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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Heaven or Las Vegas?

To get into heaven
they tell you that
you have to answer
one question correctly
and that there are
no wrong answers:
business or pleasure?

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Other works by Chris Gaither...
They Don’t Mean a Word They Say, but They Know Exactly What They’re Doing

In the story of The boy who cried wolf There was no wolf Until there was And there still is
In the Blink of an Eye

Many people think of life as a gift but to me it’s more like
“Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin reported they successfully used a brain scanner paired with an AI language model to glean the gist of a person’s thoughts and translate them into words”

When anything you think Can and will be used against you The purpose of state-funded educat… Will be learning not to think As the doyens of higher learning
“When I Get What I Want, Then I Never Want It Again”

Just as the yin-yang symbol portrays both dominant sections with a small portion of the opposi… lack sows an abundance of desire and abundance lacks lack
“Teach your children well”: We’re All Part of One Big Human Relay Race

The baton is a scroll that says– among other things– The road goes on forever Heaven is
I Wore #42 in Basketball Because My Life Is 42% Gold

Thinking that the purpose of life… things looked good enough on the s… to believe that my life was 24-karat gold Who knew that the purpose of beaut…
There’s No Way Out, so Fall in Love

I was caught between a rock and a hard place unable to decide on a way out Instead, you decided on me
Condemned to Freedom

Liberalism can be confused with ni… where you have to believe in nothi… or with Unitarian Universalism where you’re encouraged to believe… as much of everything as you like
In the Fall of Man, Adam and Eve Ate Fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; In the Fall of Cyborgs, We Just Fell Through a Hole

I’ve done the math and the whole is only greater than the sum of its parts when the group is made up of individuals
“If you think you understand quantum mechanics, you don’t understand quantum mechanics”

If we’re being scientific, then The more certain you are that quan… The less certain you become as to… i.e., It works like a charm And if we’re being honest, when
If You Face Your Own Fear, They Will Face Their Own Fear; the Former Is Called Faith, the Latter Is Known as Projection

The question isn’t Are you doing this the right way? Because there’s no right or wrong… To do the right thing The question is
“We Are Not Afraid to Follow the Truth Wherever It May Lead”

If they were ever only attacking a… there’d be nor real need for the l… But the act of distorting an idea is always a pretext to the taking… So, you’ll know it’s a strawman fa…
The Reward for Labor Saving Devices is More Work

Feminism’s big mistake is thinking it can use a power vac… to clean up the patriarchy’s mess
Balancing Act

I could do a passable moonwalk in socks on linoleum but if I put on one glove I had to take off one sock
It Is Better to Ask Forgiveness Than Permission

Nobody remembers how to forgive Because posting on social media Is an act of seeking approval



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