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Dear Chicky,
My boyfriend and I (we’re both in our early 30’s) have a bet: I say air quality is better than when we were kids, he says it’s worse. Who’s right?
–Itching to Be Right
Dear Itching,
Though it’s always fun to watch one half of a couple do the “I’m right and you’re wrong” dance, I’m sorry [...]

Dear Chicky,
I went to a dinner party last week and the host had a tiny composter in her apartment’s kitchen; she said there were bugs inside that eat the food she deposits. It sounds gross, but I feel bad tossing all my leftovers in the garbage—how do these things work? Why don’t they smell?
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