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\n\"AALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"well whoop-de-fuckin-shit\"ALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"when will this shitshow ever end\"ALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"I knew this shit was too good to be true\"ALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"I knew this shit was too good to be true\"ALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\n\"AALT\n
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\nA painting of a bird beside the text \"why are you so proud of being an asshole?\"ALT\n
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@jean Ha! Swear Trek is basically discontinued at this point. It’s expensive to run and generates no income, and is less popular than other things of mine that pay their own bills. If Twitter goes, so goes Swear Trek.

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