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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

Anna Good

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Pastors are crashing out after woman tests churches pretending to need baby formula to see who actually helps (most refused)

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The “56” meme is trying to replace “67”—and it’s not going great

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