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PaperclipPerfector  2d ago (text post)   1646 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for February 20, 2026

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I second Orthoxerox in saying that a community that self-describes as "based" (or even is generally described as such) is nothing such, and is probably more likely to be cringe.

At any rate, I feel too old for this nonsense. It took me a moment to realize that you were talking about Pipkin Pippa and not Peppa Pig. Not that I'm complaining about you sharing this, I just look on in genuine bemusement and in terrified awareness that I'm becoming an "unc". Potentially a gay retard unc to boot.

I was thinking maybe Pippa Middleton found a new hobby.

I think I'm about your age and an intern at my office called me "unc" and I honestly might just go check into an old folks home and die at this point

Same as seeing an "old person's" listed age in an anime/Final Fantasy. But I tend to mentally age up everyone in those sorts of media by default, so...

Please don't do that. If you're in the UK, I might be the doctor seeing you, and I have enough on my plate already. If you're elsewhere, I still have sympathy for the local doctors.

Just embrace the status of 30-year-old boomer.

Yes, the Kiwi Farms threads on these people generally indicate that they are quite cringe.

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