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From the Vault: The Toaster Not Taken

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

joe mc formak looks at what i think is one of the most commonly misunderstood poems in english literature. The poem usually gets interpreted to mean the exact opposite of what it actually means. It's about how if you go boldly where others have not gone before, you'll be rewarded with a life of unique meaning. If you read it closely, i think the poem is meant to be a quite ironic sort of perry against exactly that way of thinking.

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