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When Your Insult Makes Me Beam with Pride, You’re Doing It Wrong

When Your Insult Makes Me Beam with Pride, You’re Doing It Wrong

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Jen Lancaster
Jun 26, 2023
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I am having trouble letting go of #OceanGate, largely because the constant coverage last week made me cognizant of most of my fears in my personal Top Ten of Terrors, including:

  1. Deep water

  2. Dark water

  3. Enclosed spaces

  4. Suffocation

  5. Drowning by suffocation in deep, dark water

  6. Public transportation

  7. People on public transportation TAKING OFF THEIR SHOES

  8. Having to make…

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