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"text": "> > my prom is in about 3 weeks, which isn't much in prom time. […]\nbut his boss treats him like shit, which really makes the money not worth it. regardless of promming or not promming, tom should really start looking for another job.",
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"text": "However once I'd had the chance to actually start attending proms I realised the BBC were doing a decent job or letting you hear what it was like in the hall! If anything, they were giving a clearer result than you could get when promming. :-)",
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