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EliRivers on Nov 28, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Chernobyl’s Hot Mess, “the Elephant’s Foot,” Is St...

I could write "Conduct improv brain surgery on the guy sitting next to me" in my daily planner and it doesn't make it routine. Calling a knife a fork doesn't make it so, and calling something routine that isn't likewise doesn't make it so.

illumen on Nov 28, 2014 [–]

If you conducted brain surgery on the guy next to you routinely then it makes it routine. Even if it's a really silly thing to do.

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