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k a May Highlights and 2025 AoPS Online Class Information
jlacosta   0
May 1, 2025
May is an exciting month! National MATHCOUNTS is the second week of May in Washington D.C. and our Founder, Richard Rusczyk will be presenting a seminar, Preparing Strong Math Students for College and Careers, on May 11th.

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k i Adding contests to the Contest Collections
dcouchman   1
N Apr 5, 2023 by v_Enhance
Want to help AoPS remain a valuable Olympiad resource? Help us add contests to AoPS's Contest Collections.

Find instructions and a list of contests to add here: https://artofproblemsolving.com/community/c40244h1064480_contests_to_add
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dcouchman
Sep 9, 2019
v_Enhance
Apr 5, 2023
k i Zero tolerance
ZetaX   49
N May 4, 2019 by NoDealsHere
Source: Use your common sense! (enough is enough)
Some users don't want to learn, some other simply ignore advises.
But please follow the following guideline:


To make it short: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!
If you don't have common sense, don't post.


More specifically:

For new threads:


a) Good, meaningful title:
The title has to say what the problem is about in best way possible.
If that title occured already, it's definitely bad. And contest names aren't good either.
That's in fact a requirement for being able to search old problems.

Examples:
Bad titles:
- "Hard"/"Medium"/"Easy" (if you find it so cool how hard/easy it is, tell it in the post and use a title that tells us the problem)
- "Number Theory" (hey guy, guess why this forum's named that way¿ and is it the only such problem on earth¿)
- "Fibonacci" (there are millions of Fibonacci problems out there, all posted and named the same...)
- "Chinese TST 2003" (does this say anything about the problem¿)
Good titles:
- "On divisors of a³+2b³+4c³-6abc"
- "Number of solutions to x²+y²=6z²"
- "Fibonacci numbers are never squares"


b) Use search function:
Before posting a "new" problem spend at least two, better five, minutes to look if this problem was posted before. If it was, don't repost it. If you have anything important to say on topic, post it in one of the older threads.
If the thread is locked cause of this, use search function.

Update (by Amir Hossein). The best way to search for two keywords in AoPS is to input
[code]+"first keyword" +"second keyword"[/code]
so that any post containing both strings "first word" and "second form".


c) Good problem statement:
Some recent really bad post was:
[quote]$lim_{n\to 1}^{+\infty}\frac{1}{n}-lnn$[/quote]
It contains no question and no answer.
If you do this, too, you are on the best way to get your thread deleted. Write everything clearly, define where your variables come from (and define the "natural" numbers if used). Additionally read your post at least twice before submitting. After you sent it, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.


For answers to already existing threads:


d) Of any interest and with content:
Don't post things that are more trivial than completely obvious. For example, if the question is to solve $x^{3}+y^{3}=z^{3}$, do not answer with "$x=y=z=0$ is a solution" only. Either you post any kind of proof or at least something unexpected (like "$x=1337, y=481, z=42$ is the smallest solution). Someone that does not see that $x=y=z=0$ is a solution of the above without your post is completely wrong here, this is an IMO-level forum.
Similar, posting "I have solved this problem" but not posting anything else is not welcome; it even looks that you just want to show off what a genius you are.

e) Well written and checked answers:
Like c) for new threads, check your solutions at least twice for mistakes. And after sending, read it again and use the Edit-Button if necessary to correct errors.



To repeat it: ALWAYS USE YOUR COMMON SENSE IF POSTING!


Everything definitely out of range of common sense will be locked or deleted (exept for new users having less than about 42 posts, they are newbies and need/get some time to learn).

The above rules will be applied from next monday (5. march of 2007).
Feel free to discuss on this here.
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ZetaX
Feb 27, 2007
NoDealsHere
May 4, 2019
2025 MATHCOUNTS State Hub
SirAppel   866
N a few seconds ago by fxx11
Previous Years' "Hubs": (2022) (2023) (2024)Please Read

Now that it's April and we're allowed to discuss ...
[list=disc]
[*] CA: 43 (45 44 43 43 43 42 42 41 41 41)
[*] NJ: 43 (45 44 44 43 39 42 40 40 39 38) *
[*] NY: 42 (43 42 42 42 41 40 38 38 38 38 38 38)
[*] TX: 42 (43 43 43 42 42 40 40 38 38 38)
[*] MA: 41 (45 43 42 41)
[*] WA: 41 (41 45 42 41 41 41 41 41 41 40) *
[*]VA: 40 (41 40 40 40)
[*] FL: 39 (42 41 40 39 38 37 37)
[*] IN: 39 (41 40 40 39 36 35 35 35 34 34)
[*] NC: 39 (42 42 41 39)
[*] IL: 38 (41 40 39 38 38 38)
[*] OR: 38 (44 39 38 38)
[*] PA: 38 (41 40 40 38 38 37 36 36 34 34) *
[*] MD: 37 (43 39 39 37 37 37)
[*] AZ: 36 (40? 39? 39 36)
[*] CT: 36 (44 38 38 36 35 35 34 34 34 33 33 32 32 32 32)
[*] MI: 36 (39 41 41 36 37 37 36 36 36 36) *
[*] MN: 36 (40 36 36 36 35 35 35 34)
[*] CO: 35 (41 37 37 35 35 35 ?? 31 31 30) *
[*] GA: 35 (38 37 36 35 34 34 34 34 34 33)
[*] OH: 35 (41 37 36 35)
[*] AR: 34 (46 45 35 34 33 31 31 31 29 29)
[*] NV: 34 (41 38 ?? 34)
[*] TN: 34 (38 ?? ?? 34)
[*] WI: 34 (40 37 37 34 35 30 28 29 29 29) *
[*] HI: 32 (35 34 32 32)
[*] NH: 31 (42 35 33 31 30)
[*] DE: 30 (34 33 32 30 30 29 28 27 26? 24)
[*] SC: 30 (33 33 31 30)
[*] IA: 29 (33 30 31 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29) *
[*] NE: 28 (34 30 28 28 27 27 26 26 25 25)
[*] SD: 22 (30 29 24 22 22 22 21 21 20 20)
[/list]
Cutoffs Unknown

* means that CDR is official in that state.

Notes

For those asking about the removal of the tiers, I'd like to quote Jason himself:
[quote=peace09]
learn from my mistakes
[/quote]

Help contribute by sharing your state's cutoffs!
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SirAppel
Apr 1, 2025
fxx11
a few seconds ago
Mathcounts Nationals Written Score Hub
DhruvJha   47
N a minute ago by pingpongmerrily
Put in your estimated score on the written nats comp on Sunday after the comp so we can get a good idea of the cdr quals are
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DhruvJha
May 10, 2025
pingpongmerrily
a minute ago
Brazilian Locus
kraDracsO   16
N 14 minutes ago by Giant_PT
Source: IberoAmerican, Day 2, P4
Let $B$ and $C$ be two fixed points in the plane. For each point $A$ of the plane, outside of the line $BC$, let $G$ be the barycenter of the triangle $ABC$. Determine the locus of points $A$ such that $\angle BAC + \angle BGC = 180^{\circ}$.

Note: The locus is the set of all points of the plane that satisfies the property.
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kraDracsO
Sep 9, 2023
Giant_PT
14 minutes ago
Website to learn math
hawa   85
N 24 minutes ago by jb2015007
Hi, I'm kinda curious what website do yall use to learn math, like i dont find any website thats fun to learn math
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Apr 9, 2025
jb2015007
24 minutes ago
Disconnected Tree Subsets
AwesomeYRY   25
N 24 minutes ago by john0512
Source: TSTST 2021/5
Let $T$ be a tree on $n$ vertices with exactly $k$ leaves. Suppose that there exists a subset of at least $\frac{n+k-1}{2}$ vertices of $T$, no two of which are adjacent. Show that the longest path in $T$ contains an even number of edges. *

Vincent Huang
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AwesomeYRY
Dec 13, 2021
john0512
24 minutes ago
schur weighted
Ducksohappi   0
27 minutes ago
Schur-weighted:
let a,b,c be positive. Prove that:
$a^3+b^3+c^3+3abc\ge \sum ab\sqrt{a^2+b^2}$
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Ducksohappi
27 minutes ago
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Concurrency of tangent touchpoint lines on thales circles
MathMystic33   1
N 38 minutes ago by Giant_PT
Source: 2024 Macedonian Team Selection Test P4
Let $\triangle ABC$ be an acute scalene triangle. Denote by $k_A$ the circle with diameter $BC$, and let $B_A,C_A$ be the contact points of the tangents from $A$ to $k_A$, chosen so that $B$ and $B_A$ lie on opposite sides of $AC$ and $C$ and $C_A$ lie on opposite sides of $AB$. Similarly, let $k_B$ be the circle with diameter $CA$, with tangents from $B$ touching at $C_B,A_B$, and $k_C$ the circle with diameter $AB$, with tangents from $C$ touching at $A_C,B_C$.
Prove that the lines $B_AC_A, C_BA_B, A_CB_C$ are concurrent.
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MathMystic33
5 hours ago
Giant_PT
38 minutes ago
2025 Mathcounts Nationals Journal
Andyluo   5
N an hour ago by fxx11
Friday May 9th

I spent my evening after school, packing for the trip, using the checklist given by my coach.
I didn’t do much preparation, as I was mostly chilling out for the upcoming days.

I also played basketball with my cousin, Kevin, who met Gotham Chess and stayed at his home!


Saturday, May 10th

I woke up at 5:30 AM, ate a light breakfast, and headed out to the airport with my luggage.

I met my teacher, but was surprised that Archishman split up with his own family.
Waiting for the TSA was pretty boring, but we soon got through, and after I found our gate.

A couple of minutes pass by, as I review an AOPS mock where I meet Archischman;
Afterward, we chill out, watch the rube goldberg machine in the airport, and wait to board the plane.

During the plane ride, I played games; however, during our descent, I heard a loud crack, and our plane started wobbling, and we heard cracking sounds in the seats. Fortunately, we were able to land and were able to attend the competition the next day.

After this, heading out, we went to the shuttle; however, we had 35 minutes. We tried to solve the Jane Street card puzzle but failed, and ended up socializing.

After we arrived at the hotel, we received a MASSIVE amount of stuff, like calculators, shirts, coupons, plaques, stickers, etc.
I also saw and got a signature from Richard Rusczyk, which was really cool.

Then, we went to a restaurant named “Chinatown Garden”, with the worst food I’ve ever had.

We then chilled in our rooms, studied for a bit, and started organizing plans for pin trading.

Our goal was to scam as many people as possible by doing 2:1 trades, as we had a “limited”
amount of pins. (We even got 5:1 and 10:1 trades)
A Virginia kid scammed me with a STEM pin, so I chased him down and got our pin back.

We got through around half the states organizing in and out of what pins we had.

Finally, we got some food from the buffet (which was surprisingly decent) and had a good time trading some more.

We ended the day with a short and brief CDR, where we had some fun, and then we went to sleep to anticipate the next day.

At night, I showered and sang karaoke with Archi.

Sunday, May 11th

Getting ready, I found out that a mock (outside the box) was recently released and took it through breakfast.

Then, once we got there at 8:30, there was a mob of parents taking pictures, and music played.

Then every team did introductions/attendance and their chants, most of which were really cringe.

I took the test; however was too slow on the sprint round and got a predicted 16.

On the target round, I was able to get through and got a 12, despite barely not solving p8 to my frustration.

Team round we did decently, scoring a 14/20, which was one of the best scores around us, that even orz states like Texas and Washington didn’t beat.

Predicted Scores:
Caleb and I got a similar score (around 28), and Henry got around 35, and Archi sold on the target and got a 24.

After this, we teamed up with North Carolina (chill af) and went to a pho shop (54 Restaurant), which tasted amazing. (A far contrast from Chinatown Garden)

Then, we went to an aerospace museum, where we played Brawl Stars and went around. Eventually, we saw models of blackholes and air vacuums, and played a flight simulator.

Then we went to our hotel, chilled, and watched basketball games.

After, we went to an Indian restaurant named “Himilayan Doko” which was really delicious!

Then we raided different rooms, from NC, HAWAII, Idaho, Virgin Islands, and accidentally a random dudes room who was ticked at us.

Finally, we chilled and went to sleep, though I tried to get Henry and Archi to sleep since they were being annoying.

Monday, May 12th

We start the day forming my pin badge, and then we went to get some breakfast.

After that, we met in the breakfast area with 2 teams for table, and I actually got a 10:1 pin trade which was pretty cool.

After that, we lined up and got our thunderstick/clapping machines, and ran through the entrance of the CDR.

Sadly, we didn’t win anything, but it was cool seeing the results.

Then, we started to watch the CDR, which was really exciting.
It got really interesting when everyone saw Nathan Liu cook his opponent in half a second.

In the semifinals, it was insane, and Advait and Nathan, buzzed every question that was around mid-sprint level.

Then, it finished with Nathan beating Brandon with a 2-second solve, absolute insanity.

Finally, we went back to our rooms and got lunch in the hotel.
A few hours later, we received our scores, and I had bombed, scoring a 26 with 7 sillies. (ouch)

Unfortunately, my teammates Henry and Archishman sillied a bunch of questions.

After, we played Brawl Stars, and went to explore the hotel, where we went up a random staircase and got stuck. We went to the roof, but got scared and yelled out for help on the gym floor. Thankfully, we got back, and I went and reviewed the test.

After we reviewed the test, and went to the Mathcounts Party.

The food was mid, but the games were pretty fun.

We met a bunch of people, played air hockey, foosball, and basketball, while listening to the not so great music in the background.

Then we went back to our rooms at 8PM, to put our pins on, and I got 38/56!

Finally, we met up in a room with a bunch of Cali, and NC kids, and talked about the test, the people, and played Brawl Stars. Even Josh Frost came up to us and asked us how the trip was.

Tuesday, May 13th

I started the day waking up at 6:20, and packed up and ate breakfast. After that, Henry was late, so we packed food for him and went to the bus shuttle.

Eventually, we arrived at the airport, went through security (which was suspiciously fast), and played Brawl Stars. We also ate five guys fries, which was pretty good. Eventually, we had to part our ways with Henry and headed out to our flights, which marked the end of the trip.

Conclusion:

Although we didn’t do amazingly well in the contest, going to DC was an amazing experience. I got to meet people who were passionate about math, and hang out with them, goofing around.

This was the best math contest experience that I’ll likely ever have, and I’m glad I went through it.
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Andyluo
Yesterday at 4:43 PM
fxx11
an hour ago
Balkan MO 2022/1 is reborn
Assassino9931   8
N an hour ago by Giant_PT
Source: Bulgaria EGMO TST 2023 Day 1, Problem 1
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with circumcircle $k$. The tangents at $A$ and $C$ intersect at $T$. The circumcircle of triangle $ABT$ intersects the line $CT$ at $X$ and $Y$ is the midpoint of $CX$. Prove that the lines $AX$ and $BY$ intersect on $k$.
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Assassino9931
Feb 7, 2023
Giant_PT
an hour ago
USAMO 1985 #2
Mrdavid445   6
N 3 hours ago by anticodon
Determine each real root of \[x^4-(2\cdot10^{10}+1)x^2-x+10^{20}+10^{10}-1=0\]correct to four decimal places.
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Mrdavid445
Jul 26, 2011
anticodon
3 hours ago
Inequality with rational function
MathMystic33   3
N 4 hours ago by ariopro1387
Source: Macedonian Mathematical Olympiad 2025 Problem 2
Let \( n > 2 \) be an integer, \( k > 1 \) a real number, and \( x_1, x_2, \ldots, x_n \) be positive real numbers such that \( x_1 \cdot x_2 \cdots x_n = 1 \). Prove that:

\[
\frac{1 + x_1^k}{1 + x_2} + \frac{1 + x_2^k}{1 + x_3} + \cdots + \frac{1 + x_n^k}{1 + x_1} \geq n.
\]
When does equality hold?
3 replies
MathMystic33
Yesterday at 5:42 PM
ariopro1387
4 hours ago
k A cyclic weighted inequality
MathMystic33   2
N 4 hours ago by grupyorum
Source: 2024 Macedonian Team Selection Test P2
Let $u,v,w$ be positive real numbers. Prove that there exists a cyclic permutation $(x,y,z)$ of $(u,v,w)$ such that for all positive real numbers $a,b,c$ the following holds:
\[
\frac{a}{x\,a + y\,b + z\,c}
\;+\;
\frac{b}{x\,b + y\,c + z\,a}
\;+\;
\frac{c}{x\,c + y\,a + z\,b}
\;\ge\;
\frac{3}{x + y + z}.
\]
2 replies
MathMystic33
5 hours ago
grupyorum
4 hours ago
k Perfect squares imply GCD is a perfect square
MathMystic33   1
N 4 hours ago by grupyorum
Source: 2024 Macedonian Team Selection Test P6
Let \(a,b\) be positive integers such that \(a+1\), \(b+1\), and \(ab\) are perfect squares. Prove that $\gcd(a,b)+1$ is also a perfect square.
1 reply
MathMystic33
4 hours ago
grupyorum
4 hours ago
Divisibility condition with primes
MathMystic33   1
N 4 hours ago by grupyorum
Source: 2024 Macedonian Team Selection Test P1
Let \(p,p_2,\dots,p_k\) be distinct primes and let \(a_2,a_3,\dots,a_k\) be nonnegative integers. Define
\[
m \;=\;
\frac12
\Bigl(\prod_{i=2}^k p_i^{a_i}\Bigr)
\Bigl(\prod_{i=1}^k(p_i+1)\;+\;\sum_{i=1}^k(p_i-1)\Bigr),
\]\[
n \;=\;
\frac12
\Bigl(\prod_{i=2}^k p_i^{a_i}\Bigr)
\Bigl(\prod_{i=1}^k(p_i+1)\;-\;\sum_{i=1}^k(p_i-1)\Bigr).
\]Prove that
\[
p^2-1 \;\bigm|\; p\,m \;-\; n.
\]
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MathMystic33
5 hours ago
grupyorum
4 hours ago
Simple problem on percentages
ohiorizzler1434   9
N Apr 3, 2025 by RedChameleon
Fanum and Kai Cenat are getting taxed. If Fanum's tax increases by 60%, then Fanum will be taxed 24 dollars. If Kai Cenat's tax increases by 20%, then he would also be taxed 24 dollars.

How much more is Kai Cenat taxed than Fanum?
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ohiorizzler1434
Feb 20, 2024
RedChameleon
Apr 3, 2025
Simple problem on percentages
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Fanum and Kai Cenat are getting taxed. If Fanum's tax increases by 60%, then Fanum will be taxed 24 dollars. If Kai Cenat's tax increases by 20%, then he would also be taxed 24 dollars.

How much more is Kai Cenat taxed than Fanum?
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1.6x=24 1.2y=24
Y=20 x=15 they got taxed the same amount but Kai has 5 more dollars
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They both got taxed to 24 dollars I mean one got taxed 9 and other 4 so 9-4=5 more taxed
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ohiorizzler1434 wrote:
Fanum and Kai Cenat are getting taxed. If Fanum's tax increases by 60%, then Fanum will be taxed 24 dollars. If Kai Cenat's tax increases by 20%, then he would also be taxed 24 dollars.

How much more is Kai Cenat taxed than Fanum?

it has finally happened tiktok and instagram brainrot is spreading to aops and math nerds i never thought this day would come but here it is i am proud
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ohiorizzler1434 wrote:
Fanum and Kai Cenat are getting taxed. If Fanum's tax increases by 60%, then Fanum will be taxed 24 dollars. If Kai Cenat's tax increases by 20%, then he would also be taxed 24 dollars.

How much more is Kai Cenat taxed than Fanum?

it has finally happened tiktok and instagram brainrot is spreading to aops and math nerds i never thought this day would come but here it is i am proud

kia cenat is my hero

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RedChameleon
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Alex-131 wrote:
hexuhdecimal wrote:
ohiorizzler1434 wrote:
Fanum and Kai Cenat are getting taxed. If Fanum's tax increases by 60%, then Fanum will be taxed 24 dollars. If Kai Cenat's tax increases by 20%, then he would also be taxed 24 dollars.

How much more is Kai Cenat taxed than Fanum?

it has finally happened tiktok and instagram brainrot is spreading to aops and math nerds i never thought this day would come but here it is i am proud

kia cenat is my hero

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Even more proof that TikTok brainrot is spreading to math nerds...

Also if Fanum was there why weren't they taxed in grams of food?
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hexuhdecimal wrote:
ohiorizzler1434 wrote:
Fanum and Kai Cenat are getting taxed. If Fanum's tax increases by 60%, then Fanum will be taxed 24 dollars. If Kai Cenat's tax increases by 20%, then he would also be taxed 24 dollars.

How much more is Kai Cenat taxed than Fanum?

it has finally happened tiktok and instagram brainrot is spreading to aops and math nerds i never thought this day would come but here it is i am proud

Well, it was fun while it lasted
Pay your respects to- the dead brains who were forced to read this
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RedChameleon
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anishm2 wrote:
hexuhdecimal wrote:
ohiorizzler1434 wrote:
Fanum and Kai Cenat are getting taxed. If Fanum's tax increases by 60%, then Fanum will be taxed 24 dollars. If Kai Cenat's tax increases by 20%, then he would also be taxed 24 dollars.

How much more is Kai Cenat taxed than Fanum?

it has finally happened tiktok and instagram brainrot is spreading to aops and math nerds i never thought this day would come but here it is i am proud

Well, it was fun while it lasted
Pay your respects to- the dead brains who were forced to read this

I find it funny how when ohiorizzler1434 posts something like this on HSM, no one notices..
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ethanzhang1001
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RedChameleon wrote:
anishm2 wrote:
hexuhdecimal wrote:
it has finally happened tiktok and instagram brainrot is spreading to aops and math nerds i never thought this day would come but here it is i am proud

Well, it was fun while it lasted
Pay your respects to- the dead brains who were forced to read this

I find it funny how when ohiorizzler1434 posts something like this on HSM, no one notices..

"ignoring people"
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RedChameleon
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ethanzhang1001 wrote:
RedChameleon wrote:
anishm2 wrote:
Well, it was fun while it lasted
Pay your respects to- the dead brains who were forced to read this

I find it funny how when ohiorizzler1434 posts something like this on HSM, no one notices..

"ignoring people"

Yeah exactly, so they're capable of ignoring his immature language, which means it's generally not a problem.
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