Not sure I was expecting all the bubblegum pop. Impressions: I don't know why, but I chuckled every time they cut to the pulsating rhomboid hovering over the city. Sure, this conversation about restaurants and OCD behaviors is interesting, but what does the rhomboid think? *pulses* Fantastic. I can't say it was the most […]
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