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Originally Posted by xepherys
I hate to think about how hurt people DO get over such things, and to see it used as a joke or plot device. Even as a plot device, I see it as really tasteless.
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This really does depend on the context. This statement goes beyond sitcoms and buddy movies.
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Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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