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Tommymac

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29. They are stupid, but know he is not like them but they DO wanna be rich/powerful like him.

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 18, 2020, 11:45 PM

Nov 2020

They remind me of Gollum - grandiose dreams of being the Ring Holder and living in a paradise where all the rotten raw fish he wants is provided to him.

They project their pitiful perception of what real power would bring them but they have no capability to imagine the Real World.

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!!! ,.... !!!! magicarpet Nov 2020 #4

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Your comment is what I have been actually saying kimbutgar Nov 2020 #7

They are stupid, but know he is not like them but they DO wanna be rich/powerful like him. Tommymac Nov 2020 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author kimbutgar Nov 2020 #8

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Exactly NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #35

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Yes, the epitome of manhood: NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #36

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The irony of his homophobia NameAlreadyTaken Nov 2020 #40

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