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What does it mean?
Depriving yourself makes you harsh.
In plain terms
Avoiding sex makes me mean.
What can you take from it?
Satisfy urges to stay kind.

Where it applies

  • personal life
  • social dynamics

Putting it to work

  • balance needs
  • understand mood

Questions to consider

  • Does deprivation change mood?
  • Is restraint good?

Another view

It's hyperbolic humor.

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