mark: I'm building up toward one day where, in a misguided attempt to win me over as a friend, one of my patients confesses to an unsolved murder

swing voters and undecided voters basically by definition think about and engage with politics differently than anyone on this site, anyone who writes for the ny times, and the vast majority of the times’ subscribers. otherwise they wouldn’t be undecided/swing voters.

my dental hygienist reports that her boyfriend made her watch the debate, she was unimpressed by either candidate, is very worried about abortion, and to express her displeasure might vote 3rd party

Oh god did she just volunteer all this information while you were a captive audience with your mouth stuck open?

yes. people love to tell me things, to an extent I can scarcely convey

i would say i am also cursed with this but it has helped me immensely as a journalist

I'm building up toward one day where, in a misguided attempt to win me over as a friend, one of my patients confesses to an unsolved murder

*podcast incoming* "When one of Mark's patients seemed to confess to a crime that had had the town guessing whether there was a murderer among them for more than a decade, he knew he had to sink his teeth into it ... listen to 'Tooth And Nail' on [*bleep*] or wherever you get your podcasts"

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