Xxtentacion's Photos Influence On My Social Media

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It appears that these pictures appear on my social media because all of them involve some sort of change over time. For the basketball themed photos, they show how much each year changes because players get traded and get to choose what team they go to. Every year the media goes wild when some change happens in the NBA. For Xxxtentacion’s picture, he changed his look and the media went wild because not everyone loved his look, but some people really like his new look. Every time Supreme releases a new product or a variation of it, the media goes wild because a lot of people want it because it is high end. The photo where the bodybuilder compares himself to his uncle shows change because he proved how much the athletic body changed through the

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