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I’m sort of networkingtired
Anyone have a spare invite? I wanna try it out.
Huh?
Youtube disenpartnered me because of some nasty rumor Adsense was spreading about my clicks. Google can kiss my ass. If you want me, I’ll be over at Facebook where my real friends are 🙂