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Friend: What?
Girl: You know, like radar or gaydar. Thomas Pynchon-dar.
Friend: Yeah, whatever.

–R train, Brooklyn

  • Posted on November 29, 2014
  • Books & Writing, Dorks, Geeks and Nerds, On the Subway
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