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I can't imagine what someone would write that would infuriate me. Maybe if my loved one had died of some disease and someone was insensitive, that would piss me off.

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Joel Stein
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: July 23
Journalist
Screenwriter
Edison Township
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