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Should've been a Hollywood star. Man I'm dumb
curious native
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should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the...
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Toxic
ruby 180 principal's office
  12/14/16
What else would you guys have realistically done? Either way...
at-the-ready water buffalo
  12/14/16
a podcast
Umber mewling whorehouse
  12/14/16
You can still make it!
at-the-ready water buffalo
  12/14/16
you misspelled maek
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amber station gaming laptop
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Many other chill professions exist like pharmacist
ruby 180 principal's office
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You'd killself as a pharmacist. Talk about drudgery. No exit...
at-the-ready water buffalo
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drab self-centered shitlib striped hyena
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I don't understand. Aren't lawyers already hermits?
at-the-ready water buffalo
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Yes but some hermits aren't debt slaves so that's why it's a...
drab self-centered shitlib striped hyena
  12/14/16
Realistically, I probably would have picked a career that wa...
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I prob would have become a veterinarian...except they make b...
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i don't know if this is some sort of toxic lie that posters ...
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  12/14/16
They're delusional. In larger cities, after a few years ...
heady coral stage legend
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Wtf is "social media manager" ....just poast all d...
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We have 128 candidates already!
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  12/14/16
Can you imagine? Scheduling out tweets, adjusting budgets on...
heady coral stage legend
  12/14/16
This isn't JDU bro, that's a dumb comparison
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  12/14/16
Oh, I didn't realize we were poasting on 2011 XO.
heady coral stage legend
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  12/14/16
Bit late for firefighter here :(
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  12/14/16
tbf those jobs are pretty hard to get
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yeah i've always said that people here seriously underrate j...
Stimulating plum brunch
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I took debt to go T10 -> biglaw -> solo anyway. Should...
heady coral stage legend
  12/14/16
You could still do real Estate agent now
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  12/14/16
Cr, and I often think about it, but I'm making good money as...
heady coral stage legend
  12/14/16
You could probably do RE on the side with your solo gig
demanding pale fanboi
  12/14/16
Yeah talk8ng to people and convincing them to sign up is the...
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  12/14/16
I would have done something with a pension. Even a low-si...
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Just do revolver method of retirement at 70 bro
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rude
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u mean fuckers deserve it and I hope u all burn in lawyer he...
racy rigpig
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Lmao we fucked up bigly
stirring national famous landscape painting
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ljl @ the monday morning quarterbacking...reminder: you &quo...
curious native
  12/14/16
we all could have been sales Chads we are just too smart for...
drab self-centered shitlib striped hyena
  12/14/16
why are you so grumpy today
amber station gaming laptop
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lmao
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Transactional work isn't good if you have existential angst ...
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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:20 AM
Author: amber station gaming laptop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32136990)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:27 AM
Author: curious native

Should've been a Hollywood star. Man I'm dumb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137033)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:43 AM
Author: amber station gaming laptop

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137097)



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Date: June 18th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: Excitant Mauve Plaza

should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#36264578)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:28 AM
Author: ruby 180 principal's office

Toxic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137037)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:29 AM
Author: at-the-ready water buffalo

What else would you guys have realistically done? Either way, you would've been pushing paper somewhere. At least this way you have a chance of retiring someday.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137041)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:33 AM
Author: Umber mewling whorehouse

a podcast

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137054)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:34 AM
Author: at-the-ready water buffalo

You can still make it!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137061)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:21 AM
Author: Citrine Big Resort

you misspelled maek

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137359)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:37 AM
Author: amber station gaming laptop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137075)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:34 AM
Author: ruby 180 principal's office

Many other chill professions exist like pharmacist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137059)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:36 AM
Author: at-the-ready water buffalo

You'd killself as a pharmacist. Talk about drudgery. No exit options. No money. Nada. Just enough of a paycheck to pay off loans and mortgage, forever chained to a Walgreen's counter as old ladies sneeze on you and you ring-up clipped coupons and rewards cards.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137067)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:39 AM
Author: Zombie-like step-uncle's house juggernaut

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137084)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:22 AM
Author: Citrine Big Resort

Pharmacy is over.

http://www.ipharmachine.com/Tablet-Capsule-Counting-Machine-HD-100

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137369)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 6:48 PM
Author: ultramarine institution weed whacker

lmao julia bringing the fire!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32141596)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:37 AM
Author: drab self-centered shitlib striped hyena

Electrician

Hermit

Surfer

Military officer

In N Out manager

Pot dealer

Sales Chad

Oil roughneck

Propagandist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137074)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:38 AM
Author: at-the-ready water buffalo

I don't understand. Aren't lawyers already hermits?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137080)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:42 AM
Author: drab self-centered shitlib striped hyena

Yes but some hermits aren't debt slaves so that's why it's a more attractive career option

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137096)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:40 AM
Author: demanding pale fanboi

Realistically, I probably would have picked a career that was at least tangentially related to something I enjoy even if it meant not making as much money. Although in that alternative universe, I'd probably be pissed I didn't make more money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137091)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:25 AM
Author: Charcoal Exhilarant Sanctuary Cumskin

I prob would have become a veterinarian...except they make bad money

Or maybe just done programming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137389)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:03 AM
Author: sexy chapel skinny woman

I have to say my favorite part of XO are the people who say "well what else is there besides lawyer? It's all the same."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137238)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:11 AM
Author: amber station gaming laptop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137286)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:13 AM
Author: drab self-centered shitlib striped hyena



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137299)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:22 AM
Author: Stimulating plum brunch

i don't know if this is some sort of toxic lie that posters tell themselves or if they're so lacking in imagination that they honestly believe this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137364)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:36 AM
Author: heady coral stage legend

They're delusional.

In larger cities, after a few years firefighters can make low six figures with pensions and amazing benefits. They can retire in their 40s. And on the way there, they love their jobs and spend all day helping people when they're not clowning around their permanent fraternity house.

Even other "office jobs" are better than law. A friend is an internal recruiter for a company and told me that they just hired a social media marketing manager for $120,000. This is a 9-5, low stress gig without weekend or night emails.

It's absurd that people think all jobs involve painstakingly reading dense, boring documents for 10 hours per day and getting chewed out for missing one issue in those documents.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137495)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:37 AM
Author: Charcoal Exhilarant Sanctuary Cumskin

Wtf is "social media manager" ....just poast all day?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137510)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:40 AM
Author: Citrine Big Resort

We have 128 candidates already!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137549)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:41 AM
Author: drab self-centered shitlib striped hyena



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137561)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:57 AM
Author: heady coral stage legend

Can you imagine? Scheduling out tweets, adjusting budgets on sponsored facebook posts, snapchatting company products, leaving at 5:00 PM. Meanwhile, some balding, stressed out dork insurance defense lawyer is making $30k less than you and getting reamed out at 9:00 PM at night for forgetting to ask a question during a 4 hour deposition earlier that day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137712)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:01 AM
Author: Cracking area cuck

This isn't JDU bro, that's a dumb comparison

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137750)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:31 AM
Author: heady coral stage legend

Oh, I didn't realize we were poasting on 2011 XO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137991)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 2:16 PM
Author: Cracking area cuck



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32139473)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:40 AM
Author: Citrine Big Resort

Bit late for firefighter here :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137546)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:11 AM
Author: flesh deep meetinghouse bbw

tbf those jobs are pretty hard to get



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137847)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:06 AM
Author: Stimulating plum brunch

yeah i've always said that people here seriously underrate just how shitty biglaw is compared to most other corporate jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137795)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:20 AM
Author: heady coral stage legend

I took debt to go T10 -> biglaw -> solo anyway. Should have gone T50 on a full ride (had one of these offers in hand) -> midlaw -> solo.

Or just gone college -> real estate agent. Sitting behind a desk all day doing paperwork is 120. My favorite part of being solo is the sales aspect, not actually doing the lawyering shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137347)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:38 AM
Author: Charcoal Exhilarant Sanctuary Cumskin

You could still do real Estate agent now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137524)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:53 AM
Author: heady coral stage legend

Cr, and I often think about it, but I'm making good money as a solo and enjoying not having a boss. If my firm ever failed, I'd probably become a RE agent rather than practice law somewhere else.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137687)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:37 AM
Author: demanding pale fanboi

You could probably do RE on the side with your solo gig

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32138050)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:08 AM
Author: razzle bipolar useless brakes

Yeah talk8ng to people and convincing them to sign up is the only fun part of the job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137810)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:04 AM
Author: fishy thriller theater stage

I would have done something with a pension.

Even a low-six-figure income is shit if you have to save for a modest retirement, particularly when many firms don't offer a 401k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137778)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:12 AM
Author: Charcoal Exhilarant Sanctuary Cumskin

Just do revolver method of retirement at 70 bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137862)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:30 AM
Author: Sooty vivacious indirect expression

oh god

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137044)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:31 AM
Author: violet gas station

rude

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137046)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:07 AM
Author: Filthy dull boiling water old irish cottage



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:12 AM
Author: racy rigpig

u mean fuckers deserve it and I hope u all burn in lawyer hell!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137296)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:21 AM
Author: stirring national famous landscape painting

Lmao we fucked up bigly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137353)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:25 AM
Author: curious native

ljl @ the monday morning quarterbacking...reminder: you "picked" law because it was the optimally combined your personality, skill set, career and life goals and financial requirements. there's literally no better career choice for 95% of you. hth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137395)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:29 AM
Author: drab self-centered shitlib striped hyena

we all could have been sales Chads we are just too smart for our own goods!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137435)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:30 AM
Author: amber station gaming laptop

why are you so grumpy today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137438)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:37 AM
Author: curious native

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137514)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:38 AM
Author: amber station gaming laptop



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137526)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:37 AM
Author: Cracking area cuck

Transactional work isn't good if you have existential angst but it's much better if you pick the right practice area.

Do something like real estate or project finance, where you have real, tangible things you're creating. Not just pieces of paper. Something you can point to when your kids ask you what you do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137512)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:40 AM
Author: amber station gaming laptop

*kid asks what I do*

*points to a fucking project bond indenture*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137539)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:41 AM
Author: Citrine Big Resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137558)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:36 AM
Author: Pontificating hideous casino messiness



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32138040)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:08 AM
Author: gold flickering garrison

Should have done Securities Litigation!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137814)



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Date: February 8th, 2017 12:30 PM
Author: garnet gaped stag film



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: White charismatic giraffe community account



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#36200123)



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Date: June 18th, 2018 10:11 AM
Author: painfully honest fragrant market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#36264555)