Don't Praise The Machine
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Don't Praise The Machine
Al and John grew up together in the 1990s but now live on opposite sides of the world. Each week, they get together through the magic of the Internet to catch up, make each other laugh and try to make sense of it all.The result is a funny, surreal and thought-provoking excursion through the arcane r...
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