Suspended Disbelief

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Long ago, I dated a woman who believed in ghosts and crystals and horoscopes and toxins and stuff. Of course crystals exist, but she claimed that they heal you and incur luck and other mumbo-jumbo that I couldn't wrap my head around. But I'm not here to Destroy Magic with Facts & Logic — I'm here to preach against assholes like me who suck the...
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