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Refusing to walk beneath a simple leaning ladder remains a strangely enduring paranoia

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Inconveniencing yourself to step entirely into a busy street merely to avoid passing through a triangular space under some aluminum steps is wonderfully irrational. The genuine fear of angering unseen forces dictates wildly inefficient pedestrian routing.

Refusing to walk beneath a simple leaning ladder remains a strangely enduring paranoia
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