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Background: "That contrast is embedded in things that look like other things, and its curious appeal suggests something about one of the great conundrums of consumer behavior, or possibly even of human psychology: our attraction to the novel and our seemingly contradictory attraction to the familiar."

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"I can see the appeal, but the whole concept is rather thin."
-- Constantin Boym

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Doorstop That Looks Like A Paper Airplane Note: I could have sworn I’d posted this in the past, but I don’t see it in the archive. Apologies if it’s a double.

Doorstop That Looks Like A Paper Airplane

Note: I could have sworn I’d posted this in the past, but I don’t see it in the archive. Apologies if it’s a double.

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    EASTERN STAR!!!!!!!!!!
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    mijn tenen….. ja toch?
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