the case of a fresh water strike, the penetration below the surface will be greater and the spread more resembles a sphere than a disk. If you are floating in the water the current that will flow through you depends upon the electric field gradient across your body. In most cases the field gradient will not be enough to hurt you if you are more than 20 or so feet away. However, if you are standing, the field gradient will be relative to ground, so the lethal distance will be greater. Fish aren't usually in contact with the ground, though. However, electricity is not the only problem. Lightning generates an intense sound wave (thunder). Close in it can be deadly or at least deafening - maybe 250 db, which is like a bomb - think of a stick of dynamite going off. Underwater the concussion can be deadly to fish at a much greater distance than the electrical effect. Maybe 5-10 times greater. In addition, the lightning will flash boil water at the impact point, so if you are too close you can be cooked.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435411)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 11:45 AM
Author: Stirring Hospital Stain

Old man assuming lolyers know the Fourier

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435434)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 12:04 PM
Author: Jet-lagged orchid national

For all the non engineers on the bort the Fourier transform just converts time domain into frequency domain. Maybe that doesn't make any sense either. It's just one of those things you learn in engineering and math classes. It's tedious to calculate, so you just have a computer or instrument do it for you so it becomes a black box. It is one of the most useful tools in signal and image processing, but it's also used in many other ways.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435484)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:02 PM
Author: Sickened Azure Cruise Ship Ape

Or pronounce it.

This block of text would be much easier to read if we had LaTeX and he could just simplify it with equations.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435629)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 5:32 PM
Author: Stirring Hospital Stain

Not the weirdest feature Rach's been asked

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49436270)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:32 PM
Author: passionate spruce orchestra pit really tough guy

damn I'll be happy if I can just remember who the President is in my mid 70s

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435974)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 3:58 PM
Author: Jet-lagged orchid national

Sadly now late 70s. Hope to do 79 on New Year’s Eve per the bort tradition.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49436018)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 4:47 PM
Author: Impertinent curious locus wrinkle



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49436140)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:35 AM
Author: Reinhard Heydrich (✅🍑)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49445545)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 9:32 AM
Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49445951)



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Date: November 17th, 2025 7:41 PM
Author: kenneth play



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49439361)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 9:31 AM
Author: ethereal \\(> ' v ' <)// tp



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49445950)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: vivacious apoplectic piazza liquid oxygen

fish instinctively jump at the right time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435639)



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Date: November 16th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: smoky depressive

Because they’re not grounded. If one of their little fins was touching the bottom at the time then ZAP dead

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49435642)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:02 AM
Author: tats

fish have slimy skin that acts as a plasma shield

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49445532)



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Date: November 20th, 2025 4:46 AM
Author: Patel Philippe

Pike can feel it coming back again

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5798550&forum_id=2Reputation#49445553)