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		cobalt 2 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I pitched a roller coaster to Disneyland at age 10... I think starting in the 30s and esp after WW2/cold war era helped reset it somewhat. It started to pick back up in the 80s and into overdrive with the internet

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nephihaha 1 day ago [–]

It was supposed to collapse in the 1930s. It's a bit like the street preacher, if you say "the end is nigh" often enough, one day you'll be right.

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