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ggm ◴[18 Nov 25 03:24 UTC] No.45961064[source]▶

"predicts" must be a variant of standard english which projects the past tense into the present tense because .. reasons?

He predicted. Absent an Ouija board, he isn't predicting any more.

1. Windchaser ◴[18 Nov 25 15:48 UTC] No.45967832[source]▶

And even "predicted" isn't right, as amphetamines were already in decently-wide use by the 1950s.

Aldous Huxley predicts Adderall and champions alternative therapies