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Warpy

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4. I've gone full tilt Emily Post

Reply to calguy (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 10, 2020, 10:34 PM

Oct 2020

and cut people off when they start on politcs, religion, or sex kink. There are just some things I don't want to know unless I've known the person very well for a long time, and even then, I'd rather avoid it.

Part of it comes from working retail and being used as a confessional. Part of it comes from being a nurse and being used as a confessional. Really, people, I just don't want to know. Some things are private. Please keep them that way.

I think the key to key to coping with other people is blissful ignorance, keeping one's illusions intact.

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