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Nothing uniquely bad has happened to me in my personal life, but all the regular little bad things have accumulated to make me a neurotic person. and these adventures are my way of trying to make sense of that.
-Jon Ronson
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Nothing Uniquely Bad Has Happened To Me

Jon Ronson
Nothing uniquely bad has happened to me in my personal life, but all the regular little bad things have accumulated to make me a neurotic person. and these adventures are my way of trying to make sense of that.
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