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[–] roomey 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure 90% of the time normal people don't know why they do things at the best of times, and if you ask them why they will make something up retrospectively.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Human are rationalizing beings by nature, and rational beings by accident (but only when we're lucky).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

"What are you staring at?"

🕳️🏃‍♂️

[–] BenFranklinstein 4 points 1 year ago

All my mannerisms are directly from TopGun.

[–] Ergonomic_Keyboard 3 points 1 year ago

Just copying and planning it out all in bullet points or in the shower! :')