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  1. 2019-08-05, 06:24 PM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #4
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    Default Re: Grrl Power V: Probably Not an Octopus

    If your entire premise is built on a stack of "could haves" without any explanation of how, then you don't have a premise, you have a whimsy.

    Especially when most of the "could haves" turn out to be unfounded fantasy.

    But when someone confuses the attempt to peel back their premises and assumptions, for "moving the goalposts", I do have to wonder if some things need to be explained.
    Last edited by Max_Killjoy; 2019-08-05 at 07:12 PM.
    It is one thing to suspend your disbelief. It is another thing entirely to hang it by the neck until dead.

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