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bsbbtnh  1yr ago (image post)   760 thread views

I got perma banned from Reddit for this comment lol...

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Don't worry about it, as long as you aren't doing it intentionally and it doesn't take over the dev site I'm not going to crack down on it too much :)


Mod tools are . . . awkward, but functional, at least!


			

			

					

						

							
						

					


					
				

			
		


		

	


		
		 
			
				

					
				

			
		
	






	

	

	

	

	

	
	

	
	

	
 















	






			
			

		

		
			
				


	

		
	


	


		
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