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The initial headlines were so outrageous I assumed they represented a hysterical media overreaction to some mild remark.

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Upon hearing the words, “Mom’s not coming back anymore,” Isaac, Israel and Afrika are hysterical, groaning and crying while falling to the ground.

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The hysterical posturing is even more implausible when you realize existing stars will be AI’s biggest beneficiaries when it spawns lucrative new interactive opportunities.

"I remember getting really hysterical writing it. It was absolutely joyous, it was magic."

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“He was traumatized and hysterical that his house was destroyed, his two dogs and two cats were inside and that they were all dead,” Hirscher said in a phone interview.

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