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Avoiding stepping on simple sidewalk cracks strictly to ensure your maternal figure does not tragically break her spine

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Childhood rhyming lore embeds incredibly dark consequences into basic pedestrian navigation. Even as fully grown adults, we occasionally alter our stride just to avoid stepping on a concrete fissure. It is a tiny, persistent irrationality that proves we never completely abandon magical thinking.

Avoiding stepping on simple sidewalk cracks strictly to ensure your maternal figure does not tragically break her spine
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