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one life to live and you took on debt to do transactional corporate legal work

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Wine exciting station
  12/14/16
Should've been a Hollywood star. Man I'm dumb
Useless trip locus wagecucks
  12/14/16
?
Wine exciting station
  12/14/16
should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the...
wild business firm
  06/18/18
Toxic
abusive laughsome sanctuary
  12/14/16
What else would you guys have realistically done? Either way...
Unhinged windowlicker
  12/14/16
a podcast
stubborn floppy gunner preventive strike
  12/14/16
You can still make it!
Unhinged windowlicker
  12/14/16
you misspelled maek
Cracking twinkling voyeur
  12/14/16
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Wine exciting station
  12/14/16
Many other chill professions exist like pharmacist
abusive laughsome sanctuary
  12/14/16
You'd killself as a pharmacist. Talk about drudgery. No exit...
Unhinged windowlicker
  12/14/16
lol
Cerebral Grizzly Piazza
  12/14/16
Pharmacy is over. http://www.ipharmachine.com/Tablet-Capsul...
Cracking twinkling voyeur
  12/14/16
lmao julia bringing the fire!
Supple toilet seat
  12/14/16
Electrician Hermit Surfer Military officer In N ...
balding juggernaut
  12/14/16
I don't understand. Aren't lawyers already hermits?
Unhinged windowlicker
  12/14/16
Yes but some hermits aren't debt slaves so that's why it's a...
balding juggernaut
  12/14/16
Realistically, I probably would have picked a career that wa...
lascivious idiotic national security agency
  12/14/16
I prob would have become a veterinarian...except they make b...
Overrated titillating volcanic crater
  12/14/16
I have to say my favorite part of XO are the people who say ...
Canary Hideous House Halford
  12/14/16
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Wine exciting station
  12/14/16
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balding juggernaut
  12/14/16
i don't know if this is some sort of toxic lie that posters ...
Godawful crusty parlor
  12/14/16
They're delusional. In larger cities, after a few years ...
lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy
  12/14/16
Wtf is "social media manager" ....just poast all d...
Overrated titillating volcanic crater
  12/14/16
We have 128 candidates already!
Cracking twinkling voyeur
  12/14/16
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balding juggernaut
  12/14/16
Can you imagine? Scheduling out tweets, adjusting budgets on...
lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy
  12/14/16
This isn't JDU bro, that's a dumb comparison
claret area
  12/14/16
Oh, I didn't realize we were poasting on 2011 XO.
lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy
  12/14/16
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claret area
  12/14/16
Bit late for firefighter here :(
Cracking twinkling voyeur
  12/14/16
tbf those jobs are pretty hard to get
Scarlet pit
  12/14/16
yeah i've always said that people here seriously underrate j...
Godawful crusty parlor
  12/14/16
I took debt to go T10 -> biglaw -> solo anyway. Should...
lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy
  12/14/16
You could still do real Estate agent now
Overrated titillating volcanic crater
  12/14/16
Cr, and I often think about it, but I'm making good money as...
lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy
  12/14/16
You could probably do RE on the side with your solo gig
lascivious idiotic national security agency
  12/14/16
Yeah talk8ng to people and convincing them to sign up is the...
fiercely-loyal senate mood
  12/14/16
I would have done something with a pension. Even a low-si...
Misunderstood out-of-control blood rage
  12/14/16
Just do revolver method of retirement at 70 bro
Overrated titillating volcanic crater
  12/14/16
oh god
talented autistic stage
  12/14/16
rude
marvelous locale
  12/14/16
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up-to-no-good provocative chad
  12/14/16
u mean fuckers deserve it and I hope u all burn in lawyer he...
Flushed Angry Plaza
  12/14/16
Lmao we fucked up bigly
Seedy Racy Background Story
  12/14/16
ljl @ the monday morning quarterbacking...reminder: you &quo...
Useless trip locus wagecucks
  12/14/16
we all could have been sales Chads we are just too smart for...
balding juggernaut
  12/14/16
why are you so grumpy today
Wine exciting station
  12/14/16
lmao
Useless trip locus wagecucks
  12/14/16
...
Wine exciting station
  12/14/16
Transactional work isn't good if you have existential angst ...
claret area
  12/14/16
*kid asks what I do* *points to a fucking project bond in...
Wine exciting station
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Cracking twinkling voyeur
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Charismatic judgmental prole
  12/14/16
Should have done Securities Litigation!
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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:20 AM
Author: Wine exciting station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32136990)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:27 AM
Author: Useless trip locus wagecucks

Should've been a Hollywood star. Man I'm dumb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137033)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:43 AM
Author: Wine exciting station

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137097)



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Date: June 18th, 2018 10:16 AM
Author: wild business firm

should have been a pair of ragged claws scuttling across the floors of silent seas...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#36264578)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:28 AM
Author: abusive laughsome sanctuary

Toxic

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137037)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:29 AM
Author: Unhinged windowlicker

What else would you guys have realistically done? Either way, you would've been pushing paper somewhere. At least this way you have a chance of retiring someday.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137041)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:33 AM
Author: stubborn floppy gunner preventive strike

a podcast

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137054)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:34 AM
Author: Unhinged windowlicker

You can still make it!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137061)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:21 AM
Author: Cracking twinkling voyeur

you misspelled maek

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137359)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:37 AM
Author: Wine exciting station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137075)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:34 AM
Author: abusive laughsome sanctuary

Many other chill professions exist like pharmacist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137059)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:36 AM
Author: Unhinged windowlicker

You'd killself as a pharmacist. Talk about drudgery. No exit options. No money. Nada. Just enough of a paycheck to pay off loans and mortgage, forever chained to a Walgreen's counter as old ladies sneeze on you and you ring-up clipped coupons and rewards cards.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137067)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:39 AM
Author: Cerebral Grizzly Piazza

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137084)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:22 AM
Author: Cracking twinkling voyeur

Pharmacy is over.

http://www.ipharmachine.com/Tablet-Capsule-Counting-Machine-HD-100

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137369)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 6:48 PM
Author: Supple toilet seat

lmao julia bringing the fire!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32141596)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:37 AM
Author: balding juggernaut

Electrician

Hermit

Surfer

Military officer

In N Out manager

Pot dealer

Sales Chad

Oil roughneck

Propagandist

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137074)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:38 AM
Author: Unhinged windowlicker

I don't understand. Aren't lawyers already hermits?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137080)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:42 AM
Author: balding juggernaut

Yes but some hermits aren't debt slaves so that's why it's a more attractive career option

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137096)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:40 AM
Author: lascivious idiotic national security agency

Realistically, I probably would have picked a career that was at least tangentially related to something I enjoy even if it meant not making as much money. Although in that alternative universe, I'd probably be pissed I didn't make more money.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137091)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:25 AM
Author: Overrated titillating volcanic crater

I prob would have become a veterinarian...except they make bad money

Or maybe just done programming

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137389)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:03 AM
Author: Canary Hideous House Halford

I have to say my favorite part of XO are the people who say "well what else is there besides lawyer? It's all the same."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137238)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:11 AM
Author: Wine exciting station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137286)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:13 AM
Author: balding juggernaut



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137299)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:22 AM
Author: Godawful crusty parlor

i don't know if this is some sort of toxic lie that posters tell themselves or if they're so lacking in imagination that they honestly believe this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137364)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:36 AM
Author: lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy

They're delusional.

In larger cities, after a few years firefighters can make low six figures with pensions and amazing benefits. They can retire in their 40s. And on the way there, they love their jobs and spend all day helping people when they're not clowning around their permanent fraternity house.

Even other "office jobs" are better than law. A friend is an internal recruiter for a company and told me that they just hired a social media marketing manager for $120,000. This is a 9-5, low stress gig without weekend or night emails.

It's absurd that people think all jobs involve painstakingly reading dense, boring documents for 10 hours per day and getting chewed out for missing one issue in those documents.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137495)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:37 AM
Author: Overrated titillating volcanic crater

Wtf is "social media manager" ....just poast all day?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137510)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:40 AM
Author: Cracking twinkling voyeur

We have 128 candidates already!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137549)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:41 AM
Author: balding juggernaut



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137561)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:57 AM
Author: lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy

Can you imagine? Scheduling out tweets, adjusting budgets on sponsored facebook posts, snapchatting company products, leaving at 5:00 PM. Meanwhile, some balding, stressed out dork insurance defense lawyer is making $30k less than you and getting reamed out at 9:00 PM at night for forgetting to ask a question during a 4 hour deposition earlier that day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137712)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:01 AM
Author: claret area

This isn't JDU bro, that's a dumb comparison

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137750)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:31 AM
Author: lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy

Oh, I didn't realize we were poasting on 2011 XO.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137991)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 2:16 PM
Author: claret area



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32139473)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:40 AM
Author: Cracking twinkling voyeur

Bit late for firefighter here :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137546)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:11 AM
Author: Scarlet pit

tbf those jobs are pretty hard to get



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137847)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:06 AM
Author: Godawful crusty parlor

yeah i've always said that people here seriously underrate just how shitty biglaw is compared to most other corporate jobs.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137795)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:20 AM
Author: lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy

I took debt to go T10 -> biglaw -> solo anyway. Should have gone T50 on a full ride (had one of these offers in hand) -> midlaw -> solo.

Or just gone college -> real estate agent. Sitting behind a desk all day doing paperwork is 120. My favorite part of being solo is the sales aspect, not actually doing the lawyering shit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137347)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:38 AM
Author: Overrated titillating volcanic crater

You could still do real Estate agent now

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137524)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:53 AM
Author: lilac razzle-dazzle gas station therapy

Cr, and I often think about it, but I'm making good money as a solo and enjoying not having a boss. If my firm ever failed, I'd probably become a RE agent rather than practice law somewhere else.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137687)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:37 AM
Author: lascivious idiotic national security agency

You could probably do RE on the side with your solo gig

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32138050)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:08 AM
Author: fiercely-loyal senate mood

Yeah talk8ng to people and convincing them to sign up is the only fun part of the job.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137810)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:04 AM
Author: Misunderstood out-of-control blood rage

I would have done something with a pension.

Even a low-six-figure income is shit if you have to save for a modest retirement, particularly when many firms don't offer a 401k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137778)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:12 AM
Author: Overrated titillating volcanic crater

Just do revolver method of retirement at 70 bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137862)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:30 AM
Author: talented autistic stage

oh god

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137044)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 9:31 AM
Author: marvelous locale

rude

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137046)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:07 AM
Author: up-to-no-good provocative chad



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137258)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:12 AM
Author: Flushed Angry Plaza

u mean fuckers deserve it and I hope u all burn in lawyer hell!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137296)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:21 AM
Author: Seedy Racy Background Story

Lmao we fucked up bigly

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137353)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:25 AM
Author: Useless trip locus wagecucks

ljl @ the monday morning quarterbacking...reminder: you "picked" law because it was the optimally combined your personality, skill set, career and life goals and financial requirements. there's literally no better career choice for 95% of you. hth.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137395)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:29 AM
Author: balding juggernaut

we all could have been sales Chads we are just too smart for our own goods!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137435)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:30 AM
Author: Wine exciting station

why are you so grumpy today

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137438)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:37 AM
Author: Useless trip locus wagecucks

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137514)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:38 AM
Author: Wine exciting station



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137526)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:37 AM
Author: claret area

Transactional work isn't good if you have existential angst but it's much better if you pick the right practice area.

Do something like real estate or project finance, where you have real, tangible things you're creating. Not just pieces of paper. Something you can point to when your kids ask you what you do

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137512)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:40 AM
Author: Wine exciting station

*kid asks what I do*

*points to a fucking project bond indenture*

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137539)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 10:41 AM
Author: Cracking twinkling voyeur



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137558)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:36 AM
Author: Charismatic judgmental prole



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32138040)



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Date: December 14th, 2016 11:08 AM
Author: aromatic cuckold

Should have done Securities Litigation!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32137814)



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Date: February 8th, 2017 12:30 PM
Author: hateful market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#32573498)



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Date: June 7th, 2018 11:34 AM
Author: Crystalline mad-dog skullcap affirmative action



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#36200123)



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Date: June 18th, 2018 10:11 AM
Author: Flirting jewess



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3459395&forum_id=2#36264555)