Off Topic — HabitableZone

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Why?

You'd think she'd just let it die. Quietly.

Who knew there was a real hotel or real person in the first place?

In the second place, what made it funny was that we could all see ourselves similarly put out, irritated and upset, and kind of sympathized. It was a way to laugh at our own ridiculousness without laughing at ourselves.

And last, if it weren't an exaggeration, a satire, it wouldn't have been funny. And it was. Very. Every time.

Arf

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