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When she was a waitress in NYC, Amy Sedaris hired a make-up artist to put "bruises" and abrasions on her face before work. She wrote an essay about how men tended to ignore her "Injuries" but tipped huge sums. While woman sought to comfort her and offered help.

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Wow I hadn’t heard of this “experiment.” That’s wild. Thanks for sharing. That’d be a f*cked up way to get more tips, but sounds like a provocative short story in the making. Wonder how that’d read, though. Seems a bit “Choke”-esque, but might be a bit much considering the recent DV incident spike… hmm.

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