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<richardus> well, for once in their life the neets are the in group, they want to cling onto their status so they say stuff like that
<richardus> it's like how the american state of mississippi keeps the confederate flag on their state flag
<richardus> mississippi is by far the worst state in the union, nothing going on there, and has been that way for years
<richardus> but when it was part of the american confederacy it was part of the in group for once
<richardus> so they cling to that tooth and nail