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+Title: The Writer's Room
+Date: 2020-01-01
+Category: commentary
+Tags: epistemology, discourse, meta
+Status: draft
+
+> _Be nice, girl!
+> You have to pay a price, girl!
+> They like to give advice, girl!
+> Don't think about it twice, girl!
+> It's time to get to work!_
+>
+> —["Putting It Together" as performed by Barbara Streisand](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPqNjNKQ0fM)
+
+I keep thinking of these snarky dialogues, but those won't actually help convince everyone who wasn't convinced of the non-snarky version, and returning readers have already heard the joke
+
+global warming
+
+Emperor's clothes
+
+I want to flip a table and scream about being gaslighted, but that wouldn't help
+
+The only thing to do is patiently explain the consequences