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[[Two friends stroll along chatting]]
Hatfriend: Did you watch the super bowl?
Otherfriend: Yes, like a third of the counry.
Otherfriend:A fraction which is INCREASING despite media fragmentation
Hatfriend: Can't we just talk without your weird need to give context for everything?
Otherfriend: Sorry. I'll try.
Hatfriend: Sounds like Peyton Manning's probably going to retire.
Otherfriend: Yes, I.. it..
Hatfriend: C'mon, you can do it!
Otherfriend: He..
Otherfriend: MAMMALS LIKE PEYTON AGE VIA A PROCESS TAHT INVOLVES BOTH THE ACCUMULATION OF DAMAGE AND POORLY-UNDERSTOOD TIMED FACTORS. YET THE CONCEPT OF RETIREMENT ITSELF IS SURPRISINGLY RECENT-
Hatfriend: Okay, good try. Maybe next year.
{{Title text: Why did the chicken cross the road? It begins over five thousand years ago with the domestication of the red junglefowl in southeast Asia and the development of paved roads in the Sumerian city of Ur.}}
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