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Was today real? Honestly, like today just seemed like an unreal day. Truly.
Was this week real? Yeah.
Was this week real? Exactly.
What day is today, Hannah? It's Wednesday?
It's only Wednesday.
Okay, so in 11 minutes, we will have been at this for seven days in a row.
Yeah, yeah. What's this?
The confused mumblings of an old man who didn't do very well in his college economics course.
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