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By Max Jacobson

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Tautology Supercut

September 3, 2023

The Wire (famously good TV show) had this weird tic: practically half of it’s dialogue is tautologies like “it is what it is”.

And it works.

I saw this video years ago and I think about it constantly. Enjoy.

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