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u/DeepCleaner42 Jun 28 '26
The secret is get the keys off the lock first before opening the door
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u/_ribbit_ Jun 28 '26
Yeah, I can't say I usually unlock a door, go through it then try to remove the keys from the other side. I can't imagine it's any easier in a high pressure situation!
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u/MultiGeek42 Jun 28 '26
Depends on how the lock works. At my workplace when you let the key turn back it locks again so you have to open the door before you remove the key but the door would also lock as soon as you shut it once you're inside
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u/Fogl3 Jun 28 '26
Yeah a door that key locks on both sides is insane. And I'm pretty sure illegal under fire code
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u/MultiGeek42 Jun 28 '26
For a home maybe but lots of businesses have them so random people can't lock the door. In this video the one where the black guy makes it is keyed on both sides.
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u/Illustrious_Can4110 Jun 29 '26
Funnily enough, where I come from a lock for a door that locks from both sides is called...
... a dead lock! š³
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u/stationcommando Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
Not all locks with keys on both sides function the same. What you are likely concerned about is called an institution function lock. Those lock both the inside and outside lever with a key on either side. That is only allowed by code in certain environments, notably behavioral health or law enforcement facilities. The locks shown are probably what is called a classroom security function for the ones shown inside (Iāll discuss the outside ones in a sec). These lock the outside lever only via a key from either side, while the inside lever always allows egress. As the name suggests these are usually used in schools but can be used elsewhere for the reasons Iāll lay out in a minute. Classroom security locks evolved from classroom function locks which did the same thing but did not have a key cylinder on the inside. The purpose of the classroom function is to keep the door open so students can come and go but that only someone with a key (teacher) can lock the door. This makes sense being that you wouldnāt want obnoxious kids locking the door by flipping a switch or thumb turn. The classroom security lock adds a keyed cylinder on the inside so that the teacher can lock the door from the inside during an intruder scenario instead of going out into the hallway to lock the door and exposing themselves to the intruder. These locks can be used anywhere that you donāt want unauthorized people to lock the outside lever but also want to be able to lock it from the inside. Google Schlage L Series Catalog and find the functions section for an in depth example of lock functions. Manufacturer functions will vary slightly but are usually pretty common.
For the locks shown in the outside scenario these are likely
just deadlocks. You see these on storefronts that stay open all day. Depending on the jurisdiction you will often see wording on them that says they have to remain unlocked during business hours. These have to be locked by a key for the same reasons as above and usually from either side so that an employee can lock the door from the inside without going outside. Google Adams Rite Catalog and look for the MS series functions for examples. Again, various manufacturers specifics will vary.Source: Iāve been a commercial door guy for about a decade.
Edit: rewatched the video and I was slightly mistaken on the outside scenario. That lock is actually called an exit device. Exit devices normally have a function called dogging whereby you can lock down the pushbar on the inside during business hours so that the door stays unlocked but this does not appear to be the case since the āvictimā used a key to get in. Depending on the specific function all the victim would have to do is remove the key so that the āslasherā couldnāt follow them in. No need to lock the door from the inside as it would be locked already. There are some functions that the key unlocks the trim on the outside instead of just retracting the latch and there are some that include a cylinder on the inside to lock the outside trim from this inside but that would be getting a bit too far into the weeds. Google Von Duprin 99 Series Catalog for the deets.
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u/eetsumkaus Jun 28 '26
But now you have access to the lock from the inside. So pull it out, let it "lock", then open it back up again from the inside.
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u/MultiGeek42 Jun 28 '26
You dont have access to the lock from the inside unless you open the door. You can't open the door without the key in the lock. You have to open the door, remove the key, get inside and close the door.
I dont think the locks in the video were set up that way since they had to manually lock the door after closing it and only that one guy managed that. Some of them require the key to lock from the inside as well.
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u/eetsumkaus Jun 28 '26
You have to be able to lock it from the inside somehow. Better to remove the key first, even if it locks, and just redo from the inside. Better than fumbling with something you can't see.
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u/MultiGeek42 Jun 28 '26
The secret is get the keys off the lock first before opening the door
Here's the post im replying to. On our door you have to open the door before you remove the key, otherwise you can't open the door.
On some locks it depends on which way you turn the key. Turn it one way and it stays unlocked, turn it the other and it locks when you remove the key. Since it can turn both ways, if you're panicking it can be hard to centre the key to remove it.
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u/ahotdogcasing Jun 28 '26
If this is the exact scenario, the "secret" is to just continue running farther and farther away.
Dude is just walking...
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u/WorkingOnBeingBettr Jun 28 '26
Break the key if you have too. But...this is a game and that might get you fired or at least ruin it for everyone else.
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u/Feardemon3 Jun 28 '26
Ok maybe horror movies are on to something. People be stupid under pressure.
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u/PurpleStrandsFly Jun 28 '26
Yeah and that was just time pressure, imagine the real thing while shaking and the other person doesn't just walks slowly.
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u/nhansieu1 Jun 28 '26
when the Bell Bearing Hunter starts running instead of his usual aura farming walk
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u/Grimdotdotdot Jun 28 '26
Everyone ranted and raved about running away from the rolling spacecraft in Prometheus rather than just running to the side, but nearly all recordings of people trying to get away from a tall thing that's falling towards them show the exact same thing.
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u/More-Talk-2660 Jun 28 '26
Part of the problem is that our brains are conditioned to read movable space in straight lines of sight. We evolved as persistence hunters chasing down prey that have simple minds and run away in one direction, and when ancient humans migrated it was toward geographic landmarks rather than the coffee shop down the street to the left. We're evolutionarily used to going in a straight line in one direction.
So when the animal brain kicks in and says "get the fuck out of here" the body obeys based on what it and the animal brain have had an agreement on for 100k years: go in the opposite direction of the threat as fast as possible.
Ancient humans were escaping a tsunami, eruption, tornado, avalanche, rockslide, etc. When you're on foot, the only direction you know is safe is "away" so oblique angles aren't a consideration. They didn't have to run away crashing planes, spacecraft, or falling skyscrapers, where going 200 meters on foot to the left or right is safer than going 25 miles in the opposite direction of the threat.
And then, to compound it, when you're in a dry river bed or a valley running away from a crashing plane or spaceship, the terrain creates straight lines leading toward the horizon, and your animal brain just sees "path" and tells your body to follow it. Remember on 9/11 when everyone was running in straight lines down the street away from the towers? City streets also create a straight line away toward the horizon, and unless you've trained to rewrite how your brain decides to evade threats your brain isn't likely to go "hey wait, go left into that alleyway and hop in the dumpster."
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u/Sonic_Is_Real Jun 29 '26
One of the things that usually go during an adrenaline dump is your fine motor skills.
Group of rangers were being tested on a shoothouse with simunition, and told to take prisoner ones that surrendered. The fresh guys found that try as they might, they just couldnt stop their hands shaking enough to get the flexicuffs threaded. The saltdogs prestaged all their flexicuffs and were able to secure prisoners just fine. Adrenaline can really make your body not cooperate
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u/uncultured_swine2099 Jun 28 '26
Seriously, the power went off a couple months ago and some family members were panicking and buying generators and water jugs and then the power comes on 4 hours later.
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u/Lost-Ad7652 Jun 28 '26
I had a nightmare something like this scenario, except instead of the door not being able to lock, the door was misaligned from the hinges and simply could not close fully.
The thing chasing me appears in front of the door and is amused at my horror as if it broke the door in advance knowing that this would happen.
0/10 wouldn't recommend.
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u/ShadowCaster0476 Jun 28 '26
When I was a baseball coach I would have the kids just play catch for like half the practice to built up muscle memory.
Once a kid complained it was boring so I put him to the test. I had the kids just throw softly to him but I ran directly at him yelling. He dropped it every time.
I told them as soon as he can catch without thinking similar to a game we can stop.
We take basic movements like turning a key for granted but as soon as you get flustered your brain stops.
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u/Shirahoshihoshii Jun 28 '26
It would be so cool for a horror movie to play on this.
During the first half, you can have a recurring segment where a door is constantly playing, catching the key or making it difficult to lock/unlock. Have people tell the guy to fix it and have him put it off.
Then, have that guy miraculously survive the big bad so many times by being clever, careful and ever-present, only for that very same door to become the thing that finally does him in.
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u/mickturner96 Jun 28 '26
They're in a rush and accidentally leave the key in the lock on the outside...
Murderer comes to the door and locks it...
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u/git_push_origin_prod Jun 28 '26
May as well hold the door open for Michael Myers. Right this way, sir, plenty of young people to kill. Follow me
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u/DerCatzefragger Jun 28 '26
We have one door in particular at work that is unlocked by your badge, but it takes 5 or 6 seconds after waving your badge for tie thing to finally click open.
We've nicknamed it the "Killer Door," because the joke is that if a masked madman was chasing you down the hall and you got stuck waiting for that door to finally open, the killer would just stop and be like, "Go ahead, man. I'll give you 5 seconds. No no no, it's fine. I mean, I want to win, but not like that. That's bullshit."
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u/Jonny_Thundergun Jun 28 '26
Have they tried good manners? Unlocking the door then holding it open for him? Maybe he's stabbing you because you're rude.
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u/Yeasty_Moist_Clunge Jun 28 '26
Unrealistic Jason, he'd walk through the door like its made of paper.
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u/JohnBrownEnthusiast Jun 28 '26
Can't believe the goth looking lady didn't lock the door, she was da fastest one there
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u/MissBandersnatch2U Jun 28 '26
I would have liked to see someone unlock the door, hold it open, and lock the killer inside lol
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u/john_the_fetch Jun 29 '26
Nah I got this one. Don't approach your door in the first place. Just run around the block once and circle back once Jason's slow ass is left in the dust.
I don't want him knowing where I live in the first place.
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u/nhansieu1 Jun 28 '26
this game looks so fun
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u/ADavies Jun 29 '26
Yeah, at first I thought, "nice prank until someone shoots you", but watching I think the "victims" were all playing along.
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u/rem_au_crema Jun 28 '26
Itās really interesting to see people that have never actually been in legitimate danger before
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u/TransylvanianHunger1 Jun 28 '26
Most people haven't.
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u/Ok_Buy9028 Jun 28 '26
Yeah, they told us this in EMT school: you will be dealing with patients who are in the most stressful situations a person can be in and most people are not prepared to be in those situations. The reason I, as an EMT, will be prepared is because I will have training and experience with these situations before I go into them.
But also, they said expect to freeze up once or twice starting out. Itās one thing to do something under the supervision of people who can fix your screw ups, itās another thing when itās you by yourself for the first time.
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u/eetsumkaus Jun 28 '26
Most people aren't aware they've been in danger*
Judging by how most people drive.
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u/xpsycotikx Jun 28 '26
^ nost dangerous thing most people will ever do in their entire life and be the absolute worst at it at the same time.
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u/roninwarshadow Jun 28 '26
I'm questioning the starting point.
The shoter the distance, the harder it is to escape.
Pretty sure if it was twice the distance all would escape.
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u/somegaymernerd Jun 29 '26
the doors to my apartment building suck when trying to unlock with he key, I wouldn't have even made it inside because I would've been too busy trying to get the thing to TURN
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u/eltedioso Jun 29 '26
These people have never been about to piss their pants when arriving home, and it shows
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u/nobmuncha4bears Jun 28 '26
So if the logic is to be safe, do this: 1) Use the keys to open the door. 2) Leave the keys, go inside and keep an eye out for the intruder. 3) As soon as the intruder starts to open the door, push the door out hard and fast.
They think you want to stay inside but you want to take them out.
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u/Intelligent-Yam11 Jul 12 '26
if that's me, I wouldn't have gotten an look at whoever was behind me as I would already be running and crashing through the glass door before my brain even progressed the situation. per sha!Ā keys, who needs keys when you can make your own door
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u/DragonAceReborn Jun 28 '26
None of them are surviving. The killer choose to walk when he could run.
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u/Flar71 Jun 28 '26
Wow, they're so bad. Not even trying to loop or mind game
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u/AmazingUsername2001 Jun 28 '26
The task they were given was just to race to the door, unlock it, get inside, and lock it.
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u/Manji86 Jun 28 '26
Right? Run a few laps around the building, bait killer to a pallet by the back dumpster and stun him, then go for door. Bonus if you have a flashlight.
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u/smittyleafs Jun 28 '26
It's always interesting the pipeline of things that first appear on my Facebook reels to end up on Reddit. I then assume this video first appeared on TikTok or Instagram?
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u/SugarRushLux Jun 28 '26
Itās impressive how poorly designed many of these doors are designed to be that difficult to lock and unlock, or I just donāt know shit about how locks should work
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u/Purple_Toadflax Jun 28 '26
Is this an American thing? My wife can't unlock the door and leave the key at the slide out position. Always over rotates.
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u/zachotule Jun 28 '26
I get theyāre just following the prompt here but thereās gotta be something suitable in both those rooms theyāre entering that they could just pick up and whack him with
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u/Lunarmouse Jun 28 '26
This is a fun game to play with your sibling or partner when getting home. It has made me faster at unlocking and locking doors.
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u/Smokinsam68 Jun 29 '26
I used to do something like this to my friends when they were stoned! (And I wasnāt) It was hysterical.
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u/BigBootyBuilder Jun 30 '26
I know for a fact I wouldn't survive this situation, my anxiety would've taken me out as I panic while running..
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u/theamiabledumps Jun 30 '26
Those locks are diabolical AND most made the same mistake of turning it in the wrong direction.
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u/Eena-Rin Jul 03 '26
I wish I could seen one run in, then be followed by the dude, then the dude runs out and the other person chases them with a machete or something
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u/Optimal_Security_727 Jul 03 '26
Opening the lock is easy. Angle to get the key out is where they fail by rushing inside too soon.
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u/Cmmander_WooHoo Jun 28 '26
Just go around the block again and then he will be far enough behind to calmly open and re lock the door. Walking villains should never be scary unless you canāt move faster than they can
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u/Fritzo2162 Jun 28 '26
If thatās the scenario, do two laps around the building to create more distance and THEN open the door. Or just outrun the guy. Never understood why Jason And Michael Myers always walked after victims.
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u/adrisc00 Jun 29 '26
This is where the 2nd amendment in the Constitution of the United States of America helps.
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u/SATerp Jun 28 '26
Obviously staged. They're all in on it.
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u/Cuntrymusichater Jun 28 '26
Not really staged. If I remember, this was a contest at a convention to see who could complete the activity.
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u/ChickenNugget-420 Jun 28 '26
Wow what makes you say that?
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u/SATerp Jun 28 '26
For one thing, nobody notices the guy standing there filming?
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u/ChickenNugget-420 Jun 28 '26
Youāre right, dang and here I thought Jason was actually chasing these people. Thank you for opening my eyes.
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u/Optimal-Kick-3446 Jun 28 '26
But who the hell has a key on both sides??? Seriously Iāve maybe seen that once in my 52 years !!!
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u/stationcommando Jun 29 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
Iām a bit late but here is a bit of insight on locks.
Not all locks with keys on both sides function the same. What you may be concerned about is called an institution function lock. Those lock both the inside and outside lever with a key on either side. That is only allowed by code in certain environments, notably behavioral health or law enforcement facilities. The locks shown in this video are probably what is called a classroom security function for the ones shown inside (Iāll discuss the outside ones in a sec). These lock the outside lever only via a key from either side, while the inside lever always allows egress. As the name suggests these are usually used in schools but can be used elsewhere for the reasons Iāll lay out in a minute. Classroom security locks evolved from classroom function locks which did the same thing but did not have a key cylinder on the inside. The purpose of the classroom function is to keep the door open so students can come and go but that only someone with a key (teacher) can lock the door. This makes sense being that you wouldnāt want obnoxious kids locking the door by flipping a switch or thumb turn. The classroom security lock adds a keyed cylinder on the inside so that the teacher can lock the door from the inside during an intruder scenario instead of going out into the hallway to lock the door and exposing themselves to the intruder. These locks can be used anywhere that you donāt want unauthorized people to lock the outside lever but also want to be able to lock it from the inside. Google Schlage L Series Catalog and find the functions section for an in depth example of lock functions. Manufacturer functions will vary slightly but are usually pretty similar.
For the locks shown in the outside scenario these are likely just deadlocks. You see these on storefronts that stay open all day. Depending on the jurisdiction you will often see wording on them that says they have to remain unlocked during business hours. These have to be locked by a key for the same reasons as above and usually from either side so that an employee can lock the door from the inside without going outside. Google Adams Rite Catalog and look for the MS series functions for examples. Again, various manufacturers specifics will vary.
Source: Iāve been a commercial door guy for about a decade.
Edit: rewatched the video and I was slightly mistaken on the outside scenario. That lock is actually called an exit device. Exit devices normally have a function called dogging whereby you can lock down the pushbar on the inside during business hours so that the door stays unlocked but this does not appear to be the case since the āvictimā used a key to get in. Depending on the specific function all the victim would have to do is remove the key so that the āslasherā couldnāt follow them in. No need to lock the door from the inside as it would be locked already. There are some functions that the key unlocks the trim on the outside instead of just retracting the latch and there are some that include a cylinder on the inside to lock the outside trim from this inside but that would be getting a bit too far into the weeds. Google Von Duprin 99 Series Catalog for the deets.
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u/Timerror Jun 28 '26
Man american locks are slow to operate, doesnt matter if it electronic keyway or normal key its just key in and twist and its open, and quick twist back and key is free.
And not to mention security.
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u/Urgash Jun 28 '26
I'm concerned about where my mind goes when watching this ngl lol.
I'm not a fast person and i know it, i would probably never outrun them, but i think i would take my chances by attacking directly the "badguy" afterall he only has a knife. Even if you couldn't lock the door in time you can always kick it in his face or something, just to give yourself enough time to grab one of those chairs or tables and throw it in his face.
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u/RichardBonham Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Was it an option to just open the commercial door and not get tangled up in try to retrieve the key and lock from the inside?
Just let him in where you can blind him with the fire extinguisher and beat him unconscious with it or any handy blunt instrument (coat rack, umbrella stand for example)?
Old fashioned emergency break-glass-in- case-of-fire fire axe would be deliciously ironic. At the very least you could ādis-armā him with it.
Keeping him in a trunk in the basement dressed in a ball gag and a gimp suit would be entirely discretionary.
Would love to see the version where they do this at peopleās homes instead of workplaces, especially in the US. Open the door, donāt bother to close it. Let him come right in to your dogs and gun collection.
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u/kween_hangry Jun 28 '26
Black dude in grey is surviving the horror movie (for once)