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Evening Quote by Ian Bogost

“Generally speaking, when people use the word fun, it's like…” quote by Ian Bogost — Download Open image

“Generally speaking, when people use the word fun, it's like a placeholder. You know, "How was your evening?" "Oh it was fun."”

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