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Tatyana Zinger's avatar

Whatever this style of writing is (I’m a plebe), keep doing it

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Keturah Hickman's avatar

love this lol -- especially "I’m not conservative, I’m just drawn that way." I love how you capture moods so accurately

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ALT's avatar

Your last paragraph in particular made me feel *seen*. Thanks for writing this.

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Emma Collins's avatar

I felt this

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Audrey Horne's avatar

u get me

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Klaus Zynski's avatar

Fellow DMV resident speaking, you really capture the 1000-Days-of-Mourning vibe here. Also gotta bookmark your piece on DC places. You like the Dew Drop Inn and therefore I can trust your taste.

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Notes from the periphery's avatar

Spot on

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Vertie's avatar

You get it 🙏

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John Wilson's avatar

I was fortunate... we live in a place with a high ratio of RVs to households... unfortunately that also means I saw this coming.

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Gabriel Santo's avatar

Not that my opinion is Peggy Noonan ~~~ this is my favorite piece of yours ever ~~~ sorry for usual empathy substack comment BUT I AM FEELING EXACTLY THIS WAY 🕊️

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rjm's avatar

Lolz

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Michael Walters's avatar

aaaaaah!!

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Tarquin's avatar

Decoding all this will take me comfortably along to 2028

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