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"get up 10" is the only successful attempt to recapture that magic. (thought about putting it in the piece but didn't wanna go too far down that rabbit hole.) good job googling tho.
whatever you dorks think poptimism is, i think i've made it pretty clear, thru the totality of my posts, that that's not me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xQKWnvtg6c
