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"ref": "2020 March 2, Donald Trump, President Trump Rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, via C-SPAN",
"text": "We like to troll, we like to go the night before one of their primaries, we just, we do a little trolling, it's called we do a little trolling.",
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"ref": "2021 May 30, u/cosmicmangobear, “Fuck David Chipman”, in Reddit, r/PoliticalCompassMemes, archived from the original on 2024-04-07",
"text": "When the 86 civilians, including women and children, are sus so you do a little trolling by burning them alive and take a selfie smiling over their smoldering remains",
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"ref": "2021 November 16, @real_lord_miles, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-07",
"text": "When I went to Pompeii I found a coin (might be a replica), when I go to South Sudan I'll drop it somewhere to confuse future Archaeologist. We do a little trolling",
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"ref": "2022 July 25, u/Omandaco, “Explain Canadians”, in Reddit, r/HistoryMemes, archived from the original on 2024-04-07",
"text": "Yeah, the Brits and french did the original gift tossing, then the Canadians saw what they were doing and would toss tin can grenades in socks thier way to do a little trolling.",
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"ref": "2023 May 20, @Wasting_Night, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-07",
"text": "Epic doing a little trolling by making these two weekly quests mutually-exclusive.",
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"ref": "2024 March 13, u/mechwarrior719, “Guy I swear I didn't do it (maybe)”, in Reddit, r/NonCredibleDefense, archived from the original on 2024-04-06",
"text": "Alright. My NCD prediction is some madlads in a US Navy submarine sneak into the Black Sea to do a bit o' trolling.",
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"ref": "2021 November 16, @real_lord_miles, Twitter, archived from the original on 2024-04-07",
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