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" I love small-business owners, and I actually love the idea of vintage clothing, but I don't get when they pretend that the Internet doesn't exist or that other customers have never been to the whole rest of the country where you can rummage around and buy the same dang belt for a buck and a half. "

Mary H.K. Choi

You

Same

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" Never post boring back-to-back selfies. "

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Mary H.K. Choi

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Streets

" In order to be a good emergency contact, you need a lot of friend-patience and empathy. Often, this comes from personal experience with anxiety, trauma, and depression. "

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Mary H.K. Choi

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" Join a Bikram-flow-yoga, Flywheel, or Pilates class so you can find spiritual oneness amid grunting socialite moms. Do whatever you want. Just, please, for the love of God, stop talking about it. "

" People bursting into song in unison and then pointing it at me is maybe the worst thing I can think of, never mind that you have to pay good money to go be yelled/danced at. "

" Yes, Justin Bieber is a contrivance. Yes, Justin Bieber's lyrics are insipid - worse still, disingenuous. Yes, his tattoos stink. Yes, he's lousy at skateboarding. But what does any of this actually matter? In case you missed it, Bieber won. "

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" Teens are strange and magical. "

" Rihanna's boots are too scared to look bad on Rihanna. "

" I always get super confused by the way we look at technology, because since when were all phone calls created equal? It's not like every text is the same or that all texts are human interactions that are compromised. I don't get how conduits somehow dictate sentiment. "

" Pedicures are disgraceful. "

Mary H.K. Choi

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" I love how British people call Asian people 'oriental' unless they're talking about Indian people, who get to be called Asian. "

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" Even the coolest jobs get stultifying with repetition, and the only way to break that cycle is to bring another job into the mix. "

" I have horrible shoe hang-ups. Particularly when it comes to flats. "

" My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words. "

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