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How to Explain a Dimmer Switch
I remember seeing a comedian. It was years ago in Philadelphia. He would try to, after shows at the bar, he would try to insult me and I think he was trying to insult me with sort of plausible deniability. And then since I wasn't taking the bait, he got more and more direct and more and more insulting to me. Do you all know what a dimmer switch is? But he did check in with the audience to see if they knew what it was. All I can remember is that horrible question. "It's not Amish country. Like we know what a, Amish people know what adimmer switch"
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