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What I also thought was interesting as I was reading it (surprisingly my first time being exposed to this piece) was how strange the rituals described sounded, even though it was supposed to be a lighthearted parody of ordinary life. For example, "When pregnant, women dress so as to hide their condition." A quote comes to mind: "The past is a foreign country: they do things differently there."



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