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nuxvomica

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8. The show taught me that professors are smart

Reply to Buttoneer (Original post)

Sat Mar 28, 2026, 12:46 AM

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While rich guys and movie stars are buffoons, and everybody depends on the farmer for food (which was always coconut cream pie). We've gotten these assessments all twisted around nowadays.

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