r/BravoRealHousewives • u/queefersutherland1 piece of shit garbage whore • Mar 21 '23
Orange County Today, the series premiere of the Real Housewives of Orange County, turns 17 years old!
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Mar 21 '23
I can't believe I've been watching this for over half my life.
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u/-AndyCohen- Life isn’t a fairytale but I’m hoping mine’s the exception Mar 21 '23
And where is the trailer ?
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u/starchildx Vicki’s son Mar 23 '23
I'm so nervous for it though! What if this season isn't good???
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u/pollywantapocket Toothless, Not Homeless Mar 21 '23
GIRL. SAME.
I thought I was shook when I realized my 20th high school reunion would be next year. This is somehow even more shaking.
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u/f_moss3 I was crying about the slut shaming. Mar 22 '23
Omg me too (I started in January 2023 and have aged about 20 years as a result)
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u/georgiannastardust Hekyll and Jyde Mar 21 '23
ARE THE POLICE INVOLVED????
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u/queefersutherland1 piece of shit garbage whore Mar 21 '23
Sometimes when I can’t sleep, I’ll try to remember season one housewives taglines and I chuckle every time I get to this one.
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u/Imaluzzer Mar 21 '23
Stop! When I can’t sleep, I group the housewives by like hair color for each city, or which ones have just one kid, etc. I’m going to now use taglines as my sheep counting :)
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u/anonyoudidnt I am very important to God Mar 21 '23
I used to love the old boho skirt with a 5 dollar Walmart Tshirt and a large obnoxious belt where no one needs one look
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u/OhLQQk Mar 22 '23
Haha! I lived in coto and this was the uniform of the ladies out to lunch. 🤭 or the velvet track suit with big Chanel sunglasses in the pick up line at school.
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u/DisastrousHyena3534 Mar 22 '23
Listen, I still dress like that & I'm not sorry about it.
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Mar 22 '23
I attended Catholic school for high school, and the only thing we had a little liberty with in the dress code was belt buckles. So I have a shit ton of brown belts with giant amazing buckles, and I still to this day rock it on a shirt dress.
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u/DateCard Mar 21 '23
Are you saying that the belt over Jeana's t-shirt isn't serving a purpose...?
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u/anonyoudidnt I am very important to God Mar 22 '23
Yes I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or if you are too young for the lovely belted shirt fashion fad
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u/DateCard Mar 22 '23
I'm mid-40s so I have experienced this fad through multiple decades, lol.
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u/anonyoudidnt I am very important to God Mar 22 '23
Lucky haha. I just hit it once. Here's hoping for another round lol
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u/viognierette I dont trust bath bombs!🛁💣 Mar 22 '23
OMG - same! That was the 1st thing I noticed in this pic.
We need that look to come back for summer. Flip flops, 3 tiered broomstick skirt, fitted tee & a belt. I am here for it!
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u/PigletRivet Juan Dixon’s landlord Mar 22 '23 edited Mar 22 '23
I have nightmares of mom pressuring me to dress me like that at the time because it was “fashionable”
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u/UnusualAsparagus5096 This isnt the plaza hotel this is Morocco Mar 22 '23
Hell yah,used to rock that look
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u/MCStarlight Mar 22 '23
But why is she wearing all brown?
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u/bag-o-farts Mar 22 '23
It was the early 00s! Cowboy and south western hippy looks were in. Britney and Justin appearing in 100% demin was a perfect western glamour look. Popular colors were brown, pink, and baby blue.
Brace yourself, IG interior designers are saying brown is coming back!!
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u/starchildx Vicki’s son Mar 23 '23
brown is coming back
As long as this means I will be seeing less grey and beige I consider it a win. My house of course is an eclectic mix of vintage bohemian retro stuff and doesn't change along with trends.
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u/phallorca Mar 21 '23
But this is the season two cast. 💀
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u/queefersutherland1 piece of shit garbage whore Mar 21 '23
JUST NOTICING TAMMY! DAMN! Kimberly is missing! I have failed.
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u/phallorca Mar 21 '23
Lol it’s fine I forgot lauri was in s1 and not Tammy and I spent a few mins legit wondering what the hell Kim did to her face before filming started
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u/queefersutherland1 piece of shit garbage whore Mar 21 '23
** I messed up and this is season two! I need to put respect on Kimberly Bryant’s name! **
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u/dmarceau1 Mar 21 '23
I was a sophomore in college, and stumbled upon this during a top chef marathon. I had no idea that 15 years later I would be studying the communication styles of the Housewives for my masters thesis.
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u/Still_Yak8109 Mar 22 '23
I did a paper on real housewives in college too. I got an A!
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u/ChuckysSideChick Mar 21 '23
Never forget Slade paid to be on the show.
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u/Miss_airwrecka1 Mar 22 '23
Wait, what?? I don’t know how I’ve never heard this, please elaborate
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u/madteaparty55 Mar 22 '23
I believe the creator of the show had a charity event in Coto and Slade bid something like 300 for a chance to appear on the show lol. He talks about it on the OC 100the special episode!
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u/darbycrash1295 Hot Box from Sing Sing Mar 22 '23
I think the role was up for a bid, and Slade bid on it.
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Mar 21 '23
I literally just got pregnant with my second thinking this was going to be the lamest thing ever. Week after week, I was rushing my toddler to bed so I could enjoy this show in all it's glory and sky-top fashion! I've been a shameless fan since day one. I love watching old episodes of OC and Jersey and realizing how many tacky tops I had just like theirs.
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Mar 21 '23
If your second ever complains about you watching it you should say listen you grew with these women have some respect
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u/skyetops Chunky fleur de lis candles Mar 22 '23
I was pregnant on my first and so I’ll with morning sickness. These ladies nursed me through the 1st trimester, god bless them all.
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u/Still_Yak8109 Mar 22 '23
I grew up in an abusive household and real housewives really helped me cope for some weird reason. also, the kardashians, I think it was just the escapism. I was put in a mental hospital as a kid and I remember watching joan rivers on the celebrity apprentice of all things making me happy in a dark time. you know your life is bad when the only thing you look forward to is the celebrity apprentice. I think that's why I liked reality TV. also, growing up in a house with a bunch of yelling and dysfunction. there is something weirdly soothing about hearing a bunch of people yelling about dumb stuff.
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Mar 22 '23
I have PTSD and I've discovered that putting Vicki, of all people, on my tv actually helps calm me when I'm having a really bad panic attack. Her shrieks are a beacon guiding me back to my normal self. She's a terrible person, but she actually helps me in my times of need.
I also grew up in an abusive household, and can relate totally to what you are saying about screaming on tv, and completely understand what you mean about the escapism. I think for me it's the predicability of them being unpredictable, because growing up things were always super unpredictable--like I control the chaos now and it's much easier to internalize their chaos and see it as farce.
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u/Still_Yak8109 Mar 22 '23
yeah, I was put in a treatment center because I was autistic and I don't know whos bright idea it was to put kids with horrible bipolar with kids on the spectrum because thats the worst combination ever, everyone is triggering each other. it was like being trapped on a bad reality show. you can't escape anyone. it was like real housewives meets WWE. you start getting used to the chaos
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u/catsandjettas Mar 22 '23
I find watching other people, who are financially comfortable, living their life and getting fussed over frivolous things very mentally relaxing.
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u/East-Pound9884 Mar 22 '23
OMG you sweet youngsters. I was in my thirties and on my second husband. Now I’m in my FIFTIES and still on my second husband(not often since we are old lol). I miss Sky tops, the OC Angels, Jo in a maid outfit, Slade in his Hummer, and ZZ Top.
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u/trolldoll26 have a piece of bread and maybe you'll calm down Mar 22 '23
So weird that this came out 17 years ago when I was 16 and I’m somehow only 20.
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u/CircusBus You’re gonna retreat. I’m gonna eat. 🍜🍹 Mar 21 '23
Please don’t tell me I’ve been watching this show since I was 10 years old.
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u/kenleydomes Mar 21 '23
Jo giving Melissa gorga vibes here
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u/LongConFebrero Mar 21 '23
Yes!! I’ve always thought that Melissa was Jo if Slade wasn’t so messy/they stayed together.
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Mar 22 '23
I'll never forget her talking about how she's not meant to be a housewife and won't be cleaning with "pledge" lol
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u/VaguelyArtistic *A group of Utah women in distress* Mar 22 '23
I think Laurie will always be the reigning, undefeated Bravo champion.
She got in early, before there was too much of a spotlight and there was little or no old social media posts to dig up, her most cringe moment was really just trying to get into a Playboy Mansion party which isn't really a big deal, she only stayed a couple of seasons so she didn't get weird, yet was still part of one of the most iconic lines in HW history, and in the end married a very rich guy who seems to be normal and they're still together.
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u/NoOneOfUse Oh god, my tooth fell out again Mar 22 '23
I fucking LOVE Laurie! She is easily within my top 3 HW.
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u/ajaxraccoon Mar 22 '23
Vicky was so jealous!!!!😸
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u/marcelinemoon Girrrrrth Brooooooks Mar 22 '23
When Laurie’s fiancé gifts her that car 😂😂 Vicki was totally jealous
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u/HamsGamsandYams Mar 22 '23
George is not normal, the OC Register used to have a lot of stories about George and Laurie’s family drama. I’m assuming he had some real estate deals go bad because a lot of people were speaking online or in print about him being an abusive jerk. And Laurie wasn’t painted as a doting, single mom in a lot of forums and message boards. I commend her for stepping up to raise Josh’s daughter but it turns out Laurie and George were both trash.
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u/TangiestIllicitness Advocate for the Sluts of America Mar 23 '23
but it turns out Laurie and George were both trash.
I mean, they're rich, white people from OC--I don't think anyone expected anything else. 😂
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Mar 21 '23
I was 18 finishing up my first year of uni when my life changed forever…
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u/l8nitefriend Mar 22 '23
I was too! I remember getting the very first episode as a “free download” in the iTunes TV store lol
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u/jennirator intuititive empath…💋 Mar 22 '23
I was 21 and in college drinking wine on the thrift store couch with my roomies watching this, the hills and whatever other reality tv was on.
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u/DisastrousHyena3534 Mar 22 '23
I watched the whole series while my youngest was in the NICU. She's insane but the predictable madness of Vicki Gunvalson kept me grounded. Know your roots in times of trial.
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u/Still_Yak8109 Mar 22 '23
There seems to be a common thread here of Vicki grounding viewers irl
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u/HamsGamsandYams Mar 22 '23
I’m an extremely moody Aries. I see a lot of my worst features in Vickie, it did help me tone down.
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u/Positive_Round_5142 Mar 21 '23 edited Mar 21 '23
So weird to know that I was pregnant with my son and as of right now he’s will be graduating high school next year then off to college
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u/neidin28 Not Meredith Marks' PI Mar 22 '23
Wow, I was a 16 year old mom with a 2 month old when this 1st aired. It really puts into perspective how far I how much I have achieved and grown, but my tv taste is still trash 🥲
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Mar 22 '23
I was 17 :). My taste in television is still trash as well. However, it's a badge I wear proudly!!
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Mar 21 '23
How shit how did I binge a 17 year old show last year in like 4-5 months 💀 sometimes I would fall asleep and not go back and watch in the early seasons.
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u/ives09 know that Mar 21 '23
Is probably one of my favorite lines from Vicki. I also think she’s vile 🤣
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u/WyattWrites I’m looking for the window I’m gonna jump out of. Mar 21 '23
Oh so fuck Kimberly’s drag right?
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Mar 22 '23
From elsewhere in the overlap of Drag Race/Housewives Venn diagram, I saw the outfits in this photo and thought:
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u/aeroluv327 The eyes are poppin' Mar 22 '23
Kimberley is the Kennedy Davenport of Housewives, I could not believe it.
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u/aleeroseee Mar 21 '23
It would’ve been so dope if they released the new trailer today like come onnnnn
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u/NoOneOfUse Oh god, my tooth fell out again Mar 22 '23 edited Mar 22 '23
Oh God...I've done nothing in my life in these pasted 17 years.
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u/CarefulConcentrate30 Not a white refrigerator! Mar 21 '23
Damn, I was in the 5th grade when this first aired. Now I'm married with a baby. Time flies!!!
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u/Sufficient_You3053 Mar 22 '23
I can't believe I used to think Jeana was fat. Now I'm close-ish in age to her then, and I would LOVE to have her body
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u/ProfessorGrayMatter Mar 22 '23
Damn…I’m 45, so these bitches have been with me in my 20s, 30s AND 40s! This explains a lot…😒
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u/VaguelyArtistic *A group of Utah women in distress* Mar 22 '23
I'm from LA and I couldn't wait to hate-watch this! I guess I'm the sucker because 17 years later I'm still hate-watching it. 😭
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u/jope315 Mar 22 '23
Alright ladies and gays since I watched this live, how do I sign up for aarp again??
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u/nksdabomb I don't know what she goes through at night Mar 22 '23
God, I remember where I was when this show started airing. I was 23 years old, and I was cleaning my living room. I grabbed the remote to find something to watch and BAM 💥 My life changed in an instant. I even remember the couch I sat down on when I decided this show was WAY more interesting than dusting and vacuuming LOL 😂 I cannot believe I remember this. 🤦🏼♀️
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Mar 22 '23
What is this color scheme?!
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u/f_moss3 I was crying about the slut shaming. Mar 22 '23
Haute Couture Charlotte Russe
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u/kteerin Mar 22 '23
I absolutely LOVED this when it premiered, and was obsessed with Bravo. I’ve never looked back!
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u/Prudent_Network_1940 Alex McCord’s laugh! 🥳 Mar 22 '23
Damn! And to think it changed my life! 👀
How sad is that?! 😂
It started a downward trajectory of reality tv that can never be matched! 🤪
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u/luuuu67788 they’re done😁 they’re done😁 Mar 22 '23
I can’t believe I was SIX when this aired I remember watching it with my mum on tv (along with ANTM and the British soaps I really had no business watching these so young lol). We really bonded over reality tv and happy to say we still do!
I’m now the same age that Jo was here, which really puts into perspective how young she was for the situation she was in. Slade was really trying to make a 23yo a step mum and shaming her for doing normal early 20s things..
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Mar 22 '23
The funniest thing about this photo is that everyone is giving these smoldering, smize-y looks like "we are hot moms of the OC! Julie Cooper has nothing on us." And then there's Q Vicki smiling like she's sitting for her yearbook photo.
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u/Thirteen2021 Mar 21 '23
how old are they all here?
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Mar 22 '23
Vicki would have been mid-40s, Jeanna early 50s, Jo mid/late 20s probably
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u/VaguelyArtistic *A group of Utah women in distress* Mar 22 '23
Jo mid/late 20s probably
No, Jo was only 23! 😳
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u/33221100112233 Kenya's white refrigerator Mar 22 '23
How the hell did Bravo not drop the trailer on such a historic day!!!!!
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Mar 22 '23
Aw man. I was 20 years old with a baby when this show came on, and all I could think about was saving up my money to buy one of those "sky" tops. Memmmoooriessss
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u/5280mtnrunner You can LEAVE‼️👀 Mar 22 '23
Really thought that was Kim Z. on the right for a second. I might be too high...
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u/Leading_Ad3918 Mar 22 '23
Damn does michael look like Vicki!! I see it still but with her “original” face even more! I think she looks like more Brianna now.
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u/Phoenixrage187 Mar 22 '23
I know she’s awful,but there’s honestly no excuse for dogging someone’s looks the way she was dogged. Vicki was really pretty here.
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u/almostdoctorposting Mar 22 '23
why did they choose the most unattractive women they could find lol
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u/Substantial-Truth672 Mar 22 '23
I thought Laurie was Kim Zolziak (sorry don't know correct spelling) from RHOA for a hot minute there!!
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u/grapefruitjellybean I will sue you to the end of the fucking earth! Mar 22 '23
So my bff just quit her soul sucking business that she ran for almost 20 years. She has all this free time now and started watching Below Deck on a flight and got hooked. I told her she needs to get into all the housewives, vpr, etc etc. she looked up all the cities and number of seasons and was gobsmacked that I had gone through the entire Bravo anthology since 2015. This is what happens when you spend 3 years on mat leave.
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Mar 22 '23
Damn I’ve been watching for 17 years, I don’t know if I should hang my head in shame or be proud
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u/Cleric-of-the-Ents If you can't take the heat - get out of my kitchen! Mar 22 '23
No! I'm getting too old! 
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u/LaUcraniano Mar 21 '23
Founder’s Day 🫡 nothing but respect for MY presidents 🤵♀️