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[–] HylicManoeuvre@mander.xyz 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Animal Farm, the good ending

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Just throw some biscuits at them, they'll turn on each other and leave you alone

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 2 months ago

This guy understands population control

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hope you don't mind that I cross-posted that to !linguistics_humor@sh.itjust.works.

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[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

Fable 3 ass comic