Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.

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It was strange keeping change from a customer.Β  Bloomingfoods wasn't a restaurant. there was no tipping. At first Drew thought about putting the extra cash into the register. Instead he pocketed it. Figured it would just be wasted if he put it into the register anyway. Although the store always...
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πŸ§‡ 53 Waffles
🍫 56 Chocolate Bars
πŸͺ 43 Cookies
πŸ₯ƒ 40 Whiskeys
🍊 35 Tangerines
β˜•οΈ 61 Coffees
🍺 54 Beers
πŸ₯Ÿ 50 Dumplings
🍍 55 Pineapples
🍡 46 Teas
🍣 53 Sushis
πŸ₯“ 44 Bacons
πŸ₯š 42 Eggs
πŸ₯© 37 Steaks
πŸ“ 47 Strawberries
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Untitled Shared at Nov 09, 2021

While climbing up the stairwell in my apartment building the other day, I realized for the first time two things simultaneously. That it wasΒ  November and that people were doingΒ  NaNoWriMo . Then I remembered how farΒ  drewb was getting in on his...
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2021-11-09 21:55:08

Flash Fiction Practice
"We're still friends"

It was spring by the time he figured it out. But because the school year was coming to a close he considered it the summer.Β 

She had alluded to it. In a kind of, maybe this is where we are headed if things don't change, kind of way. But at...
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2021-11-09 03:06:29

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Class

I met Milo in a class I wasn't supposed to be in. I had scheduled it a few months before because my friend who was a freshmen wanted it really bad and it was a high demand class. At our university upperclassmen got to schedule their classes before the under....
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2021-11-07 17:30:23

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Springing into a walk

Looking back he was sure of one thing. That he was nervous.
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This was the final Friday ofΒ  September . A heat spell had just evaporated and suddenly everybody was walking around in sweaters through that crisp autumn air. And he had only one thing on his mind.

Tumbling a single desire...
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2021-11-06 14:42:57

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Outsourcing dirty things

The reason why so many founders are finding success in B2B SaaS is because of how slow incumbent organizations move.

It's expensive to create the simplest of software within these established walls. You can't just get started hacking on the cheap as there's a bunch of bureaucratic boxes that need to...
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2021-11-05 14:53:30

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Water -> Blood -> Urine

For all our drinking and cooking, we use reverse-osmosis Β  water . We get this through three three gallon refillable jugs that we take to our little grocery store. Most times we only refill two jugs at a time. Some days it's one. Rarely it's all three. But most times a...
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2021-11-04 16:39:29

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Child of farmers

His parent were farmers. This taught him the value of food. Humbled him to fear the treachery of an empty belly paired to a hopeless heart.

See, having an empty belly wasn't a bad thing on itself. In fact he had gone many days not eating a single bite. So long...
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2021-11-03 17:44:31

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What you value values you back as reply to Managing your energy

I originally began this with the phrase in the old days, but this wasn't long ago time-wise. Instead I should use:

In the far days,Β  I didn't know the value of respect. And when someone doesn't know something so deep and systemic, it's always the case that they don't know...
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2021-11-02 14:05:38

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Backoffice Apps

I have a fetish with horribly designed, outdated back-office apps.

Maybe I can't claim they're horribly designed. That's too subjective .Β 

How about instead: I have a fetish with established back-office apps that people often complain about. I would even guess that they love to complain about these apps....
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2021-11-01 16:14:21

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Party City

They came for the parties, but stayed for the...

Actually not a single one of them I bet could tell you what they stayed for. I mean they'l give you their reasons, but do they believe themselves? If you look into their eyes as they ingest another puff of smoke do...
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2021-11-01 02:36:05