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I'm standing in a slaughterhouse where the cattle are begging to become hamburgers. I have a right to be jumpy.

Amelia Atwater-Rhodes

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Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: April 16
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Silver Spring
Maryland
Right
Slaughterhouse
Slaughterhouses
Hamburgers
Cattle
Begging
Standing
Comedy
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Jumpy

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