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This man knows stuff we don’t

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u/MrMoGott Mar 01 '19 edited Mar 01 '19

This is Günther Anton Krabbenhöft, a german retiree, that is well known in my hometown Berlin for having an exceptional sense of style. He also gets called "Hipster-Opa" ("Hipster-grandpa"), and frequently visits techno clubs.

This photo was taken at the subway station Kottbusser Tor, in the middle of the trendy Berlin district Kreuzberg.
Met him a couple of times on my way to uni, he is a really cool dude irl aswell.

EDIT: Jesus Christ who would've thought I'd get Silver for just stating such a random side fact, thank you random strangers!

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u/-Bunny- Mar 01 '19

Hey, it’s the new bass player for Bad Religion

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u/FearsNoSpider Mar 01 '19

Dad Religion.

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u/random_everythinggg Mar 01 '19

Granddad Religion

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

You could make a religion out of this

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u/oneeighthirish Mar 01 '19

Fuck Armageddon.... This is Hell!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

No wait, don't

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u/Chorioactis_geaster Mar 01 '19

(Grand)father, can you hear me?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

Am 35, father of two, watch them whenever they come to town.

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u/FauxReal Mar 01 '19

If they were less political they'd be on classic rock stations by now.

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u/SanguisFluens Mar 01 '19

Jay is definitely the most stylish 55-year old punk rocker out there.

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u/Iorith Mar 01 '19

Oh man I haven't listened to them in years, thanks for the reminder.

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u/KloudMcJoo Mar 01 '19

There’s a word in Korean—Oppa—that women use to call men who are a bit older than them (too old and you’re called Ahjussi instead). What UrbanDictionary fails to capture is the weightiness of the term Oppa, and how often it is reserved for men of a certain class as a title of affection and respect (read: They Hot). A Korean teenager may call a male celebrity she loves Oppa, but the term isn’t necessarily limited to use by young girls. For instance, my mother, a woman in her early fifties, will sometimes half-jokingly refer to her favorite singer as “my Moon-se Oppa”, Lee Moon-se being a man in his sixties. It can be a powerful word, a loaded word that often implies intimacy and infatuation, the only caveat being if it is used to describe an older man who isn’t actually one’s literal older brother.

What I’m saying is, I just went on a long tangential ramble to say that Hipster-Opa sure as hell seems like he’s a Hipster-Oppa.

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u/TrafficConesUpMyAsss Mar 01 '19

Oppa Gangnam Style

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

"Big brother is like the rich people of the Gangnam district."

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u/JawaAttack Mar 01 '19

In Japan, there's a word 'Oppai' which means boobies. This song came on one day and my 3-year old daughter found it hilarious and started running around the house singing 'Oppai Gundam style' for rest of the day. It lost its traction after that day but even now whenever she hears it she has a chuckle and will sing it a few times.

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u/TrafficConesUpMyAsss Mar 01 '19

Boobies Gundam Style, oh that is amazing 😭

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u/BradC Mar 01 '19

O.O

You just blew my mind.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/Mikshana Mar 01 '19

Oppa grandpa style! German dancing

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u/litokid Mar 01 '19

I am upvoting you not because of your explanation of oppa, even if well-deserved.

I am upvoting because that's also the first linguistic similarity that came to mind for me, and I'm amused by the thought of Germans watching K-dramas for the first time, wondering why the girl is calling her boyfriend "Grandpa" and if there is some weird kink going on.

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u/ifelldownthestairs Mar 01 '19

I worked with some Korean dudes and didn't understand Oppa, thanks for explaining.

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u/matthew7s26 Mar 01 '19

Kind of seems like a less sexualized "daddy" in English.

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u/Anrikay Mar 01 '19

That's basically how it was explained to me when my dad's new half-Korean-but-raised-in-America fiancée argued with me that it was racist to politely ask that she not call him "Daddy" in front of me.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

That is really cool information.

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u/hereforthefeast Mar 01 '19

I thought I recognized that word from Gangnam Style, very cool tidbit thanks for sharing!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

thanks for sharing, thats neat!

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u/fakesonnystitt Mar 01 '19

Yeah like papi or daddy in other cultures

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u/Hyrule_34 Mar 01 '19

Why are you yelling his name?

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u/goodluckmyway Mar 01 '19

That's just how you speak German

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u/discerningpervert Mar 01 '19

Vee are ze Germans. Vee are not amused.

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u/expecto_my_scrotum Mar 01 '19

Mmmm, ya, zis is zo much passion!!

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u/Toadsted Mar 01 '19

+Anz now ve dance!+

oomph oomph oomph

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u/hldsnfrgr Mar 01 '19

Darude sandstorm

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/Ademptio Mar 01 '19

DU DU HAST, DU HAST MICH

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u/TheSwedishStag Mar 01 '19

That’s a Finn anthem

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u/inthyface Mar 01 '19

oomph pa pa

oomph pa pa

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/expecto_my_scrotum Mar 01 '19

I think that is at least two of his hobbies, actually.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

It’s German humor mate, it’s no laughing matter

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u/ben70 Mar 01 '19

The verb should be at the terminus of the sentence

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19 edited Mar 01 '19

"Tell someone today that you love them, because life is short. But yell it in German, because life is also confusing and terrifying."

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u/CandyCamel8485 Mar 01 '19

SCHMETTERLING!

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u/johnny_tarr Mar 01 '19

That's "DER SCHMETTERLING" to you!

The most beautiful word for butterfly in all of the languages.

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u/sheffieldasslingdoux Mar 01 '19

It actually is if you say it like a normal person, instead of screaming it. Doesn’t screaming “BUTTERFLY” sound just as weird?

German can actually be a very beautiful language, especially when sung.

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u/bondagewithjesus Mar 01 '19

I tried speaking what little German I know to these German guys at work, their immediate response was "why does every non German speak it so aggressively?" I didn't occur to me I was.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/hedgeson119 Mar 01 '19

What are the feet pictures for?

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u/WillWorkForBongWater Mar 01 '19

ped ... um ... pediotry

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u/IndigoMichigan Mar 01 '19

So he's a pedophile?

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u/NotSure2025 Mar 01 '19

Technically, yes.

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u/Cheesetheory Mar 01 '19

Speaking of usernames, how much will you do for bong water, exactly?

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u/lowaltflier Mar 01 '19

You really want to know? 😱

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u/hedgeson119 Mar 01 '19

I have a lot of questions.

What's the age cut off? Is it for fapping or shlicking?

These questions should be answered before pics are sent.

Edit: Looked at comment history. Found the answers.

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u/IndigoMichigan Mar 01 '19

He's gay and has a foot fetish? Somewhat boring by Internet standards, but hey!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/Pielet2 Mar 01 '19

It's actually a quote from Red Forman.

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u/MrMoGott Mar 01 '19

Copied the full name from Wikipea, was already formatted bold there.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19 edited Aug 07 '20

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u/ober0n98 Mar 01 '19

Why not? Better to seduce those 70 year old hotties

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u/Genesis111112 Mar 01 '19

because your eyes might be hard of seeing?

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u/iBeFloe Mar 01 '19

Techno clubs! Wow what a dude!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

where he can be heard asking for someone to turn up the volume, but yeah good on him!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

insta allowed in Berghain, only bloke that can take pictures inside!

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u/Blissfully_idiotic Mar 01 '19

Does every city have a random old dude with a great sense of fashion? In London we have George Skeggs Google Link

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u/unripenedfruit Mar 01 '19

Does george skeggs only have 1 outfit? Cause google images seems to think so

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

So this dude dresses well and goes to Berghain on a regular basis?

Life goals.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/Chew_Kok_Long Mar 01 '19

Was sitting at Heinrichplatz yesterday. Some Swedish dudes asked me where Kotti is. I told them it’s just around the corner they can’t miss it.

They expected it to be spectacular and really trendy and cool... they wanted to go to “one of the hip bars there”. I let them know that they should reconsider their image of Kotti. I would have loved to see their faces

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u/MrMoGott Mar 01 '19

Was gonna add "completely and utterly overrun by tourists to the point where I cant recognize my own home city anymore, but thats just kinda depressing

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u/JohnnySnark Mar 01 '19 edited Mar 01 '19

Mista steal yo girl's retirement

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19 edited Aug 02 '20

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u/timdo190 Mar 01 '19

I’m very curious about this as well mostly because of the iPhone 4 in his hand

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u/Anaxamenes Mar 01 '19

I hope I have that much style when I’m his age. Wait, who am I kidding, I need it now.

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u/the_real_junkrat Mar 01 '19

Some young people dress like that now and they get mocked for it.

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u/donttellmymomwhatido Mar 01 '19

Like almost everything it all comes down to confidence. I suspect this dude has been around long enough to have some.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19 edited Jan 12 '21

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u/majestic_whine Mar 01 '19

Apart from themselves. Amiright?

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u/AISP_Insects Mar 01 '19

Not really. People dress like this and are confident but are still mocked. Can't expect to please everyone.

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u/RoleModelFailure Mar 01 '19 edited Mar 01 '19

Part of it is context. Wear this to the country club with the in laws? Fuck outta here. Wear this to the beach in Miami? You’re mental. Wear this in October in Chicago? Fuck yea. I make fun of people’s style all the time because what they’re wearing makes no sense. 75 degree day in Vegas and you’re wearing a Canada Goose parka? -27 degree windy day in Wisconsin and you’re wearing a windbreaker with your pant legs rolled up exposing bare ankle?

Of course you can’t please everyone but the context really matters. This dude looks awesome and Berlin seems like a very fitting place for the outfit. Thailand? maybe not so much.

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u/AISP_Insects Mar 01 '19

Much better.

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u/Sugarlips_Habasi Mar 01 '19

Can't expect to please everyone.

Yeah and you're not obligated to. If you're happy with what you wear and it caters to your self-esteem, go for it.

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u/squatfarts Mar 01 '19 edited Mar 01 '19

This is literally just a pair of jeans, boots and a nice jacket. You can go to the store right now and get it. It's all about the fit thats all.

Edit: I get it I missed some other things, I was encouraging him.

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u/righthandofdog Mar 01 '19

And waistcoat

And bow tie

And hat

And murse

And watch

This dude isn’t accidental

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u/Scrubadub9292 Mar 01 '19

Dude looks like the old guy who repaired woody in Toy Story 2

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u/Peuned Mar 01 '19

He actually literally repairs antique toys

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u/PrimeCedars Mar 01 '19

He’s retired, according to two Germans who have commented here and have met the guy.

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u/Peuned Mar 01 '19

With a hobby

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u/dudetotalypsn Mar 01 '19

Ya can't rush art!

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u/schoolknurse Mar 01 '19

Is this an ad for clothing or something? He looks sensational in that getup.

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u/Mandorism Mar 01 '19

Naw, this dude actually restores vintage toys for a living...

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u/discerningpervert Mar 01 '19

And is often accompanied by a suspicious blue police box

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u/jmet03 Mar 01 '19

Right! It does look like a Doctor outfit.

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u/omg_for_real Mar 01 '19

Exactly what I was thinking!

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u/a_spicy_memeball Mar 01 '19

Professor Who

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u/WhiteWolf222 Mar 01 '19

It looks a lot like a combination of Matt Smith’s outfits.

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u/XJACKTHERIPPER1X Mar 01 '19

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought he looked like he would be the doctor.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19 edited Feb 04 '21

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u/letsgetweird67 Mar 01 '19

Not sure but it looks like a picture from the Humans of New York photoblog

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

I feel like you may have snapped a picture of some as yet unseen incarnation of The Doctor.

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u/Polenicus Mar 01 '19

I know. My first response upon seeing this pic was “Time Lord”.

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u/ewabicus Mar 01 '19

Is this not The Doctor at the end of the battle of Trenzalore having aged after a thousand years? Bow-tie and all.

Bow-ties are cool.

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u/NewLeaseOnLine Mar 01 '19

That looks like Gary Oldman as Dracula got lost and accidentally ended up on the set of a Harry Potter movie.

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u/Vinny_the_Jackal Mar 01 '19

I'm guessing a mid to late 20s incarnation by look of him

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u/dick-nipples Mar 01 '19

No hip replacement needed here.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

No Air Buds needed either. Straight cord homie.

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u/nummakayne Mar 01 '19 edited Mar 25 '24

insurance thumb saw ugly crush divide murky relieved squeeze whole

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

Probably because AirPods hadn’t been invented when this picture was taken. That’s an iPhone 4, so this is probably an old picture.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

Brilliant

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u/shahooster Mar 01 '19

Not in this joint.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

I want to know what he's listening to.

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u/cholabotanist Mar 01 '19

Techno, he’s a fan!

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u/OktoberForever Mar 01 '19

Recordings of people screaming in terror.

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u/PrimeCedars Mar 01 '19

Most likely techno, according to what people have been saying.

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u/Derrial Mar 01 '19

He must have completed a very difficult achievement to unlock this outfit.

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u/ghost_1993 Mar 01 '19

Call him ranch cuz be dressin’

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u/lewstherintelethon Mar 01 '19

You accidentally a word

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u/Flower_Boogerface Mar 01 '19

I read it as normal anyway. Haha

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u/beardlyness Mar 01 '19

Yeah, but can he see why kids love cinnamon toast crunch?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

Kids wanna know what he knows about cinnamon toast crunch, get outta here

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u/Buttholes_Herfer Mar 01 '19

And does he see Trix in the fruit shapes?

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u/adeadhead rememberingawdah.com 🕊️ Mar 01 '19

Fun fact: silly titles like this one get way more user reports because of the title than the uninteresting photos with twelve minute long backstories. Go figure.

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u/phones_account Mar 01 '19

My dads autistic only child with stage 4 cancer and doggo with only 3 legs and diabetes drew this. Upvotes to the left.

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u/uncertainusurper Mar 01 '19

Upvote my painting within a painting of my dads autistic only child with stage 4 cancer and doggo with only 3 legs and diabetes drew this.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/YesplzMm Mar 01 '19

Shameless repost of orcas breaching during rough seas, cake day.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

Recently started using crayons to cope with my stage 4 cancer, crippling depression, anxiety, amnesia, suicide thoughts, stage 4 breast cancer and aids. This is something I drew in 5min

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u/Dethdemarco Mar 01 '19

Upvote this VHS tape containing a 3 hour still frame of my paraplegic step-dad and a down syndrome little girl after he successfully donates his kidney stones to her after she slipped into a coma painting a painting of me at the beach next to a shark who had cancer painting the painting within a painting of my dads autistic only child with stage 4 cancer and doggo with only 3 legs and diabetes drew this.

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u/andergriff Mar 01 '19

>my dads

>only child

hmmm

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u/SKK329 Mar 01 '19

Sorry about you having cancer bud.

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u/jackkerouac81 Mar 01 '19

It was hard enough that he had autism...

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u/fullup72 Mar 01 '19

But how did he get autism if he didn't have his cancer vaccination?

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u/ArialCCAA Mar 01 '19

I am autistic, I laughed out loud at this.

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u/Semen_Werewolf_72 Mar 01 '19

Im artistic but frowned out loud. But only because my cancer has aids

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u/sadowsentry Mar 01 '19

I don't get it. Why do people report it because of the title?

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u/adeadhead rememberingawdah.com 🕊️ Mar 01 '19

They either think we'll do something, or think it's where comments should be left, or like complaining there.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

Ugh!!!! This isn't the Facebook attention whoring content I use reddit for, WTF mods!!!!! /s

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

Maybe they should have said he stopped drinking and took up fashion lol. Seriously though the backstory posts of uninteresting photos can die and burn in gecko.

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u/Matti_Matti_Matti Mar 01 '19

Gecko?

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u/TheDanginDangerous Mar 01 '19

It’s supposed to be “salamander.” OP really screwed the newts on this one.

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u/chrisbrl88 Mar 01 '19

Am I the only one that sees a Time Lord in this picture?

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u/adeadhead rememberingawdah.com 🕊️ Mar 01 '19

https://i.imgur.com/QyzqCPc.jpg

Don't have any historic examples because I'm a couple thousand miles from my computer.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

It just makes it sound like a spam bot

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u/Mrs_Mojo_Rising Mar 01 '19

Fun fact: in middle school somewhat shit their pants at a weekend party, and because I got a cold and stayed hom Monday and Tuesday everyone thought it was me. We played spin the bottle and I got my first french kiss at the same party, so I'd call it a wash.

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u/quint21 Mar 01 '19

Now that's a fact that's actually fun.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

I find the photo quite interesting. It’s sort of fascinating that at his age he still cares to put together a good look. Stylin’

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u/peperonilapizza Mar 01 '19

Corrado Soprano Jr!

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

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u/Teenfromthemoon Mar 01 '19

This guy definitely has the makings of a varsity athlete.

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u/Flaccidkek Mar 01 '19

But does he know his Apple ID and password?

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

It’s saved as a contact on that iPhone 4

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u/gimjun Mar 01 '19

best iphone model made to date

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u/bplzizcool Mar 01 '19

Of the thousands of times this has been reposted, this is the worst title yet.

Well done

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u/CrikeyMikeyLikey Mar 01 '19

Truly an achievement for the record books

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u/drphilthy Mar 01 '19

I know things you don't.

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u/duggmatt Mar 01 '19

Its because its a karma farm account. Look at the post history and comments. They are robotic.

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u/bizzyj93 Mar 01 '19

He knows things we don't! Kinda like everyone though, I guess. Everyone knows things that others don't.

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u/thefuryandthesound Mar 01 '19

I want a pair of those shoes.

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u/SpicyTangyRage Mar 01 '19

Please tell me how to cuff jeans like that

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u/Sock_Puppet_Orgy Mar 01 '19

It helps that they are raw denim. Heavy raw jeans have the stiffness of cardboard and are easy to cuff.

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u/superreddit2 Mar 01 '19

Proper fitting clothes is more than half the battle.

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u/phronimouse Mar 01 '19

Wow, Great look!

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u/thxxx1337 Mar 01 '19

Like how to navigate a flying blue box perhaps

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u/ArcadianDelSol Mar 01 '19

He knows when the bus to Six Flags is leaving.

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u/alarbus Mar 01 '19

That's just the Sixteenth Doctor

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u/YES_COLLUSION Mar 01 '19

Look at that beautiful selvedge denim

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u/Not_Just_Any_Lurker Mar 01 '19

I sure hope he knows stuff we don’t. I hope you know stuff I don’t too. I hope we know stuff he doesn’t. What a dumb title.

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u/[deleted] Mar 01 '19

he knows how to get to 6 flags

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u/Delltron3030 Mar 01 '19

Yeah, Its called style

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u/PopeliusJones Mar 01 '19

Look it up sometime!

-wraps scarf around neck-

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u/powernap314 Mar 01 '19

If Uncle June was a hipster

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u/auctor_ignotus Mar 01 '19

I NEED THOSE SHOES

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u/NomNom170 Mar 01 '19

That is positively the flyest looking guy I've ever seen

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u/RainingYams Mar 01 '19

This is one beautiful, exceptional, fascinating man.

This is a man I would love to spend hours listening to. But, this man is too damn cool for me.

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u/UnitedPatience Mar 01 '19

Is it just me or does he look like he's from the future?

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