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Torchlight

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26. From my chair, the most concerning bit

Reply to AverageOldGuy (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 01:49 PM

14 hrs ago

are the tens of thousands of American idiots who, after years of evidence to the contrary, still consider his prepubescent tantrums as an odd variant of leadership, consider his inane, borderline ESL jibber jabber as skillful rhetoric, and believe he's the perfect example of American values.

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