I have a Facebook application called "Honesty Box." It allows visitors to my page to leave anonymous messages for me that only I can see. It seemed like a good idea when I installed it, but I didn't get any messages for a month, until someone dropped this bomb on me:
"i think you and i are almost perfect for each other."
Perhaps some people would take this as a good thing, but a little reflection shows this to be a curse in disguise. There are three possible explanations for the above message: 1) Whomever left this message likes me and I like them but I can't act on it because I don't know who it is; 2) Whomever left this message likes me and don't feel the same way about them; 3) Someone is messing with me. Counterintuitively, #1 is the worst, since there's an unrealized potential out there that I'll never be able to realize. Frankly, I hope it's #3.
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