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Dechipering the printout6 hints left
The printout has incomprehensible text and an image with swirly lines and numbers.
The text is a little hard to read, it reads:
inf@irtntwoIioccupa%tionIABERRANCYtoldmetoholdhishandssNONSENSEididnotwanttogothankgivingIN#CAPABLEnon0no$$$

Sequence is key?

The image actually represents a mathematical phenomena. Look closely the numbers beginning from the middle.

What phenomena?

Fibonacci numbers. The idea is to come up with the next number in the sequence by summing two previous numbers.
For example:
  • 1 + 1 = 2
  • 1 + 2 = 3
  • 2 + 3 = 5
  • 3 + 5 = 8 etc...

How can I use the fibonacci numbers?

Maybe each number in the sequence conforms to a letter in the nonsense looking text.

More hints?

So, Fibonacci sequence begins like this: 1,1,2,3,5,8.
And, as a whole, for this puzzle, is 1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89

How do I apply the Fibonacci sequence?

Let me bold the letters matching the Fibonacci numbers
1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34,55,89
inf@irtntwoIioccupa%tionIABERRANCYtoldmetoholdhishandssNONSENSEididnotwanttogothankgivingIN#CAPABLEnon0no$$$

What is the correct phrase?

iinfinity SG
Note the two i's in the beginning.

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