i see newspapers and magazines
shut down/go bankrupt
and I wonder when blogs will die
when will HRO end?
should HRO have ended _ years ago?
When will all of the memes in the world be blogged?
What happens when the river of meme runs dry?
What happens when bloggers decided 2 unplug from the internet?
what happens if ur favourite blogger gets in a car crash 1 day, and u never hear from him/her again?
Everything dies–even humans
Every thing has a natural life.
Trends/fads/websites that are ‘kewl’ and ‘authentic’ can’t always stay what u think they are
u grow up. u turn into a different person who values different stuff
something that meant something 2 u at age 13 won’t mean as much 2 u at age 29, unless it is ‘Coca Cola’ or something like that
1 day, no1 will read pitchfork
1 day, no1 will read newspapers
1 day, no1 will eat red meat
1 day, no1 will be the same as they were 2day
1 day, Am Appy will be the official uniform provider of the NFL/poor people
1 day, ur parents will die, and u’ll feel ‘authentic sadness’ 4 the first time ever
1 day, HRO will not exist
u will still be alive. u will only read memes that are 140 characters or less
u will not feel a need 2 ‘get all social’ on the internet
Afraid of the world ending
Afraid. Afraid of losing everything.
Afraid of my site ‘dying.’
Afraid of losing sight of ‘what’s important in life.’
Scared of who I am finding out I am
Is the internet ‘my prison.’
Not sure if I have a healthy sense of self [via the internet]
1 day, we will go outside, and hold hands with our neighbors
and say ‘we finally did it,
we finally left Iraq
and got national health insurance
and fixed our educational system
and stopped honoring borders and turned the earth in2 1 chill-ass megacountry.’
Feel sad
when magazines died they got to ‘turn into websites’
but not even sure what ‘dying websites’
can turn into as a gimmick
We will be happy
‘Snark’ will be dead
Blogs will be dead
Advertisers will find a new medium to ‘overpay’ for advertising
No1 will have a computer larger than an iPhone
Twitter will have failed/been hacked and all personal memes will be erased
Good nite Moon
We had a good run.
‘The End.’ -a book
Best of luck,
Carles
We’ve come a long long way together,
Through the hard times and the good,
I have to celebrate you baby,
I have to praise you like I should
-the fatboy slims, 2012 as the world ends
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hate to do this— but im firssttt
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 9:13 am
@dreamsgrass, Hate to do this but I’m second
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//////////Reply by yo
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
@HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK, yo *likes* this.
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so sad yall. what will i read from now on?
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//////////Reply by HOMOSAPIEN_FUCK
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 11:18 am
@anofk, OK SO IT HAS BEEN TWO DAYS NOW< WHERE THE FUCK IS CARLOS?
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i ‘feel like’ this post has a lot of ‘wasted potential’
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i cried yall
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he probably feels as bad as when he hacked himself.
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the internet is going to be around much much longer than any of our lifetimes.
don’t worry, carles.
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“1 chill-ass mega country” so funny
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//////////Reply by Gurkman
//////////Posted April 10th, 2009 at 10:15 pm
@homeboy, lol, i read abt that in a book called “Neuromancer” ‘cept it wasn’t vry chill [via dystopia].
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Arrgggargggggrrggagagagrrg
I love this
it is so good
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//////////Reply by Aoknymous
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 6:02 pm
@teri,
‘dinobros’ did it for me.
and Questionable Suicide Humor
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sorry, that came out wrong. *coyly smiles* i mean, i really like this post
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this better not be the end carles
i need you
i <3 you
plz don’t go!
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this is one of fav posts ever… but i really think it’s stupid to say ‘i’m first’ as in the first comment that everyone always does, what a cheap/ dumb form of ‘feeling meaningful’ or ‘accomplished’
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//////////Reply by turpin
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 4:27 am
@gary, there’s no time to lose when you wanna be the first
no time for thinking about something relevant
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//////////Reply by bbbbb
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 5:55 am
@gary, ur missing the ‘deeper meaning’ buddy
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//////////Reply by gary
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@bbbbb, you’re right.. is it like talledagaga nights (via will ferrel) where he says “if you aint first…yr last”
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//////////Reply by Will Shortz
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 7:56 pm
@gary, mnstrm comedy = inauthentic.
//////////Reply by White Blipster
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 11:47 pm
@gary, Jst dnt ‘get it’
Have you evr been ‘first’? do you know what it ‘feels lyke’?
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//////////Reply by gary
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 4:43 pm
@ yall, Love yall
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I just really like it especially when carles does poetry styled things that no one else can do, it seems
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so over this blog, carles do you ever get embarrassed by the bullhonk you write later on
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man the fuck up carles
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<3 u Carles
Maybe you should follow the example of Am Appy and change your image so you might make HRO ‘inauthentic’/'be relevant forever’.
[ via http://www.hipsterrunoff.com/2009/03/worried-abt-american-apparel.html
Just trying to ‘help out’ cus I <3 HRO and wish it the best.
gl Carles
We’re all in this together.
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‘is this it?’-the strokes bros
miss u already crls
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<3 u
h8 u
miss u
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Should have been photoshopped to say ‘Photos by The Cobrasnake’
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wow. feel sad and ‘empty inside’. hope u dont leave us, crlz. ill miss u.
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tagged as questionable suicide humor.
heartchu carles </3
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THIS BETTER NOT BE AUTHENTIC, CRLS
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Wat do u care carles? most of us dont even hav a website that makes us the moneys or shit & we cant pay our bills & shit.
whatever im drunk
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nooooooo! Where will I get my ’snarky’ cultural commentary from?
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if this is the end of HRO, we will go back 2 our normal lives. we will live like pre-internet bros. we will hang around record stores and every1 will be in a ‘band’ instead of ‘pretending 2b a dj.’ we will b like post-GenXrs yall. it will b ok.
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Has anyone seen my dick?
mikezdick.blogspot.com
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this calls for a group hug soundtracked by anco. these aren’t tears.
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depressed
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//////////Reply by A Ghost in the Blog
//////////Posted April 10th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
@tyler, welcome to the desert of the runoff.
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“everything has a natural life”
nothing natural about HRO
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I think there is a natural ebb and flow to everything. Perhaps our virtual existence on the internet will one day vanish, but people most likely will turn back to tangible mediums like paper. Writing memes on paper, theres a concept. I like Warhols attitude to these matters, he would simply say “so what”. By not thinking about it too much via “so what” you can become an authentic human that is always relevant no matter what.
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HRO will die.
When it does, I’ll praise you. “I HAVE TO PRAISE YOU LIKE I SHOULD”.
“I see you, baby. Shakin’ that ass. Shakin’ that ass…”
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NO!!!!! T.T i’ll miss you!
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plz dont die crls u still have so much to offer the world like :
○ a schlrshp 4 bros seeking majors in graphic design
○ a ‘post-post-electro conceptualcore mashup album’ of mnstm and alt music acts circa 2k0 to 2k9 free [via digital download]
○ a book/pdf about raising tweens co authored by ur azn friend
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Don’t you fucking dare, Carles.
I see a therapist because of you.
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i will follow u in2 the dark
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You people are so fucking retarded. Don’t you realize Carles is mocking people like you on a daily basis, and your only response is hysterical declarations of codependency?
Are you masochists?
No wonder people think hipsters are such douches.
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//////////Reply by Ryan Schreiber
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 3:14 am
sorry yall
just grieving
kinda h8 u for saying u wont live 4ever but i guess ur just
human after all
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//////////Reply by ......
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
@Ryan Schreiber, LULZ
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//////////Reply by rocksta
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
@Ryan Schreiber, so truz anyways, yeah, i think carles might end this shit because “american apparel doesn’t fund him” notice how, there aren’t any am app ads?? AND HE WANTS PPLZ TO ADVERTISE ON HIS SITE, “HE’S LOOKING FOR A JOB” way to enter the real world ay?
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//////////Reply by White Blipster
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 11:55 pm
@rocksta, Bro – there are still Am appy ads on HRO [Via North leaderboard & Mrec]
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“when will HRO end?”
hopefully never. that would be a sad day.
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Carles, I just had this convo @ Omegle.dom
Stranger: i make music
You: i make films
You: what kind of music?
Stranger: for a living
Stranger: electro
You: lol how surprising, electro in paris
Stranger: whats the weather like over there?
You: is it like justice or like yelle?
Stranger: hehe =]
Stranger: im xavier de rosnay from justice
Stranger: :)
You: ohh, i dont know their names
You: the weather is good, is morning, 7:52 am, the sun is coming up
You: i was reading about justice ealier
Stranger: cool
You: how they’re dead now they’re remixing u2
Stranger: no were not dead
You: if you say so
Stranger: we’re working on a lot of new stuff and a tour next year
Stranger: and the boots remix for u2 was a favor
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//////////Reply by turpin
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
@fernando, BS
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//////////Reply by Xavier de Rosnay
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 6:16 pm
@fernando, lol, that was such a gr8 convo, even tho yr a fggt 4 not lyking our old stuff.
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//////////Reply by h8rbro
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 7:43 pm
@Xavier de Rosnay, why are you trying to fuck with my reality with this bullshit?
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hysterical declaration of cobropendancy
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Hello wake up my dear here it’s also the evening! Wish u a very nice weekend
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noooo…
:’(
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just feel sad now missin my ‘favorite’ blogs from a long time ago like 2001
nvr realized even blogs can die…
do yall think ‘twitter’ will kill us?
just wish i could enjoy web 2.0 without bein ‘part of the problem…’
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crls dont leave….i named my bby after u :’(
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Cheer up emo blogger kid.
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don’t you see how much we all need you, carles?
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i cant get over it… i’m rilly sad..
pls make this some b’lated april fools prank
pls make this some weird good-friday-come-back-on-easter thing
pls if you move on and do something else leave us a link…
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//////////Reply by Xavier de Rosnay
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
@me, maybe he’s just ’staying @ home’ 2 celebr8 easter w/his family [via A Cross The Universe]. Maybe Justice has succeeded in turning every alt into a xian.
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//////////Reply by me
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
@Xavier de Rosnay, maybe… i guess we shall see…
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cum back
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enough with the gimmicks carles
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Carles, if you leave, we will be forced to quit making bangers, and Australia will win the Electro Wars. Do you want the blood of thousands of young DJs on your hands? That’s not what i call ‘justice.’
‘Et Justice Pour Tous’ -my myspace
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//////////Reply by rocksta
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 12:39 am
@Xavier de Rosnay, lawl, all about cut/copyyyy
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there is gonna be a book about carles. google “tao lin hipster runoff”…i think tao lin is carles.
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//////////Reply by Will Shortz
//////////Posted April 11th, 2009 at 9:25 pm
@d, no, they are good friends tho. that book is called ’stealing from am appy’
CARLES IS A MEXI, yall. Tao Lin = AZN. If you ever took a ‘prejudice’ or ‘race’ class 4 gen ed in undergrad, you’d know the diff. ppl can b so insensitive 2 other cultures.
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//////////Reply by lawlcatz
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 12:44 am
@d, You’ve never hardxcore stalked Carles, huh?
Read sum articles.
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nomnomnomnom
i eat u
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//////////Reply by Jose Atocha Saavedra
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 4:58 am
@marcosaurus, FAP FAP FAP FAP
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Carles?
…
Guess I’ll just go back 2 the 1st HRO post and ‘read my way thru’ again… Like u would with a beautiful novel.
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//////////Reply by DrGonzoAlt
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 4:58 am
@chorles, or a fine piece of ass. lawlz
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxCJ86R5TNM lozlzlz
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HRO and The New York Anti-Hipster forum are the only two blog crushes I’ve ever had. Pull through Carles cmon…
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//////////Reply by DrGonzoAlt
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 5:00 am
@mike, what abt Andrew Sullivan? Sumtimes i tug 2 him.
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OH THE DRAMA!!!!!!
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3 hrs ’til then next HRO post
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//////////Reply by Tween Vixen
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 2:01 am
@White Blipster, if he posts again I hereby dub Carles a shameless attention whore and the most emotionally manipulative blogger in the world!
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Don’t fuckin’ tell me Carles/HRO died on friday and is resurrecting today just like that jesus guy.
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//////////Reply by Bacon
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 4:29 am
@FrannieRC, think you cracked ‘the carles code’ [via tom hanks].
carles died for our ’sins’ [via a cross [via the justices]]
what do you think will also be ‘coming back’ in 2k9?
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//////////Reply by FrannieRC
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 4:57 am
@Bacon, 2009 = rediscovering of “alt” as opposed to “indie” now that “indie” went officially all the way “mainstream”; we have 8 months to lay down the guidelines of what’s gonna be cool in the 10s, now that the masses are cool according to the 00s alt.aesthetics.
I say power to retrofuturism.
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//////////Reply by Bacon
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 10:23 am
@FrannieRC, altaesthetics for the 10s; my predictions:
R.Kelly will be taken a lot more seriously. feel like currently people just think he’s a chill bro who enjoys sex a lot, but now oj’s in jail we need someone to fill the role of being
a) threateningly big
b) threateningly black
c) threateningly criminal [via 'baseless accusations + funky videotape']
d) threateningly authentic
e) threateningly alternative
f) retrofuturistic, as a bro who has managed to remain relevant within ‘rhythm and blues’ since pre-blog days and whose timeless style will surely outlast post-mainstream bloghouse/post-war electro to become the only credible choice for authenticalts.
Indestructible AZNs. Everybody thought Kim Jong Il was dead. Turns out he isn’t. What a chill bro. Obammy can’t compete with that. Maybe carles knows this and ‘become a red.’
Dave Matthews. Remember carles told us to watch out for this humble bro a long time ago? i know it hasn’t happened yet, but i think the 10s may be his decade.
Not even sure we’ll need Carles when he comes back. Think we are all Carles now.
//////////Reply by DrGonzoAlt
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 5:03 am
@Bacon, Menswear will come back. Instead of am appy t-shirts, every1 will wear finely tailored suits. ppl who design+sell menswear will replace rcrd str clerks [via internet] as the most authentic altcommunitycollege students.
it will be one big Wes Anderson movie.
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//////////Reply by DrGonzoAlt
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 5:04 am
@DrGonzoAlt, JasonSchwartzman=Carles.
//////////Reply by Bacon
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 10:32 am
@DrGonzoAlt, i expect ‘The HRO story’ will probably get made into a Wes Anderson movie. Probably with a zanier title. That one sounds kinda made for TV.
Though I think GeneHackman=Carles. Feel like we are all his little Tenenbaums.
//////////Reply by Sandra
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
@FrannieRC, yes i had the same thought, but jesus is attractive, i like gay guys
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he should name himself something else, maybe a kwut name like…reggie..i think reggie is a kwut name
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please don’t go. i don’t know what to think without you.
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like a drill carles: w/ evry revolution u move forward a lil bit (S1MON!@)
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let HRo die, it was good while it lasted
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so i guess this is growing up (via blink-182)
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its just me guys,
missed u
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old hro was better newayz
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yall once you’ve seen this comment you must reply to it with a repost of this or hro will die!
(do it.. it will be funnie)
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//////////Reply by meme
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
@anony, yall once you’ve seen this comment you must reply to it with a repost of this or hro will die!
(do it.. it will be funnie)
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//////////Reply by assbang
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
@meme, yall once you’ve seen this comment you must reply to it with a repost of this or hro will die!
(do it.. it will be funnie)
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//////////Reply by lawlcatz
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
@assbang, yall once you’ve seen this comment you must reply to it with a repost of this or hro will die!
(do it.. it will be funnie)
//////////Reply by anofk
//////////Posted April 12th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
@anony, yall once you’ve seen this comment you must reply to it with a repost of this or hro will die!
(do it.. it will be funnie)
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crls the great shepherd leader of the sheep.
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