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Myq Kaplan's avatar

dear josh,

great piece as always!

i love "Never a good feeling when your group chat makes the news."

also i love the word "uncle-in-law"!

thanks for sharing it all!

love

myq

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

Thank you! <3

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Cathleen's avatar

I am from NJ and a sloppy Joe is saucy meat on a hamburger bun. I don't know what those people are talking about and you are right to be confused.

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

Okay phew!

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Katie's avatar

I'm exactly 13 days older than the Vice President. Did not think that would happen this soon.

Depending on where the reader lives, they might have a gym in their area that's less annoying than most. Different gyms cater to different crowds. There's a gym near me that bills itself as radically inclusive, LGBTQ-friendly, and a "gym for people who don't like gyms." No guarantees, but it's a possibility!

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

Hell yeah!

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Lise's avatar

Thank you for the Beach Bunny song!!

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

My pleasure!

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Seth Christenfeld's avatar

welp, guess I'm a Beach Bunny fan now.

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

They are so good!

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Carolyn Carrier's avatar

I went to IU for grad school and went to so many shows at the Comedy Attic. I love that place, but had no idea how rare its environment is until I moved away.

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

It's very special!

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susan kreizman's avatar

I can’t believe you ate a tomato and never had a NJ sloppy Joe before!!!

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

Oh no I meant potato!!!

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Patrick Pagan's avatar

Your writing is so well crafted and funny.

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Josh Gondelman's avatar

Thanks so much!

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Donny Evans's avatar

Just a friendly reminder—don’t stop talking about SignalGate! 👨‍⚖️⚖️🇺🇸🆘

https://open.substack.com/pub/iamdonnyevans/p/resentment-roulette-judge-boasberg?r=5dsl4z&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

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