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I find it funny that the dude who made Hooters made it for himself because he was banned from so many strip clubs that he thought he would make his own version of one. And that because he only cared about himself, it never evolved and was dying until he sold it after declaring bankruptcy last year.

Maybe with the new owners, we will finally get the Femboy Hooters we really want.

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๐Ÿ‰ DrRedOctopus ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‰ lemmy.world IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
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#3 · Quote Reply

I find it funny that the dude who made Hooters made it for himself because he was banned from so many strip clubs that he thought he would make his own version of one. And that because he only cared about himself, it never evolved and was dying until he sold it after declaring bankruptcy last year. Maybe with the new owners, we will finally get the Femboy Hooters we really want.

don't give me hope. please let it be real

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ParlimentOfDoom piefed.zip ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip
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#4 · Quote Reply

Wait until he hears about twin peaks.

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Saapas piefed.zip Saapas@piefed.zip
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#5 · Quote Reply

The tits being visibly there but clothed just adds to the titillation. Makes sense to me. And it's less sketchy than a strip club.

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JizzmasterD lemmy.ca JizzmasterD@lemmy.ca
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#6 · Quote Reply

Nothing more honest as long as the exchange is fair.

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#8 · (edited) Quote Reply

What's weird is that over the last few years they've been trying to say it's a family restaurant. They've gone for years as the place a bunch of Bros can go ogle some boons boobs, but now they're trying to pivot. Not gonna happen, just lean into it if you want to make it.

Maybe if the private equity didn't want to be in that business they shouldn't have bought hooters.

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snooggums piefed.world snooggums@piefed.world
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I was talked into going once on a high school trip in the early 90s and the waitresses at that location were B cups at most, but clearly picked just for looks. It was entertaining that the guy whose idea it was to go was extremely shy and had the hardest time just talking to the waitress. Wings were ok, but not good enough to ever go again.

More recently on an anniversary trip my wife talked us into going to Salt Life as we had been laughing about the 'slut life' looking stickers we saw back at home. It was the beach version of Hooters.

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Track_Shovel slrpnk.net Track_Shovel@slrpnk.net
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#10 · Quote Reply

What's weird is that over the last few years they've been trying to say it's a family restaurant. They've gone for years as the place a bunch of Bros can go ogle some boons boobs, but now they're trying to pivot. Not gonna happen, just lean into it if you want to make it. Maybe if the private equity didn't want to be in that business they shouldn't have bought hooters.

ogle some boobs

Kek

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thisbenzingring lemmy.today thisbenzingring@lemmy.today
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#11 · Quote Reply

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the secret to their sauce is Frank's and butter

they did have the best wings, and if you weren't a perv you'd get good service

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thisbenzingring lemmy.today thisbenzingring@lemmy.today
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#12 · Quote Reply

Wait until he hears about twin peaks.

damn good coffee, and hot

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#13 · (edited) Quote Reply

Ya'll want weirdo creepy shit?

My Dad made a thing of taking me, a 12 year old boy back in the early 00s, to Hooters, for a while, and would encourage me to oogle the servers.

This is... previously, before this, I was raised extremely prudish and right wing nutjob style Christian.

My Dad just snapped, internally, at some point... alcoholism followed this.

... my parents are still married, for some reason, even though they have clearly hated each other for a very long time.

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Rolder reddthat.com Rolder@reddthat.com
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#14 · Quote Reply

Now when is someone gonna make femboy hooters a reality

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tacosanonymous mander.xyz tacosanonymous@mander.xyz
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#15 · Quote Reply

don't give me hope. please let it be real

While hilarious, Iโ€™m not in love with the oversexualizing of anyone by gross elitists.

As a socialist, if some workers want to create a sexy restaurant, cool.

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WolfmanEightySix piefed.social WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social
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#16 · Quote Reply

I find it funny that the dude who made Hooters made it for himself because he was banned from so many strip clubs that he thought he would make his own version of one. And that because he only cared about himself, it never evolved and was dying until he sold it after declaring bankruptcy last year. Maybe with the new owners, we will finally get the Femboy Hooters we really want.

Like I say about fox hunting ...maybe the people that like sexualising women so much should step up and be Hooters waitresses.

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WolfmanEightySix piefed.social WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social
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#17 · Quote Reply

The tits being visibly there but clothed just adds to the titillation. Makes sense to me. And it's less sketchy than a strip club.

You said tit...illation.

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WolfmanEightySix piefed.social WolfmanEightySix@piefed.social
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#18 · Quote Reply

Ya'll want weirdo creepy shit? My Dad made a thing of taking me, a 12 year old boy back in the early 00s, to Hooters, for a while, and would encourage me to oogle the servers. This is... previously, before this, I was raised extremely prudish and right wing nutjob style Christian. My Dad just snapped, internally, at some point... alcoholism followed this. ... my parents are still married, for s...

In fairness there is something about Christians and treating women like shit.

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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
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#19 · (edited) Quote Reply

What's weird is that over the last few years they've been trying to say it's a family restaurant. They've gone for years as the place a bunch of Bros can go ogle some boons boobs, but now they're trying to pivot. Not gonna happen, just lean into it if you want to make it. Maybe if the private equity didn't want to be in that business they shouldn't have bought hooters.

In my area, they opened a "Hoots Wings," which was apparently some sort of quick-serve takeout version with no employees-as-sex-objects at all.

I say "was apparently," by the way, because I never felt tempted to go there myself, and it's already out of business.

Still, I guess I gotta give them credit for being true believers in their wings standing on their own merit, and also correctly figuring out that my (very progressive) part of town probably wouldn't be the target demographic for their traditional model.

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sp3ctr4l lemmy.dbzer0.com sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#20 · Quote Reply

In fairness there is something about Christians and treating women like shit.

Oh there's a lot more than just something.

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insufferableninja sh.itjust.works imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works
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#21 · Quote Reply

You said tit...illation.

How do you titillate an ocelot?

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knotRyder lemmy.ca knotRyder@lemmy.ca
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#22 · Quote Reply

Me and a coworker could have stopped anywhere but we decided to eat at a Hooters just once so that we can say we did before it goes out of business

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Murse slrpnk.net Murse@slrpnk.net
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#23 · Quote Reply

In my area, they opened a "Hoots Wings," which was apparently some sort of quick-serve takeout version with no employees-as-sex-objects at all. I say "was apparently," by the way, because I never felt tempted to go there myself, and it's already out of business. Still, I guess I gotta give them credit for being true believers in their wings standing on their own merit, and also correctly figuri...

Still, I guess I gotta give them credit for being true believers in their wings standing on their own merit

Every job I've ever held seems to have the same recurring character: a middle-aged+ balding obese man who regularly makes creepy/sexist/racist comments, and when told off, dramatically throws their arms up and laments about not being able to make jokes anymore.

Anyway, one of the talking points this character routinely brings up is that they'll go to Hooters, but actually just for the Wings - they're really that good!

...no, David, no one's buying your bullshit. You go there because you like tits, and apparently not the ones hanging off the poor woman you've Stockholm syndromed into becoming and remaining your wife.

But apparently the whole "I go there for the wings!" lie is so common that even Hooters execs started to believe it.

 

...and seriously, why is David following me?? New job, there's fucking David, sometimes with a mustache, sometimes with glasses, or a funny hat or something... but he's always there.

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FoxyFerengi startrek.website FoxyFerengi@startrek.website
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#24 · Quote Reply

Still, I guess I gotta give them credit for being true believers in their wings standing on their own merit Every job I've ever held seems to have the same recurring character: a middle-aged+ balding obese man who regularly makes creepy/sexist/racist comments, and when told off, dramatically throws their arms up and laments about not being able to make jokes anymore. Anyway, one of the talking ...

...and seriously, why is David following me?? New job, there's fucking David, sometimes with a mustache, sometimes with glasses, or a funny hat or something... but he's always there.

You must have great tits wings

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Murse slrpnk.net Murse@slrpnk.net
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#25 · Quote Reply

...and seriously, why is David following me?? New job, there's fucking David, sometimes with a mustache, sometimes with glasses, or a funny hat or something... but he's always there. You must have great tits wings

looks at scale

looks back at computer

...naw I'm sure it's fine.

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#26 · Quote Reply

Now when is someone gonna make femboy hooters a reality

Be the change you want to see

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Akasazh lemmy.world Akasazh@lemmy.world
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#27 · Quote Reply

I just recently read a piece in which it was noted that the hooters waitresses are great allies to closeted gay boys that get taken to hooters by parents or family to encourage 'normal' heterosexual behavior.

I want expecting that but it was a pretty great aspect of a phenomenon that always seemed very one dimensional and flat to me.

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itsgroundhogdayagain lemmy.ml itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml
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#28 · Quote Reply

Their wings are terrible.

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๐Ÿ‰ DrRedOctopus ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ‰ lemmy.world IAmNorRealTakeYourMeds@lemmy.world
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#29 · Quote Reply

While hilarious, Iโ€™m not in love with the oversexualizing of anyone by gross elitists. As a socialist, if some workers want to create a sexy restaurant, cool.

I'll only attend femboy hooters if they are unionized

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Whelks_chance lemmy.world Whelks_chance@lemmy.world
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#30 · Quote Reply

The tits being visibly there but clothed just adds to the titillation. Makes sense to me. And it's less sketchy than a strip club.

Isn't that the point of the original post though? Why is titillation needed during dinner?

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Sharkticon lemmy.zip Sharkticon@lemmy.zip
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#31 · Quote Reply

Ya'll want weirdo creepy shit? My Dad made a thing of taking me, a 12 year old boy back in the early 00s, to Hooters, for a while, and would encourage me to oogle the servers. This is... previously, before this, I was raised extremely prudish and right wing nutjob style Christian. My Dad just snapped, internally, at some point... alcoholism followed this. ... my parents are still married, for s...

Y'all

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Frozengyro lemmy.world Frozengyro@lemmy.world
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#32 · Quote Reply

Wait until he hears about twin peaks.

Or tilted kilt

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CentipedeFarrier piefed.social CentipedeFarrier@piefed.social
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#33 · Quote Reply

How do you titillate an ocelot?

Late, but a lot.

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zarkanian sh.itjust.works zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
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#34 · Quote Reply

The Sexual Politics of Meat.

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DagwoodIII piefed.social DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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#35 · Quote Reply

I feel morally obligated to put this into the thread.

Hooters is coming up with a delivery service where the Hooters' girl will come to your house and give you the restaurant experience at home.

They are planning on calling it Knockers.

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jabberwock lemmy.dbzer0.com jabberwock@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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#36 · Quote Reply

Still, I guess I gotta give them credit for being true believers in their wings standing on their own merit Every job I've ever held seems to have the same recurring character: a middle-aged+ balding obese man who regularly makes creepy/sexist/racist comments, and when told off, dramatically throws their arms up and laments about not being able to make jokes anymore. Anyway, one of the talking ...

It's like when Playboy stopped printing nude photographs because "people read it for the articles", then reversed that decision within a year. The brand just needs to own its demographic, which yeah for some things is just creepy, middle-aged dudes who need a veneer of non-sexuality to keep up appearances.

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FreshLight sh.itjust.works FreshLight@sh.itjust.works
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#37 · Quote Reply

I find it funny that the dude who made Hooters made it for himself because he was banned from so many strip clubs that he thought he would make his own version of one. And that because he only cared about himself, it never evolved and was dying until he sold it after declaring bankruptcy last year. Maybe with the new owners, we will finally get the Femboy Hooters we really want.

Or Goth Hooters or a combination..

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lemmyartistforhire lemmy.world lemmyartistforhire@lemmy.world
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#38 · Quote Reply

I feel morally obligated to put this into the thread. Hooters is coming up with a delivery service where the Hooters' girl will come to your house and give you the restaurant experience at home. They are planning on calling it Knockers.

Is this true?

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m3t00๐ŸŒŽ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ lemmy.world m3t00@lemmy.world
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#39 · Quote Reply

spent a couple years somewhere in Europe. stuff i always thought should be normal goes without saying. strip clubs in the states aren't normal. blame the blue-laws and 3.2 beer.

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Bloefz lemmy.world Bloefz@lemmy.world
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#40 · (edited) Quote Reply

It's like when Playboy stopped printing nude photographs because "people read it for the articles", then reversed that decision within a year. The brand just needs to own its demographic, which yeah for some things is just creepy, middle-aged dudes who need a veneer of non-sexuality to keep up appearances.

Or when onlyfans wanted to have us pay for 'engaging family friendly content' ๐Ÿคญ. Sure the original idea was for regular movie celebs to monetize their fans. But at this point none of those will ever want to be found on onlyfans. Except Sasha Grey maybe ๐Ÿ˜…. Onlyfans has become a caricature. You don't pivot away from that. Just like hooters won't be for the wings or McDonald's for the salads even if they happen to be really good.

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andros_rex lemmy.world andros_rex@lemmy.world
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#41 · Quote Reply

The Sexual Politics of Meat.

Yeah, this isnโ€™t โ€œsexual repression,โ€ this is sexual control. The point is that the attractive women is in a subservient position to you.

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BlueFootedPetey sh.itjust.works peteypete420@sh.itjust.works
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#42 · Quote Reply

When I graduated from 8th grade (that might be different from yall, but i spent 9 yrs at a k thro 8 grade school) i wanted to go to south st with my school mates. Mom was insistent, that dinner was for me and the fams, but i could pick where we went. I was sour.

I picked hooters on delaware ave, those wonderful big tittied jawns put me up on the table, sang a song to me and there are some silly pictures that exist somewhere..

Anywhoots I forget my point. Yes lets not objectify anyone, but like any big corp or franchise, they have some workers who are great and deserve respect.

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Bloefz lemmy.world Bloefz@lemmy.world
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#43 · (edited) Quote Reply

I find it funny that the dude who made Hooters made it for himself because he was banned from so many strip clubs that he thought he would make his own version of one. And that because he only cared about himself, it never evolved and was dying until he sold it after declaring bankruptcy last year. Maybe with the new owners, we will finally get the Femboy Hooters we really want.

Oh someone once told me it was because some states didn't issue licenses for strip clubs so this was the best thing they could get away with and it just took off (even without taking it off ๐Ÿซฃ). But it was probably a made up story then.

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DagwoodIII piefed.social DagwoodIII@piefed.social
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#44 · Quote Reply

Is this true?

Is Craigslist still a thing?

Because if it is, I'm sure you can find someone who will make it true for you.

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TheEighthDoctor lemmy.zip TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip
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#45 · (edited) Quote Reply

Or Goth Hooters or a combination..

Goth hooters that will spit in my drink

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#46 · Quote Reply

Or Goth Hooters or a combination..

Somehow I never realized that I want a bar with goth staff and a psychobilly band on the stage.

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FreshLight sh.itjust.works FreshLight@sh.itjust.works
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#47 · Quote Reply

Goth hooters that will spit in my drink

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Avicenna programming.dev Avicenna@programming.dev
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#48 · Quote Reply

feels like a different kind of perversion, something along the lines of "I wanna be able to go to a place with my wife and kids where I can also constantly fantasize about other women while pretending not to"

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#49 · (edited) Quote Reply

In fairness there is something about Christians and treating women like shit.

Well, the book explicitly says that women are less than men, so they are just doing what the good book says.

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lemmy_get_my_coat lemmy.world lemmy_get_my_coat@lemmy.world
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#50 · Quote Reply

I just recently read a piece in which it was noted that the hooters waitresses are great allies to closeted gay boys that get taken to hooters by parents or family to encourage 'normal' heterosexual behavior. I want expecting that but it was a pretty great aspect of a phenomenon that always seemed very one dimensional and flat to me.

Totally agree those women are not flat

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insufferableninja sh.itjust.works imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works
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#51 · Quote Reply

Late, but a lot.

Oscillate its tit a lot

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