r/mildlyinfuriating • u/_______Bruh_______ • 23h ago
DELETE TWITTER NOW The new X features Elon Musk implemented
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u/ersentenza 21h ago
"Users are leaving my platform! How can I make even more users leave it?"
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u/KTTalksTech 20h ago
If ad support wasn't proportional to screen time I suppose they could cut costs by placing a limit on users who cost more than they bring in but this is just weird. There's no logical reason to put a tax on your most dedicated users besides thinking they'll feel obligated to pay and won't instead immediately feel resentment
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u/DustyTchotchkes 19h ago
They did rush to pay for the blue check though.
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u/FreakaZoid101 16h ago
There was a point where you could only send 50 DMs a day without the blue check so if you were having a conversation you were either sending essays or just having to move to another platform to continue them.
If you only interact with certain people on Xitter than I guess it might be worth it? Though the costs are extortionate now. Can’t imagine getting it now. Of you want to go ad free it’s even more ridiculous.
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u/graffinc 19h ago
I’d LOVE to see the ratio of humans to bots
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u/FunGuy8618 12h ago
Oh man, tinfoil hat time. Using bots to subscribe would be a great way to launder money through X.
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u/Shujinco2 16h ago
Beyond just the idea that Elon is a fucking idiot, how is it that companies try to save themselves so often with the most ass backwards solutions? How many times has Netflix tried to "fix" their failing subscriber base by raising prices or doing something else stupid.
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u/ersentenza 16h ago
I saw this at all levels, down to small shops. "Sales are falling, we will raise prices to compensate!" Guess what, after raising prices sales fall even more
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u/Chemical-Employer146 13h ago
I just deleted my Netflix when I found out I need an ad free subscription to watch some things I want to see. I’d rather rent it on YouTube or not see it at all than be strong armed into paying for a higher rate. I would’ve kept it indefinitely if they hadn’t done that
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u/SlakingSWAG 15h ago
Lowkey this is what he wants, though. He doesn't care that Twitter is unprofitable and unusable, he wants to use it to disseminate far right propaganda and artificially boost it's reach. If the largely liberal/lefty with no subscription leaves then that's good for him because it means less dissenting voices in the echo chamber.
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u/Ill-Grocery7735 16h ago
Good, fuck Twitter. It’s always been a celebrity circle jerk. Plus it was proven politicians were paying Twitter to push propaganda and ban accounts factually proving the propaganda wrong. It should’ve been dismantled before he even bought it.
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u/Ganette 23h ago
Everything I’ve ever seen about this app is downright ridiculously stupid. How tf are there still people using it
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u/mmwhatchasaiyan 21h ago
I really don’t understand the appeal of this app or why it has remained so popular for so long, especially after it was rebranded and changed to “X”.
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u/bailey25u 21h ago
Its hard to change habbits like that. Reddit keeps doing similar trash like this, I keep trying to change, but everyday I go to my browser and reddit.com like its second nature
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u/mmwhatchasaiyan 21h ago
I got rid of all apps in my phone that were ran through Meta. It was really hard for the first few weeks because like you said, it’s habit, but now I don’t miss them at all.
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u/pegothejerk 20h ago
For anyone thinking about doing this, I found it FAR easier to start by turning off all notifications on the meta apps, banners, emails, everything. Move the apps to the last icon position or remove the icons entirely. In no time you'll stop checking it randomly and you'll just hear "I sent you something, have you seen it" and you find yourself saying "I don't really use that app" back to them, and that's when it'll be easy peasy to delete your account.
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u/mmwhatchasaiyan 20h ago
ALSO MAKE SURE YOU REMOVE APP PERMISSIONS. Meta apps have permission to take data from other apps you use and other things you do on your phone, even when the meta app isn’t open/running. If you’re not deleting the meta apps completely, make sure you go into those app settings and your phone settings so they can’t continue to farm your data.
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u/optimaligma 20h ago
This is great advice, you can also set a time limit per day on each app by going to the settings/info page for it. I started with 5 hours, then 3, noticed I don't even use them for that much, set it to 1 hour and I don't even hit that now.
You quickly realize you don't actually care about most of the garbage on these apps (including reddit) and can use your brain power towards more productive things in your life. It's hard at first, but you can do it more quickly than you would think.
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u/Wirelesscellphone 19h ago
This! This is what I did to drop Insta/FB 8 years ago. It actually worked pretty well
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u/jakexil323 19h ago
The minute they retire old.reddit.com is the day I finally leave reddit.
Who ever designed the "newer" reddit should be forbidden to do work in the industry ever again.
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u/Accurate_Praline 17h ago
They're moving messages to the chat though. Which seems weird. A reply to a comment will get shown in the chat? What?
But it seems like they're going to make more changes to old Reddit
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u/awal96 20h ago
I am very addicted to reddit. If the ceo started throwing sieg heils, retweetong neo nazi and white supremeicist bull shit, funding a far right German party that many Germans call the modern day nazis, and started slashing the most vital government agencies while awarding himself hundreds of millions I'm government contracts, I really don't think it'd be a hard decision to quit it
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u/GrumpySatan 19h ago
I'd add too - Twitter (& Reddit) have huge international bases and the push to drop twitter and move to stuff like bluesky is largely focused on America and the West.
To the international base, particularly the ME, Africa and Asia, twitter/reddit/etc are secondary apps to things like WhatsApp, WeChat, Telegram, Line, Kakao, etc. They are used to communicate with people in the West who don't use the apps of those regions, and the users aren't really tuned into to things like Musk or the experience getting worse (which it is on all platforms).
And even in the west, the ease of changing platforms is proportional to the amount of people collectively migrating.
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u/OpusThePenguin 19h ago
Using old.reddit and I haven't seen many changes at all.
Other than losing Reddit is fun, but now I spend less time on it on my phone.
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u/Oatmeal_Raisin_ 21h ago
Whenever someone says "X" i think they are referencing an obscure porn site
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u/Karn-Dethahal 20h ago
Inertia. Moving to another app, even if it's a better one, takes more effort than not moving. Unless most people move in a short time, the rest won't even notice it, thanks to the algorithms, so they stay there.
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u/Glitter_puke 20h ago
The various scenes and most of the artists I follow haven't migrated over to bluesky yet and discord is shitty for my use case.
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u/marx42 21h ago edited 14h ago
If you want a legit answer…. Because people have spent over a decade curating their feed and don’t want to start over. I never got into twitter, but I dread the day YouTube or Reddit dies and I have to find all my subscriptions again.
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u/AdrianRP 20h ago
My feed has fucking exploded since 2020, and it got even worse since Elon took over. So unless you're lucky, I don't get how people are still there, many influential people (not only celebrities or influencers) stopped twitting or literally removed their accounts years ago, and it's only getting worse.
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u/Jojocheck 14h ago
The block button is a very useful tool and I make use of it often. The only way to make the feed tolerable tbh
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u/mimosasamosasamoa 20h ago
Literally, just for porn
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u/AllYourBase3 20h ago
if only there were more places for porn online
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u/woffle39 18h ago
ppl don't want "porn" they want a specific type of porn that only grows on twitter
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u/Smeghead333 22h ago
But enough about Reddit…
HEYOOO!!
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u/Vallyth 21h ago
Nah. We're heading down a similar path. They were announcing a month or so ago that some subs will be locked behind a paywall
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u/OneAngryDuck 21h ago
More info for anyone curious about it: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2025/02/15/reddit-paywall-ceo-2025/78787976007/
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u/UserCannotBeVerified 21h ago
I feel like I've been hearing this for ages, even from friends who were on reddit before I was...
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u/HorniestBat 20h ago
Popular furry artists don't want to see their follower count under 10k on the alternatives
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u/Old_Sea6522 23h ago
That would be the quickest app delete of my life
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u/alurlol 22h ago
Why isn't it already should be the question.
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u/Steppy20 21h ago
Sometimes it's the quickest source of news for some things. For example F1 still use it a lot for announcements. That's the only reason I still have it but even then I might ditch it soon if I can't even view posts without subscribing.
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u/lol_JustKidding RED 20h ago
Porn
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u/BiKingSquid 20h ago
Literally the last mainstream app that still allows it, Bluesky does but it's still young, and Reddit has been cracking down hard on it lately.
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u/Glittering-Dingo2571 18h ago
I'm out of the loop. How has reddit been cracking down lately?
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u/BiKingSquid 17h ago
Banning moderated subs, saying they're "unmoderated", won't let new mods take over
Basically any sub without someone on the Admin team is fair game
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u/Gloomy-Holiday8618 21h ago
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u/ggoodie00 21h ago
Don't forget to delete your account first!
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u/Krojack76 19h ago
And 99.99% chance your account data isn't deleted, even if you live in the EU or California.
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u/whichwitch9 17h ago
Fun fact, it's really hard to. Switch it to a dummy email then leave it. It's likely to pop back up anyway once you try to
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u/HeyanKun 22h ago
How do you even see 2400 post in a single day
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u/Upset_Ant2834 19h ago
At 2 posts a second, it only takes 20 minutes to reach 2400 posts. If that were for reddit I'd be locked out by my my morning shit
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u/EMPIREVSREBLES 12h ago
Bullshit, I tried going through the White House twitter profile to verify if a post was real, and not only did I not pass 2400 posts, I got locked out in about a minute or two. Now, I can never verify if the post was real because it's too far back for me to see without getting locked out.
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u/A_very_smol_Lugia 22h ago
Regulsr scrolling. Like if you just wanna scroll to see stuff, in one sec you probably scrolled past 5 posts and they all count
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u/SmartyCat12 21h ago
Ads will probably count toward the scroll count too
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u/Suavecore_ 19h ago
If they were smart, they wouldn't tell you your 2400 posts are up, and then only show ad posts until the next day
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u/cap616 19h ago
Or increase the ad to post ratio. Like when cell phone carriers throttle speeds after a certain amount of data usage.
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u/brimston3- 19h ago
I scrolled past ~130 comments before I got to this one. Twitter/x doesn't differentiate between posts, replies, or repeated retweets for limit purposes, only loads, no interaction required. It'd take me about 25-30 minutes to exhaust a 2400 post quota at my reddit rate. In blocks of 10-12 minutes, 2x-3x per day, it doesn't seem like that much.
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u/thelittleoutsider 20h ago
Is my memory tricking me or that feature was there for like...a few months now? Because I remember seeing some glimpses of it when I was active on that godforsaken website.
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u/Lt_Jonson 19h ago
They tried it right when paid subscriptions became a thing, but it was quickly rolled back due to backlash
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u/Spleenseer 23h ago
Imagine using Twitter in 2025 lmao wild
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u/NoMonk475 21h ago
I know Twitter is in a terrible situation right now, but I use it to look at fan arts and I know this is not a convincing reason. I also use it to look at things that happen in my country sometimes (politicians sometimes tweet) But with this latest update, I deleted it
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u/burlycabin 20h ago
I know reddit has always hated it, but Twitter used be great. I really, really miss old Twitter. (Almost as much as I miss old Reddit)
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u/tape_snake 19h ago
I was using it for the same reason, and fortunately many artists have moved to Bluesky so I deleted Twitter and switched as well.
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u/grownquiteweary 21h ago
Swear it was never a thing in Australia. I work in tech and marketing so I should know people on it.. I quite literally know 1 person who has ever used it lol
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u/sortakindanah 21h ago
Fully agree. I'm not sure of the numbers, but a quick google tells it's the 6th most popular platform here. Can't say I have been asked for my Twitter handle or have been hassled by anyone in my life to download it compared to something like snap and Facebook, which I also don't use.
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u/WildWildWasp 20h ago
Is this real? Does anyone have any further context or information regarding this? I just tried Googling it but the only results I got that agreed with it are the AI overview (notoriously prone to regurgitating hallucinated information) and a link back to this post.
This feels like an April fool's meme that got misunderstood and reposted sincerely.
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u/Mysterious_County154 20h ago
It's real but it's also not new. Elon added it back in July 2023 and it stuck https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinfuriating/comments/14o0ifz/twitter_limiting_the_number_of_post_you_can_view/ post about it here
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u/WildWildWasp 20h ago
Oh, okay, I was able to find that but was really confused because the post and comments are acting like there's some brand new update to Twitter.
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u/vogueboy 16h ago
It was done in 2023 and removed soon after due to the tremendous backlash.
the post and comments are acting like there's some brand new update to Twitter.
Welcome to reddit
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u/seniorfrito 22h ago
Why are people still using X? We can impact current trends by withholding our money, energy, and time. Yet people often complain about these same things while continuing to support them. Maybe stop it?
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u/nimsu 21h ago
Same reason we use this craphole
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u/pup5581 21h ago
Reddit is still different. I can go an entire week and not see Russian bots spewing propaganda for why we need to cut Medicare. On twitter, it's every 4th post even if you don't follow said people. I really only see what I like and don't get the negative bashing and constant racial slurs vs twitter
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u/feedthechonk 18h ago
Beyond mildly infuriating actually. I swear I see this 80% of the time trying to look at a post. I don't use Twitter, but my power company does and so does national weather announcements. So if I got a power outage and trying to get updates, I'm asked to make a fucking account. They do also use Facebook as well, but that also requires a fucking account.
Fuck Facebook and Twitter for requiring accounts to view critical information and fuck the companies participating in it. I shouldn't need an account to anything to see where the tornado in my town currently is!!
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u/stonerspartanlady 21h ago
This man is singlehandedly tanking two once popular companies just by being himself
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u/thrpixarlamp 17h ago
So I want you to explain something to me. You clearly hate twitter, why are you still using it? Why do you still care about it? Just get rid of it and never look back, you'll be happier that way.
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u/DrunkEngineer420 13h ago
Why are you still on there? Cancel your accounts. I literally created a script do delete all my posts and comments and closed my account 6months ago
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u/uselessmindset 19h ago
There is nothing to be gained by using the service anyways. Just another way to keep you looking anywhere but where you should be.
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u/Terrible_Bee_6876 18h ago
So like, stop using it? Shit service from a dead platform, just stop using it.
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u/PunkHooligan 17h ago
Mildly infuriating the fact that anyone sane is still sits in that shithole, giving elmo clicks and money. He probably didnt do enough harm yet.
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u/CardinalLol 17h ago
i dont understand why anyone still uses this app. it only seems to be getting worse and worse with every day.
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u/baconbits123456 16h ago
Why are you still even on twitter? It was already going down the shitter :/
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u/iworkbluehard 16h ago
he paywalled seeing their advertisers... the genius solution is always charge more
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u/squall831 16h ago
So, free users get the "enough for today" feature, while paid users get to possibly destroy their mental health doomscrolling.
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u/Constant_Natural3304 16h ago
Why the fuck are you still on Twitter?
And if you're not, why is it mildly infuriating? Who cares what the Nazi does inside his fucked up 4chanified social media outlet? I sincerely don't understand why we should care about "features" or subscription walls on Twitter.
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u/MrPureinstinct 15h ago
If you're still using this service you deserve to be ripped off at this point.
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u/DonutFront9806 14h ago
Could've sworn he did this when he first bought the thing, am I tripping?
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u/wojtimore 14h ago
Quit the platform and sell the Tesla. There is a lot of power when people are united against the rich.
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u/khavii 14h ago
It will work, just look at how many Twitter posts and up here or on other social media. What is happening to Tesla could happen with Twitter and it would seriously harm him but people are more interested in seeing what's being posted than doing anything.
We will happily let our entire nation burn as long as we still get to be entertained.
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u/newsbuff12 13h ago
Deleted my account months ago, deleted the app. My mental health just went up positively by 200%
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u/I_Dont_Like_Rice 13h ago
If only there was another platform just like it that people could use instead of supporting a nazi.
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u/Un-Rumble 12h ago
It's only infuriating at all if you actually give a shit about using the service. I haven't had a Twitter account in months and I haven't missed it for a single second.
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u/throwaway_t6788 12h ago
at this point - i wonder WHY ANYONE is using x.. bskyapp is just as good. everyone should move.. and elon would have wasted 40+ billions for NOTHING..
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u/Bopo6eu_KB 12h ago
Isn't this thing is like 1-2 years old? Elon implemented it right after he bought Twitter
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u/ShibitoYakaze123 22h ago
fucker actually paywalled doom scrolling.