MainStreetChungus

Who knows if those views are fake/bots? You don’t know except to trust Elon’s reporting.
What if he posted that on nostr and he got zaps instead of views, then you’d know the public’s response to it.
Zaps a fraction of the hardest money ever created, much more expensive to fake.

2023-06-07 21:52:19

https://i.imgflip.com/7olpsl.jpg #note1psj…jpj8

2023-06-07 21:38:22

https://i.imgflip.com/krz5f.jpg #note1rt9…v3wk

2023-05-31 11:47:51

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Interesting, never thought of this. So I’ve been tracking a half marathon training program on nostr. I could probably use highlighter for this cant I? And yes I’d want to do this on my mobile phone and not a desktop.
#note1jtv…kvjw

2023-05-31 03:01:56

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🤙
#note1jdz…0lp0

2023-05-31 03:00:49

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Liked the new font but it was a little small for my young gen x/old millennial eyes, would like a way to make it bigger.

2023-05-31 02:57:35

https://twitter.com/saylor/status/1490019056036069377?s=46&t=CuI8Kj75q_o2f-zLIRyZKg
https://i.imgflip.com/7npf7d.jpg

2023-05-31 02:16:31

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#onlyzaps 🤙

2023-05-27 11:22:43

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🤔 could be on to something. For this to work for advertisers it would need to be an auction instead of just sending zaps.
Are there any solutions to an auction on #nostr?
Advertisers would need to place a bid on the space for a certain amount of time at a specific time. Top bidder wins, losers save their budget for the next auction.

2023-05-26 11:40:54

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Day 15: 40 min walk complete
Day 16: 3.5 mile run complete
Day 17: 5 mile run complete
Day 18: 3.5 mile run complete
Day 19: 6 mile run complete
Day 20: Rest
Day 21: Rest
This week was a volume week. Decided to do my weekly long run on Friday as I will be busy this weekend. Looking forward to my rest days.
https://nostr.build/p/nb9489.jpeg

2023-05-25 02:41:49

https://i.imgflip.com/7n1fus.jpg #note1ynk…d6af

2023-05-24 23:45:29

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I tried to get my kids to watch this and they refused. I’ve probably seen it more times than microstrategy has #bitcoin

2023-05-24 13:08:43

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Let’s pull on this idea of the reach of 121 people vs a 21 sat zap…
The only reason that your “reach” is valuable is because it is a way for advertisers to monetize you. They have everyone conditioned to want to get the biggest audience they can so that advertisers can put their ads in front your huge audience.
This model incentivizes gaining the biggest audience, which is not the same as providing actual value to people. It appeals to people’s most base desires for attention and it is very easy to spin up bots to dole out likes to fake an audience to capture the ad revenue.
The 21 Sats, while tiny in terms of USD value today, represents a portion of the entire global #Bitcoin network that is protected by POW miners. Actual energy went into mining that 21 sats, and that is now being exchanged for value. There are only 21 million Bitcoin, so it is much harder to fake the exchange of a sat than a like.
This is V4V 💜🤙

2023-05-23 19:15:10

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I wonder if it’s the raspberri or the umbrel. Mine craps out all the time.

2023-05-23 18:15:53

🟣
https://i.imgflip.com/7muwvt.jpg

2023-05-23 16:54:39

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🤙
Btw thank you for giving me the opportunity to do my first one tap zap (it’s taken me a while to set it up) and it was fucking amazing
Net is we are all trying to figure this shit out, keep going my man - PV.

2023-05-21 15:03:06

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Day 14: 5 mile run complete
Week 2 update below, only missed 1 mile of 1 run, looking forward to week 3.
#runstr #runningnostr
https://nostr.build/p/nb9056.jpeg
https://nostr.build/p/nb9055.jpeg
#Bitcoin Podcast:
Listening to the latest Saylor what is money 🤯
https://fountain.fm/episode/15542109471

2023-05-21 10:39:30

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Yes, ive heard this from others. Im on 0.6.5 and works well still.

2023-05-21 01:17:05

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Day 13: was supposed to do a 3 mile pace run, but only did 2 miles. I’m proud that I forced myself to go out even though it was late and I was tired from a long day. One foot in front of the other
#runstr #runningnostr
#Bitcoin podcast:
https://fountain.fm/episode/15486166927

2023-05-20 03:20:29

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#inscriptions

2023-05-19 11:37:02

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Day 11: did my 3 miles, this is where the accountability of posting helps. I had 45 min between work and taking the kids to sports where normally I would have just sat around. I quickly threw on my shoes and went out for my run 🤙 squeeze it in wherever you can.
Day 12: did the 3 miles I was supposed to do on Tuesday. All caught up now.
#runstr #runningnostr
#Bitcoin podcast:
https://fountain.fm/episode/15452942248
https://nostr.build/p/nb8853.jpeg
https://nostr.build/p/nb8854.jpeg

2023-05-17 11:46:39

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Day 9: missed!! Traveling for a fiat job is making it hard this week, missed this day but hope to make it up on Friday
Day 10: 4 mile pace run. You can’t tell from the overall pace, but at one point I hit a 9:30. Slowly but surely
#runstr #runningnostr #proofofsweat
https://nostr.build/p/nb8692.jpeg

2023-05-16 14:59:09

Had the privilege of having a beer, paid for with lightning, at pubkey in NYC with #[2] and #[1].
And to top it off, I got to meet the man behind #[3]. You are doing amazing work keep it going.
Never would have had this opportunity without #nostr.
I’ve said this before, but lightning is #bitcoin ‘s killer app, and #nostr is Lightning’s killer app. #note16j8…0lj9

2023-05-16 04:11:37

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Next time 🤙. Pubkey is the real deal.

2023-05-16 03:43:31

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The best part is that I just zapped my part of the bill over to #[1] on #nostr. Amazing

2023-05-15 12:34:27

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#[1] you are just the man… #nostr appreciates you brother 🤙

2023-05-15 11:20:11

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Day 7: whoops! Missed my 3 miler, but it was Mother’s Day, so I had important things to do!
Day 8: 30 mins of running, actually hit a 10:30 pace so I was a little surprised at that, maybe the extra rest helped.
Here’s this week’s plan #runstr #runningnostr #proofofslog
https://nostr.build/p/nb8537.jpeg
https://nostr.build/p/nb8538.jpeg

2023-05-15 02:54:28

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No mention of corn yet, after I’m done I want to do some digging to see what this guys been up to and if he’s a full blown maxi by now.

2023-05-15 02:48:57

Has #nostrbookclub read this yet? Needed a book for my flight and stumbled across it.
The author Mervyn King was head of the Bank of England from 2003-2013 and witnessed the 2008 financial collapse first hand. Even in the first chapter he describes what we have been witnessing today.
Central banks were stuck on a zero/negative interest rate policy to try and make up for the fact that growth was dead after the 2008 collapse. There’s no way to continue with high interest rates without collapsing the system.
https://nostr.build/p/nb8519.jpeg

2023-05-13 21:52:57

#[0] why don’t you have anything on https://learn.saylor.org on interior design or home construction and basic mechanical systems of the home. Everyone spends so much time in their homes yet they don’t understand the basics of their plumbing, electrical, HVAC systems etc.

2023-05-13 20:24:58

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No ragrets

2023-05-13 16:48:17

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🤙
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2023-05-13 15:52:12

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We should give #[2] 10.0 BTC.

2023-05-13 15:35:14

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🟠🟣
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2023-05-13 11:02:56

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Day 5: Rest - one of the most important days
Day 6: 4 mile run. Man I’m slow, maybe I’ll get back to a solid 10min mile, but it’s not where I am right now.
#proofofslog #runstr #runningnostr
https://nostr.build/p/nb8238.jpeg

2023-05-13 02:46:33

Ethereum suffered from a technical issue on Friday that caused the network to stop finalizing blocks for over an hour. The chain experienced the same issue Thursday, when finality paused for roughly 25 minutes.
The incident – the cause of which remains a matter of speculation – sparked major security concerns.
"The second wave is over, but I fully expect a third," Superphiz.eth tweeted after today's incident, advising the validators that operate the network to "Increase your hardware spec if you can, switch to a minority client if you can. Apply patches when they're available."
"But really don't worry too much," he added. "As bad as this looks, the chain keeps going and eventually finalizes."
https://media4.giphy.com/media/VJHtXeMHViHRHvKGKm/giphy.gif?cid=2154d3d7gror58cxx8exilkcm9qjise8xs2ygos395ebbzzh&ep=v1_gifs_search&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g
https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2023/05/12/ethereum-resumes-finalizing-blocks-after-second-performance-hiccup-in-24-hours/?outputType=amp

2023-05-13 02:27:59

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2023-05-13 01:58:47

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🤌

2023-05-13 01:52:01

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2023-05-13 00:25:20

Facts. #note1swn…fyz7

2023-05-11 10:56:34

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Day 4: ugh I was not feeling going out today, but did it. 3 miles done, slow but steady.
LFG #runstr #runningnostr
#Bitcoin Podcast:
https://fountain.fm/episode/15404366385

2023-05-10 22:18:28

Steady lads, we are close. The wife just asked me about the debt ceiling and said, “this could be bad”
We are ready 🫡

2023-05-10 11:06:08

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Day 3: Days like today are why I decided to post my journey. Had to work really late fiat mining, alarm clock woke me up at 5:30am and I REALLY didn’t feel like going for my run, but I did it anyway. Glad I did it.
Do something hard today.
#runningnostr #runstr
4 mile run
#Bitcoin podcasts:
https://fountain.fm/episode/15144686036
https://fountain.fm/episode/15169418552

2023-05-09 15:48:16

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Beats fiat mining 🤦‍♂️

2023-05-09 11:06:57

First I picked the wrong training plan in original note, I’m doing the intermediate 1 plan…
Day 1: 30 min of running listened to
https://fountain.fm/episode/15293255335
Day 2: 3 mi run listened to
https://fountain.fm/episode/15261305621
#runningnostr #runstr
https://nostr.build/p/nb7826.jpeg #note1uaq…rzq6

2023-05-08 01:46:21

I had been running consistently since 2003, but lately I’ve fallen out of my habit. I need to get back into it and want to use nostr to keep me accountable. My plan is to do this half marathon program. Anyone is welcome to join me in this adventure. Should I call this #nostrrunningclub, or should I call it #runstr ???
https://nostr.build/p/nb7657.jpeg

2023-05-07 14:36:36

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I would expand on #1:
Maximalism happens when you come to realize that #Bitcoin was the discovery of absolute scarcity.
Because of proof of work, the distribution of coins, the 21M absolute supply cap, the disappearance of Satoshi, #Bitcoin was the perfect alignment of technologies and events that allowed bitcoin the opportunity to become the world’s reserve currency. This is when the game theory really starts.
No other crypto asset can claim to replicate bitcoin simply because bitcoin already exists. The cats out of the bag, they will never be able to distribute the coins or keep the creator anonymous, it just won’t work.
Without that, then any other crypto becomes a simple distributed database, which has limited value.

2023-04-23 19:31:07

AMA:
At a family dinner where my mother in law is a far right republican and only watches Fox News and my brother in law is a far left democrat and only watches CNN…
Topics covered so far:
Bud light transvestite:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2023/04/07/how-trans-tiktok-star-dylan-mulvaney-became-a-far-right-target-after-scoring-deals-with-bud-light-and-nike/amp/
Biden’s new mortgage rule:
https://www.foxbusiness.com/real-estate/real-estate-expert-shreds-biden-rule-punishing-homebuyers-good-credit-madness
Detracking:
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2021/10/04/does-detracking-promote-educational-equity/
We have just entered in scripture verses.
🍿
I hope #bitcoin fixes this

2023-04-16 03:17:56

Why ordinals are dumb::
So you’ve created an NFT of the first few bitcoin magazine covers on bitcoin using ordinals…awesome, good for you.
Someone else takes the same bitcoin magazine covers and makes an NFT on the Ethereum blockchain. Someone else then makes an NFT on both Cardano and Solana’s chains.
Which is the real “NFT”??? Each think their record is the true record. Do you trust the bitcoin ordinal because it’s bitcoin? What if you found out that the original authors of the bitcoin magazine articles were the ones that created the ethereum NFT? Would you believe them? Would you take it to the courts to decide? Would you trust the US government to decide a “true record”?
The real answer is none of them. The only thing that was scarce in the first place was the 1 sat that was used for the ordinal. #Bitcoin tries to be nothing but Bitcoin. By trying to be a distributed ledger for everything, the other chains succeed in nothing. They are so focused on being a computer for everything, they completely disregard the 1 thing that really matters. Digital scarcity of the coins themselves.
But they couldn’t compete on that anyway, Bitcoin has POW, no insider ICO, the network effects, and the game theory…THERE IS NO SECOND BEST!
So keep shitcoining, it’s the only way these other chains can make money to keep their vapor ware running. And ordinals on bitcoin are at best a fad and at worst a cash grab.
PV🤙

2023-04-11 07:34:31

Well shit, now I lost all my follows… need to dig up that note on how to get them back

2023-04-10 01:06:56

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Download anaconda. They have a quick tutorial on their site to get started. I was up and running in a couple of hours.

2023-04-09 01:23:20

#chokepoint2.0
Exchange dYdX said it will be “winding down services” and will move all existing Canadian users to “close-only mode,” allowing them to only withdraw funds. “We hope that the regulatory climate in Canada will change over time to allow us to resume services in the country.”
https://cointelegraph.com/news/decentralized-exchange-dydx-announces-winding-down-of-services-for-canadian-users

2023-04-08 23:47:42

Let’s take a minute to appreciate what the #plebchain is doing on nostr and why it will be difficult for traditional social media inflooencers to make the jump…
A lot of normies are followers, they struggle with learning anything new and will wait for someone else to figure something out before making a change. Change is hard for most people.
Knowing that people resist change, big Inflooencer get stuck on platforms because only the die hards followers would move with them to a new platform. The vast majority of people will not make the switch.
But the fallacy is that you need all those followers. The die hard followers are the ones who engage. They are the ones that should be catered to, not the masses that just follow and consume content.
But the current system is built on an advertising model that monetizes the people who follow and consume, they are valuable in this system and are hard to ditch.
People don’t know how to monetize a non advertisement based system yet, and that’s what we are doing here on nostr. We are building value for value. V4V is about community, listening to wants and needs, and selling something of value, not just being present and flashy for fake engagement.
Once we figure this out, these inflooencers will have to make a choice. Do they want to pivot? or ride the dying platform to the ground? They will be the ones facing change.
All I know is that we plebs will be positioned well for the future. PV.
Thanks to #[1] and #[2] for the contributions to this post.

2023-04-08 01:54:26

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🤙 #plebchain ⛓️ back at you

2023-04-08 01:49:11

Posting a throw back meme In honor of the new custom hashtag for #plebchain
https://i.imgflip.com/798emc.jpg

2023-04-05 03:11:26

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Followed (te sigo) #plebchain 🤙⛓️

2023-04-03 02:36:01

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Garry, we gotta get you some zap capability buddy. Try get alby, it’s probably the simplest…
https://getalby.com

2023-04-01 16:51:44

Hopefully this isn’t some crude April Fools joke. Breedlove in da 🏠
#[0]
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2023-03-27 20:24:30

🟠🟣
https://i.imgflip.com/7g287f.jpg
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/03/27/twitter-suspends-official-arbitrum-account/?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=rss&utm_campaign=headlines

2023-03-27 02:43:42

#[0] thank you for the green screen.
Now it’s time for who did it best? What does nostr think? Who did pick it best?
https://nostr.build/p/nb3975.mov

2023-03-25 16:18:31

Anyone using short on their umbrel? I can’t like it zap anyone on it, anyone else have that issue? Actually commenting doesn’t work either, interesting

2023-03-24 19:39:36

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#[2]
I think this is the guy you are looking for??

2023-03-24 13:51:43

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How’s the decentralized GitHub coming along #[2] ???

2023-03-23 23:04:28

Well which is it Janet?
https://media4.giphy.com/media/SWVzkIlHdEckF81gnA/giphy.gif?cid=2154d3d7hcz2s4zsdzlwvhd1wa3wtm30mt2uvb1bbht2c20o&rid=giphy.gif&ct=g
https://fortune.com/2023/03/23/janet-yellen-deposit-insurance-markets-roiled-additional-actions-banking-system/

2023-03-22 17:05:04

#shatcoined
https://i.imgflip.com/7fg4zk.jpg

2023-03-21 10:59:01

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Meanwhile at Ethereum…
https://mymodernmet.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/rube-goldberg-machines-1.gif

2023-03-20 12:22:57

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I had already been working a while post college when GFC happened, but I wasn’t knowledgeable enough in the system yet to understand, I was just out living my life and trusting that people that knew better would figure it out. But what I can say, is that normies won’t realize there’s a problem until companies start doing layoffs at the same time that all hiring freezes. That happens months after the initial headlines of failures and by that time the media cycle is on to some other problem, so that’s how people forget.
It was like that after 9/11 too, a lot of my friends had trouble finding jobs, and I think a bit of that was left over from the .com bubble.
All I can say is that there are always pockets of opportunity, so if you lose your job just keep pushing, people still need to have housing, health, food, electricity, water. People are resilient, people band together and figure it out.

2023-03-16 18:12:40

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Wow, never noticed till this post.

2023-03-15 17:49:49

Ya don’t say??
https://nostr.build/p/nb2701.jpeg

2023-03-14 15:14:00

This is the beginning, the small banks fail, the FED backs the deposits and those deposits go straight to the big banks.
Next is the USDC bank/govt takeover.
https://i.imgflip.com/7eg3s1.jpg
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/jpmorgan-other-big-us-banks-flooded-with-new-clients-post-svb-collapse-ft-2023-03-14/

2023-03-13 11:51:51

Sorry for the shitbird link, but Caitlin Long deserves cred. This totally is not a bailout, definitely not, nope…
https://twitter.com/caitlinlong_/status/1635114825125883905?s=46&t=FIJ0kB97ra6ep8-exbB3zA

2023-03-11 00:42:05

#[0] #[1] #[2] #[3] #[4] Before I admit defeat from our impromptu vote on the plebchain radio nostr spaces on the pronunciation of #plebchain, I’m bringing the vote to the masses. What say you all? Everyone please respond to this note with your vote.
PLEEB = 🤙
PLEHB = 🫂
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2023-03-10 03:09:21

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Have you tried embassyOS? I’ve actually got my umbrel finally stable, not sure exactly what I did, but I want to switch to embassyOS at some point and want to put it on my desktop with WSL2. I may try the suggestion in this note too.
#[4]

2023-03-10 01:55:56

SVB (Silicon Valley Bank)
TLDR:
Bank for startups SVB lost $1.8 billion on treasuries and mortgage-backed securities, due to rising interest rates.
To shore up its balance sheet it planned to issue $1.25 billion of its common stock to investors, $500 million in convertible preferred shares, and $500 million of its common stock.
Investors are spooked and shares are down +80% AH. Does this cause a contagion? Or will a bigger bank swoop in and grab a fire sale? This is the question.
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/09/silicon-valley-bank-shoots-self-in-foot/amp/

2023-03-09 23:04:31

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https://media.tenor.com/FN2EoQVDwFgAAAAC/waterboy-rubbing.gif

2023-03-09 22:19:10

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2023-03-08 16:31:13

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Housing slow down is probably the canary in the coal mine for the larger downturn, if people aren’t moving around they don’t spend money, companies make less money, they start laying people off and then there is a chain reaction.
The FED will then react with whiplash and lower rates to stop the carnage.

2023-03-08 16:28:37

Damus users…. Is there a way to reference a note in hex format on Damus? If not how do you convert from hex to the Damus style?

2023-03-08 15:39:28

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In my community houses have generally not even hit the MLS before being sold, and this was even in 2011. I am now seeing 4-5 houses sit for a few weeks with no activity. Certainly a new dynamic.

2023-03-05 04:46:18

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https://i.imgflip.com/7dbk66.jpg

2023-03-05 04:28:21

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2023-03-02 15:29:23

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You work at twitter?! 🤣