What would you like?" "A skinny decaf latte." This is a ridiculous form of coffee, but I did not point it out.
Graeme SimsionYouโre unbelievable,โ said Rosie. โLook at me when Iโm talking.โ I kept looking out the window. I was already over-stimulated. โI know what you look like.
Graeme SimsionSo, to add to a momentous day, I corrected a misconception that my family had held for at least fifteen years and came out to them as straight.
Graeme SimsionGene told me the next day that I got it wrong. But he was not in a taxi, after an evening of total sensory overload, with the most beautiful woman in the world. I believed I did well. I detected the trick question. I wanted Rosie to like me, and I remembered her passionate statement about men treating women as objects. She was testing to see if I saw her as an object or as a person. Obviously the correct answer was the latter. โI havenโt really noticed,โ I told the most beautiful woman in the world.
Graeme SimsionProfessor Tillman. Most of us here are not scientists, so you may need to be a little less technical.โ This sort of thing is incredibly annoying. People can tell you the supposed characteristics of a Gemini or a Taurus and will spend five days watching a cricket match, but cannot find the interest or the time to learn the basics of what they, as humans, are made up of.
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