The Meaning of Life Forever Lost In Translation

Feeling depleated and weak from starvation, I was in need of a quick fix, Chinese food was the answer. In America it is our duty as citizens to order some sort of fast food on a weekly, if not daily basis (I believe it is nestled somewhere within the 14th amendment of the US Constitution.) Regardless, once I ordered the Chinese food, a sense of optimism came over me. It was because I realized there was a fortune cookie in my future. A tiny confectionery harbinger of hope and guidance. As most know, it is customary to eat it at the end of the meal, so it was with a great build up of anticipation that I broke the cookie open to uncover my life changing message:

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At first, I stared blankly at the tiny piece of paper. Then I looked up, raising my eyes to the horizon; was I missing something? The liberal use of exclamation points and a question mark further unsettled my feeble mind. This message was important, and I was being crushed by the pressure to decipher its meaning. Perhaps this encryption needs decoding by a mind far superior to mine.