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Old 03-20-2022, 08:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Captainpd View Post
Why would you "challenge" people to repost your post?? 7 paragraphs long, isn't that enough. Pretty much all of us had a great time in the 50-60's. I'm not sure what you post is supposed to do. Those times are gone forever and it's fine to have those memories but DON'T challenge people with it..
Because that line was at the bottom of the post he copied and pasted from another source. Other than the word Wisconsin, that exact post can be found word-for-word on several other social media sites.

I like the sentiment in the seven paragraphs but I'm uncomfortable with the trend of reposting in a way that implies the words are original.
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