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@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 
 i'm about to explain some things.
 
+i write here in a broken, self-consious way so that i won't be broken and self-consious when i flirt.
+
 => ethically-questionable-citation-practices.gmi about the 〈ethically questionable citation practices〉employed here
 
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