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Weekly Contest #259
I think that everyone can be perceived differently depending on who's looking. There is really only one kind of person that is universally perceived. That would be the truly ugly. I’m speaking from experience. To be clear I don't mean plain or scruffy. I’ve made my peace with having an appearance that makes people startle back. My mother told me the doctors at my birth had handed me over and told her I was perfectly healthy in the most confused tone one could imagine. Mom and I might live on a tight budget but she had inherited a...
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