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Necessary Counter-reality

Counter-reality that is required to counter false accusations or expose absurd positions—a defensive necessity in debates where opponents invent positions for you. Necessary Counter-reality arises when you're accused of holding views you don't hold, and the only way to defend yourself is to show what those views actually look like. It's the forced entry into alternative reality to prove you don't live there. In online political debates, necessary counter-reality is a survival skill: when straw men abound, you must sometimes build the actual man to show the difference.
Example: "They kept calling her a communist, no matter how many times she explained her actual positions. Finally, she deployed necessary counter-reality: 'Let me tell you what actual communists believe. Here's Marx, here's Lenin, here's Mao. Now tell me where I've said any of that.' The counter-reality of actual communism exposed the lie. She hadn't chosen to enter that reality; they'd forced her there to defend herself."
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Acquisition and reallocation of necessary consumer goods

Might be an interesting thing to write on a job application if you used to shoplift for a living...
"My primary work experience centered around the acquisition and reallocation of necessary consumer goods."
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Giving Fair Warning Is No Longer Necessary. You are no longer required to give fair warning.
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Recommended if you live in a hot/humid climate, exercise, or have a physically demanding job to manage sweat, oil, and odor, indoor job, live in a cooler climate, or have dry/sensitive skin. Only necessary if you are heavily soiled or sweating profusely
Recommended if you live in a hot/humid climate, exercise, or have a physically demanding job to manage sweat, oil, and odor, indoor job, live in a cooler climate, or have dry/sensitive skin. Only necessary if you are heavily soiled or sweating profusely
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