Apology

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The New York Times

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🗓️ 10 January 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In the age of #SorryNotSorry, we invite you to start off 2019 with an apology.

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0:00.0	When I was about 11, maybe 12, I did something that I have now come to regret.
0:11.8	Oh wow, what happened?
0:14.5	Well, I used to pop my sister's brush trap.
0:20.4	Wesley Robert Morris.
0:23.6	No you did not.
0:24.6	I did.
0:25.6	My sister and I were very close.
0:27.5	We are very close.
0:28.5	Her name is Robin.
0:29.9	She's two years younger than I am.
0:31.6	So it means that at some point, her body started to develop and change.
0:36.4	And she had a training bra.
0:40.1	We would go outside and play.
0:42.2	And knowing at some point that I wanted to do something that would make everybody in
0:47.9	the group laugh, I would pull the strap of her bra as far back as I could get it, like
0:53.5	a catapult.
0:54.5	Oh my god.
0:56.0	And I'd let it go.
0:59.6	And it would make an actual snap.
1:01.8	I distinctly remember the snap.
1:03.5	Oh my god.
1:04.5	Where did you get that idea from?
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