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What are the best 1990s period piece movies? (I.e., made after 1999, set in 90s)

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Rambunctious lavender space
  05/27/25
Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1...
Yellow 180 mexican forum
  05/27/25
Who even watches these anymore?
internet-worthy khaki fanboi
  05/27/25
I still watch Film
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Rambunctious lavender space
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but yet you know nothing of it
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Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure ...
saffron vengeful range
  05/28/25
mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo
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True Detective season one
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balding costumed site party of the first part
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Best answer so far
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The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after ...
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Alpha Dog pops into mind first
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(Nick Cassavetes) (JT)
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  05/29/25
There are not a lot - certainly no great films. Add The F...
Rambunctious lavender space
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How to train your dragon
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social network.
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Wolf of Wall Street
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balding costumed site party of the first part
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Mostly an 80s movie though.
Rambunctious lavender space
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Speed
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I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP&rsquo...
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Nigger Feet
internet-worthy khaki fanboi
  05/27/25
"period" is a gross word.
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The Diaper
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balding costumed site party of the first part
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I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about ...
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The Queen (2006) The Fighter (2010) Erin Brocovich (2000) ...
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Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers
Rambunctious lavender space
  05/28/25
Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 9...
overrated mad-dog skullcap
  05/27/25
Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their t...
Rambunctious lavender space
  05/28/25
I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthe...
Rambunctious lavender space
  05/28/25
Same for Napoleon dynamite Technically set in 2003 but ru...
Hot boiling water lodge
  05/28/25
Good one
Rambunctious lavender space
  05/28/25
lilo and stitch for the same reason
Fishy ape
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balding costumed site party of the first part
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cyberspace is cooked
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Road Trip
canary pungent address associate
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this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our me...
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balding costumed site party of the first part
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Pain & Gain Mid90s The Informant!
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Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT
Bossy Razzmatazz Striped Hyena
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Im a Curator
zippy athletic conference casino
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Three Kings
Excitant up-to-no-good school cafeteria
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1999
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One Day (2011) Love and Other Drugs (2010)
Adulterous odious rehab
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Black Hawk Down
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this
Marvelous mustard office
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Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia
Rambunctious lavender space
  05/29/25
I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera ar...
saffron vengeful range
  05/29/25
the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux ca...
gaped vermilion base
  05/28/25
I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discu...
Rambunctious lavender space
  05/29/25
Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the ...
Marvelous mustard office
  05/29/25
No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using...
canary pungent address associate
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tyvmft
Marvelous mustard office
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The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Cr...
fiercely-loyal gunner blood rage
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Harry Potter
Pumonymous
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The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - t...
Todd Driskill
  06/03/25
Good one
Pierbattista Pizzaballa
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Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong
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tv show but derry girls. wife insisted i watch it. i tho...
Brother Peter Dimond
  06/07/25
It’s criminally underrated
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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:15 AM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:30 AM
Author: Yellow 180 mexican forum

Big Lebowski almost qualifies, released in 1998 but set in 1991.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48964673)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: internet-worthy khaki fanboi

Who even watches these anymore?

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:31 AM
Author: saffron vengeful range

I still watch Film

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: concupiscible hospital voyeur



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:29 PM
Author: Cerebral plum bawdyhouse

but yet you know nothing of it

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:33 AM
Author: saffron vengeful range

Sir, I attended the Werner Herzog Film Seminar, pretty sure I know about Film.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48967267)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:32 AM
Author: Hot boiling water lodge

mean girls was released in 2004 but feels older imo

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48964686)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:34 AM
Author: Chocolate racy kitchen

True Detective season one



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:22 PM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:02 PM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

Best answer so far

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:48 AM
Author: Marvelous mustard office



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:23 PM
Author: Laughsome coral messiness heaven



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:28 PM
Author: concupiscible hospital voyeur

tp

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

The segways are the second biggest unresolved mystery after the lawnmower

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:34 AM
Author: Excitant up-to-no-good school cafeteria



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:38 AM
Author: sticky exhilarant double fault corner

Alpha Dog pops into mind first

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:44 AM
Author: Vibrant abusive corn cake rigor

(Nick Cassavetes)

(JT)

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:19 PM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

There are not a lot - certainly no great films.

Add The Fighter and Spring Breakers

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48964843)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:22 PM
Author: internet-worthy khaki fanboi

How to train your dragon

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:23 PM
Author: bright contagious mental disorder

social network.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:44 PM
Author: bonkers indian lodge

Wolf of Wall Street

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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:23 PM
Author: Claret Vivacious Stead



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part



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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:58 PM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

Mostly an 80s movie though.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966409)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 12:45 PM
Author: canary pungent address associate

Speed

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

I don’t think 1994’s Speed meets one of OP’s criteria.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966424)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 1:24 PM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part

Autoadmit.com

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: internet-worthy khaki fanboi

Nigger Feet

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: Boyish step-uncle's house

"period" is a gross word.

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Date: May 27th, 2025 9:59 PM
Author: concupiscible hospital voyeur

The Diaper

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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:39 PM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

I think this has to do with Klosterman’s theory about the vanishing future. The internet has made it so the 90s never left. There’s no clear break with the past like Nirvana ending the 80s. So the era continues to live on in the culture (e.g. Friends and Seinfeld still Top 5 tv shows by hours watched) preventing us from developing a collective Nostalgia for the 1990s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966422)



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:01 PM
Author: concupiscible hospital voyeur



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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:08 PM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:44 AM
Author: Claret Vivacious Stead



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:49 AM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part



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Date: May 27th, 2025 10:18 PM
Author: apoplectic nighttime keepsake machete

The Queen (2006)

The Fighter (2010)

Erin Brocovich (2000)

I, Tonya (2017)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966468)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:50 AM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

Thanks for asking Chat to give you answers

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Date: May 27th, 2025 11:03 PM
Author: overrated mad-dog skullcap

Doesn't qualify with your parameters but Clerks is classic 90s.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966568)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:52 AM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

Yes, but not a period piece. Lots of movies reflect their times (Clerks is great), but the 90s are massively underexplored by people from another, later time reflecting on the historical era and what it MEANS now that culture has some distance.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966871)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 6:54 AM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

I think Superbad is set in the 2000s but it has a 90s aesthetic and is based on Rogen and Stone’s high school years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48966875)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 7:05 AM
Author: Hot boiling water lodge

Same for Napoleon dynamite

Technically set in 2003 but rural Idaho was still in 1990

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:43 AM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

Good one

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:52 AM
Author: Fishy ape

lilo and stitch for the same reason

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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:55 AM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:43 AM
Author: cyberspace is cooked



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Date: May 28th, 2025 9:59 AM
Author: canary pungent address associate

Road Trip

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:04 AM
Author: Puce irate locus tattoo

this is difficult imo because 9/11 really wiped clean our memories of problems in teh 90s. the late 90s movies (office space, american beauty, fight club) were all about the purposelessness of american life and culture.

kind of hard to reset a 90s film knowing what is going to happen

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48967167)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:14 AM
Author: balding costumed site party of the first part



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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:10 AM
Author: zippy athletic conference casino

Pain & Gain

Mid90s

The Informant!

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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:23 AM
Author: Bossy Razzmatazz Striped Hyena

Pain & Gain is probably the best answer ITT

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:11 AM
Author: zippy athletic conference casino

Im a Curator

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:35 AM
Author: Excitant up-to-no-good school cafeteria

Three Kings

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:38 AM
Author: zippy athletic conference casino

1999

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Date: May 28th, 2025 10:44 AM
Author: Adulterous odious rehab

One Day (2011)

Love and Other Drugs (2010)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48967320)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:48 PM
Author: Sepia Supple Reading Party Native

Black Hawk Down

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:13 AM
Author: Marvelous mustard office

this

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Date: May 29th, 2025 7:49 AM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

Lot of nostalgia for 1993 Somalia

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48969956)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 8:44 AM
Author: saffron vengeful range

I remember playing netdoom in an internet cafe in Berbera around then, it was 180.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48970015)



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Date: May 28th, 2025 8:54 PM
Author: gaped vermilion base

the belgian crime drama 'Maldoror' about the marc dutroux case.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5730305&forum_id=2Elisa#48969260)



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Date: May 29th, 2025 4:08 AM
Author: Rambunctious lavender space

I feel like that’s too well known to even bother discussing

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:14 AM
Author: Marvelous mustard office

Is The Departed set in the 1990s? Seemed to be based on the tech used

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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: canary pungent address associate

No. They were clearly using early 2000s era phones and using the number pad for texting. Also Alec Baldwins character mentions the Patriot Act

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Date: May 29th, 2025 6:44 AM
Author: Marvelous mustard office

tyvmft

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Date: May 29th, 2025 5:25 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal gunner blood rage

The Creek, the in-universe remake of Season 1 of Dawson's Creek.

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 1:22 AM
Author: Pumonymous

Harry Potter

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 3:07 AM
Author: Todd Driskill

The OJ Simpson miniseries that was on FX a few years ago - the drama with Cuba Gooding Jr. as OJ, not the documentary one.

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 10:09 AM
Author: Pierbattista Pizzaballa

Good one

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Date: June 3rd, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: Trump Tariffs Can Do No Wrong (TDNW)



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Date: June 7th, 2025 4:39 AM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond

tv show but derry girls.

wife insisted i watch it. i thought it would suck but it’s 180

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Date: June 8th, 2025 8:34 PM
Author: Pumonymous

It’s criminally underrated

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Date: June 9th, 2025 11:12 AM
Author: Brother Peter Dimond



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