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minus-squareCatalyst512 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·20 days agoI remember learning a few years ago that it was a New Yorker piece. Kind of surprising given how much it sounds like a copypasta/greentext post.
minus-squarertstragedy [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·20 days agoholy shit this is the funniest thing i’ve ever read okay maybe top 5 but still
I remember learning a few years ago that it was a New Yorker piece. Kind of surprising given how much it sounds like a copypasta/greentext post.
holy shit this is the funniest thing i’ve ever read
okay maybe top 5 but still