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….and the match goes to…….Sigmund! Thoughts About Wrestling & Stripping

Epiphany #20437: WWE wrestling and strip clubs are essentially the same thing. Obvious differences, I’ll concede, but at a primal level, they function the same way. Maybe. Beyond the obvious trait the two share (waxing–lots and lots of waxing),  both are vicarious proofs of Freudian principles. In Civilization and Its Discontents,  Freud claims that men have certain immutable drives, and

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Set the phasers to stun

Topic du jour: Playing. I don’t remember which conversations triggered this, but I realized a couple days ago that I don’t play well. Not that I don’t play well with others, although that could be a totally different topic worth considering. Just that I’m not good at playing in the “being playful” sense of the word. I haven’t researched this

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