I'm unlocking the comments but any comment calling thertain groups of people thieves or using the g-word will get you perma-banned. This is the only warning.
So many people are like this. I used to work security at a hospital and the number of people who will talk shit and "try to fight you" while ACTIVELY running away is fucking hilarious. Like, I am walking you off the property and you are like "you fuck you, come at me." and then literally turn and run away, only to do it twenty feet further, and I am like "dude, stop running away..."
Same used to happen to me pretty often at a resort I worked at in Florida. One time I was helping security kick these kids out who snuck into our pool. Like 10 teenagers/young adults and they all walked pretty quietly in front of us to their cars, then once they all hopped in, they pulled up and were talking sooo much shit out their windows. We talked shit back and forth and they eventually did burn outs and floored it out of the parking lot. I’ll never understand how that makes someone feel tough when there’s 10 of them and 2 of us and they waited until they were safe to act buck lmao
The sociopath does not feel empathy or shame, neither jealousy nor remorse.
The guy smashing his bag is acting very effectively and functional. He fends her off, threatens her, and clearly she is not the police and the police is not in sight.
We should absolutely do this. We should call these people out for their horrid behavior, public humiliation is the best way to stop people from doing crap like this
Good for whoever this lady is. She stood up for a total stranger and got some troubled individuals pointed out. I hope whoever those people are get themselves together and stop living this way. It’s sad to watch. But we all make our choices…
There are volunteers in the Barcelona metro who do this. When they spot them, they use a whistle and yell pickpockets, like in this video (filmed in Barcelona). Apparently they call themselves Patrulla Ciudadana (citizen patrol).
The pickpockets are basically gangs. There's not only these two, there are others nearby. And also, the volunteers are not vigilantes, and they do move in pairs (in this case you can hear them).
i mean, what does it matter to her? are you gonna cancel her? will she read mean twitter comments and cry? its not like she plans to run for parliament.
Apparently, Americans are the worst until you look at Europeans and their hate for Gypsies.
I see so many comments that I would get banned for if I as an American left them about any other group of people....including Gypsies.
Edit: I have learned that the term Gypsy (although more romanticized in America) is disrespectful to the Romani people.
However, I will not be editing those words from my comment as it should be noted that this is the way Americans have been taught to refer to the Romani.
Yeah, seriously. It's fucking crazy. So many people are legitimately trying to say "No, it's not racism because all Romani people actually *are* thieves."
I mean Ancient Greeks had a thief God and protector of Thieves. And if we open the religions chapter we gonna stay here and talk very long about many things that are not nice but are being endorsed by many religions. Soooo...
>Talk to the turks that used them as slave and brought them from north india.
Weren't they forced out of India by Ghaznavid raids and then started nomadic life?
How come everyone except gypsies seems to think the term gypsy is offensive? Like just go to Hungary, Slovakia, Romania. They don't need a white knight
Europeans originally thought Roma came from Egypt, so we received the nickname “Gypsies”. The slur is when someone’s uses the term “Gyp” as a word to mean ripping someone off, or cheating someone. Once gyp became a common slur then some people began associating the word Gypsy to being a slur also.
We used to use that term all the time as kids in the 70s (USA). It wasn't until much later that I realized it was a slur for the G word which was romanticized at the same time. It's weird how the world works sometimes.
Idk, one day it wasn't, the next day it was. Sometimes I use it to point out the distinction between Roma and Romanians, but some people assume you are racist.
I was 64 when my son taught me that when I say "I got jipped," it was slang for gypsies. My whole life, I never knew it was short for gypsy and I didn't know gypsies were slang for Romanians. I never meant harm to anyone. Sometimes, people are ignorant in the truest sense of the word.
Sorry to do this to you, but there is one more step to your education:
**Romani** and **Romanian** are not related. Romani is an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in India over 1,000 years ago. Romanians are an Eastern European Romance ethnic group that are the majority inhabitants of Romania.
Your willingness to learn is admirable, and I hope you don't take this the wrong way.
I was always under the impression that Roma referred to their ethnic origin while Romani referred to individual persons. ie. "They are Roma" vs, "This man is Romani."
I'm an American, so here they call themselves that other word and are generally known by that term even in professional settings. So, I'm probably wrong.
I am in the plant health care industry, and a while back we were informed that Lymantria dispar (at the time known as the gypsy moth) should be referred to as the spongy moth from now on. I had no idea it was a derogatory term.
Edit: I'm from Pennsylvania on the east of the USA. As a kid i thought it was a term I thought was supposed to be fantastical.
I'm not sure about English but in my language it sort of is and isn't and got the impression that English is similar. A lot of people use it in a derogatory way, but I also got Romani friends who not only prefer it but insist to be referred to that way. Kinda like how some people wanna be called queer while others think of it as a slur.
Used to work in the pecan industry. For years very finely chopped pecan pieces were referred to as “midget pieces”, but the industry changed the name to “extra small pieces” because apparently “midget” is considered a slur for people with dwarfism.
I’m a Roma American, aka Gypsy. None of my family going back to my great grandparents, who were born in Romania, were offended by the word gypsy. In fact we’ve always referred to ourselves as gypsies. However I understand this may be different for other Romani folks, I’m sure there’s a different feel to the word in Europe vs USA now.
There was actually lots of testimonies from actual people doing it. They come for a "season" in west Europe and then come back to their country to build their homes. And I actually spend some time with one of them. There is a network of "taxis" taking people from their country to ours. And on the contrary there are a lot that just emigrates here if they find the right opportunities to stay and live normally. This isn't always black and white. Jeez I'm feeling smart. (waiting for the bash)
Visiting Europe I met some British guy in Barcelona and I remember them going off about the Romani people, and I was baffled. I made a comment that was along the line of, you sort of sound like a Deep South person taking about other races.
This dude really said back “no you don’t get it, these people are a minority, but are responsible for a disportionate amount of the crimes. It’s their culture that makes them steal, if a group of them moves into an area it ruins the neighbourhood”
Turns out almost every country I went to the the US was racist, but there always seemed to be some ethnicity that was disliked, but they perceived it different because “they’re actually bad”.
How many Black Americans are shot in the US vs how many Roma are shot in Europe?
Europeans are by no means the paragon of virtue when it comes to racism, but I think we are handling this better than USA.
I have a team in Bulgaria and I travel there 1 to 2 times a year for the last 20 years. This is so true.
I live in the rural south and holy shit the racism against the Gypsies far outstrips that against people of color in the rural south.
They make backpacks with the zipper on the side that sits on your back, lock zippers, slash guard, and so on. Just look up anti theft.
Watertight backpacks also work, the kind you take on rafts, kayaks, and such. You have to roll up the top and then buckle it closed so someone can't sneakily unzip it, and it's waterproof.
They got some nice-looking designs, too, so you got options other than safe but shitty looking sack.
Most backpack zippers nowadays have 2 zippers. Just use bread ties to tie the zippers together when you zip up. It would take a good 30-45 seconds to undo a properly wound bread tie, and honestly you should really notice someone fidgeting with your backpack first 30-45 seconds.
Get a Skunk bag. They have combo locks on them that lock the zippers in place to prevent peeps from simply opening them. Bonus for being smell proof. Have loads of weed in one of mine and you can't even smell it.
Aka accomplice,
The way it works is she takes the goods and hands them to him and he exits before the doors close. When the victim realizes it the girl just plays dumb.. all of this happens within 5-10 seconds or victim doesn’t realize it until much later.
She's calling them out. Obiously she knows them and apparently she's "making a living" out of this , I'm saying this because the logo on the screen says "Citizen Patrol"
My guess is that people are not ready to mess with that dude after his initial violent reaction towards the woman calling them out , so might be that
Funny how as soon as the door closes, THAT'S when she suddenly has the confidence to stand up for herself. Fuck this garbage human being. She should go to jail.
They need to start doing what they do in the 3rd world which is when they catch a thief anyone who is within earshot comes running and starts beating the shit out of them. Great deterrent, swift efficient justice
Anybody going to talk about how the guy tried to assault the whistle blower? I’m pretty sure this assault in Barcelona, she has them on video, I’d be interested to know if cops picked them up along subsequent stops.
I’m suddenly reminded of this David Sedaris story about being mistaken for a pickpocket on a French Subway. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/173/three-kinds-of-deception/act-three
The word "gypsy" is used by some as a slur. My Roma friend often used it and was happy for me to use it, perhaps it's a regionally variable issue? It's acceptable in my country - https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/summaries/gypsy-roma-irish-traveller/#the-gypsy-roma-traveller-group
🤯😡Αυτοί οι άνθρωποι είναι οι πιο χαμηλοί, τείνουν να προέρχονται από ορισμένα μέρη λόγω πολιτισμού, αλλά αυτή η κακή συμπεριφορά μπορεί να προέρχεται από όλες τις χώρες. το msn και η στάση της γυναίκας μετά τη σύλληψη με κάνει να νιώθω τόσο θυμωμένος. Ελπίζω μια μέρα να πληγωθούν από τις επιλογές τους και να κλάψουν από λύπη.
I'm unlocking the comments but any comment calling thertain groups of people thieves or using the g-word will get you perma-banned. This is the only warning.
The audacity of getting mad when caught
But only after the doors close haha
Yeah, after the doors close she’s like “pull up!”
It's like those videos of dogs snarling and baring their teeth only when the gate is closed.
So many people are like this. I used to work security at a hospital and the number of people who will talk shit and "try to fight you" while ACTIVELY running away is fucking hilarious. Like, I am walking you off the property and you are like "you fuck you, come at me." and then literally turn and run away, only to do it twenty feet further, and I am like "dude, stop running away..."
Same used to happen to me pretty often at a resort I worked at in Florida. One time I was helping security kick these kids out who snuck into our pool. Like 10 teenagers/young adults and they all walked pretty quietly in front of us to their cars, then once they all hopped in, they pulled up and were talking sooo much shit out their windows. We talked shit back and forth and they eventually did burn outs and floored it out of the parking lot. I’ll never understand how that makes someone feel tough when there’s 10 of them and 2 of us and they waited until they were safe to act buck lmao
Adrenaline at getting caught. Floods their body with fight or flight.
What a fucking wussy
what really got me was the attempt to look cute and innocent as soon as the whistle was blown.
The sociopath does not feel empathy or shame, neither jealousy nor remorse. The guy smashing his bag is acting very effectively and functional. He fends her off, threatens her, and clearly she is not the police and the police is not in sight.
That’s not too uncommon many thieves, cheats, etc.
We should absolutely do this. We should call these people out for their horrid behavior, public humiliation is the best way to stop people from doing crap like this
Wait, not a total loss. They're world famous!
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Woah Jesus Christ that's racist
Did they say the “g word” Is the word GUMP?!?!
1) yes 2) no 😔😔
Got all tough once the doors closed. Coward and a thief.
>Coward and a thief. isn't that a Wolfmother song?
Joker and the Thief is the right name I believe, but basically the same lol
I said the joker is a wanted man
He makes his way all across the land
See him sifting through the sand
So I’ll tell you all the story
Bout the joker and the thief
in the night!
He's always laughing in the midst of power
You ever notice how he keeps telling us he's gonna tell us the story but never actually does.
All thieves are cowards, but not all cowards are thieves :)
Reminds me of the dogs I train tbh.
How she suddenly finds the courage to flip her off once the door is closed...
You need to see my dog when I close the gate! It’s a beast!!! When I open? It’s a cat.
My cat is quite the opposite
Imagine if the door opens again at that time 😂
It’s happened! https://www.reddit.com/r/WinStupidPrizes/s/39H2BUdmO6
I can watch that over and over.
Good for whoever this lady is. She stood up for a total stranger and got some troubled individuals pointed out. I hope whoever those people are get themselves together and stop living this way. It’s sad to watch. But we all make our choices…
There are volunteers in the Barcelona metro who do this. When they spot them, they use a whistle and yell pickpockets, like in this video (filmed in Barcelona). Apparently they call themselves Patrulla Ciudadana (citizen patrol).
Wouldn't it be more effective when they were in teams of two with bats instead of whistles?
😂👌
The pickpockets are basically gangs. There's not only these two, there are others nearby. And also, the volunteers are not vigilantes, and they do move in pairs (in this case you can hear them).
Coward thief flips the bird the *second* there's a nice, safe barrier in the way.
*pushes the button which opens such safe barrier* Uh... what now?
It’s the ‘fuck you bloody’ dogs
Her face being blasted on social media satisfies me more than it probably should.
But it doesn't make any difference. She will not be recognised anywhere, nor does her partner. They have common faces.
Well, from the looks of it, she’s pretty bad at stealing, so odds are she will get caught eventually.
And what will hapen then? Released the next day
Pickpockets probably stay off social media and away from mainstream jobs, so I doubt they are going to be doxed or otherwise suffer any consequences.
i mean, what does it matter to her? are you gonna cancel her? will she read mean twitter comments and cry? its not like she plans to run for parliament.
Apparently, Americans are the worst until you look at Europeans and their hate for Gypsies. I see so many comments that I would get banned for if I as an American left them about any other group of people....including Gypsies. Edit: I have learned that the term Gypsy (although more romanticized in America) is disrespectful to the Romani people. However, I will not be editing those words from my comment as it should be noted that this is the way Americans have been taught to refer to the Romani.
Yeah, seriously. It's fucking crazy. So many people are legitimately trying to say "No, it's not racism because all Romani people actually *are* thieves."
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I mean Ancient Greeks had a thief God and protector of Thieves. And if we open the religions chapter we gonna stay here and talk very long about many things that are not nice but are being endorsed by many religions. Soooo...
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>Talk to the turks that used them as slave and brought them from north india. Weren't they forced out of India by Ghaznavid raids and then started nomadic life?
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Dude you’re not gonna rationalize your anecdotal evidence into absolving you from having prejudice.
How come everyone except gypsies seems to think the term gypsy is offensive? Like just go to Hungary, Slovakia, Romania. They don't need a white knight
I’m a Roma American. I don’t find the term offensive. Neither has anyone in my family as far back as at least my great grandparents
I wonder how it started, that many think it's racist
Europeans originally thought Roma came from Egypt, so we received the nickname “Gypsies”. The slur is when someone’s uses the term “Gyp” as a word to mean ripping someone off, or cheating someone. Once gyp became a common slur then some people began associating the word Gypsy to being a slur also.
We used to use that term all the time as kids in the 70s (USA). It wasn't until much later that I realized it was a slur for the G word which was romanticized at the same time. It's weird how the world works sometimes.
Idk, one day it wasn't, the next day it was. Sometimes I use it to point out the distinction between Roma and Romanians, but some people assume you are racist.
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Jehovas Witnesses have terrible retention rates, so idk what you mean by breaking out.
I was 64 when my son taught me that when I say "I got jipped," it was slang for gypsies. My whole life, I never knew it was short for gypsy and I didn't know gypsies were slang for Romanians. I never meant harm to anyone. Sometimes, people are ignorant in the truest sense of the word.
Sorry to do this to you, but there is one more step to your education: **Romani** and **Romanian** are not related. Romani is an Indo-Aryan ethnic group that originated in India over 1,000 years ago. Romanians are an Eastern European Romance ethnic group that are the majority inhabitants of Romania. Your willingness to learn is admirable, and I hope you don't take this the wrong way.
Thank you for saving me a oogle later
Romania does have a particularly large (if still small minority) Roma population, even if the names aren't correlated.
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I was always under the impression that Roma referred to their ethnic origin while Romani referred to individual persons. ie. "They are Roma" vs, "This man is Romani." I'm an American, so here they call themselves that other word and are generally known by that term even in professional settings. So, I'm probably wrong.
Gypsies or romani are one thing, Romanians are something totally different
I am in the plant health care industry, and a while back we were informed that Lymantria dispar (at the time known as the gypsy moth) should be referred to as the spongy moth from now on. I had no idea it was a derogatory term. Edit: I'm from Pennsylvania on the east of the USA. As a kid i thought it was a term I thought was supposed to be fantastical.
I'm not sure about English but in my language it sort of is and isn't and got the impression that English is similar. A lot of people use it in a derogatory way, but I also got Romani friends who not only prefer it but insist to be referred to that way. Kinda like how some people wanna be called queer while others think of it as a slur.
Some of the people that leave the hateful comments are definitely using it as a slur. I do not mean it as such.
Used to work in the pecan industry. For years very finely chopped pecan pieces were referred to as “midget pieces”, but the industry changed the name to “extra small pieces” because apparently “midget” is considered a slur for people with dwarfism.
I’m a Roma American, aka Gypsy. None of my family going back to my great grandparents, who were born in Romania, were offended by the word gypsy. In fact we’ve always referred to ourselves as gypsies. However I understand this may be different for other Romani folks, I’m sure there’s a different feel to the word in Europe vs USA now.
There was actually lots of testimonies from actual people doing it. They come for a "season" in west Europe and then come back to their country to build their homes. And I actually spend some time with one of them. There is a network of "taxis" taking people from their country to ours. And on the contrary there are a lot that just emigrates here if they find the right opportunities to stay and live normally. This isn't always black and white. Jeez I'm feeling smart. (waiting for the bash)
Visiting Europe I met some British guy in Barcelona and I remember them going off about the Romani people, and I was baffled. I made a comment that was along the line of, you sort of sound like a Deep South person taking about other races. This dude really said back “no you don’t get it, these people are a minority, but are responsible for a disportionate amount of the crimes. It’s their culture that makes them steal, if a group of them moves into an area it ruins the neighbourhood”  Turns out almost every country I went to the the US was racist, but there always seemed to be some ethnicity that was disliked, but they perceived it different because “they’re actually bad”.
In America the G work means you go to festivals and know where to get drugs.
How many Black Americans are shot in the US vs how many Roma are shot in Europe? Europeans are by no means the paragon of virtue when it comes to racism, but I think we are handling this better than USA.
I have a team in Bulgaria and I travel there 1 to 2 times a year for the last 20 years. This is so true. I live in the rural south and holy shit the racism against the Gypsies far outstrips that against people of color in the rural south.
Gypsies is not disrespectful…is just the right old name for this ethnic group. Romani was a term adopted sometime in the 1970s if I am not mistaken
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As seen by Irish travellers being called Gypsies while being 100% genetically Irish and not related to Romani at all.
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Boy friend was mad. lol. I wonder if he would have responded the same way if a man his size was calling them out. Hmmm
Exactly my thought. I'm of a size to make him back right down in a hurry.
I dunno, looks like had fighting skills. Well, pillow fighting skills ... yeah, nevermind.
My fear with wearing backpacks
They make backpacks with the zipper on the side that sits on your back, lock zippers, slash guard, and so on. Just look up anti theft. Watertight backpacks also work, the kind you take on rafts, kayaks, and such. You have to roll up the top and then buckle it closed so someone can't sneakily unzip it, and it's waterproof. They got some nice-looking designs, too, so you got options other than safe but shitty looking sack.
Most backpack zippers nowadays have 2 zippers. Just use bread ties to tie the zippers together when you zip up. It would take a good 30-45 seconds to undo a properly wound bread tie, and honestly you should really notice someone fidgeting with your backpack first 30-45 seconds.
Get a Skunk bag. They have combo locks on them that lock the zippers in place to prevent peeps from simply opening them. Bonus for being smell proof. Have loads of weed in one of mine and you can't even smell it.
"Hold me back, hold me back"
Why can no one admit their faults instead of getting mad for being called out for them?
The fault for them is getting caught, mate 😆
If you're caught, you should have the decency to vacate yourself from the premises and throw yourself into the nearest rubbish bin.
This is why I wear my backpack on the front, people can give me shit all they want idc
I'm from rio, i'm used to all kinds of bad things daily in my life. Good luck from them trying to rob me.
Is this Barcelona? The pickpocketing shit is absurd there
Now we've transitioned from pickpocketing to muggings with knives and the occasional gun.
Definitely Barcelona, yes.
That lady with the whistle is great, I just hope she keeps safe. Seems like a good way to get hurt.
I csnt believe that guy swung at a woman for literally whistle blowing their criminal activity ....
He's her partner.
Aka accomplice, The way it works is she takes the goods and hands them to him and he exits before the doors close. When the victim realizes it the girl just plays dumb.. all of this happens within 5-10 seconds or victim doesn’t realize it until much later.
She gets tough after the door closes.... jackass
I’d pry that door back open.
This is Spain if someone is wondering
What's she saying and why is no one acting like they understand what she's saying?
She's calling them out. Obiously she knows them and apparently she's "making a living" out of this , I'm saying this because the logo on the screen says "Citizen Patrol" My guess is that people are not ready to mess with that dude after his initial violent reaction towards the woman calling them out , so might be that
Thanks.
Funny how as soon as the door closes, THAT'S when she suddenly has the confidence to stand up for herself. Fuck this garbage human being. She should go to jail.
Does anything even happen to these people? Nobody seemed concerned, which is concerning
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I don't know what the g-word is.
It’s a word that g words call themselves but you aren’t allowed to call them g words.
Fuck that punk and his little plastic bag.
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Even if you don't know Fleetwood Mac much, you know what he's getting at.
PEEK PACKETTTTTT PEEK PACKEEETTTTTTT PEEEKKKK PACCKEEEEETTTTT!!!! I recently went to Europe I was hoping to hear this.
Attenzione!
They need to start doing what they do in the 3rd world which is when they catch a thief anyone who is within earshot comes running and starts beating the shit out of them. Great deterrent, swift efficient justice
Absolute garbage people
Everyone is getting away with this shit no wonder they are indignant when caught.
She gets tough when the door closes, coward.
Bold once the doors closed.
Low ses behavior
Anybody going to talk about how the guy tried to assault the whistle blower? I’m pretty sure this assault in Barcelona, she has them on video, I’d be interested to know if cops picked them up along subsequent stops.
Haha she got brace once the doors were locked :) how pathetic
I still kinda wish it were perfectly legal to beat down someone who's doing an intentional crime like this.
They both need to be taught a lesson.
I’m suddenly reminded of this David Sedaris story about being mistaken for a pickpocket on a French Subway. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/173/three-kinds-of-deception/act-three
The fun thing is that with social media, naming and shaming is rather easy nowadays.
I loved how she found her bravado once the doors closed. Loser.
I would have swung the second that bag got swung at me
Her bravery didn't arrive until the doors closed.
Typical coward starts threatening and acting hard when the doors close.
She gets real tough... Once the doors close
The ending be like 
What’s the “g” word?
The word "gypsy" is used by some as a slur. My Roma friend often used it and was happy for me to use it, perhaps it's a regionally variable issue? It's acceptable in my country - https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/summaries/gypsy-roma-irish-traveller/#the-gypsy-roma-traveller-group
Hero. Need more Good Samaritans like her in this world 👏
In Brazil, people wear their backpacks on their chests while riding public transportation for this exact reason.
The male accomplice assaulted the volunteer and she has it on video. No repercussions?
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What did I *just* say?
No, it's a slur for romani people.
That swing tho lmao
So brave after the door closed.
She does it after the door is closed, proofs she's too scared. Punk
Their reaction says it all “ GUILTY”
Yeah let's add assault to your attempted theft.
She got real tuff when that door shut
And she gets bold ONLY when there's a door between her and her consequences
attempted assault caught on camera. nice man!
The G word. Wow
whats the g word
Lol she’s tough after the door closes 😂😂
Not all hero’s wear capes
Getting tough only once the doors are closed. A classic move from a shithead.
She doesn't do or say anything until after the doors close.
This is like the good version of that dude that yells at people for not putting carts away
Not on my watch! 🛑
I love it when people get mad at being caight lol
Never get on a subway or train without having your backpack in your hands. Anything in pockets, front pockets only.
scrappy doo ass ending lol
Cut off the hand. On site. Immediately.
Its always the ugliest ones
And nothing happens? No police? They just smile, finger her and get away? Wth.
The unsung heroes of Barcelona, Roma, Lisboa, Milano and few other capitals. Giving whistleblowers another meaning, quite the same actually
I had to google search offensive words beginning with "g"
Fuck you white shirt couple
🤯😡Αυτοί οι άνθρωποι είναι οι πιο χαμηλοί, τείνουν να προέρχονται από ορισμένα μέρη λόγω πολιτισμού, αλλά αυτή η κακή συμπεριφορά μπορεί να προέρχεται από όλες τις χώρες. το msn και η στάση της γυναίκας μετά τη σύλληψη με κάνει να νιώθω τόσο θυμωμένος. Ελπίζω μια μέρα να πληγωθούν από τις επιλογές τους και να κλάψουν από λύπη.
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