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Chris Gaither

Chris Gaither

Once We Were Sullen; Now We’re Anxious

And just like that
the safety of ironic distance
gave way to
the false intimacy of over-proximity

Other works by Chris Gaither...
All This for Nothing

People want to get rich because they think money will make them happy People want to stay rich because they know that money
If You Choose to Sell Your Soul, You’ll Find That It’s Worthless, but if You Keep It, then Everything Is Worth It

The devil’s one job Is making you an offer You can’t refuse And there’s only one thing The devil can’t offer
“Our nervous system is simultaneously being challenged by incompatible demands demanding both avoidance of contact with the SARSCov2 virus and the fulfillment of our biological imperative of connecting with others to feel calm and safe”

The genius of Big Tech’s business… is its simplicity: Get people to pay for what they had previously accessed for free
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Dostoevsky Had It Backwards

He should have said: If everything is permitted then God does not exist
Opinions Are Like Souls: Everybody’s Got One and They All Link

One of the great things about bein… Or, in my case, becoming Jewish Is that every Jew has a voice So, you would be forgiven for thin… Two Jews, two opinions
You Are Guaranteed to Lose Your Soul in a Deal with the Devil Because It’s Only a Deal with the Devil If There Is No Risk Involved

We are on the cusp of a great cala… The war of all against all Will commence as soon as No one lifts a finger Do not be fooled–
Inverse Ratio

The less you need to control the more powerful you
Sedate Expectations

A charmed half-life is the time taken to lower your expectations to half their original value
We Are All Implicated

My wife fixed me with a stare that said Really, what haven’t you done for…
“For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increases knowledge increases sorrow”

Were I not happily married to my Jewish bride I would have happily lived out the rest of my days none the wiser
When Their All-Consuming Passion Threatens to Consume You

The far left puts the silent and invisible H in tolerate Guess where? There’s a clue
God Has Your Number: Your Will to Power Gives Away All Your God-given Power

The number one rule For doing a number on us Is taking a number Because when our number comes up It’s only ever because our days ar…
The Unpopular Thing

All of reality is a temptation To believe in yourself But if you do You’ll never get it– Self-confidence is always lacking
The Fact That Creation Is Foolproof Proves That We Didn’t Make It and That It Was Perfectly Made for Us

God doesn’t make mistakes But He lets us make mistakes Which, unless I’m mistaken Means there’s no mistaking us for… But being mistake prone
Power Is for Using on Behalf of Others, Not Having for Yourself, and We’ve All Been Had

In fragile civilizations Power is used to acquire status And status is just for decoration In resilient civilizations Self-sacrifice is recognized as th…



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