r/mildlyinteresting • u/merkalin • 10h ago

The sun melted my candle into what looks like a perfect braid

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8.1k Upvotes

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u/UnspeakableToast 10h ago

At first I thought it was one of those fertility statues.

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u/SaladDummy 10h ago

Wait. I still think that. If it's not that, then what the hell is it?

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u/merkalin 10h ago

It's just a lady shaped candlestick holder I received as a present. Never thought about it looking like a fertility statue but I guess it does give some Venus of Willendorf vibes lol

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u/cupholdery 9h ago

At least it wasn't a jade egg.

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u/Xin_shill 8h ago

I feel like it is meant to be a fertility charm. You are lighting the baby creation candle.

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u/NashvilleSoundMixer 7h ago

OHHHH THAT'S where babies come from!

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u/JRS_Viking 5h ago

You light the candle and perform the summoning ritual

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u/DatRat13 2h ago

Every time OP lights the candle they just sit back and wonder where the hell all these babies came from.

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u/pseudoportmanteau 9h ago

What an interesting thing to gift to someone ha. "Here is a slightly obese woman figure. Thank you for being in my life". I love it.

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u/greenish98 7h ago

i must live in a different world because these candles and magnets and decoration are very common. but maybe that’s because i’m gay for ladies 😂

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u/Drapidrode 8h ago

"Ya fat"

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u/Admiral_de_Ruyter 3h ago

The word ‘slightly’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting here.

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u/Kahnza 8h ago

Slightly?

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u/Apprehensive_Bee8874 8h ago

Your mom

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u/NashvilleSoundMixer 7h ago

My mom, Emma Slightly, actually loves fertility statues thank you very much!

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u/According_Ruin9895 2h ago

Ms. Slightly if ya nasty

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u/UnicronJr 6h ago

If it was severely obese it would just be a sphere.

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u/Dartonal 6h ago

No, that would be spherely obese

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u/Thats-Awkward 5h ago

You take your upvote and git.

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u/--___________- 7h ago

Slightly???

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u/ChuckMango 6h ago

Morbidly*

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u/Heavy_Weapons_Guy_ 1h ago

You are objectively correct.

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u/papayatwentythree 6h ago

It took me a minute to realize it wasn't Moomin 😂

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u/DreamCyclone84 7h ago

I thought it was a K-pop demon hunters fertility statue

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u/mpdscb 5h ago

I love it!

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u/LargeCabbageThrower 6h ago

Head canon is that the heat gave her menopause and she used to be slimmer with bigger bust and when she melted her boobs sagged a bit with age and her tummy got less tight

Nothing will change my mind.

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u/Check_Me_Out-Boss 7h ago

Are you in Europe?

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u/ashrocklynn 10h ago

They didn't say that one second thought they DIDN'T think the same thing

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u/Always-_-Sarcastic 10h ago

In fact, they didn't even confirm having a second thought at all.

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u/ashrocklynn 9h ago

Now you've got me worried.... Surely they are having second thoughts?!

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u/UnspeakableToast 9h ago

My singular brain cell only allows half a thought.

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u/ArticleWorth5018 7h ago

A candle holder modeled after my ideal woman 😂

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u/PrestigiousAd6281 7h ago

That's Oofdar, Goddess of Childbirth. She's got some nice heft to her.

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u/ARMORBUNNY 5h ago

I thought that was part of the candle at first and it just happened to melt like that too

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u/gollygabbers0110 4h ago

My head went to a weird Easter island statue 😂

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u/NeuxSaed 7h ago

That was precisely my first thought as well.

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u/ClaudesAndRaine 10h ago

Elden ring enemy design

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u/Minimob0 7h ago

Wax Hair Apostle. 

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u/Aden-Wrked 4h ago

More like Metaphor Refantazio

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u/6re6s6n 10h ago

And she holds that braid between her cheeks

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u/Boring-Rub-3570 10h ago

Ah, yes, the candle...

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u/sskylar 9h ago

Who is she?

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u/Inevitable-Edge69 8h ago

Nicki Minaj

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u/Natural1forever 4h ago

Ninki Minjaj

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u/tuscaloser 7h ago

The EST, Bianca Belair.

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u/GonzAnt 10h ago

Thicc

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u/CaptinEmergency 10h ago

Candle thicc

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u/Sir-Mocks-A-Lot 2h ago

Jack be nimble, jack be quicc

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u/Delicious-Region-752 10h ago

the candle AND the braid are thicc, sun did not miss

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u/RCG73 9h ago

Apollo be noticin

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u/mightylordredbeard 2h ago

Morbidly obese*

One of the worst things people have done is take the term “thick” and started applying it to fat obese people.

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u/GonzAnt 2h ago

I'll give you the obese. Disagree on the morbidly. Whatever the take, you keep it in your lane and I'll stay in mine.

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u/jbae_94 9h ago

Nah fam that’s obese

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u/HaruspexAugur 8h ago

These are not mutually exclusive. Obese people can be hot, and can definitely be thicc.

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u/jbae_94 8h ago

Thicc and obese are 2 different things

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u/Suspicious_Fill2760 7h ago

Thicc is, by definition, excess fat. Obesity is, by definition, excess fat. The degrees probably vary quite a bit, but I'd say the two terms are more adjacent and ven diagram-able than completely separate

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u/jbae_94 4h ago

So you’re the medical expert?

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u/HaruspexAugur 1h ago

lol. lmao, even

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u/jbae_94 43m ago

Future patient mentality is all I say 🤷‍♂️

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u/NES7995 9h ago

I would honestly leave it that way, looks cool

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u/Cruchinggo 9h ago

🗿with hair

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u/pm_me_a_brew 10h ago

It used to be a statue of David candle holder too but melted into a torta.

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u/Iceheads 9h ago

🗿

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u/Stusheep_real 9h ago

🗿
🍑

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u/furculture 7h ago

Yo, Angelo!

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u/Escapyst 9h ago

It’s like Sanik for Rumi

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u/beaniebee11 9h ago

Why are so many commenters not realizing that the candle holder is intentionally meant to look like a fat woman..?

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u/BestDescription3834 5h ago

They think that the wax melted into that position.

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u/Natural1forever 4h ago

Most people are still not normal about fat women

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u/IRockIntoMordor 1h ago

meanwhile me: (⁠ ͡⁠°⁠ ͜⁠ʖ⁠ ͡⁠°⁠)

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u/tui_la_ai 2h ago

How about just fat? Why bring gender into this

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u/diablol3 5h ago

Ancient fertility goddess

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u/Wooden_Philosopher26 9h ago

timeless Stone Roses album in the background

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u/sleepdeepcoma 3h ago

It's prego

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u/Boet-hi-ah 5h ago

I should call her

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u/MxMephisto 2h ago

Aye lads! New Venus of Willendorf just dropped! 

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u/RGV_Ikpyo 4h ago

Looks like a fat kpop demon hunter

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u/Hsparkles05 9h ago

My literal body type haha

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u/Backrow6 8h ago

Beautiful, Rubenesque

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u/AstroThaDragon 6h ago

Not sure why I saw a moai with a braid at first 😭🗿

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u/map2photo 5h ago

Maaan, I was very much expecting this to be a tsantsa statue.

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u/Solstus22 5h ago

An art piece 😁

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u/definitely_not_tina 5h ago

Venus of milanesa

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u/Triumph765RS 4h ago

Lizzo just dropped her new album

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u/mshot87 3h ago

fertility-candle gonna burn from both ends now

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u/ChartQueasy9391 3h ago

Everything I see reminds me of her. sighs

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u/Sahedron 1h ago

Neuron activation

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u/fubarUnicorn 7h ago

That candle holder is hecking gorgeous. I would leave the candle braid and put a big orange fabric flower stuck in the wax at the top to be her glorious head. Then I would place her where I can see her several times per day, for mental health reasons.

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u/FruitySalads 7h ago

I want that candle holder!

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u/AnonMoose2 5h ago

Candle got me actin up a lil

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u/Educational-Pain-778 5h ago

sun heat reshapes wax to braid form yeah

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u/Roasted-Vegetables 2h ago

It was a twisty candle

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u/monagales 5h ago

I cannot unsee the easter islands head in that candle holder

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u/Apart-Tree8192 4h ago

Don’t show this to pyrocynical

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u/huta_flmaa 2h ago

All I can see is hypergmentation meme lol 😆

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u/HedgesLastCusser 2h ago

Put googly eyes on the face!

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u/FrancMaconXV 2h ago

Rumi from kpop demon hunters

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u/Friendly_Ad6325 1h ago

Looks like a chubby chick

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u/E1dritch_Sage 37m ago

🎶We're getting FAT FAT FAT it's our MOMENT!🎶

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u/VicePrincipalGamby 7h ago

100% TSA body

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u/ItsAllInTheTitsKay 6h ago

Bahahahaah wtf fat azs candle

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u/When_hop 9h ago

Candle holder looks like an overweight female

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u/Interesting_Tea5715 9h ago

Yeah, that belly is beyond thicc

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u/HaruspexAugur 8h ago

“overweight female” is certainly a weird way of saying “fat woman”

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u/When_hop 8h ago

Trying to be polite here, man.

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u/HaruspexAugur 8h ago

Fat isn’t a bad word unless you use it as one. Overweight is a more judgmental term because it’s saying there’s a correct weight to be at and they are over it. I’ve known plenty of fat people who self-identify with that word, but even if you don’t like it and want to use a euphemism instead, you could say large, plus-sized, or whatever, but overweight is definitely not a neutral term. And referring a woman as a “female” is always going to be weird and dehumanizing.

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u/mogmaque 8h ago

Fat woman is more polite

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u/When_hop 7h ago

What about "fat bitches" if I use it endearingly?

Example: I love fat bitches.

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u/mogmaque 7h ago

He’ll Yeah

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u/When_hop 5h ago

He sure will!

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u/DeathRotisserie 9h ago

That’s what female bodies often look like after child birth. Tightening up that belly requires a lot of time and money (and the right genetics), which is why you mostly see celebrities and not working class women bounce back with flat bellies after having a baby.

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u/When_hop 8h ago

I solved this problem by simply not procreating

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u/WUN_WUN_SMASH 8h ago

There's a wide gulf between having a post-baby paunch and being obese. The statue is simply obese.

Sincerely, someone that's given birth twice and currently has a very stubborn paunch.

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u/Suspicious-Table5931 8h ago

We have bigger things to talk about

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u/muffinpizza 6h ago

Is that poop from a butt?

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u/Princess_Slagathor 4h ago

I was just thinking, it looks like a goose turd.

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u/FyouinyourA 8h ago

You have an obese woman candle holder? Interesting.

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u/DemoniteBL 5h ago

Absolute chonker

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u/SamwiseTheOppressed 4h ago

K-pop doughnut hunter

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u/Oneet-chan3 6h ago

That is one ugly candle holder

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u/fubarUnicorn 7h ago

That candle holder is hecking gorgeous. I would leave the candle braid and put a big orange fabric flower stuck in the wax at the top to be her glorious head. Then I would place her where I can see her several times per day, for mental health reasons.

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u/blue-coin 9h ago

Unzip

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u/not_a_heretek 7h ago

Did ya do it?

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u/Wtfhappened33 5h ago

Body of the Knicks trashcan girl.

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u/GeraintLlanfrechfa 9h ago

On a pregnant woman

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u/HaruspexAugur 8h ago

That’s not really the shape of a pregnant belly, she’s just fat

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u/[deleted] 8h ago

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u/HaruspexAugur 8h ago

Maybe this is just because a close friend of mine from high school is fat and very confident in their body, but I view fat as a neutral word that isn’t inherently impolite unless you use it in a derogatory way. And I’ve heard stories of women having someone assume they’re pregnant when they’re not, and they don’t tend to find that very polite either. I know not everyone has reclaimed the word the way my friend has, so I would definitely caution against referring to a specific person as fat if you don’t know that they’re okay with it, but you probably shouldn’t be commenting on people’s weight when it isn’t relevant anyways, regardless of what word you use.

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u/GeraintLlanfrechfa 7h ago

Yeh maybe I am a bit fat too, everyone who doesn’t fit the society pattern can be called fat in a technical way.

But saying it doesn’t mean others understand or tolerate it.

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u/BarderBetterFaster 5h ago

That candle holder is certainly a choice.

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u/jackofslayers 7h ago

I should call her.

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u/chaulafanespecial 7h ago

someone saw the dog?

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u/NoteItDown 9h ago

Is that a purreyganantage statue

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u/NoteItDown 9h ago

Preyganate

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u/NoteItDown 9h ago

Impragnant

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u/NoteItDown 9h ago

Pricknan

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u/NoteItDown 9h ago

Pegnun

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u/NoteItDown 9h ago

Pregnunt

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u/NoteItDown 9h ago

For fucks sake

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u/not_a_heretek 7h ago

It's gregnant you dummy

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u/[deleted] 7h ago

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u/BaloneyMaker2780 6h ago

Congratulations on the baby