stackyFACTSStaring silently at your shoes while standing mere inches from a stranger is an agonizing human experience. The Muzak corporation made millions by pumping incredibly bland instrumental covers into tight vertical cabins solely to break the deafening silence and mask the terrifying mechanical grinding of the cables.
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