1. Fireworks
2. Eating Maryland blue crabs
Suggested Reading
3. Jogging
4. Standing in most lines
5. Long-distance relationships
6. Most white people
7. Regret
8. School reunions
9. Crowds
10. The NFL
11. Rinsing dishes before they’re placed in the sink
12. Defending the misdeeds of famous people
13. Cheap suits
14. October
15. New Year’s resolutions
16. Memberships to porn sites
17. Twitter
18. Hitting people with your fists
19. Patience, usually
20. 2018
21. The Walking Dead
22. America
23. Rationalizing rap lyrics and/or pretending they don’t blatantly contradict your politics
24. Carving stations
25. Googling yourself
26. Networking
27. Tax refunds
28. Being cordial and pleasant when interacting with a person you don’t like
29. Gospel rap
30. Loyalty to anything—employers, institutions, brands, your country, etc.—other than a very small number of people
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