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# This Week - Nov 29, 2013
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2013-11-29/
- Published: 2013-11-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:10:45.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, andrew torba, clara bensen, mark vanhoenacker, medium, okcupid, rob delaney, salon, slate, the atlantic, this week, travel, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> Today we are experiencing a dangerous cultural shift towards the expectation of instantaneous response.  
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> — [Yes I Saw Your Text, But Don’t Expect Me to Respond Instantly (Andrew Torba for Medium)](https://medium.com/better-humans/d800818c8367?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Busy skies also mean human gridlock on jet bridges from the terminal down to the aircraft door. While you’re waiting to board, you might have time to contemplate the purpose of the jauntily angled strip of metal above the door of most commercial aircraft.  
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> — [What's That Metal Strip Above the Airplane Door? (Mark Vanhoenacker for Slate)](http://www.slate.com/blogs/the%5Feye/2013/11/27/what%5Fs%5Fthat%5Fthing%5Fwhat%5Fs%5Fthat%5Fmetal%5Fstrip%5Fabove%5Fthe%5Fairplane%5Fdoor.html?ref=drewshannon.net)

> How were people like me supposed to stay sober if handsome doctors could just up and relapse and die?  
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> — [Drugs Will Kill Your Friends (Rob Delaney for The Atlantic)](http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/11/drugs-will-kill-your-friends/281418/?ref=drewshannon.net)

> What we discovered was that after a certain base level was met (water, food, shelter and a fully charged iPhone), decreasing the number of possessions did little to affect the quality of our journey.  
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> — [The craziest OkCupid date ever (Clara Bensen for Salon)](http://www.salon.com/2013/11/12/the%5Fcraziest%5Fokcupid%5Fdate%5Fever/?ref=drewshannon.net)