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Destroying old photographs breaks dark links

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Archival preservation is totally overrated when your enemies have access to scissors. Ripping up an image of an adversary was believed to completely sever any lingering energetic attachments they had managed to hook into your life.

Destroying old photographs breaks dark links
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