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[[An indescribable being of energy and a person are walking along]]
Being: Explain to me this "steroid scandal"
Person: Well, uh... We humans are made of chemical which stay alive by finding other chemicals and putting them inside us
Person: We hold contests to see which humans are fastest and strongest. But some humans eat chemicals that make them *too* fast and strong.
Person: And they win contests!
Being: That does sound bad.
Person: It's awful!
{{Title text: A human is a system for converting dust billions of years ago into dust billions of years from now via a roundabout process which involves checking email a lot.}}
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