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he took from me because nobody else said it. And the recommendation was to resist by not wearing masks until you're asked because you're not mad at the security guard you're just trying to overload the system. And so he explained that that was his idea. That actually came from me. Tate tried to recruit me into his group for about two years through a surrogate and it was so ridiculous that I even…

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easier to be married after a certain number of years you've been together.

Now we were together for five years and it worked great. And if you ask me what changed I don't know and probably will never know but something changed. I mean something major changed at one point but I don't know exactly what it was because people change. I don't know.

Maybe will I add the 15th hoax to find votes? That's already on there. Woody Allen never married Mia Farrow and that worked well.

Oh I wanted to give you I can't do that never mind. If they all failed the link is you. Well that's true.

Here's what I think. I think that all original attraction is irrational and then once you're together long enough once the glow wears off the romance part what you're left with is utility. And so if there's no utility after the magic wears off because it always wears off then you get divorced.

And by utility I mean does one of you provide let's say resources? Do you protect each other? Do you provide enough sex that you're both happy about it and it's good? If you're not doing those things then of course the marriage falls apart. But marriage is just utility after the initial period. It's just utility.

And if both of you are not feeling the other makes you feel safe then there's no point to it. If your spouse doesn't make you feel safer, if they make you feel less safe, there's no point to it at all. So that's pretty much it. The reason to get divorced is that you don't feel safe. The reason to get married is that you think you're in love and you'll feel safer and happier.

How long did you go no sex before you decided it was over? Not at all. In fact even the separation was a good time. It wasn't about physical compatibility. That actually never changed.

I have saved the kids in one household. Okay so let me offer you an apology and explanation. So I got the website hoaxquiz.com and then I asked some people on Locals if they'd want to help put the quiz on the website. A number of people said hey I would under these conditions or what do you need etc. The problem is that when you offer by any kind of messaging system I don't really have the resources to look through all your offers and follow up on them.

So that's on me because I asked you for something that can't work, which is I don't have the resources to follow up on the request. So I apologize for that. But if anybody wanted to self-start and then build something I have the URL. So if you want to do something on your own I don't have the resources to help but if you build something and I like it I'd be happy to let you use the URL and promote it. I just can't get into it.

It's the same problem with I said I'd make a coffee mug for this for Coffee with Scott Adams and I want to do that and a bunch of people offered designs and stuff. I just don't have the resources to go through all of my thousands of messages and find out who offered what and then organize a project around it. So and I don't really have the resources to manage somebody who wants to do it either.

Somebody says put Eric in charge of it but get an assistant and then marry her. That's the best idea yet. Website is underway somebody says. All right so it looks like

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somebody's self-started here already. Why not have a contest have people submit actual mugs? Well that again would be a project I'd have to manage. So I'm having a little bit of a resource constraint. But that is all for today. And just looking at your following questions somehow they got interesting here. Self-imposed constraints yeah I suppose so. All right that's all for now and I will talk t…

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