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Etsy or Regretsy?

It’s time to play…

Here’s how this works:

At least one of these things is a real listing on Etsy. At least one of these things was completely invented by us.

The question is, which is the Etsy, and which is the Regretsy?

Our answers and your best guesses will be posted in a few hours.

NO CHEATING

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211 comments on Etsy or Regretsy?

  1. Billie
    March 6, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    This one is ridiculously hard. I can imagine all of these being sold on Etsy. I’m going with the last two being Regretsy, all the rest being Etsy.

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    • Evil Seedlet
      March 6, 2012 at 1:36 pm

      Seconded.

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    • knitphomaniac
      March 6, 2012 at 2:49 pm

      eh, tbh I can’t … all these things are Regretsy-worthy, but knowing the craptacular standards of etsy-artism, any of these things are potential etsy-derps.

      This authentically makes my head hurt.

      I do believe, though, that whatever isn’t etsy should be listed on etsy nonetheless… maybe in the April’s Army store or something? That way we can give the rest of the brainhurt on etsy a run for its money. :)

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  2. Rev. Back It On Up 13
    March 6, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    Baby Batter has to be real, because only on etsy could it be implied that smearing someone’s bodily offal on your elbows would keep them pure. If that one’s a fake, I lose my faith in everything.

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    • HisOtherEar
      March 6, 2012 at 2:13 pm

      NOOOOO PLEASE GAWD LET IT NOT BE REAL

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      • Rev. Back It On Up 13
        March 6, 2012 at 2:27 pm

        But it must be. I have to believe. Would you shatter my faith in mankind’s ability to constantly outdo himself in the field of being a total nasty-ass, HisOtherEar?

        I hope you would not.

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    • Shmoops
      March 6, 2012 at 2:14 pm

      April, you had me at “placenta.”

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    • argusrun
      March 6, 2012 at 2:49 pm

      Except no Etsy seller would blur out their own website on the label.

      Batter is the only regretsy.

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      • Helen Killer
        March 6, 2012 at 2:51 pm

        Maybe we blurred it so you couldn’t look it up. Damn cheaters.

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        • argusrun
          March 6, 2012 at 2:54 pm

          Dammit. Foiled again.

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        • noey1210
          March 6, 2012 at 4:49 pm

          If that damn baby butter is real, I quit everything.

          Of course, it probably is real and my last tiny remaining shred of hope for humanity is going to commit suicide.

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    • Kitchen Bish
      March 6, 2012 at 3:08 pm

      The tragic thing is, you just don’t know do you? I mean if you can eat it and sell it as art, why not slather it all over your body? If that one’s real, I love my faith in everything:-p

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    • skullhead
      March 6, 2012 at 3:16 pm

      I don’t know why you would make your placenta into a cream. You know you’re supposed to eat it, right? I’ve heard of boiling it, making it into smoothies, or drying it and taking it in pill form. I guess I’m not in tune with nature enough..

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    • vstorevigilante
      March 6, 2012 at 3:19 pm

      I’ve been reading STFU, Parents long enough to know all too well that shit like this DEFINITELY exists. I’m kinda 50/50 on how many are Etsy and how many are Regretsy, but I’m 99.9% positive the Baby Batter must be legit. And for that, I am terribly, terribly sorry.

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    • StellaBean
      March 6, 2012 at 3:21 pm

      Eiwwww… F’ing eiwwww!

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    • 3 toed sloth
      March 6, 2012 at 3:57 pm

      I would say the baby batter is fake because useing those things listed you wouldent end up with a product that thick

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      • esaisquoi
        March 6, 2012 at 8:29 pm

        ‘key ingredients’

        probably regular lotion with a bit of those things kind of mixed in

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    • halcat
      March 6, 2012 at 4:07 pm

      I expect the baby batter is real, if misleadingly titled. It’s typical cupcake pansy-assed halfway measures. If you really want to do your baby a good turn, don’t “soothe” it with lotion with a creepy ingredient. Bathe your belly in the blood of your enemies and sing “What Is Good in Life” nightly. THAT kid will be prepared for life.

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  3. Alexa
    March 6, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    I need to start selling my used post-its.

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    • emalineisabear
      March 6, 2012 at 1:49 pm

      You’re on to something here. You could title the series “A Moment In Time: Little Notes On The Life Of Alexa”

      People would eat that shit up. Just tell a bullshit story about how Post-its capture fleeting little moments in time that are hard to hold on to. We’ve got to remember each second, and cherish them to the fullest. Blah blah blahbity blah.

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  4. angrierthanyou
    March 6, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    Dirty coffee cup and cradle of meaningful objects are fake.

    All others are real.

    Where’s my prize?

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    • FlyingMongooses
      March 6, 2012 at 1:36 pm

      That was my thought too.

      I’ll fight you for the prize!

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      • smartimart
        March 6, 2012 at 1:58 pm

        My thoughts as well. Shall we settle the matter with a googly-eye jelly balloon duel?

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    • Kyasarin
      March 6, 2012 at 3:25 pm

      I’ll make that my guess, too. And it hurts to say that.

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  5. trippingchristy
    March 6, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    I’m going with:

    Regretsy
    Etsy
    Regretsy
    Etsy
    Etsy

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    • crazybabes
      March 6, 2012 at 1:38 pm

      My guess is the exact opposite of yours: Etsy, Regretsy, Etsy, Regretsy, Regretsy.

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    • torriblezone
      March 6, 2012 at 2:53 pm

      This is my group too. R E R E E. :]

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  6. TheWomanMonster
    March 6, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    The sculpture is Regretsy, all others are Etsy.
    I’m mildly horrified.

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  7. CaitlinExplosion
    March 6, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    For the love of fuck please tell me the placenta cream is a joke.

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    • merrid
      March 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm

      Fairly sure it’s not… I’ve seen placenta sold in pharmacies. Not labelled “baby BATTER”, though.

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      • tardis
        March 6, 2012 at 1:45 pm

        The kind sold in pharmacies is human placenta, though, it’s animal placenta.

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        • tardis
          March 6, 2012 at 1:46 pm

          The kind sold in pharmacies ISN’T human placenta. Sorry for the typo.

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          • merrid
            March 6, 2012 at 1:57 pm

            You know, I’ve never had the stomach to check…

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        • emalineisabear
          March 6, 2012 at 1:50 pm

          Human placenta is easier to come by, so it’s better for the home…baby batter-er.

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          • shoosh
            March 6, 2012 at 2:03 pm

            I used to put some version of placenta in my hair when I was young and dye-happy.

            That kinda disturbs me now.

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          • whimsiclefucker
            March 6, 2012 at 2:11 pm

            Have you battered a baby today?

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          • OriginalsbyJeanene
            March 6, 2012 at 2:38 pm

            Hask Placenta Henna ‘n Placenta Complete Conditioning Treatment

            It is animal placenta. I read the whole package before I used it the other day.

            (It says to leave in for 10 minutes, I was bored waiting, so I read all of it. lol)

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          • StellaBean
            March 6, 2012 at 3:24 pm

            Baby batter? Wow… All this time, I’ve been eating them plain!

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    • Jenrose
      March 6, 2012 at 2:45 pm

      Probably not a joke. FWIW, I ate my own placenta (Part in smoothies, and part steamed, dried and encapsulated) and it worked amazingly well to even out my postpartum mood…but smearing someone else’s placenta on my skin? Not going to happen. At least with mine, I knew where it came from and how it was prepared. It’s too intimate to use some random stranger’s.

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  8. daisyj
    March 6, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    I just can’t. Knowing that even one of these is actually for sale has sapped me of my will to live, let alone play amusing games.

    But if I was going to guess, I’d say the baby batter is fake.

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  9. bunnehmama
    March 6, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Bauhaus Yellow Monochrome Painting – Regretsy
    A Still Moment – Regretsy
    Baby Batter – Etsy
    Cradle – Etsy
    URINARY/ BLADDER TRACT infection plus herbal tea – Etsy

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    • Mapleleaves
      March 6, 2012 at 2:31 pm

      I’m inclined to agree. I actually think the Bauhaus yellow painting is in fact a tray of Post-It notes.

      Somehow, I don’t see April putting that much effort into designing a logo for the baby batter body butter, but I could see her hauling a tree trunk and other crap into an empty corner of a room to take pictures of it.

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    • Jenrose
      March 6, 2012 at 2:46 pm

      I’d say almost the opposite… Etsy, Etsy, Etsy, Regretsy, Regretsy.

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  10. Mina
    March 6, 2012 at 1:35 pm

    Regretsy
    Etsy
    Etsy
    Regretsy
    Etsy

    And Baby Batter? *cringetwitchgag*

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  11. Jamaican Me Crazy
    March 6, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    The Bauhaus yellow must be fake because everyone knows it’s Maize Yellow.

    The mug must be fake because it isn’t dirty enough.

    Anything to do with a placenta is probably 100% real on Etsy.

    The Cradle sculpture is fake because there aren’t enough fake Pagan words in the description.

    The herbal cure is also probably real and Hessian Sack is going to become the new Barnwood.

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    • merrid
      March 6, 2012 at 1:46 pm

      But they did say that Bauhaus yellow isn’t reproducible digitally. Then again, they also said yellow ochre is a warm yellow.
      And I still don’t understand why anyone would hand a photo of a dirty coffee mug on the wall for “morning kitchen zen”!

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    • Shmoops
      March 6, 2012 at 2:16 pm

      I think the Bauhaus is real Etsy because it looks like it took 5 minutes to make.

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  12. Alice_Dickey
    March 6, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    I say the yellow painting is real, because it’s just too snooty not to be. My money is on the coffee mug print as the fake, simply because of all the tags in the title. I could be wrong.

    I WANT to believe the baby batter and the urinary tract infection oils are fake, but sadly, I’m fairly certain they’re not.

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    • mfj
      March 6, 2012 at 4:13 pm

      Agreed.

      I believe in Bauhaus.

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  13. Moist Slacks
    March 6, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    Any posting that has all its words spelled correctly is clearly Regretsy.

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    • Shmoops
      March 6, 2012 at 2:16 pm

      or is that what she WANTS us to think???

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      • Mugsy Doodle
        March 6, 2012 at 2:43 pm

        EXACTLY! The more games we play the more hints April & Bronc get how to make it more difficult the next time. They’re fiendisly clever!

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  14. iceicebaby
    March 6, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    The Regretsy ones are the print of the coffee cup , and the UTI/herbal tea thing

    I refuse to believe that coffee cup shit made the Etsy front page and what is that last one’s title say they’re selling the actual infection along with the herbal tea?! It just seems like you tried too hard on that one.

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    • iceicebaby
      March 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm

      *and does that last one’s title say…

      My fat fingers mis-typed. Also, I was going to say that the sculpture was Regretsy as well, but I think the photography is too nice and the pricing just pretentious enough to be real.

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      • whimsiclefucker
        March 6, 2012 at 2:13 pm

        We can be ashamed of our fat fingers together.

        I’m so ashamed! Why did they call the finger police?

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        • Mugsy Doodle
          March 6, 2012 at 2:45 pm

          Did you mean to type, with your fat fingers (like mine!) “Why DIDN’T they call the finger police?”?

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  15. Milliways
    March 6, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    There may be a lot of placenta on Etsy, but I doubt there’s “Baby Batter”.

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  16. emlemony
    March 6, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    The sculpture is definitely regretsy, the 420 price gives it away. You’d have to be smoking pot to find all that other scary shit.

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  17. thebaconfairy
    March 6, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    The placenta butter and coffee cup are the fakes. I’ll be damned if the urinary bladder tract is fake, but HK is cunning and may have typed in all Capps, but I am betting Bronc would kill her for it.

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  18. Vagrarian
    March 6, 2012 at 1:37 pm

    The giant post-it note has to be Regretsy.

    The coffee cup and the placenta cream (ewww) are Etsy, I’m sure. The last two are Regretsy, I bet.

    I mean, ew, placenta? Let’s count ourselves fortunate they’re not asking us to eat it. (People do that, you know.)

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    • Mugsy Doodle
      March 6, 2012 at 1:50 pm

      Yes, but people eat the placenta ONLY after they make wombynly prints on fabric with it…and, ideally, on mattresses.

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      • bj.will
        March 6, 2012 at 3:26 pm

        A heart-shaped mattress stain, if you’re lucky!

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        • Mugsy Doodle
          March 6, 2012 at 4:06 pm

          We can only draem!

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  19. BadMiya
    March 6, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    Etsy
    Regretsy
    Etsy
    Regretsy
    Etsy

    This keeps getting harder and harder. I’m pretty confident about the first one. Hell if Motherwell can sell a plain red canvas for millions (seriously, it was called The Redness of Red)…some schmoe on Etsy sure will try.

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  20. kruste
    March 6, 2012 at 1:39 pm

    I’m hoping the baby batter is a fake also, but my gut feeling is that it’s not. A still moment is Regretsy and the yellow monochrome painting is etsy…it boggles the mind, I tell ya!

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  21. WF11
    March 6, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    Bauhaus is spelled correctly in the first one-Regretsy
    The stick sculpture is freaking hilarious-Regretsy
    Gak to the baby batter & bc those placenta freaks are for real-Etsy

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    • frogprof
      March 6, 2012 at 1:51 pm

      However, “Walter Groupius” is misspelled, so either Regretsy is making it too easy or the “artist formerly known as 3M” got his/her wires crossed.

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  22. rubyblue
    March 6, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    Painting -Etsy
    Print – Etsy
    Baby Batter – Regretsy
    Sculpture – DEFINITELY Regretsy
    Tea – I REALLY don’t want to know, but I’m guessing Etsy. Gross.

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  23. Pam-a-lam-a-ding-dong
    March 6, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    I was going to make a comment about the first being Photoshopped and being able to tell by the pixels, but I think Bronc would punch me right in the face. I still say it’s Regretsy.

    The others, in order: Etsy, Etsy, Regretsy, Etsy.

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  24. antirosejean
    March 6, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    I’m guessing
    Etsy
    Regretsy
    Regretsy (at least I hope so. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was on Etsy though. AIDS anyone??)
    Etsy
    Etsy

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  25. Endoftheworld
    March 6, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    The placenta baby batter is Regretsy–because any true Chyld of Mother Earthe would make placenta prints then eat that sucker. Not for topical use.

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  26. SpeshulSnowflake
    March 6, 2012 at 1:41 pm

    I am going to spend the next few hours mumbling, “Please let the Baby Batter be Regretsy. Please be Regretsy. Please be Regretsy.”

    Because if it’s real, there’s not enough vodka in the hous- world to wipe out my terror. Pray for me.

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  27. You made them all up. I refuse to believe anything but that. A part of me doesn’t even want to come back and check because if even one of these end up being real, my head might explode.

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    • tardis
      March 6, 2012 at 1:44 pm

      Ha, I was thinking the same thing!

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  28. tardis
    March 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    Yellow Painting: Etsy. The selling price is just right to be Etsy.

    White on White photo: Regretsy. The added touch of coffee or whatever that mark is on the cup makes me think it’s more Regretsy.

    Placenta Batter: OMFG PLEASE BE REGRETSY!

    Sculpture Thing: Etsy! I have no idea why.

    Bladder Tea: Regretsy and it needs to be in the annoying description category. Everything is so perfectly wrong and Etsy about it that it can’t be real.

    To be honest, I can’t tell between any of these but gave it my best shot. This one was really hard. I love this game, though!

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  29. MissMoodybear
    March 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    I think the Painting has to be fake for the following reasons:

    It sounds like too much research went into it, like it was copied from an art major’s midterm paper or wikipedia, which art majors usually copy from to write their midterm papers. I also don’t think the price is high enough. Should be $100,400 or some bullshit like that.

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    • Beriadan
      March 6, 2012 at 5:46 pm

      I’ve seen someone at a gallery exhibit try and pull something like that.

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  30. Beriadan
    March 6, 2012 at 1:43 pm

    Well I know that first one has to be etsy cause I see that stupid shit all the fucking time at art museums and it pisses me the fuck off. and the placenta coco butter is not surprising, if people eat it, then I sure as hell can believe people can rub that all over themselves.

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    • pearlheartgtr
      March 6, 2012 at 2:46 pm

      The smearing of baby batter on one’s self kinda reminds me of this scene in Caligula…

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      • Beriadan
        March 6, 2012 at 5:41 pm

        I’ve been scarred enough by april to know I’m not watching that. Caligula was insane enough, no need to watch that played out in film. Though I do love how the guy named a horse his advisor and declared war on the sea.

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  31. tracistewart
    March 6, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    I’m going with Etsy (unless April is just using the British spelling of ‘colours’ to throw us off). Regretsy, Etsy, Regretsy, Etsy, Regretsy.
    That is all.

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  32. frickineh
    March 6, 2012 at 1:45 pm

    Oh god I don’t even care about the rest but I really, really hope that the baby batter is fake.

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  33. tardis
    March 6, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    Where would they be getting all of that human placenta from???

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    • merrid
      March 6, 2012 at 1:52 pm

      The doula in the kitchen?

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    • OhHowMyBrainHurts
      March 6, 2012 at 3:04 pm

      inorite!? People just don’t give the damn things away!

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  34. mamazog
    March 6, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    I thought Baby Batter was something else entirely. Looks legit, though, in an Etsy sort of way. I vote that the coffee cup art and the sculpture are Regretsy, but I don’t really care. I am, however, lifting the phrase “variation in appearance on-screen is unavoidable” and appending it to my Match.com profile. Put that in your yoni-bong and smoke it.

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    • knitibranch
      March 6, 2012 at 3:33 pm

      “Put that in your yoni-bong and smoke it.”

      I sure hope you’re planning to add that to your Match profile as well.

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  35. Catethulhu
    March 6, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    I’m going to say 1 is Etsy That sort of effort seems like it would require someone who gives a shit. 2 is Regretsy (I think). 3 I’m going to say Regretsy because my mind can’t fathom it otherwise. 4 is Etsy, (because I don’t think April could resist making some bullshit sounding reason why anyone would want a stick and cloth.) 5. I’m having trouble with this one. I’m going to say Etsy because it’s hard to fake that kind of crazy. Although if anyone could, it would be April. (No offense I think it’s a special kind of talent)
    Okay, now to click the links and see how horribly wrong I am. This is fun!

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    • Catethulhu
      March 6, 2012 at 1:49 pm

      Derp. No links yet. I suck at reading apparently.

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    • Bobdaggit Kate
      March 6, 2012 at 2:27 pm

      I adore your screen name :D

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  36. HarleanC
    March 6, 2012 at 1:49 pm

    Etsy – Regretsy knows how to spell “yellow”
    Regretsy – No one on Etsy would charge $25 for an 8×8 print when they could charge $40 for an 8×10 on the same piece of paper
    Etsy – They specified the placenta is purified, so it must be okay
    Etsy – Just… obviously
    Regretsy – No one on Etsy would use the word “unassuming” in a description, and think they needed protection from spiritual arrogance

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  37. KateInMT
    March 6, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    Coffee mug is Regretsy. If it were Etsy, there’d surely be a comment on the small coffee stain, perhaps signifying man’s intrusion into the pureness of being and the nothingness of white. The ideal coffee mug is non-existent because not only was its very birth contaminated by human DNA, it exists (or doesn’t exist) only to contain the by products of bruising, roasting and heating the embryonic coffee plant potential. Man, the destroyer evidenced by coffee blood. (That’s the sort of thing you see on Etsy, so since it wasn’t there, it’s Regretsy. I think.)

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  38. JoyM
    March 6, 2012 at 1:50 pm

    I have a horrible feeling that that “baby batter” is actually for sale on Etsy even though is disgusting and should be illegal. And the rest of this shit certainly could be on Etsy, but I’ll guess that the coffee cup is Regretsy.

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  39. polarBaroness
    March 6, 2012 at 1:51 pm

    I just want to know where they got the bladder infection from.

    Outsourcing has become so difficult these days.

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  40. KittyPrawn
    March 6, 2012 at 1:52 pm

    1. Etsy. HK isn’t on enough drugs for that ramble.
    2. Regretsy. And that is a lovely shade of lipstick stain.
    3. Regretsy. I’m pretty sure that’s Cool Whip in a jar with a fake label.
    4. Regretsy. The $420 price take was too clever for the person who would have had to be smoking pot to make that.
    5. I’ve flip-flopped 8 times on this choice. I’m going to go with Etsy. WHY CAN’T DESCRIPTIONS DESCRIBE THE PRODUCT???

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  41. SteamPun
    March 6, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    1. etsy – only because—I shit you not—I came across an entire etsy shop dedicated to wood panels with a circle painted on them. And those were featured on the front page, too.
    2. etsy
    3. etsy
    4. Regretsy—the photography is too good to be etsy, and there aren’t enough feathers, polished stones, or barnwood.
    5. Regretsy

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  42. Menopausalmaniac
    March 6, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    I, also, believe they could all easily be Etsy offerings,

    But I am guessing they are all Etsy except for the coffee cup, I hesitated on the cradle but I think HK would have made up some wild description for it.

    I want to start a section on ‘Who buys this shit?’, with pictures of the people who purchase some of these items!

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  43. The 13th Black Cat
    March 6, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    Oh wow, this is hard. I can easily see every single one of these on Etsy.

    Okay. Hmm. The second and last one = Regretsy.

    If the Baby Batter is Regretsy, I quit. I refuse to believe that isn’t real. It simply HAS to be.

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  44. celery
    March 6, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    I’m going to guess that the only fake is the baby batter. I am really really hoping that is fake!

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    • der Glitzkrieg
      March 6, 2012 at 1:55 pm

      Same here. It seems a little too crazy even for Etsy’s insanity.

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  45. easytoplease
    March 6, 2012 at 1:55 pm

    I don’t know if it’s cheating or not, but based on the alignment of the text vs. the photo it seems like the first and last are together and the middle three are together. I’m guessing the first and last are Regretsy. I don’t have a clue based on the actual items.

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    • berge
      March 6, 2012 at 2:04 pm

      I think April reformats all of them for the blog anyway, but nice thought.

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  46. shoosh
    March 6, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    The mug is so Regretsy. It’s gotta be. Also,mention of inclusion on the front page? DEAD GIVE AWAY.

    * I scrolled past the comments because I feel like reading them first is sorta cheating.

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  47. egriz
    March 6, 2012 at 1:58 pm

    These are getting harder and harder. The “still moment” cup has a coffee stain on the side of it like the photographer just used it. That, along with the hugely long title that feels like it’s grasping desperately for attention makes me judge this as being real, and on Etsy.

    The Urinary tract medicine and the tree stump art are confounding me because the wording on bladder infection seems too excited, even for Etsy. however, the photo quality looks something like the camera is near sighted and drunk, so it feels like Etsy. As for the sticks on some chicken wire, the high quality camera and freshly cut wood would make me guess Regretsy, since most the Etsy users featured on this site tend to be too lazy to buy a nice camera, or cut wood.

    Yellow painting is Regretsy?

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  48. annhogher
    March 6, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    baby batter has to be real because only a doula with an etsy shop would not recognize ‘baby batter’ as an alternative splooge term

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  49. shoosh
    March 6, 2012 at 1:59 pm

    The lipstick kinda looks like it could be Killer’s color, too.

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  50. berge
    March 6, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Bladder Infection smells like Regretsy. No one would write “We are all colors of the rainbow” in seriousness, right? RIGHT?!

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  51. Nasty Spitgobbler
    March 6, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    Ooooh, I love this game! Even though it keeps getting harder and harder. Here are my wild guesses:

    Yellow Painting = Real. It’s just pretentious enough.
    Used Coffee Cup = Fake. It didn’t cost enough. That’s a reasonable price.
    Baby Batter = Fake. The “Anti Depression” claim is over the top, even for Etsy.
    Cradle = Real. Maybe. It’s hard to tell without a description.
    Infection plus Herbal Tea = Real. Too bat shit crazy to be fake.

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    • Shmoops
      March 6, 2012 at 2:22 pm

      Eating your own placenta is the #1 natural way for women to fight postpartum depression. I shit you not. Google it and you will get HUNDREDS of articles mentioning it. You can get it in a tablet of just put it in lasagna.

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      • Selflothius
        March 6, 2012 at 3:28 pm

        vagitarian lasagna. :@

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  52. mafaldin
    March 6, 2012 at 2:04 pm

    Bauhaus yellow MUST be Etsy. No way HK would go to all this trouble.

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  53. shoosh
    March 6, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    This is the greatest game ever.

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  54. mitte
    March 6, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    Okay, you got me. No fuckin’ clue.

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  55. silverwindow
    March 6, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    The baby batter has to be fake, the ingredients would just make a sticky mess and it would not actually look like a whipped product like in the picture, it would have a thinner / runnier consistency.

    The rest…well I’m stumped, I wouldn’t put any of them past etsy, but they are completely probable (sadly.)

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    • mafaldin
      March 6, 2012 at 2:09 pm

      But… Those are just the KEY ingredients. Not all ingredients.

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      • silverwindow
        March 6, 2012 at 2:18 pm

        I still doubt the use of agave and coconut milk, coconut oil would make way more sense. Also why are the more key ingredients than ingredients listed on the jar…it’s fishy…

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        • Mugsy Doodle
          March 6, 2012 at 2:38 pm

          No, fishy is the nipple cream.

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  56. cincharge
    March 6, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    All I know is that I NEED “Baby Batter” to be fake for my sanity to remain intact.

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  57. whimsiclefucker
    March 6, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    etsy – Just about the right amount of bullshit

    Regretsy – (front page? suspicious)

    Regretsy – I think I know that Uterus, plus, at least it’s probably a biohazard and illegal to ship!

    Regretsy – Simply too little bullshit in the description, if it’s real their art school needs to confiscate their degree for flim-flam-failure

    ETSY – AND I FEEL LIKE CAPS LOCK INSIDE ABOUT THIS ONE

    And what the fuck? No bronc-drawings? Or is #1 by Bronc?

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  58. Misantharista
    March 6, 2012 at 2:08 pm

    Aw MAN. I have a gnarly pharmacology midterm tonight and this is my only free study time, but it’s sorely tempting to sit here refreshing the page and watching the hilarious guesses roll in…

    DAMN.

    Must…walk…away…from….computer….

    Sigh. I guess I’ll have to be content with reading all the comments on this post and the answer post when I get home from hopefully not failing my midterm. DAMN you FJLs for distracting me so!

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  59. gretapookie
    March 6, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    Yellow – totally Regretsy at that low-low-bargain basement price
    Cup… oh PICTURE of a cup – Etsy
    Baby Batter – Etsy (and I think what started this whole thing)
    Cradle – Etsy. I think you’re trying to spoof us because the artistic stick was fake last time.
    Urinary – Etsy. Who else would want to SELL me an infection? I almost said fake due to the combination of ALLCAPS and no obvious misspellings (but I’m a terrible speller so I might have missed something)

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  60. krissysue2
    March 6, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    I’m sure that I’m completely off, but I’m going with the coffee cup and cradle being Regretsy and the rest are Etsy?

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  61. elarrabalero
    March 6, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    CRADLE.

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  62. gracejessica
    March 6, 2012 at 2:12 pm

    EERRE and I am crossing my fingers the baby batter is in our Grab Bags at the meetup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A girl can dream…….

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  63. WhizbangDoor
    March 6, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    Helen, we all know you just photoshopped a sticky note to make that first painting. I hope.

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    • WhizbangDoor
      March 6, 2012 at 2:15 pm

      And then there’s that UTI medicine. HOW MUCH OF THAT IS JUST SPIT AND WHISKEY? ALL OF IT? COME CLEAN, HELEN.

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  64. Cygnet
    March 6, 2012 at 2:13 pm

    Yellow Painting: Etsy. The amount of non-ingenuity and the large amount of pure snooty simply drips of Etsy.
    White on White photo: Regresty. April is always, rightfully, ragging on the lack of art Etsy photography.
    Placenta baby butter: Etsy.
    Sculpture Thing: Regresty. Agine they are mocking the lack of sanity and plthara of hippy drips on Etsy.
    Bladder Tea: Regresty. Mocking. At its best.

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  65. HesterPeche
    March 6, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    1. Etsy. It has to be, it’s just so pretentious.

    2. Probably Etsy. But the somewhat displaced comment about recycling makes me think Regretsy.

    3. Regretsy. All the way. Those ingredients wouldn’t make something that consistency…and something like that would be illegal to sell. You can’t purify biowaste like that.

    4. Etsy. It just screams Etsy…but then again no. A fine piece of art like that? Definitely under-priced.

    5. Regretsy.

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  66. OriginalsbyJeanene
    March 6, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    Painting – Etsy. The British spellings and haughty tone is all over Etsy.

    Dirty coffee cup print – Etsy. There are thousands of prints like this.

    Baby Batter – Regretsy. Simple reason, materials are not easily available.

    Sculpture – Etsy. I refuse to believe that the peeps at Regretsy have those items of clothing

    Urinary Tea – Etsy. The description is completely meaningless.

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  67. WilliamWordsworthIsMyBabydaddy
    March 6, 2012 at 2:14 pm

    Why on earth is there a bicornuate uterus on the lid of the “Baby Batter” jar? Is one side for the baby and the other side for maximising the all-natural Baby Batter production? Multi-tasking wombyn unite! Get rid of your boring, regular uterus, a truly empowered wombyn septates for maximum profit!

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    • Khyri
      March 6, 2012 at 2:46 pm

      My thought was that the seller (if baby batter is Etsy) doesn’t know it’s a bicornuate uterus – they think that’s how all uteri look.

      At least there’s only one vagina.

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  68. lovecry
    March 6, 2012 at 2:15 pm

    Painting – Regretsy
    Mug Print – Regretsy
    The… Batter… – Etsy
    Cradle (??) – Etsy
    Tea – Etsy

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  69. Tura23
    March 6, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    I’m going to say the coffee cup is fake – largely because of the “My handmade item was featured on the front page” picture.

    The cradle sculpture is probably real – but I am basing that on the assumption that Helen and Bronc aren’t members of whatever LARP organization that hideous green robe, and baby-pee colored cloak came from.

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  70. Canuckanuck
    March 6, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    1) Etsy.

    2) Regretsy.

    3) Nice bifid uterus. Definitely Etsy.

    4) Regretsy.

    5) Even Regretsy couldn’t do photography this terrible. Etsy all the way.

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  71. Bobdaggit Kate
    March 6, 2012 at 2:17 pm

    1. Real: We all know you wouldn’t waste a good drug/alcohol combo buzz on writing descriptions when there are awe-inducing reality shows on instant streaming.
    2. Fake? That fine art is much too fine to sell for only $25 on Etsy
    3. Real.
    4. Fake, if there is any hope for the world.
    5. Real: I have more faith in your product photography skills. (Failing that, Bronc’s ability to recover some of that shit)

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  72. yoursharona
    March 6, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    Bauhaus Yellow Monochrome Painting – if this is Etsy, I’m going to have to start framing office supplies; I work as a temp so I’m in a position to price very competitively

    Coffee Cup – Regretsy; the “front page” badge seems too couldn’t-help-myself nasty

    Baby Batter – Regretsy, or I need a vacation

    Cradle – Etsy, or Helen needs a vacation

    Infectious Herbal Tea – Regretsy, inspired I suspect by a recent comment thread about tea tree oil and where to stick it

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  73. TheSadGirl
    March 6, 2012 at 2:18 pm

    Fuck. All of these could be either way. They’re all so amazingly terrible, but for some reason, I believe the first one to be awfully photoshopped. It just looks…off.

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  74. barnwoodpecker
    March 6, 2012 at 2:19 pm

    Cradle sculpture has to be Regretsy ($420? Yeah…). I’m on the fence about the “Baby Batter”, but I think it’s Regretsy, too. I’m pretty sure the painting, photo, and tea are all real Etsy items.

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  75. ScarletL
    March 6, 2012 at 2:19 pm

    Yellow monochrome is far to well thought out, it actually makes sense, so for that I say REGRETSY!
    A still moment, hell yeah I believe that, that was on the front page, so ETSY!
    Baby batter, there’s no way even the strangest Regretsian could have thought of that one, it’s ETSY!
    Cradle, tough one but I’m going to pin that on Bronc and say REGRETSY.
    UTI and herbal tea, I would be so tempted to say you made that shit up, but because I’m tempted to say that it has to be real. ETSY!

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  76. Mugsy Doodle
    March 6, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    FRAMED POST-IT: Etsy
    So cupcakey it has to be Etsy.

    DIRTY MUG: Regretsy
    The drip’s too perfect & there’s no copy saying “the drip represents the slow drip-drip of the heart of society as it’s drained from our collective psyches, to be thrown down the drain of life, like yesterday’s coffee.”

    BABY BATTER: Regretsy
    At first I was sure it was Etsy. However, upon closer inspection, I see that the list of ingredients on the label does not match the list in the copy. (It’s the attention to details that makes Regretsy what it is.)

    CRADLE SCULPTURE: Regretsy
    April and Bronc are making this harder and harder. We’re too familiar with their home décor by now, so they’re not photographing anything in a recognizable location. They have trees in their backyard. PLUS, this is too nice a tree branch to be Etsy.

    BLADDER INFECTION (cure, I presume? Not to GET an infection?): Etsy
    I’d just rather not say anything more about this, if it’s ok with you.

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  77. Limi89
    March 6, 2012 at 2:21 pm

    The tree in chicken wire and the mysterious brown bottle are the only fakes. Come on, it’s only a matter of time before the yellow painting makes Front Page and all becomes yummy and lovely!

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  78. thesunshinevalentineballerina
    March 6, 2012 at 2:22 pm

    Where the Hell is the barn wood? Something is very wrong here.

    That said:
    1. Regretsy – I have that very same post-it notepad and will sell it to you for a lot less.
    2. Etsy, although given that it’s not particularly twee, I could be wrong.
    3.Regretsy – real placenta and good vibes should cost more than $20. Personal note: You couldn’t pay me to eat in “our” home kitchen.
    4.Etsy because there is no creativity in the “sculpture”, the presentation, nor the write-up whatsoever. Helen’s fakes are always creative, in a deliberately moronic kind of way.
    5.Regretsy – See #4. Also, is burlap the new barn wood?

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  79. RisaRocksIt
    March 6, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    I’m going with my first gut reaction -

    Regretsy
    Regretsy
    Etsy
    Regretsy
    Etsy

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  80. Donnathedead
    March 6, 2012 at 2:23 pm

    Baby Batter is totally real. I donated my placenta.

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  81. Rae
    March 6, 2012 at 2:25 pm

    So if the baby batter isn’t Etsy, does anyone know where I can buy some? Also need to know what kind of side dishes go well with placenta. It’s, uh, for a friend.

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    • HaloSoap
      March 6, 2012 at 2:32 pm

      You send me a placenta, I’ll make a nice body cream out of it for you.

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    • AriaDream
      March 6, 2012 at 2:51 pm

      Honey glazed carrots.

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  82. nummymuffincocobutter
    March 6, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    Plain yellow painting – real, and also really pretentious and fucking annoying

    Coffee cup photo – I want to say real, because I love the hilarious irony between a white and gray photo and the “gorgeous colors that last a lifetime.” But otoh, hilarity, thy name is Regretsy. So…okay, hell with it, FAKE.

    Baby Batter – I bet it is real. YOU WOULDN’T BE DEPRESSED IF YOU BREAST FED YOUR BABY MORE, YOU FUCKING HITLER.

    Cradle – Fake, but very apt Etsy-satire.

    Tea thing – Real; only rich white etsy hippies lump all Native American beliefs together. I hope this is real, actually, because I was really in the market to buy a handmade urinary / bladder tract infection…

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  83. HaloSoap
    March 6, 2012 at 2:32 pm

    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

    XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

    (Edited for cheating!)

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  84. whimsiclefucker
    March 6, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    etsy – just the right amount of bullshit.
    -
    Regretsy – Front page? suspicious
    -
    Regretsy – I think I know that uterus, but at least this is a biohazard/shipping problem.
    -
    Regretsy – Not enough bullshit, if it’s real some art school is hunting them down for the flim-flam-failure.
    -
    ETSY – AND I FEEL LIKE CAPS LOCK INSIDE ABOUT THIS ONE
    -
    And wat the fuck? No Bronc drawings this time . . . unless the first one was Bronc?

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  85. Cnids
    March 6, 2012 at 2:36 pm

    There’s no way the Baby Butter is real; I mean, it’s technically a biohazard, right? Please say yes.

    I feel like the “A Still Moment” one is also fake because the tags in the title are just too outrageously tacky to actually be legit. Is “shabby chic” even still a thing?

    And I think the Cradle thing might be fake just because there’s no way a brilliant sculptor would let such a beautiful piece go for so cheap.

    …just kidding, it’s a piece of shit.

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  86. Princess Buzzkill Crying Glitter Eagle
    March 6, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Placenta batter and the tree stump with the sheet on it are Regretsy. The rest – Etsy.

    The meaningful objects collection is too cheap for Etsy. To be truly meaningful, they should be priced at 750 or more.

    The placenta batter because I truly hope and pray that this isn’t a real thing.

    All the rest of it, I can totally see on Etsy (actually the other 2 as well)

    Nothing surprises me anymore.

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  87. K
    March 6, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    I scrolled through the front page too quickly and thought that the Wesley Crusher e-book was also part of the game. I was guessing that was the fake one.

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  88. ScrapMetal
    March 6, 2012 at 2:40 pm

    Monochrome painting- regretsy-looks like Bronc’s photoshopping
    white mug photo-etsy cuz it’s a really crappy photo
    baby batter- etsy- cuz it’s a little behind the times- placentas are so yesterday!
    sculpture- regretsy cuz i don’t think even etsy can sink that low
    the vial of whatever- etsy

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  89. tothemoonandback
    March 6, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    Bauhaus Yellow Monochrome Painting – Etsy. Only a conceited hipster could come up with something like this.
    A Still Moment – Etsy. Only a hipster would think of taking a picture of a boring ass mug.
    Baby Batter – Regretsy This is just too disgusting to be real! That, and who would want to buy placenta lotion???
    Cradle – Etsy. This is just too bizarre to be fake, must be etsy.
    URINARY/ BLADDER TRACT infection plus herbal tea – Regretsy. “We are all colors of the rainbow” gave it away as a fake.

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  90. OhHowMyBrainHurts
    March 6, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    Day-yam! These are getting harder and harder. Here goes:

    Etsy – and if that’s Bauhaus art, I’m fucking Mondrian.
    Etsy – I’m gonna start selling my used paper napkins with lipstick prints in cheap frames from the dollar store as art
    Regretsy – Oh GOD! Please let this be Regretsy. No one can be that stupid. Can they? CAN THEY??? (Then again GM named an automobile a Hummer so I guess they can).
    Regretsy – it looks to casual to be Etsy
    AND
    Etsy – no comment

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    • Mugsy Doodle
      March 6, 2012 at 2:54 pm

      Does Mondrian know you’re going to fuck him? Perhaps yell “Surprise!” first, just to cover your bases (even dead people can sue, you know).

      Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Mondrian look like a hipster Bruce Springsteen? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondrian,_Piet

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  91. EatMe
    March 6, 2012 at 2:45 pm

    Ok, I’ve never played this before, but here goes:

    1-Etsy
    2-Regretsy
    3-Etsy
    4-Regretsy
    5-Etsy

    And no, I didn’t just pick one and alternate from there… That last one is… Well, some of this shit you just can’t make up, and I’m sure some douche is dumb enough to sell a framed piece of construction paper…

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  92. bootsychoo
    March 6, 2012 at 2:49 pm

    #1 Etsy. Just cuz.

    #2 Regretsy. Because can real people be that jackassy? Don’t bother answering that…

    #3 Etsy. Because those etsians sure love their placentas. Although if blended sans afterbirth, the ingredients may make a pretty tasty smoothie.

    #4 Very tricky. My gut says Regretsy, my head says Etsy. I’m going with my gall bladder on this one: Etsy

    #5 Etsy. And I bet if you paint a bottle of this on a piece of cardstock, it’ll look a lot like item #1.

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  93. argusrun
    March 6, 2012 at 2:50 pm

    Only one regretsy. The batter.

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    • argusrun
      March 6, 2012 at 3:05 pm

      I should clarify my methods.

      As bad as the sculpture is, they have a professional backdrop there. HK’s unlikely to have one that size lying around.

      Bauhaus is exactly the shit that come out of art schools, so I believe it. Plus given the volume of shit HK buys, I doubt she has any wall left that are that pristine.

      Coffee cup? Well let’s just say I spend way too much time on Etsy, so I may have seen this before.

      Tea. Tough one. Shitty picture that HK could easily recreate. The language though is just too spot on. “Colors of the Rainbow?” Someone saw Pocahontas as a kid, bought a dreamcatcher and never looked back. I should know. I went through a Dances with Wolves phase.

      Placenta. Baby Batter? It’s just too obvious. Anyone so obsessed with pushing tiny humans out their vagoo would be familiar with the term baby batter. And while they might make the joke, they wouldn’t have the restraint from doing a wink wink nudge nudge in the description.

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  94. AriaDream
    March 6, 2012 at 2:51 pm

    My guesses…

    1 – Regretsy. If it’s Etsy I might have to curl up in a corner and cry a littl.e

    2 – Etsy. There’s something about it…

    3 – Etsy.

    4 – Regretsy. See my comment on 1.

    5 – Etsy

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  95. koalikoon
    March 6, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    False! All false! I think April’s just fucking with us now. Or at least, that’s the belief that will let let me sleep at night.

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  96. Mugsy Doodle
    March 6, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    Does Mondrian know you’re going to fuck him? Perhaps yell “Surprise!” first, just to cover your bases (even dead people can sue, you know).

    Is it just me, or does anyone else think that Mondrian look like a hipster Bruce Springsteen? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mondrian,_Piet

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    • Mugsy Doodle
      March 6, 2012 at 2:55 pm

      This was in reply to OhHowMyBrainHurts. It slipped down here. :(

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  97. What the frell…
    March 6, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    Christ on a cracker, I hope that baby batter is fake…[shudder]

    My guesses:

    Bauhaus painting: real

    Coffee cup photo: fake (I would hope a photographer actually wanting to sell such a photo would wipe the coffee drip off of the cup first)

    Baby batter: Fake (please, oh please?)

    Cradle: fake

    UTI syrup: real

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  98. runawayawesome
    March 6, 2012 at 2:53 pm

    Im thinking…

    urinary tract thing – etsy, its wayy to gross not to be
    baby batter – etsy
    picture of mug – regretsy
    cradle- regretsy
    bahaus – really im 50/50 with this but I think Ill sayyyy regretsy

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  99. TheSheep
    March 6, 2012 at 2:57 pm

    I’m calling fake on “Cradle” and Baby Batter.

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  100. rushgirl2112
    March 6, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    The painting is real. Etsy’s featured one almost exactly like that on the front page before, except in a different color. From what I recall, they also had a long, obnoxious description to try and justify the price. If this isn’t the same seller, I’ll be surprised.

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  101. memsaab
    March 6, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    I think they are all Etsy except the sculpture of meaningful objects, and I must say that I am beginning to worry that one day Helen Killer is going to appear in a non-ironic way on the Etsy front page.

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  102. mystic_eye_cda
    March 6, 2012 at 3:02 pm

    Home-birthin’, doula-using, hippies don’t share their placenta, they eat it themselves!

    I think that one and the tea are fakes ;)

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  103. Kitchen Bish
    March 6, 2012 at 3:05 pm

    Etsy – Because it takes a real creative genius to slap a Dutch Boy paint sample into a frame!
    Etsy – Although I REALLY want to say Regretsy because of the coffee slobber drip on the front. Then again, we’ve seen people post pictures with hair in food and misspelled products. The saliva on the cup really connects you to the artist’s vision.
    Regretsy – Doula, human placenta and good vibes. It’s a GOOD thing!
    Regretsy – Oh COME ON! If this shit is real I’m just gonna go shoot myself in the face!
    Etsy – I’m almost positive I’ve seen the herbal tea UTI cure mentioned before.

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  104. landcfan
    March 6, 2012 at 3:06 pm

    Real, real Fake fake re
    Painting: real
    Mug picture: real. HK’s house is too full of fuckery to have so much white space, and the pictures on the black picture on the side seems to reference a specific seller, and seems real.
    Placenta cream: Fake. I think it would cost more, as I’d imagine fresh placenta isn’t easy to come by, unless the doula isn’t telling the women how she’s disposing of the placenta. I wonder how many people would agree to let her have them. I mean, it wouldn’t affect the mother, unless she wanted it for godknowswhat.

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    • landcfan
      March 6, 2012 at 3:15 pm

      Hey, Kitchen Bish and The Sheep guessed the same ones I did. Looks like we’re in this together, guys!

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  105. Selflothius
    March 6, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    I was guessing them until I got to placenta butter then me and my husband made these faces.

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  106. landcfan
    March 6, 2012 at 3:10 pm

    As for that last thing, many American Indian myths have different origins for different peoples, and many do not believe that all people came from Africa, and that the story about the land bridge is just white people trying to put them on equal grounds as immigrants (can’t blame them for not trusting science though, after that skull measuring thing…)

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  107. swindlefuck
    March 6, 2012 at 3:12 pm

    if that piece of shit “sculpture” is real, i have officially found my key to millions.

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  108. bj.will
    March 6, 2012 at 3:16 pm

    1) Etsy: I have to retain a little hope in the artsy folk out there.
    2) Regretsy: the coffee stain on the mug is centered (an impossible task for someone dumb enough to do this for real).
    3) Regretsy: there can’t possibly be a placenta black market…right?
    4) Etsy: see “Long Rusted Nails Bouquet”
    5) Regretsy: where’s the duck-face, half-naked “half-blood” twat prancing around in her neighbor’s back yard to sell this?

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  109. thecreightonberyl
    March 6, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    1. Etsy
    2. Regretsy
    3. Etsy
    4. Regretsy
    5. Etsy

    I KNOW Number 3 is real, because I am a Batter contributor.

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  110. Easily_Distracted
    March 6, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    Okay, here’s my guesses:
    1. Etsy, because I’m pretty sure I’ve seen it, or something nearly identical, and it pissed me off for hours. (Then I realized that it hadn’t sold for months, so I felt better.)
    2. Regretsy, because the text to go with it just isn’t trite enough to sell a photo of a grubby coffee mug.
    3. Regretsy. Yeckthhpt, I don’t know if that violates Etsy’s TOU, but it certainly violates OSHA.
    4. Regretsy, because, just PLEASE. NO FUCKING WAY.
    5. Etsy, because it sounds like the same maker as the Hillbilly Bajingo Wash!
    I fear I’ve guessed too many Regretsys this time, so I’m probably utterly wrong. But sometimes you have to go with your gut if you want to put off vacuuming the house for a few more minutes.

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  111. Azu
    March 6, 2012 at 3:31 pm

    Oh for the love of all that is good and holy please let that placenta baby batter crap is Regretsy.

    If it actually exists then I’ll love all faith I have in humanity. (As if I had any to begin with…)

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  112. sisterfister
    March 6, 2012 at 3:36 pm

    first one might be real. I really believe people are full of that amount of shit.

    minimalist monochromatic monotony most fucking definitely made its way to the front page of etsy. real.

    In the real world, agave, coconut, placenta purees get eaten. Regretsy.

    I don’t believe the stick bag chickenwire thing. Nobody gets that high anymore.

    Is this a listing for uti in a bottle? I’m not sure what the product is. Regretsy.

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  113. Cumitten
    March 6, 2012 at 3:55 pm

    Everything here is terrible. I sincerely hope it’s all fake.

    But, in particular, if the placenta baby cream turns out to be real I’d like to hand in my membership card to the human race and be the first to colonize Mars.

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  114. Bitch Pudding
    March 6, 2012 at 3:56 pm

    Oh shit!! I am finally home early enough to get my votes in

    Etsy- that is the kind of name dropping people put on stuff to sell a framed post it note.

    Regretsy because the front page thingy looks diff

    Etsy -because the thingy is blurred.

    Regretsy-because the composition appears to have been done by someone who is coming off antiobiotics they mixed with booze. In their mind that tree looks fanfucktabulous and it is made of gold and the blankets surrounding it are made of a gossamer fabric. In reality though..it’s just garbage dragged from a neighbors burn pile.

    toss up – the blurry pic makes me think etsy. But the jute fabric bag in the background makes me think it was what April kept her weed from Amsterdam in.

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  115. swaan
    March 6, 2012 at 4:06 pm

    Yellow painting – Etsy, because that kind of bullshit can only come from an art school student.

    Coffee cup photograph – Etsy, because that’s not HK’s lipstick shade on the rim.

    Baby Batter – Regretsy, because PLEASE GOD LET THAT BE FAKE.

    Cradle – Regretsy. Have you had some pruning done lately?

    UTI Tea – Etsy…? This one is hard, since the description is so beautifully fucked up, I almost want to give HK credit for the creativity. On the other hand, this is exactly the kind of bullshit that passes for “spiritual” “sayings” on Etsy.

    WHATEVS, I’m going to get all of them wrong, as always. The play’s the thing.

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  116. knitibranch
    March 6, 2012 at 4:08 pm

    My method: 1. Read the descriptions and jot down my guesses. 2. Read 175+ responses from everyone who got here first, because I spent two hours at the blowout clearance sale at the craft store buying stoopid crap to make even stoopider crap to send to my Regretsy-besties (I know where you live hahahaha!). 3. Go back and look at the photos again, just to refresh my memory. 4. Post my original guesses. 5. Try to check my work on Etsy. 6. Weep because I’m unlikely to get more than two or three right, if history is any guide. 7. Drink.

    (rats – I’m too long-winded! This will be a two-part post which no one will read anyway ’cause I’m so late!)

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    • knitibranch
      March 6, 2012 at 4:12 pm

      Yellow “painting” – Etsy. I have seen virtually identical items (different color, same kind of horseshit in the description) on Etsy before.

      Coffee Cup – Regretsy. I know April uses white restaurant ware, and I can totally see her using that “gorgeous colors that last a lifetime” line for a print of a white object on a white background.

      Baby Batter – Regretsy. Agave nectar would be too sticky to be a “key ingredient,” and I suspect Bronc’s handiwork in the creation of the label.

      Cradle sculpture – Regretsy. The fabric looks like something maybe April received as a gift and didn’t like, so she gave it to the dogs to mangle.

      UTI Stuff – Etsy. It has the ring of truth to it. If it’s a fake, it’s a damn fine one.

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  117. inmediasres
    March 6, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    I’m gonna say first two real, last three fake. I hope the baby batter is fake… the pointing out of being a doula seems weird – having several friends who are doulas, collecting placentas and turning them into creams is way overstepping the bounds of what a doula is. I could be overthinking it, but I SO want this to be fake.

    The first two are entirely too pretentious, they just scream Etsy. Of course, that could easily be a red herring. I’ll just have to find out. The found object sculpture could also be Etsy, but, eh. I’ll just go with my gut here.

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    • inmediasres
      March 6, 2012 at 4:23 pm

      Also, I love how the last one makes it sound like they’re selling you a UTI as well as herbal tea.

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  118. Happy Rhinestone
    March 6, 2012 at 4:22 pm

    I’m thinking the “sculptural assembly of meaningful objects” for $420 is Regretsy.

    The ambiguous lipstick/coffee drip on the rim of that coffee cup seems like just the kind of attention to detail we could only expect from April.

    Please, let the baby batter be fake. Please. Please.

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  119. notgenanything
    March 6, 2012 at 4:27 pm

    Yellow painting: etsy
    coffee cup: fake
    baby batter: etsy (although please please I would prefer fake)
    cradle: fake
    UTI treatment: etsy

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  120. lollerskates
    March 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    Oh, boy!!

    The yellow square thing is Etsy, because the description is too long and boring to be anything else.

    The mug lacks glitter and tampons, so obviously fake.

    I really hope the Baby Batter is fake because it looks like the chipotle mayonnaise in my fridge.

    The…er….cradle, is it? Etsy, because….is that a sham-WOW?

    The last one is Etsy because from what I can discern from the description the seller is trying to sell me somebody’s actual urinary tract infection…

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  121. angel drawers
    March 6, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    Bauhaus – real. Because the description is weirdly complicated.

    A Still Moment – fake.

    Baby Batter – real. Although I hope I’m wrong.

    Cradle – real. Because there’s no description. Or did she leave it off to mislead us? Tricksy Helen.

    Tea – real. Because it’s just that crazy.

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  122. amurana
    March 6, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    i want to say the only real one is Bauhaus. i want to believe it. But I know one of those batshit entries is going to be real and I’m going to have more nightmares tonight.

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  123. bonster
    March 6, 2012 at 5:34 pm

    I’m not telling because I totally looked them up – I cheat, but at least I am an honest cheater….oh God and all is holy, human kind has officially lost its ever-loving marbles…

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  124. RiRiMcNabb
    March 6, 2012 at 7:08 pm

    that cradle thing is definitely Etsy. No one is that crazy on purpose.

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  125. craftylittlemonkey
    March 7, 2012 at 1:21 pm

    I just have to mention here how much I’ve grown to hate this fucking game. The answers… I just can’t take it anymore, that sculpture has sucked all the joy out of this for me forevermore. *sad*

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  126. mdutch
    March 27, 2012 at 3:24 pm

    Happy to see the “Baby Batter” was unreal. But you already knew that real life is funnier than comedy.
    January Jones Eats Her Own Placenta

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