Top 5 Alexandra Petri Quotes
#1. Embarrassing ourselves in front of strangers is literally one of the worst things that can happen to us. It's in the slot where polio used to be. Awkwardness, rejection, missing out. We've conquered everything else and these constants of human life are all that remain to bedevil us.
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#2. Hell hath no correctly punctuated fury like a book nerd scorned.
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#3. My parents, worried that I might become popular at school, got me a book of puns at an impressionable age.
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#4. Ancient Egypt was okay. Drinks menu was limited. Not the best place to meet people. Reminded me a lot of the Internet in the sense that it was full of pictures of cats and people seemed pretty excited about them. Also lots of fun emoji. Still not sure what "Feather Squiggly Line Bird" means.
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#5. (Embarrassing old screen names are the lower-back tattoos of the Internet age.)
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