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Improve your quality of life with a laugh track and wacky neighbors

The Unethicist
Published Friday, November 2, 2007

Question:

How do I trick myself into believing that my life is more like a sitcom than Noxzema commercial?

Answer:

To some, this may seem like a strange request, because a laugh track would be awfully disconcerting if it followed you around, and it would be downright awkward to always sit on the same side of the table as your friends to leave room for the camera crew opposite. Or perhaps you resist because you think of yourself more as a troubled teen straight out of a mid-nineties dramedy. But let me pitch the idea of sitcom-as-way-of-life to you, in 10 words or...

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