I wonder if there are any common characteristics shared by all "you-had-to-be-there" stories. Or if it's completely dependent on the skill of the storyteller.
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There's some kind of contextuality / illegibility thing. Like a very particular energy in the room because of people's facial expressions or the exact timing of some comedic moment that's hard to verbally describe after the fact.
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hmm 1 year removed from this tweet, i think i would say it depends on the storyteller’s ability to successfully simulate the context in which things originally unfolded
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Or perhaps the storyteller's ability to convey a sequence of emotional changes and get the listener to feel them as intended?
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