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codfisherman

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20. Westboro Baptist Church

Reply to screamcheese (Original post)

Thu May 23, 2024, 05:40 PM

May 2024

Sometimes, it's just best not to say anything. Death and mourning customs differ between every living person. Maybe you could hang out at the playground and tell all the little kids that Santa, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny are all not real.

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Rainbow Bridge [View all] screamcheese May 2024 OP

I award you one participation badge MutantAndProud May 2024 #1

Are you serious? WTF!!! rockbluff botanist May 2024 #2

Plagiarists! GreenWave May 2024 #3

How is it any different than the concept of heaven & meeting up with your loved ones in an afterlife? CrispyQ May 2024 #4

What ignorance is perpetuated? What would you prefer? Why do you oppose rainbows? bucolic_frolic May 2024 #5

Bye now.. likesmountains 52 May 2024 #6

what a thing to waste your time and ours on rurallib May 2024 #7

Blocking too Wifes husband May 2024 #24

What on earth harm does it do? wryter2000 May 2024 #8

Thankfully, it is not mandatory for you to cross it. MLAA May 2024 #9

These seems an odd declaration. Almost as if you were seeking to stir controversy. captain queeg May 2024 #10

...near where I live.. thomski64 May 2024 #14

Maybe our pets are just going to Canada. Irish_Dem May 2024 #18

my first thought... hlthe2b May 2024 #16

A simple thing that everyone knows is not MuseRider May 2024 #11

The Egyptians at least had a boat. Arne May 2024 #12

I've seen lots of childish and ignorant posts over time TexasDem69 May 2024 #13

You know, it doesn't take much to show compassion for others--even if their way of dealing with loss hlthe2b May 2024 #15

81 posts, eh? relayerbob May 2024 #17

I hadn't thought to look at the posters profile. captain queeg May 2024 #19

Westboro Baptist Church codfisherman May 2024 #20

How do you feel about Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Leprechauns, Guardian Angels?? Irish_Dem May 2024 #21

Troll Dear_Prudence May 2024 #22

Then you are quite welcome to never use it. Ocelot II May 2024 #23

Who hurt you? JoseBalow May 2024 #25

Do the letters FO mean anything to you? louslobbs May 2024 #26

After an alert, locking post. Emile May 2024 #27