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People are pretty forgiving when it comes to other people's families. The only family that ever horrifies you is your own.

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Sometimes the best lighting of all is a power failure.

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Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.

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You pretend to be more eccentric than you actually are because you fear you are an interchangeable cog.

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Even when you take a holiday from technology, technology doesn't take a break from you.