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I was at this, and it was great! There's was a screen for the deaf, where someone was typing everything that was said, and they made a lot of funny typos, which will explain the laughter in otherwise non-humorous contexts.
It was really great to see him in person, and to be in a crowd which had a vast majority of non-theists. It was very telling when the things said against religion received a loud positive response and the scant religious "points" were met with a few small cheers and a lot of chuckling.
Great experience overall, even though most of the material wasn't new.
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