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The California man who hid for six months in a secret room inside Circuit City

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  1. [2]
    domukin
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    This was an unexpectedly fun read. What an odd person. Am already looking forward to the movie.

    This was an unexpectedly fun read. What an odd person. Am already looking forward to the movie.

    22 votes
    1. smiles134
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      Channing Tatum seems like a good choice to play it as a kind of comedic drama (polite and charming but still a physically fit dude), but it's being directed by the guy who wrote Blue Valentine and...

      Channing Tatum seems like a good choice to play it as a kind of comedic drama (polite and charming but still a physically fit dude), but it's being directed by the guy who wrote Blue Valentine and Sound of Metal which suggests it may be a more serious meditation. Which is kind of odd, considering.

      7 votes
  2. knocklessmonster
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    He told his mom he "lost focus." Seems like he got too comfortable and went back to his old ways. He probably would've been caught at some point however, that old Circuit City was going to become...

    He told his mom he "lost focus." Seems like he got too comfortable and went back to his old ways.

    He probably would've been caught at some point however, that old Circuit City was going to become something else eventually.

    It was definitely a trippy story.

    8 votes
  3. [2]
    BeanBurrito
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    Today I learned that Circuit City still exists.

    Today I learned that Circuit City still exists.

    1 vote
    1. balooga
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      This happened in 2004, and even then that particular location had already been permanently closed.

      This happened in 2004, and even then that particular location had already been permanently closed.

      10 votes