Bill Cypher

As an aside. I'm still kind of cooking on this one. Like you said, lots of meat on that bone. Once you find and abandon an untested assumption the next problem is the even bigger challenge of finding all the other ideas that were leaning on it and don't have sufficient support now. What else did I have wrong because I drew the conclusion from this first idea that I was wrong about.

2026-05-07 00:10:22 CEST

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I mean, it was 2 dictionary definitions not war and peace.

2026-05-07 00:09:21 CEST

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Is it you?
It's not me. Unless my VPN let me down I'm an unidentified Cambodian Trump critic.

2026-05-07 00:04:58 CEST

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Those who exploit people tend to focus their exploitation on the people providing the most value to steal.

2026-05-07 00:03:06 CEST

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So the story of the history of capitalism revolves around like 1700s and 1800s tradespeople. The blacksmith owned all his tools and therefore owned all the value produced in his shop. Things were morally right in the world.
History plods along and somebody comes and invents a tool the average blacksmith can't afford, say the Auto-hammer. A rich jerk buys the blacksmith an auto-hammer and declares that since he owns all the tools he gets first dibs on the value of the work from the shop and that will keep all allegedly morally right in the world and it best encourages the rich jerk to keep buying tools for people.
Replace tools with farmland and that is feudalism. As a serf it is imperative that you never question that the blacksmith still brings all the skill and all the labor to the equation before and after but somehow all of his rights over the value of his productivity got taken away.
If you switch from capitalism to syndicalism you cut out the rich jerk. 2 or 3 blacksmiths go in together on the auto-hammer and work in shifts instead. Now they own the tools, skill, and labor again. All is morally right in the world.
If you turn this over in your head honestly for a bit you'll find a number of benefits. For example, in capitalism one guy who may not even live in this town gets to decide if the factory pollutes the local water supply. In syndicalism the factory is collectively owned by the people who work there every day, which means that they all live close buy. Now they have to agree to pollute the local water supply them and their children all drink from.
TLDR, read the definition of feudalism then read the definition of capitalism. You'll find that it was basically just a s/farmland/capital/g (sed syntax find and replace globally) They had to make the change as the economy changed to one where expensive machines were more economically important than farmland.

2026-05-06 23:34:00 CEST

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It's actually a maga dog whistle t shirt shop. High markup on those shirts.
You know, clothes for guys who think they are a grey man but they stick out like a sore thumb everywhere they go.

2026-05-06 22:27:10 CEST

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That pyramid should have a giant fish tank too.
https://blossom.primal.net/cee12d4512bd96e8eedc1a55dd87a6d554580c940182df72f9a2fbaa13b45974.jpg

2026-05-06 22:23:44 CEST

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Like when feudalism was rebranded capitalism but the only change was the illusion of picking your own Lord.

2026-05-06 18:39:19 CEST

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So information theory has a point relevant to this. Ever notice some languages seem fast and some seem slow to listen to? The effect is caused by native speakers of different languages speaking at different syllable per minute rates.
Here is where it gets interesting. Different languages encode different amounts of bits of information per syllable of spoken language. When you rate spoken language by bits per minute it seems we all talk at the same rate globally.
The going assumption is that hints at a limitation of the human brain to process spoken language at speed.

2026-05-06 18:33:31 CEST

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It sounds like if you attend you will corner one person and bore them to tears by autistic monologging at them for the entire duration. You are unlikely to talk to a 2nd person. Except for one lucky "winner" you probably still won't meet anyone who attends. This is probably how you handle all group social events.

2026-05-06 18:13:09 CEST

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I was calling you a glowy for wanting to meet us.
If I attend I will corner one person and bore them to tears by autistic monologging at them for the entire duration. I will not talk to a 2nd person. Unless you are the lucky "winner" you still won't meet me. This is how I handle all group social events.

2026-05-06 18:09:28 CEST

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The zone is flooded AF.

2026-05-06 18:06:56 CEST

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Some people never learn. They will repeat this mistake for sure.

2026-05-06 18:05:17 CEST

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2026-05-06 18:04:41 CEST

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You are married for sure.

2026-05-06 15:44:03 CEST

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Nah. I've got tools coming out of my ears and all my shit is broke. I know how the inverse relationship works.

2026-05-06 15:42:08 CEST

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I got taken out of the game by a bug. Probably should have been getting run over by the truck.
Back today though not the finest score.

2026-05-06 15:33:46 CEST

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Back to aliens? Isn't war next in the rotation? We haven't finished the last war yet.

2026-05-06 15:30:54 CEST

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2026-05-06 02:05:37 CEST

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Yes the nos2x is installed in the same Firefox instance I'm using to access the site.
When I click log in nothing happens.
I haven't tried anywhere else.

2026-05-05 23:12:07 CEST

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Cross platform and app stores don't bother me. I will be butthurt if you take away my Tor.

2026-05-05 21:34:00 CEST

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I care way too much about my pens and pencils for how much I use them. Though, I got a Kuru Toga 0.3mm mechanical pencil and I like writing with it so much I may have finally got paper todo lists and journaling to stick as a hobby. Maybe the habit will spread.

2026-05-05 19:15:57 CEST

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@nprofile…4k44 has awesome automatic bot blocking.

2026-05-05 19:10:19 CEST

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You'll block a lot of posts by nerds too.

2026-05-05 19:09:18 CEST

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I saw the speaker list at the conference are we still sure it isn't bootlicker money?

2026-05-05 15:17:29 CEST

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It's easy to do that if you print money and you have a populace too dumb to realize that a share buys fewer eggs.

2026-05-05 15:16:07 CEST

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The total market and social structure has more 1929 vibes in my opinion.

2026-05-05 15:11:32 CEST

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One is that I can't log in on Firefox, GrapheneOS, nos2x.
The other has puzzle spoilers for today's puzzle including an embarrasing mistake. I was getting a must contain $letter error for guesses that had the letter.
I just tried resending the DM using amethyst.

2026-05-05 15:01:11 CEST

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@nprofile…us89 I sent you a DM about some bugs I ran into.

2026-05-05 00:45:39 CEST

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Nothing like your pics because of paranoia. I'm up to 10 fruit trees, grapes, a few different berries, and an annual vegetable garden.

2026-05-04 23:30:43 CEST

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That may have to be the way. We've been living a life recently that would make gifts or acts of service very difficult to raise the bar on.

2026-05-04 23:14:48 CEST

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I was exposed to broadcast TV against my will and there was a commercial. Once I recovered from my shock and disgust that commercials are still a thing I noticed they were talking about mothers day.

2026-05-04 23:11:25 CEST

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Badass. I just add a little each year and today it is amazing how much grass I converted to productive garden.

2026-05-04 22:33:15 CEST

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Tough to do these days unless you are sitting on parts already. I really like off lease mini machines for this, I'm partial to the Lenovo but I doubt there is much real difference. The NVMe to stick in it alone will cost you $100 though.

2026-05-04 22:29:51 CEST

1 day turnaround on the 2nd clothesline my wife asked for, so that's mothers day covered.
I'm kidding, this post is a cry for help because I'm not good at gift ideas.
This post is also a reminder for those of you who aren't good at remembering dates.

2026-05-04 22:08:36 CEST

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Do not run your node OS on a microSD. That is a recipe for failure, literally. MicroSD doesn't handle lots of write cycles well and OS drives get lots of small writes. You can use a real drive over USB on a raspberry pi and it doesn't know the difference.
If you insist on ignoring me, please at least spring for a drone video rated microSD.

2026-05-04 22:03:29 CEST

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I don't know about VGA and I highly doubt HDMI, but rs232 will absolutely tolerate this just fine.

2026-05-04 17:06:29 CEST

Today I talked to
2 insurance companies
A doctors office
A pharmacy
A phone company
I've wasted an entire morning and weeks worth of profanity to accomplish nothing.

2026-05-04 17:00:54 CEST

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That's true, but in both cases I think it shows a shallow understanding of the philosophy at play.

2026-05-04 15:13:59 CEST

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Its ok, I never understand emojis when people use the one they planned to either.

2026-05-04 15:07:49 CEST

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Yeah, I was definitely a bit frustrated by the end or this one.

2026-05-04 15:06:05 CEST

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
Today I learned that is a quote from Emma Goldman. I took a look at her Goodreads quote page and she seems like a total badass. How have I never heard of her before? Looks like I have some reading to do.
https://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/15591.Emma_Goldman

2026-05-04 14:24:33 CEST

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2026-05-04 14:15:59 CEST

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And your abs are weak too. Deadbugs fix that.

2026-05-04 04:21:41 CEST

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Works great. I use it full time with no issues.

2026-05-04 01:31:17 CEST

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Dis you?
https://media.tenor.com/-7gH5mIX8PYAAAAC/mowing-with-style.gif

2026-05-03 04:05:53 CEST

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I kinda assumed it was a hangover from the useless incandescent flashlights up into the 90s. Back then brightest was best and the dim ones were useless.

2026-05-03 04:04:09 CEST

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Disagree. Those super bright lights completely blind you to your surroundings.

2026-05-03 03:20:25 CEST

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2026-05-03 03:10:38 CEST

Dear every flashlight manufacturer and marketer,
My favorite flashlight is my dimmest flashlight, it doesn't even have a high mode. My second favorite flashlight is the flashlight that on dim is the 2nd dimmest flashlight I own. The most annoying thing about the 2nd favorite is that I have to cycle through high to get to dim. It has been this way since I stopped owning any incandescent flashlights many years ago. Please stop making every flashlight rated by number of earth suns of brightness.

2026-05-03 02:58:33 CEST

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Tamagotchi for trad-wives.

2026-05-03 01:36:13 CEST

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I love that it isn't just about lock picking, you'll need some osint skills to even find the lock.

2026-05-02 21:44:51 CEST

Little fun for the #locksport aka #pickstr crowd.
https://youtube.com/shorts/mIirLDORahM

2026-05-02 19:39:31 CEST

Once again the lesson is to have a large social media presence and be willing to self dox if you want good customer service from a KYC Bitcoin company.
#nevent1q…avqc

2026-05-02 17:33:08 CEST

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All the scores today look kinda rough.

2026-05-02 13:06:41 CEST

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Arguments on both sides basically amount to "because I said so" as far evidence quality. To make it more fun, the little evidence there is seems to indicate that the answer is there is another unknown factor, some LMHR are gonna pop their heart at 45 and some will live forever like that.

2026-05-02 12:54:05 CEST

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2026-05-01 18:10:19 CEST

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Tell me you don't understand Bitcoin without telling me you don't understand Bitcoin.
The winning answer is;
"I donated Bitcoin to a politician."

2026-05-01 02:35:20 CEST

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2026-05-01 02:31:44 CEST

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2026-04-30 19:27:22 CEST

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How fine a particulate filter? I use a lifestraw in my camper and it was dead slow. Got a 5 micron on the water coming into the camper and the lifestraw went from a drop a second to a steady stream.

2026-04-30 17:35:22 CEST

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Mozilla keeps being just nice enough to keep your hopes up. At least MS and Google are shitty enough you can just give up hope.

2026-04-30 15:23:21 CEST

Firefox says they patched 271 zero day flaws in the latest release thanks to Mythos.
Maybe there is upside here. If devs are busy on security issues they will have to stop breaking features everyone relies on to push a new feature no one wants.

2026-04-30 03:49:24 CEST

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Bold man to gloat without posting your score yet.

2026-04-30 03:48:11 CEST

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I knew it was going to be bad when I had the last 2 and no other hints.

2026-04-30 03:45:58 CEST

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2026-04-30 03:11:12 CEST

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I was in a mood when I got the news.

2026-04-30 02:29:03 CEST

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I do indeed.

2026-04-30 01:48:35 CEST

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Wouldn't you like to know.

2026-04-30 01:40:43 CEST

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Go to the link, guess a 5 letter word. It tells you what letters are right and wrong. Guess again. Repeat until you get it right or run out of letters.
https://otherstuff.ai/word5/index.html

2026-04-30 01:22:18 CEST

Looks like I'm King for a Day!
https://youtu.be/JMyzN1SDY0Y
#nevent1q…e2q7

2026-04-30 01:14:40 CEST

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Collecting my zaps today...
https://media.tenor.com/po-UiIbWBlQAAAAC/hot-dog-girl.gif

2026-04-29 16:06:41 CEST

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I think the distinction matters.
A man who has nothing right now can't hurt you without immoral actions. He has nothing to offer but the absence of his violence.
After he has rebuilt his life, he can do no wrong and hurt you. He has value now that he adds to the people around him. That gives him the option to hurt you by simply taking his ball and going home. He takes his value away and focuses it on those who he feels deserve it. He can even choose to keep it entirely to himself.
If you have become dependent on that value, that is a risk for you. Since he is willing to go back to nothing if you aren't the risk is asymmetric.

2026-04-29 15:58:20 CEST

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It was only like 4 bits if I remember correctly from a few days ago when I saw this. Still, 4 bits the government can't easily take away from him.

2026-04-29 15:50:09 CEST

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She wasn't talking about having nothing to lose in the present tense. She was describing someone who isn't scared to lose everything because they've done it before and know they survived and came back stronger.

2026-04-29 14:49:40 CEST

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2026-04-29 14:45:45 CEST

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I'm confused.

2026-04-29 14:08:55 CEST

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This reminds me of a woman I saw recently say that the scariest men are the men who lost everything then just turned inward and without ever seeing a shrink or any guidance just rebuilt themselves into someone new.
I don't *think* she meant scary in the predator sense. She described them as being immovable by others because they now know who they are and what they want out of life and they knew that they can continue in that direction with or without anyone else.
I don't fully agree, but my philosophy places high value on quality human connections. Only those who don't bring that quality would be at risk of being placed outside the circle and losing their place.

2026-04-29 13:53:46 CEST

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Thanks for saving me the hassle of finding the image.

2026-04-29 13:47:12 CEST

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2026-04-28 22:10:54 CEST

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From what I hear, everything about bitcoin vegas is pretty gay.

2026-04-28 22:10:01 CEST

While away from home my server crapped out and needed a hard reboot. That meant no more system wide ad blocking and none of my self hosted services the whole time I was gone.
Smart enough to learn from my mistakes. Home Assistant is not on my proxmox server. So I added a remote control plug to my HA setup that can power cycle my server. Now I can hopefully restore operation remotely.

2026-04-28 20:34:15 CEST

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Perhaps a tool to bootstrap with some follows from the person who recommended nostr to you?
I suppose follow packs already exist and you could maintain one for people to import after purple pilling.

2026-04-28 20:30:49 CEST

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I have relatives whose only contact for decades has been asking if I forgive them yet every few years.
In all that time it has never occurred to them to even fake an apology.
I think I've said I'm sorry to my kids more times this week than I heard from parents and grandparents combined in my life.
As for me, I understand that society was not equipped to deal with children like me back then. I'm still not going to just let people who still treat me like they did back then back into my life today.
You can make space for me to be me or I can by excluding you from my life.

2026-04-28 20:00:15 CEST

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I think maybe you are quoting a post by someone who wants to be forgiven but isn't willing to do the work of earning it. Or maybe I'm just projecting what I see with my problem family where the people least deserving of forgiveness are the biggest fans of forgiveness.
I'm not saying live in that grudge and let it define you. There are ways to move on without forgiving people who don't deserve it.

2026-04-28 14:05:29 CEST

https://youtube.com/shorts/qu8ode6WmFI

2026-04-28 13:22:06 CEST

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2026-04-28 13:12:05 CEST

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2026-04-27 21:35:09 CEST

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#nevent1q…d732

2026-04-27 21:32:05 CEST

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I stayed in a hotel once too, are you an AI or do you just talk like one ok the internet?

2026-04-27 21:02:49 CEST

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Is that a weird sex thing?

2026-04-27 20:55:32 CEST

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I knew there had to be an issue with the work since it was several orders of magnitude better than the best externally verified competition.

2026-04-27 18:53:09 CEST

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Quantum computer, desktop calculator, pc, phone they all work in binary. They may hide it from you but the real work they do is always binary.
That means that you can't apply decimal math to understanding scale differences inside a computer. It is intuitive to you, but you will be wrong.
Short version, decimal math is inappropriate to use here and will arrive at incorrect answers.

2026-04-27 18:39:26 CEST

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The computer doesn't care about decimal. Each additional bit doubles the possible space, 0 or 1. The decimal being 3x is irrelevant. We added 1 bit which means double the possible binary space to search to find the right answer.

2026-04-27 18:28:06 CEST

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Brain fart. 4 digit pins are 14 bits not 4, mixing up cached math from my other posts. Still I don't think your math checks out because a standard padlock is also 4 digits aka 14 bits. 15 bits would be twice as hard not 3 times as hard as 14.

2026-04-27 18:22:40 CEST

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Source? Every debit card pin is 4 bits so that seems like a big deal if more repeatable than total random chance.

2026-04-27 18:19:31 CEST

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RIP your butthole.
Crazy how hotels expect me to scrub my butthole with coarser paper than I use to pat it dry at home.

2026-04-27 18:13:29 CEST

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I tried being wrong one just to see what it was like.
I don't understand how people live like that.