It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstan…

Christopher Hitchens
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It ought to be an offense to be excruciating and unfunny in circumstances where your audience is almost morally obliged to enthuse. ✨ Christopher Hitchens (2012). Mortality, p.30, Atlantic Books Ltd
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