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hatrack

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11. So, the world-saving Big Shiny Technology Win Race Line Go Up Thing is just another ad pump . . .

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Dec 30, 2025, 08:36 PM

6 hrs ago

What a surprise.

At least when you are subjected to ads on the screen at the gas pump, you're actually doing something necessary by filling up your car.

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