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Homing in on one aspect of this post - I would imagine that people who have an inner monologue think in abstract non-verbal terms too. I know I do. I think, for instance, in images or physical feelings, as well as having an inner monologue. I don't just mean fear or joy, when the physical feeling is an adrenaline rush. I mean, my reaction to something or my urge to do something isn't in words. Unless that's not unusual, and isn't what was meant about the abstract, non-verbal types.

Aside from that, while I was reading this piece, I was thinking about what it could mean for that old chestnut, show-don't-tell. If you've got someone performatively weeping, you can show they're weeping, but some tell needs to go in there to get across that it's performative. A little, at least. And it depends on POV. If the POV is the performative character, you can get into their head to show it's insincere. Whereas if someone's watching them, they may initially weep, too, but start to doubt. They see something inconsistent in the other's weeping.

People weeping on social media really grind my gears, because I just don't believe it (I obviously don't mean newsreels where something awful's just happened). I wonder if it's a cultural thing, where most British still have a vestigial stiff upper lip and don't like crying in public. If you're crying, don't record yourself doing it, and share it online for thousands to see. Do it off camera, put away the snotty hankies, compose yourself, *then* come and tell us what your thoughts are.

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