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Hey {{first_name|bro}},
You probably think that the sky is blue right?
Well, it’s not.
The sun setting right now and it’s all pink and orange.
Why does that matter?
Because I wanted to use my favorite type of headline—the contradiction.
Look, whether you like it or not, you’ve got a certain world view and an ego. Which means you’re going to fight to make sure you’re right about that world view.
It’s why things like politics or religion aren’t talked about much.
They’re both world views and they’re both heavily guarded by your ego.
Now I don’t recommend you talking about politics to your list, but you can break someone’s world view in your SL.
Like for example…
Your world view is that the sky is blue.
But my SL contradicted that world view, so you clicked on the subject line.
Use this to get clicks
cya.
—John
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