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1 Title: Interlude III
2 Date: 2017-05-05 20:18
3 Category: fiction
4 Tags: bullet-biting, interlude
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6 "Claiming that you don't care about anything but truthseeking may lead people to question whether your jokes were meant to convey that certain things were true. That line about 'cooperating with TERFy women who might reward me with sex and intimacy' in [your post the other month](/2017/Mar/interlude-ii/) is something I strongly prefer to give the you the benefit of the doubt on by assuming that you're joking."
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8 "Maybe you shouldn't! Like, I'm currently modeling one of the social functions of humor as a way to tacitly acknowledge truths that would break the consensus social narrative if taken literally, so ..."