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Ah ok. I really wanted to read what else this professor had to say because he sounded very frank.

Re: Male fragility

Reminds me of the wonderful advertiser and behavioral scientist Rory Sutherland’s anecdote of working with a cocktail bar. Because men were unsure if certain cocktails would come in fruity looking glasses they refrained from buying them. So they standardized the glasses regardless of drink and men felt safe ordering the cocktails.

On a related note; I do often wonder how you engage with the respectable set, as you hint at from time to time. Do they simply not care about your reputation? I would feel awfully self-conscious talking with certain people if I had a slanderous Wikipedia people can look up. But maybe this is all overblown?

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John Wayne threw the celery sticks in his cocktail off the balcony in "In Harm's Way." Patricia Neal was so impressed, she did it, too.

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