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 whenever there is a thing that too many people are talking about at the same time

i take the opportunity to prune back my follow list

idgaf about boxing, football, soccer, or elections

thanks for helping me improve my signal ratio 
 Nice good to know that you are a diversity generator and not a conformity enforcer… 
 the same is boring. end. 
 I actually thought that one guy died in the 90's. Maybe he did in my original universe... Mandela shit 
 you mean the maaori one? i know he didn't because his face was all over an energy drink popular in eastern europe called "black energy"

oh i see it's europe wide

https://www.blackenergydrink.com/ 
 also i thought he was australian aboriginal not maaori, but he has puka (face tattoos) which is not aboriginal 
 I had no idea he was anything mythical. Thought he was run of the mill southern gangsta 
 nah, it's a thing in new zealand, the maaori like to tatto their face to look more scary... australians don't do this, they are more stealth killa because the land is so dry not many people to run into on an average walk in any direction, so their favourite weapons are spear, spear with woomera (a lever to launch speers harder), heat and resin hardened clubs (modern colloquial they are "yulbe" or "you'll be fucked if it hits you" and of course boomerang, but that's for killing birds and small animals 
 also, that's pretty funny... yeah i never thought about it that way

the australians like to use the word "mob" "our mob" mainly, i dunno about how they say it in new zealand... i did spend some time in a household with a boy who was half maaori but i didn't actually spend much time with any maaori. only learned a few things about them.