Coming in second is still first loser. Someone left to beat. Something to live up to. What happens when #2 can't live up to the expectations that #1 has set? What happens when they finally accept the fact that their status as 'second best' or 'first worst' is simply, well, what it is? What then. Coming in second is like getting slapped with a banana. It doesn't really hurt, but it feels bad and you don't quite know how to react to it. Second place is a place I'm quite familiar with, I find myself there often. Trailing so close but never quite achieving. Truth be told it's getting kind of old.
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