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Instagram and Tiktok person fights fake gorilla on a Sunday in September

The gorilla was not a real ape A Sunday afternoon looks like this for me: Alarm set for 10:50. Roll out of bed dehydrated and starving. Before eating, turn on NFL Redzone and then proceed to rot on the couch for seven hours of commercial-free football. Sundays are the most glorious day of the week for me. It’s my routine, and as someone who doesn't like to mess with the balance of the universe, I remain on the path that has been set out for me. However, on Sept. 28, I decided to test my fate and stray from the ritualistic Sunday I hold so dear to me.  Enter Chadimus vs. Gorilla. First of all, who the hell is Chadimus? To me, he’s a thirty-something guy who goes out in public to farm content for his nearly 2,700 followers on...

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