The BKK slum house vs post-modern house is a shitty comparison! I'd defo live in the latter. If they had depicted it with open doors and windows and a barbie outside and some other dwellings around it, it would be a different story!
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*Rhetorical question follows:*
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on its first working day
based
on
the
ev...
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Too much work man. does it have a happy ending. I hate happy endings.
You threaten to go to Oz and there are apocalyptic storms. Whta's going on and when do you anticipate the plague of frogs.
The BKK slum house vs post-modern house is a shitty comparison! I'd defo live in the latter. If they had depicted it with open doors and windows and a barbie outside and some other dwellings around it, it would be a different story!
Beautiful essay though.
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