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Max Barry
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The Dishwasher Clock of Cajolery
I don’t like how flattering AIs have become. I ask how to fix the dishwasher clock, because daylight savings, we’re still doing that, apparently, and it says, “That is a
great
question.”
I didn’t ask for validation. It was a simple inquiry. But I can’t get a straight answer. First it has to reassure me that I shouldn’t feel bad for asking. “Many dishwashers have a confusing array of buttons,” i
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Lexicon
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2013
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Jennifer Government
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2002
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The 22 Murders of Madison May
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2021
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Company
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2006
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Providence
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2020
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Syrup
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1999
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Machine Man
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2008
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Discordia
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2021
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It Came From Cruden Farm
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Springtide
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2007
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“People resist a census, but give them a profile page and they'll spend all day telling you who they are.”
― Lexicon
― Lexicon
“She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they actually wanted to be convinced. She could lay down a perfect argument and they just invented new bullshit on the spot to justify why the answer was still no. When people said, Convince me, she knew it didn’t mean they had an open mind. It meant they had power and wanted to enjoy it a minute.”
― Lexicon
― Lexicon
“every story written is
marks upon a page
The same marks,
repeated, only
differently arranged”
― Lexicon
marks upon a page
The same marks,
repeated, only
differently arranged”
― Lexicon
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