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815: How I Learned to Shave

This American Life

CHAPTER

The Memes and the Touch

This chapter tells the story of how the speaker's great-grandfather went on a date with his great-grandmother. They would exchange memes from TV shows they liked by performing them with their faces and bodies. They eventually found a Chinese restaurant that served beer after their original plan fell through, and this was where they touched for the first time. They talked about their careers and their shared ambition to write stories down on paper. The chapter ends with the speaker's great-grandfather getting ready to reveal more of his story but being hesitant to continue.

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