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loneliness can fly a helicopter through a cut-out shape of a helicopter the same size as the helicopter and that's it's only skill and it isn't good enough but it's still amazing.

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Tao Lin
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: July 2
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City of Alexandria
Virginia
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Helicopters
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Loneliness
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