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language games create language realities

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Sean Monahan
Sep 24, 2021
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Are things normal again? I can’t tell. A friend and I used to have an inside joke, early on during the pandemic: “Every day is a new reality.” It still feels like that. You can chart the new realities with the new language that filters into everyday life.

We started with “just the flu” at the start of 2020. That was wishful thinking. Then we moved on to…

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