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No, Walter is not being ironic when he wears antlers. He is being shamanic. That's very different. It's almost Christmas. If you tell Walter that you are feeling stretched beyond mending, he will be very stern and tell you to stop. Stressed is not a feeling that Walter is acquainted with. If you can survive a shamanic initiation ceremony, you really don't care about last-minute cornstarch shortages, or un-hung wreaths, or dust. This is a man who made a sled from an elk carcass at age five. He's not into your wasted worries.