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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ‧ 1979
Talking to yourself is a sign of impending mental collapse.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker claims that chatting aloud to oneself foreshadows a breakdown. Put so flatly, the pronouncement sounds like a dire warning, though it is a sweeping generalisation about ordinary behaviour, and the dry, confident phrasing may invite a wry double take rather than alarm.
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