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8,241 people who stopped saying “you know, that thing…”
I typed "being happy for someone else's success" and it gave me "compersion" in 1.4 seconds. Changed how I talk about literally everything.
Eli Cuala
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Said "the stringy bits on bananas" and it immediately came back with "phloem bundles". How. HOW.
Mohammad Naqvi
@Mo
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@noal
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