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To be fair, that's not why he bought Twitter. He made a ridiculous offer to manipulate the stock so he could sell it and make money, but when he tried to back out of the sale, the SEC forced him to follow through. He reluctantly bought it because he's an idiot.

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    Back in 2008 I bought an Overboard waterproof backpack. That thing took a beating for almost 15 years before the straps started giving up. It's been through months-long trips and Canadian winters and saw near-daily use for the entire time. One thing that I loved is that I could take it on a plane, and it just fit as a carry-on, and it could comfortably squeeze underneath the seats on a plane. At the time, I heartily recommended it to everyone.

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