Of course you can choose to get up early (and maybe you can choose to be gay)

‘Oh, I’m an owl,’ said my friend Nick. ‘You’re probably a lark.’ I raised an eyebrow. He explained. Apparently all human beings are either owls or larks, being genetically predisposed to stay up late or get up early, and to be at their best after sundown or dawn.

Nonsense, of course, complete nonsense.

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Of course you can choose to get up early (and maybe you can choose to be gay)

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