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All right, time for those confessions.

What do you got here today?

You can remain completely anonymous.

Just get all of your dark secrets off of your chest here.

Text them in if you'd like.

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This person said, I hate Christmas, and it's my own fault.

I spent years telling all my loved ones that, you know, don't get me anything for Christmas. I don't want anything. They all listened. And I'm the only one with no gifts on Christmas and I absolutely hate it. That's like the person that says, don't get me anything for my birthday. And then you don't get them anything for their birthday. Like, why don't you give me anything for your birthday? You say that every year and I don't listen. I really don't want anything for my birthday.

Well, you're getting a whole entire smorgasbord.

Hopefully I remember my birthday this year or next year.

Well, first I like to start your birthday with a banana daffery.

That's a good way to start it off.

So you won't remember it.

Somebody said I am a adult dancer. And I just want to

let men who like to frequent strip clubs know that, yes, we do talk about you in the dressing room.

And if you heard what we said, you would never come back. Wow. Best case is we give you pity,

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