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abrogation

the fact that not one has been, out of billions, is proof of a categorical failure, a mass abrogation of the social contract by the legions of treacherous, evasive, giggling yeastbuckets

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—p.145 The Feminist (129) by Tony Tulathimutte
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even if he got a girlfriend, he’d still feel rejected

On one of these long nights, an ugly curtain lifts in his head: he’s old enough to know that relationships don’t guarantee happiness, that the source of his pain is an illusion agonizingly elaborated over decades. His mental habits are so ingrained that even if he got a girlfriend, he’d still feel …

—p.140 The Feminist (129) by Tony Tulathimutte
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he snatches up his READ MORE WOMEN tote bag

He grabs at his friend’s drink. Everyone scrambles. His QPOC friend’s friend, a much larger man, gets up and tells him, “OK, my guy, time to move along.” It defies all reason that he’s getting ejected from a picnic just for airing opinions in good faith, by this swollen alpha dickhead flaunting his…

—p.139 The Feminist (129) by Tony Tulathimutte
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apotheosis

WorryFree, an apotheosis of the gig economy, offers room and board

—p.125 White Voice (113) by Dan Sinykin
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the threadbare fantasy of an American dream

MOST PEOPLE TOOK subprime loans because, by the ’00s, real average wages in the United States had stagnated for thirty years, the social safety net had been disassembled, and yet prices had continued to rise. Wealth inequality had reached heights not seen in a century. Ordinary people were not buyi…

—p.124 White Voice (113) by Dan Sinykin