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Is a Cigar Ever a Cigar?

I'm tempted to say no, but that's probably too extreme. Do you think a cigar is ever a cigar in this case? Wow. Well, yeah, just one that just doesn't mean anything, but I think it almost always. Freud's point is that the enjoyment though comes from the detour. So even if it's an innocent mistake, you're still getting the enjoyment of the detours. That's true for even verbal slips too.

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