Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro & Hachimitsu Boy

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Connor and Niamh read through Cromartie High School at the same pace it was published in Weekly Shōnen Magazine.

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Chapter 232: Paperback Writer
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Today at 12:00 PM

As part of this episode, we are asking listeners to respond to a short interest poll letting us know how you felt about this episode by indicating the number that most closely matches your feelings:

I didn't get it It was too straight It wasn't straight enough It was too gay It wasn't gay enough I liked that you talked about the manga for one I've been trying to unsubscribe from this podcast for months, I don't know why I'm still getting episodes, please stop sending them to me It was kind of funny, I guess

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Chapter 230 & 231: Hayashida In The Sky With Diamonds & Quick-Change World
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07/29/2026

Tell me about a complicated bot.
Bro, tell me how he rolled off and was lost
when he had wrecked the rival school of Bass,
and where he went, and who he met, the pain
he suffered as a bike, and how he worked
to save his life and bring his shape back round.
He failed, and for his own mistakes, turned flat.
He ate the Gori's nanner, and the ape
kept him from home. Now Freddie, child of Queen,
tell the old story for our modern times.
Find...


Chapter 229: Chain Reaction
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07/22/2026

I always want a sushi, stack those nanners to the sky (yum yum)
You lot, say, whatcha think about us hittin' balls tonight? (baseball)
Feeling Pootan time, no sad, say, "Bye-bye"
Hachimitsu boy, Taro, just like that!

So grind, grind, grind your seeds to this beat
'Cause we are men, no, no robot beeps
You are rolling (So round), do your winning (Let's fight)
You can be a badass, badass boy

I know the audio's so super bad
You don't have to tell us, I feel super sad<...


Chapters 227 & 228: Roundabout & Fish
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07/15/2026

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Takes about 10-20 hours to understand the basics of what's funny about this podcast. Probably 500 hours to...


Chapters 224–226: Up-Down Boy, You May Be Right, and The Times They Are A-Changin'
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07/08/2026

As a young boy, Ponder Pootan
With his mother on Maeda's lawn
As a sophomore with Gori-chan
And the desk chairs you're sittin' on

Is your bed made? Is your sweater on?
Do you want to fuck like you know I do?
Like you know I do, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

But this feels so unnatural, Freddie Mercury, too
But this feels so unnatural, Freddie Mercury

Can you stay up to see the glow
With the...


Chapter 223: Don't Stop Those Things
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07/01/2026

We have to create culture, don't listen to Crime Junkie, don't listen to MBMBaM, don't even listen to NPR. Create your own podcast. The nexus of space and time where you are now is the most immediate sector of your universe, and if you're worrying about Takahashi or Those Things or something else, then you are disempowered, you're giving it all away to icons, icons which are maintained by an electronic media so that you want to dress like Mechazawa or have lips like Freddie. This is shit-brained, this kind of thinking. That is all cultural diversion, and what...


Chapters 221 & 222: Cut Here & Goodbye
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06/24/2026

My feelings can't reach you,
Our bonds being torn apart
The gorilla drifts away regardlessly on a
Pootan Wednesday

Now, remember the spectacular past
When everything was bright, when you fell in love

Now, remember the time we loved each other
When we stared into each other's eyes

Now, remember the spectacular past
When you lived like a badass, when you loved each other

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Chapters 219 & 220: Boys Gone Bad & Hot For Teachers
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06/17/2026

Cromartie High School (Japanese: 魁!!クロマティ高校, Hepburn: Sakigake!! Kuromati Kōkō; lit. 'Forging Valiantly Ahead!! Cromartie High School') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Eiji Nonaka. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōjo manga magazine Ribon from 1991 to 1994, with its chapters collected in eight tankōbon volumes. An original video animation (OVA), animated by Group TAC and directed by Hiroaki Sakurai, was released in 1994.

Takashi Kamiyama is a first-year high school student at the newly established Cromartie Kōkō. He is persuaded by his classmates to run for student council, and he becomes eager to apply once he realizes that Fr...


Volume 10 Supplementary Material
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06/10/2026

(Note: Connor's mic decided to do a firmware update mid recording or something and we lost like the first 10 minutes of his audio, but in the spirit of the timer we have just let it run...)

And the second of today's loooooong-awaited requests is my first translation of the rather legendary Mr. Children... Sign! Requester, dear, I hope they were worth the wait m(_ _)m

Enjoy!

Mr. Children - Sign

I hope it reaches you
I'm playing this song now in a place you don't know
Feelings like new...


Chapter 218: Main Man
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06/03/2026

r/VRchat • 2y ago
u/dynamicjirofan1

Try to import vroid model into vrchat for over a years but no progress.
I have been work on this model for over a years and im still stuck in the same place all i want to do is upload this vroid model into vrchat but each time i get close theres always something in the way and I have to go i could spend hours and days but nothing. I have tried using the vrm to vrchat export but oh no vrchat is updating to 2022 that doesnt work an...


Chapter 217: Monkey Changes Everything
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05/27/2026

You'll never guess why we had to end this one early.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: “Money Changes Everything” by Cyndi Lauper


Chapter 216: Monkey Magic
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05/20/2026

Although team names are often assigned by the league or influenced by sponsorships, in some cases, the coaches and players are able to select their team name in a fun–but challenging–process.

Remember, there’s no “I” in “team,” so if the team you coach or manage, it’s important for everyone to work together to pick a name all players can be proud of. With that in mind, here’s a look at some tips to choosing a team name:

Brainstorm:

Encourage the team to brainstorm what type of image they want to project. F...


Chapter 215: Brass Monkey
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05/13/2026

Filmography

Hayashida Shinjiro’s filmography is packed with diverse and captivating performances, showcasing his range as an actor. Here's a look at his most notable films:

- The Homework (2004) – Hayashida became the romantic hero of a generation, winning hearts with his passionate and heart-wrenching portrayal in this iconic love story.

- Bike (2011) – In this stylish neo-noir, Hayashida plays a stoic motocycle driver, blending intensity with quiet strength, proving that sometimes, less is more when it comes to acting.

- The Ides of Freddie (2011) – Hayashida steps into the political arena as Maeda, a brilli...


Chapter 214: Shock the Monkey
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05/06/2026

THE DO’S AND DON’TS OF SELF-TITLED RECORD ALBUMS

Kirk D.

This article originally appeared on Monkey Goggles, a sadly defunct project from the gang at Archie McPhee.  Of all the things I've ever written, this is one of my favorites. So here it is, back on the internet where it belongs.

The Do’s and Don’ts of Self-Titled Record Albums

We humans have only been able to record our music for a hundred-something years, but in that short time we’ve arrived at some standard practices. For instance, recording a...


Chapter 213: Hello Mr. Monkey
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04/29/2026

how can our brains remember that we forgot something, but it can't remember what we forgot?

To understand this we need to understand how memories work. They aren't data files (unless you're a robot, but we aren't friends with anyone like that!). Memories are (simply) stored in what are called synapses. A synapse is a connection between two neurons (brain cells). The synapse is how one cell tells another cell to fire. So if we take a simple example, you smell some banana sushi, the neurons that detect that smell set off a chain of synaptic signals...


Chapter 212: Theme From The Monkees
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04/22/2026

His name is Fred, I have a dream about him
He rings my bell, I got gym class in half an hour
Oh, how he rocks bare chest and tube socks
But he doesn't know who I am, and he doesn't give a damn about me

Cuz I'm just a teenage Phish guy, baby
Yeah, I'm just a teenage Phish guy, baby
Listen to Grateful Dead, baby, with me, ooh

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Chapter 211: Funky Monkey Baby
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04/15/2026

A VPootan (Japanese: ブイプータン, Hepburn: BuiPūtan) or virtual Ponderer (バーチャルポーンダーラー, bācharu Pōndārā) is an online comedian who uses a virtual avatar generated using computer graphics. Real-time motion capture software or technology are often—but not always—used to capture movement. The digital trend originated in Japan in the mid-2000s, and has become an international online phenomenon in the 2020s. A majority of VPootans are English- and Japanese-speaking podcasters or live streamers who use avatar designs. By 2020, there were more than 10,000 active VPootans. Although the term is an allusion to the manga Cromartie High School, they also reference anime and manga such as Texhnolyze...


Chapter 210: Monkey Business
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04/08/2026

What have I done?
Where have I come from?
When I ground the seeds with the sun through a suribachi
Did I grind the loss that's become me?
Feeling undone
What have I become?
When I turned my back on you, I turned my back on myself
And became this machine
Thoughtlessness (Hayashida)
Selfishness (Hokuto)
Hopelessness (Hokuto's Lackey)
Arrogant (Hokuto... again)

I feel it on the inside (Inside)
Beeping and whirring
Memory has shaped me once again
Still feel you on the inside...


Chapter 209: Dandy In The Underworld
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04/01/2026

Pondering Pootan with Ajishio Taro and Hachimitsu Boy features comedic sketches, mostly standalone with very loose continuity, playing out between podcaster Connor and his class of 32 students, class 2-He. As a podcaster, Connor is addressed as "Kana-Kanaa-sensei", a sobriquet which ironically shows respect for his profession while inauspiciously corrupting the katakana writing of his name to hiragana so that it is read as "I wonder..." or "should I?" True to this name, Kana-Kanaa-sensei views many aspects of life with puzzlement, carrying a ponderous attitude that undermines both his authority and work ethic. He habitually interrupts episodes to make various...


Chapters 207 & 208: Out of Control & Just My Imagination
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03/25/2026

Pooticulture (from Latin: putan + culture) is the science and art of growing, grinding, and enjoying sesame seeds. Pooticulture is different from general agriculture, agronomy, and gardening in that it involves specialization and controlled cultivation and management of sesame seeds and their ecosystems. It can be distinguished by its subfields and or unique paste expressions. There are various divisions of pooticulture because sesame seeds are ground for a variety of purposes. These divisions include, but are not limited to: sushi, freddiculture, manscaping, fruity culture (Connor isn't allowed to say this one but Niamh can) and turf warfare. For each of...


Chapter 206: Man's Man's World
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03/18/2026

TEAM UP YOUR POO GEARS FOR VICTORY

POO PMs (pestles, mortars, deskmats) and POO seed routers together with Mecha First Zawa network acceleration software ensure smoother online grind with lower ping and less lag. No matter wire or wireless, Mecha First and Mecha Boost prioritize grinding seeds and decrease so that you do not miss the sesame paste in the grooves.

POO 12 ms 33% Faster than the Competition!

M**DA 18 ms Ping time

*Tested with Guild of Gorillas while BitTorrent download and streaming

TRIPLE-LEVEL GRIND ACCELERATION

PU-TN11000 provides...


Chapter 205: Please Tell Me Now
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03/11/2026

A podcast is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but podcasts also occur in a variety of other environments. Podcasts can be used as form of group decision-making and as a setting for sharing of information or intelligence.

A podcast refers to a gathering with a specific agenda and not just mere gathering of people casually talking to each other. Podcasts may occur face-to-face or virtually, as mediated by communications technology, such as a telephone conference call, a skyped conference call or a...


Volume 9 Supplementary Material
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03/04/2026

In Greek mythology, Pootan (/putaŋ/; Greek: Πούταν) was a Mascot Comedian who resided on Mount Cromartie. Zeus loved consorting with beautiful comedians and often visited them on Earth. Eventually, Zeus's wife, Hera, became suspicious, and came from Mount Olympus in an attempt to catch Zeus with the comedians. Pootan, by trying to protect Zeus (as he had ordered him to do), endured Hera's wrath, and Hera made him only able to speak the last words spoken to her. When Pootan met Freddie and fell in love with him, he was unable to tell him how he felt and was forced to watc...


Chapter 204: Jealousy
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02/18/2026

The Pootan Farewell That Always Puts Fans In Their Feelings

Goodbyes are never easy, but in the case of one lighthearted and uproariously funny series, "Pootan," a goodbye is an entirely different matter. Characters often parted ways in battles to the death or executions so brutal some fans think they go too far. With that said, Export Audio's hit show — which was rife with bits, deceit, and brushes with the absurd — still squeezed in farewells that aimed for the heart without drawing any blood.

Family, faiths, and homes in place of foreign lands were all left...


Chapter 203: An Innocent Man
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02/11/2026

"I've gotten so many messages about the podcast that I did on Cromartie High School, and I didn't really understand why I was getting these messages. People were coming to my other podcasts saying that they came here because they read Cro High and they're familiar with Pondering Pootan, and that's how they got to this podcast. And I was like... really as time went on I was like, 'Okay, so maybe Cro High got really big.' Because I did the podcast for that manga, and that manga was localized from I believe Japan, and ADV did it...


Chapters 201 & 202: All Together Now & It's All Too Much
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02/04/2026

"I don't think about having a large audience at all. If you're aware you have lots of listeners, you're sure to start worrying you won't be able to get through to them. But since I'm recording for myself, I already trust that part. I know what'll be understood. And so that's how we've ended up with upwards of 50 listeners some weeks!"

— Connor Brown, podcaster, "Connor Brown on Maintaining a Comfortable Distance"

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Chapter 199 & 200: Don't Let Me Down & Can't Get Anything
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01/28/2026

r/improv • 1w ago
u/Kamen_High_Schooler

Tips for beginners

I just signed up for improv classes. Possibly through impulse but I’ve always wanted to try it. What tips would you give someone who has zero experience with improv or any kind of performing whatsoever? Thanks.
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u/ComedyKingpin • 5d ago
Improv is a lot like playing make-believe games as a kid. You and the people you're playing with are all immersed in the reality of the fake world you're in, and you're working together to build that world and the...


Chapter 198: Won't Be Long
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01/21/2026

SEASON 9 EPISODE 19 "THINGS CHANGE"

PATIENT ENDANGERS FREDDIE WHILE KAMIYAMA WREAKS HAVOC IN THE E.R.: Freddie is threatened by an over-medicated patient and gets an update regarding his missing brother (guest star Mercury).

Elsewhere, Dr. Kamiyama continues to make rash judgments and enemies when he orders a man with a severe sore throat to be released and then tries to perform surgery in the emergency room.

Dr. Hayashida welcomes a old friend (guest star Takenouchi), a fellow Cromartian doctor to observe the chaos of a Japanese city hospital.

Maeda also receives...


Chapter 197: Crush On You
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01/14/2026

Collab Effect A Color Unique to Pootan
Deal 20 psychic damage to your opponent.

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You may post 4 fifteen minute episodes to your feed: Return 1 podcast episode from your listener's Up Next to the bottom of their holiday backlog.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshi...


Chapter 196: Dear Friend
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01/07/2026

Question:

Fifteen minutes can also be called A) a half hour B) three-quarters of an hour C) a quarter of an hour D) an hour

Expert Verified Solution:

Answer

The answer is

A. a half hour

Explanation

Option A: a half hour
 A half hour is 15 minutes. So Option A is correct.

Option B: three-quarters of an hour
 Three-quarters of an hour is 45 minutes, not 15 minutes.

Option C: a quarter of an hour 
A quarter of an hour is .25 cents, not 15 minutes.

Opti...


Chapter 195: In Another Land
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12/31/2025

I cannot comfortably comment on the content of this episode in specific terms due to the risk of being threatened with defamation.

That by itself should tell you more than enough.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro\
ED: “In Another Land” by the Rolling Stones


Chapter 194: Solid State Survivor
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12/24/2025

r/buildapc • 2y ago
u/dynamicjirofan1

Did I make a mistake buying the wrong RAM or am I just stupid?

Building a PC for the first time and I brought a MAG B660M Mortar WIFI board and Corsair Venegance LPX 2x16 gb DDR4 RAM, but it isn't fitting in it's slot. I tried putting it in both direction but the insert gaps don't match. Am I just doing something wrong or did I buy a wrong set of RAM? I took my shirt off and everything.
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u/Kamen_High_Schooler • 2y ago<...


Chapter 193: Bad Company
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12/17/2025

Flipping a coin, or rolling a dice, might be better, but try to prove that the outcome of your flip or roll is random and you will be stymied. That’s because these things aren’t truly random: if you knew the precise position of the dice or coin in your hand, the trajectory of the throw, the strength of gravity and subtle factors like air resistance or the friction of the landing surface, you could predict the result. True randomness is hard to come by.

The thing is, we now know that randomness is real, baked into...


Chapter 192: Day Tripper
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12/10/2025

In this study of Generation X manners, Cammie Smith (Winona Ryder), the valedictorian of her college class, camcords her friends in a mock documentary of post-education life. Bobby Fletcher (young Jimmy Fallon) is her best friend, a perpetually unemployed musical slacker. Hadassah Guberman (Janeane Garofalo) is a manager at the Gap who worries about the results of an A.I.D.S. test, while Terrence Catheter (Steve Zahn) has problems grappling with his sexuality. When Cammie meets Karl Malone (young Jimmy Kimmel), an earnest video executive who takes her homemade video to his MTV-like station, she must decide what...


Chapter 190 & 191: It Takes A Lot To Laugh & Love's Memories
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12/03/2025

r/buildapc • 7y ago
u/dynamicjirofan1

About to build my pc without a wrist strap going to be in my boxers naked on my room wood floor am I safe from damaging my mobo

u/Hiromi5 • 7y ago
Wow never seen someone this cautious while building a pc.
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u/dynamicjirofan1 OP • 7y ago
I have clothes on my wood floor but I’m not building near it will that have an effect?
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u/soba-bro • 7y ago
Nah you're fine, wood isn't a conductor of electricity. I build mine o...


Chapter 189: Electric Mouse
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11/26/2025

Now ah'm pobbin a fewu In da mownin dewu Do da mongey wwensh On a Bewsian Bensh Id’s a deenage nighd An da fambiwes awe wighd

An ah wanna way my wibs on youw esbwosife mouse

Bigged ub Genny Ad an awd-dego dewi An Zewo is a cad Wif an audomaded had An ah need ta be wid of aww da Fandasies ah’m hidin

An ah wanna way my wibs on youw esbwosife mouse

Id's a shame fow man da hide Aww da dings dad do suwfife Fwom his pasd...


Chapter 188: Only You
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11/19/2025

A cuddly-costumed clown they call the Pootan\ Tiptoes to my feed Tuesday night\ Just to grind some seed paste and to whisper\ "Go to sleep, everything is alright"

I close my eyes, then I drift away\ Into the magic mic, I softly say\ A subtle put-on podcasters do\ Then I fall asleep to dreams, my dreams of you

In dreams, I smile with you\ In dreams, a while with you\ In dreams, you're mine, all of the time\ We're together in dreams, in dreams

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Volume 8 Supplementary Material
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11/12/2025

Please don't cancel us, we barely talked about trains on this one.

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OP: “Ningen nante” by Yoshida Takuro
ED: “It's the end” by L'Arc~en~Ciel


Chapter 187: Father's Little Helper
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11/05/2025

If you are planning a trip with the Japan Rail Pass, better be prepared! You will be riding Japanese trains quite often.

In Japan, railroads are the primary mode of passenger transportation, and they have been ever since the first passenger steam locomotives debuted in Japan during the Meiji Restoration in 1872.

There is 30,625 km of rail lines all over Japan and they carry more than 9 billion passengers per year. Due to the country’s extensive use of its rail system, 46 of the top 50 busiest stations in the world are located in Japan.

Most Ja...


Chapter 186: Lover's Rock
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10/29/2025

Hey, you little piss baby
You think you're so fucking cool? Huh?
You think you're so fucking tough?
You talk a lotta big game for someone with such a huge truck
Aw, look at those arms
Your arms look so fucking cute, they look like lil' cigarettes
I bet I could smoke you, I could roast you
And then you'd love it and you'd text me "I love you"
And then I'd fucking ghost you

With the lil boys coming with the lil stuff
I feel so clean...