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Whiskeytide

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9. The cartoon had some pretty good bits ...

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Tue Jan 13, 2026, 12:41 PM

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… at times, even though Adams turned out to be a nut job.

The character “Dick from the internet” was quite prescient as a warning about social media. I still use that phrase often when I encounter Dicks on the internet.

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