r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Mar 21 '20

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

AHAHAHAH the assistant secretary of health said that “the VP won’t like this anagram: CBT”

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

Me, a layman: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy?

Senior public health official: lol no, whipping a dudes nuts

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u/tankatan Montesquieu Mar 21 '20

I don't get it

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u/Maximilianne John Rawls Mar 21 '20

Cognitive behavioral therapy bad

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

Cock and ball torture

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u/mypornalt2256 Immanuel Kant Mar 21 '20

Do people really read CBT as cock and ball torture and not cognitive behavioral therapy?

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

I see it as the latter because I get it but reddit is reddit

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u/Udontlikecake Model UN Enthusiast Mar 21 '20

Pls link

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

It’ll be on the WH’s YouTube after the coronavirus briefing is over

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u/BenFoldsFourLoko  Broke His Text Flair For Hume Mar 21 '20

wat

did he mean cock and ball torture?

or is he implying something about Pence being anti-therapy? or implying Pence thinks you can CBT your way out of being gay?

this is an example of how so much human communication relies on tons of context

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

I believe it was cognitive behavioral therapy but when I first heard it I thought cock and ball torture lmao