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alix clyburn's avatar

"There is no one who loves pain, who seeks after it, wants to have it simply because it is pain.” - Cicero

(Apparently, Cicero had never met anyone who reads the New York Times.)

BAHAHAHAHAH!!!! This is why I will always be standing beside you at the chips and the dips. I too am self-exiled from fuckland and seeking out meaning making. Maybe this is what "recovery" feels like?

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Marcy Thompson's avatar

Maybe the answer IS chips and dips?

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rich's avatar

As I believe Chomsky once said: Damn, girl. That is some fine writing. Or thinking. Now I can't tell.

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Terry Byrne's avatar

Oh, Marcy. I feel your pain. I am trying to stay out of fuckland also, but I think I am too frightened to not know what’s going on. (Thank you, Cicero, and also Marvin Gaye.) Your piece was thoughtful and poignant, and it made me cry. It helps to know that others are in this boat.

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Marcy Thompson's avatar

Thanks, Terry. I’m sure I’ll get the courage to enter fuckland again. But for now, I’m better off heckling from over here. Thanks for reading.

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