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Quiara Vasquez's avatar

Stories like this make me sad just how much of the gossip I'm privy to is about internet people as opposed to people I went to high school with. (Can't wait for some Gen Gamma gig worker to politely smile through my story about bean dad.)

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sympathetic opposition's avatar

we’ll both be telling them about bean dad they’ll hear so much about bean dad

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Knight of Gea's avatar

That's a really good story. When one day I wrote my book, I will steal it.

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sympathetic opposition's avatar

uhhhh like Word for Word or will you change it up a little?

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Knight of Gea's avatar

I will write high fantasy one day, gonna make it a fairy tale or something

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Michael Bateman's avatar

In the final paragraph, there is a "will" missing its second "l". Great piece, thanks for sharing.

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token's avatar

really great work creating a kind of Alice Munro mood in the reader.

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SCPantera's avatar

Can sympathize with the last few sentences, Facebook is slowly becoming a cognitohazard.

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goblin's avatar

that last line is so good 😭 great piece

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sympathetic opposition's avatar

(💞)

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Horus9X!'s avatar

Hmm, success, I read it from the start to the end which never happened on sub stack before. 🥳 Hope for a day restored. Thanks

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Jay's avatar

It's lovely.

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