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So I want to start today by talking about a very strange ritual that all of you engage in.
Most of you don't even really think about it, you just do it.
It's disgusting.
I've seen you, though.
Look, I've kept my mouth shut for a long time, but I am not going to let you destroy this family.
I've seen you pull out that piece of dead tree and get your little stick with the carbon ink on the front and you just squiggle lines on a piece of paper trying to convey meaning.
Yeah, I was hiding in the closet that day.
I saw you.
Look,
I've heard you make sounds with your throat and mouth trying to take an idea that's up in your head and put it into the head of another person.
Look, as much as I don't like putting labels on things, making people uncomfortable,
I'm going to need to refer to it as something moving forward with the episode.
I think I'm just going to refer to it as language from now on.
Now,
the good news is you're in good company with all this bizarre behavior you're engaging in. Practically every human being alive engages in the very same ritual.
In fact, practically every human being that's been alive for the last 100,000 years has made a similar choice.