💬 Opinion 6d ago · Theodore Dalrymple

The Problem of Painful Socks

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The Problem of Painful Socks

The great abstractions of good and evil, pleasure and pain, are sometimes sliding down our shin.










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Somewhat to my surprise, I have developed for the first time in my life an allergy to the elastic in my socks. I suppose it serves me right for having bought cheap pairs on the internet, which are probably manufactured i

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