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Am I the only one that thinks real Scott actually fell on a couple getting out of a restaurant booth?

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write what you know, they say

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

for an insignificant line, this one killed me.

“I once saw you make a magician cry. That was actually when I first fell in love with you.”

Thank you for sharing your gift, as always.

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

Uncontrollably giggling at "Dealing with SpaceX, is, if you’ll excuse my language, a real pain the eyes on the bottom of your wheel.”"

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

Rookie of the Year for the Rookie of the Year generation.

This is great and I am excited for next week!

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

Gonna be honest, this would be the best baseball movie made in at least a decade. Dying to see what team he plays for.

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Tampa Bay Devil Rays!

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Maybe there’s a butterfly effect and he plays for the Expos…

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100% invested in this story… 110% even!!!!

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

Very here for the short stories! This was great

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

You go play for the savannah bananas!!

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

thought I knew EXACTLY where this was going and was surprised.

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

The annoying YouTube guy is Stampy Cat isn't it

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I don't know his name, but it's a guy who does Minecraft walkthroughs and speaks in the most elevated/excited voice all the time, and I want to [redacted for legal reasons]

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

Scott, you know that only narrows it down to like, 500 or so people, right?

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I am sad to report that I *do* know this

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Mar 6Liked by Scott Hines

Fair point. Apparently streaming/reviewing games in a nasally, excited voice is a good business model. There's one that I know of that goes through the same routine in every video. "Welcome to [game name], the only game where [something weird and random]!" Then it's just like an hour of him sitting there chuckling with random "oh my gosh! oh, like just wow!" and "Eh heh! Eh HEEEHHHH EH HEEEEEEYYYYYYY" thrown in every 2-3 minutes.

Somehow these guys earn 5-6 figure salaries just doing this all day.

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Okay I asked my son on the way home from school and he said it’s Mongo

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The question was phrased as “hey bud, who’s that YouTube guy I don’t like?”

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Had to leave this unread for a couple of weeks due to work being busy, but good gracious am I excited to read the rest of it. Awesome writing, and great job building a world that I'm excited about so quickly and efficiently

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Can I say that I was expecting a “Scott Special” when the father got his kid to play ball, and the kid saying “Dad you’re the best baseball player ever” as the sunset to the sound of laughter. Was not expecting Rookie of the Year.

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