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Skip tearing the top of your chip bag! Place it flat, let the chips settle, then tear horizontally across the front near the logo. Fold the edges…

A stacked, poorly formatted tattoo intended to serve as the motivational quote “If not now, then when” went viral after its ambiguous design left thousands of social…