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llmart

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42. Amazing how I've gotten through 77 years of my life without buying on Amazon...

Reply to Coventina (Reply #20)

Thu Feb 5, 2026, 09:22 PM

1 hr ago

and never felt deprived. Is there really that much you absolutely need or your life will somehow be terrible without it? I just can't wrap my mind around this obsession Americans have with buying crap they could live without.

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