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CLINIC

PATIENT

DIAGNOSTIC

Patient refers to it as stargate-two-oh

A Curmudgeon.4

Sadism.1

 

TOOLSET

INFORMAL FALLACY

 

—BELIEVE me.

—Beautiful, huh?

—Well, sure!

—Living dangerously.

Moxie's

Disease

 

Argumentum ad Verecundiam —
(Appeal to Reverence)
An argument using venerable authority to produce an illusion of proof, so that its answer risks a breach of propriety - There's always going to be nincompoops - They talk a good game - They have no sense of truth.

 

NOTES TO MYSELF

PSYCHOLOGICAL AGE

CLASS

[loaded questions & comments] - They're "no-nonsense" people: "No-nonsense ugly" - Life is just what they can get ... because they have nothing inside them - These people are so talentless, it's amazing - When a friend betrays you, even innocently, you feel close to tears - You feel bad because you think you're worse than anyone else - Stop trying to get other people to be more important than you are.

The Age of Attention, ages 4-7

Murder

 

 
 
 
 
 

Exactly what someone said [or did]
... usually not very original.

The thoughts of a "bad child"
... to free your mind again.

ATTACKS

BRIDGE

SILENT BACKUP

"When are you having children?"

—Living dangerously.

—I would think of it as a great blessing.

"Look out for number one, right?"

—Living dangerously.

—And quite a few other people.

"So you don't mind what you do?"

—BELIEVE me.

—I do it in different ways.

"Get to the point already – That site was crap [taxi1010.com] – He/she just droned on and on, never getting to the point." [Link from linuxarticles.com]

—Living dangerously.

—It's an assortment, and then there's a table – One at a time.

"That's the point, isn't it?"

—Well, sure!

—Who feels cheated? – You see another way of life – It's very intricate, you know?

"What's the target age group?"

—BELIEVE me.

—It's universal.

"I'm going to make a sales call in Las Vegas – I hear they've got some pussy there."

—Well, sure!

—I can see the fire – There's a fire in there.

"I guess this is a man's job, huh?"

—Well, sure!

—I'm going to get another one, right?

"Why don't you just wear a dress to work? You'd sure look cute in one — HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Well, it's better than cutting off your thumbs.

"You're not a big guy out here, now, are you?"

—BELIEVE me.

—What are you getting out of all this?

"Protect yourself."

—BELIEVE me.

—It adds up.

"All right, you gotta look out for yourself."

—BELIEVE me.

—Always say, No, you go first!

"So how many times have you been up here?" [Visiting San Francisco]

—Beautiful, huh?

—One down, three to go.

"How many do you need?" [Abrupt questioning from a salesperson]

—Beautiful, huh?

—Look at that!

"That has arsenic in it." [Your bottle of water]

—Living dangerously.

—You must have run over a dog today – Pull your own ears.

"Has it been this way?"

—BELIEVE me.

—Not every day.

"He has his reasons."

—Living dangerously.

—Oh, it's like a smell.

"Get your ass out of City College – Maybe you can get into a better university."

—Living dangerously.

—The rich kid who loses all his money.

"Like I told you before, you're on your own now."

—Beautiful, huh?

—Sometimes they need help.

"Everything has to be difficult."

—BELIEVE me.

—It's solid.

"Are you through with how many years of law school now?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—I remain the lead.

"I have so many of these!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—It's not just that.

"It's a free country but you have to pay for it."

—BELIEVE me.

—They've invented something called the mainstream, and anybody who isn't mainstream is a total idiot.

["I've never been to Phoenix."] "You've never been to Phoenix?"

—BELIEVE me.

—That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

"I won five hundred dollars in Las Vegas, and they gave me a penthouse suite."

—Well, sure!

—And where were you?

"It was a lot of fun!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Well, of course you are.

"Do you use it a lot?" [Non-escalating Verbal Self-Defense]

—BELIEVE me.

—It just becomes apparent in a strange way.

"I bet you get a lot of opportunity to use these skills."

—BELIEVE me.

—My true talents.

"You must get a lot of that in this business."

—BELIEVE me.

—It's the monkey in us.

["I lied."] "You do that a lot, don't you?"

—Living dangerously.

—That's just for smart people or for fancy people.

"Is that your natural hair color?"

—BELIEVE me.

—It's a lot of money, but ...

"Your hair looks grey."

—Beautiful, huh?

—There's nothing wrong with that.

"Your hair is dry and brittle and old."

—Beautiful, huh?

—I'm from another tribe.

"You're big on children, right?"

—Well, sure!

—Donald Duck's sister — What a wit! — That's all I know.

"I work all night, and when your children skate on the sidewalk at 3:30 in the afternoon, it wakes me up."

—Beautiful, huh?

—I talked to the kids, and they told me you scared them! — the lady with a pointy hat on a bicycle with a basket, pedaling furiously down the road.

"Music teachers in schools should show this to the kids!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Big news.

"Lytle ought to play it on big plasmas in dance clubs!" [Animusic]

—Well, sure!

—Pretty special.

"He should sell it to Pixar!"

—BELIEVE me.

—To live once, and for real.

"How come it's not interactive?"

—Living dangerously.

—When Santa gives me a box of shit, I punch it!

"Street smarts – Give me a concrete example of that."

—Well, sure!

—The sidewalk – but on which square of cement?

"So, what's your point?"

—BELIEVE me.

—Hopefully there is no point — There's just a nice comfortable chair.

"What's the point?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Inside the circle or outside the circle?

"Was there any point in you saying that?"

—Living dangerously.

—Not in my family!

"Oh, dear!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Try everything!

"I'm just going to slide my big bouté out this way."

—Living dangerously.

—I'm good even when I don't control myself.

"And you people are supposed to be sensitive and sharp?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—You ass sniffer!

"Do you come here often?"

—Well, sure!

—Very warm, generous people.

"What kind of lettuce do you like?" [from a beautiful woman]

—Beautiful, huh?

—Romaine, butter, and let us leaf the lights on.

"Why is ice so cold?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Are you cold?

"That's one possibility."

—BELIEVE me.

—One's enough.

"Yeah, but I got to pay more for my computer than you did."

—Well, sure!

—Anyone does.

"Take my word for it."

—Beautiful, huh?

—Well, keep trying!

"Now this guy's too good for us."

—Well, sure!

—It's a tenuous life at best.

"Good for her!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Not too bad.

"Good for you!" [Condescendingly]

—Living dangerously.

—What's good for me?

"Whatever works for you."

—Beautiful, huh?

—Just pick a card; what difference does it make?

"Well, good for you!"

—Well, sure!

—It's good for anyone.

"That'll be good for you!"

—BELIEVE me.

—Totally ridiculous.

"That's good for you!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Don't chug out too many credits.

"Why not? She will be glad to go out with you ... Furthermore, you don't have to worry that you will overspend. This girl doesn't go for money. She goes for person."

—Beautiful, huh?

[See Icarus and the Gutter Snipe]

"It got too tough for you."

—Living dangerously.

—I must be good for something.

"How much you pay for this car?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—You get a good deal on this one.

"Are you guys for real?"

—Well, sure!

—Every question is asked, and every question is answered.

"Do you find it works for you?"

—Well, sure!

—I'm very good at sneaking stuff into garbage cans.

"I don't know if we should sit here – She has really big hair." [People arriving in an almost empty theater, sitting down right behind you]

—Beautiful, huh?

—Wait until it starts growing.

"It was so predictable." [As the credits begin to roll, a high-maintenance Brahmin, not too bright, in the row behind you, flipping on her cell phone & critiquing the movie you just saw.]

—Living dangerously.

—You're so smart ... You have to practice in front of a mirror when you get home.

"I'm sorry I woke you up."

—Living dangerously.

—We're just in the same warp.

"Today's your special day!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—All different.

"You are a special friend."

—Beautiful, huh?

—That's the way people are – It's easier.

"How many tickets?"

—BELIEVE me.

—Just look around.

"Are you by yourself?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Only me.

"Did you do this all by yourself?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Ask around.

"Come on in and try not to ruin everything by being you!"

—Living dangerously.

—Infinitely big.

["My favorite is PayMyBills.com — Do you have a favorite service on the Internet?"] "Not really."

—Living dangerously.

—I've been there.

"Really? I don't believe you."

—Beautiful, huh?

—That's good, because it shows it's different.

"Really?"

—BELIEVE me.

—Just ask.

"I'm going to do some errands."

—Living dangerously.

—What do you want to be in reality for?

"Mary, you know that's total bullshit — It really makes me mad."

—Well, sure!

—Enough is enough.

"Is that so?"

—Well, sure!

—Take it from the voice of experience – Living dangerously – Spooky, huh?

"I'm so happy!"

—Well, sure!

—This is more fun than anyone's had in a long time.

"Cheer up, Richard!"

—BELIEVE me.

—Can't resist.

"Dogs bark — If I didn't like dogs, I'd try to get them not to do those things they do naturally."

—Living dangerously.

—The Wilderness Philosopher.

"None of us on this committee knows what's going on."

—Living dangerously.

—Thanks for warning me.

"Well, that's easy for you to say—Your mom died and left you a million."

—Living dangerously.

—Some people like it, and some people don't.

"Come on! What are you waiting for?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—Some people are nice.

"Remember, only one person can win, so please give a big round of applause to our third runner-up (It's you, honey!)"

—Living dangerously.

—Not everyone.

"Still working a lot?"

—BELIEVE me.

—Customers come first.

"Are you still here?"

—Living dangerously.

—Even at midnight.

[Street toughs looking for a rabbit to come along]

—Beautiful, huh?

—He would have bored another hole, but he sold the machine.

"Jackass! Fucking blockhead!"

—Living dangerously.

—Don't say that too loud – You might start a stampede.

"Well, if you say so."

—BELIEVE me.

—It's like Boom! — You just say it.

"Okay, if you say so."

—Well, sure!

—I assure you.

"You're fine — Just checking — To be sure."

—BELIEVE me.

—It's endless.

"Make sure you see some things." [On your trip]

—Well, sure!

—It helps people.

["How are you doing?" "Fine."] "Fine? Are you sure?"

—Living dangerously.

—Do we understand each other then?

["I'm not going to the Prom."] "Sure you are, honey!"

—BELIEVE me.

—I know you like telling other people what to do.

"Are you sure I can't bring you more coffee?"

—BELIEVE me.

—Just forget it — Don't worry about anything.

"Now you just ruined my day – Tell me something nice before I go."

—Beautiful, huh?

—Through close observation.

"It's been wonderful and crazy knowing you!"

—BELIEVE me.

—Yo, heave, ho! For a life in the sea!

"NOW!"

—BELIEVE me.

—Very intelligent, huh?

"Now, now!"

—Beautiful, huh?

—That is the biggest lesson.

"Are you happy now?"

—Well, sure!

—I feel I'm going to sing, I'm glad I'm not alive anymore.

"I don't think so."

—Living dangerously.

—Perhaps the whole world is a woman who will always say her butcher block is the wrong color.

"Now you know too much."

—Living dangerously.

—Remember that because I may forget.

"Now you know."

—Beautiful, huh?

—It just disappears.

"Now what?"

—Beautiful, huh?

—It almost makes me want to go to Sunday School.

"I'd like to leave you with one thought, but I'm not sure you have a place to put it!"

—Living dangerously.

—Put it on the Internet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

REFLECTIONS

 
 
 
 
 

22-MAY-1999. One of the first characters I bumped into in the first grade was a friend of my mother's I called the "Really?" Monster. I'd walk up to her and say something like, "There must be some way to calculate the day of the week in your head," and she'd say, "Really?"

"Well, if there were, then you could do it in reverse. You could figure out the day of the month simply by knowing the day of the week and about what week it was." "Is that so?"

By this time I knew full well she didn't care in the slightest what interested me or what I thought was important, and she didn't even have the guts to admit it. She just kept making polite noises, giving me the distinct impression she had never talked to a child before in her life. "Really?"

—BELIEVE me.

I know that sounds forceful, but what kind of conversation was she having with me? Just because the other person sounds polite doesn't mean they're actually talking to you. You get the idea they're talking to a phantom — from the ghost of something they lost or forgot in their childhood.


14-JUN-2002.

   

Spin Sarcasm

   

Spin sarcasm reverses a truth
outside your current frame of reference,
in effect, "throwing you for a spin."

For instance, "Your computer's
really holding up well in this tornado!"

To regain your balance,
sense of calm, and well-being,
expand your perspective to encompass
the hypersphere of the Entire Universe.

Then zero back in on the other person.

Look up from what you're doing
and say,
"—Beautiful, huh?"


     
     
 

(1.) Descriptive
Sarcasm

     
 

(2.) Proscriptive
Sarcasm

 

(3.) Spin Sarcasm

     
     
 

(4.) Transcendental
Sarcasm

     

 


11-APR-2008.

 

Thick
of
It

ShortCuts

Top
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As follows

CODE WORDS: arsenic, blockhead, bouté, by, cheer, children, concrete, [critiquing], dear, errands, for, furthermore, gave, group, hair, has, interactive, jackass, knowing, Las Vegas, lettuce, lot, man's, many, naturally, none, now, often, Phoenix, Pixar, plasmas, point, possibility, predictable, protect, [rabbit], really, ruined, runner-up, sharp, so, special, still, sure, teachers, tornado, total, university, woke

 

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Cepheus
"King"

—Beautiful, huh?