I'm not all pureness and light here, I like some peanut M&Ms and Reese's peanutbutter cups. But we should consider ourselves lucky it isn't much worse. Consider batter fried candy bars:

If there beneficent guiding power in the universe at all,* the jerks that wear this bullshit won't be getting any Halloween party nookie.

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