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#656 When the plane suddenly speeds up on the runway

June 18, 2026May 27, 2026 Neil Pasricha

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I'm in a 14-person Fantasy Football league.

We went to school 20 yrs ago and nobody lives in the same town and it's a fun way to keep in touch.

However!

Our trash talk has occasionally devolved into slop grenade lobbing this year!

Stop throwing AI-generated walls of texts

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