The Greater Fool Series
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It seems impossible that a person can be both that shitty and the shit at the same time but like...it’s Richie. And since Richie doesn’t give a single fuck about following any kind of rules, Eddie guesses the ones that govern Eddie’s emotions don’t apply to him either. Greaaaat.
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- Part 1 of The Greater Fool Series
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Who is the greater fool, (or something like that) asked Obi Wan Kenobi, the fool or the fool who follows him?
Richie is the fool. Obviously. Eddie is the fool who followed him. And now Eddie feels like he can answer Obi Wan with confidence: the greater fool is the one who doesn’t call bullshit on the bullshitter and instead goes, what the hell, why not? It’s not like there’s anything better to do.
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- Part 2 of The Greater Fool Series
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“Oh God,” Eddie says, rolling his eyes and whacking his head on the seat in front of him because he can’t believe he was so stupid as to think that maybe once in his entire life he could just have a goddamn normal, boring-ass field trip where nothing humiliating or life-changing happens because he just had to go and develop feelings for Richie, who never lets anything be boring or normal. Not even Eddie.
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- Part 3 of The Greater Fool Series
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"It’s finally happened. I cannot fit through this goddamn window. I’m out of ideas."
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Eddie enlists the help of two other Losers to help fix his bedroom window, and finally spills the beans about what's going on between him and Richie.
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- Part 4 of The Greater Fool Series
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Essay Option 1: Describe a time in your life during which you had to make a difficult decision. What choice did you make? Do you still feel it was the right one? Explain.
Well, dipshits of the college admission board, as an intelligent person with at least a modicum of common sense, I am aware that biking home from school at the speed of fucking light in the pouring rain isn’t wise, and I’ll probably spend the rest of my life in a coma if I end up eating asphalt. It’s looking more likely by the second—is it possible to hydroplane on a bike? But please consider that the circumstances in my life that have brought me to this position—which is to say, careening down Maple and praying I don’t hit the pothole I know is around here somewhere, so soaking wet you can probably see the outline of my junk through my jeans—are in fact, difficult ones. And difficult times call for desperate measures.
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- Part 5 of The Greater Fool Series
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Eddie’s face is red. His ears are red. Steam is probably coming off the top of his head. Also he’s definitely going to die of suffocation under the blankets. Isn’t there a way he can like, fast forward through this conversation so he doesn’t have to actually experience it as it happens?
But he must be tougher than he thinks he is because he says, “I kind of want to…you know, try that. With you. Like…”
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- Part 6 of The Greater Fool Series
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“Tooooozier-Kaspbrak residence,” Richie says cheerfully, holding the phone up to his ear. “May I ask who—oh hello, Mrs. K! How the fuck are you?”
Richie and Eddie living together in LA, being in love and dealing with Mrs. K long-distance.
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- Part 7 of The Greater Fool Series