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jason on X: "If You Want Taste, You're Gonna Have to Eat" / X

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There are songs that make me cry that you'll never hear about. There are poems I read while my mother lay dying in front of me, and unless I tell you, you'll never know which ones. My taste in music, in food, in art, all of it is private by default. You'd have to eat with me to know I'd happily live on fried chicken. Nobody reads my diary unless I show them. Nobody comes into my home unless I invite them in. But the moment I step outside, they're looking at you. Before I speak, before you know what I do, before you know anything about how I think, you've already seen my taste. Personal…

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