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"description": "I set off early to the emotion recycling centre , so it would be quiet. At the barrier a man in hi-vis waved me down. \"What have you got?\" he asked.\n\n\"Anger, regret. A bit of old grief. Oh, and some shame.\"\n\n\"We can't take shame,\" he said.\n\nI was only really there for the shame. \"Where am I supposed to take it, then?\" I asked him.\n\nHe just shrugged. \"It's hazardous. You'll need a specialist service. The rest is OK.\" And he waved me through.\n\nI dropped my feelings in the relevant containers, and ",
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"textContent": "I set off early to the emotion recycling centre , so it would be quiet. At the barrier a man in hi-vis waved me down. \"What have you got?\" he asked.\n\n\"Anger, regret. A bit of old grief. Oh, and some shame.\"\n\n\"We can't take shame,\" he said.\n\nI was only really there for the shame. \"Where am I supposed to take it, then?\" I asked him.\n\nHe just shrugged. \"It's hazardous. You'll need a specialist service. The rest is OK.\" And he waved me through.\n\nI dropped my feelings in the relevant containers, and then I glanced around for cameras and fluorescent tabards, before throwing my shame in the place marked \"General malaise\". I know it was wrong. But I didn't feel too bad about it.",
"title": "Emotion Recycling Centre",
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