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Comment author: Jonathan_Graehl 16 July 2013 05:22:42AM 0 points [-]

This works well for things that aren't communicating with a person. But your interlocutor will certainly be evaluating you and your words. You'd have to be pretty absorbed or incompetent to lose awareness of that :)

If you mean to be bravely ignorant about how bystanders view your attempt, okay.