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10 yo son wants to switch from Soccer to Lacrosse because it’s “cool”
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:30 PM Author: Floppy Flesh Digit Ratio What would you do? He’s never played lacrosse in his life. Pretty uncoordinated but generally strong and athletic. Total goofball, but just wants to be with the cool kids.
Kind of tempted to let him try, but he’s actually good at soccer so bummed to watch him give it up. He also says he’ll stop bugging us about playing tackle football (hard no) if we say yes to lacrosse. |
Date: April 7th, 2025 2:32 PM Author: zombie-like beady-eyed piazza why can't your kid play tackle football? you get nearly as much brain damage from heading ball consistently over a number of years. Lots and lots and lots of people played high school football and are completely fine. some of us even had...*gasp* a concussion or two! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824837) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:35 PM Author: Floppy Flesh Digit Ratio I’d be okay with in in high school but the kid is in 4th grade. I have no confidence in youth football coaches. We live in a nice suburb and the coaches are great (I hear) but what happens when they play some LMC town coached by guys whose whole personas are filled with being youth football coaching legends? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824850) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:37 PM Author: zombie-like beady-eyed piazza if you'd be ok with it in HS then we have no beef. but don't be so classist. also, i don't follow your comment. some johnny redneck pee wee football coach is going to be instructing his 9 year olds to target your kid's head, spear him, etc.? that's not possible in practice and they would just be encouraging their own kids to get hurt (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824862) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:40 PM Author: Floppy Flesh Digit Ratio Sorry. Heard from several parents that one specific town’s team is coached to do absolutely anything possible to win, including playing dirty, that I just dont think it’s worth the risk. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824878) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:47 PM Author: zombie-like beady-eyed piazza it's your child's loss not mine. but plenty of kids can still be good if they start in middle school. starting in high school is harder and your son's time may be better spent elsewhere unless he's a phenomenal athlete
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:52 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster Plenty of real deal players don't start until even high school. Football is a real outlier here unless you're trying to be a QB or something. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825331) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:54 PM Author: zombie-like beady-eyed piazza I appreciate that like Osi Umenyora or the power forward on U Arizona didn't play much football as youths, but we're talking about this poaster's azn son (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825339) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:18 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster Yeah but anyone can play high school. If you're good enough to play college+, it's about size and or athleticism way more than "skill." (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825455) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 1:11 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender football relies almost entirely on athleticism (i.e. strength, speed, quickness, agility) as opposed to skills that have to be learned at a young age. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48827685) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 2:36 PM Author: zombie-like beady-eyed piazza you make a pretty definitive statement as opposed to offering some thoughts and asking for reaction so I'm going to call you out a little.
1. how would you know? did you ever play organized football at any level? 2. you're wrong. offense especially line play is almost entirely footwork, muscle memory and technique. you would know this if you knew the feeling of running a route or run blocking. defense is more about athleticism and reaction but there is still some element of positioning and learned footwork 3. yes, football has the strongest, most explosive athletes, but to say it relies purely on athleticism suggests you don't know anything about how the game is actually played |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 4:36 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender You’re right in that “almost entirely” in my post is hyperbole.
“Footwork” isn’t a skill. It’s coordination and athleticism. I played soccer, so I had good footwork which translated to tennis and basketball despite my never having really played competitively until high school.
I was able to play backyard football with kids who played on teams and was better than most of them because I was fast.
You can’t do that with soccer. If you don’t develop a touch by age 10, you never will. There is no scenario where even the most athletic person kicks a ball for the first time at age 14 and becomes a good much less a great player. |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:10 PM Author: buck-toothed idea he suggested dilemma jfc. if his biological father is as much of an effete nebbish as you, might as well break it to him that he’s done here anyway and should just give up sports and hie to the robot club. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825173) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:05 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster There's no real reason to push tackle football prior to 7th grade or even high school. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824973) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:07 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender Heading is now totally restricted through U11. In U12-13, kids can only head in games but not practice. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824974) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:33 PM Author: umber mad cow disease coffee pot he's 10, let him switch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824840) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: Bateful Emerald Weed Whacker Stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824965) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:57 PM Author: Alcoholic Tanning Salon cr the autism in this thread is off the fucking charts jfc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825555) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:37 PM Author: Cerise Bonkers Wagecucks Locale For Christ’s sake let him play what he wants as long as it’s not gay. Lacrosse being such a huge step up from soccer, which is gay, makes this a no brainer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824858) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:37 PM Author: rose sinister jap mediation Show him the 30 for 30 Fantastic Lies and see if he still thinks it's "cool" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824863) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:41 PM Author: Floppy Flesh Digit Ratio 180. Will do. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824882) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:41 PM Author: Cerise Bonkers Wagecucks Locale Oh he will (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824883) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 2:57 PM Author: hyperactive legend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824948) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:02 PM Author: Concupiscible Chartreuse Dopamine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824964) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:00 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender If possible, let him try both, but don't discontinue soccer altogether. If he's at a high level "academy" that expects him to commit only to soccer, maybe take a step down to a less competitive team that practices once or twice a week as opposed to 3 or 4.
That said, if he genuinely dislikes playing soccer and you think he's mature enough to make this kind of decision, then maybe respect that and let him steer the ship.
If your son is good at 10 years old because he's athletic but doesn't love soccer, his development will stagnate and he will be just an average player in a couple years. The kids who become elite players will kick a ball around all day if you let them. Maybe trying lacrosse will help him realize how much he likes soccer.
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:01 PM Author: shaky pervert If he's not already at a european club he's ngmi so might as well switch (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824961) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:07 PM Author: Smoky Useless Brakes Knife Why not play both? Soccer is fall sport. Lacrosse is a spring sport. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824976) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:10 PM Author: Medicated vibrant stag film lmao irl at your moniker but both are gay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824982) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:46 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster (guy who started playing tennis at 32 and is a 3.5) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825523) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:52 PM Author: Medicated vibrant stag film 5.5 actually but have been golfing my whole life. Lowest I’ve ever been was a 0.8 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825539) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:57 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster So you played tennis in college and are calling other sports gay? Lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825552) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 12:15 PM Author: Medicated vibrant stag film lolno. 5.5 is my golf handicap. does tennis even have handicap indexes? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48827516) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:14 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster He's ten, and it doesn't sound like he's very high level at this point. Why not both? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48824995) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:54 PM Author: Floppy Flesh Digit Ratio Ok, I will let him do both. I’m mostly worried he’s going to fall on his ass at lacrosse since some of these kids have been playing for 4+ years at this point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825131) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:34 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster Fuck that man, I'm from a hotbed and am the #1 lacrossemo on this board.
He'll be fine. Things don't get real until puberty, same as with most sports. Let him have fun and let do. |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:40 PM Author: Bateful Emerald Weed Whacker Stage make it a life lesson. tell him you believe in him and that he's going to have to work hard to start catching up. tell him that starting at the bottom and working upwards is great and that he's going to do it in lax. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825274) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 3:14 PM Author: soul-stirring affirmative action spot Coordination is learned. Being naturally strong and athletic is a huge advantage. Let him play a bunch of different stuff and he’ll end up enjoying something. A big part of it is having a bunch of buddies on the same team (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825000) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:40 PM Author: ultramarine locus fat ankles If he doesn't love soccer, he's not going to excel at it. Forcing him to pick it over lacrosse won't help. He might try lacrosse and discover he's not great and likes being great at soccer. Or he might have a knack for it and his soccer prowess will translate. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825277) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:44 PM Author: Big Disturbing Psychic wtf let the kid do football when hes older. hes not doing football and soccer so fuck soccer. youre right though that the kids that have been playing lacrosse for years will run circles around him at that point. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825293) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:51 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster Doesn't matter if they run circles around him now. Will matter if they're still doing that in three years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825324) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 4:54 PM Author: Titillating base Soccer is the most competitive and worst sport to play. Colleges fill their roster with Europeans now. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825340) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:20 PM Author: Big Disturbing Psychic competitive in terms of what
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:44 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster Probably means college spots. Also soccer is most organized at youth level (academies etc).
Tennis is prob the worst for internationals but soccer is close. Hockey obv lots of Canadians but most of them just play juniors, prob similar # to soccer. |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:54 PM Author: Big Disturbing Psychic i dont think there are "college spots" for men unless you mean paying 110k/yr for amherst and being a "walk-on" lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825545) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:54 PM Author: garnet zippy stain toaster Tbf that's a good outcome (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825546) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:55 PM Author: Big Disturbing Psychic its not lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825548) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:59 PM Author: yapping pungent bawdyhouse philosopher-king NESCAC athlete is peak college experience (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825559) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 6:01 PM Author: Big Disturbing Psychic maybe for the dotter but not for the dad cutting the checks and dealing with the bs (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825565) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 6:02 PM Author: yapping pungent bawdyhouse philosopher-king If you're playing baseball at Amherst, very low chance your dad is worried about cutting the checks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825568) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 6:29 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender Starting at 5 years old the kids are observed and sorted based on their skill level and athleticism. The stratification really takes form at U8 where you have town rec, town travel and then private academies. Each academy has between 2-4 teams per age group. The coaches are absolutely ruthless and have no problem benching a 1st grader if they think it will help the team win.
With this background it’s almost all smoke in mirrors and marketing bullshit. After each academy’s first team, the rest of the players get treated like shit and are there just to create revenue for the club while ignorant parents pay to be affiliated with what they believe is something elite. |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 10:22 PM Author: Big Disturbing Psychic k but its still soccer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48826252) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 11:51 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender It’s probably just as popular as basketball and doesn’t weed kids out based on size. Basically there’s a larger pool of very good players than in any other sport.
In NJ alone, there are hundreds of travel teams in each gender and at every age. This is on top of town rec programs and unranked town travel teams. |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 4:19 PM Author: Medicated vibrant stag film lol cr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48828309) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:16 PM Author: Scarlet dashing crackhouse No, op, your son is already gay (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825436) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 5:50 PM Author: yapping pungent bawdyhouse philosopher-king Soccer is gay. Let him play with his friends.
If you want to do what is best, push him towards the sport he is genetically most suited for. |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 9:14 PM Author: Floppy Flesh Digit Ratio I guess I’m not sure what that would be (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48826072) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 10:13 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender If he’s good at soccer, he’ll also be good at lacrosse. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48826227) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 11:42 AM Author: yapping pungent bawdyhouse philosopher-king What are you and your wife most suited for? Start there
For example, I played football and ran track in HS because that's what my friends did. I was athletic enough to compete at HS varsity level, but not enough to pursue in college. Based on my 6'2"/180 frame and other attributes (like vision, hand-eye coordination, endurance >>>>> speed), I should have focused on swimming, rowing, baseball, tennis, or even lacrosse. I'll push my son towards baseball. |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 6:10 AM Author: stirring step-uncle's house (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48826807) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 6:24 PM Author: Boyish clown Congrats on raising a rapist (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48825638) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 10:20 PM Author: angry purple gas station reading party Obviously lax >>>>> soccer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48826245) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 11:29 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender Lmao no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48826392) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 9:01 AM Author: Medicated vibrant stag film lax is for bros less athletic but less twinky than soccer players. both are less athletic and more gay than football. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48827009) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 1:06 PM Author: Slate Background Story Sex Offender i think those days are over. there are so many kids who play soccer now and high level training from a young age that to stand out you can't just be skilled and a decent athlete. you have to be an elite athlete. This isn't just something I've noticed.
Lax remains a niche sport for privileged white kids. For the most part, the smaller ones aren't athletic enough to play soccer and the bigger ones aren't athletic enough for football.
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Date: April 8th, 2025 3:58 PM Author: Medicated vibrant stag film https://youtu.be/Lyea6ZgPkyg?t=77 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48828197) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 10:26 PM Author: Metal aromatic corner halford Lax bros are chill. Lax bro here. sup. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48826260) |
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Date: April 7th, 2025 11:31 PM Author: avocado pontificating volcanic crater https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynt7PCA_E24 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48826398) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 11:43 AM Author: henna effete national Good. Lax is more alpha (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48827427) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 1:09 PM Author: Burgundy high-end lay depends on location. if northeast then definitely lax. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48827677) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 2:27 PM Author: 180 legal warrant persian RSF free thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48827840) |
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Date: April 13th, 2025 12:47 AM Author: angry purple gas station reading party I literally posted above. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48841992) |
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Date: April 8th, 2025 2:38 PM Author: Jet-lagged principal's office Aren't most lacrosse players fat and live off their parents? But maybe that's just my personal experience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5706948&forum_id=2],#48827867) |