Oliver Burkeman (@oliverburkeman)

Coming back on here after a week away I’m practically knocked over by the sheer quantity of opinions – for a few minutes it just seems so strange that people enjoy spending so much of their time telling other people how they feel about various things! Of course I’ll be fully back into it myself in no time… still, I would like to hold onto the aware... See more

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