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Get it Right

by @justin_aptaker

go to school obey authority follow tradition join society go to church worship god get married get a job pay rent be responsible have children stay faithful work harder be productive rest and silence are vulgar, seductive wear clothes don’t offend don’t care just pretend act normal stand in line grow old now you die
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justin_aptaker
35 / M / United States
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Written by
justin_aptaker
35 / M / United States
Published
Aug 16, 2019
Time
1m
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Written ca. 2016

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#conformity#individuality#society#existential#normal#normalcy#existentialism#conforming#nonconformity#norms
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