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Before You Read This Essay
Put down your drinks, please.
I’d hate to be responsible for any of you spewing coffee, cognac, hot chocolate, seltzer water, or anything else you may be consuming, all over your devices.
I have to share something truly shocking with you—something that may be difficult to believe for the several thousand of you who have signed up for this Substack, some of whom have even paid to do so.