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Submitted to Contest #298
I met Paul in a chat room and the Protein Gang was off and rolling. It was only a gang of two at that time. More would join, we knew that from the start. We didn’t seek out recruits, just posted and waited. This was 2011 social media; patience was required. Our posts got likes and we got followers. Eventually DMs came: Anna’s first, then Marcus’s. We were a gang of four. Our eventual two million followers started calling themselves “gang members." The media found out about us some months later, first just Philly, then state, regional, and be...
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