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The Prince of Least Astonishment

A story told through a Twitter thread.

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Katherine Dee
Jan 03, 2021
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Philz president Jacob Jaber making coffee for visitors from Boston at his 24th street shop in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, May 27, 2010. Groupon.com sent Philz Coffee Inc. five times the customers the San Francisco chain expected when the site offered $20 gift cards at half price. (Photo By Liz Hafalia/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Today, I tweeted this prompt:

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Intrusive thought: 26-year-old San Franciscan whose start-up was acquired at 21 and who now has a half-job w/ prestigious title at FAANG or similar lecturing a juice bar barista through his Atoms mask about using her stimulus check to buy crypto
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And it inspired me to write a story.

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