Many people can live in a city their entire life, but they go to the same places and do not really know the city. This was posted on X/Twitter by 𝒛𝒂𝒉 on December 7, 2022, and received over 304,000 likes:
“no unfortunately i cannot give you directions around the city i have lived in my entire life.”
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Léa
@Keokxe44
When someone asks me directions around the city I have literally lived in my entire life
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No Context Hearn
@NoContextHearn
Sep 3, 2019
(Video shows a perplexed person.—ed.)
7:22 AM · Jun 23, 2022
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𝒛𝒂𝒉
@zaheerah_raja
no unfortunately i cannot give you directions around the city i have lived in my entire life
8:55 AM · Dec 7, 2022
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Vee
@suchastubborn
no unfortunately i cannot give you directions around the city i have lived in my entire life
12:34 AM · Dec 8, 2022
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latortuga
8 dec 2022
zah no unfortunately i cannot give you directions around the city i have lived in my entire life AM - - Twitter for iPhone 46.8K 3,707 246K
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Zey!
@zeyvaraat
no unfortunately i cannot give you directions around the city i have lived in my entire life
3:03 PM · Jan 25, 2023
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no unfortunately i cannot give you directions around the city i have lived in my entire life
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วi๓๓ฯ🤖
@_iam_jimmy
no unfortunately i cannot give you directions around the city i have lived in my entire life
11:31 AM · Feb 9, 2024
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Invis🧜♀️
@invis4yo
no unfortunately i cannot give you directions around the city i have lived in my entire life
8:48 AM · Feb 20, 2024
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Lee Liebenberg
March 28, 2024 at 6:45 AM ·
Just look for a small building next to a big bookshop 🤷🏼♀️
(The following text is shown on an image.—ed.)
No unfortunately, i can’t give you
directions around the city i lived
in my entire life.
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