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the word has been hackneyed it has been for decades, centuries, millenia, lifetimes you, I, they, we all sought its taste we craved for the unquantifiable difficult to understand generates expectation invites all the pain there is common sense becomes uncommon what is it, anyway? why do you need it? why do I or they or we all want it? its host would not be fed because of it most do not become any smarter because of it just like your preferred matters it is best when brand new like most edible favorites poisonous when aged strikes us when least expected diminished judgment then becomes vogue sooner or later you become ugly - inside and out think before you want it think before you crave it think before you look for it think again before you think you need it think hardest - before you take it
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Feb 22, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 at 4:56 AM UTC
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the word has been hackneyed it has been for decades, centuries, millenia, lifetimes you, I, they, we all sought its taste we craved for the unquantifiable difficult to understand generates expectation invites all the pain there is common sense becomes uncommon what is it, anyway? why do you need it? why do I or they or we all want it? its host would not be fed because of it most do not become any smarter because of it just like your preferred matters it is best when brand new like most edible favorites poisonous when aged strikes us when least expected diminished judgment then becomes vogue sooner or later you become ugly - inside and out think before you want it think before you crave it think before you look for it think again before you think you need it think hardest - before you take it
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Feb 22, 2016
Feb 22, 2016 at 4:56 AM UTC
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