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Midnight Writer

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10. I was lucky. He didn't come around much.

Sun May 31, 2026, 11:08 PM

May 31

I got to know him better in his later years and he was still a dick.

The most valuable thing I learned from him was not wanting to end up like him.

He was very Trumpian, bitter and angry and hateful, railing on and on about his grievances all the way back to getting his bike stolen when he was 8 years old.

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I was lucky. He didn't come around much. Midnight Writer May 31 #10

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