Fun fact: According to Evel Dick, season 9 winner Adam entered the house with an 8-ball of coke up his butt. You know, in case you're wondering why the full body x-ray rule is a thing.
I met Jun in 2017. She told me you can't quit and if you do, they can sue you. You need a legitimate reason to quit the game, i.e., the case of Megan, Neil, & Evel Dick.
@@penndawt the only other classification on the wiki page is for people who were ejected and i guess u can kinda say they ejected evel dick in the sense that he was forced to leave, but it was technically never revealed on the show why he left for privacy reasons so the only explanation they had was to say he quit
We learned (or it was confined) during BBCanada 9 that you can’t talk about production. At one point the cast was using the code word “Bananas” to talk about production and the whole house got punished.
Supposedly season 16 Frankie tried to exploit the "telling someone you're going to nominate them" to avoid backdooring Zach, but production knew he was trying to exploit the rules to protect Zach, and decided against enforcing that rule
5:31 about the language rule: I think it is only enforced when it is a conversation/dialogue between two or more contestants, not necessarily a monologue or using a non-English language randomly. I believe this is most likely for live feeds, and, as you alluded to, translation of game purposes. Not sure, but just something I thought I'd point out. Great video as always!
The white tshirt rule exists bcs of the subtitles. The show might air in a foreign country, or people may just wanted to turn on the subtitles, which are usually white as well. When u have someone with a white tshirt on, it is very hard to track subtitles bcs both subtitles and the tshirt are white.
oh lord thx for reminding me about the fap shack. I still can't unhear Mike Boogie keeping his mic on and the live feeders understanding what was happening in the box.
The "Howie rule" has always been one that I've wondered about as It's something you'd expect to be an issue for production. I've also always been a bit surprised that production allows them to have intimate relationships while in the house. Seems like more trouble than it's worth for production.
Fun fact about the last rule touched upon; so long as the "tissue" is a kitchen rag, and the "pool shed" is a houseguests bedroom, this rule doesn't apply! As shown in bb19 when Matt used his "special rag" to clean the kitchen. Plus about the language rule, I remember Jun and Jee speaking Korean to each other.
The English only rule also wasn't inforced in bb4. There were a few occasions where Jun and Jee used korean in their conversations, although they continued the conversations in English
I just wanna mention this, a few months ago I was trying to watch every season I hadn't watched up until that point (1, 22). And in season 1, one of the houseguests nicknamed "Mega" broke the production rule, lying about a challenge.
I still don't understand the point of telling a nominee "hey, I am putting you up." I get if it is to cause tension, but even then the tension there is weak.
Didn’t Mega make up a fake task for the houseguests to do in S1? He was immediately punished for it and forced to apologize to the other house guests. After they all did the task, of course…
@@desrepeerc206 the first evicted (or “banished”, as it was called at the time) houseguest ever in BBUSA. He even lied to the producers to get in the house. He turned out to be an activist who wanted to use the show for his own message, which was apparently a no no at the time.
@@desrepeerc206 it was S1. It was a different world. It was a different show. Even the broadcast shows that were aired on CBS were just recaps from the live feeds. There was next to zero narrative building or production added. When the houseguests had to communicate with production, they would roll in a “giant” 52” tube tv for the house guests to interact with (that “big screen” tv was given as a prize to one of the contestants later in the season, btw).
The 'act of god' thing is common in language in contracts from my experience reviewing them. It protects business from acts of nature (tornado, earth quake, hurricane, fire). I assume this might apply to the show if there was a natural disaster it means they don't have to give you another appearance on the next season.
Involving the "Cant pretend to have an advantage that you dont actually have" rule. there was one time in Big Brother Canada 3, where Bobby faked having a secret power of veto for a while. couldnt find the exact episode, but it was also mentioned on one of the episodes. However you can easily find a bunch of exit interviews regarding this moment.
I remember this! It was like a broken hanger or something he claimed was a secret power of veto that kept him safe for a couple weeks cause people were scared to put him up. Till Kevin won HOH and nominated him, he had to reveal that it was fake and it pissed people off lol.
Oh this makes sense with BB20, then. I was like, Why wouldn’t Sam just tell people she could use her power for 4 weeks and earn a chit from whoever was “saved” even though it was automatic?
@@KPolinger Well, Sam did tell Tyler about her power I dont think Big Brother enforced the rule. . Can't remember if it was on the episodes or not, but it was on the live feeds. When she won HOH and insulted the nominees the then immediately told everyone that she had a power and nobody was going home. I think the answer to why she didn't was because Sam is a terrible player and Tyler was her brain.
@@ARedToilet oh I totally agree, and I think she just didn’t understand how the game worked lol I just thought it would have been a decent strategy if she had told someone Week 4 “Hey I have a power so you’re safe,” so that when they get saved they’re thankful to her and owe her one, but really it was going to get used whether she liked it or not. 🤷♀️ But yeah, saying “You take the most and contribute the least” is pretty harsh. 😂
Actually, there were two cases where there could have been a tie vote in the jury. Due to Xima's expulsion, there were six jurors during BB11, which could have resulted in a tie.
can you do a deep dive in jordon BB11, I’m really fascinated by her win. Because looking at the history don’t think anyone has or will ever get a win like that. On top of that there is an alternate universe where she wins BB13
Jack’s is not a plain white T. If you look below his arms when he’s talking to Julie, on his right side (our left), there are two stripes running diagonally down. Or…wait, are those just shadows?
The white t-shirt rule was an old production thing. White balance and color grading at the time was not that well implemented during the early 2000's. Despite the rule still technically being there, its a non-issue.
But what if you were the HOH and you went ahead and told all of the houseguests you are gonna nominate them? lol Would America make the nominees in that scenario?
So I guess my strategy of lying about winning a Power App that allows me to transform one Power of Veto I win over the course of my stay in the Big Brother house into a Diamond Power of Veto falls flat, doesn't it? :(
@@Ethanimale Eh, I still think my idea is pretty cool! Like, I could act like I'm helping the HoH backdoor a rival, win the Veto, use it to remove one of the nominations myself... and then nothing! That HoH would either have to nominate the rival directly (Taking the blood off of my hands) or nominate somebody else on the spot to stay safe. Basically, I want to ruin the HoH's run by putting him or her in a complacent mindset with my lie. It's a shame that that strategy is apparently illegal, though. :(
This is why I like survivor better. Some of these rules feel like it's just insurance in case production ever decides they want to completely step in and change what's going on in the game. It's bs, quite frankly. And it makes the whole thing feel more set up and fake.
I feel like Jasmine on BB24 broke the rules because she said she nominated Taylor because nobody likes her. She didn’t say it to her face, but she said it to other people and in her diary room.
i'm watching big brother season 10 and i find it strange that dan is always dressed for the whatever competition they have going on and he walk around.as if he knew he was going to Winn and how did dan and ollie have some type of glove on E19
as long as they've banning certain topics can we make a new rule that julie chen moonves can't talk about god with houseguests that are clearly not religious
@6:30 “They can’t turn off the lights.” FALSE… thats not a rule. Especially because besides the HOH room, there are no light switches…. You hear the houseguests constantly yelling “turn off the lights” to production on the live feeds.
If JC wasn’t speaking Spanish to other players, I could see why production didn’t impose the rule. The rule is clearly meant to make gameplay accessible to the audience and to cut time on editing (because they’d have to translate and add captions), so I don’t see them enforcing a rule that doesn’t affect gameplay.
When you relieve yourself you have to put the tissue in a sealed ziploc bag but what about all the people who have sex? Do they have to put the condom in a sealed ziploc bag? And what if they don’t use protection?
With the dual HOH tie breaker rule… could that possibly happen with the “Split House” twist happening right now? Two HOHs. Two groups of 5. Only two votes. So it would be very easy for there to be a tie…
In the Split House there were 2 games played separately,so that dual HOH tiebreaker rule would not work. If there was a tie in one of the groups,the group's HOH would have broken the tie.
I can think of another time where the continuity issue wasn't really enforced. I don't know if this was after that certain point, but Nakomis changed the color of her hair on I believe week two, the first of many hair changes throughout the season.
I think the reason why Lisa and Danielle were allowed to use sign language is because they were just fingerspelling and not using the real signs for the words
I want to say something without spoiling CBB next episode, bc I watch the feeds.. so all I can say is the next HOH totally broke Rule#1 and told the HG's he was putting them up. It was soo obvious. What made it even more obvious is that feeds cut mid-conversation.
Err...Unless the rule of making up a power that doesn't exist was added in the last 10 years, then I don't know where you get that from, as Natalie in Big Brother 11 made up a final two reversal when she got Pandora's box...
Great content, as per usual! FYI-the past tense of the word “cast” is “cast”, not “casted”. “Casted” is only a word if you’re talking about fishing! No one was ever “casted” on a show…they were “cast”. Keep up the great work!
"Casted" is nonstandard even if you're talking about fishing, but nobody cares, man. Source: wiktionary, also I'm a speech therapist. If you're gonna grammar police, do it right. (But just don't in the first place. Just compliment Ethanimale's hard work like everyone else.)
@@jaredholt7340 They clearly complimented them - and then said something completely valid. Cast is basically always correct - not casted, and these days lots of people use the word incorrectly. Helping people be better in a nice way is an awesome quality to have. I hope you find that within yourself.
Keep being a child of god Ethanimale
❤
Fun fact: According to Evel Dick, season 9 winner Adam entered the house with an 8-ball of coke up his butt. You know, in case you're wondering why the full body x-ray rule is a thing.
I met Jun in 2017. She told me you can't quit and if you do, they can sue you. You need a legitimate reason to quit the game, i.e., the case of Megan, Neil, & Evel Dick.
Evel Dick didn't quit, did he. Wasn't he pulled from the game for medical reasons
@@rydermckay6660 I believe he had the option to stay, but chose not to.
@@penndawt No, he was told he couldn’t stay. I’ve heard him say as much on Dick@Nite.
@@barbarabavier675 He is listed as walked (or quit) on the Wiki page.
@@penndawt the only other classification on the wiki page is for people who were ejected and i guess u can kinda say they ejected evel dick in the sense that he was forced to leave, but it was technically never revealed on the show why he left for privacy reasons so the only explanation they had was to say he quit
“You are not allowed to use production as a strategy” is apparently a phrase pre-loaded on the Big Brother loudspeaker
Don't forget Jun and Jee also spoke Korean to one another a lot.
I’m so glad I’m not the only one who was weirded out by Julie’s “keep being a child of God” comment lol
She's gotten real mom-level religious these past few years and it's /weird/. Reminds me of fb family friends who post religious quotes all day
You'd think someone as intelligent as Julie wouldn't be religious. Guess she isn't that smart after all
Yea that was weird
@@dc6012 r/atheism edgelord
@@dc6012 huh
We learned (or it was confined) during BBCanada 9 that you can’t talk about production. At one point the cast was using the code word “Bananas” to talk about production and the whole house got punished.
What was their punishment
I find it so humorous they thought that would be a sufficient workaround to the rule
@@justinpascal8332 I believe they were essentially all made Have Nots for the rest of the week.
@@Ethanimale I wonder if “Bananas” was a Challenge reference or if I just watch too much reality tv.
@@randalwestgard6116 i know that Julie, Austin, Victoria, Beth, Jed, and I think Ty watch the challenge
Supposedly season 16 Frankie tried to exploit the "telling someone you're going to nominate them" to avoid backdooring Zach, but production knew he was trying to exploit the rules to protect Zach, and decided against enforcing that rule
5:31 about the language rule: I think it is only enforced when it is a conversation/dialogue between two or more contestants, not necessarily a monologue or using a non-English language randomly. I believe this is most likely for live feeds, and, as you alluded to, translation of game purposes. Not sure, but just something I thought I'd point out. Great video as always!
The white tshirt rule exists bcs of the subtitles. The show might air in a foreign country, or people may just wanted to turn on the subtitles, which are usually white as well. When u have someone with a white tshirt on, it is very hard to track subtitles bcs both subtitles and the tshirt are white.
Not sure I’ll ever recover from the “behind the shed” rule
I still haven't
oh lord thx for reminding me about the fap shack. I still can't unhear Mike Boogie keeping his mic on and the live feeders understanding what was happening in the box.
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
The "Howie rule" has always been one that I've wondered about as It's something you'd expect to be an issue for production. I've also always been a bit surprised that production allows them to have intimate relationships while in the house. Seems like more trouble than it's worth for production.
Bur the ~ d r a m a ~
Fun fact about the last rule touched upon; so long as the "tissue" is a kitchen rag, and the "pool shed" is a houseguests bedroom, this rule doesn't apply! As shown in bb19 when Matt used his "special rag" to clean the kitchen. Plus about the language rule, I remember Jun and Jee speaking Korean to each other.
Im confused. Self pleasure?
yes i believe it is self pleasure
didn’t Jared do the same thing last year in that loft area above the foyer or smth
The English only rule also wasn't inforced in bb4. There were a few occasions where Jun and Jee used korean in their conversations, although they continued the conversations in English
One rule I'd like more clarification on is the rule that you can't split the money with other HGs. How does this work in a showmance situation?
A player can be the head of the houses for a week, but production will always be the landlord of the house
I just wanna mention this, a few months ago I was trying to watch every season I hadn't watched up until that point (1, 22). And in season 1, one of the houseguests nicknamed "Mega" broke the production rule, lying about a challenge.
I still don't understand the point of telling a nominee "hey, I am putting you up." I get if it is to cause tension, but even then the tension there is weak.
Getting out of class and watching Ethanimale is the highlight of every Monday for me
true
Didn’t Mega make up a fake task for the houseguests to do in S1? He was immediately punished for it and forced to apologize to the other house guests.
After they all did the task, of course…
Who is Mega?
@@desrepeerc206 the first evicted (or “banished”, as it was called at the time) houseguest ever in BBUSA. He even lied to the producers to get in the house. He turned out to be an activist who wanted to use the show for his own message, which was apparently a no no at the time.
@@kevinsiedenburg4955 Wow! I'm surprised he got past the producers lol
@@desrepeerc206 it was S1. It was a different world. It was a different show. Even the broadcast shows that were aired on CBS were just recaps from the live feeds. There was next to zero narrative building or production added. When the houseguests had to communicate with production, they would roll in a “giant” 52” tube tv for the house guests to interact with (that “big screen” tv was given as a prize to one of the contestants later in the season, btw).
The 'act of god' thing is common in language in contracts from my experience reviewing them. It protects business from acts of nature (tornado, earth quake, hurricane, fire). I assume this might apply to the show if there was a natural disaster it means they don't have to give you another appearance on the next season.
That's kinda what I figured after the fact, I just find the wording of it to be quite humorous but it makes legal sense to word it as such.
Involving the "Cant pretend to have an advantage that you dont actually have" rule. there was one time in Big Brother Canada 3, where Bobby faked having a secret power of veto for a while. couldnt find the exact episode, but it was also mentioned on one of the episodes. However you can easily find a bunch of exit interviews regarding this moment.
is this for celebirty usa and canada of big brother
I remember this! It was like a broken hanger or something he claimed was a secret power of veto that kept him safe for a couple weeks cause people were scared to put him up. Till Kevin won HOH and nominated him, he had to reveal that it was fake and it pissed people off lol.
Oh this makes sense with BB20, then. I was like, Why wouldn’t Sam just tell people she could use her power for 4 weeks and earn a chit from whoever was “saved” even though it was automatic?
@@KPolinger Well, Sam did tell Tyler about her power I dont think Big Brother enforced the rule. . Can't remember if it was on the episodes or not, but it was on the live feeds. When she won HOH and insulted the nominees the then immediately told everyone that she had a power and nobody was going home. I think the answer to why she didn't was because Sam is a terrible player and Tyler was her brain.
@@ARedToilet oh I totally agree, and I think she just didn’t understand how the game worked lol
I just thought it would have been a decent strategy if she had told someone Week 4 “Hey I have a power so you’re safe,” so that when they get saved they’re thankful to her and owe her one, but really it was going to get used whether she liked it or not. 🤷♀️
But yeah, saying “You take the most and contribute the least” is pretty harsh. 😂
9:37 They probably made this rule because Richard Hatch smuggled matches onto Survivor All-Stars.
I thought he only tried but was not successful?
LMAO “keep being a child of God”
I'd love to see Shanna pull out a aluminum veto and try to confuse everyone
Yes
Ah yes, the jack shack
So it's really a thing? oh wowz
Rule 21: Chicken George always wins
Was not expecting that last one . Hilarious
How did you- JC!?
@@bryancarson5908 a perk of being a Priority Animal, we get some exclusive emojis to use
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At the nomination ceremony telling them I don't like you happened in Big brother 19 with Cody and Megan
Actually, there were two cases where there could have been a tie vote in the jury. Due to Xima's expulsion, there were six jurors during BB11, which could have resulted in a tie.
We also got to cast a tie vote literally last week. Due to someone walking.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I remember America had a key in the voting box and it was the last key that would've been pulled.
10:10 I mean this was actually enforced on BBCAN 8 due to Corona-Chan, so its not like it can't really be enforced.
can you do a deep dive in jordon BB11, I’m really fascinated by her win. Because looking at the history don’t think anyone has or will ever get a win like that. On top of that there is an alternate universe where she wins BB13
Jack’s is not a plain white T. If you look below his arms when he’s talking to Julie, on his right side (our left), there are two stripes running diagonally down. Or…wait, are those just shadows?
The white t-shirt rule was an old production thing. White balance and color grading at the time was not that well implemented during the early 2000's. Despite the rule still technically being there, its a non-issue.
Lmao the jack shack rule
Lol. "You wouldn't want to be a rule breaker, now, would you?" 😂😂😂
But what if you were the HOH and you went ahead and told all of the houseguests you are gonna nominate them? lol
Would America make the nominees in that scenario?
Most likely just won’t be enforced but I like your train of thought
if i ever get on the show im gonna try that and you’ll see if it works
alright then, you got me... im subscribing... but im not pressing that bell *smiling devil face emoji*
I’ll take what I can get, thank you!
So I guess my strategy of lying about winning a Power App that allows me to transform one Power of Veto I win over the course of my stay in the Big Brother house into a Diamond Power of Veto falls flat, doesn't it? :(
Unfortunately correct
@@Ethanimale Eh, I still think my idea is pretty cool!
Like, I could act like I'm helping the HoH backdoor a rival, win the Veto, use it to remove one of the nominations myself... and then nothing! That HoH would either have to nominate the rival directly (Taking the blood off of my hands) or nominate somebody else on the spot to stay safe. Basically, I want to ruin the HoH's run by putting him or her in a complacent mindset with my lie.
It's a shame that that strategy is apparently illegal, though. :(
9:47 This was because of Richard Hatch smuggling matches into Survivor: All-Stars up his bum.
This is why I like survivor better. Some of these rules feel like it's just insurance in case production ever decides they want to completely step in and change what's going on in the game. It's bs, quite frankly. And it makes the whole thing feel more set up and fake.
I don’t know really any of the rules other than the obvious basic ones for big brother, so this is about to be interesting. Looking forward to it
Whoa. That website rule... I get the idea of not just capitalizing off your air time, but mine is a photography portfolio site. lol
Jun and Jee spoke Korean to one another. I wonder if the rule wasn't enforced then or was out in place later?
9:30, I'm guessing they'd probably encourage interviews on CBS because that's a win win for them.
I feel like Jasmine on BB24 broke the rules because she said she nominated Taylor because nobody likes her. She didn’t say it to her face, but she said it to other people and in her diary room.
I’m assuming that doesn’t count because technically during her speech she didn’t say that was the reason
i'm watching big brother season 10 and i find it strange that dan is always dressed for the whatever competition they have going on and he walk around.as if he knew he was going to Winn and how did dan and ollie have some type of glove on E19
This is becoming a hot topic after hope from bbcan11 just snuck a letter inside the house
as long as they've banning certain topics can we make a new rule that julie chen moonves can't talk about god with houseguests that are clearly not religious
Jee and Jun spoke Korean to each other often haha
@6:30
“They can’t turn off the lights.”
FALSE… thats not a rule. Especially because besides the HOH room, there are no light switches…. You hear the houseguests constantly yelling “turn off the lights” to production on the live feeds.
If JC wasn’t speaking Spanish to other players, I could see why production didn’t impose the rule. The rule is clearly meant to make gameplay accessible to the audience and to cut time on editing (because they’d have to translate and add captions), so I don’t see them enforcing a rule that doesn’t affect gameplay.
When you relieve yourself you have to put the tissue in a sealed ziploc bag but what about all the people who have sex? Do they have to put the condom in a sealed ziploc bag? And what if they don’t use protection?
So contract literally says oh if a challenge has fire in it and you die you have expect it
For the changing appearance rule, didn't Nick (BB8) shave his hair into a mohawk in the middle of his eviction week?
With the dual HOH tie breaker rule… could that possibly happen with the “Split House” twist happening right now? Two HOHs. Two groups of 5. Only two votes. So it would be very easy for there to be a tie…
In the Split House there were 2 games played separately,so that dual HOH tiebreaker rule would not work. If there was a tie in one of the groups,the group's HOH would have broken the tie.
Always look forward to your content!! Love the vid keep it up 🙏🙏
I think if the final 2 ties the prejury should get the final decision
I can think of another time where the continuity issue wasn't really enforced. I don't know if this was after that certain point, but Nakomis changed the color of her hair on I believe week two, the first of many hair changes throughout the season.
No plain white T's please, but a suit of tin foil is perfectly acceptable!!
Barfbag!! I wait everyday anxiously for a new upload
@@Ethanimale Soon I promise!!!
I think the reason why Lisa and Danielle were allowed to use sign language is because they were just fingerspelling and not using the real signs for the words
It's not cheating,if you get caught
But,if you get caughting
You shouldn't of been doing it in the 1st place
Is what i always say
I want to say something without spoiling CBB next episode, bc I watch the feeds.. so all I can say is the next HOH totally broke Rule#1 and told the HG's he was putting them up. It was soo obvious. What made it even more obvious is that feeds cut mid-conversation.
i was thinking about if there is any rule about the last one
10:40 Relieve yourself?
For a moment there I thought you where talking about urinating and was unsure what being a guy had to do with anything.
2:28 but didn’t Cody say that to Megan on bb19?
Err...Unless the rule of making up a power that doesn't exist was added in the last 10 years, then I don't know where you get that from, as Natalie in Big Brother 11 made up a final two reversal when she got Pandora's box...
Fantastic videos week after week, give it time and this will be a huge channel
i would never break a rule soooo, subbed, also i love your content
Can we get a video on the funniest BB Houseguest Howie Gordon?
What about BBOTT? There were two co-HOH’s during that season. But I’m not sure whether there could have been a tie during that week.
It’s probably not stated if the same rules apply to BBOTT so he left it out just to be safe
That week only had 3 people voting though there were also 3 nominees that week, so it's a possibility
what about asking the HOH to tell you they are nominating you to get around the initial rule lol
Great content, as per usual! FYI-the past tense of the word “cast” is “cast”, not “casted”. “Casted” is only a word if you’re talking about fishing! No one was ever “casted” on a show…they were “cast”. Keep up the great work!
did kalia play dani game
"Casted" is nonstandard even if you're talking about fishing, but nobody cares, man. Source: wiktionary, also I'm a speech therapist. If you're gonna grammar police, do it right. (But just don't in the first place. Just compliment Ethanimale's hard work like everyone else.)
@@jaredholt7340 They clearly complimented them - and then said something completely valid. Cast is basically always correct - not casted, and these days lots of people use the word incorrectly. Helping people be better in a nice way is an awesome quality to have. I hope you find that within yourself.
@@loveoverfearalways oh my god humbly thank you SO much for your opinion
Nobody cares
Ethanimale is getting better with age
Dan Gheesling a true slow runner!
You got me, I subscribed
Ameerah has a personal website!!
didn’t jun and jee also speak in korean?
Always curious abt howie rule
8k let’s go!
telling people it’s against the rules to not subscribe to me really helped out
I think one of the more absurd lesser known rules is that you can't talk about big brother at all in the jury house.
that makes no sense given that jury isnt even televised
5:29 jun and jee bb4
didn't jun and jee speak in korean to eachother sometimes? or am i misremembering
No you're right. It's not a very enforced rule and it's also possible that it was not a rule back then!
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cheeky lol
An "act of God" just means an act of nature.
Nice videos
Didn't Jee and Jun speak Korean to each other
Love Shack for one, baby! 🤣
Yay I'm excited
I guess I’m a rule breaker 😬
4:45 they probably didn't enforce it bc it's stupid 🤷♀️
I clicked off cause u told me to sub
You have to give a "valid" reason? Are you fcking kidding me? You should be allowed to nominate whoever you you want.
LETS GOO
How’s it goin man
What is the definition of the act of God?
There should be a rule that you can’t evict people based on race #cookout
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