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Harrison Barnes Rolls Out Another Bizarre Rant

A. Harrison Barnes Harrison Barnes I have been speaking ...
Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook
  04/26/17
Fighter pilot in raghead countries without air defense seems...
talking main people
  04/26/17
I was reviewing resumes this morning. One was of an attor...
Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook
  04/26/17
Why did the student write a cover letter to Harrison Barnes?
Adventurous potus
  04/26/17
CLS transfer?
Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook
  04/26/17
lol
Fragrant turdskin patrolman
  04/28/17
I poasted this earlier today. He has a knack for writing le...
ivory chapel
  04/26/17
He'd be a great poaster here
Violet Famous Landscape Painting
  04/26/17
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effete community account
  04/26/17
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ivory chapel
  04/26/17
*most likely is
fuchsia soggy multi-billionaire
  04/26/17
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irradiated magenta public bath
  04/27/17
oh i thought this was harrison tp we were talking about
Milky Judgmental Mental Disorder Double Fault
  04/27/17
(Retard that has never heard a bullet crack over his head)
talking main people
  04/26/17
Other attorneys turn to substance abuse, antidepressants, an...
Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook
  04/26/17
He can almost put together a coherent sentence. Are we sure ...
talking main people
  04/26/17
...
abusive exciting sanctuary
  04/26/17
Us aspies don't have a problem with critism.
splenetic ticket booth
  04/27/17
Link?
provocative hall
  04/26/17
http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900047903/The-Seven-Deadly-...
ivory chapel
  04/26/17
Here is an example of what I mean regarding good old HB: ...
ivory chapel
  04/26/17
Not that bizarre for fringe players at bad law schools.
talking main people
  04/26/17
Lol he writes like a high school student
navy galvanic selfie
  04/26/17
lol, just imagining people being HURLED out of a literal CAU...
effete community account
  04/26/17
...
Sick supple doctorate plaza
  04/27/17
If an attorney does not have business, the attorney should b...
Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook
  04/26/17
...
talking main people
  04/26/17
...
effete community account
  04/26/17
As fucked as this is, I actually know a guy like this. Good...
Sick supple doctorate plaza
  04/27/17
lol did he write this? it's retarded and 8th grade level wri...
Pontificating Dun State International Law Enforcement Agency
  04/27/17
regardless, it is a correct summary of the no-business-havin...
cerebral unholy party of the first part filthpig
  04/28/17
The conclusion is the best part of the screed: Being a ...
ivory chapel
  04/26/17
He leaves out that a lot of us are english or philosophy gra...
Sick supple doctorate plaza
  04/27/17
The camaraderie among fellow attorneys is not worth it beca...
carmine business firm
  04/28/17
The answer is simple: Only in BigLaw are there dozens of 25...
Hyperactive stubborn piazza
  04/28/17
Harrison goes balls out HAM in every article. I admire him.
effete community account
  04/26/17
There's no one else quite like him.
ivory chapel
  04/26/17
i love this guy and he prolly also lives a 180 life so...
fuchsia soggy multi-billionaire
  04/26/17
...
effete community account
  04/26/17
Someone who explain how an NBA player is a law expert.
talking main people
  04/26/17
Nebbish lawyers HATE him!
effete community account
  04/26/17
...
Citrine autistic address
  04/26/17
He's a legend
Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook
  04/26/17
...
clear associate
  04/27/17
I guess you have a lot of free time when you don't make the ...
filthy fanboi range
  04/27/17
*trench whistle blows* *goes over the top of law trench* *...
stimulating cuckoldry
  04/27/17
...
at-the-ready knife becky
  04/28/17
I really enjoy the darkness of this dude, just on an aesthet...
Sick supple doctorate plaza
  04/27/17
CR he's like the Thomas Ligotti of recruiters
Impressive menage
  04/27/17
He's an unmitigated 120 parasite
Aggressive twisted temple kitty cat
  04/27/17
...
effete community account
  04/28/17
This guy should be required reading for 0Ls.
buff mewling place of business dog poop
  04/28/17
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Shivering tanning salon liquid oxygen
  04/28/17
There's something really funny about this guy's matter-of-fa...
Rusted Hell Pervert
  04/28/17
Not often is a guy who spits out that many words still enter...
Shivering tanning salon liquid oxygen
  04/28/17


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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:08 PM
Author: Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook

A. Harrison Barnes

Harrison Barnes

I have been speaking with a lot of attorneys who have been on the ground and fought wars in the Middle East and subjected to a lot of stress: Without exception, every single one of them states that the law firm world is more stressful than working in combat conditions. Many are so stressed out they leave the profession. One former fighter pilot from my law school class concluded he could not handle it and committed suicide.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172373)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:12 PM
Author: talking main people

Fighter pilot in raghead countries without air defense seems not very dangerous. Am I missing something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172407)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:12 PM
Author: Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook

I was reviewing resumes this morning. One was of an attorney who was a graduate of Columbia Law School and currently clerking for a federal judge. He wrote something like the following in his cover letter to me: “I’ve downloaded all the lists of top firms I can find and applied to at least 250 law firms and have yet to secure an interview.” This is common. Most attorneys apply to a ton of law firms and experience no luck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172409)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:18 PM
Author: Adventurous potus

Why did the student write a cover letter to Harrison Barnes?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172461)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:46 PM
Author: Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook

CLS transfer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172783)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 10:06 AM
Author: Fragrant turdskin patrolman

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33183252)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:14 PM
Author: ivory chapel

I poasted this earlier today. He has a knack for writing lengthy bizarre screeds that tend to have a ring of truth to them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172424)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:16 PM
Author: Violet Famous Landscape Painting

He'd be a great poaster here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172445)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:18 PM
Author: effete community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172463)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:19 PM
Author: ivory chapel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172470)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:26 PM
Author: fuchsia soggy multi-billionaire

*most likely is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172560)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 1:06 AM
Author: irradiated magenta public bath



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33173519)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:18 PM
Author: Milky Judgmental Mental Disorder Double Fault

oh i thought this was harrison tp we were talking about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180950)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:17 PM
Author: talking main people

(Retard that has never heard a bullet crack over his head)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172454)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:20 PM
Author: Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook

Other attorneys turn to substance abuse, antidepressants, and other drugs as a popular way to deal with criticism and numb the pain it causes. All of these are ways to numb the stressful feelings that come up from being criticized so much. Some attorneys get so desensitized by these sorts of things that they become practically unfeeling at criticism. They take it with a grain of salt as life as a sentient member of the human race slips further and further away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172475)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:23 PM
Author: talking main people

He can almost put together a coherent sentence. Are we sure he went to UNC?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172509)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: abusive exciting sanctuary



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172608)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:16 PM
Author: splenetic ticket booth

Us aspies don't have a problem with critism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180932)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:22 PM
Author: provocative hall

Link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172499)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:23 PM
Author: ivory chapel

http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900047903/The-Seven-Deadly-Burdens-of-Being-a-Law-Firm-Attorney-Rejected-Criticized-Never-Enough-Marginalized-Lied-to-Insecure-and-Cast-Out/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172518)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:23 PM
Author: ivory chapel

Here is an example of what I mean regarding good old HB:

"The pressure and conditions of a law firm are such that, like it or not, most attorneys are cast out of this cauldron of hell at various times in their careers. Associates may be let go because there is not enough work, due to their performance, or other reasons. As attorneys get more senior, they will be cast out if they do not have enough business. Partners who do not maintain enough business are cast out. Attorneys can be cast out of their law firms very quickly—and they often are. Most attorneys will be cast out of a law firm one or more times in their careers.

. . .

Once an attorney is cast out, of course, it can be exceedingly difficult for that attorney to find a new position and re-enter the legal profession. Many never do."

Yes, it is true that many people get canned from law firms (I did). But this notion that "many never" re-enter the legal profession is laughable bizarre hyperbole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172512)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:24 PM
Author: talking main people

Not that bizarre for fringe players at bad law schools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172540)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:27 PM
Author: navy galvanic selfie

Lol he writes like a high school student

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172584)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:31 PM
Author: effete community account

lol, just imagining people being HURLED out of a literal CAULDRON

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172616)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:57 PM
Author: Sick supple doctorate plaza



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180752)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:25 PM
Author: Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook

If an attorney does not have business, the attorney should be prepared to be reduced to a groveling sycophant later in his or her career inside of a law firm. Every senior attorney without substantial business is marginalized inside of law firms. In the worst law firms, the senior attorney without business is sort of like the town fool (as harsh as this seems). Even younger attorneys quickly pick up on this weakness and make fun of them. An attorney without business is seriously marginalized inside most law firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172542)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:26 PM
Author: talking main people



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172565)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:39 PM
Author: effete community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172720)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:56 PM
Author: Sick supple doctorate plaza

As fucked as this is, I actually know a guy like this. Good lawyer but not a good salesman, made some bad career moves, and now he's in his late 40s and in a really shitty position in his firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180739)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:19 PM
Author: Pontificating Dun State International Law Enforcement Agency

lol did he write this? it's retarded and 8th grade level writing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180962)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 6:56 AM
Author: cerebral unholy party of the first part filthpig

regardless, it is a correct summary of the no-business-having bitches you see in the "vault" top ten firms - they deserve pity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182508)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:25 PM
Author: ivory chapel

The conclusion is the best part of the screed:

Being a law firm attorney is an incredibly demanding thing. There is no rhyme or reason to why anyone chooses the legal profession inside of a law firm. The money is not worth it compared to other professions that require less education. The prestige is not worth it compared to the contempt with which many attorneys are held by others. The camaraderie among fellow attorneys is not worth it because there is very little, if any, of it. The advancement potential is not worth it because there often is no advancement potential. The security is not worth it because there is no security. The good feelings it gives you are not worth it because most of the other feelings you get from it often outweigh the good ones.

But attorneys continue to do it. Being a law firm attorney is something that the best ones can explain they have to do. It simply gives them something. You either have it or you do not. The one thing that every attorney has to have is persistence. This is because it takes a long time to see whether you have made it. Even when you get to the top of the heap you never will fully know you have arrived. Law firm attorneys only know they are successful when they compare themselves to their prior selves, see what has happened to their peers, and listen to the few voices out there that are willing to tell them they have done a good job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172548)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:54 PM
Author: Sick supple doctorate plaza

He leaves out that a lot of us are english or philosophy grads so there's really not much better we could have done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180715)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:18 AM
Author: carmine business firm

The camaraderie among fellow attorneys is not worth it because there is very little, if any, of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182730)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:33 AM
Author: Hyperactive stubborn piazza

The answer is simple: Only in BigLaw are there dozens of 25 year olds making $200K w/ useless B.A.s from unprestigious colleges. Their sole distinguishing achievement in life was scoring a 165+ on the LSAT, probably on their 3rd or 4th attempt. After that you can resume your lifetime of mediocrity at a T14 w/ median 1L grades, and cop a $200K job.

Also fwiw, T10 grads these days literally have it better than pre-ITE, b/c law school class sizes even at top schools are half of what they once were, curves have gotten softer, the applicant pool is weak so half scholarships or more can be easily negotiated for by anyone with a 170+ lsat and a 3.5ish GPA at all schools save H/Y/S, and the top 20 or so firms have been booming and associate demand exceeds supply over the past 3-4 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182777)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:26 PM
Author: effete community account

Harrison goes balls out HAM in every article. I admire him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172561)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:27 PM
Author: ivory chapel

There's no one else quite like him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172575)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:28 PM
Author: fuchsia soggy multi-billionaire

i love this guy

and he prolly also lives a 180 life

some of us write lengthy screeds here

he does that and manages to monetize it and prolly makes a ton of money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172593)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:29 PM
Author: effete community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172603)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:29 PM
Author: talking main people

Someone who explain how an NBA player is a law expert.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172600)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: effete community account

Nebbish lawyers HATE him!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172607)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:31 PM
Author: Citrine autistic address



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172625)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:35 PM
Author: Gaped lemon church building travel guidebook

He's a legend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172675)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:49 PM
Author: clear associate



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180672)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:52 PM
Author: filthy fanboi range

I guess you have a lot of free time when you don't make the playoffs....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180699)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:00 PM
Author: stimulating cuckoldry

*trench whistle blows*

*goes over the top of law trench*

*gets hit with shrew gas; skin melts*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180784)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:15 AM
Author: at-the-ready knife becky



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182928)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:07 PM
Author: Sick supple doctorate plaza

I really enjoy the darkness of this dude, just on an aesthetic level. It's very weird to have a recruiter constantly portraying the field he recruits in as a swirling black cloud of misery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180855)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:15 PM
Author: Impressive menage

CR he's like the Thomas Ligotti of recruiters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180923)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:21 PM
Author: Aggressive twisted temple kitty cat

He's an unmitigated 120 parasite

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180981)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:15 AM
Author: effete community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182719)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:55 AM
Author: buff mewling place of business dog poop

This guy should be required reading for 0Ls.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182838)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:42 AM
Author: Shivering tanning salon liquid oxygen



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33183100)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:10 AM
Author: Rusted Hell Pervert

There's something really funny about this guy's matter-of-fact tone. IDK what it is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182909)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:45 AM
Author: Shivering tanning salon liquid oxygen

Not often is a guy who spits out that many words still entertaining and readable. You have to give him that. Plus, despite his inclination toward hyperbole, he's observant and speaks some harsh truths.

I wonder how much blow he consumes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33183119)