/jp/ - Otaku Culture

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whats with Japan's obsession with blood types

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Supposedly affects your personality. Silly superstition like horoscopes.
The end.

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They're important.

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>>10151291
They also care about horoscopes though.

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They also pick each other's ears and clap at shrines.
Then again, North Americans use MM/DD/YYYY and clap at movies, so maybe it's just human beings who are stupid.

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>>10151349
clap at movies?? what??

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Japan has long since shunned taking religion seriously, I think blood types and horoscopes are the replacement.

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>>10151383
How's your first day on 4chan going?

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>>10151383
It s a stupid /v/ meme

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>>10151281
Haran Banjo, you chose quite an old anime.

Anyway
>>10151291
what he says

>>10151331
And chinese horoscopes too. Anything goes.

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>>10151417
>Japan has long since shunned taking religion seriously
lol no

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>>10152100
The only time I ever saw that actually happen was after the last Harry Potter movie. Me and the guy I was with were both really confused. It wasn't even that great of a movie.

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>>10151383
In American cinemas they applause at the end of films. I have witnessed it a few times myself.

Not just at premieres or anything like that, but at the end of any enjoyable film they stand up and clap. At a recording.

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Whats so bad about clapping after a movie?

It just shows that you like it

Then again, its yurop theyre like the autist of the world

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We recite the National Anthem before the movie starts

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We clap at the end of good movies (in a theater only) as a way to show appreciation to the people who made it (even though they aren't there) like how you would clap after the performance of a play. That's where it carries over from. You've watched a performance that people have put on and you applaud them. It's not something about, "Oh, I wonder if those people can hear me!" but it's about having a shared enjoyable experience with a large group of people.

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>>10152169
I'll further add that to me it would seem very weird to have a theater full of people and we all just watched something great that we all enjoyed, and then when its over we just quietly file out talking quietly to each other. That's just not the kind of reaction that flows from such an experience.

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In all my days of watching movies I have never once saw people clap. You city folk must be quite strange.

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It only happened to me once, after watching schindler's list.

It must have been the jews' doing...

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>>10152177
One last thought: if no clapping, then what kind of reaction would there be? The people obviously want to express themselves somehow. If they say, "Yeah great movie!" you can make the same kind of complaints as if they clapped. Clapping makes sense due to the theater and performance similarities.

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>>10152192
to most people around the world, that would be like clapping after you read a book or watch the same movie in front of your TV.

Clapping is supposed to show your appreciation to an artist, it is pointless if said artist isn't there to receive your praise.
Clapping is not supposed to be an expression of your own feelings.

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Last time i watched an enjoyable Movie in California everyone just started to go out as soon as the credits rolled

What now, yuropoors?

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>>10152180

Same. You guys are all weird. Why would I want a "shared enjoyable experience with a large group of people"? Is that a euphemism for an orgy?

Quietly and courteously moving out of the theater is best tier, unless it's some kind of special showing where the cast or director are watching as well.

It's not like you can even discuss a movie in a theater. Just make useless noise and delay the people who need to pee.

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>>10152198
Did you even read any of my posts? I clearly distinguished it from reading books or watching TV by noting that it is a shared experience between lots of people and the reaction makes sense given the theater context. I feel like I'm talking to a wall.

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>>10152201
>Quietly and courteously moving out of the theater is best tier

Why? There's no reason to be quiet for others anymore. Movie's over.

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>>10152201
Youre socially retarded

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>>10152177
>>10152192
You chat with your friends, you clear up, you get out. The point of applause is to applaud somebody.
If you are at a premiere, the actors and film makers are there. You show your appreciation and compliments by clapping. Same with a play or a gig. What you do not do is clap between each song played on someone's iPod at a party.

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>>10152209
You didn't deal with anything I said. All you said is, "I'd rather do something else."

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>>10152155
What State do you live in? I have never seen this personally. Obnoxious cheering? Yeah, that happens sometimes. Clapping after a movie? Never.

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Clapping at the end of a movie doesn't bother me. The only issue I have is when the audience claps after a particular scene.

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There is no proper way to behave after a movie

Everyone should act on their as long as they dont make a scandal,mess or trouble.

Why would care so much if a person clapped because he/she liked the show?

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>>10152204
I must have read your post but "people around the world", which was the subject of my post, did not.

I simply pointed a fact, and you still ignored the point that clapping is supposed to show appreciation to someone, not anything else that you may think it is. Therefore it doesn't matter whether you are among people or alone.

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>>10152206

Sometimes there's a sequence after the credits, or someone wants to stay to listen to the ending song. It's still best not to talk for no reason in the theater.

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>>10152223
>there's a sequence after the credits, or someone wants to stay to listen to the ending song. It's still best not to talk for no reason in the theater.
The majority doesnt care about those

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>>10152221
>I must have read your post but "people around the world", which was the subject of my post, did not.

And? What the fuck does that have to do with anything I said? Are you retarded?

>and you still ignored the point that clapping is supposed to show appreciation to someone

That's one use of it. There are others, idiot.

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>>10152229
>Are you retarded?

No but your mom is.

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>>10152213
I'm not that guy you're arguing with.

You say watching a movie is a group experience. Listening to music in a club or at a party is a group experience. Nobody claps at the song. People might clap if something happened, like, "We had a good dance! Yeah!" but that's because the people present in the room did something. "We sat and watched this film together! Woo!" doesn't have quite the same effect.

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>>10152236
That's not my funny. My mom died from retarded.

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>>10152241
>People might clap if something happened, like, "We had a good dance! Yeah!" but that's because the people present in the room did something. "We sat and watched this film together! Woo!" doesn't have quite the same effect.

Apparently it does! Sorry you don't understand it.

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"So Anon, what did you think of the movie?"

This fucking question.

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>>10152245
I'm sorry to hear that, I didn't know it was such a bad case...

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>>10152248
So you're applauding the other movie-goers?

Clapping because you liked something rather than to show you liked something and want to show appreciation is dumb. I can only imagine a retarded person seeing something shiny and clapping about it.

When you watched TV with your family, did you clap if it was a good show?

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>>10152248
Actions speak louder than words & Occam's razor

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>>10152261
I already dealt with comparisons to TV and such. Read the thread.

But I'm done arguing about it. I've made my case and given a sensible explanation for why it's done, and the only responses are, "Well you wouldn't do it if you read a book!" and "But you can't clap for that reason!" despite it being well within the definition of "applause." There's nothing else for me to say.

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Is it true that Europeans laugh at funny parts of comedy movies?

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>>10152172
I think some other countries does that too.

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>>10152270
Well you wouldn't do it with a book, despite it meeting your particular definition of applause.

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>>10152133
Most of them don't. The majority seem to take bits and pieces from various religions without adhering strictly to any of them. Buddhist sects aside, it's a cultural thing that resulted after American occupation and the Tokyo subway attacks. The native Shinto religion itself is very lenient.

The typical Japanese seems to sporadically visit and hold weddings at shrines, hold funerals in the Buddhist tradition, and celebrate Christmas (without regards to the religions connotations of it). Compared to the Middle-East or U.S., they are very relaxed when it comes to religion.

>>10152198
>Clapping is supposed to show your appreciation to an artist
>Clapping is not supposed to be an expression of your own feelings.
You just contradicted yourself. Besides, a receiver is not needed in order for one to express himself. Practically speaking it's pointless, but the act itself is meaningful to the individual.

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>>10152280
Last post. You could if you wanted, but it would be odd culturally. I wouldn't argue that it was not a correct reason to applaud, though. I explained how clapping in a theater makes cultural sense, though, given theater connotations.

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>>10152270
That's an american definition.

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When I went to see Return of the King, two zany teenage girls started clapping once the film finished. Everyone stared at them and they looked so ashamed, like a samurai about to commit sudoku. That short moment was better than the entire film.

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>>10152287
I'm sure if you looked in the OED the definition would be very similar.

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AB negative master race.

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>>10152281
>it's a cultural thing that resulted after American occupation and the Tokyo subway attacks

You'd think 9/11 would have had a similar affect on American religious people

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>>10152284
You applaud at something, though. Clapping gives you no self-benefit, I hope you will agree. Are you applauding at:
1) the screen that just showed a projected recording;
or
2) the audience who you sat and watched a movie with
?

1) is asinine, you might as well thank your photocopier.
2) makes no sense because the audience did nothing. You may as well walk up to a stranger and say, "I liked the movie I just saw."

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>>10152292
I actually had the tab open:
>approval or praise expressed by clapping:
> they gave him a round of applause

As for the verb:
>show approval or praise by clapping:
> the crowd whistled and applauded

Obviously English is a living language and the OED tends to be fairly strict about these things (definitions are based on a huge corpus rather than, say, a crowdsourced method like Wiktionary).

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You american theater clappers have really no right to laugh at those japanese tha bow while talking at the phone.

You are the same.

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>>10152321
Well then it fits. You are showing approval and praise. It doesn't say that a human recipient must be present.

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I bet you think praying is dumb just because the god or deity isnt front of the person

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>>10152297
Nah. It's because Americans, historically, are reactionary and the attack was carried out by a foreign party which focused a latent ingroup-outgroup bias. The Tokyo attacks were carried out by a native-Japanese cult. The gas attacks prompted the nation to reevaluate the role of religion (which by that point had long lost its grip with the mixing of foreign cultures); they collectively responded in shame. America used the attack as an excuse to reinforce their already held notions of national and religious righteousness. I think it boils down to the cultural backgrounds regarding religion. At any rate, religious fundamentalists are ignorant, delusional scum.

>>10152304
It is not that difficult to understand. It's not much different from laughing to yourself. It serves no practical function other than expressing a felt emotion. The meaning is in the act itself.

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>>10152332
The deity is supposed to be listening.

I can understand someone praying while thinking some kind of invisible god is listening.
But someone praying while being conscious that he's taling to the air... now that's really dumb.

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>>10152329
But those take an object. "He praised" makes no sense, he praised what?

What did you praise?
What did you approve of?

Of course, you can say "He applauded" and that makes sense because it's a full action, but it needs context.

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>>10152350
The film. The people who made it (in absentia).

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>>10152338
Laughter is a behavioural reaction to a type of stimulus.
Clapping is something you choose to do.

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>>10152338
>It is not that difficult to understand. It's not much different from laughing to yourself. It serves no practical function other than expressing a felt emotion. The meaning is in the act itself.

I understand that you feel it that way, but you don't understand that the rest of the world doesn't, and therefore it's only natural that they find it funny.

Le'ts push it further. What if someone screamed "Bravo" while plauding, would you still think it is normal? Who is he telling "Bravo" to? But then he might just say the same thing, that he just "feel" like screaming "bravo" to "express himself".

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>>10152352
The film is a recording. It can't hear you.

The very point of applause is that people know you are applauding, e.g. if you just finished playing a song or performing in a play. What, then, is the point of applauding a film?

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TW: [SPOILER ALERT] [SPOILER]#FUNNY JOKE[/SPOILER]

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>>10152368
You just don't get it.

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Americans like taking part in things. I say this as a compliment to their culture. It's a little corny if you're an outsider, but it's also a lot of fun.
I loved going to American churches because people would dance and sing and have little moments and do all kinds of crazy shit. I suppose that's more directly involved with other people than a recording, but it exemplifies what I mean.
Here in England, you are deathly silent in Church. Do not smile. Do not move. When you are asked to sing along to a hymn, be solemn and sincere. Keep your back straight and your lip stiff. Do not have fun.

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>>10152368
holy shit, does something need to be a reciprocating human being in order to praise it?

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>>10152377
Just explain the point. I don't get it because you haven't told me what "it" is.

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>>10152389
>I loved going to American churches because people would dance and sing and have little moments and do all kinds of crazy shit.

It's kind of funny that a lot of churches are like that now. Our first Protestant churches were very Calvinistic, and would have had a stroke if anyone danced or spoke when they shouldn't. They're still around of course, but in smaller numbers.

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>>10152395
Does a wall need a mouth to be fed?

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>>10152353
Not necessarily. Haven't you ever seen people clap along with laughter? They could both work in the same way as a result of social/cultural conditioning. It's an expression of a particular emotion. If a person feels that and they want to express it, they clap, regardless of whether a recipient is present. Moreover, in a theater context, it's meaningful in the sense that the emotion is collectively shared.

>>10152366
See, America doesn't actually clap at the end of movies (at least not around here). The only time I've seen it is from obsessive-fan types who cheer and do other obnoxious things in conjunction with clapping during scenes, but I'm sure obnoxious fan behavior is common across cultures. Even if they shouted "bravo", as odd as that would be, I would still understand the meaning behind it as "I like this shit", which is really all the clapping and laughing tries to tell us. Sometimes I clap once in an "oh shit" moment, it's a rather reflexive act.

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>>10152398
Wait one moment, you know he might have a point.

When a critic praises a work, he is not praising the author, he is praising for the sake of other potential spectators...

then again it's pointless if they have already seen the movie...

However! In forums you see people praising works all the time, it's pretty common in anime forums... they go there and tell anyone about how much they liked a certain show, even though obviously everyone else has already seen it.

So the argument that praises should only be expressed in front of the one who made the work don't stand.

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>>10152410
I understand clapping along with laughing, especially if it's aimed at a person, but you wouldn't applaud. There's a difference between body language and committing to an action.

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>>10152410
>it's a rather reflexive act.

It's reflexive sure, but that's why it's funny. Just like that other anon said, it's like when a Japanese bow while talking at the phone.

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What arrow will i get~¿

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>>10152418
You know, I almost wrote, "If you want to tell people what you thought of a movie, get a blog," but I thought that would be mean. I can understand liking a movie and wanting to share your approval of it with people. However, applauding a recording in front of an audience of people who all witnessed that recording makes no sense. It would be like Roger Ebert walking up to a stranger and saying, "Eyes Wide Shut was great," then walking off.

Applauding is one-way and has no influence over the screen or even the movie there. People would do thumbs-up or thumbs-down gestures in ancient arenas because it was like a form of voting. Applauding a projector accomplishes nothing.

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>>10152419
Well yeah, I thought we were talking about clapping in general. Like I said, though, Americans don't usually applaud after movies. Only for live performances, and even then depends on what kind.

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>>10152436
It has the same purpose of a poll.

Why do people look at metacritic? They just want to know how many people liked a certain product, and not just because they want to know that before paying.

Many times I browse metacritic becuase I want to know if the game or movie I liked was liked by others as much as I did.

The only thing I want to know is if they liked it or not, nothing else, there isn't any other information in a metacritic vote.

The clapping after a movie serves the exact same purpose, you can gauge the other people's reception by how many of them clap.

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>>10152406
bad example, nerd

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oh my someone cant stand a civil discussion

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>>10152459
This makes some sense.

I hate going to the cinema because people always ask me what I thought of the film and I'm too scared to have an opinion. If everyone likes it then it's okay to say I did, even if it's a lie.

Do people boo if it's bad?

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>>10152484
>Do people boo if it's bad?
Most people would simply leave the theater

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>>10152481
This isn't even board relevant.

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>>10152490
D-Do they stay if it's good?

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Keep them coming please

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>>10152498
People stay if its decent or good

If its terrible people would leave, and other people who would watch the fat lady sing would just talk to their friends saying "God that movie sucked" or "That was boring".

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what happened to this thread

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>>10152548
It got better

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I like it.

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>>10152525
Oh, you mean during the film?

I've never walked out of the middle of a film, even bad ones, because I think it's a waste of money and gives you more time than you know what to do with. Plus if you're with company, I guess it has to be a mutual decision. What if you were enjoying it but your friend wasn't? Or vice versa?

Obviously, walking out of films is an international phenomenon. Everyone always talks about it like it's the most scandalous thing over. "Oh, that film was so bad, I walked out of the cinema!"
I want to see a film and walk out. What are some bad films I can walk out of? Or maybe even a really good film, just so I can shock everyone. "The Dark Knight Rises? Pfft, this is so below me."

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>>10152548
Some people started spamming in it.

About two more hours until you hit the bump limit, guys!

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It was the bombs.

Certain blood types were more effected by the radiation than others. You can figure out the likely degree of radioactive gene mutation by their blood type.

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>>10152566
Shouldn't the image limit kick in first?

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>>10152591
Then the thread will still age, unless mootles changed something again.

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>>10152155
Never happens in Alabama.

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What's going on in this thread?

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>>10152713
You must live in the civilized part of the country.

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