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		tptacek 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: US bill proposes jail time for people who download... You are both talking as if this could possibly pass, and it cannot.

Cycl0ps 5 months ago | [–]

We've lived through a number of "That could never happen, though" scenarios in the past decade. I'm feeling a bit skeptical towards skepticism at the moment.

2030ai 5 months ago | [–]

We are replying to the "the alternate universe where this passed" comment.

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