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		drivingmenuts 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: RAM kits are now sold with one fake RAM stick alon... This is the computer equivalent of "comfort nuts" for a neutered dog, which is really about the owner, not the dog.

myself248 44 days ago [–]

And pickup trucks, for some reason.

drivingmenuts 43 days ago | [–]

Slight difference - truck nuts are a crass joke. Comfort nuts are supposed to be a psychological crutch for a dog. The owners actually believe the dog has an issue in the same way that some circumcised humans do.

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