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Jul 8Liked by Josh Gondelman

Dude you have got to be skidding me! I just spent the weekend in hospital and nearly died of anaphylactic shock because of-wait for it-COCONUT!

I apparently have a severe allergy ( used to be a mild allergy) to it but it is ubiquitous now even in prepared foods which is how it got me, or tried to! A pox on both your coconuts!

PS I am not blaming you lol but after a horrible scary weekend because of coconut it was the last thing I expected to see. Talk about triggers lol!

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Oh no!!! I'm so glad you've survived this horrible incident!!!

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Thanks 🥥 me too!

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I am not the reader who received this week's pep talk but holy hell, am I in a similar boat! Also moving in a few weeks, also trying to date/deal with all the existential questions around that. Your pep talk gave me both the chuckles and perspective shift I needed. I will also henceforth be referring to probably 99% of my problems as "coconut tree issues."

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I just love your pep talks, they are a bright light of wit and wisdom. I got my very own two years ago and I still use it as one of my late night life review nuggets of optimism. And, holy heck, I'm just reeling at the nailing it of this phrase: prayer is demanding to speak to life’s manager. Thanks, as usual.

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