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Stuff like this is wildly underrated by the general reading public who are, for the most part, stupid.

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Better to be a great failure than a bad winner, I (hope to someday) say!

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This is gold. I second Bev’s comment above. But have you ever had a less than stellar cheeseburger at a restaurant? Because back during the Protestant Reformation I hear burgers were never served cold. Because the weren’t served at all.

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I'd love to see this written from a mother's POV. Though, our historical deaths would have been far less multifarious.

Childbirth. Childbirth. Childbirth. Aaaannd... Childbirth.

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Sep 2, 2023Liked by Amran Gowani

I thought I recognized some of Carlin’s fingerprints in this :) Thank you for the great read!

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Sep 3, 2023Liked by Amran Gowani

I thank you Amran for the pain of parenthood that you suffer. It is your pain that makes my occupational livelihood possible as a well compensated child psychiatrist.

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So you got that going for you. And that’s nice. 😉

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back in the day you would have been submerged in a tub of fetid swamp water with boulders over your chest for even possessing "actuarial tables" go figure

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In my experience, heads on pikes are highly underrated.

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