Strange behaviour of `has_many through` associations

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class Member < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :contact_references
  has_many :contacts, through: :contact_references # contacts are of class Member
end

m1 = Member.new
m2 = Member.new

m1.contacts.include? m2 # => false
m1.contacts << m2
m1.contacts.delete m2
m1.contacts # => []
m1.contacts.include? m2 # => true

W00t?