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Congratulations. That was the stupidest thing I've ever seen. Ever.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Madison
Wisconsin
Patrick James Rothfuss
Stupidest
Congratulations
Seen
Ever
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