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The Rebecca Black plague is now in full effect.<\/p>\n<p>The 14-year-old pop singer of the song \u201cFriday\u201d\u2014an auto-tuned, poorly written and cheaply directed music video single\u2014amassed 35 million hits on YouTube by March 22.<\/p>\n<p>Quickly becoming infamous on the web for being known as an atrocity to the development of humanity, the single reached the 33rd spot on the iTunes top 100 as of the same date.<\/p>\n<p>If the video goes to show us anything, it\u2019s that dreams can come true for anyone. And if mine does, I\u2019d love for Doc Brown to swoop into my drive way, DeLorean tires still burning, lend me the flux capacitor for a bit and let go back in time to prevent the conception of \u00a0\u201cFriday\u201d producer Clarice Ray.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 10, 2011 a plague was released to the world. The plague we&#8217;re talking about isn&#8217;t any ordinary vermin-carried sickness, it&#8217;s something much worse. 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