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Order and Anarchy: An Interview with Jim McHugh of Dark Meat

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Jim McHugh is buying coffee in Austin, Texas, and asks that I call him back in five minutes so he’s not the guy waiting in line on his cell phone. I appreciate this and gladly hang up. I give him seven minutes, knowing how those lines sometimes go, and when I call back he apologizes.

“I’ve been a service industry douchebag too many years to be that guy,” he says.

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