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156 - The Forbidden Island

No Dumb Questions

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The Strange Blend of Modern Technology and the Social Norms of a Village

One of the villagers took a flashlight and used it as a penis gourd. It was socially acceptable in his tribe that this is how I can seal myself. And so it was this strange blend of modern technology being plastic injection molding and the social norms of this particular village. "I just remember thinking, there's a lot about this I don't understand," he says.

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