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The “68” was to suggest the French Situationists, not the sex act minus 1.
Claire went to Columbia for a semester. She took as many philosophy classes as possible. One of the classes was Existentialism 101.The professor had a thick accent that made it even harder to comprehend the human condition. What little Claire did understand between the rolled “r”s was earth- shattering. The professor loved nihilism and it was infectious. But his accent thickened with every class.
Deb struggles to eat a Danish, her wrist in a cast. Yee asks Deb how she broke it, wondering if it was tennis or a fall. “Masturbating,” Deb says.