Chris Coyier

web craftsman, blogger, author, speaker

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Emotional Oscillation

I was just at my local Subway. There was an old man who I felt something was “off” with the moment I walked in there. He was vigorously eating his sandwich, and staring at people. At one point he got up and moved tables randomly.

Ten minutes later he cut in line and…

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