Why is it that sick people are always trying to convince you that they are not contagious?
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Mrs.mezzo is a Wagnerian soprano
ANSWERS: 3
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We are social beings. We don't want to do anything that cause other people to stay away, or shun us. So when you say "Are you getting sick?", she hears "is your getting sick, stay away from me".
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Being sick is kind of a stigma in American germophobic society. For example, I live in a college dorm suite, and if one person gets sick, everyone else completely avoids them. It may be smart, but if you're the sick one it completely sucks because you feel ostracized and friendless. That's why I crossed my fingers and kept hanging out with my good friend who got pneumonia...luckily I'm fine and it kept her happy!
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Are you wearing kleenex boxes on your feet right now? (Just kidding) Yea, I know what you mean.
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