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The daughter of the troop leader was drunk with power.

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It’s that time of year again. Whether you have to hound down a local Girl Scout Troupe for their last box of Thin Mints or are bombarded at every turn by the cute little brown sashes, we all know the feeling of holding, opening, and finishing a box of Girl Scout Cookies.

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2. Quit the break-room addictions.

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I walked away that day, hearing her words but not actually listening to and processing them. Honestly there was a short stretch where I thought I’d made the right decision, but that didn’t last.

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I can’t defend the Boy Scouts, especially not when I know there is a better-run youth organization out there, founded merely two years after their homophobic brethren became official.

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Date a man in his late 30s because guys your age just can’t “get it together” and you need an “actual man.”