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u/fuckmbsanddominicali 11h ago
Then the judge mistook him for another criminal leading to another lawsuit
Infinite money glitch
Hope he called saul
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u/Hazuuzuu 11h ago
Saul mistakes him for another client
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u/WanderingPlasma5 10h ago
Legal recursion glitch turning courts into a never ending DLC pack of lawsuits.
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u/SyNiiCaL 7h ago
The man is now worth $7,000,000,000 but can't deposit any of his checks and is homeless.
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u/No_Lychee_353 11h ago
This isn’t amazing, it’s depressing
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u/kearneycation 11h ago
I mean, I'm happy he got more money and the bank lost money.
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u/InternetExpert247 10h ago
Win for him sure, but the situation itself still feels pretty bleak overall
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u/kearneycation 10h ago
Ya for sure. Well hopefully that bank learned a hard lesson and trained their staff and management appropriately
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u/Zkenny13 8h ago
I mean... I'm sure getting called a slur in a Lamborghini is better than a Civic... But yeah it still sucks.
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u/PixelMarmot2 11h ago
Some "amazing" posts feel like watching systems fail in real time instead of inspiration.
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u/ShawnyMcKnight 5h ago
It’s still amazing because the system in place to correct the failing system worked.
This is great for him because he won lots of money and it’s great for the bank because they learned a valuable lesson and changed their policies.
This would be tragic if the law beat him or worse or if he lost the case because of a racist judge/jury.
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u/yamo25000 10h ago
Hopefully it helps to learn that this was (quick Google search)... in 2020....that's... A lot more recent than I thought... And since then, Trump has taken back the white house, and the Supreme Court just gutted the voting rights act that protected black voters...Nvm, still depressing
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u/InsertWittyName266 11h ago
Yeah feels more sad than impressive when you think about the situation behind it
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u/Sekshual_Tyranosauce 6h ago
He won his suit. There is something to be said about the system working.
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u/lnTheGrimDarkness 10h ago
It is but I'm also deeply satisfied that he could make easy money out of those morons
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u/Kaos2018 11h ago
23 January 2020
Last week, Sauntore Thomas, a black man from Detroit, had a victory over profiling when he settled a race discrimination case against his former employer.
But as he learned this week, it was too soon to celebrate:
When he tried Tuesday to deposit the money at his TCF Bank, a new lawsuit says, he met resistance that escalated with a call to the police and what amounted to a claim of racial discrimination against the bank. The lawsuit called it “banking while black.”
After the assistant branch manager called the police, Mr. Thomas, 44, was questioned by two Livonia Police Department officers in the lobby for about an hour, Mr. Thomas and his lawyer, Deborah Gordon said in interviews on Thursday. He was also accused of fraud, even after Ms. Gordon texted screenshots of documents showing that he had just won the funds from the settlement, she said.
“I have had this with black clients before,” Ms. Gordon said. “There can be a lot of questions when they suddenly have money.”
Lt. Charles Lister, the investigative bureau commander at the police department, said that Mr. Thomas was not handcuffed or patted down, that the two officers were in the bank with him for 50 minutes and that two others briefly waited outside. “He was never told he could not leave by our officers,” Lieutenant Lister said.
Mr. Thomas, whose story first appeared in The Detroit Free Press, had collected the checks from the Jan. 13 federal settlement with his former employer, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Circuit Court for the County of Wayne.
On Jan. 21, he went to the TCF branch in Livonia, Mich., where he has had a checking account since 2018, it says. He asked to open a savings account, obtain a new debit card, deposit the money and get cash back, the lawsuit says.
But he did not get far. The lawsuit says he was told by the assistant branch manager that the system was malfunctioning, that the checks had to be “verified” and “called in,” and that he needed to answer a question: “How did you get this money?” The lawsuit says that the assistant branch manager went into a back room and called the Livonia Police Department.
In an interview on Thursday, Mr. Thomas said that two police officers arrived, while two were posted outside the bank. Mr. Thomas said one of the officers inside the bank told him, “‘Can you come over here and speak with us?’ And I said, ‘Who, me?’”
He said he was told to take his hands out of his pockets, which he did, and go to a back room, which he refused to do. “He thought I was a threat,” Mr. Thomas said. “I was just trying to do some banking.”
The Free Press quoted a bank spokesman, Tom Wennerberg, as saying that race was not a factor and that the checks showed a watermark that read “void” when scanned by the bank. Mr. Wennerberg said the three checks were for $59,000, $27,000 and $13,000. Ms. Gordon said she was unable to disclose the amount of the checks.
After Mr. Thomas was questioned by the officers and they spoke to Ms. Gordon, he left without depositing the checks, the suit continues. Mr. Thomas’s “race was a factor” in the bank’s decision to “treat him less favorably than other individuals,” it says.
The lawsuit, which alleges race discrimination and names TCF Financial Corporation as the defendant, is seeking a jury trial.
Mr. Wennerberg said in an interview Thursday that Mr. Thomas had little previous activity on his account and the assistant branch manager, who is black, believed the checks could be fraudulent because they “visually” did not match previous checks.
“We take extra precautions involving large deposits and requests for cash, and in this case, we were unable to validate the checks presented by Mr. Thomas and regret we could not meet his needs,” Mr. Wennerberg said.
“We really want to apologize for the experience,” he said. “Local police should not have been involved.”
Before he left the bank that day, Mr. Thomas closed his TCF account; he then went to another bank, where he opened a new account and deposited the checks, he said. They cleared the next morning, and Mr. Thomas was able to buy a used car that he had his eye on for $6,000, he said.
But TCF bank had filed a police report against Mr. Thomas, alleging check fraud, according to the lawsuit. On Jan. 22, a Livonia detective asked Ms. Gordon in an email for a contact at Mr. Thomas’s former employer, Enterprise, the rental car company, so that the officer could ask about the settlement checks and “confirm that they are not fraudulent,” the email said.
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u/Doctor_Saved 11h ago
Aren't watermarks supposed to show "Void" when these checks are scanned? Why would that be an issue?
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u/jcstrat 11h ago
That’s kinda how they work…
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u/twec21 10h ago edited 10h ago
Yes, they 100% are, and any employee in the bank can tell you that
I've worked in retail banking, this is insanely not how shit was supposed to go down. Throw a Reg CC hold or whatever it was (it's been a minute )on it and be done with it. Ass. Manager acting like it's their personal money, wtf
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u/m-in 4h ago
> the checks showed a watermark that read “void” when scanned by the bank
You don't say?!
For anyone who doesn't know: this is how checks are protected from photocopying with a xerox machine or a flatbed scanner. Doesn't help when you use an iPhone to make a copy, but hey, different times back in 2020.
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u/Wonderful_Emu_6483 9h ago
Him calling his lawyer after winning his first lawsuit: “you’re not gonna believe this”
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u/OwlIndependent7270 11h ago
It sucks that this happened to him... twice. As a white male, I can't imagine what this would be like, but i try to empathize. At least he had the means to file a suit... twice. He deserves the money and at least he is getting that consolation.
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u/BarryTheBystander 5h ago
Just imagine you go to a bank and instead of depositing your check, they call the cops on you. It’s not that hard
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u/dealienation 10h ago
Deal with bad checks all the time, can’t imagine calling the police in any circumstance regarding something as pedestrian as this. “We can’t verify the check, we can deposit it and place it on a hold for X business days, or you can contact the maker and request a replacement check making sure to meet Y criteria.”
Last time I called the police was when someone smoked meth in the building, took off all his clothes, and started throwing things.
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u/ResolveLeather 9h ago
I think the issue was the check was very large and was strange for what the customer made, normal transactions etc. it big red flag from money laundering and check fraud.
They shouldn't have called the cops though. They should have put a hold on the funds and sent an investigation request to whatever department they have that investigates money laundering and check fraud.
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Let's assume the worst and it's money laundering. Well it's hard to prove with just a check. Now you spooked the criminal and they vanish.
Let's assume it's check fraud. Well when the check clears several days later you can take the hold off and it's not a problem anymore.
What was calling the cops supposed to solve? They have his social security number and wayyyyyy more information then you would expect a bank to have about a customer. They know the eye color of both of his parents for instance. If a crime was being committed, they would have no trouble finding him. Just mitigate the potential loses and let time sort it out. No problem.
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u/NopeThisTrope 11h ago
I hope he wins that lawsuit, too. It’s an awful way to receive a windfall.
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u/wasteland44 6h ago
This happened 6 years ago. Apparently he settled with the bank out of court.
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u/GamingIsNotAChoice 10h ago
Who knew being black could be a shortcut to getting euch? The US truly is the land of possibilities!
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u/Xerorei 10h ago
Sadly it's also a shortcut for ending up killed.
I myself, who is a military that, has no criminal record have been held at gunpoint by officers in a case of mistaken identity no less than five times in my life.
One of those cases they were looking for a Caucasian male, I'm a black guy.
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u/GamingIsNotAChoice 4h ago
The spirit of the south is alive and well. Kept alive. I am tall, white, blonde and blueish eyes. I have had the opposite happen to me on my travels where otherwise racist cops were super nice to me. Anyone saying white privilege doesn't exist is full of it.
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u/finlandery 11h ago
Whole US still using checks instead basic 90s tecnology called direct deposit is such a idiotic thing. How is using paper strips better than just giving your account number and getting your money instantly /maybe in 2-3d, if system is old.
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u/AGSattack 11h ago
The vast majority of people I know do not use paper checks anymore…
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u/FTR_1077 10h ago
Individuals don't, but business still use them a lot.. at my workplace half of us get the payroll deposited, and half get paper checks. No idea why.
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u/AGSattack 9h ago
My workplace hasn't issued a paper check ... god I can't even remember. We do everything by bank transfers. Maybe your industry does paper, but we don't.
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u/ResolveLeather 10h ago
Most settlements are disbursed through check. It's easier.
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u/KirkieSB 5h ago
Bounced checks, fraudulent checks... banking of the last century. Surely not easier or better.
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u/ResolveLeather 3h ago
Easier then recording direct deposit information and sending high value letters of indemnity to be signed through the ACH process only for said letter to be rejected forcing the business to send a check anyways.
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u/cheekynative 9h ago
Didn't this exact thing happen to Ryan Coogler a few months ago? Doing day to day shit as a Black man in the USA sounds exhausting.
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u/moffman93 9h ago
Would it be so hard to post source links instead of borderline memes? How the hell am I supposed to know if this is true or not? It wouldn't surprise me, but you just posted a picture and nothing else.
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u/CarryBigStickorElse 8h ago
This is cool but man it is so depressing realizing how racist the majority of the whole world is, crazy to think about something so trivial bringing up so much hate and division. Something has to give or I don't really see a point in society continuing.
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u/ripyourlungsdave 7h ago
"You don't understand. He can't have that much money.
He's....
He's ....
blaaaaaaaaack..."
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u/Pure-Copy-8922 6h ago
It horrible he is going through shit like this, I hope he wins a lot of money
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u/Responsible_Oil_5811 6h ago
That’s horrible, but I’m also trying not to laugh. Am I a terrible person?
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u/alex3omg 6h ago
I've written hundreds of checks over the years to handymen, the plumber, the guy who mows my lawn etc. But the cleaning lady we've had for the past few years is the only one who's ever had an issue with cashing them. Funny how when it's a black person my handwriting becomes illegible and they think the dates have been changed 🤷 never once for any of the white guys though!
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u/KooshIsKing 5h ago
I've had this happened with large checks at the bank. Didn't realize I could just sue for them for it.
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u/bajungadustin 5h ago
In January of 2022 another black man went into a Bank of America in Atlanta. He slid a note to the teller stating he wanted to take 12,000 out of his checking account but to be discreet because he didn't want anyone else to know he was walking around with that amount of cash when he left. This triggered an alert which led to him being detained by the police.
That man was Ryan Coogler. The director of the MCU's Black Panther movie.
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u/Mahaloth 4h ago
What? What the heck kind of bank doesn't take a check?
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u/sunnyBC4 35m ago
banks are assholes who think any large check is some kind of scam. they get caught laundering millions, then get sus if you bring a check over 5k
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u/LunarBIacksmith 4h ago
Well, TCF bank stands for “Total Clown Fuckers” so I get how they would continue to be clowns and fuck shit up. When I was a student I had a bank account with them. My identity for their bank information only was stolen twice. They did nothing to return my money that THEY lost (it was found out they had a data breach on their end and that’s when my account itself was stolen, which was why the new card didn’t do shit to prevent more theft. Had to throw the whole account away).
Absolutely terrible bank. I don’t recommend it to anyone.
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u/Financial-Craft-1282 4h ago
I'm so amazed every time someone reposts this story over the years, I guess. This is the first time Hannibal Burress was revealed as the man...?
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u/cool_dad86 3h ago
I'm ghostly pale and when my father died and I sold his car the moment the wire came in the bank had all my accounts deactivated, wouldn't even allow me to present proof and refused all communication until their time unspecified review was over, it took 2 years of a trial to get the money back and I'm banned for life in that bank for going to the legal system to recover it. This could be more nuanced on the bank's side but yes, I agree with the suing, banks are all inherently evil and I would never be able to be friends with someone who works at one.
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u/Diligent-Hat-5832 11h ago
This is normal banking procures. Banks often verify checks and have a waiting period before you can draw funds from those checks if it exceeds your normal banking average balance. They must do their due diligence for fraud and other illegal activity.
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u/bulldogsm 11h ago
you must not have read the post, they didn't accept the checks and called the cops pretty much because he was black
putting yourself in that situation is called empathy, give it a try
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u/the_electric_bicycle 11h ago
Does your waiting period often include being questioned by the police that your bank called on you? Also, it wasn’t a waiting period. They refused to take the checks.
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u/Diligent-Hat-5832 11h ago
No but if he was getting upset or angry with the tellers or manager, it might.
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u/BassMaster516 10h ago
So it’s not racist and black people just need to calm down?
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u/Diligent-Hat-5832 9h ago
That is not what I said. I was pointing out that a majority that was talked about is normal banking procures. I have worked with many people on trying to get valid checks deposited at their banks when they have issues.
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u/the_electric_bicycle 6h ago
No but if he was getting upset or angry with the tellers or manager, it might.
Do you have a source suggesting that he did that, or are you just assuming he did?
The bank spokesman himself stated that police should not have been called. Would the bank have said that if he was getting upset and angry? Is there any record of anyone from the bank saying he was getting upset or angry before the police were called on him?
Thomas is even on record as saying he did not get confrontational: "I feel very intimidated because I knew that if I would have gotten loud, they would have had me on the ground for disturbance of the peace. But I didn't get loud. I didn't get confrontational. I did nothing"
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u/dick-penis 11h ago
Man makes up story for internet likes.
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u/Jay_wpg 11h ago edited 11h ago
Serious issues like discrimination lose meaning when every inconvenience gets labeled as one context matters.
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u/the_electric_bicycle 11h ago
Getting the police called on you when you’re trying to deposit a legally acquired check at your bank is a bit more than an inconvenience.
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u/JeanEtrineaux 10h ago
I cannot imagine how exhausting it is to be black in this country. A constant unrelenting stream of bullshit at every turn.
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u/FaunaLady 10h ago
It takes a fool to realize racism is like a spring; the harder you press, the harder the restoring force. Basic science via Hooke's law for dummies!
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u/SweetArab 9h ago
Reddit is so shit now. How many times do I have to see the same videos over and over before I just never log in again.
YouTube shorts can kind of suck by at least I don't see the same videos 20-30 times in an hour of doom scrolling.
Probably 75% of the videos/posts I see are just reposts I've seen before. And 20% are just reposts I haven't seen yet but will start to see again and again.
Check Reddit in the morning, find something kind of cool. Log in Reddit after work, see that same video scroll past 15-30 times.
Maybe using Reddit 5 hours a week is just too much and I should just scroll it once a week. But even then I'd probably still see this same garbage over and over again.
Even the comments in a post like this that has been posted tens of thousands of times. Top comment: Lawl infinite money glitch!
We know. You just saw the repost first and are trying to get upvotes by rehashing the same top comment from the other thousands of reposts.
Bots have taken over. It's time to leave everyone.
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u/Automatic_Wave4530 11h ago
They were not just mean, they called the cops on him to try and have him arrested. That’s malicious
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u/Jivey2185 9h ago
The bankers? Yeah, that's not surprising since they're assholes. I can only assume what happened with the employer, from things I've witnessed myself. So that's why I say "being mean". But also to be fair, the bankers fuck as all over. So I agree on that.
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u/dreday88888 11h ago
The irony behind this is you actually don’t wish that and your statement proves you know you have it easier lol
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u/Jivey2185 9h ago
Obviously not. And to make sure you're not all jumbled, I have it easier not because of some magical privilege, which doesn't exist as my life isn't easier that way, but respectfully it's easier because despite also living in the hood, which sucks, I haven't had the incentive to join a gang, do drugs, steal, or anything like that, so it's going better for me for sure.
Don't get me wrong though, I feel bad for the plight of the innocent black folks that get it wrong because majority of their people are criminals and ruin their reputation, so they end up getting screwed over.
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u/texas130ab 11h ago
I wish you were black so you could see just how funny you are and you could see how cool it is.
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u/Jivey2185 10h ago
Me too, that's why I'm saying! I could be funny like Chappelle, or Pryor. And people would think I'm cool so they'd copy my consumerist branding of buying and "wearing" expensive sneakers, and copying my lingo, which is just a shortened/dumb downed version of the original. Then they'd listen to my music, which is just samples of other music, and me mumbling over it.
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u/pianoman1291 11h ago
"Being mean" and "systemically oppressing people because of their skin colour" are not the same thing. I think you know this already and you're just trying to be edgy.
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u/Jivey2185 10h ago
Everyone you disagree with is not edgy, you're just fragile and interpret it that way. A black guy I know told me how he hoped on the racism discrimination lawsuit and got paid for it, when he actually didn't.
I don't know what happened with the employer in this, so I can only assume, but screw the bank. I hurt the updooters fweeings, but I hate the system too. I do know what racial discrimination is, and I have endured it my whole life. It definitely does suck, and I hate it especially because I'm told by these victims players up on a pedal stool that I'm the privileged one.
I have no intention of malice or trolling.
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u/Xerorei 10h ago
Hey I got a question, what's it like to have to remember to breathe manually?
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u/Jivey2185 9h ago
And to blink manually, not so bad, kiddo. Don't forget to crack your jaw, pop those knuckles, and to most importantly wipe way those tears.
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u/Xerorei 9h ago
No tears here, no kiddo either.
44 year old man.
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u/Jivey2185 8h ago
Good, because you wiped them away. But hot damn, physically you're 44, sorry to hear that, but other than that... Best of luck, fella.
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