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title: I Am (Not) a Fox
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I am not a fox.
It would be ridiculous to claim otherwise since a fox wouldn't be able to type on a keyboard, or come up with this text in the first place.
A fox probably couldn't have a job as a software developer either.
But despite reality being what it is, my existence as a human being doesn't feel right to me.
It never has.
I was 6 years old when I first became aware that something was wrong.
I'm sure many of you have seen the movie "The Sword in the Stone" by Disney, wherein the protagonist Arthur is transformed into various animals to learn valuable life lessons.
I was watching it one evening and became fascinated by the idea of possessing a nonhuman body, especially that of a bird.
What would it be like to experience to world as one?
To be covered in feathers that are bristling in the wind as I'm flying through the air?
Thinking about this felt right to me.
Or rather, it felt like for the first time in my life, a persistent feeling of discomfort I hadn't noticed before was suddenly gone.
This moment marks the beginning
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