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Do I have some social obligation to hide the fact that I was homeless at one time?

>According to the maxim of relation (or relevance), a cooperative speaker should not convey any information that is not relevant in the context of the utterance

https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-97...

That might be relevant, if having been homeless was irrelevant to the point being made.

It never occurred to me that there was a rule about public displays of residence like for public displays of affection, but I guess there is.

(inappropriate and maybe even criminal in the presense of children, unless you're straight & monogamous, in that case it's fine)

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