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If someone writes something shitty and you actually address them, most of the time they're just like, Oh, I'm sorry. I'm a big fan. And they're really nice people. When you're on the Internet, it's people's first instinct to just go after people.

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Aziz Ansari
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: February 23
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