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A screenshot of a tweet from user John Rain (@johnnoticer) expressing the opinion that "It's honestly a miracle that The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out before wokeness took over Hollywood." The tweet continues with the controversial statement: "We quite literally dodged African Elves and Hobbits." The tweet shows engagement metrics including 344 comments, 1.1K retweets, 29K likes, and 372K views. The user's profile picture appears as a small avatar in the top left corner of the tweet screenshot.
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It's honestly a miracle that The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out before wokeness took over Hollywood. We quite literally dodged African Elves and Hobbits.

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A screenshot of a tweet from user John Rain (@johnnoticer) expressing the opinion that "It's honestly a miracle that The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out before wokeness took over Hollywood." The tweet continues with the controversial statement: "We quite literally dodged African Elves and Hobbits." The tweet shows engagement metrics including 344 comments, 1.1K retweets, 29K likes, and 372K views. The user's profile picture appears as a small avatar in the top left corner of the tweet screenshot.

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This image is a screenshot of a tweet originally posted on Twitter/X by user John Rain (@johnnoticer), which was then shared on the platform 9Gag with the original title "Bullet dodged." The content appears to be unedited from its original form on Twitter/X.

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