{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "someone stole my motorcycle right out of my goddamn driveway", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/674055085841629184/", "html": "

argumate:

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kontextmaschine:

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ethnianmandarin:

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argumate:

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mitigatedchaos:

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kontextmaschine:

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someone stole my motorcycle right out of my goddamn driveway

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Bloggers Disappointed to Learn Area Man\u2019s Post Description of Actual Crime, Not Performance Art Piece

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no references to pinball, no insight into historical Americana, this isn\u2019t the kontext I signed up for

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u know the figure of the motorcycle thief has gone through a lot of changes starting with the original post-war

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\u201cwhen bad shit happens people mock me accurately\u201d is the community I\u2019ve been looking for my whole life so

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segue into an extended digression on Putnam\u2019s Bowling Alone and how the erosion of civic life in America is counterbalanced by the growth of online communities which satisfy a similar need but leave people less engaged with local politics,

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