Machine Man (serial)

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I am not a people person. I don’t know why. Maybe you can figure it out and let me know. All I know is that any time I am evaluated, I score very low on social metrics. Also, if there is a party, I am not invited. Or if I am, and I’m seated between people, they will both talk to the person on the other side. There is something about me that repels people. Well, maybe not repels: that bores them. People look at me and know I am a waste of their time.

I am a smart guy. I am good and conscientious and sometimes funny. These are qualities I keep hearing are desireable. I can only think there must be some other vital ingrediant that no-one is letting on, because I have no friends, don’t speak to my family, and my last date was in high school. There is a guy in Media Relations who once killed a woman with his car, and he gets invited to parties. I don’t understand that.

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