The sort of man who steps out of the shower to take a piss.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A brief, blunt description of a mundane and unremarkable human action.
- In plain terms
- This describes a common private moment.
- What can you take from it?
- Use blunt description to evoke shared experience.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What does sharing private moments reveal?
- How blunt should public speech be?
Another view
Such bluntness can seem coarse or disrespectful.
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