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            <h2>A Racist Prick and My Shameful Behavior</h2>
            <div><h3>Standing strong would have been the right thing to do</h3></div>
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    </div><h2 id="5bc8">Black satire from the golden age of “it’s-just-a-bad-cold”</h2><p id="7369">Oh, the boiling rivers of hate that flowed my way because of this one.</p><div id="767d" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Societal Benefits of Vaccine Refusal</h2>
            <div><h3>Complete fools and the merely-foolish are dropping like flies</h3></div>
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    </div><h2 id="420e">I have no freaking idea why this one succeeded, but it did.</h2><p id="a035">If you figure it out please tell me.</p><div id="8228" class="link-block">
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            <h2>I Followed Every Bit of Writing Advice on Medium and This Was the Result</h2>
            <div><h3>Every journey starts with a single step, often into traffic</h3></div>
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    </div><h2 id="c825">Who can resist T&amp;A?</h2><p id="0139">Although maybe the photo helped this one along.</p><div id="0243" class="link-block">
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            <h2>Tits &amp; Ass vs Fat &amp; Cancer … A Popularity Contest</h2>
            <div><h3>Which pair will win? The suspense is killing me.</h3></div>
            <div><p>medium.com</p></div>
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    </div><h2 id="2edd">The warm salutation drew in readers</h2><p id="b644">Like flies to cowpies</p><div id="1745" class="link-block">
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The UN-Boosted Story Collection Worth Reading

This cluster of gems has almost outperformed my boosted stories

Well, not EVERY time, but often enough. 😃 Photo by Robert Linder on Unsplash

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy a good boost as much as the next guy.

But while feverishly checking my stats for the 117th time today (and bemoaning the fact that I can’t put the th of 117th in the superscript position) I came across an interesting (and wickedly self serving) fact. (And, by “came across” … well never mind, but suffice it to say I was excited.)

I’ve got some stories you may enjoy that were NOT given the good housekeeping seal of approval by Medium.

Rather, readers found them, and kept finding them, and ACTUALLY liked them.

Some are oldies but goodies. Some are of recent vintage.

Two recent stories have become the gifts that just keep giving i.e. their popularity has not waned in spite of having been published over a month ago.

I’ll lead with those.

Enjoy!

And remember, read (and clap, comment, highlight, and share) responsibly.

The un-boosted story that refuses to die

The story about a movement I wish would die

Surprise! I’m occasionally serious.

Black satire from the golden age of “it’s-just-a-bad-cold”

Oh, the boiling rivers of hate that flowed my way because of this one.

I have no freaking idea why this one succeeded, but it did.

If you figure it out please tell me.

Who can resist T&A?

Although maybe the photo helped this one along.

The warm salutation drew in readers

Like flies to cowpies

Another warm one in the same series

Like flies to Mike Pence

More dark satire, straight from my jet black heart

Still making readers feel warm and fuzzy

Ending on a serious note

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