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I never realized how overtly feminine The Dude's wallpaper is

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tnunnster@reddit

I've always felt a little uncomfortable about that scene. Now I know why.
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Tuva_Tourist@reddit

Not that Maude wanted to be impregnated by a dude who shares her dad’s name?
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tnunnster@reddit

Yeah, that too.
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squizzelee@reddit

Some men do
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Keepeating71@reddit

I was talking about her rug
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Alternative-Way-8753@reddit

IYKWIM
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Keepeating71@reddit

I feel like I missed an opportunity here. It’s been my opinion for sometime that TBL is actually about Maude and it’s a bit of a double entendre that the Dude’s steals Maude’s rug and then all of his troubles start. Maude not only gets her rug back but she also shows her superiority, strength, control & dominance when she takes her rug back & she takes what she wants, the Dudes sperm without his permission or knowledge. This also serves as a reminds to the Dude that he has no say in the matter & therefore no control of his life. Maude also leaves the Dude & TBL to fight amongst themselves causing a distraction for the 2 of them. She also out does her father & his weakness for the slut Bunny by having a one night stand and using a man that has the same name as her father. A sort of competition or revenge for Maude & her father. There is also something to Maude achieving conception with a man that has the same name as her father but i haven’t fully understood if she feels in control of her father or if she feels somehow that she has bested her father by having sex with a man that has her fathers name. Perhaps this is all tied to the idea that Maude sees her father as weak because he is handy capped and she feels that he can’t protect her or he’s not nor has he been able to be masculine enough in her life.
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terra_cascadia@reddit

I love this comment. But Mr. Lebowski is not her father though, right? I always figured she was from her mother’s previous marriage — and don’t forget “mother” had all the money.
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Keepeating71@reddit

To the best of my recollection, please correct me if I’m wrong Maude refers to and calls TBL father & never mention her a previous marriage or a “real” father. Maude is quick to distance herself from Bunny but never distances herself from TBL in the same way. Maude’s rug resided at TBL’s house. Her name is Maude Lebowski, one would think if she had as much contempt as she shows for “Father” she’d changer her name back to an actual fathers name and wouldn’t leave mother’s gift at a Step Fathers home. Now I’m thinking about the connection between Bunny and Maude. How much Maude resents the fact, as the Dude points out (and probably pays for the comment) that Bunny is now Maude’s Mother. Maude really sees Bunny as a power move or some sort of pedo thing from her father. Like it relates to Maude’s childhood some how.
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CheckYourStats@reddit

You made two comments, and both of them were like 5 paragraphs. So uh…I’m sorry, I wasn’t listening.
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Keepeating71@reddit

You’re like a child that wonders into a conversation
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jabalong@reddit

Hmmm, your thinking may have gotten uptight on that one. Maude refers to Mr Lebowski as "my father" seven times in the script. We can probably take that at face value. Also, there was no mention of a previous marriage. The wealth all being mother's was probably her inherited family wealth.
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betabry@reddit

Those rich fucks! This whole fucking thing — I did not watch my buddies die face down in the muck so that this fucking strumpet —
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biglebowski565@reddit

I’m sorry I wasn’t listening (jk that was fuckin interesting man, my thinking had become very uptight)
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Keepeating71@reddit

This whole film, all the characters, it’s about sexual tension & sexual power plays. Walter is still controlled by his X. All the Dude ever wanted was his rug, his special lady friend. But then he’s too afraid to commit, he’s only helping her to conceive. You see it yourself. Walter’s the Alpha, Donnie’s the feminine one. It’s all part of the Dudes oedipus complex. They are both figments of the Dudes psyche. The nihilist are wild chaos, random occurrences in the universe that play you from one side to the other. They don’t really exist they’re life happening and the Dude has to navigate the problems as they arise. The flying carpet makes it easy for the Dude to escape his problems. For Maude the giant scissors represent her ability to cut her ties from her family that she doesn’t respect and feels are below her. Truth be told, she’s no better than, she doesn’t want her child to have a father. She feels she’s better than everyone else just like TBL thinks he is smarter than everyone else and can swindle Maude out of her mother’s money. I’m thinking that to the Dude the giant scissors represent or are associated to TBL. Maude wants to cut her ties to the family but to the Dude they represent the problems and threat that the Lebowski family has brought him. The Dude is afraid his Johnson will be cut off because he can’t deliver the money to either TBL or the nihilists.
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Keepeating71@reddit

Does the carpet match the drapes?
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FratboyZeida@reddit

Don't be fatuous
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ibkirkus@reddit

It really tied the vagina together.
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Keepeating71@reddit

Improves the chance of conception
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FilthyHobbitzes@reddit

I always thought that was her place…? Surely new things haven’t come to light?
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NickelCitySaint@reddit

He gets back home... Sees the place has been trashed.... Then we see Maude "Jeffrey, love me." IIRC at least
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FilthyHobbitzes@reddit

Ahhh, yes.
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NickelCitySaint@reddit

Lots of ins and outs my friend. And the occasional acid trip. Happens to the best of us
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housebottle@reddit

You have no frame of reference. You need to rewatch the film
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FilthyHobbitzes@reddit

It would appear so
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Her_name--is_Mallory@reddit

Were you not listening to the dude’s story?
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fatloui@reddit

It makes some men uncomfortable.
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goatsticks717@reddit

The word itself is sometimes problematic
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kirkaracha@reddit

Wallpaper?
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mw9676@reddit

Don't be fatuous u/kirkaracha
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What-a-Crock@reddit

The wallpaper ties the room together
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awelawdhecomin@reddit

Vagina
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joelouis93@reddit

Oh yeah?
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ZombieLibrarian@reddit

Because it’s strongly vaginal.
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Jifeeb@reddit

Vagina.
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Lower-Tie-6341@reddit

I’m just gonna go find a cash machine
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surefirerdiddy@reddit

Brant can’t watch unless he pays $100
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Pragmatic_disciplin@reddit

Is that what this is a picture of?
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BazingaQQ@reddit

Lotta ins, lotta outs.
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Electrical_Chicken@reddit

The In-N-Out Burger is on Camrose.
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brawnburgundy@reddit

You can imagine where it goes from here.
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Salt-Ad4952@reddit

He fixes the cable?
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brawnburgundy@reddit

Those are good burgers, Walter.
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man_machine_poet@reddit

And thorough.
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Read_Icculus_@reddit

This had not occurred to us dude
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Dull_Investigator358@reddit

The wallpaper really tied the room together
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Alternative-Way-8753@reddit

It really tied the womb together too.
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Dull_Investigator358@reddit

It increases the chances of conception.
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NathanArizona@reddit

Is that some kind of eastern thing?
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NukeDaBurbs@reddit

Far from it.
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Round-Top-8062@reddit

^^*INCREASES!?*
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rawspeghetti@reddit

Fucking a man
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dakemp@reddit

V A G I N A.
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Historical-Leg-2013@reddit

It also tied the room together
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_WillCAD_@reddit

No shit...
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More_Clue7471@reddit

Uh.... isn't that Maude's wallpaper?
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kidamnesia1919@reddit

What are you, a fucking interior designer now?
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SmileDismal6216@reddit

bad bot . OP is a bot ,report the account
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WileyCoyote7@reddit

You mean…coital?
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gramersvelt001100@reddit

These filmmakers, man. They have a lot of ins and outs and what have yous.
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Rizos28@reddit

Mucha muchacha
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EstablishmentOk2209@reddit

Yeah, that's a long bow you're drawing there.
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kaboombaby01@reddit

New shit had come to light man.
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Bodhigomo@reddit

Love me, Jeffrey.
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OTT_4TT@reddit

Now that you mention it, it IS very vaginal, which is nice!
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merlingogringo@reddit

You mean beaver?
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drfusterenstein@reddit

Love to visit the Dude's house.
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Abbi_Rose@reddit

I was like, “how tf is that considered feminine… OHHH” ![gif](giphy|Q09lToTa0H3Es)
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Ok-Lavishness-7904@reddit

Did you think this was all fun and games?
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TheRenaissanceKid888@reddit

Far out
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BustedFlush48@reddit

Strongly vaginal
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Oldskoolguitar@reddit

Far out
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prkrprkrprkr@reddit

He’s a good man Jeffrey. And thorough.
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diligentnickel@reddit

It appears to be some sort of Eastern pattern, but inspirational. I believe it is the Dude’s lady friend’s pattern. Not his.
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squizzelee@reddit

She’s not his fucking lady friend, dude
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legalbeagle66@reddit

That some kinda Eastern thing?
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Her_name--is_Mallory@reddit

More of a southern thing
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tupperneep@reddit

That’s fuckin interesting man, that’s fuckin interesting
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Her_name--is_Mallory@reddit

The only proper response to this.
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GonzoMcFonzo@reddit

Vagina
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CromulentInternet@reddit

I'll paper your walls for a thousand dollars
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Seer-Z@reddit

Knowing the Dude, it's probably what was there when he moved in.
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VisitAbject4090@reddit

He fixed the cable after
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Pretend_Will_5598@reddit

The bulk of the pattern, Dude
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CampSubject9176@reddit

Get your head out of the gutter, Dude!
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dragonboy@reddit

It is reminiscent of the wallpaper in Nixon’s White House bowling alley. https://photos.com/featured/president-nixon-bowling-in-white-house-bettmann.html?product=wood-print
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Ripper42@reddit

thats like … just your opinion man
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itsmejam@reddit

As the dude stated, he still jerks off manually
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petron5000@reddit

There’s a vibrator on the counter in that scene.
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Biscuits4u2@reddit

It's been described as strongly vaginal.
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SawolHus@reddit

….whats that, yoga?
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MaxKevinComedy@reddit

Increases?
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AdventurousTravel509@reddit

Well yes. What did you think this was all about?
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ShakeZoola72@reddit

Funa and games...
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SawolHus@reddit

Let me explain something about the Dude
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fallser@reddit

![gif](giphy|iAYupOdWXQy5a4nVGk|downsized)
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nothingclever68@reddit

Holy fuk that’s awesome and a great catch
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DigitalBoy05@reddit

Thats just like your opinion....man
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torch9t9@reddit

Rug owners did not do this. Marty is his landlord, the Dude bowls, drives around, and enjoys the occasional acid flashback.
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shartsofglass_@reddit

You mean vaginal? I mean you know the guy?
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Drixzor@reddit

New shit has come to light.
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Skullcrusher71@reddit

It’s vaginal
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oasisu2killers@reddit

The rug really did tie the room together
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glitchfit@reddit

What do you need that for dude?
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ddiknosaj@reddit

What the fuck are you talkin about??
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Danimal1002@reddit

There isn't a literal connection, Dude.
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anustart147@reddit

Face it, Walter, there isn’t any connection.
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anustart147@reddit

Bonk
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BobThehuman03@reddit

Feel free to inspect them.
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acdcfanbill@reddit

I was gonna protest and ask how wallpaper could be feminine but then I looked at it and... well... there you have it.
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weirdrevolution11@reddit

It increases the chances of conception .
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therealtwomartinis@reddit

*INCREASES?!*
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gregorsamwise@reddit

That’s fucking interesting, man, that’s fucking interesting…
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CapKey6706@reddit

Great catch. Me either!
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HeDogged@reddit

I commend your eyesight for being strongly vaginal...
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sheezy520@reddit

His wallpaper has been described as strongly vaginal
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legally_blind_bandit@reddit

Yonic is the term : )
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Alternative-Way-8753@reddit

also, Dude, yonic is not the preferred, uh. . . Labian-American. Please.
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DontHateV8s@reddit

Woo didn't piss on it
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AdventurousTravel509@reddit

You mean coitus?
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Stalwart_Penguin@reddit

It can be a natural, zesty enterprise.
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michaltee@reddit

*JESUS*
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Alternative-Way-8753@reddit

You said it mang.
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Cheapy_Peepy@reddit

Strongly vaginal
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RelativeKick1681@reddit

It down there somewhere. Let me take another look.
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Top-Use4277@reddit

Ya man, It really ties the room.
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BortWard@reddit

Johnson?
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squishythigh@reddit

Coitus !?
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jackasspenguin@reddit

Marty finally got the wallpaper he wanted
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Ambitious-Loan1521@reddit

That's fucking interesting man. That's fucking interesting.
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DoubtLow7348@reddit

New shit has come to light
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Carne_DelMuerto@reddit

Good catch. I love this movie.
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Duke0119@reddit

It’s ok, you weren’t privy to the new shit.
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EffingBarbas@reddit

"Does the female form make you uncomfortable, Mr. Lebowski?"
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Gebling65@reddit

A zesty enterprise.
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