Greg Egan on Nostr: Not sure why I need to provide my parents’ occupations on the form for donating my ...
Not sure why I need to provide my parents’ occupations on the form for donating my body to the local medical school. It’s not as if we’re living in a medieval village where John, son of the blacksmith John, needs to be carefully distinguished from John, son of the innkeeper John.
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