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Describe the initial shock of your first exposure to xo

The shrew poasts really got to me. The notion of the shrew i...
glassy macaca property
  03/23/18
people used to post fake links to tubgirl. thought that was...
diverse heaven
  03/23/18
It was fall of 2011. I had just been offered a 2L SA gig at...
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emerald dilemma telephone
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sexy hell
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odious sooty whorehouse pocket flask
  03/24/18
repulsed glee
Flirting Fragrant Menage Tank
  03/23/18
been here since 04. never felt a shock. just felt at home.
crawly trump supporter factory reset button
  03/23/18
...
Razzle-dazzle national gaping
  03/23/18
Mostly just the shame of being so unprestigious
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  03/23/18
no shock. immediately thought "this is who i am now&quo...
pontificating hall
  03/23/18
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  03/24/18
No shock. I posted on PR first.
Mauve lascivious associate gaming laptop
  03/23/18
I was linked here from a law school thread on 4chan's busine...
aromatic skinny woman
  03/23/18
Lmao how olde are you
Fuchsia bbw
  03/23/18
Zero
charismatic newt abode
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Some of my early posting was on "phd in teenage Inuit s...
Spruce appetizing school
  03/23/18
i was offended by the constant use of the world "proles...
alcoholic base liquid oxygen
  03/23/18
Confusion about how no one was posting about anything relate...
olive giraffe
  03/23/18
prole tell. prestigious law schools don't teach the law a...
Umber Business Firm
  03/24/18
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olive giraffe
  03/24/18
I was terrified of expert mode
Abusive embarrassed to the bone striped hyena location
  03/23/18
The shittiness of the format. The first time I clicked on a ...
Orange bawdyhouse
  03/23/18
It held no shock for me since I spent my formative years was...
salmon galvanic son of senegal
  03/23/18
I've literally been posting here for over a decade.
contagious roast beef stag film
  03/23/18
xo is the most niche thing i've posted on, but honestly i th...
gay clown
  03/24/18
SA had like 100,000 members at one time
alcoholic base liquid oxygen
  03/24/18
There actually used to be threads on the LSAT. Hilarious. ...
Magenta Offensive Codepig
  03/23/18
lingo was weird but i was captivated by the discussion of la...
awkward grizzly mother
  03/23/18
Like The Paper Chase, but about the Asian Pacific American L...
salmon galvanic son of senegal
  03/23/18
Lol i was actually surprised at the high level of discussion...
awkward grizzly mother
  03/23/18
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Mahogany Zippy Tanning Salon Hairy Legs
  03/24/18
didn't know why everyone was so obsessed with "niggers....
gay clown
  03/23/18
I was in shock at how vulgar and nasty very intelligent peop...
Fuchsia bbw
  03/23/18
Found this place by hate-googling "strivers" and h...
Beady-eyed turdskin
  03/23/18
Tame, b/c I didn't click EXPERT MODE until very recently. I ...
Swollen doobsian coffee pot center
  03/23/18
i had no clue what the fuck i was looking at. huge strings ...
Cyan adventurous sex offender
  03/23/18
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salmon galvanic son of senegal
  03/23/18
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awkward grizzly mother
  03/23/18
that sounds accurate to me
Abusive embarrassed to the bone striped hyena location
  03/24/18
haha did not understand the blank bumps at first - kept thin...
emerald dilemma telephone
  03/24/18
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salmon galvanic son of senegal
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emerald dilemma telephone
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olive giraffe
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emerald dilemma telephone
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sexy hell
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salmon galvanic son of senegal
  03/24/18
2007 or 2008. I was looking for law school application advic...
Chestnut pozpig
  03/24/18
i think i asked a legit question about my background and get...
frum primrose goyim pistol
  03/24/18
reading threw a turd at a nigger is when i realized xo is my...
Hilarious trust fund senate
  03/24/18
Go back to europe, pilgrim
Fuchsia bbw
  03/24/18
"Wow maybe these guys who openly say nigger can tell me...
swashbuckling french chef
  03/24/18
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Abusive embarrassed to the bone striped hyena location
  03/24/18
entered right before ITE hit; first thought “why does this p...
laughsome becky fanboi
  03/24/18
Shock? What shock?
sexy hell
  03/24/18
This post sums it up nicely http://www.xoxohth.com/thread...
passionate underhanded preventive strike jewess
  03/24/18
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sexy hell
  03/24/18
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salmon galvanic son of senegal
  03/24/18
I recall that as I intended to graduate in the top 10% perce...
Sepia vivacious ticket booth
  03/24/18
Reminded me of an old forum I used to post on that was slowl...
soul-stirring elastic band
  03/24/18
I wanted to offer sage advice here. I tried a couple times,...
Twinkling Gas Station
  03/24/18
Summer of 2001-- was the PR bort back then. Was looking for ...
Razzle nighttime stead scourge upon the earth
  03/24/18
"Law students are the fucking worst, these people are r...
Twinkling Gas Station
  03/24/18
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pearly cerebral boltzmann
  03/24/18
did not understand what "180" meant for months (I'...
emerald dilemma telephone
  03/24/18
Tasted like roadkill.
mint multi-colored stage
  03/24/18
We need more OldHLSDude stories/poasts
glassy macaca property
  03/24/18


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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:13 PM
Author: glassy macaca property

The shrew poasts really got to me. The notion of the shrew is so deeply ingrained and treated as so self-evident here that it's an axiom at the core of bort's collective consciousness.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35674931)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:15 PM
Author: diverse heaven

people used to post fake links to tubgirl. thought that was kooky.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35674937)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:16 PM
Author: Motley cowardly messiness area

It was fall of 2011. I had just been offered a 2L SA gig at a v10 firm and I thought I had set myself up for a life of prestige and prosperity. Smugly I searched the internet for vindication and validation and somehow stumbled onto this place. BOY WAS I IN FOR A SHOCK.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35674945)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: pontificating hall



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675020)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:30 AM
Author: odious sooty whorehouse pocket flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676623)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:50 AM
Author: mewling private investor house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676892)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:33 PM
Author: emerald dilemma telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35677321)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:17 PM
Author: Arousing peach piazza

i came over from princeton review it was a smooth transition

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35674952)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:22 AM
Author: sexy hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676602)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:30 AM
Author: odious sooty whorehouse pocket flask



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676624)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:19 PM
Author: Flirting Fragrant Menage Tank

repulsed glee

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35674961)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:26 PM
Author: crawly trump supporter factory reset button

been here since 04. never felt a shock. just felt at home.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35674994)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:13 PM
Author: Razzle-dazzle national gaping



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675319)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:28 PM
Author: marvelous really tough guy school cafeteria

Mostly just the shame of being so unprestigious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35674999)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:29 PM
Author: pontificating hall

no shock. immediately thought "this is who i am now"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675001)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:32 PM
Author: godawful crimson voyeur



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675025)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:34 AM
Author: naked fat ankles orchestra pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676630)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:30 PM
Author: Mauve lascivious associate gaming laptop

No shock. I posted on PR first.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675005)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:31 PM
Author: aromatic skinny woman

I was linked here from a law school thread on 4chan's business & finance board. It was the spring of 2014 and there were lots of apparently nonsensical threads all over the board about "Jillian Beck UCLA" and "Liz Hawryluk UNC." Not sure why I kept coming back.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675013)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:45 PM
Author: Fuchsia bbw

Lmao how olde are you

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675564)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:33 PM
Author: charismatic newt abode

Zero

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675026)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:34 PM
Author: Spruce appetizing school

Some of my early posting was on "phd in teenage Inuit suicide prevention", where I was mocking some loser in a coffee shop senior year of ug. Also had some even earlier posts on "Asian watching CNN as if they're American" from a lounge on campus junior year. Guess it all just made sense early on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675033)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 10:37 PM
Author: alcoholic base liquid oxygen

i was offended by the constant use of the world "proles" by what i assumed to be a bunch of rich snooty lawyer types. how extremely wrong i was.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675058)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:12 PM
Author: olive giraffe

Confusion about how no one was posting about anything related to law; and why are most of the posts empty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675310)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:32 AM
Author: Umber Business Firm

prole tell.

prestigious law schools don't teach the law and prestigious legal discussion boards don't discuss the law

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676626)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:51 AM
Author: olive giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676898)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:14 PM
Author: Abusive embarrassed to the bone striped hyena location

I was terrified of expert mode

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675325)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:15 PM
Author: Orange bawdyhouse

The shittiness of the format. The first time I clicked on a link to AutoAdmit, I thought it was a bad link because a prestigious law board couldn't possibly look that primitive.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675336)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:36 PM
Author: salmon galvanic son of senegal

It held no shock for me since I spent my formative years wasting time on similar forums, boards, groups, etc. They are all gone now. This won't last, either.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675497)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:58 PM
Author: contagious roast beef stag film

I've literally been posting here for over a decade.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675634)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:00 AM
Author: gay clown

xo is the most niche thing i've posted on, but honestly i thought the same thing about 4chan and something awful a decade and a half ago

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675646)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:19 AM
Author: alcoholic base liquid oxygen

SA had like 100,000 members at one time

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676586)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:42 PM
Author: Magenta Offensive Codepig

There actually used to be threads on the LSAT. Hilarious.

The racism was shocking, but the board leaned much more left in the mid-2000's. I remember trying to immigration thread once in 2007 and people asked me if I was serious.

Lurked at all of the Leiter and law suit stuff. Board was garbage for long stretches during 2011-2016. Surprisingly decent now. Trump seems to have helped

Edit: it also really helped when Rach came back for a bit and reenergized the place

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675539)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:43 PM
Author: awkward grizzly mother

lingo was weird but i was captivated by the discussion of law school lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675552)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:45 PM
Author: salmon galvanic son of senegal

Like The Paper Chase, but about the Asian Pacific American Law Students Association at Fordham Law.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675565)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:47 PM
Author: awkward grizzly mother

Lol i was actually surprised at the high level of discussion here. i had lurked on TLS before that. the law school advice here was much more cut and dry

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675580)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:49 AM
Author: Mahogany Zippy Tanning Salon Hairy Legs



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676885)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:44 PM
Author: gay clown

didn't know why everyone was so obsessed with "niggers." then i moved to new york.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675560)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:50 PM
Author: Fuchsia bbw

I was in shock at how vulgar and nasty very intelligent people in good jobs were. I was in college and i had always grown up trying to be "successful" since i grew up in a poor, mexican immigrant family. But i was captivated at the insight on life the bort had. I learned a lot here about investing, COL analysis, and liberals. I remember a thread called "you cant be more hipster than this chick" and i just laughed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675595)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:51 PM
Author: Beady-eyed turdskin

Found this place by hate-googling "strivers" and hitting the HAHAURFUCKED goldmine.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675601)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:53 PM
Author: Swollen doobsian coffee pot center

Tame, b/c I didn't click EXPERT MODE until very recently. I thought the threads there were garbage. Now I'm playing in it!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675611)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:53 PM
Author: Cyan adventurous sex offender

i had no clue what the fuck i was looking at. huge strings of blank bumps and also some unhinged spammer google bomb shit made me think that it was a dead bort that had been overrun by bots.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675612)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:54 PM
Author: salmon galvanic son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675616)



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Date: March 23rd, 2018 11:59 PM
Author: awkward grizzly mother



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675636)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:03 AM
Author: Abusive embarrassed to the bone striped hyena location

that sounds accurate to me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676724)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:42 AM
Author: emerald dilemma telephone

haha did not understand the blank bumps at first - kept thinking "why can't I see what these posts say???". After I figure it out, I started making my own blank bumps by writing "..." lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676854)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:42 AM
Author: salmon galvanic son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676856)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:45 AM
Author: emerald dilemma telephone



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676869)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:53 AM
Author: olive giraffe



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676905)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 11:03 AM
Author: emerald dilemma telephone

...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676928)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:52 AM
Author: sexy hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676903)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:34 PM
Author: salmon galvanic son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35677324)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:01 AM
Author: Chestnut pozpig

2007 or 2008. I was looking for law school application advice I think.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675652)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:54 AM
Author: frum primrose goyim pistol

i think i asked a legit question about my background and getting into LS. the bort took it as a joke and was the first time I learned what "flame" was. It was all downhill from there

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675849)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:05 AM
Author: Hilarious trust fund senate

reading threw a turd at a nigger is when i realized xo is my spiritual home.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675675)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:12 AM
Author: Fuchsia bbw

Go back to europe, pilgrim

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675710)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:18 AM
Author: swashbuckling french chef

"Wow maybe these guys who openly say nigger can tell me something valuable about law school."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675730)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:05 AM
Author: Abusive embarrassed to the bone striped hyena location



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676731)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:47 AM
Author: laughsome becky fanboi

entered right before ITE hit; first thought “why does this place look like such shit?”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35675823)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:22 AM
Author: sexy hell

Shock? What shock?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676598)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:25 AM
Author: passionate underhanded preventive strike jewess

This post sums it up nicely

http://www.xoxohth.com/thread.php?thread_id=934135&forum_id=2#10927848

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676610)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:29 AM
Author: sexy hell



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676622)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 9:31 AM
Author: salmon galvanic son of senegal



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676625)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:11 AM
Author: Sepia vivacious ticket booth

I recall that as I intended to graduate in the top 10% percent of my class that very little advice here applied to me.

I didn't come back until I graduated

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676748)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:33 AM
Author: soul-stirring elastic band

Reminded me of an old forum I used to post on that was slowly dying, made me decide I really liked it here.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676816)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 10:54 AM
Author: Twinkling Gas Station

I wanted to offer sage advice here. I tried a couple times, like a twat, and everyone told me to fuck off. lol xo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676909)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 11:07 AM
Author: Razzle nighttime stead scourge upon the earth

Summer of 2001-- was the PR bort back then. Was looking for guidance re law school. Was hooked. Showed the bort to my friend who was a lawyer and he said something like, "Law students are the fucking worst, these people are representative of the assholes you will deal with in law school." Didn't stop me from being an xo'er since. Mostly lurked tho

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676950)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 11:09 AM
Author: Twinkling Gas Station

"Law students are the fucking worst, these people are representative of the assholes you will deal with in law school."

Reminds me of "it is a truth universally acknowledged that a man in possession of a fortune ...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676953)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 11:09 AM
Author: pearly cerebral boltzmann



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676959)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 11:10 AM
Author: emerald dilemma telephone

did not understand what "180" meant for months (I'm not a lwyer).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35676962)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:31 PM
Author: mint multi-colored stage

Tasted like roadkill.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35677309)



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Date: March 24th, 2018 12:34 PM
Author: glassy macaca property

We need more OldHLSDude stories/poasts

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3927410&forum_id=2#35677329)