Please don't tell me life was better under communism.
Please don't tell me about how The Secret or The Power of Positive Thinking has affected your life.
Please don't tell me that your pet's mental states verge on the sophistication of "yearning".
Please don't describe your summer fling on a cruise ship.
Please don't tell me that public schools are great for "socialization".
Please don't suggest that peer pressure is a good in itself.
Please keep your thoughts about specific reality TV show outcomes to yourself.
Kindly refrain from explaining how pornography liberates women.
Don't even mention barbeque.
Please don't try to start a conversation about evolution if you haven't read a complete book (not excerpted) by Darwin.
Please don't verbally fetishize Sarah Palin in my presence.
Please don't talk about how you are testing out your parenting theories on your cat.
Please don't tell me that the Democratic Party represents liberalism in America.
Please don't tell me that the war was worth it.
Please skip the app talk.
Please don't tell me about the loneliness of crowds.
Please don't invite me to your book signing.
Please don't suggest that aliens live in the Middle East.
Please don't tell me that amphetamines were not Ayn Rand's primary muse.
Please don't tell me about your workout regimen.
Keep your thoughts on Vietnamese nail salons to yourself.
Don't talk to me about religions that make it easy to despise those who are different from yourself.
Don't talk to me about your commute.
Don't mention how things would be different if the Republicans had won.
I would love to know more about how that hole in your sock feels when your foot gets sweaty.
