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Look, I think we’ve all got something to bring to this conversation, but I think that from now on what you should bring is silence.
— Rimmer · Red Dwarf
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The opening sounds generous: everyone has something to contribute. Then Rimmer singles out one person and names silence as their best offering. The joke turns polite encouragement into a pointed way of telling someone to stop talking.
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