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[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago (5 children)

Shopping done.

Haircut next.

Then the usual suspects: cat, music, reading.

Tomorrow night, bar crawl lol

[โ€“] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 1 points 4 days ago (4 children)
[โ€“] Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone 3 points 4 days ago (3 children)

I picked up a book called The Pearl by Steinbeck. I've read it before but I revisit it every few years.

It's short, but probably the most powerful allegory on capitalism I've ever read.

Wow. Will add this to reading list.

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