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Satirical Take on the Return to Normalcy After Carolina's Routine Win

By

Ray Ratto

4d ago· 5 min readen

Summary

A satirical piece reflecting on the inevitable return to normalcy after an extended period of high-stakes, adrenaline-fueled excitement. The author uses poker metaphors and hyperbolic language to describe the letdown of a "normal game" following 10 days of increasingly outrageous events, culminating in Carolina winning a routine game.

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Well, it had to happen eventually.
A normal game, played normally, with normal deeds, normal screeds and a normal result.
Hardly seemed worth it in the end.
After 10 full days of increasingly preposterous in-play behaviors and performances by the Gold
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Well, it had to happen eventually. We’d been putting it off and pushing it back and wallowing earhole-deep in the adrenaline rush of it all, bouncing from Las Vegas to San Antonio to Raleigh to Manhattan in a poker game in which we’d finally reached the r

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