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Now administering third eye drops. It is fabulous to be back with you my friends and it is my pleasure to cocoon you in the curious confines of this media vessel once again.

One of the many things that I think we all instinctually have in common

is that when someone is trying to convince you of something

or pitch you something, you can smell their thirst, you can smell the psychic stink of their desperation.

And nobody likes that. It's a huge turn off. But sometimes when you're

interacting with someone the arrangement is not that clear. It's one thing to

be like in a romantic situation or a car dealership or going to a

high-end pog purveyor or something where you know what you're in for, where you know what the

arrangement is where there's a more transparent relationship between product and person.

You know what I'm talking about.

But interpersonal riffing isn't always like that.

It often has the appearance of being open-ended,

yet there's really an invisible subtext where a person is trying to push an idea or sell a philosophy

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