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NEVERMIND It's okay to make fun of crazy people sometimes! Lezzie Borden fucked around with this message at 17:22 on Oct 21, 2011 |
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Oct 21, 2011 17:20
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Dr. Hurt posted:I would really like to hear any insane anime club stories, but it is up to the OP. I have the feeling this thread is just going to be a goldmine of horrible people.
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Oct 21, 2011 17:20
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Gobber Jane posted:I think it's typically the OP's choice as to whether they want to share the thread with other story contributors (then again I've never seen an OP say "no"...). JoeyVapes. Admittedly that was mostly because of people constantly calling bullshit, and I doubt stories about insane anime nerds and the embarrassing things they do are 'out there' enough to get that. Still, better safe than sorry, forums drama is the worst drama etc etc.
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Oct 21, 2011 17:24
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Gets a '5' and a bookmark from me. This thread has the makings of a laughing through the tears epic.
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Oct 21, 2011 17:26
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This would be fine if it was written in a funny way but I guess there's no other way to attract legions of grey-person-avs to 'five' and 'epic' your thread without writing in the most boring, 'comedy' style ever. There is a lot of potential for the topic but it's basically helldump for someone that doesn't post on the forums and I bet half this thread would poo poo their pants if they didn't have a Safe Space to post in without being subject to that. I think those are the issues, not that generic "oh this isn't SomethingNice" poo poo.
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Oct 21, 2011 17:31
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Boosting chronological order again; it'll be like reading "The Rats in the Walls" or "The Telltale Heart" all over again, the slow descent from what sounds like uneasy sanity to completely unbound madness, leaving witnesses swimming in phantasmagorical abysses of nether-horror and  .
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Oct 21, 2011 17:55
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tbp posted:This would be fine if it was written in a funny way but I guess there's no other way to attract legions of grey-person-avs to 'five' and 'epic' your thread without writing in the most boring, 'comedy' style ever. There is a lot of potential for the topic but it's basically helldump for someone that doesn't post on the forums and I bet half this thread would poo poo their pants if they didn't have a Safe Space to post in without being subject to that. edit: Oh.
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Oct 21, 2011 18:11
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Sir Prancelot posted:Wait, if it's about the writing style not being fun for you and not about defending Yon Fair Maiden, why are you still here? Go find a thread that pleases you.
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Oct 21, 2011 18:52
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Sir Prancelot posted:Would this place be at all appropriate for sharing tales of my college anime club and how it went irreparably insane over the course of a single semester? It went from being a very laid back club for generic nerd interests to a coven of crazed 18 year old girls who believed they were a wolf pack in less than two months. It's got stalkers and monsters and all kinds of madness. I'm going to go ahead and [Ask] you to [Tell] us all about it in another thread. I'm sure it has enough meat to stand on it's own. Make a nice long and involved OP like the author of this thread, and you'll be halfway to gold in no time, champ. You can do it, because I believe in you (or at least I believe that a college anime club will be ripe for comedy).
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Oct 21, 2011 19:03
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Proletariat Beowulf posted:Boosting chronological order again; it'll be like reading "The Rats in the Walls" or "The Telltale Heart" all over again, the slow descent from what sounds like uneasy sanity to completely unbound madness, leaving witnesses swimming in phantasmagorical abysses of nether-horror and This is exactly the vibe I always get from threads/stories like this...20% mild amusement, 70% embarrassment and horror, 10% utter gratitude that although I like anime/games/etc, I never caught the crazy.
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Oct 21, 2011 19:09
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Arthur Crackpot posted:This is exactly the vibe I always get from threads/stories like this...20% mild amusement, 70% embarrassment and horror, 10% utter gratitude that although I like anime/games/etc, I never caught the crazy. I used to be there and hung out with kiddos that were even worse. I got over it, and largely hate anime now. I have to put up with it in my games now and again, though. HIGH SCHOOL OTAKU-FAGGOTRY AHOY! 
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Oct 21, 2011 19:19
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tbp posted:Because making fun of mentally ill people is weird an creepy? What does my "rap sheet" have to do with it? No, it can be funny as hell. Especially when there's even odds on the people in question just being attention whores. One of my friends is schizophrenic. She has very similar symptoms as the girl in the OP and several other people noted. However, she also suffers for her illness. She is, and has always, been well aware that something is wrong. On the other hand, I've known a number of people (men and women both) who have prattled on about being an Anime or Dragon or Fairy or whatever because it made them a special snowflake. Was it often a sign of coping with a lovely situation? Sure. Was it any less stupid? No. Is it any less hilarious to make fun of them? gently caress no. In short, if it ain't funny to mock crazy anime-wives it ain't funny to mock furries and doll-fuckers. And if that poo poo ain't funny, SA's been on the wrong road too long to turn back now.
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Oct 21, 2011 19:34
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Zorblack posted:I'm going to go ahead and [Ask] you to [Tell] us all about it in another thread. I'm sure it has enough meat to stand on it's own. Make a nice long and involved OP like the author of this thread, and you'll be halfway to gold in no time, champ. You can do it, because I believe in you (or at least I believe that a college anime club will be ripe for comedy).  In the meantime, I will love the gently caress out of this thread.
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Oct 21, 2011 19:36
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:No, it can be funny as hell. Especially when there's even odds on the people in question just being attention whores.
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Oct 21, 2011 19:52
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People who believe they are dragons or wolves or angels or whatever flavor-of-the-week special creature have been with us forever. It's just that, before the Internet, you rarely heard about them unless there was some spectacular crime involved. "Woman who killed husband thought she was a dragon", that sort of thing. But now they have an echo chamber, one that reinforces their perceptions, and so we are all more aware or their insanity. Another vote for Chronological Order here.
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Oct 21, 2011 19:54
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A vote for chronological order, also a vote for closing the thread, writing up a few, and then opening it up and continuing (unless you're about to post anyway)
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Oct 21, 2011 20:00
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tbp posted:That can all be funny if written in a funny and interesting way, otherwise it's just sad and boring. Why is everyone cool with making fun of a mentally ill girl who can't respond, but if your posts are made fun of you report it or flip out? Because we'd be cool with it even if she could respond? Haven't accounts been purchased for people that were mocked in other threads, just so the people can be mocked to their "face"? I mean, by all means guy, go ahead and white knight the crazy chick who isn't here. Stick with the thread and do it to the end, if that's what you want. But if you don't think it's funny, if you don't think it's cool, then there's an infinite number of things you can go do on the internet that isn't read this thread.
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Oct 21, 2011 20:03
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Ugh, I've known people like this as well, OP, but not quite as hilariously terrifying!tbp posted:That can all be funny if written in a funny and interesting way, otherwise it's just sad and boring. Why is everyone cool with making fun of a mentally ill girl who can't respond, but if your posts are made fun of you report it or flip out? I dunno. Looks like most people posting in this thread find it funny and interesting. If only there was a solution for people who don't like this thread. I mean, it's just impossible to not post and find something else to read...
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Oct 21, 2011 20:04
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:Because we'd be cool with it even if she could respond? Haven't accounts been purchased for people that were mocked in other threads, just so the people can be mocked to their "face"? Edit: gently caress it guess I'm wrong and all the grey people avs are right, I'll just leave tbp fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Oct 21, 2011 |
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Oct 21, 2011 20:05
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tbp posted:Would it be okay of we started mocking the op in a different thread? Cuz she sounds like kind of a loser too As far as I care? Go for it. poo poo, we'll make you your own thread too. We'll call it "The First Annual White Knight Mock Megathread" and we'll have cake, and blackjack, and hookers, and booze! It'll be fantastic.
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Oct 21, 2011 20:08
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Someone tell me what a grey people avatar is. The suspense is killing me. e. why is this gold after only one story-related post from the OP? MIDWIFE CRISIS fucked around with this message at 20:52 on Oct 21, 2011 |
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Oct 21, 2011 20:13
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Admiral Goodenough posted:Someone tell me what a grey people avatar is. The suspense is killing me. Probably homestuck
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Oct 21, 2011 20:15
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Peztopiary posted:You know what's really interesting? This phenomena, this thing that people did (do?) where they are married to anime/videogame folks? That is a new thing. Probably a new thing that doesn't have a bunch of literature attached to it. Soulbonding, otherkin, all of that, it is a completely new thing. Nobody ever thought they were people from Titus Andronicus, Charlie Chaplin films, not even 80's stuff like G.I. Joe. This otherkin thing is 90's on up. What changed in the 90's that did this to people, that's the question I think is interesting.
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Oct 21, 2011 20:22
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Spiffo posted:Probably homestuck 
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Oct 21, 2011 20:25
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Anne Whateley posted:I dunno, dude. Look at Romantic fans of Byronic heroes and you can definitely find creepy, obsessive "truly we were soulbonded" types a lot farther back than you think. And people have been making fun of them a lot farther back too, just look at Don Quixote.
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Oct 21, 2011 20:25
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Sir Prancelot posted:There are only two people with Homestuck avatars even in the thread. Hmm, I have avs turned off but maybe it was a reference to people with Homestuck avatars having bad taste.
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Oct 21, 2011 20:31
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Admiral Goodenough posted:Someone tell me what a grey people avatar is. The suspense is killing me. I think I may be one of them
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Oct 21, 2011 20:33
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VidaGrey posted:I think I may be one of them Yep. It was you. All you. You terrible, terrible person.
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Oct 21, 2011 20:39
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Sir Prancelot posted:Would this place be at all appropriate for sharing tales of my college anime club and how it went irreparably insane over the course of a single semester? It went from being a very laid back club for generic nerd interests to a coven of crazed 18 year old girls who believed they were a wolf pack in less than two months. It's got stalkers and monsters and all kinds of madness. I'd be interested in reading about this, definitely. Whether it's here, or if it gets its own thread, we must hear about the crazypants people taking over.
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Oct 21, 2011 21:04
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VidaGrey posted:I think I may be one of them No, that's a grey username Nice try though 
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Oct 21, 2011 21:37
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Why are people mocking the OP's writing style? No one goes off and gets a creative writing degree just to write a post on the goddamn internet.
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Oct 21, 2011 22:26
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Brick Shipment posted:Why are people mocking the OP's writing style? No one goes off and gets a creative writing degree just to write a post on the goddamn internet. Because shitposting.
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Oct 21, 2011 23:14
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Brick Shipment posted:Why are people mocking the OP's writing style? No one goes off and gets a creative writing degree just to write a post on the goddamn internet.
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Oct 21, 2011 23:15
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Yeah, the OP's style is totally normal and fine, aka a thousand times better than the "hilarious" purple prose cultivated by desperate goons.
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Oct 21, 2011 23:15
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Brick Shipment posted:Why are people mocking the OP's writing style? No one goes off and gets a creative writing degree just to write a post on the goddamn internet. It's okay, me and my buddy Grey, we scared off the bad people. Now we just need the OP to come back and entertain us further with stories about crazy people. Edit: Holy poo poo, I just got it. He was calling the people bitching about him trolls! The grey people in the avatars are trolls, right?
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Oct 21, 2011 23:17
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I knew a girl like this in junior high. She thought she was a reincarnated magical purple wolf spirit married to shadow the hedgehog. She would pretend to bark and snarl at people and never shut up about how she was really a wolf in a humans body and poo poo. Eventually her parents started homeschooling her and she only got crazier. These days she draws furry porn for a living and obsesses over Garrus from mass effect. Sadly I can't really think of any good stories, otherwise I would offer to share them. Sorry.
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Oct 21, 2011 23:33
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Hey, for a few months when I was 13 or 14 I was convinced I had some characters from Harry Potter in my head. Never really shared it with people, though. just had notebooks full of different colored conversations. I was a very lonely kid. 
Lezzie Borden fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Oct 21, 2011 |
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Oct 21, 2011 23:48
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I love stories like this. Voted 5 and bookmarking, because something like this made me join the forums in the first place. (Popcorn, aka whileyouwereout, aka Planefucker). This ought to be entertaining. I'd like to hear about this in chronological order, please.
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Oct 21, 2011 23:56
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Dabbo posted:I knew a girl like this in junior high. She thought she was a reincarnated magical purple wolf spirit married to shadow the hedgehog. She would pretend to bark and snarl at people and never shut up about how she was really a wolf in a humans body and poo poo. Eventually her parents started homeschooling her and she only got crazier. This is like some combination of otherkin and this kind of crazy. The worst I ever knew (growing up) was some kid who was convinced he was cleopatra reincarnated. I thought this was you know, an isolated issue.
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Oct 21, 2011 23:56
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Chronological it is. As for the quality of my writing, I haven't really practised in first-person much, to be fair. When I write it's typically in third-person novel form, but that'd be a bit retarded for this subject matter. As for the mental illness issue because I feel it is important to address; Denise has a structured belief system in relation to all this tripe. At this point in the story she has not explained things to me yet, and so I have not explained them to you. It's my belief that she's sane, just... Well. I don't know. In addition a lot of what she does is manipulative and done for no other purpose than attention-seeking or enabling her laziness. THE STRAY KAT STRUT So Denise and I wandered the halls of our middle school. We saw ourselves as two totally mysterious, misunderstood loners straight out of a film. We were witty and totally above the school's cliquey poo poo -- which is why we formed a clique consisting of two. A year passed. I turned 14, and that summer vacation, I was sexually assaulted by a predator (not the alien kind but you can picture him like that if you want) at the poolside of my grandparents' apartment. This detail is relevant to later events. I never said this thread was always going to be fun. The crazy, I think, has its roots in sadness and just as this is the story of Denise it's kind of the story of me, too. As time passed, Denise would talk less and less of games, life, things that were going on, or shows on TV unless they contained a fictional male lead she wanted to 'meet in spirit form.' She would talk about the characters following us and say she could see them doing things. She said they followed because they were in love with us. She got totally pissed when I said that I figured they have better things to do than watch a couple middle-schoolers go to class and shirk homework. Things were pretty bad for me at home and were getting worse. I began skipping classes to be alone. Denise was the only one I could talk to so I tried to tell her about it, but each time I was interrupted without fail so she could tell me about her dreams in castle land. I had met and befriended another girl by way of defending her from some bullshit kid who was teasing her in Science class. Like Denise and I, Katherine was a bit of a social outcast. She was tall and shy, and had a cleft palate which served to make other kids think she was retarded or something because they didn't understand what a cleft palate was. She was an artist like me and loved horses and anime. As time went on I found she had similar beliefs to mine -- nature spirits and the like. She was quite sane, and is in fact a friend to this day. She listened to me about my problems and we helped each other. Denise did not like Kat at all despite never having spoken to her. She tried to sabotage me spending time with Kat by developing stomachaches that needed seeing to, and when that became suspicious she started telling me there were paranormal disturbances around Kat. You know, because that was somehow more believable than a chronic stomach problem. She referred to the anime characters she believed followed us around day to day as 'The Guys' and was insistent that they'd be here to collect us soon. We couldn't "endanger their mission" by "allowing foreign energy into our collective." Needless to say, I would've given my right leg to talk to someone about things that weren't Magnolia's loving unicorn amusement park crazy castle land, so I ignored Denise's whining and hung out with Kat anyway. I mentioned Kat's belief in nature spirits in passing, and it was like fireworks exploded in Denise's eyes. "Do you think," she said, then fell silent in the middle of a train of thought as she often did. "Do you think she'd understand The Guys?" Oh loving boy. Denise set off at once to find Kat and the verbal hemmhorraging began. I remember vividly looking at Kat as she nodded and listened intently in what I imagine was probably genuine enthusiasm at having another friend to talk to, but oh god, how she did not know that she'd just boarded what amounted to Willy Wonka's goddamn rainbow steamboat, creepy singing and all. THE BIRTHDAY INCIDENT The October I turned 15, Denise and Kat came to my house to celebrate my birthday. Since talking about Heero with Kat, Denise had apparently decided that we were all a trio of friends. I can't remember the specifics but Denise was basically a big grumpy cow that night and bothered us with her crazy by making sure the day became about her and Heero rather than us having fun on my birthday. She also made fun of Kat's gift. At midnight, she said she wanted to talk to me for a minute and we went outside, much to my behest, when Denise insisted we go up onto the garage roof by the cherry tree. Our garage roof was kind of a patio, it had stairs leading up to it and was a nice place to sun yourself sometimes. It was then that Denise produced the sparklers and a lighter from her pocket. She immediately lit one and began moving like the woman in that godawful Ordinary World video, drawing symbols in the air with what must've been intense concentration judging by the expressions on her face. I was so pissed off that night I really just wanted to walk away, but I was a retarded tweenager who didn't realise that that was an option so instead I asked her what the gently caress she was doing.  "I researched these symbols in private. If I do this right, the Door will open and The Guys will come through." "The Door?" I asked. "The Door between worlds. I have to cast a spell." This went on for an hour, with Denise getting increasingly more agitated that her spell wasn't working and no dudes from no animus were pouring through to fill us with their cartoon cocks. Kat eventually showed up on the roof and Denise bellowed at her. "YOU RUINED MY SPELL!" She then threw the dead sparkler at the wall and crossed her arms, looking very serious. Kat gave me a knowing look. "I just wanted some cake," she said. "Do you guys want cake?" Kat offered us a slice of chocolate cheesecake on plates she had brought up with her. Denise stuffed herself with it but then resolved to giving us the cold shoulder. It is my firm belief that all Denise was trying to do that night was take the attention away from me and put it on her. Any discussion had to relate to her and Heero. Anything directed at me had to be answered by her. And, of course, her presents were better than Kat's. It's not that I didn't appreciate the gifts Denise gave me, because I did and I got her things for her birthday and Christmas too, but the notion that hers were superior to Kat's really pissed me off and still does to this day. Tune in next time, same crap time, same crap channel. Up next: How Denise's Worlds Work (Complete with Totally Accurate Diagrams)
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