Personal Narrative: Buying That New Cool Thing

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From the moment I stepped into the world, I have been different from 97% of the population. I am a fraternal twin. This world is much like the world of non-twins, as I imagine, but that is something that I will never quite know. As this has been something that I’ve experienced for all 17 years of my life, it’s never seemed out of the ordinary to me. However, I still find myself defining it as an interesting part of my identity. It is interesting to me that in a world where we fight so hard to be liked through copying the latest fashion trend or buying That New Cool Thing, we still strive to be known as individuals. Our society is in a constant state of assimilation and separation. As a curious species, humans are always looking for new knowledge

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