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 <h2>basically the "hidden" vent section ive seen the webtracker nobody looks at this page</h2>
 
 
+<article>
+	<h2>2024-08-16</h2>
+	<p>sorry most of the stuff here has been vent<br>
+	most of my life is like online and stuff and<br>
+	i dont really have m/any irl friends and stuff<br>
+	and well with college starting next week i probably<br>
+	will either post here a lot more or not at all<br>
+	feeling really aimless again yey</p>
+</article>
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 	<h2>2024-08-15</h2>
 	<p>its only the 15th by technicality, im writing this<br>