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April 09, 2026 - 10:14 UTC

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Cluttering up the internet and the memory on people’s computers is pretty selfish. Not everyone has huge RAM
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@drtermagant.bsky.social
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Do we know if the unit had a name, and if so, what?
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yay! we still sell t-shirts btw, you can check out all our merch on our online shop:

merl-shop.co.uk/shop/absolute-unit.html

bsky.app/profile/rachelish.bsky.social/post/3mj2lr26x3k2g
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lol, wore mine today, completely by coincidence 😎 Happy unitversary! 🎉🥂🥳
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It makes me sad it’s only up to 2XL. As an absolute unit myself, this means the absolute unit shirts are too small for me to show off an absolute unit :(
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thank you all for being a part of our ongoing, deeply strange, and wonderful journey
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I have to admit that I came for the absolute unit but I stayed for the rural history.

I think the favorite thing that comes across in all of your content is how much of a different lifestyle it used to be from what I'm used to. But it wasn't that long ago that my ancestors did all this stuff
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