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wnylib

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11. When Don Quixote created his own reality,

Reply to Hey Joe (Reply #6)

Sun May 24, 2026, 01:00 PM

23 hrs ago

it was funny because it was fiction.

These fools do the same thing, but not funny when it is really life and not fiction.

Maybe instead of calling them MAGAS, calling them Quixotes would be more appropriate.

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