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Discover why admitting you're a bad person can lead to laughter and insightful ideas. Click the image for more!

Written byPhil Plait

2006-01-02T12:31:05 | 1 min read

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'I know, I know. I must remain polite, attack the ideas and not the person, but...

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... this made me laugh. I'm a bad person. For the rest of the joke, click the image (from Partially Clips).'

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