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Ugh. New here...
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Post: #18
RE: Ugh. New here...

What if Wanted sticks around and actually becomes a well-respected member of the community through her intelligent contributions? Okay, yeah, she comes off as incredibly stupid to us, but so would you if you were dropped in to a foreign country with no knowledge of the language. Sure, we all speak English here, but we are a community with entirely different social norms than the norm. I can understand how it can be difficult for somebody to adjust to it when the people who they have been exposed to for the entirety of their lives type using piss-poor grammar and have differing senses of humor or no humor at all.

What I really want to say is that there's nothing better than a big ass and I think that is the general direction this thread should take. OP which ass are you?

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Who am I? Who are YOU?
01-19-2013 12:17 AM
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Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-17-2013, 06:57 AM
Ugh. New here... - Ky - 01-17-2013, 09:10 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - LOON_ATTIC - 01-17-2013, 03:32 PM
RE: Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-18-2013, 12:37 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-18-2013, 01:22 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-18-2013, 06:07 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - Ky - 01-18-2013, 07:11 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - fish20 - 01-18-2013, 08:53 AM
Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-18-2013, 09:03 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - LOON_ATTIC - 01-18-2013, 09:22 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-18-2013, 09:35 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - Miller0700 - 01-18-2013, 10:58 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-18-2013, 12:19 PM
Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-18-2013, 12:28 PM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-18-2013, 12:32 PM
Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-18-2013, 12:39 PM
RE: Ugh. New here... - UnschoolShqiponjë - 01-18-2013, 11:43 PM
RE: Ugh. New here... - Sunbourn - 01-19-2013 12:17 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-19-2013, 01:07 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-19-2013, 03:52 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-19-2013, 04:49 AM
Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-19-2013, 04:55 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-19-2013, 04:57 AM
Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-19-2013, 05:01 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-19-2013, 06:04 AM
Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-19-2013, 07:33 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - SoulRiser - 01-19-2013, 09:29 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-19-2013, 11:29 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-19-2013, 11:33 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-20-2013, 12:08 PM
Ugh. New here... - Ky - 01-20-2013, 11:11 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-20-2013, 04:09 PM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-20-2013, 04:10 PM
RE: Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-22-2013, 08:09 AM
Ugh. New here... - SoulRiser - 01-20-2013, 09:22 PM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-21-2013, 04:05 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-22-2013, 08:40 AM
Ugh. New here... - thewake - 01-22-2013, 08:48 AM
RE: Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-22-2013, 09:05 AM
Ugh. New here... - Trekkie_Aspie - 01-23-2013, 05:30 AM
Ugh. New here... - wanted - 01-23-2013, 11:13 AM

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