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Your humor and personality pervades this lovely piece. Especially like the line "There’s no such thing as a charger for a human (@Elon?) and I’d say I’m at about 40% after another fitful night." Keep up the good work!

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The subtle darkness is intriguing. Life can be quite lonely sometimes. I always get made fun of in school, even the people who I thought were nice turn to show their evil sides. It's like the pressure of study is too high and they are turning to me to get their exhaustion out because I rarely speak and my anger's contained. I check my phone and my Instagram account has a wapping 10 followers compared to the hundreds of my so-called friends. I check notifications and DMs hoping someone has approached but nothing, it lies as cold as a tamed heart.

I enjoyed the read. I shared a part of my story thinking it'd make you feel better.

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I appreciate you sharing your story. Sometimes school days suck. Mine certainly had some sucky turns. I wrote this not so much because I was lonely, of course I feel that way sometimes. I wrote this to point out the social isolation that can come from dependence on social media instead of irl action. I’m a bit of an introvert and have always had smaller groups of friends. Thank you for your kindness.

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This is so subtle and cozy, how it coated the murder is darn cleverly nonchalant! Great work!

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Glad you enjoyed it. It was a random thought popped into my sometimes unorganized mind🤷‍♀️

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Absolutely brilliant Jeanne!!! 👏🏽

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I always look forward to your drops. The nonchalance of murder is chef's kiss.

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You are a gem!! SO damn talented and so freaking funny. Just clever as the Alaskan summer day is long. Also, i promise to email more ;)

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The secret here is this was written not for social commentary, but to guilt you into emailing more mwahahahah. Thanks Trilety.

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Brilliant! ANd it worked!

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I accept!

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“I’m nice.” haha this is a dandy Jeanne!

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Would you accept, 'I identify as nice.'?

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Thank you for the kind words. I just finished Elon’s biography (mostly) before I wrote this. I’d bet he’s thought about it.

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Thanks Jamal👋

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