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steelyx88 t1_ja49qxo wrote

Reply to comment by Rickshmitt in I don't know, what city would you say? by jimb575

Woonsocket is a worm hole. And those who escape are lucky.

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ThatRocketSurgeon t1_ja4mvqm wrote

I’ve been gone since 2001, but it holds a special place in my heart. Nobody ever truly leaves, they just go away for a while. Then they miss things like swimming in Social Ocean, the fragrance on NETCO on a warm sunny day, getting serenaded by being yelled at by crackheads outside of Moonlight Weiners, the women fighting for equal pay on Arnold Street, the smell of secondhand smoke mixed in with your lo mein at Chan’s, the sound of piss sizzling in the sauna when that weirdo keeps sneaking back in to the health and racquet club men’s locker room, buying an autumnfest button in August and wearing it on your Tazmanian devil sweatshirt until June. You just can’t find these things anywhere else.

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Rickshmitt t1_ja4o9fk wrote

They say you can never take the autumnfest button on your tazmanian devil sweatshirt in june out of the person whos escaped sizzling bum piss.

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Vsercit-2020-awake t1_ja4qusj wrote

Wow this is so accurate that it’s scary. I think Social Ocean is now filled in. Not sure tho but I remember it and all the fascinating creatures it brought to that watering hole.

One thing to add - the ungodly wait in the DMV.

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