Who wouldn't laugh at the first of your examples? All of them read to me as things someone with a writer's mind could easily feel compelled to say. And we're all human, so why hide our common humanity, right?
Exactly! Why hide our common humanity? And yet we do. I suppose that's partly because exposing our humanity can make others uncomfortable, especially when it points to their own perceived (heavy emphasis on "perceived") shortcomings.
Who wouldn't laugh at the first of your examples? All of them read to me as things someone with a writer's mind could easily feel compelled to say. And we're all human, so why hide our common humanity, right?
Exactly! Why hide our common humanity? And yet we do. I suppose that's partly because exposing our humanity can make others uncomfortable, especially when it points to their own perceived (heavy emphasis on "perceived") shortcomings.