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Serious
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'Is it serious?' we ask the doctor. 'I'm not , we tell the child. 'What's so funny?' says the voice of authority from classroom to army camp to editorial page of the newspaper. The threat of seriousness our lives. Life is weighty, important, grave, critical, momentous. But though wise people spend their days trying to stay away from serious matters, there are other people who frankly in them. They look serious, think about serious things, pick serious topics and speak about them seriously. Why do they do it? My guess is self-loathing. 'Serious' people are dense and know it. But, they think, if they can be grave enough about some problem somewhere in the world, their gravity will for the fact that - like most people - they don't know what's going on there, and -like all people - they don't know what to do about it. Seriousness weight to bad arguments. If a person is earnest enough about what he says, he must have some point. Seriousness is also the only practical tone to take when lying. The phrase 'to lie with a face' is well-known. All lies are told in this way. It's truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.
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