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It was my friend Abed's birthday.
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I had met Abed at community college
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almost two years earlier.
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His obsession with pop culture had always alienated him.
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He'd quote movies, pretend his life was a TV show.
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He watched Cougar Town.
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It was as if he didn't want people to like him.
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Then this year, around Christmas,
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he had some kind of--
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I don't know-- mental episode,