"I used to call people, then I got into e-mailing, then texting, and now I just ignore everyone."
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modern life, modern times, modern attitudes, modern technology, modern technologies, email, emailing, text, texting, messaging, message, messages, text message, text messages, text messaging, e-mail, e-mailing, emails, e-mails, ignore, ignoring, anti social, anti social, unsociable, introvert, introverts, social media, social medias, social network, social networking, smartphone, smartphones, phone, phones, cellphone, cellphones, mobile phone, mobile phones, advancing technology, developing technology, ignore, ignores, ignoring". . . and I haven't met anyone interesting in years." "What am I-chopped liver?"
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psychiatrist, psychiatrists, psychologist, psychologists, counselor, counselors, counselling, counsel, undervalued, insulting, insulted, poor practice, taking offense, offended, offense, ignored, ignoring, ignores, attention, craving attention, interesting, interest, left out, leave out, leaving, unprofessional"I feel an intense pride, Robert, that I live in a country rich enough to have war and peace at the same time."
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pride, proud, war, wars, warring, war and peace, time of war, times of war, patriot, patriots, patriotic, ignorance, ignorance is bliss, ignore, ignores, ignoring, wartime, contradiction, contradictions, contradictory, paradox, paradoxes, upper class, upper classes, head in the sand, heads in the sand, afghanistan, war in afghanistan, forgotten war, forgotten wars"Look. They say sit, you sit. They say roll over, you roll over. Where's the prob?"
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sit, sits, sitting, obedient, obedience, cat, cats, dog, dogs, disobedient, disobedience, rolling over, ignore, ignores, ignoring, owner, owners, pet, pets, training, trainer, trainers, obedience school, obedience schools, sit down, sits down, sitting down, roll over, trick, tricks, dog trick, dog tricksONE MORNING WHILE GETTING DRESSED,
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ethics, ethical, unethical, getting dressed, dress, shirt, shirts, labor laws, labour laws, trade, trading, neglect, neglecting, ignore, ignoring, ignores, ignored, label, labels, made in, inconsequential, fair trade, fairtrade, fairness, slave labour, slave labor, sweatshop, sweatshops, poor condition, poor conditions, international relations"Your faucet is running."
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idle thought, idle thoughts, mind, wander, wanders, wandering, pay attention, paying attention, faucet, leak, leaks, leaky, brain, brains, mental image, mental images, chitchat, chit-chat, chat, chats, chatting, ignore, ignores, ignoring, drip, drips, date, dates, bad date, bad dates, thoughtless, daydream, daydreams, daydreaming, dinner date, dinner dates"I want you to play a bigger role in the day-to-day operations of ignoring the obvious."
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ignore, ignores, ignoring, ignore the obvious, ignoring the obvious, promotion, promotions, manager, managers, head in the sand, ostrich, ostriches, bigger role, bigger roles, management role, management roles, managing, day-to-day operations, greater involvement, executive, executives, chief executive, chief executives, uninterested, disinterested, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, peter principleFor Emergency Use Only
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husband, husbands, emergency, emergencies, in case of emergency, break glass, use as needed, using as needed, married life, married lives, ignore, ignores, ignoring, spouse, spouses, wife, wives, long-term relationships, communication breakdown, communication breakdowns, useless, uselessness, worthless, worthlessness, self-esteem, low self-esteem" I'm sorry. I was so busy listening to myself talk that I forgot what I was saying."
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self-involved, self-obsessed, self-obsession, talk, talks, talking, conversation, conversations, conversationalist, conversationalists, bad date, bad dates, date, dates, dating, single, single life, ignore, ignores, ignoring, not listening, husband, husbands, wife wives, argument, arguments, bicker, bickers, bickering, fight, fights, fighting, couple, couples, chat, chats, chatting"I only overshare because you never listen."
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overshare, overshares, oversharing, listen, listens, listening, listener, listeners, share, shares, sharing, conversation, conversations, conversationalist, conversationalists, listening skills, communication skills, communication, ignore, ignores, ignoring, attention, attention-seeking, attention-seeking behavior, neglect, spousal neglect, neglected spouse, neglected spouses, husband, husbands, wife, wives, communication breakdown, communication breakdowns"Ars longa, Super Bowl brevis."
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football, american football, football game, game, games, long game, long games, length, time passing, championship, championships, championship game, championship games, media obsession, media obsessions, football widow, football widows, ignore, ignores, ignoring, ignored, neglected, spouse, spouses, wife, wives"'Thirty Days in a Single Scull.' Day 17: The early-October nights have grown chilly, and media attention has fallen short of expectations."
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scull, sculls, row, rows, rowing, rower, rowers, attention-seeker, attention-seekers, attention-seeking, charity, charity event, charity events, media attention, ignore, ignores, ignored, ignoring, rowboat, rowboats, stunt, stunts, publicity stunt, publicity stunts, publicity, writer, writers, writing, ignored, ignore, ignores, ignoring, pointless, pointlessness"The wetter the better."
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problems, phrases, unaware, lack of awareness, wet paint, wet paint sign, wet paint signs, ignorant, ignorance, ignore, ignores, ignoring, awareness, pay attention, pays attention, paying attention, space cadet, space cadets, space out, spaced out, relax, relaxes, relaxing, stare into space, staying into space, mankoffA woman places traffic cones around herself in bed.
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traffic cone, traffic cones, not tonight, wife, wives, girlfriends, low sex drive, low sex drives, hands off, metoo, me too, #metoo, read, reads, reading, ignore, ignores, ignoring, husband, husbands, mismatch, mismatched, low sex drive, low sex drives, bedroom, bedrooms, higher sex drive, higher sex drives"I was just talking to Charlie Rose in my head."
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charlie rose, interview, interviews, interviewer, interviewers, interviewing, talking head, talking heads, imagine, imagines, imagination, imaginations, chat, chats, chat show, chat shows, daydream, daydreams, daydreaming, self-important, self-importance, pay attention, paying attention, ignore, ignores, ignoring, out to lunchNuzak
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sports, weather, government, stocks, entertainment, blah-blah-blah, news, music, annoyances, muzak, white noise, ignore, ignores, ignoring, radio commentary, newsreader, newsreaders, news reader, news readers, news anchor, news anchors, npr, national public radio, public radio, relax, relaxes, relaxing, mankoff"This is why you read the instructions."
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instruction, instructions, owner's manual, owners manual, manual, cowboy, cowboys, horses, horse, riding, ride, horseriding, piggyback, piggy back, obvious, easy, clear, lesson, regret, ignorant, mistake, mistakes, obviously, cow boy, cow boys, read, reading, guide, guides, learn, learning, hard way, ignore, ignores"Sorry—I live in a parallel universe."
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parallel universe, rich, riches, rich man, poor man, poor, poverty, poor people, upper class, upper classes, ignore, ignores, ignoring, class divide, class division, class divisions, eye contact, cruel, cruelty, wealth gap, wealth gaps, income gap, income gaps, elite, elites, elitist, elitists, panhandle, panhandles, panhandling, beggar, beggars, begging, handout, handouts, casual cruelty, justification, justifications, justify, justifies, justifying, upward mobility"Those who ignore history are entitled to repeat it."
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reversal, reversal, history, historian, historians, cliche, cliches, saying, sayings, expression, expressions, wisdom, words of wisdom, repeat, repeats, repeating, those who ignore history, politician, politicians, ignorant, ignorance, ignorance is bliss, ignore, ignores, ignoring, entitled, entitlement, entitlement complex, entitlement complexes, uneducated, ignore the experts, ignoring the experts"And you can rest assured that your problem is being ignored at the very highest levels."
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men, problems, office, hierarchy, ignore, ignores, ignoring, ignored, corporate ladder, corporate ladders, corporate hierarchy, corporate culture, underling, underlings, office drone, office drones, corporate drone, corporate drones, ceo, ceos, executive, executives, office executive, office executives, mankoff"Are you listening to me?"
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listen, listens, listening, face, faces, attention, focus, attention span, attention spans, short attention span, short attention spans, distracted, distraction, distractions, easily distracted, hear, hears, hearing, boss, bosses, manager, managers, pay attention, paying attention, ignore, ignores, ignoring, cubist, cubists, cubism, art, artist, artists