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"Actually, let me just sell you the whole damn thing, I hate this fucking continent" (infosec.pub)
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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

TBF New Orleans paid off culturally

[–] greyscale@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Did they ever "pay off" Katrina?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

No, I don't think New Orleans provided a direct payoff for that one specific climactic catastrophe. I do know that they're back stronger than ever, though.