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Peter Shor

01:46

@verbose He's explicitly described as straight, with a girlfriend (who later becomes his wife). His brother is gay, but doesn't use cocaine.

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verbose

07:14

@PeterShor ah okay. Thanks!

Rand al'Thor

07:44

@ClaraDíazSanchez I've put a stop to that. Sorry for the hassle in the review queue.

verbose

07:56

@Randal'Thor 🛑✋🏼.

Rand al'Thor

Someone called "verbose" conversing only via emojis is too much cognitive dissonance.

verbose

@Randal'Thor 🤐🤫🙊

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Bookworm

21:36

Q: Looking for an Italian short story about an army mutiny during WW1

This was in a collection of European fiction, printed probably in the 1950's. We do not see the mutiny, or its suppression; the entirety of the story takes place in the officer's mess, where most of the officers are lamenting the whole ugly business, until one says, "They were fools—they should h...