Can we start a thread where we post comments convincing people that we feel a certain way...when we don't?

Can we start a thread where we post comments convincing people that we feel a certain way...when we don't?
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This seems to be an interesting thought experiment, yet I am not totally sure that I fully understand what I am supposed to do to take part in it. Should/could I pretend to paint an emotional state to you (all), a state that I am not actually in? And to see if I can convince you that that state is genuine?
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