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> facade-retention schemes. The technical aspects of facade retention.

A psychological underpinning of the facadists, as well as the nastys, was
their retentive mores. They were often stuck up, but only in a superficial
manner, as inwardly they were usually retaining an emotional chaos bordering
on clinical neurosis. Often the motivation of the gutting was driven by a
desire for material aquisition through depletion as a substitute for
substance, such as unconditional love, greatly lacking in their lives, and
with greater difficulty balanced by a compulsion to appear normal,
conservative, or reserved in outward appearance. Thusly they formed an
interest group of individuals united in performing highly superficial acts
extremely well.

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