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   Adrian Hon (adrianhon@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 10:31:42 JST Adrian Hon

   A couple of years ago, in the midst of COVID lockdowns, a Guardian story about a man who'd had the same supper for 10 years went viral.

   The story was, if anything, more surprising than the clickbait headline. It was an account by Wilf Davies, a 72 year old farmer who’d barely left his Welsh farm’s valley, and had only ever left Wales once, to visit a farm in England.

   People loved the story. I couldn't forget it – because I was so angry at the praise:

   https://mssv.net/2023/01/15/a-cut-in-the-shape-of-my-heart/

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     JP (jplebreton@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 16-Jan-2023 11:27:41 JST JP

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     @adrianhon the comforts of the familiar and the psychological nourishment of new experiences have always existed in symbiosis, for me - one only means what it means to me by contrast with the other.
     currently relaxing with a heated blanket at home after slogging around a rainy downtown afternoon exploring new nooks and crannies of the city i know well, but still don't know anything near all of. one without the other wouldn't be a nice day.

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