Wasn’t my point that even if you could blame it on chemical imbalance, this is Trump’s natural state?
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Have you noticed that “skim read your posts” is an anagram of “is yours postmarked”?
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@daneel - don’t you want to feel whole again?
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Is it likely that I would?
Is spotting anagrams a special skill of yours?
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They sometimes jump out at me - isn’t that true for everyone?
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Drinka pinta milka day?
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Can I throw on some Esquivel, if it’s got a bossa nova beat in it?
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Isn’t Esquivel always appropriate?
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Am I going to force my tastes on a gracious host?
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Why does everyone think that having an advance degree makes one a smug asshole? Do you guys think I’m a smug asshole? How can I humble myself enough that everyone doesn’t think I’m a smug asshole who looks down on the rest of humanity?
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Couldn’t you return your advanced degrees, and stop shaming us all with your fancy book-learning?
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Does everyone know he died in 2003, a heart attack in Paris?
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Don’t I find you alternately authoritative, and timid around here? Have you ever been smug, or an asshole?
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Will someone start a thread already?
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Does it matter, as I’m already marked as a “ivory tower libural” know it all?
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Wouldn’t you tell me if I was being either?
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Why are you addressing this to me? Didn’t I manage to avoid being a smug asshole until I made full professor?
Do you have it in vinyl?
Can I apologize in advance for the video that comes with the Senor Coconut cover of Da Da Da?
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Wasn’t it because you were asking questions of @OtherMichael, who pointed out I had a higher degree? Aren’t I jealous that I’ll probably never make full professor since that’s already full up and the tenture track is being trashed as we speak (except maybe at the ivy leagues?)? Isn’t the best I can hope for a good lecturing position, with a full teaching load and less time to write smart things about popular culture like I like to do? Don’t I hope I’ll at least get to teach someone something important about US history and doesn’t our society look down on learning for its own sake more and more each day?
Don’t you know I wasn’t trying to upset you, but am more talking about the state of the world as we live in it?
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Can you get into media if you want to stick with pop culture specifically? Aren’t there also think tank and government positions for people with an academic background in cold war history and an understanding of pop culture?
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Don’t I guess? Won’t younger people get those jobs? Don’t the best jobs go to ivy leaguers? Aren’t I just bitter about spending a good chunk of my adult life on this track and I’m not sure it’ll get me any where?
Don’t I really mean, don’t mind me? 
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