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Well, the sock puppets haven't been unmasked, yet, so I wouldn't get too free with the kudos.

True. And it's not a kudo to Dan. It's just a fact that he left one ship of fools in time to embark on an even bigger one :)

It still could all be a set up to fleece the suckers, it just got feelings of being a real boy for a little while,...