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Letter to Brooke

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Chase Elodia
Nov 01, 2025
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Dear Brooke,1

I was talking with a friend a few months ago who suggested that superficiality, surfaceness, and silliness are actually constitutive forces holding many relationships together. Their point was that the more you get to know about anyone, the more likely it is you’ll find something you don’t like. This seems both cynical and true to me. As ou…

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