diff --git a/_posts/2018-08-05-deprecation.md b/_posts/2018-08-05-deprecation.md
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+++ b/_posts/2018-08-05-deprecation.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ tags:
 - expat
 ---
 
-I really should know better. Twice now, I've been in the situation.
+I really should know better. Twice now, I've done this to myself.
 I was a social event with one of my PhD students,
 like a party during a conference, where I was introducing
 them to a colleague. Feeling relaxed after a beer