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Mildly Interesting

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This is for strictly mildly interesting material. If it's too interesting, it doesn't belong. If it's not interesting, it doesn't belong.

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[โ€“] chunes@lemmy.world 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I can't believe what pretentious twats they sounded like in 1900

[โ€“] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago

It's called class and style