Our lives are now on display for all the world to see, but often we're not there to explain ourselves when our most loved of loved ones are perusing.

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So we decided to explain ourselves to them.

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We have neither the time nor the inclination to explain ourselves to someone who takes a hot shower every morning using the natural gas that we provide, and then questions the manner in which we provide it.

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We do a disservice to ourselves when we try to explain away such nonsense.

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Something which, if true, might explain some of the pretty pass we find ourselves in at present.

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Now, that is an explanation of the situation in which we found ourselves and in which we continue to find ourselves, but it does not explain the path forward.

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