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May 14Liked by Meg Oolders, Amran Gowani

Ask your father how many times I laughed out loud.

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May 14Liked by Meg Oolders, Amran Gowani

You can tell, just by reading this piece, that Meg’s mother must be a real saint.

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May 14Liked by Meg Oolders, Amran Gowani

Those MAMDA graphics are priceless

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May 14Liked by Meg Oolders, Amran Gowani

Footnote one is real. I knew (okay, dated poorly) a mother rich enough to clone backups of both children, and it still drained her life force. They just had more expensive things to break, and even less idea of consequence.

Funny stuff. The piece, not the life force. Life force, like coral, is a precious finite resource destroyed at will.

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May 15Liked by Meg Oolders, Amran Gowani

Meg, there’s some serious bite in this prose. Your esteem continues to rise. I’m impressed with your authorial range on display here.

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May 15Liked by Meg Oolders, Amran Gowani

This is fantastic! I love it. Every word horribly true. Fav line (was hard to choose): “The future of humanity relies on your extraordinary self-delusion.”

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May 15Liked by Meg Oolders, Amran Gowani

Really engaging writing. Looking forward to reading your other stuff.

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