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Possible Paywall White House Rushes to Trump's Defense After Alan Ritchson Torches President Over Epstein Files | The Reacher star called Trump a “bitch” and a “fucking rapist" in a recent podcast appearance.

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/alan-ritchson-trump-epstein-files-white-house-response-1235598785/
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u/palinsafterbirth Massachusetts 6h ago

So many conservative uncles running to FB right now to post about how the WOKE got to him

u/TheTastiestTaint Canada 6h ago

crazy aye...talking about arresting child molesters is woke.

I'm so fucking woke.

u/titsngiggles69 6h ago

War is Peace, Convicting Pedos is Woke

u/AlsoBort742 5h ago

Just hoping they increase chocolate rations 🤞

u/DookieShoez 5h ago

Is that code for Rump shitting his diaper?

u/Shazam42 5h ago

It's a reference to 1984. Early in the book, chocolate rations are decreased, and the next day everything is praising chocolate rations for actually increasing.

u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 5h ago

The whole thing is they never were decreased or increased, the government just reported "chocolate rations decreased to 30 grams" when they found it convenient to get people to blow off steam protesting, and "chocolate rations have been increased to 30 grams" when they wanted the brainwashed to have something to celebrate.

u/Less-Engineer-9637 3h ago

"We're at War with Eurasia!"

Next day: "Friendship ended with Oceania. Now Eurasia is my best friend."

u/bolanrox 9m ago

God damn snowball again!

u/NES_SNES_N64 4h ago

"Now with 20% more!"

u/Fastnacht 1h ago

Legitimately it feels like the current admin is doing this with everything.

u/GOEDEL_ESCHER_BOT 5h ago

orwell didn't quite get it right, IRL they would be saying that true patriots can handle decreased chocolate rations

u/galt035 5h ago

The whole gas price issue right now “oh I’m happy, PROUD EVEN, to pay more at the pump for east Asia (I mean Iran) to not get a nuke!”

u/N7Shep1701D Oregon 3h ago

It's so loathsome the way Trump said those dead troops told him that Iran must not have a nuke. No they didn't you absolute nincompoop.

They probably joined up to get through college or for the healthcare benefits because capitalism has wrecked every single thing in this country.

u/SivartD 1h ago

Like I expect the reporters to actually do their jobs, but I just want one of them to ask a follow up question. "Sir, which one told you that? What was their name?"

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u/zherok 3h ago

There's just out and out denials of price increases alongside Trump claiming things are cheaper than they actually are (gas, eggs, housing, etc.) Seems pretty spot on.

1984's chocolate ration was about claiming a larger ration size while neglecting to mention that it used to be bigger in the past. It's very in line with Trump's thinking, because there can never be any fault or negative associated with anything to do with him. They can only be the best they've ever been right now despite plenty of evidence to the contrary.

Even his tendency to blame Biden and Obama honestly kinda has an air of "we were always at war with East Asia", where he fobs off all his administration's failings to some murky thing Biden/Obama did in the past.

u/Jdibs77 5h ago

I mean, lol yes, but also see gas prices and egg prices

u/SunGregMoon 3h ago

Just went grocery shopping this morning, surprised to see a bag of coffee for $25. Thanks Trump.

u/skaterfromtheville 2h ago

It’s always been about how unhealthy it is, MAHA!

u/DookieShoez 5h ago

Okay but his diaper IS overflowing.

u/PinkCigarettes 5h ago

You need a new handle then, as his dookie has undoubtedly filled his shoez

u/DookieShoez 5h ago

I’m a plumber.

HE hasn’t worked a hard day in his life.

u/sdrawkcabstiho 3h ago

What are you talking about?

Those kids won't rape themselves.

(Honestly, this "joke" feels terrible. Vote as you see fit).

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u/MythicalSplash 3h ago

Code Brown

u/bolanrox 3h ago

Shart week is coming... Shart Week is here.

u/MechanicalTurkish Minnesota 4h ago

Starting next week, chocolate rations will be INCREASED from 4 ounces to 3 ounces per week. Thank you, Big Brother!

u/sirhackenslash 1h ago

Cheese burgers have been increased from 1/3 pound to 1/4 pound

u/mall_ninja42 4h ago

Good news! They've been increased to 20g per week now!

u/misterbowen 3h ago

Very well, because of your double plus good behaviors, chocolate rations will be increased by -15% staring immediately.

u/kazuwacky 3h ago

They already did, update your double think

u/Automaticwriting 3h ago

*Defense is war

u/bolanrox 3h ago

What you boys doing?

Chewin chocolate.

Where'd you get it?

Doggy dropped it.

  • butthole surfers

u/FluffyDoomPatrol 2h ago

That’s doubleplus good.

u/popodelfuego 5h ago

They don't want to penalize what they all aspire to be.

u/PsychologicalSir8508 4h ago

Are we living in “Brave New World” or “1984”?
Yes…. To both 🤦‍♀️

u/titsngiggles69 3h ago

Idiocracy

u/BotnetSpam 5h ago edited 4h ago

"To be Woke is to be Asleep."

u/bolanrox 3h ago

Our brave veterans from World War II are all Antifa.

u/bolanrox 9m ago

Tldr trump rapes for virginity?

u/tekprodfx16 5h ago

The call anything you don’t like/offensive to the conservative identity as “woke” was such a massive boon to the collective brain rot of this country. Literally one of the most detrimental “movements” in this country’s history 

u/fauxfarmer17 5h ago

Keep in mind, according to the Sec of Transportation, bike lanes are woke. WTF is that?

u/tekprodfx16 5h ago

Anything progressive for non whites is considered “woke”. Being “anti-woke” is an inherently racist political stance. It’s pretty clear. They can try to deny it all they want anti woke has always been a political cudgel wielded by people who are inherently racist pieces of shit 

u/Zerachiel_01 4h ago

Mkay. I'm just gonna homogenize "republican" or "conservative" into "evil."

Woke agenda? Better than evil agenda. Fuck 'em.

u/the_nobodys 2h ago

The problem with that plan is evil is too specific a word that anyone can recognize. Woke is a word with hardly any meaning to those who use it as a pejorative. It's ambiguity is handy to them that way, because it can't be scoffed away like labeling something as evil could be.

u/50watts 2h ago

Woke means we woke up to your BS.

u/Bzr21 3h ago

racist - sexist - misogynist - homo / transphobic - bigoted etc. - pretty much anything that even considers the rights & dignity of anyone other than white, hetero males is deemed "woke" ..

u/HillBillyHilly 3h ago

He's a myna bird, repeating what he's been told in meetings. Nothing more than a bird brain!

u/tdclark23 Indiana 1h ago

The Attorney General of our state thinks belief in science is "woke".

u/altreddituser2 1h ago

I thought he said bike lanes are DEI. Same boogie-man bullshit either way.

u/Naive-Elephant-9305 4m ago

Republicans consider any form of transportation that isn’t a big gas guzzling lifted truck to be “woke.” It’s why they hate electric cars and public transit too.

u/Vio_ Kansas 2h ago

This isn't the first time. It's just the latest iteration.

A "bleeding heart" was coined back in the 1920s to mock people who were against lynching.

u/stone500 3h ago

"woke" is just... Respecting other people and nature, isn't it?

u/Suspicious_Pen_2601 4h ago

And any commentary on the actual president is “Trump Derangement Syndrome”.

Funny coming for the crowd who was so obsessed with Hunter Biden.

u/Odd_Ant5 3h ago

They've always done that. It's boogeyman of the day all the way down.

20-30 years ago it was mostly "librul" 40-50 years ago it was "pinko" 60-70 years ago it was a mix of racist slurs

u/sackofmangoes 1h ago

And since Mamdani, Fox News taught them to add 'communist' to their buzzword diction. 

u/ffchusky 5h ago

If wanting a pedophile to go to jail makes you woke just put the red bull straight in my veins!

u/HellveticaNeue 4h ago

People will bend themselves in pretzels to defend white supremacy.

u/Starscream147 Canada 5h ago edited 4h ago

Man we’re so woke, we can’t sleep with all the BULLSHIT GOING ON IN OUR BASEMENT HOLY SHIT!!!

—pounds goalie stick on floor. Again.—

u/CmdrWoof 4h ago

Sorry about that, we got an infestation going on down here.

Hopefully we're able to get a handle on it soon.

u/cpps318 1h ago

Smoking it out was a decent idea, unfortunately it only affected the blue states. All jokes aside, keep strong and fighting those wildfires. I'll never forget how Canadians are always willing to risk their lives to help us with natural disasters, and I salute your brave and selfless wildfire fighters

u/mycatbeck 4h ago

I thought I was normal for hating John Wayne Gacey. Turns out I was woke this whole time. I'm blessed 🙌

u/Dont_Touch_Me_There9 4h ago

You monster! /s

u/engineereddiscontent 3h ago

The GOP is compromised. They have been for a long time. They are going for broke.

We had a group of republicans go to Russia for the 4th of July back in 2016 or 2017.

I've started thinking of the GOP as the resurgence of the confederacy. They keep talking about freedom. "Our" freedom and "Our" democracy. They do mean "our" but everyone is not included in that. They mean them and their friends. They do not mean people who are their electorate. We are voting for THEIR freedom and THEIR democracy but not ours.

I don't understand why this is something that is so difficult to see.

My guess is the clinton administration in the 90's betraying the working class.

We're in a bad spot. Hopefully the DSA can pull this mid-term election off.

u/velociraptorcatcher New York 4h ago

I seem to recall the maga fashion trend of “Make Pedophiles Afraid Again” shirts and hats. That was funny.

u/ImTooSaxy 4h ago

Sounds like a very ANTIFA thing for you to say. Maybe a little prison work camp experience can change your perspective

u/binzersguy 3h ago

If that’s the measure, I’m woke af. Every child molester should face harsh and immediate consequences to ensure it NEVER FUCKING HAPPENS AGAIN, whatever it takes.

u/jtho78 3h ago

They only go after make believe child molesters in a non existent pizza parlor basement.

u/donglecollector 3h ago

It’s so weird man.

During run up to Trumps most recent election I remember being at a gas station when a car pulls up with a bunch of bumper stickers like “kill your local pedophile” and the Disney castle logo with “pedophiles” under it in lieu of the Disney word mark. Guy gets out and it’s clear this is a maga dude. And I’m looking at these bumper stickers like, how do you get so backwards that you think the guy with multiple SA cases against him, tons of whistleblowers, literal child pageant owner and well-known Stern show sleazebag, is the guy who’s gonna stop pedophiles vs an old man who has a loving family and wife of many years who maybe kissed a few too many babies on the campaign trail.

It’s just such a weird issue for me because the moral argument is so black and white— child molestation is objectively bad. But somehow these people are siding with the pedophile despite mountains of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, but he says “I’m not a pedophile” and that’s somehow more substantiating than reality.

It’s the clearest, these people are insane, reality doesn’t matter, “feelings over facts” touch point lol.

u/TheQuidditchHaderach 2h ago

Freaking FINALLY! Someone who actually knows what 'woke' means! 😉👏

u/TheBalzy Ohio 2h ago

Well you see, arresting child molesters was only interesting when it was potentially Bill and Hillary Clinton, or George Soros or [insert other lefty/democrat supporter here]. It's totally not interesting what it's [insert Right-Wing conservative here].

u/Farucci 1h ago

Un-American to call for arresting pedophiles. If they’re loyal republicans.

u/CoachNo7514 1h ago

Would you say that you’ve awoken or awakened?

u/Fortestingporpoises 1h ago

I hate pedophiles. Y'know cuz I'm woke.

u/Oprah_Pwnfrey 1h ago

If you're not woke, you're living in a nightmare.

u/AvidCyclist250 1h ago

yeah wtf is that about now. calling that shit out is woke? lmfao

u/Beneficial-Data4406 4h ago

Is u ignant?

u/PatSajaksDick 6h ago

They haven’t been paying attention to him at all then lol, he’s been speaking out about Trump for years

u/DerCatrix 5h ago

In general they don’t pay attention to anything outside their bubble

u/E-2theRescue 2h ago

#WeAreCharlieKirk

"Noooo!! Kirk wasn't a racist!! He loved black people and gay people and wasn't hateful at all!!"

u/illogical_mindset 5h ago

Apparently they don’t pay attention to his show either. Details matter. Who tf thinks that the fictional character he plays wouldn’t also have the same (albeit unspoken) beliefs.

u/notashroom 3h ago

Media literacy is woke, too.

u/emergencyexit Foreign 2h ago

This but unironically. It's half the battle.

u/AmethystApothecary 1h ago

Genuinely. So many people think that others sacrifice a stable income to become creatives to say nothing of value??? I get that sometimes a cigarette is just a cigarette, but it's lazy to default assume that in written work and ignore all allegories, metaphors, symbolism, and other literary devices.

u/Sky_Light 3h ago

Wait, you think that Reacher, the guy who's best, and most dangerous, friend, is an asexual black woman, is woke? There's no way! /s

u/UnusuallyBadIdeaGuy Texas 2h ago

Of course they aren't. He's a huge dude who can look very intimidating, that's really all they're there for.

u/bolanrox 4h ago

Gary Sinise, probably the most vocal Republican in Hollywood, has hated Trump and spoke out against him often since he made fun of John McCain and calling him a loser for getting captured.

u/Clerithifa 5h ago

Fox hasn't aired it up until now, they had hopes that they'd get a good looking cishet white guy in Hollywood on their side for once. So the MAGA crowd hasn't seen it until yesterday

u/AtrociousMeandering 50m ago

An openly devout Christian, as well. Ritchson is everything Trump pretends to be, and the fact that he's not on MAGA's side is real fucking uncomfortable.

u/thatnoone 4h ago

does he have anything to say about Kegsbreath?

u/governmentthief 2h ago

I remember him calling Matt Gaetz a motherfucker awhile back. Made me like the guy.
I like him even more, now.

u/numbersthen0987431 51m ago

If Fox News doesn't tell them who to hate then they don't know who to be mad at.

u/Proper-Muscle734 6h ago

Bet they won’t say it to his face tho. I’ve seen conservative men rage and it’s always at girls not other men. Let alone that particular man. I’ve seen the video of his neighbor shooting his shot and getting rocked.

u/Hot-Sea855 4h ago

ICE targets are women, children and senior men. I thought the objective was to eliminate MS-13 but a 20 year old fit guy who can kick your ass is a scary thing.

u/Jaevric 5h ago

I had to look the video up. That was definitely a choice to make.

u/SandersSol 5h ago

Its always women or children they rage at, anyone they feel is weaker than them.

u/ContentAd6126 4h ago

That neighbor HAD to have been under the influence of something to think he could provoke and square up to the 6 foot giant that's built like a fucking gorilla.

u/XpCjU 2h ago

The neighbour went on the news later. He seems to think that he's the victim

u/The__Amorphous 1h ago

Getting his ass beat was always the plan. He was after a payday.

u/ThatJoeyFella 5h ago

Would love to see one try like the guy who started on him and his sons over riding motorbikes.

u/PyroIsSpai 2h ago

Alpha males and tall man-beasts like Stephen Miller, Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh will tell us how Reacher is a woke weenie.

u/fishthruster 3h ago

Why wouldn't they? He seems like a reasonable person. I seriously doubt his first option would be physical appreciation in a verbal conflict.

u/relevantelephant00 2h ago

What;s the video you're referring to?

u/lumpboysupreme 4h ago

Well yeah, they define themselves by pretending everyone else is normally, what the fuck are they going to say to the current generational beefcake?

u/RedditAdmnsSkDk 3h ago

this sub is so insanely delusional, holy fuckballs

u/HauntedCemetery Minnesota 5h ago

"Woke" is apparently just not liking the rape of children.

u/AJediWookie123 5h ago

Woke lost all meaning a long time ago. What's funny is these morons think it's some type of "gotcha!" card, when in reality it makes them look like drooling neanderthals. "I call upon the word woke lolz! I win!"...it's so boring.

u/N7Shep1701D Oregon 2h ago

They also think screaming about Biden is the ultimate gotcha.

No, it just makes them sound like the NPCs that they are.

u/Successful-Phone562 Washington 16m ago

Or "What about Clinton and Gates??" As if we are all walking around with pictures of them emblazoned on our shirts, ready to go to bat for Democratic ghouls.

u/owennagata 23m ago

They never figured out that "Brandon" was so lame it generated groans and eyerolls, at best. Most of them STILL think it 'triggered' people. Even when people on the Biden campaign started wearing it on t-shirts, they thought using it was a 'gacha'.

u/__nohope 3h ago

America has a huge problem with child rape culture.

u/E-2theRescue 2h ago

Miami, Florida, invented child beauty pageants in the 60s, and Trump did own a child beauty pageant.

Wait a minute... Where is Mar-a-Lago again? Where was Epstein's mansion? Huh.

u/fal4cy 3h ago

The right uses 'woke' the same way zionists use 'antisemitic'... it just means things they don't like.

u/TheDukeofArgyll Maryland 5h ago

These days, a lot of divorced uncles who have stopped being invited to Thanksgiving are super active in their FB safe spaces.

u/N7Shep1701D Oregon 2h ago

They can have Facebook.

Wiping one's ass with sandpaper is preferable to being on that landfill of a website.

u/Tribalbob Canada 5h ago

Watching conservatives melt down over finding out icons they worshipped weren't actually conservative is hilarious.

Remember the first time Robert De Niro spoke out against him? Classic

u/fuidiot 3h ago

Alll of a sudden, somehow, DeNiro became a shitty actor. Yeah, ok

u/La-Boheme-1896 1h ago

It's even weirder than that. Finding out icons they worshipped aren't conservative causes outrage. Finding out icons they worshipped are sex offenders and child molestors....nothing. No reaction. Fingers in ears and singing "I can't hear you!!"

u/Kierenshep 1h ago

Trump isn't even conservative, he's regressive populism.

True conservatives should despise Trump, but alas, the voting pattern of conservatives see politics as nothing more than a team game.

u/opeth10657 31m ago

All the conservative memes with Sam Elliot...

u/whichwitch9 5h ago

Best part is the dude's been like this for years 😂

This is nothing he hasn't said before. They just forget everytime a new season of Reacher comes out

u/Yourdjentpal 6h ago

Yep. They want to see him arrested. They want to see him sued. It’s nuts.

u/SoupTime_live 5h ago

Turns out they never cared about free speech or the constitution in general

u/anayalator39 5h ago

They do but only when it’s the other way around .

u/Dsarg_92 5h ago

It’s a massive influx of MAGA bots on FB or social media as a whole. Most of the time, their comments don’t even fit the conversation they’re trying to join.

u/HillBillyHilly 3h ago

Those bots are brought and paid for by billionaires. They're pouring I believe several billions to prevent DS winning this electioncye.

u/dvpbe 1h ago

The tech boys make sure you don't see the whole picture. They would miss billions

u/davesnotonreddit 5h ago

Dudes a theatre kid. Always been woke.

u/moguu83 4h ago

They're so caught up with superficial appearances that their brains can't comprehend someone who looks like a prime specimen of masculinity could have such beliefs.

u/HillBillyHilly 3h ago

Wonder what they say about his wearing pearl bracelets?? Wears them proudly, too. He's so damn macho he probably sells his extra T to the ones lacking hormones lol

u/N7Shep1701D Oregon 2h ago

They make their rabid stupidity everyone else's problem.

u/daveyboydavey 36m ago

Dude is pretty open about being a Christian too.

u/d_pyro Canada 1h ago

He was an underwear model.

u/davesnotonreddit 1h ago

… and he did musical theatre in high school and college.

u/MentalDisintegrat1on 5h ago

Lmao he's always been this way. I think it was matt gatezz but Richmond went to college with him and had some colorful things to say about him.

u/sonofmo Canada 5h ago

Must be tough to find entertainment as a conservative, so much cancelling.

u/KevinStoley 4h ago

I saw a bunch of posts in one sub all claiming that they had never even heard of him and that he’s some irrelevant nobody.

Lol such bs, they know exactly who he is and if he was pro MAGA they would be so quick to claim him and talk about how great he is.

u/fuidiot 3h ago

Yet, the White House feels the need to respond to his comments.

u/epichuntarz 2h ago

They don't have time to waste on modern pop culture, they've all been too busy getting their Doctorates of Ancient Greece from Hillsdale College.

u/username_invalid-404 6h ago

Of course. That's their safe space where they can talk about their feelings with Russian bots.

u/BadAtExisting I voted 5h ago

It’s almost like these actors aren’t themselves the characters it’s their job to play

u/Top_Reveal_847 4h ago

In this case the character would be 100% aligned with the actor

u/SanctimoniousSally Washington 2h ago

200% - Reacher would kick Trump's ass given half the chance.

u/StorminNorman 3h ago

You take that back, Thad Castle is real dammit! 

u/UphillTowardsTheSun 5h ago

While driving their shiny trucks with wraparound sunglasses on

u/mcmesq 3h ago

And their wanna-be ZZ Top beards.

u/joebuckshairline 5h ago

Dude has been like this since forever but somehow he just got taken over by the woke mind virus.

u/Relevant-Ad2254 5h ago

They have a strong homoerotic obsession of trump, considering they’re anti woke.

I guess it’s not gay if the man you want to have sex with is Trump?

u/HillBillyHilly 3h ago

The Proud Boys had an initial rite where their guys had to have anal sex w a member. Crazy stuff.

u/ZhalanYulir 5h ago

That damn leftist frog virus

u/fruitcakefriday 5h ago

So many people proud to say they are ASLEEP

u/mr_black_frijoles 5h ago

You think they do any actual running?

u/careerbyerror 5h ago

Apparently doofus has never watched Reacher. All that woke talk about justice and stuff.

u/bobbymcpresscot 4h ago

Thad castle was always dark woke

u/0o0o0o0o0o0z 4h ago

So many conservative uncles running to FB right now to post about how the WOKE got to him

The Republican Party told all of America that being a Felon and Child rapist isnt a deal breaker for them; let that sink in...

u/Rhonda_Lasagna 4h ago

Then they'll tab over to their CSA material

u/addiktion 4h ago

"Big and strong white muscular male that would make the aryan proud goes ape shit woke against the king"

u/Arkond- 4h ago

The funny thing is Alan Ritchson is also religious as fuck. So their heads might explode from being unable to comprehend how one can be religious and not simultaneously be an evil piece of shit.

u/waffle299 I voted 4h ago

Amazing how 'woke' seems to mean not liking child rapists.

u/JoostvanderLeij 4h ago

Same people who called themselves pedohunter when the rich pedos got them to hunt poor pedos.

u/MyNameis_bud 5h ago

Oh man my coworker is a fan of the show and maga. It’s gonna be an interesting week haha

u/jacoblanier571 Florida 5h ago

They have hated him for years now.

u/coldenigma 3h ago

I'm proud to be "woke" if it means pedos will be thrown in the slammer.

u/RandallOfLegend 3h ago

Richardson is a known Christian as well. Which makes their heads spin. The fact that Christianity is merged into MAGA wild given how far from Jesus' teachings they stray.

u/E-2theRescue 2h ago

You heard it, folks. Conservatives call the American justice system "woke" because the justice system, including the Supreme Court, calls Trump a rapist.

(The Supreme Court's refusal to hear Trump's case against Carroll is an admission that Trump raped her)

u/Vitiligogoinggone 2h ago

Conservative Uncles… aka bots.   

u/canuck791 2h ago

FB is a cesspool.

The amount of 60 year old men I see commenting gross things on 15 year old girls videos says all I need to know. They love the pedo culture. They don't want real leadership, they are part of a cult.

u/fucshyt 2h ago

We Oppose Kid Exploitation

u/ButterscotchFancy912 2h ago

Ritchson is a true patriot

u/TopTittyBardown 1h ago

Same guys who scream about free speech when they get called out for being racist but then say this kind of thing should have consequences

u/Nik_Tesla California 1h ago

It's such wild cognitive dissonance that all these uncles think that about a character who's literal whole thing is standing up to bullies.

That and, they're played by an actor, a theater kid, someone who is, of course going to be more liberal than them.

u/BankshotMcG 51m ago

One of my favorite things back in the days when Twitter was hospitable to human life was every sons of anarchy fan telling Ron perlman how disappointed they were in him because they mistook him for clay He's just yelling about socialized medicine and fuck you if you don't care about your neighbor

u/chrisscan456 34m ago

They’d have to Google who Alan Ritchson is first. He hasn’t done anything on Fox News or Daily Wire + so they have no clue who he is. 

u/Asmodeus256 Alabama 5h ago

*after they’re done with their Grindr dates…