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Lavalamp too hot (discuss.tchncs.de)

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[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 20 hours ago

I used to think learning stylistic devices like this was just an idle fancy, a tool simply designed to analyse poems, one of the many things you're most certain you'll never need but have to learn in school.

What a fool I've been.