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PatSeg

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30. I guess it is a certain type of person
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 04:58 PM
Sep 2025

who wasn't raised to behave appropriately around strangers. I've always been taught to keep my politics and religion to myself around people I don't know. Until you actually know them, stick to generic topics like weather or sports.

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So this just happened [View all] TlalocW Sep 2025 OP
Ha! FalloutShelter Sep 2025 #1
😂 CentralMass Sep 2025 #2
Too soon old. Too late smart. Totally Tunsie Sep 2025 #3
I carry pepper spray. I use the "Uncle Leo" excuse --- "I'm old" usonian Sep 2025 #4
Have two or more witnesses when you spray MrWowWow Sep 2025 #5
For plausible deniability TommyT139 Sep 2025 #8
Fur den magats. usonian Sep 2025 #15
"Kinda new, kinda wow, Charlie!" wolfie001 Sep 2025 #33
Tune is still rattling around my brain. usonian Sep 2025 #35
That means we still "Have it!" wolfie001 Sep 2025 #38
Music keeps you young!! usonian Sep 2025 #39
I cried after 'Amadeus' in 1984 wolfie001 Sep 2025 #42
Wait until I find F. Murray Abraham. usonian Sep 2025 #43
Ah yes! Wolfie was his nickname! wolfie001 Sep 2025 #46
Elizabeth Berridge usonian Sep 2025 #47
Yes! Stanzie! wolfie001 Sep 2025 #48
Too. Funny. TommyT139 Sep 2025 #40
I keep the bear spray at home. usonian Sep 2025 #12
Just So You Know.. ProfessorGAC Sep 2025 #20
Sporting goods store sells them in pairs. usonian Sep 2025 #23
I've seen those, must be 100 years ago.. mountain grammy Sep 2025 #24
Da fuq? Reader Rabbit Sep 2025 #6
Exactly right. GoCubsGo Sep 2025 #21
Or are you okay? Can I call someone for you? littlemissmartypants Sep 2025 #37
You dealt with him FHRRK Sep 2025 #7
Actually I'm disappointed in myself TlalocW Sep 2025 #10
Here's one to use FoxNewsSucks Sep 2025 #14
Print out this doppelganger picture usonian Sep 2025 #17
lololol blubunyip Sep 2025 #64
We could hang out together, GMTA! SheilaAnn Sep 2025 #9
I'll never understand why conservatives PatSeg Sep 2025 #11
It happened to me constantly when Clinton was president. LisaM Sep 2025 #13
Yeah, I can't recall a Democrat or liberal PatSeg Sep 2025 #29
It happens to black people also Keepthesoulalive Sep 2025 #26
I guess it is a certain type of person PatSeg Sep 2025 #30
Well, to be fair to the MAGA guy Bluetus Sep 2025 #36
Aha, so he was probably just pushing buttons then PatSeg Sep 2025 #50
Indeed thats the reason. drray23 Sep 2025 #44
Such limited thinking is mind blowing PatSeg Sep 2025 #51
Thst has occasionally happened to me as a white person, too. I always counter them in sone way. electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #52
It still amazes me PatSeg Sep 2025 #53
Hmmm... not sure when I learned that. Occasionally I still do but I usually catch myself and stop. electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #55
Yes, it is human nature to make assumptions PatSeg Sep 2025 #56
👍 electric_blue68 Sep 2025 #57
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Maga Idiot asked for it.. coming up to you like that. Cha Sep 2025 #18
I went to the dentist today LilElf70 Sep 2025 #19
I tend to do the ame as you, LilElf. Lay out our position on the table directly. Magats have round heels. erronis Sep 2025 #22
I don't take medical advice from a man who got a brain worm eating roadkill tanyev Sep 2025 #31
Good grief. Maybe report what she told you to your dentist. SunSeeker Sep 2025 #59
I wish I could, but LilElf70 Sep 2025 #61
Some suggestions for next time . . . because there will be a next time. AverageOldGuy Sep 2025 #25
I applaud your self control BidenRocks Sep 2025 #27
Bless your heart . 💜💜💜 1WorldHope Sep 2025 #28
I'm glad you didn't get stabbed in the neck JoseBalow Sep 2025 #32
Good on you!............N/T Upthevibe Sep 2025 #34
Wow. MorbidButterflyTat Sep 2025 #41
Red or blue state? stollen Sep 2025 #45
Kansas TlalocW Sep 2025 #49
The most obnoxious a-holes always think they're the life of the party Grokenstein Sep 2025 #54
Irony lost on who can't/won't stop Putin. czarjak Sep 2025 #58
"widdle MAGA bitchboy " Jack Valentino Sep 2025 #60
i'd have said biden didn't suck putin's ass. pansypoo53219 Sep 2025 #62
MAGA Bitchboy! I love it. Native Sep 2025 #63
Good job! Martin68 Sep 2025 #65
MAGAts are good at nasty stares. red dog 1 Sep 2025 #66
I would never assume someone is telling a whopper. somsai Sep 2025 #67
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