i loved anna. and DU has really changed over the years.

[meow mix]

theres some real a-holes on this board now, i guess now they are pissing on a dead person.

im guessing its because she was a gay-rights advocate? after the snickers thing its quite evident that the gay haters have grown in numbers significantly.

i dunno im just trying to figure out why they are being such insensitive pricks. gdam keyboard hiders feel real secure hiding behind the screen i bet face to face they'd keep this crap to themselves anyway.

[Bluebear]

1. I am so sorry mm

:hug:

Agree with all you say.

And still, SOMEONE will come into this thread to piss on it. Watch.

[L A Woman]

23. i have never used the ignore feature more than i have today...

and btw, Bluebear, I have read several of your posts on the subject and I agree with you wholeheartedly. It's been refreshing after reading some absolutely disgusting posts.

[Ladyhawk]

49. I just commented that I read a whole page of "ignored" replying to "message deleted."

I just got here. :shrug: When I see something like that, I pat myself on the back for ignoring the right person. Still, it's disconcerting to see discourse degenerate. I hate myself when I do it. The future of Internet forums will probably allow more video. It might be a little harder to hide behind the keyboard, as it were.

[cboy4]

2. Let's face it.....this guy is always welcome at DU!

[BayCityProgressive]

3. I think it is sad

yeah she had some real issues, but you can tell she was usually miserable and didn't havea very good life. before she ever got a chance to have a decent life and do something good with he rmoney, her son died...probably the only person who ever treated her with respect..and then she died too. I think it's sad no matter what her faults were. None of us are perfect.

[Midlodemocrat]

4. Keyboard warriors always feel that it's okay to be a bully.

The vitriol about this does take my breath away, though. I was the one who posted about it in the lounge and some stuff is just heart stopping.

I said it before and I will say it again. Celebrating someone's death diminishes the person doing so. Someplace, someone is grieving that person and deserves some good vibes about their pain.

[BeHereNow]

24. DAMN STRAIGHT!

it is breath taking to contemplate the person behind
some of the posts I have seen about this woman's death.

Not to mention other tragedies discussed over the years on DU.

BHN

[blonndee]

30. And what's worse

is that it's allowed to continue. I don't know...I've only been here a couple of years but this isn't the place I used to belong to.

[Missy Vixen]

86. Midlo, I'm with you

>Celebrating someone's death diminishes the person doing so.<

I just came from reading the thread in LBN.

I feel like I need a shower.

Julie

[Ezlivin]

5. Candle in the Wind

Although she was not quite Jean, she was the very definition of a blonde bombshell.

"Loveliness we've lost
These empty days without your smile"

[jumpoffdaplanet]

6. They are as bad as that asshole Ed Schultz

He doesn't believe she's dead and is making fun of it. Saying she just fell over and she'll be getting up soon.

This after it was confirmed she is dead.

I wonder if he'll apologize tomorrow.

[LisaM]

15. No, no, his show was tape delayed when he said that

It was bad, but not as bad as it sounded, what he said.

[jumpoffdaplanet]

35. Not where I listen. He is live from noon ET.

It was live, and she had been confirmed dead. Hell, the news on just before he ridiculed a dead woman, had a report about her death.

He is just that kind of creep, just like Rush or Sean.

[Cha]

95. If anyone wanted proof that biged schultz

is an Asshole..well, there it is.

[katsy]

7. Thank you meow.

:hug:

[ThomCat]

8. You're right.

I don't watch TV or read tabloids so I don't know much about her. But it always seemed that she did the best she could with her life. And she had a good heart. She stood up for us.

There is a huge amount of homophobia here at DU, and as long as they don't use any direct slurs they can get away with posting huge amounts of hateful shit without it getting deleted.

DU is definitely a democratic site, but it's not very progressive. To many really reactionary, mean, bigoted people are at home here.

All we can do is put up a fight, and do our best to defend progressive values.

:hug:

[stonecoldsober]

67. If I had the authority

there would be about 10-20 people that I would have tombstoned tonight. I wonder how the powers that be can allow this hateful crap to turn DU into a cesspool. I've never been more disgusted with DU and I've been reading DU for over 3 years now.

You try so hard to foster love in this world, at the same time some are getting their rocks off by throwing hatred at the dead. I'm just sick.

[ThomCat]

97. What gets me

is the people who rationalize, justify or ignore bigotry, but insist that they're all for equal rights.
x(

With friends like those...

[jonnyblitz]

9. I remember you from the 2004 primary.

i just noticed you again a few days ago after not seeing you for a long time and yes there is an anti-gay backlash going on here it seems. we homos are getting too uppity and need to shut the fuck up again i guess. you will notice the threads telling us to get over it have high "recommend" counts, too, so there ya go. DU has become asshole central.

anyways,welcome back! :hi:

[Bluebear]

11. 'DU has become asshole central.'

:nodding:

[Ladyhawk]

52. Yeah. It's why I don't come here much anymore.

I wonder if the mods can do anything about it. :shrug:

Again: there's something nasty about Internet forums. They bring out the worst in people.

[Mojambo]

10. I have a low enough opinion of humanity that this stuff never gets to me. n/t

[Catfight]

12. I liked her, she wasn't a role model, but she was what she wanted to be.

I was sad she passed away, I'm always sad when someone passes away.

[BeHereNow]

13. It's part of the collective madness, or neurosis, that has gripped America

I see it every day in the high school I work in.
It is truly disturbing to watch.

A complete lack of empathy or humanity.
Instead, what Bertrand Russell identified as
the basest form of humanity.

An ancient philosopher observed that the fall
of a civilization could be predicted by what its
citizens considered "entertainment."

Any else see it?

To turn the tragic life of another into
a series of jokes and puns is simply sick.
We are a sick society.

BHN

[Bluebear]

16. 'We are a sick society.'

You said it, BHN.

[Marie26]

32. I see it

It's like Bushco's way of thinking has infected the whole country - a virus of cruelty, callousness, ignorance & arrogance. We are a sick society.

[BeHereNow]

36. Amen- makes you think twice about leaving the house, doesn't it?

I was born in 1960.
I remember so much beauty- beauty that has
vanished from us as a people, or perhaps simply been
driven into hiding from the world.

From my personal perspective,
I know why "they hate us."

We are soul-sick ugly.
The very worst kind of ugly.
Ugly from the inside out.

BHN

[Raksha]

79. You are so right. It even infects the people who try to fight it

or who believe they are fighting it anyway.

Re >>It's like Bushco's way of thinking has infected the whole country - a virus of cruelty, callousness, ignorance & arrogance. We are a sick society.<<

[bliss_eternal]

14. Your post is in line with theories I've seen...

...regarding "keyboard prophets" so to speak. Apparently the bigger the asshole one is on-line, the bigger chicken shit coward they are in the real world. ;)

Don't let the piss ants get you down. Thanks for the positive comments! :hi:

I'm SO sad to hear of her passing--much too young. Thankfully, she seemed to live her life to the fullest and got a lot into her time here, but still too soon to see her go. :( May Anna Rest in Peace.

[Bonobo]

17. I woke up and that filthy thread was the first thing I saw. It was disgusting.

The filthy people who spoke about her like that... Not only were they speaking ill of the dead, of the recently dead... But the fact that they would CHOOSE TO SPEND THEIR TIME in that way is maybe even scarier and sadder.

I have beat my friggin head against the wall for the last 3 days to get people to spend a TINY AMOUNT OF TIME on a guy, Lt. Watada who has DEVOTED THE REST OF HIS LIFE, thrown away everything he has worked for, in order to stop the war in Iraq, because of his CONSCIENCE!

Where is the conscience of the people who spew shit like that? Where? How many people here claim to care abot stopping the war. NOT EVEN 500 Views! I can't get 500 views out of what 90,000 members of DU.

It's just sick.... sick and sad. Thanks Meow Mix.

"I like tuna, I like liver, I like chicken, please deliver. Meow meow meow meow moew meow moew..."

[meow mix]

42. i love him too =)

and its because of your posts ive been following it a lot more closely than i otherwise would have been, ty.
*hug

[Bonobo]

61. Thank you. My heart is one degree warmer!

:hug:

[Katherine Brengle]

18. It's never right to celebrate someone's death, or make light of it.

:(

[JackBeck]

19. You still can find lots of great people on DU.

It's just that the bullies tend to stand out more.

Hang in there and this too shall pass.

:grouphug:

[bicentennial_baby]

20. Mwah!

I kiss you! :*

:hug:

[tridim]

21. I think people are just pissed at the wall-to-wall news coverage

It's not her fault.

The blame lies with the circus clowns on TV who cancel the real news every time a mega-celebrity dies.

[L A Woman]

28. well i just got home from work and there is NOTHING on about it

take that back - the TV guide channel is doing something. but the major news networks are not talking about it at all.

so people are mad because they covered it for two hours before the west coasters even got home from work????

i'm sure larry king will do something. he knew her quite well.

[dflprincess]

87. NBC news spent more time on Anna Nicole tonight than they did on Molly Ivins

Keith also spent a lot of time on this tonight on Countdown - all he did for Molly was mention she had died.

I think it's find to castigate the media for over hyping this story, but it's awfully mean spirited to attack Ms. Smith. I never paid much attention to her (though with all the coverage she received, it was hard not to know something about her.) and I can't say I ever heard she did anything that hurt the masses (unlike Milton Friedman mentioned in this thread). From what Keith said tonight, it sounds like she had a very troubled life and 39 is far too young to die and there is a baby girl left who will never know her mother. KO also mentioned that she was a very kind person.

If you want to attack the media, have at it. I'll join you. But have some respect for the people on the board who were fans of Anna Nicole - maybe there are even some people here who knew her and are grieving for a friend.

[Critters2]

94. So has DU. nt

[Bluebear]

34. tridim, they were bitching 15 minutes after the news came on.

Distraction! Bright shiny object! :eyes:

[hlthe2b]

22. Let's don't jump to conclusions...

We've had some disruptors lately... I'm sorry about Anna, too. Especially for her newborn... What a shame.

[Shakespeare]

25. No, some of the ugliest comments were from longtime DUers.

It's shameful.

[hlthe2b]

40. Sorry to hear... I've been offline all day..

Just hearing about Anna. Sad, very sad.

[BeHereNow]

54. Depressing, isn't it? N/T

bhn

[seabeyond]

26. i am sorry i do not see the snicker commercial as gay bashing. i dont.

i see it as the opposite. bashing the stupidity of straight male. and i thought it in the face stupidity. i expressed my opinion on one fo the first threads. and left it at that. there is no gay hating because i do not see the commercial as gay bashing. i didnt suggest that anyone should not be offended by it, either. i know that in and of itself is offensive. i can respect that there are people.... gay and straight that see it as bashing gays. i can also understand that there are people..... gay and straight that think it is opposite of bashing gays. i embrace each observation and allow each to uniquely own their perspective

that being said

i also see no reason for smith to be getting so much news time on her death. i think it is indicative of our poor media and where we are as a culture. i wasnt impressed with her in life. i also believe all should be respected in death. and the sadness of the event. but that has NOTHING to do with the gay issue. none what so ever. and it is a far stretch for those that dont agree with the coverage to be accused as gay haters.

[KT2000]

27. Meanness is taking over

this country.
It is starting to pass for acceptable etiquette now. I just hope that DU does not become the mean heartless place that freeperville is.
If someone is an asshole it doesn't matter if they are a right wing or left wing asshole. They are assholes - period.

[Joanne98]

31. True. Heartless in IN! I hate it.

[BeHereNow]

47. Well, sometimes I do need to check the Internet address...just to make sure I am in the right place

These days, it is all too difficult to tell the
"left" from the "right," if one is using vitriolic hate speech as
the measuring stick.
ANS's tragic loss of a child and then, her own death- case in point.
BHN

[Toucano]

29. I didn't like her at all.

But I think it's sad and shocking that she's dead.

I hope she finds peace.

[L A Woman]

33. you knew her?

how did you know her?

[seabeyond]

38. the op said she "loved" her. i doubt she "knew" her either. why didnt

you post the same question to the op?

[Name removed]

37. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Dorian Gray]

39. I'm sad that she died.

This is a huge tragedy, and her death is the culmination of a very tragic life. It's awful, and it does make me sad.

Having said that, it's not much of a surprise that her life led her to this point. I hope that she's in a much happier place, and I truly hope that she is with her son and can find peace. More peace than she seemed to have during her last years of her life.

[Madspirit]

41. It didn't used to be

...so mean here? What happened? I see so many threads of people defending their right to not have compassion, to insult people, to diss people, to use offensive terms, etc. I see people telling others to just lighten up when something hurts them. I see real crap sometimes.

ANS was only 39. She was exploited, just lost a son and leaves behind a motherless baby. My heart has room for unlimited compassion.

I don't understand this place. Maybe I am naive. I didn't know so many would be so vehement about their rights to not be nice.
Lee

[Bluebear]

44. Thank you madspirit

I am clinging to the realization there are still members like you.

[Madspirit]

50. Thank-you and back at you.

People like you are why I stay.
Lee

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

43. I don't get it either. A infant girl has no mother now and people rejoice.

They're pathetic.

[WI_DEM]

45. what bugs me is the people who come on a thread to mock it and then righteously say

say they have more important things we should be talking about. Come on! This is a discussion board and hopefully most people here don't spend most of their lives posting. Yes, there are many important issues, but you're not really doing much when you are posting here. If you don't like a thread just don't open it or better yet they can just hide it.

[Strelnikov_]

72. Yep, those are the posts that I really find kind of, well, pathetic n/t

[xultar]

46. Agreed. I've been avoiding Anna threads cuz of the pricks. I'm sad she died.

[Ladyhawk]

48. I know nothing about Anna Nicole Smith.

I'm Ladyhawk sans TV and have been for some time. One thing is certain: DU is full of assholes. I've behaved like an asshole at times, too, but there's something about the environment of a forum that encourages such behavior. Sigh.

LH

On edit: looks like "ignored" just chimed in on this thread. Let the flames begin.

[jus_the_facts]

73. Hey LH....loooong time no see....

...and I wholeheartedly agree...been there done that...and always disappointed in myself when I fall prey to the same behavior and then with others too because of the same thing...same as it ever was. :hi: :hug:

[BlooInBloo]

51. I was more than happy to talk shit about The World's Hottest Trainwreck...

... when she was alive.

ROFL! i LOVE the pure unadulterated lie, though, that talking shit about annanicolesmith is tantamount to gay-bashing. Utter genius.

Hey! She also believed that 1+1=2 (maybe)! I must be anti-mathematics too!

:rofl: :rofl:

[Bluebear]

53. I thought you were leaving for a few days?

[Ladyhawk]

55. Wow.

You're talking to someone I already had on ignore at least six months ago, I think. I don't think I've added anyone lately. Well, maybe I did when someone said Barbaro was off to the glue factory...

[Bluebear]

57. I just re-added them

My thread looks like this nowadays


ignored
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ignored
qwerqweryuio
asdfhjahdfjaskl
ignored
ignored

[blonndee]

59. Hey Bluebear

Do you think it's better to do that? I'm contemplating it because I haven't been having much fun on DU lately and I used to really enjoy it here. I know some people never ignore because they like to not miss out on anything, along with other reasons. What do you think?

[Bluebear]

60. My list has grown from 1 to about 15 this week.

It's just better for my blood pressure. That way I can talk to compassionate liberals about issues instead of people who want to argue 24/7.

[blonndee]

62. Thanks...

that's what I'm going to do too, I guess. I guess I'm too sensitive, but some of this vitriol and cruelty really makes me sad and angry.

[BlooInBloo]

58. I try to get out.... they keep pulling me back in... ROFL!

[leftofthedial]

56. I haven't been here all day and haven't read the threads

but tying this to the Snickers stupidity and then tying that to "gay haters" is just ignorant.

Sorry. I liked her too. May she RIP.

[stonecoldsober]

63. I'm really let-down about these imposters

I put someone on ignore for the first time today. I never thought I'd do that.

[CrispyQ]

64. Being a democrat doesn't necessarily make one a kind person.

I've cut back the time I spend at DU. Mean spirited, nasty, snarky comments that add nothing to the discussion or debate. People being mean just to be mean. The anonymity of the internet doesn't help.

Instead of striving for excellence, we cut others down to feel good about ourselves. (The impersonal you/we, of course!) It's a disturbing symptom of our very sick society.

Some days I put the whole damned internet on ignore & those are great days!

[Raine]

84. I don't spend as much time here either

as I used and the reason is because of the incivility that seems to take over here more and more and is the worst when someone notable dies. :-( People don't have to care about the one who died but they could at least have some sensitivity toward their fellow members of DU who might care.

[matcom]

65. are you FUCKING SERIOUS?

yeah, there were some inapropriate threads but I think the majority of those were tired of the ABUNDANCE and IDOL WORSHIP of the subject and media and

oh fuck it. nevermind.

don't bother responding. i'm hiding this thread.

this place is batshit crazy.

I don't like brussel sprouts. I'm anti-gay.

wow.

batshit crazy.

wow.

[Bluebear]

68. She was a whore, her life was worthless.

Said many, many times here today.

[matcom]

69. no, I will not go that far but...

ARE THESE PEOPLE FUCKING SERIOUS???

[Divernan]

76. Ever thought about cleaning up your language?

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Your kids?

[seabeyond]

81. ah hahahaha/ no way. series!!!111!!! lol lol. and what???

i always thought that was the silliest. cuss words=dirty mouth=you kiss with that mouth????

[Divernan]

90. Hey, cuss out Bush all you want, but not other DUers- that's not so hard!

Look how well you were just able to express your disagreement with me, and you didn't have to swear at me. I think we can debate and disagree with each other without labeling each other's character or ideas with obscenities.

[seabeyond]

103. i wasnt the poster you were addressing

firstly. i just thought your post funny so i replied to it. generally when someone mentions people not cussing, i will go into a gigglin fuckin what? or something, but yes i can even post without cussing. though sometimes, i just gotta do it. generally my mouth gets the dirtiest when talking about bushco. in my mind they are already so dirty i am brought to their level of communcation ergo the cussing. i tend to do that in real life.

cussing doesnt bother me.

other things do. that do not bother others. i cant hardly stand aint. hurts my ears more than any cuss word

[Critters2]

89. DON'T LIKE BRUSSELS SPROUTS?!!!11!!

I never thought I'd put you on ignore, but...

:)

[Idioteque]

66. Well when Milton Friedman passed away he got a lot of shit here.

Milton Friedman has had a much greater impact on society than Anna Nicole Smith yet people here felt it was ok to treat him like crap.

[bicentennial_baby]

71. Ahem, a much greater *negative* impact...

on society than Anna Nicole Smith...Trickle down on this!

[BrightKnight]

88. The neocons misuse him.

He was right about a lot of things. If you take his ideas to far you end up with something like China.
Powerful corporate interests will take over and you lose your democracy.

The neocons misuse him. Every time they want to do something corrupt they hide behind him. Deregulation and small government just means that the tax payer is getting screwed.

--

We need a new hot shot economist that understands the balancing act and the value of good government.

[MedleyMisty]

70. DU

I just started posting here a few days ago. I came as a refugee from another leftist site.

DU is tons better and has far less hate speech - I haven't heard the first thing about nuking the entire South or raping Ann Coulter and there are posts about female politicans here that don't mention their looks or refer to them in derogatory sexual terms. Even so, yeah, I think I may have to check out the ignore feature soon.

[kstewart33]

75. You're right, and welcome to DU.

Every barrel has its rotted apples and DU is no exception. But I've been here since 2001, and I'm still here because there are alot of members who very compassionate and fairminded.

To all the gay bashers, cut the crap out. If you want to gay bash, check out Free Republic. They'll love you over there.

God bless Anna Nicole Smith and her daughter. It is a tragedy by any measure.

[bagimin]

80. Welcome to DU!

:hi:

[seabeyond]

85. welcome

ah.. it is all a piece of cake here. people can say whatever cause they wont be held accountable... and then sometimes people simply dont toe the line and that is ok too. for the most part, it is all good. lots and lots of different opinions. all over the board.

[meow mix]

93. welcome! there is a LOT of really nice ppl here.. but im just amazed

that the proportion of people who are extremly negative has gone up enough to where they are a real, serious bummer... (instead of just the occasional oddity popping up here and there)

[swimboy]

74. Thanks, man

It's good to see you. There are still some people of compassion here but it IS all taking a toll. Keep fighting the good fight. :thumbsup:

[Penndems]

77. She was a cultural icon

While not a fan of hers, I remember the first time I saw Anna Nicole Smith: In the Guess fashion print ads. She certainly got everyone's attention, that's for darn sure!

Who didn't want to go to their local department store and pay an outrageous amount of money for Guess apparel, simply because of the way Anna Nicole Smith looked in a pair of their jeans and one of their shirts (including yours truly)? Here was this stunningly beautiful, full-figured Marilyn Monroe lookalike, looking at the camera with this "come-hither" glance, in a pair of pants that looked painted on. She lent sex appeal to the Guess line of clothing.

Anna Nicole Smith's life may have been tumultuous and lived in the public eye, but she didn't seem to want to hurt anyone, least of all animals (she was a spokesperson for PETA). She was entertaining, she was funny, she lived on her own terms. When her son predeceased her, it seemed as if the life just drained out of Anna. The one person she truly loved was gone.

Rest in peace, Vicky Lynn.

[Obamarama]

101. Cultural icon? ROFLMAO....

Look, I'm sorry the pretty, dumb, busty girl is dead. More than anything I feel sorry for her, but seriously....a cultural icon she ain't.

[Penndems]

110. "The pretty, dumb, busty girl"?

Wow, let's hope there was more depth to her than that. Maybe Anna Nicole Smith had a brain and a heart that we don't know about. She certainly cared about animal welfare, that we do know.

Here's her ad supporting the boycott of Iams Pet Food:

http://www.iamscruelty.com/iams-feat-ans.asp

[Raine]

78. Those posters remind me of the posters over

at IMDB board for ANS. Anyone who posted something ugly should go over and look at that board, you will see yourself there and it is VERY ugly. Though at least those on IMDB I'm assuming are adolescents I doubt that few here have that as an excuse. :-(

[thatsrightimirish]

82. It's really sad what happened to her

It's just a horrible situation. The only person that should be kind of happy is Pelosi because it completely took that plane story out of the news.

[earth mom]

83. It's a disgusting thing when people trash dead people who never hurt a soul...

people like Anna Nicole or Steve Irwin. :puke:

[Swamp Rat]

91. peace from New Orleans

:hi:

[WillyT]

92. Oh Hell... Don't Let The Dipsticks Getcha Down !!! - I Loved Her Too !!!

I'm sure she was\is laughing her ass off at all the self-righteous, pompous, nitwits right now.

She was a thermometer that was placed in society's mouth.

Don't blame her if ya don't like the temperature, LOL!!!

Peace

[Danger Mouse]

96. Gerald Ford and Molly Ivins also received no pity on GD.

Plenty of grave dancing for both of them, which infuriated me.
Ah well.

[seabeyond]

105. that is what i was going to say. i am not fond of smith, though i have no

negative feeling towards her either. but there have been posters that have been pretty ugly to irwin, ford, reagan, saddam... i dont have any desire to dance on anyones grave. so those that are offended to the ugly of posters for smith.... whose death were you willing to celebrate

[HuffleClaw]

98. thanks for the belly laugh!

"...its because she was a gay-rights advocate"

that is THE funniest thing i've read about this all day. and i thought it couldn't get any more absurd.

[Critters2]

99. I got a pm telling me she was an "important gay rights spokesperson"

If she were so important, why is this the first I'm hearing of it?

[meow mix]

102. i dunno are you from la?

just checking...

[Critters2]

106. No. Why? Would my being from LA make her important? nt

[meow mix]

109. oooh i dunno. maybe its not important thats true.. but if you spend a lot of time

in hollywood you just become more familar with who's who in the region i guess? i dunno lol. its a pretty small world really.

[meow mix]

100. ? im left to guess on my own... supply me with your reasons if you please

the main point was i have no idea why fair-minded democratic party individuals can be so incredibly viscous to someone who is/was so kind and harmless. i can only guess...

[Bluebear]

107. HuffleClaw was bored with the Snickers thing too. nt

[Hosnon]

104. I know you're just tossing it out there but I really don't think

that the reaction is in any way connected to her stance on gay rights.

Some people are just assholes. The poor woman died today and she deserves some level of respect.

[meow mix]

108. thats fine, see post 100 plz.. after seeing the insensitvity

towards gay bashing and then this, immediatly after... the connection in my mind is certainly easy to make.

[allalone]

111. didn't know much about her

but she always seems so sad and in pain. whoa-s/b past tense- seemed. I hope she is in a happier place.

[Cobalt Violet]

112. It has and it's sick.

Classist is what I think it is. Blantantly Classist.

[wakemeupwhenitsover]

113. I'm going to lock this.

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wakemeupwhenitsover
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