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al bupp

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7. It's said that if your only tool is a hammer...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Jan 14, 2021, 08:13 PM

Jan 2021

... every problem looks like a nail. By corollary, if the only tool you have is a gun, then every problem looks like a target. The police are the absolutely last people to call for a mental health crisis.

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