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[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Even easier: they're imaginary bears, just imagine then outside the corral.

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Ah, I see the problem: I'm imagining real bears. I need to imagine imaginary bears.

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 week ago

Let that be a lesson to you.

[–] brem@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you don't have an imagination within your own imaginations or the imaginations of others, it's time to expand the realm of endless possibilities within your very own imagination!!!!!

[–] schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

And I do this through the power of imagination presumably?

[–] brem@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

With the power of imagination, anything is possible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!¡!!!!¡!!!!!¡!!!

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