It is believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of alexithymia, ruining Gary Larson's theory of smoking being the cause. It is believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of alexithymia, ruining Gary Larson's theory of smoking being the cause.

Alexithymia: (n) inability to describe or express emotions in a verbal manner.

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HR manager: Why is the GM beating up the director of sales and marketing?

PR: The director of sales and marketing just lost our main corporate account. He then asked the GM what his thoughts were, but he just started hitting him.

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HR manager: The GM did tell me he suffered from alexithymia, but I just thought it was a rash. Can you get security please, the guests shouldn’t be seeing this?

PR: Can you give him a couple more minutes. I want him to be tired when I tell him we are on the front page of the paper for all the wrong reasons.