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Sparkly

(24,877 posts) Mon Aug 18, 2025, 11:26 PM Aug 2025

Each of them behaved as they knew they needed to - painful and embarrassing for sane Americans to watch. What best describes their decorum?

9 votes, 0 passes \| Time left: Unlimited
	Making friends with Hannibal Lecter
	1 (11%)
	Flattering 'Baby Jane' to try to get her to drop the weapon
	0 (0%)
	Cautiously approaching a rabid primate to extract a banana
	0 (0%)
	Calmly approaching a toddler known to throw tantrums, while he holds the nuclear codes in one hand and trillions of dollars of needed funds in the other
	6 (67%)
	Tiptoeing around an abusive boss, flattering him in person and hating him loudly later
	0 (0%)
	Approaching a disturbed individual, as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, reading his cues and saying whatever is necessary to persuade him to take the next step
	2 (22%)
	Other (write your own)
	0 (0%)
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