esc + escOn Feeling Strange Things at Strange Times in a Fantastically Strange Place
Alex LibreI think we often worry that the way we feel is somehow abnormal. We feel strange things at strange times and assume that something is wrong with us. But it now seems to me that we feel strange things at strange times simply because the world is a fantastically strange place.
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