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    Superhero

    Rob flies through the air like a superhero. Actually, he just jumps over a puddle. But it feels the same.

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    By Rob Long • Apr 23, 2014 • 3m Listen

    Years ago, when I was walking out of the movie theater after seeing Jurassic Park, as a joke I turned to my brother and said, "That movie was so fake. You could tell those weren’t real dinosaurs." At which point the people leaving the theater behind me felt compelled to say, "Um, yeah. Because there are no more dinosaurs in real life. Don’t you have an imagination?"

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