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Samantha Irby

■ My brain has been my ticket out — this ability to make jokes and tell stories. I am thankful to have this gigantic undercooked meatball inside my skull. I wish I could be like Krang in the who’s just a brain in a big monster body. The fact that I have to be an actual person is a shame.

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