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Comment by adastra22

18 hours ago

Why are these always one letter off from what they actually are? Worldcom-> World-con. Madoff -> Made-off

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inigyou  17 hours ago

Scam Bankrun-Fraud

hyperadvanced  14 hours ago

Normative determinism is the term for that

  • pinkmuffinere  14 hours ago

    *Nominative Determinism. Named after John Nominative, who first proposed the effect.

N_Lens  14 hours ago

Palantir are upfront!

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