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Kraut juice on your laptop? I hate it when that happens!

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Yeah! Love that salt—and acid! It's even better for than water or coffee for the innards of sensitive electronics. The good news is, I'm getting a refurbished MacBook from Back Market (which I learned about from an ad on the subway). This means I need not patronize Apple, which has made my shit list by offering to charge me $919 + tax to repair the damage (on my $1099 + tax MacBook).

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A brilliant essay! So I think I have the same disability you do, always feeling I'm not doing enough to save the world – from having Communist parents.

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Yes—and there's nothing like an emergency to exacerbate the hell out of it.

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Your very own hurricane was a doozy.

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