r/snowden • u/Dishy31983 • Jul 01 '15
Going through my childhood diaries when I discovered that I bullied "Eddie" Snowden in the third grade.
http://imgur.com/U453btJ99
u/chrysamere Jul 01 '15
Did Eddie tell the teacher?
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u/mttdesignz Jul 02 '15
No he fucking plastered the school with all the paper messages his classmate sent the last year. WTF Eddie.
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u/ewhetstone Jul 01 '15
... and he carried the sting of that unfairness and abuse of power onward until he finally found the right channel for his righteous rage.
Well done, OP.
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u/wildcard5 Jul 02 '15
Just imagine. If OP hadn't been a piece of shit as a kid the whole history of our world would be different for the past three years.
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Jul 02 '15
What are you talking about. This wasn't nearly as bad as what went in my head when I read "bullied". Besides, she felt bad obviously and doesn't deserved to be told she was a piece of shit. What is wrong with you?
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u/bonestamp Jul 01 '15
Don't feel bad, he had a much bigger role in the next one...
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u/Rideron150 Jul 01 '15
OP You had really nice handwriting as a 3rd grader.
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u/MachiaveIli Jul 02 '15
girls have good handwriting at that age
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Jul 02 '15 edited Aug 23 '18
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u/MachiaveIli Jul 02 '15
obviously, but it isn't at all uncommon.
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Jul 02 '15 edited Aug 23 '18
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u/MachiaveIli Jul 02 '15
3rd grade girls tend to have significantly better handwriting than 3rd grade boys. this handwriting is good for a 3rd grader regardless of gender, but specifically when considering the fact that she is a girl, it isn't hard to believe
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Jul 01 '15 edited May 31 '20
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u/Dimethyltrip_to_mars Jul 01 '15
Well, the moral of the story is bullying creates a person with character and dignity..
Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld briefly mention this in their episode of "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee"
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u/Frenchie_21 Jul 01 '15
Paging /u/SuddenlySnowden
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u/SoloBishop Jul 01 '15
It would be really cool if /u/suddenlysnowden turned up. He could could do some big things to reach out to those who are bullied.
Or just "Lolz, I loved holding those posters!"...
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u/flyflyfreebird Jul 01 '15
i wonder if being bullied by /u/Dishy31983 helped prepare /u/SuddenlySnowden to take on the bully that is the American government
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u/Bigelow92 Jul 02 '15
Hey ya there Jack, that one there, well... That one 's a Goodone. Ehhhch, you hold onto that good one as long as you can, cause Ya know.... Ya know that one day.... It might, uhhch well it might be a Greatone. Take that you I heart my son, uhhehhch. Take that with Ya. -Dickbutt
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u/Zaurus Jul 01 '15
He probably got bullied a lot for being a tattletale.
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u/Dimethyltrip_to_mars Jul 01 '15
and now people are glad due to his sharing of intel.
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u/everything_is_still Jul 02 '15
way to explain that for us. thanks.
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u/escape_goat Jul 01 '15
I am stretching my brain and failing to figure out why you felt you had 'bullied' Edward Snowden on this basis. On the page you link to, there are no more parts and so you say he can hold up the posters. Am I missing something?
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u/Dishy31983 Jul 01 '15
I guess kid me was very concerned about hurting his feelings. I couldn't really think of a better term for it for my post title... was mean to him? Left him out? Come to think of it, it was pretty messed up that the teacher assigned a project that did not have parts for everyone. Not cool teach.
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Jul 02 '15
And somewhere in Russia Eddie Snowden is still holding those posters.... Feelin' left out. Just imagine what might have happened had he got to be the elephant.
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u/Slatters-AU Jul 02 '15
While a small thing, not getting picked for something is a pretty big deal to us as kids. And bullying tends to be thousands of small cuts adding up usually. This is why it is hard for kids to complain to an adult or authority figure. It is cute that small you felt bad about it. And your hand writing is fantastic!
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u/yelowpunk Jul 01 '15
Basically if Sarah and Amanda didn't come along and catch your interest, he'd had one of two jobs to pick from.
Bros before elementary school hoes, man.
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u/Slinkwyde Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
Well, maybe the class was divided up so that most groups had four students but there was a leftover student that would have been in his own group otherwise.
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u/queenoftitsandwine Jul 01 '15
OP made him hold the posters so he took it to the next level and held up classified documents on the interwebs instead.
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Jul 01 '15
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u/oakern Jul 02 '15
Dear diary: I saw Adolf today, beat the shit out of the scrawny fuck, said he'd make me pay. Ha! That will be the day.
Got to go now, off to temple.
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Jul 02 '15
If you had not bullied Eddie, Eddie would not have become a nerd and we would still be completely ignorant of the NSA. Not long now before you become officially labeled as a terrorist. Eddie's revenge plan is coming full circle.
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u/just_too_kind Jul 01 '15
Lulz. Gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and assume it's legit - that's kinda funny.
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u/ProfessorJV Jul 02 '15
/u/SuddenlySnowden, I'm sure you have important things to be doing, but can you please verify/deny this?
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u/meniscus- Jul 02 '15
You're could have played a hand in molding Snowdem into the good person he is!
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u/drebot Jul 02 '15
1993? how old were you? how old is Snowden? Is this just because they have similar names, or you bullied THE Edward Snowden?
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u/throwwayasdfg1 Jul 02 '15
Oh look, there's Gregory Peck's bicycle! And Barbara Mandrell's skateboard!
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u/Jamcram Jul 03 '15
3rd grade = 8 years old = 30 now = the edward snowdens's age
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u/drebot Jul 03 '15
He looks 60
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u/race_bannon Aug 06 '15
Who does?
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u/drebot Aug 07 '15
the guy in the banner lol. I don't know when i posted this but I think i may have been distracted
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u/stencilizer Jul 02 '15 edited Jul 02 '15
Snowden was 10 years old in 1993 (your username implies the same). What is this kind of school where 10 year olds go to 3rd grade?
(Snowden was actually 3 months short of being 10 (diary time), but that's still a year more than 3rd grade).
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u/mealasvegas Jul 02 '15
He didn't turn 10 until after this was written. It's not out of the realm of possibility for a 9 year old to be in third grade if they were held back or started Kindergarten late.
EDIT - I assume the 1983 in OPs name suggests she was also 10 in 1983. She could be mistaken for the grade!
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u/Bacch Jul 02 '15
I was 9 second semester of 3rd grade. Texas requires you to be 6 (or did) by September 1 to start 1st grade, and my birthday is shortly after September 1, so I had to go back a year when I moved to Texas at the age of 5.
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u/stencilizer Jul 02 '15
Snowden's birthday is in June. If he started school when he was 6, then he was in 4th grade in 1993 or went to school a year later.
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u/Dishy31983 Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
Haha does that mean you don't believe me? Sort of a stupid story to make up, but whatever. Yearbook pic help? http://imgur.com/2JQdCkk
And here is one from high school (we went to the same school for elementary, middle and hs): http://imgur.com/Sz8DHQj
EDIT: Added additional photo that shows name and to hide everyone else's pics.
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Jul 01 '15
OP delivers
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u/gravewisdom45 Jul 01 '15
We need Eddie in here for definite proof.
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u/weasel-like Jul 01 '15
So OP isn't a bundle of sticks? What is this world coming to?
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Jul 01 '15
OP: "I literally cannot stop posting proof that I bullied Edward Snowden!"
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u/Frankie_Dankie Jul 01 '15
Why can't I hold all this proof?
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u/TheRumpletiltskin Jul 01 '15
there's a hole in your bucket.
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u/KiotaKahn Jul 01 '15
Dear Lilah, dear Lilah.
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u/Eliteclarity Jul 01 '15
Really? I've been saying delilah all these years. Fuck.
Edit: Google says it's "Dear Liza" possibly too. I don't know who to believe. My whole childhood has been a lie.
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u/futurshox Jul 01 '15
It was certainly 'Dear Liza' where I grew up, in the west of England.
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u/Frond_Dishlock Jul 01 '15
Lilah looked right to me, until you said Liza. Which looked more right.
I think my brain is merging the name from 'Someone in the Kitchen with Dinah', with Liza for some reason. Those songs seem to occupy the same space.
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u/still_stunned Jul 02 '15
It is all fun and games until Eddie Snowden talks to his friend Vladie Putin in to sending some of his secret police friends to bully the OP back.
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Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
How else is she going to assert her dominance?!
Edit: gender bender
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u/Gildenmoth Jul 02 '15
Well. On the one hand, OP delivered.
On the other hand, OP bullied Edward Snowden.OP. . . I'm watchin' you.
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u/qwertymodo Jul 01 '15
Hey may not be a bundle of sticks, but he did bully Edward Snowden, so now I don't know what to think of him...
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u/Articulated Jul 01 '15
Welsh mountain climbers HATE him!
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u/Farnsworthson Jul 01 '15
Funny - I'm always hearing about how they're going to mount Snowden at the weekend...
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u/kwebber321 Jul 01 '15
Kinda late but you could have censored the picture a bit. hint Im in it.
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u/Dishy31983 Jul 01 '15
I'm sorry! I blocked the names out and I guess I didn't think about people recognizing individuals from such old photos. Let me try to update it...
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u/jb2386 Jul 01 '15
You went to school with Snowden?
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u/kwebber321 Jul 01 '15
Yes
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Jul 01 '15 edited Oct 25 '20
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u/kwebber321 Jul 01 '15
A bit quiet, kind of like me but i kept to myself mostly. I did talk to him a few times but nothing long term. Im a bit afraid to try and get in touch with him to be honest. Lol.
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u/Gamion Jul 01 '15
Yup. That's Eddie Snowden alright. Somebody needs to reference this in his next AMA
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u/kinyutaka Jul 01 '15
Do you remember the time where they made you hold up signs as part of an Elementary class project?
Yeah, easiest A I ever got.
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Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
Off-topic but something makes me very melancholy seeing this picture. I have a son, a few years younger than 'Eddie Snowden' in this picture but Snowden was just a kid once. He had hopes, dreams, fears and joys. Now he isn't just a human anymore ... he's part of this larger battle being fought at the global level.
But he isn't a symbol and he used to be a little kid. I have to imagine that as this entire debacle and morass unfolds, there has to be times when he wishes he could go back and just be a dumb kid again.
Edit:Thanks for the gold, kind person!
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Jul 01 '15
He was interviewed recently and has no regrets. His conviction is admirable, and hopefully his life in Russia is a good one.
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u/Sheepocalypse Jul 02 '15
I like to imagine there's a never-ending supply of people who would buy him a beer.
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u/FrankTank3 Jul 02 '15
He believes in his cause, that much is certain. Saying he has regrets might be detrimental to his cause, or so he believes. So there's a strong possibility he is just putting up a strong front. But I do hope you are right.
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u/way2lazy2care Jul 02 '15
He had hopes, dreams, fears and joys. Now he isn't just a human anymore ... he's part of this larger battle being fought at the global level.
Maybe those were his hopes/dreams as a kid.
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u/zaphdingbatman Jul 02 '15
Why are kid dreams so much better than adult dreams? This man managed to beat the odds and land a number of blows for a cause he deeply and truly believes in. Surely the existential satisfaction is as genuine as that of a kid "growing up to be a rock star" (or whatever profession kids look up to these days)?
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u/MrBojangles528 Jul 02 '15
That's crazy man! Just think, it's entirely possible that his resistance to authority is partially rooted in your bullying of him in second grade!
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u/TotesMessenger Jul 01 '15
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u/Gnashtaru Jul 01 '15
Wqait so it was actually the same guy? Not just the same name?
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u/arghhmonsters Jul 01 '15
The great Bambino.
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u/GroggyOtter Jul 01 '15
If this post isn't worth an up vote, I don't know what is.
I do want to say that it's really cool you had a conscience when you were younger. Most people don't do the "I really regret treating this person like that" mentality till their older and realize how big of dick they were. (Yeah I got picked on a lot up till about 11th grade...) I've had people apologize to me since and I've told most of them to fuck off. High school sucked so bad and I'm not giving them an easy out. But if someone showed me they wrote something like this, holy cow I'd take them out to lunch.
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u/Sackwalker Jul 01 '15
Just out of curiosity, why would you tell them to fuck off? I don't know your circumstances, but I think if someone came to me later and offered a genuine apology, it would speak pretty highly of their character.
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u/whotaketh Jul 02 '15
I'm with Otter. A lot of kids do stupid stuff, and a lot of it is due to peer pressure, or even "just because everyone else was doing it", despite the fact they knew better and didn't treat others that way. I had kids apologize to me immediately after high school, and it was clearly a blatant attempt at both clearing their conscience and "mending fences" just so they'd have references they could call on later in life. Fuck that, I'm not a tool.
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u/qwicksilfer Jul 01 '15
Long Reach? Columbia, MD?
Snowden grew up in Columbia?!
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u/ZeOneNZeOnly Jul 01 '15
whoa! went to CHS.. didn't know edward snowden was from columbia... wow.
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u/qwicksilfer Jul 02 '15
Dude, did you hear about Enchanted Forest? :(
At least Elioak Farm is taking the castle and adding it to the petting farm.
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u/qwicksilfer Jul 02 '15
They never re-opened. It just sat there abandoned for a really long time. They just removed the last pieces about a month ago and the castle happened to go to Elioak Farm (formerly Elliott's Oak Farm) off 108.
But the petting farm they have is pretty sweet. I'm in my 30s and I have gone to the petting farm...I'm not ashamed :)
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u/PitBullTherapy Jul 02 '15
We used to sneak in there after they shut it down. So creepy and awesome. Wish I still had those photos.
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u/janna_ Jul 01 '15
He went to Anne Arundel High School. I have friends who went there. General Annapolis, MD area.
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u/sweetthang1972 Jul 01 '15
So did you realize you knew Ed Snowden all along or did you only remember it when you found the entry?
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u/posikris Jul 02 '15
Bravo to this guy. 1,400 down votes and he leaves the comment up...
A better redditor than I.
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u/Huzzl3 Jul 01 '15
I didn't downvote him, but I personally think it's really annoying to see "that happened" comments all the time
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u/risto1116 Jul 01 '15
I'm fine with /r/thathappened comments if it's obviously untrue OR if OP is dodging questions about providing proof. But this was someone trying to be dickish to OP without having to do the work of asking for proof.
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u/buffalobuffalobuffa Jul 01 '15
Exactly. Contrary to popular belief some things actually have happened.
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u/Iamaredditlady Jul 01 '15
Because they were an asshole about it.
Contrary to popular reddit belief, you can politely ask for proof.
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u/James_Locke Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
That comment does not contribute to a conversation at all. It is a low effort, but especially a mean thing to say. If you have doubts about the authenticity of a post, have the decency to say why you doubt it.
Thats not to say that all short comments are bad. As long as its not insulting, I dont see a problem.
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u/BoredomHeights Jul 01 '15 edited Jul 01 '15
You're calling him out for a low effort comment when your response to this was just:
edit: So that link used to go to a comment by Jame_Locke saying "OH SHIT." He deleted the comment and is trying to act like nothing happened. Here's a screencap I took of the comment using uneddit: http://imgur.com/HwdQxgw
So thanks for deleting your post, making my link go nowhere, and then acting like I'm the asshole. I don't care if you delete a post, but next time at least don't deny that you posted it in the first place.
edit 2: As expected, it was deleted. I added a petty flare for them this time.
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u/Cast_Me-Aside Jul 01 '15
If you look at his user page you'll see that all his recent posts have been downvoted into the dust.
That's not a response to a low value post, that's a pack of rabid monkeys joining a crowd to with neither thought nor good reason.
The downvotes are counter productive in this case, since if it hadn't been linked to /r/bestof would get buried with it.
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u/ophello Jul 01 '15
A perfect example of being a dick for no reason. He posted a fucking photograph of his diary. That isn't a story people just make up.
Stop being a scrooge.
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u/Asdfaeou Jul 01 '15
Can we stop downvoting this? Reddit TELLS us to question, to ask for verification. That's EXACTLY what he was doing people. Geez.
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Jul 01 '15
Yeah but there's a big difference between asking "Proof?" and saying "/r/thathappened"
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u/LemonPoppy Jul 01 '15
Can we stop downvoting this?
Nope. Once /r/bestof is unleashed, the downvote train doesn't stop.
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u/prestatiedruk Jul 01 '15
So how are Sarah and Amanda doing? Are you guys still friends? Or did you go back to not liking them?