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Warpy

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9. Probably right. Assange just worded it it really poorly
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 05:23 PM
Aug 2017

because you can safely look up during totality. You have to be damned sure you look away before any bit of the sun is exposed because damage can happen in a fraction of a second.

Dumb Donnie thought if he just looked at the moon during a partial eclipse without looking at the sun, he'd be perfectly safe. And he looked up at it 7 times. If Satan hasn't given him an inner eyelid, he's going to have some trouble.

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