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39. I am so sorry.

Tue Oct 21, 2025, 10:33 PM

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I've lost people dear to me too. I know how it hurts deep down even though it's for our own good.

I doubt he's suddenly become self aware. They're so deep down that rabbit hole. I had an elderly uber driver from a nearby rural town working in Austin (TX) pick me up a few weeks ago to give me and my daughter ride downtown. Her profile said she was driving because she was paying for her husband's brain cancer treatment. I told her I was sorry her husband was sick. My daughter told her I was also battling cancer and struggling financially to stay alive. I mentioned she might look into Obamacare to see if it might help her. She said it's the ACA, not Obamacare, and Trump was working on a better plan and how he was the best thing to happen to this country in ages. By the time she dropped us off my daughter and I both bolted from the vehicle.

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