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Aristus

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5. To me, it wasn't so much his performative outrage as his

Reply to Ritabert (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:55 AM

Jul 26

ridiculous surprise: “AIRPORT FOOD IS EXPENSIVE? WHO KNEW?”

There’s enough genuine outrage in the world. Inventing some of it is as pointless as conservatism itself.

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