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PatSeg

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7. And you know,

Reply to calimary (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 23, 2026, 11:00 PM

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we don't need to be "great"; we just need to be sane, reasonable, and trustworthy. I'm so sick of the word "great". Going around talking about our self-proclaimed greatness was the beginning of our downfall.

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