You know they're good friends when you're like DO YOU WANNA GO TO THE MURDER CIRCUS WITH ME FRIDAY NIGHT and they're all like YEAH, WE DO.
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I say as a former carnie, a lot of people who would have been attractions a few decades back are still out there. It's not the kind of work you're drawn to if regular society has embraced you.