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Was Shakespeare the best writer in human history?
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:39 PM Author: charismatic becky cuckoldry (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384404) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:41 PM Author: exciting principal's office Not even close, son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384411) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:30 AM Author: Diverse Cruise Ship Masturbator “Dante and Shakespeare divide the world between them. There is no third.” (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385965) |
Date: October 24th, 2022 8:40 PM Author: beady-eyed dun point knife (white male clinging vicariously to the accomplishments of the past) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384408) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:37 AM Author: adulterous business firm depressive When your race has writers that can start to compare to some guy from about 400 years ago you can let us know (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385615) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: lake infuriating scourge upon the earth White male claiming all folks with pale skin as his fellow bretheren (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385985) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:48 AM Author: adulterous business firm depressive No there are some other races that have high tier writers (Asians, Jews, and Arabs), but ironically they also have to dig in to the past to find them (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385994) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:44 AM Author: Bistre house-broken native (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385982) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:42 PM Author: talented mint antidepressant drug mexican Yes. And 2nd place is distant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384416) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:47 PM Author: charismatic becky cuckoldry Who is second place (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384430) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:49 PM Author: talented mint antidepressant drug mexican Sophocles? Milton? Whoever wrote the Gospel of Mark? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384436) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:51 PM Author: spectacular jew ticket booth evan39 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384443) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:34 AM Author: Shimmering cerebral state boistinker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385671) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:22 AM Author: Greedy confused police squad EPAH (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385596) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:50 PM Author: beady-eyed dun point knife Homer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384438) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:57 PM Author: sinister razzmatazz fortuitous meteor Easily tops for Western lit, though one wonders what we'd think if, say, all of the plays of Sophocles survived. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384473) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 8:59 PM Author: exciting principal's office Not even close, son. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384483) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:00 PM Author: Fishy Boyish Stag Film Cumskin why did he include his mattress in his will but not mention anything about his writings (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384486) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:00 PM Author: Flickering Flesh Institution Toilet Seat He's up there. Hard to say though between other titans (vergil, dante, milton, etc.) who is the ABSOLUTE best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384489) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:02 PM Author: sinister razzmatazz fortuitous meteor Charles Murray crunched the numbers and it is Shakespeare. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384492) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:42 AM Author: tripping mustard senate alpha what numbers did he crunch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385708) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:32 AM Author: sinister razzmatazz fortuitous meteor See his book Human Accomplishment. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385966) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:03 PM Author: exciting principal's office You guys are such pretentious posers. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384499) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:04 PM Author: Flickering Flesh Institution Toilet Seat ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384504) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:06 PM Author: exciting principal's office The 20th centuries writers wrote 10000x more in depth and profoundly than any of Shakespeare, Milton, Dante. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384509) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:07 PM Author: Flickering Flesh Institution Toilet Seat Eliot was pretty damn good. Telling that he frequently pays homage to vergil and dante, though. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384515) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:17 PM Author: violent concupiscible national You raise an incredibly important point. Reading good writing is essential to good writing. So the bar is progressively raised for those who come after. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384552) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:28 PM Author: exciting principal's office Everyone pays homage to the OGs. But you can't tell me their shit is as detailed or complex as cunts like Pynchon and Faulkner. It's more of a nostalgia than anything else.
It's like saying Ellington and Louis Armstrong are better than cunts on bebop. |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:35 PM Author: Flickering Flesh Institution Toilet Seat There are more things in literature, Whokebeo, Than are dreamt of in your novels (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384653) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:36 PM Author: exciting principal's office Who are your favourite essayists? Is Aldous one of the GOATs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384656) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:41 PM Author: Flickering Flesh Institution Toilet Seat in terms of style? nietzsche. you're probably looking for an answer like DFW, whose essays are actually enjoyed (unlike his novel). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384674) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:44 PM Author: exciting principal's office I think Aldous' essays are fucking 180 man. Do you like James Baldwin and shit? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384681) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:33 PM Author: violet soul-stirring chapel immigrant Theodore Dalrymple (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384858) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:12 PM Author: exciting principal's office What should I read of his? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385051) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 12:24 AM Author: violet soul-stirring chapel immigrant This one’s pretty good https://www.city-journal.org/html/frivolity-evil-12835.html |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:44 AM Author: exciting principal's office TY (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385686) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: beady-eyed dun point knife Like who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384641) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:34 PM Author: exciting principal's office You can't tell me Shakespeare's shit is anywhere as complex or intricate as Faulkner's works. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384652) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:03 PM Author: misanthropic glassy lettuce hominid My guess is Jesus was a pretty good writer. I mean, he’s God. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384498) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:39 AM Author: Marvelous station This thread is about historical figures only (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385706) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 4:43 AM Author: tripping mustard senate alpha Virtually all scholars of antiquity accept that Jesus was a historical figure,[note 1][note 2][4][5][6][7] although interpretations of a number of the events mentioned in the gospels (most notably his miracles and resurrection) vary and are a subject of debate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385709) |
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Date: October 26th, 2022 3:41 AM Author: Marvelous station Most of the quotations provided in those citations claiming that "no serious scholar doubts that Jesus existed" are from many years (or decades) ago and are now clearly obsolete, given that more than two dozen historians and biblical scholars have publicly commented on the matter in recent years to state either that they believe Jesus never existed, or that they personally believe he did exist but nevertheless grant that the position that he didn't exist is a respectable theory that deserves to be seriously debated by scholars and not dismissed as some implausible crackpot theory:
https://www.richardcarrier.info/archives/21420 |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:07 PM Author: adventurous yellow dopamine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384517) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:25 PM Author: Big Stain (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385118) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:08 PM Author: iridescent den giraffe Him, Hitler, Evelyn Waugh, then Glenn Greenwald is the order (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384522) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:41 AM Author: adulterous business firm depressive Hitler's fantastic at diagnosing problems, but his writing skills aren't top-tier.
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:14 PM Author: Vivacious market organic girlfriend he bought and borrowed from everyone... really not even his own work (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384539) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:14 PM Author: Mind-boggling Tan Roommate Travel Guidebook Klauss Schwab (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384541) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:33 PM Author: exciting principal's office He said greatest writer not greatest speaker (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384650) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:26 PM Author: Naked bateful round eye probably some GORGEOUS japanese writer that has never been translated for white trash (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384608) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:31 PM Author: Mind-boggling Tan Roommate Travel Guidebook (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384643) |
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Date: October 26th, 2022 4:00 AM Author: Up-to-no-good impertinent heaven white trash is not the preferred nomenclature. birdshit, please (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45390457) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:29 PM Author: hot space He understood the minds of human beings best (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384634) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:37 PM Author: dark hall Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384662) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:30 PM Author: Garnet vibrant orchestra pit Rule of three.
And count the accents of that line. |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:50 PM Author: Onyx Hairy Legs Public Bath I think Evan39 actually has a wider range and better technical skill but loses points for being full blown homo while Shakespeare was on the DL with his urges (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384704) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 9:54 PM Author: exciting principal's office (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384716) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:27 PM Author: Garnet vibrant orchestra pit Yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384839) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 10:36 PM Author: Self-centered liquid oxygen He's no Shelby Foote (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45384872) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:20 PM Author: Big Stain honestly, uncle ted is a better writer despite being a significantly less skilled wordsmith.
i tend to weight powerful ideas being clearly expressed above verbal artistry |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:20 PM Author: racy site *fart* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385096) |
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Date: October 24th, 2022 11:25 PM Author: Big Stain (shitlib) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385126) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:30 AM Author: Arousing insanely creepy bawdyhouse dog poop This thread is a good reminder of (or intro for newer poasters to) what a fucking retard whokebe is (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385602) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: Shaky angry tank this is basically whok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfG2PkB4NBE |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:35 AM Author: Excitant hospital circlehead He's shit and fraud and lies. Many famous Indian writers way better
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Date: October 25th, 2022 2:42 AM Author: adulterous business firm depressive Like who? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385621) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:53 AM Author: Lemon codepig ceo Go to any slightly off-brand porntube site and scroll down to the comments. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386013) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 3:34 AM Author: Vivacious market organic girlfriend this new theory proposes that some guy named Thomas North wrote most of it... https://lithub.com/whats-in-a-name-tracing-an-obsession-with-the-shakespeare-authorship-question/ |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:38 AM Author: charismatic becky cuckoldry Bought Julius Caesar and Henry IV (pt 1 and 2) and Henry V Folger Editions off of Amazon. Any other recs? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385972) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:46 AM Author: Bistre house-broken native many lawyers are paid $800 an hour or more for the quality of their writing. Was Shakespeare ever paid $800 an hour to write? case closed. |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:48 AM Author: adulterous business firm depressive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45385996) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 8:59 AM Author: High-end navy shitlib He never got his picture on a bubble gum card. Have you ever seen his picture on a bubble gum card? Hmmm? How can you say someone is great who's never had his picture on a bubble gum card (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386034) |
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Date: October 25th, 2022 9:03 AM Author: High-end navy shitlib With some qualifiers for translation and transcription for ancient writers; yes. And it's really a tier of his own with a few others fighting for a distant second. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#45386045) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:09 PM Author: Fishy Boyish Stag Film Cumskin What exactly makes it THAT good that everyone else is so far behind? People make this claim all the time but why (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649483) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:11 PM Author: ultramarine idiot parlor no but he was entertaining and creative (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649487) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:11 PM Author: Fishy Boyish Stag Film Cumskin Who is better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649489) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:12 PM Author: ultramarine idiot parlor Kurt Vonnegut, Isaac Asimov (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649491) |
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Date: May 9th, 2024 9:13 PM Author: Fishy Boyish Stag Film Cumskin Ok I'll read (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5219122&forum_id=2#47649492) |