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@nonbienerfeeder

She/Her, 21 || I post things here that I steal from everywhere else || hi please pay attention to me || Feeder/partner of @darlingcowmarlee

I'm becoming obsessed with the idea of having a fat wife.

Marrying a girl who isn't necessarily skinny - maybe a little thick - and then after the wedding, as we settle into our life together, she gets complacent. She stops going to the gym, gets lazy, gets more into cooking. The softness starts to naturally and gradually accumulate everywhere. She widens out, gets heavier, gets lazier, gets plump. Most days I come home to find her in a pair of sweats stretched over her wide fat ass and an apron strung tight into her back rolls and straining over her fattening belly, excited to show me the new recipe she's been working on and sampling all day.

She'll complain about getting fat, maybe even blame me for it, but she'll keep on eating exactly the same. Becoming lazier and getting fatter all the while.

Nobody will say anything, but they'll say things amongst themselves. Have you seen how much she's blown up since the wedding? They'll pity me for getting trapped in a marriage with a cow, but I'll be the happiest husband in the world. I wanted this. I enabled this. I searched for a wife who loved to indulge, who had an unmistakable sweet tooth, whom I could pamper into obesity, and I found you.

And I won't for a second let you forget how beautiful you are.

Gonna enable my wife @growing-piggy

He’s going to make me a bed bound wife🤤🤤

Anonymous asked:

you've been working with a personal trainer, yeah? i'm in the semi-weird position of both loving large bodies and wanting to be a hardcore fitness professional. is there anything your trainer does to make you feel comfortable in, like, gym spaces and stuff? any modifications or other programming that you've found beneficial as someone who's not necessarily trying to like... slim down as much as possible?

Hell yeah! There’s a lot of things my trainer has done right.

In my consultation with her I was around 250 lbs and I explained that I didn’t want to lose weight or restrict at all, because of my history of that being unhealthy for my brain and she was fully supportive. I explained my history with weight gain to her as objectively as possible and she was the opposite of judgemental - she said she thought it was really cool that I achieved my goal of 300 pounds despite the adversity of getting there instead of making assumptions (and yes I did explain the kink part of it) 🤭

As I started weight training more intensely I did lose more weight, which was frustrating because I had to get my wedding dress altered twice 😭

instead of congratulating me for my weight loss (I was really stressed in the month leading up to the wedding, it was a lot of planning and coordinating and money being spent) she had a very harm reduction mindset, she worked with me on what I could do to slow down the loss and building better habits in my day that could help me meet my nutrition goals easier.

At first I was not very mobile honestly, she had me send her videos of my lifting form and worked with me closely to make sure I wasn’t putting myself at risk for injury and assigned me mobility stretches to do before every weightlifting session (I still do them)!

She created a safe space for me to be honest if something the assigned me was beyond my skill level and never made me feel bad for not being able to complete or do an exercise. It was hard at first not gonna lie! Just the mobility stretches alone used to wipe me out 🤣 I’ve come so far, it’s crazy to think about.

As I got more mobile, she scaled up the difficulty of my mobility stretches and exercises. She’s also increased my nutrition goals a lot since I started training and my appetite is so much better than it was when I first started (I could write a book on how your body has to adapt to transitioning out of hardcore feedism but I’ll save that for another post) 💕

We have weekly check ins where I submit a form that covers all my basic functioning and tell her how my week went, strengths and weaknesses and she replies with a 7-10 min long video addressing everything and explaining any adjustments she’s making to my program, and advising me on whatever I ask her about. She’s also available all week in the coaching app if I need recommendations for pre-rave stretches (for example) or nutrition tips, or help with my form. We have a weekly group call on zoom where myself + her other clients discuss whatever topic she’s covering and share our wins and losses (last week it was “bite size habits”) ☺️ she also has ADHD and is very neurodivergent friendly in her coaching style.

Cost for the program averages out to I think $7-$9 a day? It’s not super cheap but she’s been invaluable to me in terms of staying on track to maintain my weight and gain muscle. If I feel depressed or stressed I can’t eat, and knowing she’s going to be checking to make sure I’m hitting my macros every day is good motivation to just power through on days I’m not feeling up to it. Accountability helps a lot. ❤️

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Sex stuff you probably won’t learn from fanfiction and/or porn:

Erotic fic and porn can be a lot of fun! But if you aren’t being provided with adequate sex ed through other channels (comprehensive sexual education, frank and open discussions with trusted adults, etc.), turning to fanfic and porn for your understanding of sex is gonna leave some major blindspots and may leave you with some unrealistic expectations. While there’s nothing wrong with these kinds of erotica, they are fictional and tend to leave out a lot of the more realistic, human parts of sex - they serve a great purpose, but that purpose isn’t primarily educational. The following is an incomplete list of some things you should probably know about sex that a lot of fic and porn tends to leave out:

  • It isn’t always super hot or super sweet. Sometimes it’s super silly. Or sometimes it’s sort of mundane and you’re both simply scratching an itch. That’s fine too. (Hell, sometimes you’re talking about comic books while boning and your partner is laughing that you’re getting REALLY ANGRY about spider-man while they’re going to town on you.)
  • You will probably not climax at the same moment. It’s a sweet idea, but extremely hard to coordinate, and if all your concentration is going into coming at the exact same moment, you’re probably not enjoying yourselves as much as you might. 
  • Sometimes bodies make weird, goofy noises. Squelching, slapping, air-escaping, un-sexy noises. It’s okay to laugh at this. 
  • Hell, it’s okay to laugh during sex in general.
  • Sometimes you fart. Sometimes you fart while someone is going down on you and it is embarrassing as hell. This isn’t the end of the world. Embarrassing body things happen. Heck, sometimes, with anal, there’s a little poo. You get over it.
  • Sometimes sex is… kinda bad? This doesn’t mean it’s assault, or something traumatic – sometimes it’s consensual but just kinda bleh and not what you hoped for. The best thing to do (if you’re talking about sex with a partner and not just a hook up who you can not call back) is talk to them about it. Figure out what went wrong, what you enjoy and what you don’t, and communicate what techniques you do and don’t like. Also don’t be afraid to stop someone in the middle of the sex act you’re not enjoying and offer guidance on how to help make it good for you too. (Side tip: masturbation makes great research into what you personally do and don’t enjoy sexually)
  • You won’t enjoy every sex act. Not every body is wired to find every thing pleasurable. You might find anal does nothing for you. You may find g-spot stimulation just makes you really anxious that you’re about to pee. You may not enjoy giving or receiving oral. You’re not broken if you don’t like something that every pornstar or smutty fanfic protagonist seems to have earth-shattering orgasms from. Everyone’s got nerve endings in a range of places – it’s quite literally, different strokes for different folks.
  • On that note, not all orgasms are earth-shattering. Sometimes it just feels warm and nice. That’s fine too. 
  • Sometimes, if you’re neutral on a sex act and your partner loves it, you can suck it up for them, and they’ll suck up something they’re not crazy about for your pleasure in return. But communicate preferences with each other! Know that when a partner does that thing you love that they don’t get much from, that it’s an act of care, and vice versa. 
  • Falling asleep in each other’s arms right after wild passionate sex seems really romantic, but dried and crusty fluids are gonna be a bitch in the morning. Also, after sex, you should both (regardless of your equipment) go pee to clear out the urethra of any gunk or bacteria to reduce risk of a UTI. 
  • Putting a towel down on the bed before sex means you don’t have to sleep on wet funky sheets. (it’s also verrrrrry useful for period sex if you or your partner menstruate.)
  • A lot of people don’t like dirty talk, or rough sex. Always ask first. (Fanfic on the whole does a better job than porn at showing communication, but a lot of it is still highly fictive on this point)
  • PROTECTION PROTECTION PROTECTION. Use condoms, dental dams, etc. not just to prevent pregnancy, but to reduce risk of STIs. (Yes, even couples with the same genitals who don’t need to worry about pregnancy).
  • Lube is great and very important, but random goopy things around you are not good lube. Random oils especially, since oil doesn’t flush out well and can trap bacteria inside the body – oil-based lubricant also degrades condoms. Use lube specifically designed for intimate purposes. Water-based and silicone-based lubes help sex feel really good!
  • Bigger isn’t necessarily better. A lot of people with vaginas don’t enjoy the feeling of being repeatedly punched in the cervix by a monster cock. Some people enjoy a larger size when being penetrated by an appendage or toy and some don’t.
  • Bodies are hairy. Genitals are hairy. You may get a pube stuck in your teeth at some point. If your partner is WAY fuzzier than porn ever led you to believe they’d be, well, that’s normal. 
  • Not everyone loves the taste of ejaculate. Sometimes it’s nasty (flavor tends to vary from person to person depending on their diet, but sometimes you just really don’t like it no matter what. Some of us hate the taste of peanut butter. People don’t always like things). It’s okay not to swallow, or to request a penis-having partner warn you so they don’t ejaculate in your mouth (in fact, it’s polite for them to do the latter). 
  • If you’re gonna have shower sex, get one of those rubbery mats for the shower floor that gives you traction, because otherwise it’s super embarrassing to call for an ambulance while dripping wet and naked because you slipped and accidentally broke something and your partner got a concussion while you were trying to bang in the shower. 
  • Moaning and screaming wildly during sex is fun but it will make the neighbors in the apartments adjacent to you hate you. Make choices accordingly. 

This is all excellent advice. I could throw in a couple more:

Good advice. Also:

Muscle cramps happen. If you’re in a weird position, your body may decide to object. Pillows for support can be wonderful things. 

Anyone who finds towels aren’t enough, they make waterproof pillowcases you can get for like $10. Fold a bath sheet in half, slide the pillowcase in between the layers. 

Related, there is no such thing as too much lube. (I wish fanfic writers would depict using lube more often, and I am looking at myself in the mirror on this one.)

An absolute must read, ladies and gents!

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mistressbaudelaire

If sex is a newer thing to you or even if it’s not, please have a read of this! It’s pure gold!

This is also the reason I’m moving into Sex and Relationship Education (RSE) in the U.K. Education needs to be so much better regarding this area.

🖤

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pickyprincess

Wow. This was honestly so informative

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redbeardeddevil

Always reblog!

I don’t normally add onto stuff like this but Seriously.

Ten thousand thousand percent on the No Pain Required thing.

I cannot tell you how heartbreaking and frustrating it is reading in fanfic and porn and literally just normal young adult books that depict vague fade to black sex with virgins, and seeing the same shit over and over.

‘It’ll hurt at first but it’s worth it.’ ‘I can handle the pain, for you.’ ‘Slowly agony faded away into pleasure.’

Oh my god no. I had to explain to my best friend in high school (i was still a virgin i just spent too much time online) that sex wasn’t supposed to hurt and she was Blown Away.

Sex shouldnt hurt. There is a difference between slight discomfort as your body adjusts to something new, or even sharp sensations that are intense enough to make you pause, and Pain.

I remember reading a fic years ago and actually commenting bc i was so distressed they’d depicted the first time sex as ending in blood drops on the sheets, and how that was Super Normal. The response i got from the author broke my heart, bc apparently theyd based it on personal experience and every vagina having person they’d known had the same experience. And they were in fact very offended that i would even suggest sex shouldnt be like that.

Please no. It shouldnt hurt. You shouldnt bleed. The hymen is a muscle that shifts out of the way (if i remember correctly), not a tissue that is supposed to tear. If you are feeling pain when you dont wanna be, you need more lube. More time to get aroused. More stretching. You need a chance to relax your body. You may even need to see a doctor about vaginismus or something similar.

Hell, maybe your pentrative partner is genuinely a bit too big for you. Or maybe you ‘like the burn’, which is fine! But please be aware that if you are actively choosing to underprep because you want the pain there, then you are operating outside of the standard for average sex and this comment isnt for you.

I dont care if its the first time or the fiftieth time. Vaginal, anal, or oral. Penetrative or not. It is not Normal and Correct for any kind of sex to cause you pain.

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derekhalesbian

gonna hop in bc i’m pedantic as hell and think hymens r interesting: the hymen is not a muscle, it is a membrane. however it does not need to be “torn” during penetrative sex!!! it does not cover the vaginal canal (except in rare cases, more on that later), it’s more a ring hugging the walls of the vaginal canal with an opening in the center. think similarly to a car cup holder that has those rubber tabs jutting into the center, like this:

except instead of tabs, it’s a continuous ring around an opening in the center. the hymen can range from thin and incredibly flexible to thicker and a bit more stiff, depending on the person. but with proper lubrication, relaxation, and stretching, it shouldn’t cause enormous amounts of pain or blood. a few drops of blood with minor, short-lived pain is probably nothing to worry about, as the hymen is pretty fragile and might tear a little bit when it’s first being stretched. this doesn’t happen to everyone, and it depends on what you’re doing and how you’re doing it, but it’s not necessarily a cause for concern.

however, intense pain or more blood than a couple drops is NOT normal. hymen injury can require surgical intervention in rare cases, and beyond that it’s just unnecessary. you do not have to endure pain to have sex, ever. also, pain and/or bleeding during vaginal intercourse can be a sign of other gynecological issues such as endometriosis. listen to your body, and if something that’s not supposed to hurt hurts, pay attention.

in a very small amount of people, the hymen is entirely absent. they just aren’t born with one. that’s cool too, it won’t cause any problems.

in very rare cases, the hymen has no opening at all and actually does cover the vaginal canal. in that case, it is most often noticed either shortly after birth or after puberty begins. during puberty, the main signs are menstruation not showing externally but cervical and pelvic pain being present. this is due to menstrual blood being unable to pass through the imperforate hymen. there are more symptoms, and having an imperforate hymen shares symptoms with other gynecological conditions, but that’s a very brief overview. imperforate hymens are treated via a surgical incision and SHOULD NOT be “broken” by penetrative sex.

another hymen variant is where the hymen has two or more openings, rather than one. it does not typically require medical intervention, it’s just how hymens develop occasionally.

basically: if your hymen is making sex painful, there is something else going on. whether you need more lube or more foreplay or a trip to the doctor, sex should not hurt unless you want it to. slight pain is normal sometimes because bodies are weird and things happen, but if it’s pain you don’t like that’s sticking around, do something differently and see how that goes. talk to your partner(s) and/or talk to your doctor. you deserve to feel good and enjoy yourself.

I know I’m not the best when it comes to writing intimate acts but this was actually really helpful and worth the read.

Yeah, unfortunately, porn and fanfic IS how some folks learn about sex. Therefore, write is realistically, in all its awkwardness and need for communication. 😘

Ahhhh okay, there’s some stuff I think I was too gentle about in the original post that I think I need to clarify a bit because while the above sentiment is meant very kindly, I have a bit of a bone to pick with it–

My point in the original post was specifically NOT “this is what fanfic and porn should be doing instead” – just “this is what it’s more actually like, since those things aren’t about accurate sex.”

The fact that porn and fanfic are the only ways some people are learning about sex is a bad thing. The education system is failing those people. Parents are failing those people.

But it is not the job of fanfic or porn to teach people accurate and realistic sexual education instead.

If you wanna write realistic sex, hell yeah, by all means write realism! And if you wanna write ridiculous anatomically impossible kinky smut, rock your damn socks off! It is not the responsibility of authors and entertainers to take on the role of educators when creating things that are not meant to be educational. The point of most erotic content out there is to be titillating fantasy, and it’s meant to educate people about sex about as much as superhero movies are meant to educate them about physics.

Personally, I think the way we deal with people gathering unrealistic expectations about what sex is like isn’t to tell authors of smut that it has to be more realistic, but to set better cultural expectations that “hey, this stuff is fantasy, not a how-to guide.” And we do that with more of these kinds of open dialogue about sex and by petitioning for better actual sex education. :)

“It is not the responsibility of authors and entertainers to take on the role of educators when creating things that are not meant to be educational.

Pushing her buttons...

Imagine having a button you could press that magically makes you fatter, by like +1 pound. That'd be neat, right? I wonder where you would draw the line and finally stop pressing it.

I mean, the first dozen presses would just be so you can test if it's actually working. One or two probably wouldn't feel like much, but by the time you hit the double-digits of extra pounds gained, you'd probably feel the extra tightness in your pants. Maybe your shirt would ride up a little bit because your belly and tits have grown a little bigger, but it wouldn't be anything *crazy*. Even after 12 presses, you'd still basically feel the same. Maybe your balance would be a little off with the extra weight, but nothing you can't deal with. If you put a hand on your midriff, you'd notice it bulging out more, and that it's softer and fleshier than you're used to, but all in a good way.

Being realistic though, you wouldn't stop there, would you? You've dreamed of stuff like this. An opportunity to make yourself *so* much fatter is just too tempting for you to pass up. Maybe you'd try to resist the temptation for a while, but we both know you'd fold under the pressure and start pressing it again. Fast.

You'd get undressed and stand in front of a mirror so you could watch your figure swell with dozens of extra pounds of soft, pale blubber. You'd hold your belly in one hand while you press the button with the other. Press after press, you feel it push out just a little bit further. It'd feel softer and softer in your hands as your gut grows heavier and jigglier.

Now you're thirty pounds heavier than you started, and you're *really* starting to notice the results now. Your belly hangs over your thighs quite a lot further than you remember, and your ass is looking so fat when you get a good look at yourself from the side. Stopping now crosses your mind, but you quickly dismiss it; your tits might be bigger, but they're not really big enough yet, and you're still only at "BBW" size anyway. You can handle some more pressing.

Click by click, you feel yourself growing heavier. Your belly has gotten so big and blubbery that it starts to fold into two thick rolls, giving you a definite double-belly that you can't wait to show off to your girlfriend when she gets home. In the meantime though, you keep pressing the button. You've lost track of the exact number at this point, but you think you're somewhere around 60 pounds heavier than when you started (it's actually closer to 80). You look at your doughy belly and thighs being groped by your hand in the mirror, and notice how much pudgier and softer your hand is starting to look. Nothing is immune to the weight you're piling on, and that just makes you even hornier. You resume clicking it.

Another thirty pounds make their way onto your figure when you stop again, this time because your gaze drifted upwards towards your face. Your cheeks look so much fuller now, giving your face a decidedly rounder shape. Your double-chin is much more pronounced than it used to be; your jawline is completely buried under a thick layer of chubbiness at this point, and you can't help but smile about it. It feels so good to be so much more... *plush*.

You tell yourself that you'll give yourself twenty more presses, then you'll quit. But once you get there, you decide... maybe just a few more. So you press it *another* ten times. Then you notice how close your breasts are to touching when you're sitting down, and can't help but want to see them finally become big enough to rub against each other as you walk. So you keep pressing it. Not really paying attention to the number any more, just to your breasts, as they get heavier and softer and rounder with every click.

Finally, it happens.

Not your breasts touching, like you were waiting for. The chair you were sitting on breaks instead. You hadn't heard it creaking as your fat ass grew ever fatter and heavier with every click of the button. It just hadn't crossed your mind that your furniture had already been struggling against your mass before you got this button. Now though, it had finally given up...

You decided this was your sign to call it quits - you should dust yourself off and think yourself lucky that you didn't do something stupid and make yourself absolutely massive. You drag yourself up onto your feet with a lot more difficulty than you expected, then push the shattered remains of the chair aside with your foot. You check your ass and thighs for any damage, but aside from the massive amount of extra cellulite now occupying them, and the angry red stretchmarks that have suddenly become even more omnipresent across your body, you seem to be fine. You look down for the button, but can't see it anywhere among the debris. You look around the room, when you finally spot it.

Your girlfriend is in the doorway, holding it in her hand.

"I like what you've done to yourself, babe" she says with a smile, her gaze travelling up and down your now much fatter figure, eyeing your new curves and rolls with glee. She licks her lips. "I wonder how you got so big, so fast, princess... Could it be this, maybe?" She presses the button.

Maybe you could have denied the effect the button had just had on you, if it wasn't for the fact that at that moment, the panties you had been wearing finally gave up, shredded by your immense girth with an audible rip and leaving you exposed to your girlfriend in more ways than one. The smile on her face broadens.

"I think I get the picture... Well, shall we see what this thing can do?" She starts clicking the button as fast as her fingers are capable of. Ten pounds, twenty pounds, thirty pounds, you feel your body swelling with the extra mass second by second as she starts to giggle. You try to run towards her, but you're far too fat now to move so quickly, so all you can do is waddle gracelessly towards her as she easily evaded your attempts to grab the button from her hand. You reach the doorway and look down at your expanding body, in awe at just how much of the weight seems to be going straight to your belly rolls. Your thickening paunch slaps against your thickened thighs as you keep trying to pursue your mischievous girlfriend. She escapes into the living room, and you follow her, your steps growing heavier with every click that echoes through your ears.

By the time you corner her in front of the couch, the click count must be at 250 by now, and you're feeling every ounce of the blubber she has poured onto your body. You're exhausted and breathless from trying to catch her, and she can see you're close to collapsing. She speeds up the pace of her clicking, holding the button high above her head where you have no hope of reaching it. You make one final lunge, hoping to swipe it from her hand before you're too fat to stand...

But you miss.

You lose your balance and stumble towards the couch, where you drop heavily onto the straining frame. Your ass takes up far more of space than you're used to and you sink deep into the soft cushions, hearing creak as it settles under your immense bulk. Your girlfriend stands over you, victorious.

"I think that couch had a max weight rating of 800 lbs, didn't it? Shall we test that?"

As much as you struggle against your own fattened figure, you can't haul your fat ass and gut off of the couch. You're just too heavy, and only getting heavier as she presses the button over and over and over again. Your thighs press together even as you try to spread them as wide as possible; your belly fills your entire lap and just keeps spilling out further and further over the edge of the couch; and your tits keep swelling too, easily exceeding G-cups in size with no signs of stopping.

Eventually, inevitably, the couch gives way to your blubber-laden body. You sink down even further as the couch breaks right down the middle, leaving you in a V-shaped dip, helplessly trapped by your hundreds of new pounds of fat and cellulite. Your hands grope your thick rolls of flab and you feel a strange mix of horror and arousal at how soft and jiggly you are now, *all over*.

Your girlfriend looks very pleased with herself.

"I hope you're comfy, big girl, because you're not going to be doing much walking from now on. I was always hoping I could get you to fatten up for me, to turn you into my stay-at-home piggy, too fat to do anything but make herself even fatter. It was always just a pipe dream, but apparently, dreams really *do* come true...

"I'll let you stay like this until I can find us a bed that can handle the massive whale of a girl like you've become. Once I've got you settled there though, I'm going to give this thing a couple hundred more clicks.

"You'll be so helpless and useless, but don't worry, princess. I'll make sure you know how much I love every single inch of you."

When will science create such a perfect button 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

We just realized that we know someone with a name on EVERY SINGLE ROW OF THIS LIST.

That... um.

Aha. Hah. Hahh. Hahhhhhh .

Solidly 53/100 of these are just trans girls I know.

i don't respect americans and what they refer to as chicken sandwiches because when i was working at my old job as a barista slash sandwich bitch (australian) i had this american tourist come in and order a chicken sandwich so i started MAKING. her. a chicken sandwich. asked her what kind of bread she wanted and she looked at me funny. i said We have sourdough, rye, multigrain, wholemeal, plain white bread. she said I Want A Chicken Sandwich. i, roughly 19 years old at the time and not getting paid enough to deal with rude americans, realised we were at some sort of stalemate, although i didn't really know why. i change tacks for a second and say Okay. Well would you like chicken schnitzel or would you like plain roast chicken. and she says. Are You Listening To Me? I Said I Wanted A Chicken Sandwich. i am smiling at her from behind the counter and gripping a large knife. "i'm trying to make one for you, i promise. i just need to know what kind of bread and what kind of chicken and also what other fillings you want". or at least i say something LIKE that. secretly at this point i'm hoping that she outright yells at me so i can have an excuse to go stand in the walk in freezer for a few minutes. eventually we figure out that her idea of a chicken sandwich and my idea of a chicken sandwich are not the same, and i have to explain to her that we don't have burger buns here and we also don't have fried chicken. she says fine, but she says it in a tone that indicates that she cannot believe this is happening to her and that it is, singularly, my fault. i give her a bunch of options for food we DO sell and she ends up ordering something With Ketchup. i smile at her and i say "oh you mean Tomato Sauce". i was antagonizing her just a little bit at this point. a tiny bit. because she deserved it. she looks me in the face and says, Americanly (smugly) something about my attitude and how she won't be tipping. i gleefully tell her "we don't have tipping here." and then i secretly charged her two extra dollars for being an awful person. and that's my story about americans and chicken sandwiches. okay love you.

Sell your death trap. Divest. Abolish Musk.

"FuelArc found that the fatality rate per 100,000 units was 14.52 for the Cybertruck and 0.85 for the Pinto, concluding that the Tesla model was "17 times more likely to have a fire fatality than a Ford Pinto."

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