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Argue every day

22 February 2007

Politics.

Religion.

Never discuss at a party; never bring up at work. Common knowledge, you would think.

People are different.
People think differently.

You know this. I know this. We know this.

Right?

So why does everybody seem to forget?

Blithely going along assuming that everyone is going to agree with you, only to be shocked when they don’t.

Ok. So. This happens once. Twice. Once a week. Twice a week. Once a day.

Every fucking 10 minutes.

You’d think they’d realise. Anticipate. Negotiate.

Adapt.