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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Hell Is Keeping Score with Other People

Why bother keeping score
when death assures that
things always end in a tie
 
Soon you’ll be able to
get rid of death
but eternal life
becomes eternal damnation
when you’re trying to win a game
that never ends

Other works by Chris Gaither...
What’s Going On.

And so I wake in the morning and I stay inside and I take a deep breath and I let out a sigh and I stream from the top of my ru…
Some Names Are Good Names, but All Names Are Stage Names

Did we stop playing the long game because it is the wrong game or is it only the wrong game because we’ve long since stopped p… Or is asking that question more of…
One Is Not The One

Believing that one can use social media for good is like thinking one can live in the Matrix without fueling the Machines
I Never Thought I’d Live to See the Day

At long last Today is the day I owe it all to you And I can only repay my debt By giving my all
The Tenth Hole in My Body Is My Memory Hole

When I was a baby My mother wiped my bum Social media, then, is the fountai… As I become its obedient child Every time it wipes my memory
My New Motto: Be Repaired

I can only ever seem to do the math in the aftermath
Winning Isn’t Everything; It’s the Only Thing

Narrow minds see The narrow odds of making their es… Cleaving to the straight and narro… They’ve cleaved the path in two And because they can still see no…
“It is impossible to simultaneously maximize two different functions (e.g., reproduction and survival)”

We can all agree that life is the number one cause of death But no one wants to admit that death is the only cause of ne… Nevertheless, we love our children
A Lot of Teams Don’t Even Have Him on Their Draft Board

If my wife could re-draft she says she’d still take me but only after trading back to the second round
The Need for Belonging Is Universal, but the Internet Is a Multiverse

We all need to belong somewhere So, we formed online communities And found ourselves belonging nowh… Where once A multitude of One
“Anger leads to hate”

You’re only a real materialist If you demand that believers Do the impossible And then get angry When they prove you wrong
The Fermi Paradox, Resolved

“The week that AI went to scale” was immediately followed by “North America’s UFO weekend” as if all this time the UFOs had been waiting
Repeat as Necessary

Whenever I hurt someone I’m sure that I’m a honeybee about to die But it always turns out that I’m…
The Death Instinct Can Lead to Aggression or Heaven (the Former May Feel Like the Latter but Only Leads to Hell)

In order to live I can’t die (but you can) In order to live and let live I must (eventually) die
Your Prompt Attention to This Antimatter Will Be Greatly Remunerated

It’s not how well you prompt AI it’s how promptly you do so because he who laughs first will have the last laugh



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