Ordinary life in Moscow cabs and barbershops, where ratings are more important than the soul, and people increasingly ask to borrow money for a "month" that lasts forever. The narrator observes the absurdity around him - from chance encounters with strangers to failed dates and electronic memories from an iPhone that lives its own life. It's all peppered with tired irony about domestic anxieties, social conventions, and trying not to lose your mind in an era when even a last name can be a reason for a discount at the zoo.
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