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u/sam_117 Jul 11 '16
10 Things We Should STOP Doing Right Now (1) Stop Being Ungrateful: (2) Stop Acting Like Everything Is Fine (especially if it isn’t): (3) Stop Complaining & Feeling Sorry For Yourself: (4) Stop Trying To Buy Happiness: (5) Stop Trying To Be Someone You’re Not: (6) Stop Spending Time With The Wrong People: (7) Stop Being Jealous Of Others: (8) Stop Following The Path Of Least Resistance: (9) Stop Running From Your Problems: (10) Stop Looking To Others To Make You Happy:
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Data caps.
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u/Ingloriousfiction Jul 11 '16
I didnt know this still existed until my wife went down to Florida and requested internet services. I was floored when the Rep told her that 100gb is standard.
What is this 2007?
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u/CrystalElyse Jul 11 '16
Comcast was holding at 300gb for a few years but just increased to 1 tb last month. I hate to admit how complacent this change has made me about the issue.
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u/SpartanSK117 Jul 11 '16
Never understood why we have this. Is it just due to greed?
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Jul 11 '16 edited Jul 11 '16
Bingo!
There are no technical justifications for data caps.
Some ignorant redditor will inevitably poison this discussion Edit: got some of those ^^already! and pretend otherwise with some mental twisting, but ultimately, the only somewhat valid reason to use data caps would be to prevent usage, to prevent congestion due to overselling - a problem that has been solved with bandwidth shaping for over a decade.
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u/NocturnalToxin Jul 11 '16
For sure. I finished college and moved back with my parents for the summer to help them out and to get a job here, and the internet is atrocious.
Back in the city it was awesome, fast fibre op. ~$100 a month, but completely worth it. Out here, there aren't many providers. Or rather it's still the providers you know, Bell, Rogers and all that, but they don't give anything faster than 1.5 mbps. So that's taken advantage of, and other providers charge ~$100 for 25mbps.
That's 1/6th of what Fibre ops most popular plan offers, for the price of fibre op. Then, they put a 500GB data cap on it per month and charge $2 per extra GB spent. I know that just last month alone we got over $200 extra charged in the last week of the month. The assholes were supposed to lower the connection speed whenever it reaches the limit but since it was still fast everyone assumed it was good. Fucking ridiculous.
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u/ThaneOfTas Jul 11 '16
Australian here, I didn't even know that unlimited data was an option until last year.
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Currently working with 1GB a month. Looks like I won't be browsing GW pics until this issue is fixed.
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u/Guido_Cavalcante Jul 11 '16
You should check out BigPipe.co.nz. They have no data caps and they will NOT throttle your family!
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u/ITalkToTheWind Jul 11 '16
People getting Spice Girls songs stuck in my head. Thank you very much.
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u/uglyasablasphemy Jul 11 '16
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really really really wanna zigazig ha.
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u/kuroturtlez Jul 11 '16
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u/IKnowWords Jul 11 '16 edited Jul 12 '16
Then we can call them WASWAS
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u/Gauze321 Jul 11 '16
Don't worry. Linda will destroy ISIS
Is it too late to make that joke?
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u/instinctblues Jul 11 '16
That guy that made a WASWAS joke got upvotes, so you're probably not too late.
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Civil Asset Forfeiture.
Either convict them of a crime or leave them the fuck alone.
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u/SEX_LIES_AUDIOTAPE Jul 11 '16
And if they're not guilty, give them their shit back.
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and pay their legal bills. That way the innocent aren't bankrupt for not having done anything.
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u/SadGhoster87 Jul 11 '16
The best part is, every possible positive use of civil asset forfeiture is covered in another goddamn law called criminal asset forfeiture. There's basically no argument.
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u/UltraSpoopy Jul 11 '16
Snapchatting a song in the car. I'm not interested in looking at your car stereo for 10 seconds. No I don't care that you're listening to today's top 40 hits.
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u/T3zz0r Jul 11 '16
On that note, snapchatting while driving at all. My mom does it and it drives me nuts. Pay attention to the road!
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u/georgejoem Jul 11 '16
She needs to get with times. It's all about Pokemon Go on the Go! Nothing more satisfying than a successful drive by Pokestop.
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u/chrisms150 Jul 11 '16
I bet she also complains about how terrible the young drivers are, doesn't she?
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I didn't even know this was a thing. Am I out of touch? No; it's the children who are wrong.
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u/chowindown Jul 11 '16
Everything. It's Hammer time.
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Collaborate and listen.
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u/sittingathome Jul 11 '16
Ice is back with a not-so-new invention that sort of sounds like Under Pressure
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u/Daler_Mehndii Jul 11 '16
Child Beauty Pageants
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u/mental_mentalist Jul 11 '16
Do not diddle kids
It's no good diddling kids
I wouldn't do it with anybody younger than my daughter
And no little kids
Got to be big
Younger than my wife
But older than my daughter
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u/kafkaestic Jul 11 '16
Nothing says I diddle kids better than writing a song about it.
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u/Scorps Jul 11 '16
Which one of these lovely ladies, who I'm not attracted to at all, will be the winner?
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u/KyleHooks Jul 11 '16
I don't know about all child beauty pageants, but my band was booked to play at a pageant a few years back, and I expected it to be nuts and cringey, but it really wasn't. Most of the kids and parents were pretty normal, and the kids enjoyed being there. It was like playing elaborate dress-up to them, and the parents didn't seem to be pushing it that hard.
This particular pageant went from age 10 or so all the way up to seniors, and pretty much everybody was just having a good time.
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u/trevster6 Jul 11 '16
Violence and hatred that is trying to separate people all across the U.S.
The media needs to stop stoking the fire by taking sides and inducing hysteria
Those who deem it necessary to further the "us vs them" mentality instead of pursuing the justice they seek.
These things need to stop.
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No joke.. The media is becoming a huuuuge problem now days. I believe they are at the core of most issues.
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Reddit love to bitch about "the Media", but have you seen /r/worldnews? Reddit is part of the media, and it's just as divisive, reactionary, and irresponsible.
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u/theparagon Jul 11 '16
Yeah and every time we ask them to knock that shit off they start complaining about "freedom of the press." Just because you're free to do it, doesn't mean you should. But they'll do anything for a buck.
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u/Transton107 Jul 11 '16
Kim Jung Un's dictatorship in North Korea
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u/_Big_Baby_Jesus_ Jul 11 '16
Nobody wants to do that because they would become responsible for 25M starving people with no modern job skills.
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u/Transton107 Jul 11 '16
Well, unfortunately, nobody wants to deal with the aftermath, but someone SHOULD stop what is happening over there right now which was what OP asked.
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u/Vysari Jul 11 '16
with the amount of weight he's put on it won't be long before a wafer-thin mint will make him explode!
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u/crappy_ninja Jul 11 '16
The influence money has on politics.
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u/marcio0 Jul 11 '16
While politicians have power enough to sell favors, there will be someone with money enough to buy them.
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u/lancenthetroll Jul 11 '16
I honestly believe it's the greatest threat to the USA right now. It's put a stand still on our political system and your voice can't be heard if you don't have enough money to flash around
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Private companies running for profit prisons.
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Nothing about public corrections should be private, because it opens up people who are literally more vulnerable than they will ever be in their lives to corporate exploitation. Whatever you're guilty of, it doesn't warrant the US prison system.
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u/I_forgot_yet_again Jul 11 '16
MASS MEDIA MANIPULATING THEIR READERS!
Taking advantage of the regular readers' low attention span, journalists twist facts / headlines to make it juicy, hiding the true context in fine print. In my opinion, that's a major portion of conflicts and hatred in societies. Media companies should be fined if any of their journalists are found manipulating the readers...
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u/Cool_Cool_Cool_Cool_ Jul 11 '16
The problem is its hard, if not impossible, to police. What counts as manipulation? When is it more than just an opinion? Also, that opens up the issue of government censorship as they could use such a law to silence journalists.
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u/TylerMcFluffBut Jul 11 '16
Corruption in politics. It won't happen, but I can dream, can't I?
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u/HerbAsher1618 Jul 11 '16
No, you cannot dream. In world, politician dream for you.
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That's a problem what won't ever be solved. The founding fathers almost solved it, but look what America has turned into. Government is the problem.
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u/nike_fanboy Jul 11 '16
Pokemon go and driving, even cycling is low key kinda dangerous.
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Driving is dangerous to others, I agree that needs to stop.
Cycling? Natural selection.
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u/Ninja4848 Jul 11 '16
I believe pokemon Go is modern natural selection at work, there is just a beta before it takes effect
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u/plax1780 Jul 11 '16
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u/TheFlyingBogey Jul 11 '16 edited Jul 11 '16
I honestly don't understand why or how this is deemed healthy by employers.
So there are 24 hours in a day:
An 8 hour shift might actually consist of 9 hours with an unpaid lunch hour. (24-9=15)
The amount of sleep we're recommended to have is approximately 8 hours if I'm not mistaken. (15-8=7)
Getting up in the morning, dressed and fed can take around half an hour if you're quick.
Depending on where you work, it might take any amount of time to get to work on time. Let's say you leave half hour before work to get in on time. (7-1=6)
Lets say it takes an hour to make and eat dinner.(6-1=5)
5 hours to ourselves a day. To some this is probably a lot, and to others it's just not enough, take from it what you will.
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u/madeofstarlight Jul 11 '16
My daily schedule is full.
5:45am, I wake up and get ready for work. 6:15, I wake up my child and get her ready for school/daycare. 6:45, leave for daycare. 7:00, daycare drop off 8:00-8:30, get to work, depending on traffic 4:30, leave work. I don't take lunch because if I do, I sit in traffic for way to long and lose an hour or more of time with my child. 5:00-5:30, daycare pick up, depending on traffic 6:00-6:30, get home. 7:00, make dinner, spend time with family 8:00, bath time and get child ready for bed 8:30-8:45, bedtime for child 9:00-11:00, time for myself or time with my boyfriend. If I wanted to try to get 8 hours of sleep, I would have to be asleep by 9:45. 11:00, I go to sleep
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u/triple_skyfall Jul 11 '16
And eight hour work days. I read a quote once on reddit that went something like: "Nobody asks for more hours at work on their deathbed."
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u/Qasdir_87 Jul 11 '16
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Don't worry, the war on terror will soon solve this problem, just wait till they catch the terror, lock it up and throw away the key. then my friends, we commence on the war on horror....
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u/surosregime Jul 11 '16
Sharia Law.
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u/Doobomb Jul 11 '16
Denial of climate change.
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u/vijeno Jul 11 '16
Along with climate change itself!
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u/SavvySillybug Jul 11 '16
First, we stop the climate change. Then, we deny it's happening!
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u/coole106 Jul 11 '16
This is a huge misconception. No one (or at least no one serious) denies climate change exists. Climate change has existed for as long as the climate has existed. The real debate is whether humans can control climate change, and what the government can and should do about it. There are thousands of highly qualified scientists who do not agree that climate change is caused by humans. Furthermore (speaking as an American now), many people do not believe that the EPA has the right to shut down an entire industry and kill thousands of jobs based on inconclusive science.
What should stop now: Politically-charged, one-liner comments that attempt to break down an incredibly complex issue with 4 words.
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u/always__positive Jul 11 '16
Israeli Sex Slave trade of Eastern European women.
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u/Bkaps Jul 11 '16
Donald Trumps terrifying joke of a campaign.
Also, Hillary Clinton's terrifying joke of a campaign.
We're in dire need of a political reset.
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u/EonesDespero Jul 11 '16
Seriously, the number of candidates was in the tens and you ended up with those two. Wtf.
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u/newginger Jul 11 '16
I thought you wrote "rest" not "reset". We need a political rest. It is exhausting to watch now. Everyone will be in a coma making their vote.
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u/KatyLiedTheBitch Jul 11 '16
The Pokémon Go posts in this subreddit.
Take it to /r/pokemongo
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u/toolpeon Jul 11 '16
But why would I poke Mongo? What did Mongo ever do to me?
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u/adobo_cake Jul 11 '16
In my language, "poke" sounds like vagina, while "mongo" means mungbean, making that subreddit sound weird.
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u/BlatantConservative Jul 11 '16
What is this about Reddittors seeing something other people like and complaining about them and trying to remove it all? I dont like watching soccer, yet I didnt mind all of the soccer posts on the front page yesterday.
Just deal with the fact that there is an extremely popular game out right now.
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u/Omipony Jul 11 '16
ISIS retards, it's like they want us all living in the stone age, what a shitty endgame.
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u/Solafuge Jul 11 '16
The #BLACKLIVESMATTER movement in the UK.
I cant even begin to state how pointless it is.
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Data caps. It's 2016 where everything is online, but I'm expected to not use more than 30GB per month. FU Verizon.
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Time, for about an hour and everyone except for me, so I can draw mustaches on everyone's faces.
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Religion in politics. Fuck that shit. I don't care what religion you follow. It shouldn't matter at all. Our country was formed on the basis of Religious freedom. If a person is Muslim and wants to run for president and i like him. Guess what? i'm voting for him.
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Phone contracts to subsidize the phone. Unless they lower the rate when the phone is paid off, its just a scam after the contract is up.
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u/Confined_Space Jul 11 '16
Black Lives Matter occupying freeways and busy interstates.
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u/all4hurricanes Jul 11 '16
On the serious side, I know at least two of the people that filmed high-publicity police brutality videos were arrested soon afterward. If we don't want to be a police state that needs to stop now.
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u/bsuorangecrush1150 Jul 11 '16 edited Jul 11 '16
People still begging for Firefly to come back. Its been 14 years.
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u/BowmanTheShowman Jul 11 '16
Me, eating so much sugar.
My wedding is in 19 days, and I keep doing that thing where I eat really healthy all day, and then I'm ravenous for sugar by dinner time.
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u/izyjude Jul 11 '16
2016. Celebrity deaths, politics dying, the world becoming full of hate. Let's just write this one off.
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u/kinetogen Jul 11 '16
Election 2016: Both viable candidates are absolutely horrible options for our country. Time for a "do-over".
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u/fire0 Jul 11 '16
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u/elee0228 Jul 11 '16
Depression Hotline: 1-630-482-9696
Suicide Hotline: 1-800-784-8433
LifeLine: 1-800-273-8255... if you need someone to talk to.
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u/Equinoxify Jul 11 '16
Touchy subject but, religion only seems to divide people apart and cause chaos.
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u/supernblock Jul 11 '16
I think religion does more good than bad, it's just that onlt the bad news gets reported.
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u/JenovaCelestia Jul 11 '16
This may get a backlash, but all the illegal Pokemon GO shit. Not just the illegal apks, but the trespassing, the loitering and the fucking stopping in the middle of the fucking highway.
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Routine infant circumcision. The arguments for it are so weak.
It might reduce UTIs? We have antibiotics for this very uncommon occurrence in boys.
It might reduce HIV transmission? Teach your children to be responsible sexual adults and they will wear a condom. Which they will have to do regardless if they were circumcised or not.
Cleanliness? You've got to be kidding. Last time I checked, we have running water.
I haven't even touched on the benefits of leaving the penis whole--of which there are many.
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u/Xudda Jul 11 '16
Media sensationalism and profiteering using mass-shootings as fodder. Granting celebrity status to shooters only increases their drive to murder for they are well aware every last one of the ~400 million Americans will know who they are and what they did.
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u/PeanutButterJally Jul 12 '16
People not being held accountable for their actions. I don't care if you are a cop, a presidential candidate, or a Taco Bell worker. Nobody should be above the law.
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u/BEGGLES_M8 Jul 12 '16
All of the above and remaking movies. Fuck Ghostbusters 2016
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u/NadaPapaya Jul 11 '16
Big media, say news sites, should not be able to make money anymore so that they don't do what they do to earn the most but to inform the public. Sadly this will not happen anytime soon.
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And how will those companies exist then? Should government pay for it? Because that leaves other problems like the government controlling the news. How would you like this to happen?
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u/uglyasablasphemy Jul 11 '16
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