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		gpjt 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How, and why, I invented OnlyFans. In 2004 I think the punctuation makes it clear -- imagine "How I invented Facebook. In 2001." The full stop in the middle of the sentence breaks it and makes you realise he's speaking figuratively.

alsetmusic 3 months ago [–]

If the comma was strictly a pause for effect, sure. But it's grammatically correct and I wouldn't have ever read it the way you suggested.

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