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    The Onion‏Verified account @TheOnion 20 Aug 2016

    Report: More American Fifth-Graders Taking Gap Year To Unwind Before Middle School http://onion.com/2b4u0dw pic.twitter.com/QUbYYmcVmW

    6:23 AM - 20 Aug 2016
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      2. andrea ⚛️‏ @aaandreaaah 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @TheOnion

        @lm7meyer @laurad1968 read the responses to this tweet 😂😂😂

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Logan Meyer‏ @lm7meyer 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @aaandreaaah @TheOnion @laurad1968

        😂😂😂 Currently dying.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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      5. The Johnny Horror Fischer Show‏ @johnthemod1 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @laurad1968 @lm7meyer @aaandreaaah

        I wish I could confuse as many people as @TheOnion does...

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      1. Gene Erb‏ @GeneErb 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @TheOnion

        funniest thing about this post is some of the comments from negativity trolls that don't know what the Onion is. Well done Onion!

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      2. Nozrati‏ @Nozrati 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @TheOnion

        @lsilverwoman our children have turned into a bunch of sensitive disrespectful over privileged brats

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      1. Kathy Jackson‏ @KathyJa45030204 20 Aug 2016
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        OMG. Now you've started something. Every yuppie helicopter parent out there will be demanding this.

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      1. Chris Kozub‏ @recon5961 20 Aug 2016
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        The only reason people take gap years, is that they have a gap between their ears that is void of all matter.

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      1. michael‏ @GhostTradr 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @TheOnion

        if this is true then our youth need a swift smack of reality.🙄🙄 #sad

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      1. Donny Jay Trump‏ @DonnyJayTrump 20 Aug 2016
        Replying to @TheOnion

        as president I will make sure all 5th graders will be in school. If they aren't I'll send them to West Virgina to be coal miners.

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      1. Bryant Compton‏ @ChannelEi8ht 20 Aug 2016
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        The system is broken!

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      1. @thebeach‏ @paulmc013 20 Aug 2016
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        @joeymckenna : Lol....lots of stresses this new gen has. Funny stuff.

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      1. sheila massoni‏ @smassoni1 20 Aug 2016
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        @TheOnion

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      1. Saxon Brown Wines‏ @saxonbrown 20 Aug 2016
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        @grapeswithaview

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      1. VOTE BLUE TSUNAMI  🏄🏻‍♀️ 🌊‏ @mimislo 20 Aug 2016
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        After "graduation ceremony"...good lord

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      1. Judy Judy‏ @MeandBailey 20 Aug 2016
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        5th grade? 'unwind' means playing video games all day? ha

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