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Rate this text exchange with my mother (Consuela)

Last night Mom: Did u get ur packet? Me (immediate res...
Consuela
  10/21/26
She's Right
Historical American
  10/21/26
wow
Consuela
  10/21/26
(Amy Acton)
Lucy Mercer
  10/21/26
i don't know who this or the context
Consuela
  10/21/26
...
Historical American
  10/21/26
...
queensbridge benzo
  10/21/26
"don't forget to comment on my substack"
ruinous phenotype
  10/21/26
havn't shared any of my writing with any friends or family, ...
Consuela
  10/21/26
Actually these are the people you *should* be sharing it wit...
Fracture in the Maidenhead
  10/21/26
this is backward and wrong, as usual. go away.
Consuela
  10/21/26
mods
great moniker
  10/21/26
Invite her over for dinner. When she shows up and asks what ...
Fucking Fuckface
  10/21/26
this is just a tiny example of my general dislike of women a...
Consuela
  10/21/26
Ok, so maybe use a real knife and not a prop
Fucking Fuckface
  10/21/26
...
Nippon Professional Baseball
  10/21/26
what packet?
ferengi
  10/21/26
something she sent in the mail to a group of people four or ...
Consuela
  10/21/26
was it a gift of some kind? is that why she expected a warme...
ferengi
  10/21/26
no
Consuela
  10/21/26
or a "congratulations" or something? i'm strugglin...
ferengi
  10/21/26
because she's old and does nothing so the slightest effort a...
Consuela
  10/21/26
lol. i mean i'm generally effusive and i thank people when t...
ferengi
  10/21/26
I think he's mentioned that his Mom is a typical overbearing...
Fracture in the Maidenhead
  10/21/26
that's what i'm thinking, too. hard to get a good read on th...
ferengi
  10/21/26
Counterpoint: she mailed you the packet
Historical American
  10/21/26
wow
Consuela
  10/21/26
It would matter whether he even wanted the fucking thing. If...
Fucking Fuckface
  10/21/26
agreed. but surely she thought it would be useful for him so...
ferengi
  10/21/26
...
Historical American
  10/21/26
Motherfucker, do you have a mom!?
Fucking Fuckface
  10/21/26
my parents send me random useful things all the time, it is ...
ferengi
  10/21/26
There are two "normal" paths: 1. What you descr...
Fucking Fuckface
  10/21/26
lol makes sense. yeah my parents are particularly good at it...
ferengi
  10/21/26
Mine sent me a fur wall hanging. What the fuck is a college ...
Fucking Fuckface
  10/21/26
lol cq
ferengi
  10/21/26
(outed as first generation russian immigrant)
Consuela
  10/21/26
She just wants to talk to you and doesn't like seeing you be...
Fracture in the Maidenhead
  10/21/26
I still vote for the knife idea
Fucking Fuckface
  10/21/26
Sending people lengthy screeds runs in the family
Historical American
  10/21/26
...
ferengi
  10/21/26
Vaxxed?
the wife guy cinematic universe
  10/21/26
no, shes a trumpenprole
Consuela
  10/21/26
no one likes u online or irl its all phenotype
censorship
  10/21/26
this seems to be the feedback i'm getting
Consuela
  10/21/26
Just put in some hearts after it Yes ❤️❤️❤️
lunch thoughts
  10/21/26
that would have prevented this response, yes, its just exhau...
Consuela
  10/21/26
or you can change your outlook so that you're genuinely happ...
ferengi
  10/21/26
maybe i would be happier to interact with her if i wasn't co...
Consuela
  10/21/26
but if the landmines all involve showing enthusiasm or love,...
ferengi
  10/21/26
Responding with a flat "yes" signals coldness. Whe...
Fracture in the Maidenhead
  10/21/26
...
a lawyer who posts on the internet
  10/21/26
Don’t be an autist with your boomer mom she needs excl...
:;:;:::;:;;:::;;:::;:;:;;:;;:
  10/21/26
good point
ferengi
  10/21/26
sigh
Consuela
  10/21/26
its really this simple
richard clock
  10/21/26
...
Fracture in the Maidenhead
  10/21/26
...
can't believe this moniker was available
  10/21/26
...
Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III
  10/21/26
I stand with Consuela.
a lawyer who posts on the internet
  10/21/26
strong post moniker synergy
richard clock
  10/21/26
...
Fracture in the Maidenhead
  10/21/26
...
can't believe this moniker was available
  10/21/26
packet?
queensbridge benzo
  10/21/26
She's definitely the problem, not you.
chilmata
  10/21/26


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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:40 PM
Author: Consuela

Last night

Mom: Did u get ur packet?

Me (immediate response): Yes

Now

Mom: Wow! Don't act so warm and fuzzy. I love you [name] but you sure make it hard to like you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199902)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:45 PM
Author: Historical American

She's Right

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199907)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: Consuela

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199908)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:46 PM
Author: Lucy Mercer (Safari)

(Amy Acton)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199909)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:49 PM
Author: Consuela

i don't know who this or the context

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199921)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:49 PM
Author: Historical American



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199922)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:52 PM
Author: queensbridge benzo



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200107)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:47 PM
Author: ruinous phenotype

"don't forget to comment on my substack"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199910)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:49 PM
Author: Consuela

havn't shared any of my writing with any friends or family, which is always a bad idea

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199917)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:08 PM
Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead (gunneratttt)

Actually these are the people you *should* be sharing it with and the only reason you don't is because you know they'll react poorly and which frustrates the true purpose of it being a vehicle to wallow in isolation and misery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199978)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:09 PM
Author: Consuela

this is backward and wrong, as usual. go away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199981)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:15 PM
Author: great moniker

mods

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199993)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:47 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

Invite her over for dinner. When she shows up and asks what you're preparing, tell her "YOU!" and chase her around with a prop knife. When she finally collapses and thinks it's over, shout "HAPPY HALLOWEEN!" and help her up. Then tell her to get the fuck out and to stop being a bitch

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199912)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:50 PM
Author: Consuela

this is just a tiny example of my general dislike of women and my focus on "totality"

here there's a surface level question or comment, with a brutal underlying unstated demand, lashes out if the underlying understated demand is not met, and she universally claims to not cause "drama" at the same time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199925)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:58 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

Ok, so maybe use a real knife and not a prop

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199949)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:24 PM
Author: Nippon Professional Baseball



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200014)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:51 PM
Author: ferengi

what packet?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199927)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:52 PM
Author: Consuela

something she sent in the mail to a group of people four or five days ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199932)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:53 PM
Author: ferengi

was it a gift of some kind? is that why she expected a warmer response, like a "thank you"?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199933)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:54 PM
Author: Consuela

no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199936)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:54 PM
Author: ferengi

or a "congratulations" or something? i'm struggling to understand why she expected something more than acknowledgement of receipt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199938)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:55 PM
Author: Consuela

because she's old and does nothing so the slightest effort apparently deserves effusive praise

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199941)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:56 PM
Author: ferengi

lol. i mean i'm generally effusive and i thank people when they do anything nominally helpful for me, but i still think it's weird for her to expect that from you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199944)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:14 PM
Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead (gunneratttt)

I think he's mentioned that his Mom is a typical overbearing, critical Jewish Mom. While probably very frustrating and annoying, this is likely her way of showing love and affection.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199989)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:15 PM
Author: ferengi

that's what i'm thinking, too. hard to get a good read on this exchange without knowing anything about what she actually sent though

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199992)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:00 PM
Author: Historical American

Counterpoint: she mailed you the packet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199954)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:00 PM
Author: Consuela

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199955)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:07 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

It would matter whether he even wanted the fucking thing. If yes, then some amount of warmth is appropriate. If not (or even ambivalent), and if it wasn't something for his benefit, then she's entitled to nothing

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199974)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:11 PM
Author: ferengi

agreed. but surely she thought it would be useful for him somehow; otherwise why would she have sent it?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199987)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: Historical American



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199996)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:19 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

Motherfucker, do you have a mom!?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200161)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:21 PM
Author: ferengi

my parents send me random useful things all the time, it is truly 180000000. i always thank them with enthusiasm/emojis or on video

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200165)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:30 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

There are two "normal" paths:

1. What you describe

2. Moms who assume that anything that comes into their head is useful / helpful / worth attention because it came into their fucking head and involved a life that they excreted from their birth canal

I've long assumed that #2 is the more common of the "normal" paths. But maybe that's just bias towards my life experience

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200179)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: ferengi

lol makes sense. yeah my parents are particularly good at it, they always sent me 180 care packages in college, i don't deserve them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200220)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 3:04 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

Mine sent me a fur wall hanging. What the fuck is a college student going to do with that?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200288)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: ferengi

lol cq

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200293)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 3:06 PM
Author: Consuela

(outed as first generation russian immigrant)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200295)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:11 PM
Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead (gunneratttt)

She just wants to talk to you and doesn't like seeing you be miserable. You should stop reacting with annoyance and criticism and consider that she's probably one of the only people in your life that cares about you and is making an effort to help you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199985)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:31 PM
Author: Fucking Fuckface

I still vote for the knife idea

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200183)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:58 PM
Author: Historical American

Sending people lengthy screeds runs in the family

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199948)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 12:58 PM
Author: ferengi



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199950)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:02 PM
Author: the wife guy cinematic universe

Vaxxed?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199960)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:02 PM
Author: Consuela

no, shes a trumpenprole

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199964)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:04 PM
Author: censorship

no one likes u online or irl

its all phenotype

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199968)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:04 PM
Author: Consuela

this seems to be the feedback i'm getting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199969)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:18 PM
Author: lunch thoughts

Just put in some hearts after it Yes ❤️❤️❤️

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50199998)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:21 PM
Author: Consuela

that would have prevented this response, yes, its just exhausting that i have to add effusiveness to every text and scan for subtext constantly, all while she claims to be "direct" and not cause drama

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200007)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:23 PM
Author: ferengi

or you can change your outlook so that you're genuinely happy to interact with her and sweeter texts might come naturally

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200010)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:25 PM
Author: Consuela

maybe i would be happier to interact with her if i wasn't constantly stepping on landmines like this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200015)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:28 PM
Author: ferengi

but if the landmines all involve showing enthusiasm or love, my suggestion would eliminate the problem

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200022)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 4:27 PM
Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead (gunneratttt)

Responding with a flat "yes" signals coldness. When someone ks sending you one word text responses that means they don't want to talk to you. And Consuela reaction and attitude towards his Mom proves it in this instance too.

This whole thing makes me a bit sad. A Mom sending her son things and then reaching out and then even trying to pry something, anything out of him. A guy who admits he's lonely and seeking human interaction pushing his own Mom away. Just a bummer all around.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200423)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:26 PM
Author: a lawyer who posts on the internet



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200018)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:22 PM
Author: :;:;:::;:;;:::;;:::;:;:;;:;;:


Don’t be an autist with your boomer mom she needs exclamation points and emojis. Meet her where she is you fucking prick

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200009)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:24 PM
Author: ferengi

good point

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200011)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:24 PM
Author: Consuela

sigh

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200013)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:35 PM
Author: richard clock

its really this simple

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200041)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:01 PM
Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead (gunneratttt)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200123)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: can't believe this moniker was available



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200222)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 6:52 PM
Author: Emperor CRISPR Chad von Neumann III ( )



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200604)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:24 PM
Author: a lawyer who posts on the internet

I stand with Consuela.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200012)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:36 PM
Author: richard clock

strong post moniker synergy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200042)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:01 PM
Author: Fracture in the Maidenhead (gunneratttt)



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200124)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 2:38 PM
Author: can't believe this moniker was available



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200219)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 1:52 PM
Author: queensbridge benzo

packet?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200104)



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Date: October 21st, 2026 3:18 PM
Author: chilmata

She's definitely the problem, not you.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5914353&forum_id=2#50200326)