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kariqual_insanity
03-26-2002, 05:27 PM
This is something that I have been wondering for a while now. No one I talk to seems to know. Does anyone here know?
Cronic
03-26-2002, 05:29 PM
Because they reduce or "shrink" your ability to think for yourself would be my guess.
Saffith
03-26-2002, 05:34 PM
Something like that, I suppose. It's short for "headshrinker," basically.