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why people can be tricked into thinking wine tastes better just by raising the price, or why every civilization on earth independently invented the dumpling.
“It’s counterintuitive, but that person likely reduced their total amount of anxiety by focusing on that belief. They’re trading a hundred tedious internal fights for one, big, external battle. It actually takes the pressure off.”
“And now you know why the very first human cities all had a common ingredient that made them work. We wouldn’t have a civilization without
“On the East stage, it’s Cloe’s Clown Clones, God’s Thong, Dog Juggling, Saanvi Singh’s All Jug Band, Dough Ray Meat, Soundturd, 10 Gallon Italian, Yak Jesus, Tiny Little Rat Farts, Lance Dancepants, Funeral Giggles, Cello Mold, Dick Masters and the Dickmasters, Turdvana, The Jessie Stankbones, FOONT!, Beefslap, Live Tuna Sandwich, Beard Cannon, Stinky Geyser, Cornhole Brunch, Beak Soup, DJ Teats,
To be that cut off from your basic humanity has to be a Hell all its own.”
“You pick up the torch the departed are no longer able to carry, and you press on, in their memory.” He shrugged. “But to be honest, seeing what’s next is the best part.
