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[Cleared font formatting, check. Autocorrect, check. Masked I.D., triple check. Dave's been wrestling with this question for over a week, and he's no closer to an answer than he was eight days ago. No closer than he was three years ago.

Where's Dear Abby when you need advice?]

Have you ever been in a situation
Where you knew something somebody else didn't
And you weren't sure if you should tell them or not
Like you knew that if they found out they'd be really upset but there's also nothing they could do about it
And you don't want them to blame themselves
Or
Get mad at you
But pretending it didn't happen feels
I don't know
A lot like lying I guess
What would you do in those circumstances?

I'm asking for a friend.

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I'm currently their only source of firsthand information but who knows when some other douchebag from our universe will breeze in and open their windbag
Apparently this place used to collect us like base ball cards

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In that case I'd probably let them know sooner rather than later.

The fallout's gonna be worse if they find out you were hiding it for however long, or if they hear it from some other smartass.

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Would it be different if they'd never find out by themselves?

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If there's no chance of them finding out, does it really hurt them not to know?

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Right that's what I was thinking
Like it'd explicitly hurt them TO know especially when there's nothing they can do about it here or even back home
But everyone's all like no dude you gotta on principle it's gonna damage your relationship so now I don't even know what the fuck
Doesn't it damage your relationship to hurt people??
Why should I make someone else feel like shit about something unchangeable when I'm perfectly capable of feeling shitty about it unassisted

But I can't rely on the knowledge not leaking anyway so I guess it doesn't matter