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TRICKS |
WINGS |
IDEAS |
"I like your little responses." :: WildCard-5 |
Within the gold itself. |
Little by little. |
"Could you give me a fifteen-minute capsule sketch of your entire philosophy?" |
Always surprising. |
They use aggressive verbal dirty tricks (propagated from one person to another) to hijack the theater of your mind It's your birthright to take back your own awareness of the here and now, and to reestablish a strengthening connection with the part of you that dreams at night, no matter what Paul Allen says. Just like subatomic particles, life is an energy field; it starts in the womb with mitosis, including an empathic connection with your mother; every dog knows this. Much of what passes for artificial intelligence comes from lying, one way or another, and it's very easy to trip up a liar. Life is an experience. How can you simulate experience, or qualia, without lying? You'd have to send the damn computer to Dartmouth, teach it windsurfing, and so forth. Here's how to pass the Turing test: Have the computer make muffled sounds and play a tape of a baby crying in the background, then call 911. If the police come, the Turing test will have been passed, showing a simple computer simulation is indistinguishable from an actual human cry for help. Then you can go directly to prison where you can use their exercise equipment, which has been designed to be stronger than you are, to create a quiet or imposing musculature. So, too, with creating a quiet mind. Pursue any book or dynamic intelligence that helps YOU smarten up. While in prison, stay away from rats. |
"That's what you say." [Your core philosophy] (Ray Kurtzweil, How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, Viking Penguin, The Penguin Group Inc., New York, 2012, p. 241) :: WildCard-4 |
Not the least. |
The person who made my molds probably attacked me. |
"Let's pretend we don't exist Let's pretend we're in Antarctica." |
Within the gold itself. |
No money. |
"I'm prepared for anything, Richard." |
Always surprising. |
Ice and all. |
"Are you prepared?" |
Not the least. |
Clear and concise. |
"You're mentally ill." |
Not the least. |
Do you think penguins stand together on the ice floes for the same reason you guys stand together on the steps? |
"Okay, Kevin, it's all squared away, huh?" |
Always surprising. |
You just keep hammering away. |
"YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY?" [They think you "snuck up on them." What they're really angry about is the sudden surge of adrenaline they feel, just below their level of consciousness] |
Always surprising. |
Say It Out Loud! ... I'm Black and I'm Proud! ... For crying out loud! ... I'm Black and I'm Proud! |
[Someone showing you the Yiddish way of enumerating Christians, finger by finger, folding down their fingers in such a way they end up giving you the bird] |
Always surprising. |
They all fall down. |
"Estrella, do you think Richard is a child or an adult?" |
Not the least. |
Let them meet. |
"Sounds like the taxpayers are paying you to stonewall." (Senator Patrick J. Leahy to Karl Rove aide, J. Scott Jennings) |
Not the least. |
Up on top ... Someplace safe where the baby isn't going to get it ... Rarely ... Some at the bottom, some at the top. |
"What is the biggest sin you've ever committed?" |
Always surprising. |
The seven deadly sins ... pride, greed, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, sloth ... Life is funny, isn't it? ... Usually the way mothers shampoo their children ... No, I'd rather sleep. |
Always surprising. |
Maybe you're cheating yourself. |
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"What was it like firing a musket? What were the dinosaurs like?" |
Always surprising. |
Wow! Times have changed ... The older you get, the more you need to be warm ... Time flies, doesn't it? |
"You chose the wrong one." |
Within the gold itself. |
You may be on first base again. |
[Someone rummaging through your private things when you're gone, leaving one item menacingly upside-down] |
Always surprising. |
The old days ... It's totally different ... You can't understand how dangerous and stupid people were ... That'll keep me busy, looking, looking. |
"I told you ... to stay ... off the grass." |
Within the gold itself. |
There's a lot to learn. |
"What would you say if someone said, 'You're fat?'" |
Always surprising. |
Hallelujah! |
"So what do you say when someone says, 'I'll bet?'" |
Always surprising. |
That's what helps. |
"Oh, there's Richard! [Talking to someone else on her cell phone] Don't stop and say hello!" |
Always surprising. |
On a mission! |
"Something clever to say." |
Always surprising. |
I don't have enough money to feed my horses. |
"That's because you're not reincarnated." |
Always surprising. |
It's Kafkaesque. |
"You don't say that when you're saying hello." [You used an inappropriate Vietnamese expression] |
Within the gold itself. |
Easier said than done. |
"Why don't you just say, 'Up yours?'" |
Certainly not. |
With her lace underpants. |
"Oh, no! Don't say that!" |
Certainly not. |
You needn't make excuses. |
"Say, 'Thank you!'" |
Certainly not. |
It's p.r. |
"You shouldn't say that." |
Always surprising. |
You don't think? |
"Don't be nasty!" |
Within the gold itself. |
Have a bug! |
Always surprising. |
Not for me! |
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"You should just say Piss off! to everyone." |
Certainly not. |
Rage is the word ... What about lessening the pain? |
"What about privacy?" |
Always surprising. |
I don't have it now. |
"I didn't say you could talk yet." |
Always surprising. |
Holy shit! You're killing me. |
"There are certain things I can't say around you." |
Always surprising. |
That's the spirit! Never say die. |
"Don't say a word." |
Always surprising. |
Don't snap! |
"I didn't say they're stupid." |
Not the least. |
They're so cheap. |
"That's easy for you to say." |
Not the least. |
Do it the wrong way. |
Not the least. |
It's nice to have something open. |
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"Now you made me forget what I was going to say." |
Not the least. |
You had a lot of fun when you were a kid, didn't you? |
"You're going to get towed ... because I'm going to rat on you." |
Within the gold itself. |
With music or with bubbles? |
"Hmmm, so let me get this right.. Someone calls me a 'Sucker!' and I'm supposed to say, 'And there'll be a present for you ... after the program.'??? You would say that??? I read taxi1010 for about an hour, picking for usable snippets among the oddness. Why would anyone want to diffuse a question like, 'Are you walking the dogs?' I tried, but I don't get it. Mark" |
Always surprising. |
Everybody, without thinking, thinks whatever they learned when they were little, is right. |
"Would you mind if I took this call?" |
Within the gold itself. |
Go ahead. |
"This is a private meeting." |
Always surprising. |
A big powwow. |
"Can we have some privacy?" |
Always surprising. |
Hatching another plot. |
"Can we meet in private?" |
Within the gold itself. |
I'm not telling anyone. |
"You don't mind if I open this window, do you?" [Having already opened it] |
Not the least. |
Don't get caught! |
"I don't want to interrupt your lunch." |
Always surprising. |
Not any more. |
"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds." (Bob Marley, "Redemption Song") |
Always surprising. |
You know, I'm Brahmin caste. |
"Did you have a nice little cheeseburger?" |
Not the least. |
Don't say I didn't tell you. |
"Oh, humor me Come on!" |
Always surprising. |
You're confused ... It's upside down ... Upon encountering another human being, drastically reduce your expectations, sense your lower abdomen, and adhere to a sense of beauty in yourself. |
"Before you go, I just want to show you three rugs, down in the basement." [They won't let you go] |
Always surprising. |
No rugs this year! |
"Lothar! Do you know who Lothar is? Mandrake the Magician's assistant." |
Always surprising. |
Oh! Like Swedish royalty. |
"Go get a marker You're an adult." |
Not the least. |
That's a sign. |
"It's not a matter of catching up It's a matter of you being responsible." |
Within the gold itself. |
Every minute. |
"You ought to wake up, man! You're in the taxi business." |
Always surprising. |
It's a very small circle of people. |
[Someone "secretly" pulling back so you have to reach a little too far to take what they're handing you ... because they're dwelling inside a Betty and Veronica comic book grudge or are trying, somehow, to "even the score."] |
Always surprising. |
And you thought you had troubles Find somebody in the business Forget it! Sorry, I'm not a psychiatrist, but you certainly may need one. [You're better off "swallowing it" (meanness) because ... let sleeping dogs lie ... Slow down, almost falling asleep, yet stay very alert sense your hand and play with your fingers sense your genitals] |
"He's our chaperone." |
Always surprising. |
Gee, I have trouble following rules, too, but I try to. |
"You drive like a little girl." |
Always surprising. |
Or a nervous wreck. |
"This is my horrible little sister." |
Always surprising. |
Horribly naïve. |
"I enjoy it little tool." [Personal computers] |
Always surprising. |
It's an investment that pays off. |
"Yeah, it is A little bit." |
Always surprising. |
My contribution. |
"I saw it on your little sign." |
Always surprising. |
Thanks for telling me that. |
"You're a little slow tonight." |
Always surprising. |
The ground is sinking. |
"I have a friend who drives a van so he can feel he has his own little entrepreneurship." |
Always surprising. |
If someone's getting results, why shouldn't they do it? |
["How do you write women so well?"] "I think of a man, and I take away reason and accountability." |
Within the gold itself. |
You have to use your sensation. |
"Thinking about buying that?" |
Certainly not. |
No plan. |
"I got rid of all my junk!" |
Always surprising. |
A good horse does it all. |
[Ac-c-c-h-t! spit!] |
Always surprising. |
So talented. |
[Spit!] |
Always surprising. |
Out of the darkness and into the light. |
[Spit redux] |
Always surprising. |
One spit leads to another. |
[Spit over and beyond the call of duty] |
Not the least. |
Your cup runneth over. |
"Is this what you've reduced yourself to, Melissa?" |
Within the gold itself. |
It's better than I deserve. |
"Why don't you write a note to your Aunt Charlotte?" |
Certainly not. |
Will power. |
"Will you write things down if you can't remember?" |
Within the gold itself. |
What's the sense in having all that money if you don't know what's funny? |
"I'm going to write you up." |
Always surprising. |
Just because I was honest one time doesn't mean I'll be honest again. |
"Well, I want your name ... I'm going to report you." |
Within the gold itself. |
Well, I want YOUR name, and I'm going to report you to MY superior for interfering with my job ... Next! ... I don't need any more confrontation. |
"You mind?" [They grabbed your spot] |
Always surprising. |
I'm not fussy ... Glad to share. |
"Hey, Roberto! ... Can you put on the golf channel? [As if no one else at the bar is watching TV] |
Always surprising. |
They're like lightweights. |
"Oh, is this your chair?" |
Always surprising. |
Put all your eggs in one basket and watch that basket! |
"Do you mind if I open the window?" |
Within the gold itself. |
Please do! |
"Do you mind if I watch? I take Tai Chi at [Another] Tai Chi." |
Always surprising. |
Stick around It's a good investment. |
Always surprising. |
So? |
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"Do you mind?" |
Certainly not. |
Don't suffer too much. |
"Make up your mind!" |
Always surprising. |
Me and my big ideas, huh? |
"Are you on your lunch break?" |
Always surprising. |
That's done! |
"Are you on duty?" |
Always surprising. |
And hoping it rains! |
"Boy, am I an observant guy, or what?" |
Certainly not. |
Life in the city. |
"Allow me to help you, Icarus. I understand how you felt the last time you got rejected. I already knew it from the beginning when you were going after that girl, nothing mysterious here. And I knew you wouldn't succeed." |
Always surprising. |
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"You don't have to get snippy about it." |
Always surprising. |
Let me see how it ends. |
Always surprising. |
Where did you go? Out. What did you do? Nothing. |
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"I'm here to turn off your AT&T cable." |
Always surprising. |
My ordeal is over. |
"End of conversation." |
Always surprising. |
There's always something else to do. |
"So how does your mom feel about the breakoff of your engagement?" |
Not the least. |
That solves many problems. |
"Go write." |
Not the least. |
Now on to other things. |
["I'm a taxi driver Can I use your restroom?"] "It's for customer only." |
Certainly not. |
Allow me to dream a little longer. |
Certainly not. |
It must be hideous. |
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["Can I use your restroom?"] "No, they mop it." |
Always surprising. |
Stop shaking your head! It's your brain wobbling. |
"She who smelt it, dealt it!" |
Always surprising. |
Look at that guy go! |
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20-JUN-1999.
A Philosophy of What Makes
Life Easier for People
The more you understand, the easier you have it. When you understand the ways you're the same as everyone else, things get really easy.
All verbal interactions have an understanding component, which is based on exact knowledge and specific experience, and a spoken component, which in Non-escalating Verbal Self-Defense, starts with two-word responses. This limitation checks the temptation to throttle another person with long boring lectures or with the bitter sting of unbridled truth. (Even though a sophisticated understanding of honesty and an altruistic desire to be of some use to other people come from the same place which grows if you quiet your mind.)
People have something like a stinger built into their psyche poised next to a vulnerable inner child. All you have to do is say something like, "Do you mind?" and they'll sting themselves with it. Whenever you interact with another person, they're constantly stinging themselves with whatever words they hear, and there's not much you can do about it.
However, you can do something nice about your own stinger, so when another person speaks to you, a gentle dragon inside of you intercepts their words and keeps you from becoming excessively frightened, angry, shocked, bitter, or sad. Then when someone says,
"Do you mind?" you can say,
Certainly not.
This new habit can become as automatic as so-called manners "Thanks," "I'm sorry," "Excuse me," and all the other apologies people use for simply being alive.
17-SEP-2014.
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As follows
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