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Out-of-Order History of Anthropomorphic Snacks #3- Hersheypark

Out-of-Order History of Anthropomorphic Snacks #3- Hersheypark

That’s me in the Sonic Youth tee, with my two younger siblings. Shortly after this picture was taken, I stopped going to theme parks with my family. I declared that theme parks were an artificial entertainment designed to distract the masses in a sort of replacement rush for the thrill of the violent olden days… or something like that. My mom told me I was being pretentious; I was. In all likelihood, I just didn’t want to hang out with my family anymore.  Before that acned stage, I loved theme parks: roller coasters, water slides, haunted houses, the rigged games,...