I don't know what's real. I don't know what's not real.

Limited capacity is a collection of six darkly amusing stories about the mysterious ways we interact with the internet and with each other.

There's something going on with him. It's like an act. I don't trust him.

What?

You're staring at me like I should say something, but I don't really know what to do here.

That's the whole name of the game.

Don't talk about how the town isn't real.

You understand?

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My dad used to be adventurous and curious about the world.

When my sister and I were kids, he would take us to the beach after a big snowstorm to see what it looked like when two feet of snow met the ocean.

He'd wake us in the middle of the night to see an eclipse or a meteor shower.

He'd tell us about how he and his best friend, my Uncle Sil, would ride their bikes over the

Brooklyn Bridge to the Museum of Natural History. They would sneak in without paying by walking

in backwards through the exit.

Later, when he and my mom brought us to the museums, my mom would make a beeline for the nearest bench, not looking at any of the exhibits.

All she wanted was to sit down.

I remember her being miserable a lot of the time.

At home, she would spend a good chunk of each day lying on the sofa,

asking us to be quiet and to get her a warm washcloth to put on her forehead.

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