There is some weight to that line of reasoning.As no one could actually look and see if they were pretending.
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Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs,
Mon 17 Aug 2009, 2:10,
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I'd claim to have one eye just because that old adage promises I'd then be kingBut then I expect everyone else would too, so we'd all be living a lie. I don't want that.
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zoldergoose,
Mon 17 Aug 2009, 2:13,
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And then I bet a bunch of people would start pretending.The only way to be able to tell would be to poke them in their faces to see if there was an eye there or not...
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Killerkitti Like my coffee black, just like my metal,
Mon 17 Aug 2009, 2:14,
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It might be expedient to chop off everyone's head in the interests of fairness. Tahkcalb ω∞ for sigs,
Mon 17 Aug 2009, 2:29,
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