I mean, come on dad, I don't know who you are, or where you are or what you do or anything, but come on, be a dad for a minute. For as long as it takes not to write that sentence.

我意思是，来吧老爸，我不知道你是谁，或者你在哪里或者你做什么或者任何事情，但是来吧，做一分钟爸爸，用不写那个句子所花费的那么长的时间。

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But that does not mean I didn't long for what my straight friends took for granted.

但这并不意味着我不希望得到我那些直率的朋友们的祝福。

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I have the tendency to save certain ones for a long time because of a few articles, but then cannot find what I am looking for later... meanwhile the magazines start stacking up.

我有只为几篇文章长期保留某一些杂志的癖好，但之后却找不到我要找的东西了……同时杂志开始堆积了。

youdao

So you don't have to write long papers, but what I'm saying is: the room is there for you to stretch out if you want to do that.

所以我的意思是：,有足够的空间留给你们发挥,如果你们想的话。

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