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Harrison Barnes Rolls Out Another Bizarre Rant

A. Harrison Barnes Harrison Barnes I have been speaking ...
hot indecent library
  04/26/17
Fighter pilot in raghead countries without air defense seems...
fantasy-prone brass station
  04/26/17
I was reviewing resumes this morning. One was of an attor...
hot indecent library
  04/26/17
Why did the student write a cover letter to Harrison Barnes?
cracking selfie
  04/26/17
CLS transfer?
hot indecent library
  04/26/17
lol
Pungent hideous den
  04/28/17
I poasted this earlier today. He has a knack for writing le...
Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/26/17
He'd be a great poaster here
Comical Piazza
  04/26/17
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beta aggressive point pervert
  04/26/17
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Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/26/17
*most likely is
mind-boggling useless forum
  04/26/17
...
Excitant Drab Faggot Firefighter
  04/27/17
oh i thought this was harrison tp we were talking about
beady-eyed house
  04/27/17
(Retard that has never heard a bullet crack over his head)
fantasy-prone brass station
  04/26/17
Other attorneys turn to substance abuse, antidepressants, an...
hot indecent library
  04/26/17
He can almost put together a coherent sentence. Are we sure ...
fantasy-prone brass station
  04/26/17
...
Ruddy area
  04/26/17
Us aspies don't have a problem with critism.
navy talented bawdyhouse skinny woman
  04/27/17
Link?
Infuriating Chrome Coldplay Fan Parlor
  04/26/17
http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900047903/The-Seven-Deadly-...
Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/26/17
Here is an example of what I mean regarding good old HB: ...
Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/26/17
Not that bizarre for fringe players at bad law schools.
fantasy-prone brass station
  04/26/17
Lol he writes like a high school student
Hilarious Kitchen Halford
  04/26/17
lol, just imagining people being HURLED out of a literal CAU...
beta aggressive point pervert
  04/26/17
...
Lascivious submissive windowlicker
  04/27/17
If an attorney does not have business, the attorney should b...
hot indecent library
  04/26/17
...
fantasy-prone brass station
  04/26/17
...
beta aggressive point pervert
  04/26/17
As fucked as this is, I actually know a guy like this. Good...
Lascivious submissive windowlicker
  04/27/17
lol did he write this? it's retarded and 8th grade level wri...
mint brunch
  04/27/17
regardless, it is a correct summary of the no-business-havin...
salmon vivacious preventive strike rigpig
  04/28/17
The conclusion is the best part of the screed: Being a ...
Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/26/17
He leaves out that a lot of us are english or philosophy gra...
Lascivious submissive windowlicker
  04/27/17
The camaraderie among fellow attorneys is not worth it beca...
Ocher indirect expression
  04/28/17
The answer is simple: Only in BigLaw are there dozens of 25...
Swollen mental disorder
  04/28/17
Harrison goes balls out HAM in every article. I admire him.
beta aggressive point pervert
  04/26/17
There's no one else quite like him.
Bat shit crazy chapel
  04/26/17
i love this guy and he prolly also lives a 180 life so...
mind-boggling useless forum
  04/26/17
...
beta aggressive point pervert
  04/26/17
Someone who explain how an NBA player is a law expert.
fantasy-prone brass station
  04/26/17
Nebbish lawyers HATE him!
beta aggressive point pervert
  04/26/17
...
onyx step-uncle's house
  04/26/17
He's a legend
hot indecent library
  04/26/17
...
Talking frozen hominid resort
  04/27/17
I guess you have a lot of free time when you don't make the ...
Razzle walnut dingle berry
  04/27/17
*trench whistle blows* *goes over the top of law trench* *...
honey-headed multi-billionaire theater stage
  04/27/17
...
Charismatic business firm gay wizard
  04/28/17
I really enjoy the darkness of this dude, just on an aesthet...
Lascivious submissive windowlicker
  04/27/17
CR he's like the Thomas Ligotti of recruiters
cobalt fragrant newt
  04/27/17
He's an unmitigated 120 parasite
burgundy associate home
  04/27/17
...
beta aggressive point pervert
  04/28/17
This guy should be required reading for 0Ls.
Ultramarine marketing idea
  04/28/17
...
orchid house-broken menage
  04/28/17
There's something really funny about this guy's matter-of-fa...
Umber arousing legal warrant
  04/28/17
Not often is a guy who spits out that many words still enter...
orchid house-broken menage
  04/28/17


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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:08 PM
Author: hot indecent library

A. Harrison Barnes

Harrison Barnes

I have been speaking with a lot of attorneys who have been on the ground and fought wars in the Middle East and subjected to a lot of stress: Without exception, every single one of them states that the law firm world is more stressful than working in combat conditions. Many are so stressed out they leave the profession. One former fighter pilot from my law school class concluded he could not handle it and committed suicide.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172373)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:12 PM
Author: fantasy-prone brass station

Fighter pilot in raghead countries without air defense seems not very dangerous. Am I missing something?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172407)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:12 PM
Author: hot indecent library

I was reviewing resumes this morning. One was of an attorney who was a graduate of Columbia Law School and currently clerking for a federal judge. He wrote something like the following in his cover letter to me: “I’ve downloaded all the lists of top firms I can find and applied to at least 250 law firms and have yet to secure an interview.” This is common. Most attorneys apply to a ton of law firms and experience no luck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172409)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:18 PM
Author: cracking selfie

Why did the student write a cover letter to Harrison Barnes?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172461)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:46 PM
Author: hot indecent library

CLS transfer?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172783)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 10:06 AM
Author: Pungent hideous den

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33183252)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:14 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy chapel

I poasted this earlier today. He has a knack for writing lengthy bizarre screeds that tend to have a ring of truth to them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172424)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:16 PM
Author: Comical Piazza

He'd be a great poaster here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172445)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:18 PM
Author: beta aggressive point pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172463)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:19 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy chapel



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172470)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:26 PM
Author: mind-boggling useless forum

*most likely is

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172560)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 1:06 AM
Author: Excitant Drab Faggot Firefighter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33173519)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:18 PM
Author: beady-eyed house

oh i thought this was harrison tp we were talking about

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180950)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:17 PM
Author: fantasy-prone brass station

(Retard that has never heard a bullet crack over his head)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172454)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:20 PM
Author: hot indecent library

Other attorneys turn to substance abuse, antidepressants, and other drugs as a popular way to deal with criticism and numb the pain it causes. All of these are ways to numb the stressful feelings that come up from being criticized so much. Some attorneys get so desensitized by these sorts of things that they become practically unfeeling at criticism. They take it with a grain of salt as life as a sentient member of the human race slips further and further away.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172475)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:23 PM
Author: fantasy-prone brass station

He can almost put together a coherent sentence. Are we sure he went to UNC?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172509)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: Ruddy area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172608)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:16 PM
Author: navy talented bawdyhouse skinny woman

Us aspies don't have a problem with critism.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180932)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:22 PM
Author: Infuriating Chrome Coldplay Fan Parlor

Link?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172499)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:23 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy chapel

http://www.bcgsearch.com/article/900047903/The-Seven-Deadly-Burdens-of-Being-a-Law-Firm-Attorney-Rejected-Criticized-Never-Enough-Marginalized-Lied-to-Insecure-and-Cast-Out/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172518)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:23 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy chapel

Here is an example of what I mean regarding good old HB:

"The pressure and conditions of a law firm are such that, like it or not, most attorneys are cast out of this cauldron of hell at various times in their careers. Associates may be let go because there is not enough work, due to their performance, or other reasons. As attorneys get more senior, they will be cast out if they do not have enough business. Partners who do not maintain enough business are cast out. Attorneys can be cast out of their law firms very quickly—and they often are. Most attorneys will be cast out of a law firm one or more times in their careers.

. . .

Once an attorney is cast out, of course, it can be exceedingly difficult for that attorney to find a new position and re-enter the legal profession. Many never do."

Yes, it is true that many people get canned from law firms (I did). But this notion that "many never" re-enter the legal profession is laughable bizarre hyperbole.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172512)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:24 PM
Author: fantasy-prone brass station

Not that bizarre for fringe players at bad law schools.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172540)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:27 PM
Author: Hilarious Kitchen Halford

Lol he writes like a high school student

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172584)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:31 PM
Author: beta aggressive point pervert

lol, just imagining people being HURLED out of a literal CAULDRON

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172616)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:57 PM
Author: Lascivious submissive windowlicker



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180752)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:25 PM
Author: hot indecent library

If an attorney does not have business, the attorney should be prepared to be reduced to a groveling sycophant later in his or her career inside of a law firm. Every senior attorney without substantial business is marginalized inside of law firms. In the worst law firms, the senior attorney without business is sort of like the town fool (as harsh as this seems). Even younger attorneys quickly pick up on this weakness and make fun of them. An attorney without business is seriously marginalized inside most law firms.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172542)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:26 PM
Author: fantasy-prone brass station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172565)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:39 PM
Author: beta aggressive point pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172720)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:56 PM
Author: Lascivious submissive windowlicker

As fucked as this is, I actually know a guy like this. Good lawyer but not a good salesman, made some bad career moves, and now he's in his late 40s and in a really shitty position in his firm.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180739)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:19 PM
Author: mint brunch

lol did he write this? it's retarded and 8th grade level writing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180962)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 6:56 AM
Author: salmon vivacious preventive strike rigpig

regardless, it is a correct summary of the no-business-having bitches you see in the "vault" top ten firms - they deserve pity.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182508)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:25 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy chapel

The conclusion is the best part of the screed:

Being a law firm attorney is an incredibly demanding thing. There is no rhyme or reason to why anyone chooses the legal profession inside of a law firm. The money is not worth it compared to other professions that require less education. The prestige is not worth it compared to the contempt with which many attorneys are held by others. The camaraderie among fellow attorneys is not worth it because there is very little, if any, of it. The advancement potential is not worth it because there often is no advancement potential. The security is not worth it because there is no security. The good feelings it gives you are not worth it because most of the other feelings you get from it often outweigh the good ones.

But attorneys continue to do it. Being a law firm attorney is something that the best ones can explain they have to do. It simply gives them something. You either have it or you do not. The one thing that every attorney has to have is persistence. This is because it takes a long time to see whether you have made it. Even when you get to the top of the heap you never will fully know you have arrived. Law firm attorneys only know they are successful when they compare themselves to their prior selves, see what has happened to their peers, and listen to the few voices out there that are willing to tell them they have done a good job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172548)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:54 PM
Author: Lascivious submissive windowlicker

He leaves out that a lot of us are english or philosophy grads so there's really not much better we could have done.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180715)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:18 AM
Author: Ocher indirect expression

The camaraderie among fellow attorneys is not worth it because there is very little, if any, of it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182730)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:33 AM
Author: Swollen mental disorder

The answer is simple: Only in BigLaw are there dozens of 25 year olds making $200K w/ useless B.A.s from unprestigious colleges. Their sole distinguishing achievement in life was scoring a 165+ on the LSAT, probably on their 3rd or 4th attempt. After that you can resume your lifetime of mediocrity at a T14 w/ median 1L grades, and cop a $200K job.

Also fwiw, T10 grads these days literally have it better than pre-ITE, b/c law school class sizes even at top schools are half of what they once were, curves have gotten softer, the applicant pool is weak so half scholarships or more can be easily negotiated for by anyone with a 170+ lsat and a 3.5ish GPA at all schools save H/Y/S, and the top 20 or so firms have been booming and associate demand exceeds supply over the past 3-4 years.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182777)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:26 PM
Author: beta aggressive point pervert

Harrison goes balls out HAM in every article. I admire him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172561)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:27 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy chapel

There's no one else quite like him.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172575)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:28 PM
Author: mind-boggling useless forum

i love this guy

and he prolly also lives a 180 life

some of us write lengthy screeds here

he does that and manages to monetize it and prolly makes a ton of money

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172593)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:29 PM
Author: beta aggressive point pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172603)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:29 PM
Author: fantasy-prone brass station

Someone who explain how an NBA player is a law expert.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172600)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:30 PM
Author: beta aggressive point pervert

Nebbish lawyers HATE him!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172607)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:31 PM
Author: onyx step-uncle's house



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172625)



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Date: April 26th, 2017 11:35 PM
Author: hot indecent library

He's a legend

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33172675)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:49 PM
Author: Talking frozen hominid resort



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180672)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 9:52 PM
Author: Razzle walnut dingle berry

I guess you have a lot of free time when you don't make the playoffs....

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180699)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:00 PM
Author: honey-headed multi-billionaire theater stage

*trench whistle blows*

*goes over the top of law trench*

*gets hit with shrew gas; skin melts*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180784)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:15 AM
Author: Charismatic business firm gay wizard



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182928)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:07 PM
Author: Lascivious submissive windowlicker

I really enjoy the darkness of this dude, just on an aesthetic level. It's very weird to have a recruiter constantly portraying the field he recruits in as a swirling black cloud of misery.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180855)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:15 PM
Author: cobalt fragrant newt

CR he's like the Thomas Ligotti of recruiters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180923)



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Date: April 27th, 2017 10:21 PM
Author: burgundy associate home

He's an unmitigated 120 parasite

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33180981)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:15 AM
Author: beta aggressive point pervert



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182719)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 8:55 AM
Author: Ultramarine marketing idea

This guy should be required reading for 0Ls.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182838)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:42 AM
Author: orchid house-broken menage



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33183100)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:10 AM
Author: Umber arousing legal warrant

There's something really funny about this guy's matter-of-fact tone. IDK what it is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33182909)



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Date: April 28th, 2017 9:45 AM
Author: orchid house-broken menage

Not often is a guy who spits out that many words still entertaining and readable. You have to give him that. Plus, despite his inclination toward hyperbole, he's observant and speaks some harsh truths.

I wonder how much blow he consumes.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3596986&forum_id=2#33183119)