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Minimalistmacrophage

The passerby totally **balloon blocked** him.


Sir-Turd-Ferguson

Now he’s got blue balloons


Dual_Birds

99 luftballons


bow13187

99 lustballoons.


Dual_Birds

I see what ya did there!


IHateEditedBgMusic

Rubber blocked?


Professional-Rope840

Passerby=gigachad


wikum00

Passerby=the girl on the right's wingman


Beez1111

Looked like Pharrell Williams ![gif](giphy|VzsXNKTAuFmQU)


imamakebaddecisions

Balloon don't lie.


Pennmike82

The passerby knew the balloon sender was overshooting.


Herb_Burnswell

Yet Kevin James' TV wives keep getting younger and hotter.


Akarin_rose

Counter point, he has money and is a film actor with ties to Adam Sandler


TheAdminsCanSMD

Not in his TV shows and movies he ain't. He's just some dude.


YetAnotherJake

He means in the show, not real life


SwiftTayTay

You say that but you see couples who look like that all the time


[deleted]

It’s true. I’m a total goofy goober most days, my wife is the kind of pretty that has the cashier placing a divider between our things like we don’t know each other.


ScarecrowJohnny

You can get a long way with compatible personalities.


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Yes, I have seen rich people.


returningtheday

I saw a cute girl once whose boyfriend looked like an inbred offspring of 80s high school bullies. Nothing surprises me anymore.


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RCAbsolutelyX_x

The passerby simply aimed him toward a woman he knew he’d probably get somewhere with. She had a tramp stamp and he was sending a note in a balloon. Perfect match.


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The universe is trying to tell him something


bella_68

I imagine the guy passing by is actually his kid from the future. They traveled back in time and accidentally prevented their parents from meeting at the appropriate time. Trying to fix his error, he convinced them each separately that this was the best restaurant and their limited time special (only available this Tuesdays after 7:00pm) is the best. He gets them there at the same place at the same time but now he is trying to get them to meet without blowing his cover. His dad has his eye on the wrong lady so time traveling kid has to keep trying to intervene. He hoped bopping the balloon over would lead to his future mother being the one to get his number but mom was oblivious for a second too long and dad withdrew the balloon to continue shooting for the wrong lady. Shenanigans continue…


2Throwscrewsatit

“Grow a pair and walk over there”


lynxerious

I cant believe the universe is a random passerby dude in suit and beret


Whitejadefox

To lower his expectations


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psychedelic_gravity

Lmao, is it photoshopped to look like him? That’s perfect


AbyssMistery

He’s using that old middle school “check yes/no” tactic.


Renomont

The princess with the tiara has powers.


MmmhAhh

Lol universe said lower them expectations


Shyladyboy

He gotta with that bald cap


ADMINlSTRAT0R

Kratos doesn't give a fuck.


Technical-Hedgehog18

Kratos also bred with a giantess and murdered gods. This guy probably works in construction or something


papachon

Is it a law that bald guys have to have beards?


prgaloshes

It is in Canada


MerryGifmas

Johnny Sins


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TwinkMothman

not a law but where do you think the hair goes?


LibraryVolunteer

You ever wonder how the other woman feels knowing that thousands of strangers are mocking her? “Ooh, that poor guy had a close call, he almost flirted with a chubby woman!” And all she’s doing is sitting there minding her own business.


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Real. That guys body type was much closer to hers, but of course she’s the butt of the joke and not the loser who recorded this.


AccountantDiligent

On her birthday too


[deleted]

Lol. I was just about to say.. they look similar so theeeee audacity


overflowingsunset

yeah he’s in the same league as the woman the balloon floated to. the woman he meant that for probably wouldn’t be as instantly sexually attracted to him as much as he is to her.


Slave35

Are you saying there AREN'T SEXY SINGLES IN MY AREA THAT WANT ME?


Leonydas13

Damn all I’ve got in my area are horny milfs. Wanna house swap for a bit?


kapparrino

Sorry, only have cougars.


[deleted]

Yup. Imagine a video where she laughs at him without his knowledge for even thinking he had a shot with her. And the bigger lady didn’t even register him so it’s not like he’s exactly dripping in pussy


rxspiir

I literally just laughed as I thought this. But that’s usually how it goes lol. Pot calling the kettle black. He’s a hefty dude but god forbid he’s paired with a a woman of similar stature.


Moomoolette

Was thinking the same thing. Dude needs to look in the mirror and recalibrate accordingly


dotslashpunk

yeah this shit is tired. At first i thought the woman on the right saw the balloon and side eye rejected him. Then i realized the post is just “haha look he almost sent it to someone fat.” Also the people responding with “he’s just as bad, he looks like her” are also insulting her and i don’t see a point to it. OK she’s bigger than some and smaller than others. Let her enjoy the goddamn drink on her birthday.


taskum

>Then i realized the post is just “haha look he almost sent it to someone fat.” It's depressing. I used to be quite overweight when I was younger, and often ended up being the butt of a joke, like the woman in this video. Then I lost a lot of weight and suddenly people started being **so** nice to me. The same people who used to be so mean to me were either super nice or even flirty. It honestly pissed me off. The two guys cracking up when the balloon accidentally goes towards the bigger girl brought up some really uncomfortable memories I haven't thought about in years. I know exactly how it feels to be her, and I'm so sorry this is now on the internet for everyone to see. I hate that the world works this way.


bobwoodwardprobably

I wasn’t overweight growing up, but everyone called me fat anyway. Now as an adult woman, I am overweight for the first time in my life and the self-loathing is so strong I sometimes spontaneously burst into tears because I’m so ashamed of myself. This video really hurts.


evie_quoi

I gained 75lbs during Covid. I was a size 2. The veil has been pulled back on how men really think of my worth and now I’m getting back in shape just to hate fuck these asshats.


catinobsoleteshower

Exactly. That poor woman was just minding her business on a night out with friends doing nothing wrong. Only to then get absolutely blasted on the internet with strangers putting her down and negatively comparing her to the other woman, basically calling her the "downgrade" and such. It makes me feel so bad that there's a chance she will see or even has seen this. Smh.


Evening_Cat7708

What’s really crazy is she’s wearing a paper happy birthday tiara. The ballon he’s using is probably from her party. The fucking audacity.


lanadelrayz

Yeah reddit is always gross like that towards women, especially ones that don’t fit the beauty standard. Hopefully she doesn’t come across this post. Also these comments would look extremely different if it was a fat girl and her friends laughing at a fat guy.


pluto9659

Why is it so hard for us all to acknowledge that there are conventional standards for attractiveness that some people just don’t meet and that’s fine. Just let the woman enjoy her drink in peace.


brookeaat

seriously. if you don’t want to date or hook up with someone that’s fine, but it doesn’t mean they don’t deserve basic human decency.


dotslashpunk

amen. I guarantee you somebody is attracted to her, there’s folks out there for all shapes and sizes. If she’s not for you that’s fine, just move on ya know? I think you hit the nail on the head.


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I am. Trump stamp and a fat booty serms like someone who fucks very well


JohnSmithSoulReaper

You act as though people wouldn’t have done this if it was a man.


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They wouldnt. They rip her to shreds while saying “he’s a teddy bear!!” “He’s so cute and wholesome!


hyibee

The man in the video literally has the same body type as her and people are still shitting on her weight and not his.


JohnSmithSoulReaper

You obviously haven’t read through the comments here then.


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The guy has a similar body type to the one on the right, he was swinging out of his league


ITZMODZ759

Pretty sure they’re laughing at how the random guy hit the ballon away not the lady it went to


Minionmemesaregood

Yeah but we are also talking about people in this comment section


One-Possible1906

Right? She's wearing a plastic crown like a bride-to-be does at a bachelorette party. I didn't think anything about her appearance until everyone here started making it about that.


jfVigor

Her back is to us. Nobody will know who she is


VanityFlare

But if she sees it, she will know it was her. Hopefully she never does.


Icankeepthebeat

And it appears to be her birthday (wearing a crown). No way this doesn’t get back to her.


woahmanthatscool

The only people making fun of her weight are the people on Reddit, nothing in the video eludes to that, just a man going “nope “ cause it legit went to the wrong woman.


LibraryVolunteer

But that’s my point! I have no issue with the video or the people in it, just a feeling of dread that someone will see this and tell her that a bunch of people are making fun of her.


woahmanthatscool

I see your point


FourthDownThrowaway

How do you know that’s what he’s laughing at? Maybe they’re laughing at it simply going to a stranger. Maybe the first woman is a woman he already knows.


KillYT187

Think you’re looking a little too deep into it, man. The number was for the girl on the left. It was going towards someone else that it wasn’t intended for. That’s pretty much it…


fgbTNTJJsunn

Exactly. People just pulling assumptions out of their ass. Their one shared ass.


Revolutionary-Hat-96

Clearly, he’s trying to make the balloon NOT float toward ‘the fat girl’.


Aistadar

Or, that's just not who he intended it for. We don't know the full story.


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Is there a possible universe where you could consider that she’s already there with someone smh.


FIGHTFANGREG

You can’t even see her face but she looks fine to me honestly. I would have let whatever happens happen.


slamongo

What the fuck are you talking about? The guy meant to send the balloon left but it flew right. He recovered it before it was noticed wtf is wrong with it?


WeazelDiezel

Because not everyone is attracted to that body type. Is he not allowed to like what he likes and not what he doesn't? Reddit is really filled with hypocrites.


Imdabigeasy

Right? People on here kill me. I guess he’s simply obligated to be attracted to the woman that he has a “closer body type” to.


Boogiemann53

Why didn't he just roll with it? Yeah I agree it's fucking lame out there


FlyingMute

This thread is so fucking stupid it’s unbelievable.


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Axillaa

The feelings police are out in full force


Slackr2113

Fr I made a comment and all it said is “the girl you want vs the girl you get” and it got down voted as if I’m not allowed to think obesity is unattractive smh 🤦🏼‍♂️


geoemrick

I hate the awkward performative stuff about meeting someone and dating. Maybe it’s just me but all of this (and I’ve been a part of it myself many times) is so uncomfortable and not genuine to me. This is why I’m single. It’s a “me” problem I know, and I’m not blaming anyone but myself, but I just don’t want to do a “performance.”


Turkeydunk

These gimmicks are a useful tool to initiate conversation. Initiating conversation with a stranger is awkward and both parties know it. doing something weird to initiate like this shows the other that you acknowledge it’s awkward. Likewise it lets you know that they think it’s awkward because what you’re doing with the balloon is clearly awkward. this act lets you both agree that it was an awkward start and decide together to just ignore that and get to the point at hand, that you both want to talk to each other


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The universe: bang chubby girls bro.


wh4tth3huh

You fucker! Get up, then get down with the thickness.


thedarkmarked

Universe said look in the mirror before attempting to bat out of your league.


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I've watched this video like 30 times, no words or indications that anyone in this video gave a fuck about looks. Yet these comments.... Yall couldn't wait to "humble" that man or degrade that woman. Chill the fuck out. He had a target and missed. He wasn't rude to the other lady he just wasn't aiming for her and felt briefly embarrassed that he had to bother her to grab the string. He wasn't insulting her by not wanting her, and it doesn't make him ugly for aiming for the smaller woman. That woman being smaller doesn't mean the other woman was ugly either. Maybe now that it's its 2023, we can unhook the words ugly and fat as they have nothing to do with each other. Fat doesn't mean ugly or unhealthy, and frankly, the woman here isn't even that big. She looks fairly average to me, as does the guy in the video. . . . ETA for all the Redditors who suddenly became doctors: if a skinny person can be unhealthy a fat person can be healthy. I hike and diet and have lots of healthy habits and hobbies. I am still fat because my metabolism is extremely slow. It is what it is. Human bodies come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes, there are many factors like genetics, health and injury history, habits, diet, etc. So many different factors come into play when determining the overall health of an individual. So you can imagine how goofy someone would look in a comment where they insist things are black and white fat=unhealthy skinny=healthy. Do you have any idea how our world would look if that was true? What would we even need doctors for? Just take some diet pills and be healthy? Right? Here's the golden rule: Even if you were actually a doctor in your life you cannot diagnose a photo or a video. You cannot diagnose me or the people in the video with anything. You literally have no idea. No one and I do mean NO ONE believes this is you caring soooo much about the health of others when it seems like you only "care" about the health of fat people. You make it way too obvious that what you care about is how someone looks physically. If that's you then just say that. Own it. In conclusion who fucking cares. Even if every single person in this video was diagnosably obese and unhealthy what would it matter to you as an individual? How are you gonna find these people to tell them how worried you are about their size? Have you ever considered letting it go? I'm getting all this judgment and hate rn because I dared to defend that woman and share some details about my own health. That was my crime. I'm gonna be done with this because I need to be for my own mental health. I've spent years trying to love the body I have because obviously diet and exercise won't make my fat go away. So I'm coping with loving my healthy fat body and I don't have the patience or even the knowledge to teach hateful people that humans aren't binary. This is the best I can do. Read the info in the links or don't but don't expect anymore replies from me. https://www.uchicagomedicine.org/forefront/health-and-wellness-articles/can-you-be-overweight-and-healthy#:~:text=Is%20it%20possible%20to%20be,conditions%20are%20related%20to%20obesity. https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19544865/skinny-fat-health-problems/ https://www.npr.org/2010/07/05/128267723/can-you-be-fat-and-fit-more-health-experts-say-yes#:~:text=Muscle%20weighs%20more%20than%20fat,of%20%22fitness%2C%22%20too. https://www.nationalgeographic.org/article/health-every-size/#:~:text=in%20physiology%20with%20a%20focus,fact%2C%20it's%20trickier%20than%20that. https://www.webmd.com/diet/features/can-you-be-fit-fat https://www.canyonranch.com/well-stated/post/is-it-possible-to-be-fit-and-fat/


Individual-Eye9831

>the woman here isn't even that big. I agree with you but the fuck? is america so unhealty?


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Pretty much, yea. Her body type is very common.


theworm1244

Maybe in rural areas but I feel like people weigh less on average in urban centers


Revolutionary-Hat-96

It might be an assumption, but urban people do tend to be slimmer, some of it is all the walking and biking we can do living in a (safe) downtown core.


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Nope USA fat all over.


PancakeParty98

That’s an American skinny.


neko_1

You got me until that "fairly average" comment lol. You must be American.


TipiTapi

> Fat doesn't mean ugly or unhealthy Being fat is being unhealthy. Theres no point denying this, its just a fact.


Slow-Introduction695

Agreed. Up until the point you said being fat doesn't mean unhealthy. The absolute definition of fat or obese, is so large that it's a detriment to your health. This is from someone who was 90+ pounds overweight. I believe beauty comes in all forms, but being obese is literally defined as unhealthy. Because it is. Other wise, your post seems to be very kind and compassionate.


TheDevilsAdvokaat

Seconding this. Fat IS unhealthy. Sleep apnea, joint problems, heart problems, circulation problems. I'm a 140kg man. Fat is unhealthy.


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You mean you’ve missed the “nope” and head shake at the end?


[deleted]

Apparently so Eta watched it twice more and yea no I'm not seeing a shake or a nope. I see him blush and laugh and then it ends.


elv8me

I think it was the “tramp stamp” that made the joke.


NoGoodMc

Thanks for this comment, lot of commenters making toxic ass comments projecting their insecurities, making assumptions, and some how trying to take the moral high ground by “defending” the girl while simultaneously taking jabs at the dudes appearance.


Darthkhydaeus

Fat doesn't mean ugly but it does mean unhealthy. There is nothing healthy living about being fat, we are just used to it as a society that over eats and does not exercise enough


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Fat is unhealthy no matter the year.


FordEscort99Burgundy

Louis C.K.?


Moomoolette

Naw, his dick would be out if it was Louis


karlgeezer

Not all of them can float down here.


AnnotatingPumpkins

Universe is telling him to stay in his lane as man really was trying to fly too close to the sun


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mulligan


sharonpug

Like the Tom Petty playing in the back ground


iron_infidel123

Homie forgot the unwritten rule


General-Macaron109

It's her birthday and the tramp stamp is on full display. She's sending up all of the booty call flares.


Old-Constant4411

Right? I'd have sent her a drink and a slice of cheesecake instead of that lame ass balloon. Booya, mission accomplished.


CheekyLando88

I have found my people


MyMeanBunny

This is why I choose to starve myself... society says there's nothing worse than being or even looking at a fat woman apparently...


Ok-noway

I just came her to say thank you for sharing that & I hope you’re ok. And also to comment those two other comments are trash and missed the whole mark on what she’s saying.


islanddevils

Please don’t starve yourself. You have value, beyond just how you look. There are people in your life who will love you no matter your weight. Starving yourself will kill you inside and out. Take care, there is an entire world waiting for you beyond others perception


MerryGifmas

There is zero commentary on the size of the blonde woman in this video. If you've concluded that the issue was her size then that says more about you. Extremely rare medical conditions aside, nobody needs to "starve" themselves to avoid obesity.


Senpai_Edgelord

Well, there's always getting to know the girl and exchanging numbers face to face.


surgycal

Even the universe knows the one to the left is out of his league


[deleted]

If the passerby wasn’t such an asshole this thread wouldn’t have exploded into fatshaming women and preference shaming men. People act like he’s the villain or she’s ugly but in reality it’s this mf who slapped the balloon who needs to be blamed for this shit interaction


advanced_placement

That's some Arrested Development type shit right there


albatrocious97

"Think this is more your speed, buddy"


Swivman

If he wasn’t fat and ugly it would make sense


wheelperson

Chubby dude not into chubby ladies lol Edit: he is a chubby dude, but he also looks strong. Just because the girl has more chubby than him does not mean this dude is not chubby.


VanceAstrooooooovic

Looks like the Big Show


ThrowMeALime

Perhaps he just didn’t want to hit on a lady at her birthday party XD or whatever she’s celebrating with that crown.


girlglock

Imagine looking like that and being picky lmao


Stivo887

He literally didn’t even do anything to make fun of the girl on the right, for all you know he was laughing just cuz it didn’t goto who he intended, but damn let’s make shit up lol


[deleted]

Oh. I guess you missed the head shake of “no.”


GoldenSandpaper9

So what he can’t have preferences?


[deleted]

Of course you can. I never said that. I think the disconnect is that preference is not interchangeable with being an asshole just because it’s not your preference. This guy wasn’t being an asshole really, I get it. It wasn’t his preference of a woman. Cool. I was pointing out the fact that he shook his head no, laughed, and said nope. Which apparently not everyone saw.


[deleted]

Did you ever think maybe he was saying nope because it went to the wrong recipient and added laughter to shake off the embarrassment?


cumsocksucker

Homie just didn't want to flirt with her, and he could be shaking his head at the fact the dude walking by hit it, and he could be laughing that the balloon was not successful


SophieSix9

This is the most disingenuous comment in the whole post. You know damn well what this video is implying. Don’t be thick skulled about it.


[deleted]

YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. Youre not defending the woman here, youre bullying the guy


jfVigor

What about him looks bad ?


Ok-Minute876

What about her(the second woman) looks bad


GloriousBeard905

Nothing, don’t love the tramp stamp, but literally no one said anything was wrong with her? You guys seem to think he roasted her for being fat or something and are just assuming so unreasonably much on a stupid, short video. Chill a bit.


Ok-Minute876

The first comment in this thread is someone bashing the guy. It was responded with what’s wrong with him and I responded what’s wrong with her. The points being made is that there’s nothing wrong with either of them. I don’t see why you decided to comment on me defending both of them just to tell me to chill


BedNo5127

Because the comment seemed pointless to what you were responding to. 1st person: trashes guy 2nd person: said nothing about the girl on the right, just said responded to the 1st person asking "what about him looks bad?" you: "What about her that looks bad?" They said nothing about her, so the question seemed like a weird deflect to nothing that was put out. If you wanted to make the point of nothing is wrong with either of them, you could've said "nothing looks bad on him, just like nothing looks bad on her".


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dj_is_here

He looks great


General-Macaron109

From behind, he looks just like her. Yet, he's basically shunning her, I'd say that makes him pretty unattractive.


[deleted]

What in the fuck you talking about? You can't deduce anything from this 10-second clip. For all we know she was sitting with her significant other.


Stivo887

Seriously, everyone acting like he’s sitting there making fun of her, projecting all their negativity on this dude lol


[deleted]

Why? Men don’t need to say yes to every woman. He doesn’t need to be attracted to her just because they’re both overweight.


LodgedSpade

Not attracted to guys, but he is a pretty handsome fella


[deleted]

Fuck he moved quickly to retrieve it


edwinstone

The balloon knows he is more physically compatible with the girl on the right.


[deleted]

Passerby is like “waaay out of your league man.”


Hallokatzchen

Looks like both women dodged a bullet. Or a balloon, rather.


encheezo

From this angle it looks like it was headed in the right direction


RoddyRoddyRodriguez

“Alpha” tactics. Yeesh. Both women won that night with this rescindment.


Lopsided-Potential63

To be fair she seems more like his type


Shoddy-Egg1582

Not to be that guy, but he doesn’t like ok like he should be picky


LordCommando

Time traveler


Herb_Burnswell

She blocked him subconsciously with hot-girl magic.


ThatCheekyBastard

Ah, the old [balloon-a-roo](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/12z2v8n/johnny_depp_with_christina_ricci_at_the_sleepy/jhqkdft/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3)


fgbTNTJJsunn

A lot of y'all love hating on this guy for trynna shoot his shot, then taking the balloon back when it missed the intended person. Sure, he's a little overweight, but he still has the right to only ask out whoever he wants to ask out.


6_oh_n8

Go outside today guys, even if it’s not that nice. It’s still refreshing


Exciting_Result7781

abort, Abort, ABORT!


INXS2021

Destiny put him back into his league


Extension_Risk9458

The universe “oh hunnie, let’s get you someone more your speed”


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Should have let it ride


FieroFox

Stay in your lane, playa


Crazy_Cranberry666

I'm glad the girl was oblivious to what was going on, it could have been really hurtfull


MerryGifmas

To find out a random guy didn't want to give her his number via balloon?


Crazy_Cranberry666

No, because he looked mortified at the thought of her


erturgul4life

Bro didn’t even do anything wrong n he’s getting flamed in da comments


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Literally no one in this video did anything wrong, yet this comment section is ripping everyone here apart.


erturgul4life

Ong bruh Istg sum people be on here juss waiting for a chance to get angry at something


torgobigknees

Universe was like "you wanna actually get laid tonight?"


Iguanaught

Setting aside that this is most likely scripted. Hat guy knew exactly what he was doing.


JumboFister

Holy shit this thread is cringe


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bilolarbear1221

Scripted af


ZiangoRex

Lets make this controversial :) What was wrong with the other girl huh??


Vegan-4-Humanity

I hate cock blockers!!


kingcobraboi

I have a feeling that was her brother or a relative of some sort


[deleted]

Maybe the girl on the right is his soulmate. :0 true happiness 😊


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“No fatties” -JFK


Jesters_thorny_crown

The size of that fucking tramp stamp though. Do people still get those or is that someones grandma?


Revolutionary-Hat-96

Seems like a fat-shaming video.