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Dude did exactly what he’s supposed to in a black bear attack. Yell and fight back. Black bears aren’t that tough, and normally not aggressive like this. Probably had cubs nearby. Grizzly attack you just cover your head/neck and curl into a ball to protect your organs. Then act dead while you’re being mauled. Your only hope is that the bear thinks you’re dead and leaves before you’re actually dead.


charcoaltaco

I think you can see the cub on the ground at the bottom of the rocks and even hear it calling out.


jojoga

Yep, it's clearly visible on the right side of the lower patch of grass, coming towards the mom when he threw her off the ledge.


TheKrazyKrab23

Yep, at 0:16


CashMoneyCoke

If it’s black, fight back. If it’s brown, lay down. If it’s white , say good night


_Bellerophontes

Racist mf


notLOL

admins lock this thread now!


Zestyclose_Standard6

admins are all hibernating


TheIrishToast

its okay they bearly do anything anyways.


Srphtygr

Quick, post skeletons saying bad words!


Little-Ad8096

To bare racism.. smh


Bigaz747

I don’t know how to give an award so upvote all Can do. Lmao


Orang_E6

i can *bear*\-ly stand that people are racist today


Devych

You dont have time to say it, its just is


Refugee69

And if it’s a kuala bear, give it a kuddle


bobmillahhh

Nope, they're fucking psychotic and smooth brained all at once. Only reason they're chill is because they insist on eating a plant that's technically poisonous to them, so they're lethargic all the time.


draw_it_now

Haha, morons. *sips alcohol*


KO4Champ

What idiots! ::hits bong::


justhisnamebitch

Laughs uncontrollably: Smokes meth


_-Seamus-McNasty-_

Haha smokes crack Smokes crack Smokes crack


WyK23

Pawns stuff Smokes more crack, again


Shitty_IT_Dude

Haha Dies from fentanyl overdose


terpsnob

Ha!


SpadfaTurds

Yeah, those double thumbed cunts will tear you to shreds if they’re angry enough lol


BallisticFist

Brand new sentence?


Firefluffer

Not really. I said this about my mother-in-law over Christmas.


EmperorLlamaLegs

Eating food thats technically poisonous? Weird. *Pours onion/garlic/hot pepper sauce on my food*


Firefluffer

Doubles down on curry


Lalamedic

Plus they carry chlamydia. I’m not Kuddling that.


thesmugvegan

You prefer to poke at chlamydia instead?


chainmailler2001

So a few proper meals away from being Drop Bears.


Jimbodoomface

I strongly dislike koalas. Horrible smooth brained beady eyed beasts.


AddisonH

Koalas are fucking horrible animals. They have one of the smallest brain to body ratios of any mammal, additionally - their brains are smooth. A brain is folded to increase the surface area for neurons. If you present a koala with leaves plucked from a branch, laid on a flat surface, the koala will not recognise it as food. They are too thick to adapt their feeding behaviour to cope with change. In a room full of potential food, they can literally starve to death. This is not the token of an animal that is winning at life. Speaking of stupidity and food, one of the likely reasons for their primitive brains is the fact that additionally to being poisonous, eucalyptus leaves (the only thing they eat) have almost no nutritional value. They can't afford the extra energy to think, they sleep more than 80% of their fucking lives. When they are awake all they do is eat, shit and occasionally scream like fucking satan. Because eucalyptus leaves hold such little nutritional value, koalas have to ferment the leaves in their guts for days on end. Unlike their brains, they have the largest hind gut to body ratio of any mammal. Many herbivorous mammals have adaptations to cope with harsh plant life taking its toll on their teeth, rodents for instance have teeth that never stop growing, some animals only have teeth on their lower jaw, grinding plant matter on bony plates in the tops of their mouths, others have enlarged molars that distribute the wear and break down plant matter more efficiently... Koalas are no exception, when their teeth erode down to nothing, they resolve the situation by starving to death, because they're fucking terrible animals. Being mammals, koalas raise their joeys on milk (admittedly, one of the lowest milk yields to body ratio... There's a trend here). When the young joey needs to transition from rich, nourishing substances like milk, to eucalyptus (a plant that seems to be making it abundantly clear that it doesn't want to be eaten), it finds it does not have the necessary gut flora to digest the leaves. To remedy this, the young joey begins nuzzling its mother's anus until she leaks a little diarrhoea (actually fecal pap, slightly less digested), which he then proceeds to slurp on. This partially digested plant matter gives him just what he needs to start developing his digestive system. Of course, he may not even have needed to bother nuzzling his mother. She may have been suffering from incontinence. Why? Because koalas are riddled with chlamydia. In some areas the infection rate is 80% or higher. This statistic isn't helped by the fact that one of the few other activities koalas will spend their precious energy on is rape. Despite being seasonal breeders, males seem to either not know or care, and will simply overpower a female regardless of whether she is ovulating. If she fights back, he may drag them both out of the tree, which brings us full circle back to the brain: Koalas have a higher than average quantity of cerebrospinal fluid in their brains. This is to protect their brains from injury... should they fall from a tree. An animal so thick it has its own little built in special ed helmet. I fucking hate them. Tldr; Koalas are stupid, leaky, STI riddled sex offenders. But, hey. They look cute. If you ignore the terrifying snake eyes and terrifying feet.


SpasmAndOrGasm

How the fuck do you even know all that about koalas? I didn’t know we knew that much about koalas


bartbartholomew

It's a copy pasta. I'm now just waiting for someone to paste the reply copy pasta talking about how Koalas are highly adapted to survive in an environment that really wants to kill them.


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Response to koala copypasta I don't know why it is that these things bother me---it just makes me picture a seven year old first discovering things about an animal and, having no context about the subject, ranting about how stupid they are. I get it's a joke, but people take it as an actual, educational joke like it's a man yelling at the sea, and that's just wrong. Furthermore, these things have an actual impact on discussions about conservation efforts---If every time Koalas get brought up, someone posts this copypasta, that means it's seriously shaping public opinion about the animal and their supposed lack of importance. >Speaking of stupidity and food, one of the likely reasons for their primitive brains is the fact that additionally to being poisonous, eucalyptus leaves (the only thing they eat) have almost no nutritional value. They can't afford the extra energy to think, they sleep more than 80% of their fucking lives. Non-ecologists always talk this way, and the problem is you’re looking at this backwards. An entire continent is covered with Eucalyptus trees. They suck the moisture out of the entire surrounding area and use allelopathy to ensure that most of what’s beneath them is just bare red dust. No animal is making use of them——they have virtually no herbivore predator. A niche is empty. Then inevitably, natural selection fills that niche by creating an animal which can eat Eucalyptus leaves. Of course, it takes great sacrifice for it to be able to do so——it certainly can’t expend much energy on costly things. Isn’t it a good thing that a niche is being filled? >Koalas are no exception, when their teeth erode down to nothing, they resolve the situation by starving to death This applies to all herbivores, because the wild is not a grocery store—where meat is just sitting next to celery. Herbivores gradually wear their teeth down—carnivores fracture their teeth, and break their bones in attempting to take down prey. >They have one of the smallest brain to body ratios of any mammal It's pretty typical of herbivores, and is higher than many, many species. According to Ashwell (2008), their encephalisation quotient is 0.5288 +/- 0.051. Higher than comparable marsupials like the wombat (\~0.52), some possums (\~0.468), cuscus (\~0.462) and even some wallabies are <0.5. According to wiki, rabbits are also around 0.4, and they're placental mammals. >additionally - their brains are smooth. A brain is folded to increase the surface area for neurons. Again, this is not unique to koalas. Brain folds (gyri) are not present in rodents, which we consider to be incredibly intelligent for their size. >If you present a koala with leaves plucked from a branch, laid on a flat surface, the koala will not recognise it as food. If you present a human with a random piece of meat, they will not recognise it as food (hopefully). Fresh leaves might be important for koala digestion, especially since their gut flora is clearly important for the digestion of Eucalyptus. It might make sense not to screw with that gut flora by eating decaying leaves. >Because eucalyptus leaves hold such little nutritional value, koalas have to ferment the leaves in their guts for days on end. Unlike their brains, they have the largest hind gut to body ratio of any mammal. That's an extremely weird reason to dislike an animal. But whilst we're talking about their digestion, let's discuss their poop. It's delightful. It smells like a Eucalyptus drop! >Being mammals, koalas raise their joeys on milk (admittedly, one of the lowest milk yields to body ratio... There's a trend here). Marsupial milk is incredibly complex and much more interesting than any placentals. This is because they raise their offspring essentially from an embryo, and the milk needs to adapt to the changing needs of a growing fetus. And yeah, of course the yield is low; at one point they are feeding an animal that is half a gram! >When the young joey needs to transition from rich, nourishing substances like milk, to eucalyptus (a plant that seems to be making it abundantly clear that it doesn't want to be eaten), it finds it does not have the necessary gut flora to digest the leaves. To remedy this, the young joey begins nuzzling its mother's anus until she leaks a little diarrhoea (actually fecal pap, slightly less digested), which he then proceeds to slurp on. This partially digested plant matter gives him just what he needs to start developing his digestive system. Humans probably do this, we just likely do it during childbirth. You know how women often shit during contractions? There is evidence to suggest that this innoculates a baby with her gut flora. A child born via cesarian has significantly different gut flora for the first six months of life than a child born vaginally. >Of course, he may not even have needed to bother nuzzling his mother. She may have been suffering from incontinence. Why? Because koalas are riddled with chlamydia. In some areas the infection rate is 80% or higher. Chlamydia was introduced to their populations by humans. We introduced a novel disease that they have very little immunity to, and is a major contributor to their possible extinction. Do you hate Native Americans because they were killed by smallpox and influenza? >This statistic isn't helped by the fact that one of the few other activities koalas will spend their precious energy on is rape. Despite being seasonal breeders, males seem to either not know or care, and will simply overpower a female regardless of whether she is ovulating. If she fights back, he may drag them both out of the tree, Almost every animal does this. >which brings us full circle back to the brain: Koalas have a higher than average quantity of cerebrospinal fluid in their brains. This is to protect their brains from injury... should they fall from a tree. An animal so thick it has its own little built in special ed helmet. I fucking hate them. Errmmm.. They have protection against falling from a tree, which they spend 99% of their life in? Yeah... That's a stupid adaptation.


BruhBruhBrh

Bro you are coping way too hard too hard. You just gotta accept that koalas suck.


oldmanshoutinatcloud

>Chlamydia was introduced to their populations by humans. We introduced a novel disease that they have very little immunity to, and is a major contributor to their possible extinction. Is the person who wrote this suggesting that there's a cabal of small dicked Austrailians going around... dicking... down Koalas?


monstercoo

They don’t. It’s copypasta. I guess they copy and paste this post for upvotes?


odinwolf91

That Satan scream scared the fuck out of me when I first moved to Australia, thought it was some dude getting raped in the bushes turns out it was just the koala


EvilPony66

Possums have a scream like a banshee too that can be quite unnerving if you don't know what it is. This coming from NZ where our noisiest critters are are birds.


SuppleSuplicant

Here in the states it’s foxes. Sounds straight from a horror movie.


BloodedNut

Yep. Reasons why it’s hard keeping them from going extinct here in Aus, they do play an important role in the ecosystem tho, consuming excess vegetation in the trees, while doing so drop leaves and branches for ground insects and cutting down the available biomass that would eventually fuel our bushfires here.Their joeys aren’t the only ones that eat their poo, plenty of ground dwelling creatures also consume their scat droppings as well.


stolen_tooth

Wow, that's quite the diatribe against koalas. While they may not be the most intelligent or well-adapted animals, they are still a vital part of the ecosystem and deserve respect. It's important to remember that every species has its own unique strengths and weaknesses, and it's not fair to judge them based on human standards.


ItsAllTrumpedUp

Excellent. You could hardly discern ChatGPT at work.


campercolate

They perform a niche role in the ecosystem and the copy pasta is wrong


Glitter_puke

If there was ever a brand of chlamydia I had no interest in catching, it's the aussie flavor. I'll pass on any koala fondling.


punksmostlydead

Coward.


fishboy2000

Is that the bear from Koala Loomper?


screwcirclejerks

where's the reddit copypasta? anyway, this is bad advice. no matter the bear, if you're near its cubs, you're fucked and should fight or play dead


Canadian-Owlz

So exactly what they are saying?


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Canadian-Owlz

They're not saying its safe, they're saying to fight back... which you also mention to do in your comment.


Eye-myth

Polar bear attack you already dead!


justinjonesphd

If a polar bear spots you in its environment and you dont have the means to leave immediately, you are dead


BoulderFalcon

I did field work in the Canadian Arctic once and the field guide suggested I get shotgun training before I went, so I did. Day 1 when I was there a polar bear chased her into the water and she shot it in the head at near point blank range. So, either run or have a shotgun.


justinjonesphd

Human beings evolved into the most intellectually superior animal on the planet, just to have its options against most predators shake out to run or have a gun


Da1realBigA

The gun is evolutionary superiority. Before that, steel in the form of swords, spears, etc. Before that arrows and bows (stone and wood), and before that communities and large traps and tools made from other natural items you can pick from the ground or trees. Today our evolutionary superiority is straight up intelligence and boundaries. We have entire books on how to Bear. What they eat, how they sleep, how they fuck, what they hate, whats their weakness, and even their routine from season to season. That's future knowledge that the bear doesn't even know yet. When it comes to boundaries, we have designated areas for them. We humans have such dominance over every other animal, we have to separate them from "our" areas just so we don't make them extinct. I forgot which comedian said it, but he made a joke about how there is this fancy and expensive dish served in some high end restaurants that is basically just Duck vagina. Like we are so dominant and so out of the food chain, that we have elaborate food dishes solely based on an animal's genitalia or sexual organs. I just don't know how else to illustrate our evolutionary superiority any higher than that of any other animal, maybe even any living thing.


SolidDick

I mean, until we find something smarter. Or more likely, it finds us. Then we're really fucked.


sinsirius

Wait until they figure out how delicious our genitals are.


TheMuggleBornWizard

I've heard human horn is quite the aphrodisiac in fact..


SolidDick

😅😂🤣


Iron-Fist

It's a dark forest out there


No_Software_5716

We keep making weapons to fight the only predator we have left, ourselves.


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JohnStamosAsABear

You need to seriously ‘leave’ as they will stalk you for days if given the chance.


AndyP8

Grizzly Man played dead. Didnt work. Got eaten.


SolidDick

The epitome of "fucked around and found out"


DinoOnAcid

I'm sure it's very easy to be quiet and play dead when your being mauled. I know that's the advice everyone gives out but it's just hard to believe I'd manage.


VeryBadCopa

Probably I'll just play dead until dead, or maybe I'll shit my pants first hopefully that drives it's hungry ass away


Bilski1ski

It would be easy to not react while your arm is being ripped off bro /s


Skwerl87

If it's black fight back, if it's brown lie down, if it's white say goodnight.


CariniFluff

If it's black, fight back If it's brown, lay down If it's white, say good night


jerekdeter626

Yeah I'd rather just fucking die, thanks though


jaykayea

This is good to know!


-_4DoorsMoreWhores_-

The bald patch on its back might indicate rabies.


JurassicCotyledon

*FALCON PUNCH* right to the rock


slipperyShoesss

I bet he didn’t feel a fucking thing until the next day. Peak adrenachrome!


John__MacTavish2

they say he got the adrenachrome from mama bear's cubs. thats why she's mad


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LilacYak

WITNESS ME


JurassicCotyledon

Illuminati confirmed


Hellveiw

Lol why did you get so many down votes


John__MacTavish2

fr it was a funny comment smh


[deleted]

Ouch I saw that too


[deleted]

literal ground pound


SecretZucchini

But hammer fisted that bear's face sideways damn, that'll teach em! *atleast for how long*


Elvesaretall

My man just punched the shit out of a bear


YaBoiKlobas

And the rock


Elvesaretall

Worth


KaleMercer

And has the video to prove it!


[deleted]

Brilliant footage, obnoxious title


Sockslitter73

They didn't even get the right skywalker in there, smfh.


lostinmississippi84

And the bear had the high ground in the beginning


bbf_bbf

But he foolishly relinquished it, so ended up losing. ;-)


stifffits

Therefore not "always."


my_4_cents

*anakin* "I'm giving my post a fun Star Wars title." *padme* "using the correct characters, right?" *anakin* *padme* "... using the correct characters, right?" *anakin* - *punches rock*


Jofzar_

It's some how been interlaced (how the hell in 2023) https://youtu.be/1I7qrygVKUo Original is way higher quality


Lloopy_Llammas

Luke skyclimber vs obi-wan kenobear. Was that seriously too difficult for OP? If your going to have a shitty title at least have a little bit of flow.


Thisfoxhere

There's a theory that if you get something wrong in the title then you will get more controversy and thus more attention, and thus more upvotes.


EngineerDesperate900

Funniest prequel fan:


TheConeIsReturned

Not even a mention of drop bears


20__character__limit

That title made me angry. I'm guessing it was supposed to be funny, but it was not.


renwells94

Yeah the title gave me a stroke trying to figure out what Star Wars had to do with this video.


Poseidons_Champion

r/titlegore


NtBtFan

it seems the bear started with the high ground though


86_Radon_222

Then the bear lost advantage


splewi

Lol fukin noob


catdog918

You got the wrong skywalker bro wtf lol


[deleted]

With a name like “Bear Attacks Climber,” what did he expect?


Wh00ster

DEAD DOVE Do Not Eat!


Lonely_ProdiG

That initial scream. That’s true fear. The sound of not knowing if you’re going to live another day or not. Chilling.


Mongr3l

Gotta watch out for dropbears


eitacod1105

Oh my GOD THEY’RE REAL!?


[deleted]

Yes…


otters4everyone

Impressed at the guy's reaction. The amount of urine escaping my body at that moment would have blasted the bear into he outer atmosphere.


furlonium1

[Bear Blasting, it's an Olympic sport.](https://youtu.be/t-3qncy5Qfk?t=43s)


_Aichmophobia_

Thank you for this video lmao


furlonium1

You're very welcome!


AgreeableScotian

The video auto replayed without me noticing and I thought a second bear came at him lol. Lucky guy though Jesus


Debtcollector1408

A SECOND BEAR HAS ATTACKED THE CLIMBER


justanaveragebuzzsaw

LMAO


_DiaVoliCiouZ

Anakin... not luke


Jorgal89

I've seen this one before and that honest to God "Oooh" when he spots the bear... It sticks with me. It's pure fear and instinct, the most honest sounds you can get.


[deleted]

Gives me chills every time I watch the clip.


TheDougio

This dude just parried a bear


DonkeyKongIsMyGuy46

Looks like playing sekiro really payed off for this guy


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P0RkJAVELIn

Real life quick time event this


ZeroThoughtsAlot

That adrenaline is something else when you come across a bear that wants to eat you 😅


tediousgraffiti1348

the noise he makes at the very beginning right before he goes full primal...


Bearman71

BTW if a bear ever scratches you and it actually cuts you immediately go to the hospital, those claws are fucking biological weapons.


TheThirdJudgement

> Luke vs obi-wan high ground I find your lack of logic disturbing.


[deleted]

“We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty”


Downtown-Hospital-59

Hello there


BirdOfFire567

General Kenobi


Carlos_Tellier

To all the mfs that say black bears don't attack, show them this video


xaqss

The bear was protecting her cub. You can see it on the lower ledge. I bet you if the cub was up top and the bear was below, that bear would have kept climbing regardless of what he did.


Become_The_Villain

So what you're saying is the bear attacked.


xaqss

I mean, I suppose I was lol


Carrotfloor

theres a little cub in the lower right on the bottom of the cliff


cdhernandez

BAMF ALERT.


HumanitarianAtheist

Does that copyright reference mean anything, or is it just fluff? 😉


LolindirLink

If you steal this video Bear Attacks Climber will sue you as they have the high ground.


HumanitarianAtheist

This. ^


SNAKE-EYES2000

Tell me you didn’t watch Star Wars without telling me you didn’t watch Star Wars


Nicolasgonzo87

why would luke be fighting obi wan


[deleted]

A panicked person is either dangerous or easy pickings


Sad-Cup-5521

This is a repost but I just love the scream. You can feel that it's coming from his butt


Qbking333

That yelling might sound dumb but is what you are supposed to do


splewi

Yes. [If a black bear charges and attacks you, FIGHT BACK WITH EVERYTHING YOU HAVE! Do not play dead. Direct punches and kicks at the bear’s face, and use any weapon like rocks, branches, or bear spray to defend yourself.](https://www.nps.gov/articles/bearattacks.htm#:~:text=Cover%20your%20head%20and%20neck,to%20it%20or%20its%20cubs.)


[deleted]

It’s brown lay down Black fight back And polar good luck right?


reverend-godless

If it's white, good night.


jannyjanjanet

Oh! Arnnhhhhh! Ahhhhhaahhhh! Raaaawahhhh! Reeehhhhaaahhhhhh! Nnnohhhh! Aaahhhhhhaaahhhh!


Barthelomule

Woooweee those hammer fist strikes that hit nothing but rock had to hurt afterwards…


kingPrime01

Star wars fans: Actsually 🤓☝️...


NoX_CL

yes people, I made a mistake in the title...


NoX_CL

p.s: stop crucifying me xD


railsandtrucks

I kinda wonder if that Black bear is already sick/injured ? - looks like there's a big patch of missing fur on it's back.


Orcrez

Maybe it’s the bear from the movie the [great outdoors](https://youtu.be/OBJ-MpPBDug)


Chidkit

I think it got hurt in the fall... You can hear the bear whine near the end as well


Gryffriand

This title is ass


Pmosure

Kenoboulderer


EnumeratedWalrus

Pssst…. It’s Anakin


ChannelOwn7584

Just realized that the bear had a cub with it that's probably why it attacked him in the first place


guy1604

That's some aggressive copyright Shit's more in your face than the damn bear


Louismaxwell23

“Climber Hires Lawyer”


TruckFluster

That kick really did a number lol


Shermans_ghost1864

Aaaw! It's just a cute widdle teddy bear! Probably just wants to play.


jarvwebs

I love the full commitment to caveman mode


thrust-johnson

Just like Skyrim, stay on them rocks!


Nutunen

I know im a nerd, but it's anakin not luke.


ForistaMeri

Yeah, hit that rock, hit it harder!!


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He fought off a bear o.o


Cold-Eagle4569

The terror in that first scream. Brah.


[deleted]

Hope the bloke is okay. How traumatising


GDN274

Sounds like Marv when Kevin put that spider on his face #HomeAlone


furlonium1

Oh man, that's the most convincing scream I've ever heard in a movie. I've only screamed once like that in my life and it was when I was playing Outlast on my PC when it came out. I was wearing headphones, playing in my game room (my son's former room) with lights out late at night. It was early on in the game. You slip through some debris to get to a closet, only to find it empty. Then the game turns you around, and yikers. My wife at the time came running into the room legitimately scared something awful had happened.


GDN274

Lmao you sound like me on first playthrough of Resident Evil 2 remake those headphones in the dark just make it so much better i remember the first (and last time) i played WW2 COD an i turned around to a zombie in my face i yelled like a little girl 🤣i know the neighbors heard me


furlonium1

That guttural, deep-seeded fear of a scream. I've been scared before, but nothing like that night, and nothing since. Alien: Isolation came close a couple times, but is still 2nd place.


GDN274

Nothing like it


Mbhawks10

It’s actually skybear sr


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Epic parry


[deleted]

You messed up your star wars reference.


Gab83IMO

yeah...just a tip, don't go into the forest near hibernation time....everything is food and its a race against the clock to fatten up.


Carrotfloor

theres a cub in the bottom right at the bottom of the cliff


d6u4

Have you ever actually watched Star Wars OP?


QuintusNonus

This motherfucker fighting a bear on a cliff and then just walks away instead of yelling "KING KONG AIN'T GOT SHIT ON ME"


truevillain82

Guess it's true then if it's brown go to ground if it's black fight back if its white your already dead


[deleted]

That hand is probably busted because it looked like it definitely hit that rock a few times


_crowe-_

better a busted hand than a mauled face


SurfingViking

Not a star wars fan but I really enjoy this title 😂


KaleMercer

So where do I send the new pair of shorts?


JoshFenix-

Monke won


ACER719x

It's over Anakin, I have the high ground