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PaperclipPerfector  1d ago (text post)   827 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for October 2, 2026

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I'm not convinced by your protestations. Some people might think shitting in a pool is funny, and then without standards we're left with a shitty pool. The main post topic doesn't lead to the mention of a middle schoolers bulge, that's all you buddy. Your choices to return to this topic time and time again and, your obvious desire to return to this topic in the future I think are more suitable to some other place. I think everyone loves your citations and links, its your repeated insistence on this topic that I think makes your gosh me defense fail. While I predict you flailing your arms to the impossibly of compartmentalization I think its best solution.

Is it too much to ask for hidden text privacy blocks for when you post with/about/pertaining to the sexualization of children?

Is it too much to ask for hidden text privacy blocks for when you post with/about/pertaining to the sexualization of children?

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I will put on my best Chad impersonation and say that I just don't care. I didn't even post any actual LLM-generated stories—I posted only the prompts. If you can assault my eyes with bad punctuation, I can assault your eyes with AO3-level story ideas. The gooning will continue until morale improves o algo.

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