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Colin Hines's avatar

Glad I came --- I really enjoyed this.

Edward Rooney's avatar

Fantastic writing. I have no idea how this made it on to Hacker News, but I'm so glad it did.

Conor Barnes's avatar

Thank you! It was a pleasant surprise for me.

Tripp's avatar

Randomly wound up here and glad I did. This is brilliant. Subscribed.

Redd Oscar's avatar

Phenomenal.

Samuel Chapman's avatar

Far from what I'd usually read, but very well put together.

I enjoyed reading this one.

Jeffrey Kursonis's avatar

This story touched me...the taking a hit and turning it into self growth was cool...it reminded me of the elasticity of youth...you can learn languages, you can change yourself...your being is being written as you go. I kept wondering if maybe the girlfriend had some hidden secret plan hoping Roberta would read the list and react in various ways...