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Postcards sent from overseas routinely take months to arrive

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Mailing a physical greeting guarantees you will return home months before the actual cardboard does. International postal systems treat these cheap stamps with total apathy, meaning your friends will finally receive your sunny greetings right in the middle of a depressing winter storm.

Postcards sent from overseas routinely take months to arrive
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