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Clueyness: A Weird Kind of Sad — Wait But Why

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No one likes to feel cluey.

I have a new word for you. Cluey. Let me explain. My father once told me a mundane little anecdote from his youth. It involved his father—my late grandfather—and one of the happiest and most loving people I’ve ever known. One weekend day, my grandfather went to the store and brought a new board game home for the family: Clue. He excitedly asked my father and his sister (who were 7 and 9 at the time) if they wanted to play. They did. They joined him at the kitchen table as he opened up the game, read the instructions and explained to them how to play, divided up the cards and put all the

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