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Bettie

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2. I miss when I used to believe

Reply to Irish_Dem (Reply #1)

Wed May 27, 2026, 03:29 PM

Wednesday

that there were more good people out there than not-good people.

Turns out, I was dead wrong.

There are a scary number of people who want to see the world burn, as long as they don't have to pretend to be decent humans anymore.

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