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OK, as a reincarnated pulp writer and all-round smart aleck, I find the current trend of "terminal-adult autofiction" tiresome in the extreme. However well-crafted, ( as this piece is ) it's indicative of a cultural mindset that no longer knows how look beyond the inevitability of mortal limitations and just shut up and enjoy the passing mirage for the color play. Ironically, even as stuffy as the New Yorker traditionally is, they occasionally feature witty fiction and bravely fly the humor flag (very badly, mostly but still...)

when everyone else has just given up and bought tickets for the long March to the grave...No wonder people aren't reading like they used to......

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