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Welcome to The Moth.
I'm Jodi Powell.
I love a feel-good story.
A story where things work out in the end that leaves a smile on your face.
In fact, I'm hosting a Moth Radio Hour episode filled with feel-good stories that will drop in a few days.
So definitely take a listen once it's out.
But for this podcast episode, I wanted to do something a little different.
Instead of feel-good stories, maybe something that leaves a crumb of bittersweet.
Joy with some shadow in it.
Don't worry, these stories aren't despairing.
They are stories about the strange mess and pettiness and confusion of being human and the dark humor to be found there.
So ready to find the good in feeling bad?
First up, this story from Austin Butterfield, who told this at a Denver story slam where the theme was happy.