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THE INSPIRATION

NO ONE ON THE internet gives me more hope than Jacob Crespin.

Saying the word “hope” and “the internet” in the same sentence is against the law, and it should be, but I have to break that law to talk about Jacob.

He’s part of a series of YouTubers/TikTokers/Instagrammers who have recently begun to dominate my algorithm. Like all algorithm-related things, it is unclear how this

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