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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Low Stakes Just Bring You Closer to the Flames

In a twist
in hell
there are no consequences

Other works by Chris Gaither...
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Pleasures

As the enormous asteroid hurtled toward Earth I found myself working harder than ever
Love, American Style

My house built in the 1920s still has a TV antenna like a tattoo you got in early mid… with which you’ve come to have
Our Fear That AI Will Kill Us Comes From the Truth That We Would Never Die for It, and If It’s as Smart as It’s Cracked Up to Be, Surely It Knows This

One difference between God and A… Is that God tests our faith Because He has faith in us Whereas AI tests our patience Because it is supposed to make lif…
I’m No Longer Embarrassed to Admit that Embarrassment Is the Price of Admission

It’s a sign of the times that No matter the path you take You will know you are finding God When first you become an embarrass… And only then receive
Burning House of Love

I can’t just let go of my past I have to lose a tug of war and get third degree rope burns
I Felt a Frisson of Fear at Your Frisson of Excitement

When the highly educated play dumb and you are dragooned into spelling it out for them know that their obtuse dissembling bespeaks regression to the oral st…
The Usual and the Damned

A dissident today is anyone who realizes that since you’re damned if you do damned if you don’t
All Whammies Are Double Whammies

The lie you chose to believe Always contains the truth That has chosen you The lie is comforting Because the truth is disturbing
Be Careful What You Mask For, You Just Might Beget It

We live in an age when the greatest danger is an excess of caution
“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
Now I Know How Ringling’s Fake Unicorn Felt

All the real archetypes are from the circus and I thought I was a clown until I found myself shot from a cannon
The Importance of Communication

I’m getting much better at recognizing my wife’s subtle hi… like when she recently put mosquit… over her side of the bed
A Series of Unpopular Dissents

No shoes, no shirt, no service Just say no Do not pass go, do not collect $20… Don’t call us, we’ll call you No pain, no gain
When Reality Conflicts with Desire, We Don’t Change Our Desire, We Change What We Tell Ourselves About Reality

If you can catch someone lying to… you can figure out what they want… If you can catch yourself lying to… you can figure out your own desire The former can make you rich
“Psychosis can be understood as a breakdown of boundaries, both internal (like the self) and external (like reality), leading to difficulty in distinguishing between what is real and not, and a sense of being overwhelmed or invaded”– Google AI

The internet can be understood as… And the more time we spend on the… The weaker our boundaries become Until we see no boundary between r… Because we no longer recognize bou…



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