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GiqueCee

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12. I'm disappointed...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Jul 2, 2025, 07:18 AM

Jul 2025

... but not the least bit surprised, at the craven cowardice of Paramount's executives. They could have beat that sonofabitch like cheap drum, but instead, chose to wallow in obsequious self-degradation.
May their dreams be forever haunted by this grotesque mistake. It only serves to encourage the evil fuck to do it again.

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