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		qwertytyyuu 61 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Guilty Displeasures "Guilty" seems like the wrong word. Calling something like exercise a "guilty displeasure" just doesn't seem right

Minor49er 61 days ago [–]

It's much more simply stated as: "displeasure"

cubefox 61 days ago | [–]

No. The author doesn't like pop music, but that's not a guilty displeasure, because he doesn't think he should like it.

Minor49er 51 days ago | | [–]

Right. It's not "guilty" at all

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