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Technology is killing us. We think it's helping us but it's killing us. Don't ask me why because I don't have the time or the attention span to complete that thought. Now let's all hold hands and draw spider monkeys.

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Thom Yorke
Age: 55
Born: 1968
Born: October 7
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Thomas Edward Yorke
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