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.&.&&.&.&. the sick shit about .&.&.&.&.&
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.&..&.&.&. * our world * .&.&.&.&.&
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.&.&&.&.&. is that it's pretty young as worlds go, .&.&.&.&.&
.&..&.&.&. there must have been countless worlds .&.&.&.&.&
.&.&&.&.&. here before ours, on this earth, and .&.&.&.&.&
.&..&.&.&. what about this: .&.&.&.&.&
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.&..&.&.&. if i am a cat, twenty years of age, .&.&.&.&.&
.&.&&.&.&. i've lived almost two percent of the .&.&.&.&.&
.&..&.&.&. time since zero bce .&.&.&.&.&
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.&..&.&.&. things are recent. humanity is recent. .&.&.&.&.&
.&.&&.&.&. it was not, geologically speaking, such .&.&.&.&.&
.&..&.&.&. a very long time since they invented .&.&.&.&.&
.&.&&.&.&. the wheel .&.&.&.&.&
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.&.&&.&.&. i like the wheel just as much as the .&.&.&.&.&
.&..&.&.&. next person but what about the earth? .&.&.&.&.&
.&.&&.&.&. the original marble. the loose orb .&.&.&.&.&
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