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• Sorry, Mom. Why do sons cost their mothers more than daughters, and how do those costs manifest?
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• Avast! Branding strategies were employed by pirates, and by those who didn’t care for them.
• This is all your fault, game theory. The Rapture may not make theological, scientific, or logical sense—but it may have a basis in game theory.

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