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A well-wisher bought me a book on Amazon. In the back instead of saying "published" by Amazon it said, weirdly, ""constructed by Amazon." The book was written by a guy in my neighborhood in Concord Massachusetts. A tiny little creature smaller than a period was wandering around on page 177 in the sunlight. He wandered up over the top. Later I found him near the W on the title page. The book has a weirdly soft cover. Almost like hyper-soft. What chemical did they use to make something softer than leather? I left the book in the sunlight with the creature near the W. Later I looked at the book at an angle to the sun and noticed shiny bits, like leaks. There was one near the W. [The book's title is Walden] I got my jeweler's loupe out, wondering why the creature hadn't moved. He was dead. I think he got caught in the leakage from the W.

When Dad died he left kid gloves. I wear them when I read this Amazon book now.

We all know Amazon is evil. Underground medicine? Hmm. Perhaps we have disturbed something in the depths.

True story.

--David Thor

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Wow!

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Listen to you. You were in haste and couldn’t take the time to read what I wrote or you wouldn’t have said “page.” But it’s not just that you’re sloppy, is it? You’re doing something much worse here.

I’ve had my share of C minus students in the back row so let’s sort this out. I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt and assume you’re smart enough to not have made the obvious mistake and misunderstood the default setting. So you’re a liar. You understood very well that you were going to randomly prioritize the default setting at orthodoxy (book covers don’t leak). Yet you did it anyway. You set up the orthodox position as if it were a given, as if it didn’t need photos or evidence or microscopes or “macro-photography” [lol—you couldn’t just say photos?], and then tried to slide the burden of proof for your assertions onto me. Pretending you didn’t do so.

Be so kind as to send the proof you would need for your claim or go away. My story speaks for itself. Orthodoxy and its two-bit apologists have had a free ride for too long. People who understand the layout are here, so you lot can go now.

—David Thor

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