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SunSeeker

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7. It was not excoriating, but it was definitely a ribbing, and most important she was funny.

Reply to misanthrope (Reply #4)

Mon Jan 12, 2026, 03:49 AM

5 hrs ago

So she had the whole audience laughing at Maher. And that is brutal.

If it had been too vicious a ribbing, it might not have been funny, and maybe there wouldn't have been as much laughter at Maher's expense.

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